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MINUTES
IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1994 - 5:30 P.M.
IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY
MEMBERS PRESENT: Richard Blum, Howard Horan, Pat Foster, John
Ockenfels
STAFF PRESENT: Ron O'Neil
CALL TO ORDER:
Chairperson Ockenfels called the meeting to order at 5: 36 p.m. A
quorum of the Commission was present.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
The minutes of the July 19, 1994 , meeting were accepted as
submitted.
AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES:
Foster moved to approve the expenditures as presented. Horan
seconded the motion and the expenditures were approved 4 - 0.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION - ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA:
No items were presented.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION:
a. Menard' s storm water easement - Craig Thompson, from Shive
Hattery Engineers, presented information on the proposed easement
over Airport property for a discharge pipe for the Menard' s water
detention holding pond. The drawings also included a proposal to
correct the drainage problem Menard created during construction of
their store.
O 'Neil said that the City Attorney' s office is working with Menard
on the easement agreement. O'Neil said the plans were reviewed and
approved by the City Engineer's office. A public hearing was
conducted on the agreement on August 11, 1994 . No comments were
received.
O'Neil reminded the Commission that, as in all cases, the
Commission must look at receiving fair market value for any use of
Airport property. The Commission directed O'Neil to check with the
City Engineer' s office to determine what fair market value would be
for an easement.
Blum questioned whether there were any DNR requirements for piping
the water directly to Willow Creek. O'Neil will investigate.
Ockenfels said he and Horan will meet as a subcommittee to work on
the remaining details of the easement agreement.
b. Gordon Aircraft lease - O'Neil said this lease expires at the
end of September. He said Gordon has expressed interest in leasing
the large hangar in the new hangar building. Ockenfels appointed
Foster and Hicks to contact Gordon to negotiate the lease.
c. Master Plan Study - O'Neil said the Commission needs to
finalize the scope of services and needs to determine a schedule
for selecting a consultant. Susan Horowitz has agreed to assist
the Commission in the consultant selection process. She has read
all the firms ' qualifications and has ranked them, using objective
criteria.
She said that she looked for firms that had planners on their
staff. Land use is an important issue. Blum explained that the
Master Plan will concentrate on the Airport itself and land in the
immediate vicinity of the Airport. Regional land use issues are
not usually included in the scope of the services for the Plan.
O'Neil distributed a list of 15 issues to be discussed as possible
issues to include in the scope of services. The Commission
discussed the list and discussed the issues they wanted to include
in the scope of services to present to the consultants. O 'Neil
will put all the suggestions in final form before the next meeting.
The FAA has asked to review the scope before it is sent to the
consultants.
d. South Hangar Building - O'Neil stated he is completing the bid
package for the building. Cathy Eisenhofer, from the Purchasing
Department, and Jim Schoenfelder, the City Architect, are assisting
O'Neil in this phase of the project. Blum said he would like to
see some type of public use area for the tenants of the building.
e. Fly-in breakfast - Ockenfels and Horan volunteered to conduct
the paper airplane contest. Blum said his wife will assist but it
is the Commission' s responsibility to organize the contest.
Blum said he needs assistance in parking the transient aircraft.
Several groups that may be able to assist were suggested. Blum
said Sertoma is not able to provide personnel for this part of the
event.
Blum provided the Commission with a drawing of where the different
events would be located.
CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT:
Ockenfels said he was contacted by Eliot Jones in response to a
letter he sent to him concerning painting in the Terminal Building.
O'Neil asked about the commitment Jones made to paint the interior
of the Terminal Building if the Commission supplied the paint.
Ockenfels said that Jones indicated he was not going to keep that
commitment. Since it is the Airport' s building, Ockenfels said
that the Commission should go ahead with improvements without
depending on assistance from ICFS.
Blum said there are several projects that should be done to improve
the looks of the inside and outside of the building. The
Commission directed O'Neil to develop a complete list of all the
projects needed to rehab the Terminal Building.
O'Neil said he is working on specifications to replace the roof.
When specifications are completed and an engineer's estimate is
received, the Commission will have to ask the Council for funding
for the project. There is no use repairing the walls and painting
them until the roof is replaced.
Ockenfels said the Commission needs to look at a policy for non-
aviation groups that want to use Airport property. This will
probably include a fee to pay a staff person to be at the Airport
while the event is in progress. He said the Commission agreed
earlier that it is not fair to ask the Manager or Commission
members to donate time for non-aviation events. An event may have
to be rejected if there is no one available to monitor the event.
This will be a future agenda item.
Ockenfels said he was contacted by a firm that is interested in
installing a self-fueling operation at the Airport. The Commission
members said to put this on the agenda for a future meeting.
COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORTS:
Blum said a commitment was made to the SCCA on September 25 to hold
a rally. He would not be in town to help. Someone will need to be
at the Airport from at least 8: 00 a.m. to 5: 00 p.m. Horan said he
would work 4 hours. Foster said he will work the other time.
O'Neil said the runway will have to marked and closed and a NOTAM
filed with FSS. At the end of the day, everything will have to be
cleaned up and the runway will have to be reopened.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT:
O'Neil said he received four fencing bids for Phase IV of the
security fencing project. Favorable bids were received.
O'Neil included information on the Fitzgarrald and Hagen cases.
The results from the Hagen case were not favorable to the City and
the case will probably be appealed.
Information was included about the underground storage tank
improvements that are due by January 1, 1995 . HLM and ICFS will be
notified of the requirements.
O'Neil said the lease with the National Guard will need to be
modified. They want to lease a little more space than originally
proposed. The Commission directed O'Neil to revise the lease
amount for next year to reflect the change.
SET NEXT MEETING:
The next regular meeting was scheduled for September 20, 1994 , at
5: 30 p.m. The next special meeting was scheduled for August 23 ,
1994 , at 5: 30 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT:
Horan moved to adjourn the meeting at 8 : 36 p.m. Foster seconded
the motion and the meeting was adjourned.
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John Ockenfels, Chairperson