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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-16-1994 Airport Commission Meeting Minutes l 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. 1111 John Ockenfels, Chairperson