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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-13-1994 Airport Commission Meeting Minutes MINUTES IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION TUESDAY DECEMBER 13, 1994 - 5:45 P.M. IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY MEMBERS PRESENT: John Ockenfels, Howard Horan, Pat Foster, Robert Hicks STAFF PRESENT: Ron O'Neil, Anne Burnside CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Ockenfels called the meeting to order at 5 :45 p.m. A quorum of the Commission was present. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION: b. Gordon Aircraft Commercial Business Agreement - In attendance were Brad Revers, from Hansen Lind Meyer, Inc. and Dennis Gordon. HLM is no longer going to have their own aircraft and would like to sublease the hangar to Gordon. HLM has a lease for the hangar until the year 2000. Gordon was requesting to sublease the hangar and rent space to two other aircraft other than his. The two tenants would be allowed to use the fuel system. Ockenfels questioned who else would be allowed to use the fuel system and how would it be limited. Gordon said only the tenants of the hangar would be allowed to use the system. A definition of tenant would have to be developed. Ockenfels said he wanted to make it clear that other than aircraft sales, no commercial services would be allowed unless approved by the Commission. Blum and Ockenfels will develop an agreement and this will be an agenda item at the January 10, 1995, Commission meeting. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the November 8, 1994, meeting were accepted as submitted. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES: Foster moved to approve the expenditures as presented. Horan seconded the motion. O'Neil said the bill from MMS was for survey work for the fencing project on the west side of the Airport. A bill from D & N Fence for the construction phase would be on the agenda at the next meeting. The bills were approved as submitted 4 - 0. PUBLIC DISCUSSION - ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA: Gary Miller presented information on installing a popcorn machine in the Airport Terminal. The Commission would receive a per cent of the sales. O'Neil will meet with Miller to discuss the possibility of installing this vending machine and report to the Commission at a future meeting. PUBLIC HEARING: a. Wade lease - Ockenfels opened the public hearing at 6: 25 p.m. Hicks said he has researched the issue and discussed the value of the property with a realtor. He discussed the property with Ron Wade. Wade indicated that if he couldn't buy the property, he was not as interested in the project. O'Neil said this project was initiated through the Public Works Department and he was not aware if Wade was sent a copy of the draft lease. Burnside suggested continuing the hearing until more information is available. Horan made a motion to continue the hearing. Foster seconded the motion and it passed 4 - 0. b. South hangar building - Ockenfels opened the hearing at 6: 30 p.m. O'Neil presented plans and specifications for a ten hangar building with forty-two foot bifold doors. The plans presented by O'Neil were for a steel structured building. O'Neil said the schedule he would suggest is to put the bid package out in December, a preconstruction conference in January, and bids due in February. Ockenfels said the option should be given for a steel or wood structure building. O'Neil advised the Commission to keep the bid package as simple as possible so as not to discourage bidders. The Commission directed O'Neil to develop the bid package to allow for construction of either a steel or wood structure building. Options will be given for either a concrete or asphalt floor. Ockenfels closed the hearing at 6:47 p.m. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION: a. Iowa City Landscaping lease - Ockenfels said he met with Paul Dykstra from ICL and Dykstra indicated he would like to renew his lease for one year. Ockenfels said that he would suggest the Commission make two changes. One would be to fence the area being leased. More area is being used than is shown in the lease. The second is to address any dumping of material on the property. This would be specifically forbidden. Ockenfels said he observed an area to the south of the property being leased where some landscaping debris and dirt was being dumped. O'Neil will add the changes to the lease and have it reviewed by the City Attorney' s office. Horan will discuss the new lease with ICL and return it to the Commission for approval. c. Master Plan Study - O'Neil spoke with FAA planner Jan Monroe concerning the Master Plan funding. The FAA is waiting for Congress to release the funding. The preapplication has been amended to reflect the final scope of services. Ockenfels suggested the Commission members read the contract carefully and it will be discussed at the next Commission meeting. d. Public buildings - No smoking policy - O'Neil said a memo was included in the Commission packet concerning a no smoking policy in City buildings. He said the Commission should decide if they want the Airport Terminal to be included as a smoke free building. Ockenfels asked Burnside if the Commission could dictate to ICFS that they could not smoke in the part of the building they rent. Burnside said she would have to research that issue. The only other City owned building that is in a similar situation would be the bus station. This will be discussed at the next Commission meeting. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Ockenfels said the ASOS is on official test and should be commissioned next month. Ockenfels said his term expires in February. He would like to be active in the Master Plan Study. COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORT: Horan said he thought it was important that the next member of the Airport Commission be a pilot. Ockenfels said that he is the only active pilot on the Commission. Blum has a pilot's license, but does not fly very often. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: O'Neil said the next phase of the safety fence project will isolate a farm drive that was purchased from Dane. There is no easement or lease to use that part of Airport property. Ockenfels suggested a lease be developed. If Dane is not interested in a lease, he will have to install his own driveway. O'Neil will put this on a future agenda. Phase IV of the fencing project is completed. D & N Fencing did a very professional job. ASOS is scheduled to be commissioned on January 17, 1995. It is on official test mode. O'Neil met with Ron Boose from the Housing and Building Inspection Department to determine the best way to meet ADA requirements. Money has been budgeted in FY 96 for these projects. ICFS and HLM have been informed that certain standards must be met by January 1, 1995, in order to retain the State sponsored clean up insurance for their underground fuel tanks. O'Neil has not received a response from either company at this time. SET NEXT MEETING: The next regular meeting was scheduled for January 10, 1995, at 5:45 p.m. ADJOURNMENT: Foster moved to adjourn the meeting at 7: 30 p.m. Horan seconded the motion and the meeting was adjourned. 0)1 au� J. n O ' enfels1 Chairperson