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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-16-1995 Airport Commission Meeting Minutes MINUTES IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION TUESDAY MAY 16, 1995 - 5:45 P.M. IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY MEMBERS PRESENT: Richard Blum, Pat Foster, Howard Horan, Robert Hicks, Rick Mascari STAFF PRESENT: Ron O'Neil CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Horan called the meeting to order at 5:47 p.m. A quorum of the Commission was present. O'Neil said Burnside was attending a Civil Service hearing and would try to come to the Commission meeting when the hearing was over. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the April 11, 1995, meeting were approved as submitted. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES: Foster made a motion to approve the bills. Hicks seconded the motion and it was approved 4 - 0. PUBLIC DISCUSSION - ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA: E. K. Jones, from Iowa City Flying Service, commented that the improvements to the exterior of the Airport Terminal looked real nice. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION: a. Aviation Management, Inc. - O'Neil suggested the Gordon Aircraft agreement be discussed before discussing the AMI agreement. The only changes were to allow for a tenant to make a separate agreement with the Commission and an indemnification clause. Blum made a motion for a resolution to revise the Gordon agreement. Foster seconded the motion and at roll call vote the motion passed 5 - 0. Jones, from Iowa City Flying Service, said , he would like his objection to the agreement to be on the record. O'Neil said the only changes to the Aviation Management,Inc. (AMI) agreement was to change the beginning and ending dates, non- discrimination language, a termination clause, and a severability clause. Hicks said he had concerns about the amount of compensation. He said two methods of compensation he found were to pay $ . 10 per mile or 6% of the gross. He recommended looking at the 6% of the gross method of payment. Mascari said he did not want to discourage new business but he agreed with Hicks that the 6% of the gross sales method was a better system. The Commission and Dave Huston, from AMI, discussed different methods of payment and what would be a workable method for determining a fair market value of payment from AMI. Jones, from ICFS, said he would like to go on record as objecting to the agreement. Mascari made a motion for a resolution to enter into an agreement with AMI, incorporating the terms agreed to up to this point, except the agreement would begin one year from the time AMI was certified as a Part 135 charter service. At the end of the one year, the fee would be renegotiated. Hicks seconded the motion. At roll call vote, the motion failed, 2 - 3 , Hicks and Mascari voting in the positive. Foster made a motion for a resolution to enter into an agreement with AMI, for a term of two years. Blum seconded the motion. At roll call vote, the motion passed 3 - 2, with Blum, Foster, and Horan voting in the positive. b. Master Plan Study - O'Neil said a grant offer was received from the FAA for $ 93, 629. 00 to conduct the Master Plan study. Blum made a motion for a resolution to accept the grant in the amount of $ 93 , 629. 00. This represents 90% of the cost of the project. Foster seconded the motion and at roll call vote, the motion passed 5 - 0. A Notice to Proceed will be issued tomorrow. c. South T-hangar building - The frost footing wall has been completed and the column footings and floor will be completed in the next few weeks, as weather permits. The construction of the building will take about three weeks. O'Neil said the electrical service to the building is being installed. He is going to have a phone line installed at the same time, in case the Commission wants to install a pay phone for that area of the Airport. The pay phone would cost the Commission about $ 50. 00 per month. The Commission will decide at a later date if a phone should be installed. d. Weather Center - Linda Connell, from DTN weather service, made a presentation to the Commission to install a satellite weather system. A similar system is installed at Johnson County' s Sheriff Department. The system has several different mapping options, with "real time" radar from the National Weather Service. The initiation cost is $ 150. 00, with a $ 65. 00 per month charge. DTN supplies the satellite dish and receiver. The Commission would be responsible for the installation. O'Neil said this would be a welcome addition to the Airport, but suggested the Commission wait on purchasing the service because there is no money budgeted in the FY 95 or FY 96 budget. O'Neil said he had discussed vendor systems with someone from the National Weather Service and the NWS meteorologist said some vendors change the information to make it more user friendly. Mascari will contact the meteorologist from DTN to see if .their information is changed to make it more user friendly. He will work with O'Neil to try to find money in the budget. Blum suggested using the money from AMI to pay for the weather system. Mascari made a motion to lease the weather system for one year. Blum seconded the motion and it was approved 5 - 0. e. J. M. Swank lease - J. M. Swank asked to end their lease or be allowed to sublease. They purchased a different aircraft and it will not fit in their current hangar. There was a stipulation in their lease to allow them to end the lease if they purchased a larger aircraft. AM Aviation would like to take over the hangar until the end of the lease in February of 1996. ICFS would lease the hangar now occupied by AM Aviation. Blum made a motion to end J. M. Swank's lease, and lease hangar # 33 to AM Aviation and hangar # 34 to ICFS. Hicks seconded the motion and at roll call vote, it passed 5 - 0. f. D & N Fence contract- This is for a controlled access gate and is part of a grant from the IDOT. This will give access to the north hangars and will allow the Commission to close the gate directly north of the Airport Terminal. This will keep vehicle traffic from having uncontrolled access to the aircraft parking ramp. Emergency services will be given the code access. Mascari made a motion to accept the contract with D & N Fence to install the controlled access gate. Hicks seconded the motion and it passed 5 - 0. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Horan said he had received a phone call from Bob Wolf saying his air space study for a mobile home development had been approved by the FAA. Horan said he has not seen a copy of the amended application for the airspace study. The mobile homes would be in the traffic pattern for two runways. The Commission was in agreement to recommend that a decision concerning the mobile home park should not be made until after the Master Plan study is completed. Horan will call the County Zoning Administrator to express the Commission's concerns. Horan said he and Mascari had met with Van Winkle-Jacob Engineering and WJE would like to extend their lease until December of 1995. They are building a new office in Coralville. O'Neil said the Commission should start advertising soon to lease the 1620 square feet of office space. This will be on the agenda in June. COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORTS: Blum said he attended a presentation by the pilot of the aircraft that crashed in Sioux City several years ago. He said the pilot emphasized that the main reason so many people survived was that there was an emergency plan in place and the plan had been rehearsed. Blum suggested that the Commission develop an aircraft emergency plan, involving all the emergency services in the community. This will be a future agenda item. Blum said he was contacted by the J. C. 's, requesting to have some carnival-type rides. Mascari asked if there is anything that has to be done to officially close the Airport for the fireworks. Blum said he attempted to get official permission last year, but the person he talked to did not seem to think it was an issue. Mascari said he read an article recently in AOPA magazine where an airport in Wisconsin was fined for closing an airport for a fireworks display. Blum will write a letter to the FAA, requesting permission. Mascari said he would like to change the Commission meetings to some night other than on Tuesday. The Commission will change the next meeting to a Thursday night. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: There has been a request by a company to locate their aircraft at the Iowa City Airport. There is no hangar space available that is large enough for their plane. The ICPD is also looking for storage space. Horan and O'Neil will discuss this with the company and it will be an agenda item at the next meeting. The majority of the roof project is completed. There are a few miscellaneous items remaining. Acceptance of the project and the rehab of the exterior of the Airport Terminal project should be on the next agenda. A copy of the south T-hangar lease is in the Commission's packet. All ten hangars are spoken for. If there are no objections, leases will be sent out next week. An objection has been filed to the addition to the Hubbard Milling , building. O'Neil said he was contacted by the developer of the Dane property located by the northwest corner of the Airport. They would like to move some dirt and wanted to know if the Commission would want to relocate a section of the fence. O'Neil has contacted Bill Paterson, with the EAA, about bringing his "First Flight" simulator to the fly-in breakfast on August 27 . The IDOT AIP applications are due August 1, 1995. SET NEXT MEETING: The next regular meeting was scheduled for Thursday, June 15, 1995, at 5 : 45 p.m. ADJOURNMENT: Hicks moved to adjourn the meeting. Foster seconded the motion and the meeting adjourned at 8 : 25 p.m. Hor Horan, Chairperson