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