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MINUTES FINAL
IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
AUGUST 15, 2019 — 6:00 P.M.
AIRPORT TERMINAL. BUILDING
Members Present: Warren Bishop, Scott Clair, Christopher Lawrence, Bob Libby, Judy Pfohl
Staff Present: Eric Goers, Michael Tharp
Others Present: Devin Mashik
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL: to become effective only after separate Council
action):
None.
DETERMINE QUORUM:
The meeting was called to order at 6:02 P.M.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Minutes of the July 18, 2019, meeting were reviewed by Members. Tharp noted that there was
a misspelling of Judy's name in the attendance section. This will be corrected. Bishop moved
to accept the minutes of the July 18, 2019, meeting as amended. Lawrence seconded the
motion. The motion carried 5.0.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION:
None.
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION:
a. FAA/IDOT Projects
i. Obstruction Mitigation — Tharp stated that currently they are in the
process of sending letters to property owners, in order to collect the tree
requests. This will then complete the plans and specs needed to finalize
what is sent to the FAA. He added that they are a bit behind schedule
and that he may need to have one or two special meetings with the
Commission, in,order to speed up the announcement process. This will
help to get back on track a bit.
Ill. Runway 25 Threshold Relocation — Tharp stated that they have the
FAA grant for this project and that things are moving forward as planned.
b. FBO / Flight Training Reports
L Jet Air — Tharp stated that Wolford is out on the east coast picking up an
aircraft for Jet Air and is therefore not present. He then reviewed the
monthly maintenance reports, stating that they have had a couple of tours
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as well, with Members agreeing that this would make sense. It
comes back to: who is paying for the simulator and its upkeep.
The suggestion of looking at the City's mission for the Airport was
brought up, to look at the Charter for the Airport Commission, and
try to determine if such an investment would make sense. Goers
then spoke to this question, noting that the City Council has given
this Commission the authority to do everything having to do with
the Airport and its operations, other than sell property.
Tharp then spoke to the Commission about the options they do
have: the Airport buys the system and rents it out, working with
Jet Air to do so. The second option is someone else buys the
system and the Airport provides the space for it. He then spoke to
some of the options available on such a training device system.
Tharp also spoke to the idea of opening it up to hangar tenants to
see if they are interested in a pre -paid option. This type of
investment opportunity would cover the cost of the system.
Members continued to share their thoughts on how they might
proceed with acquiring a simulator.
Members then turned to the options available for such a training
device and how updating such a system might play out. Members
also shared their experiences with using a flight simulator and
what they would like to see in a system. Looking at such a
purchase as a revenue generator, Members then discussed how
this could be a real positive for the Airport. Tharp stated that it
sounds like there is a general consensus on the TD 2, and he
noted how they could move forward at this point. Goers
responded to Member questions regarding how they would handle
the simulator being bought by a private group. He added a
suggestion as to how they might open this up to the public to see
if anyone is interested in such a pre -paid type of arrangement.
Members also asked Goers for his advice on how they would
handle any of them wanting to be one of the private investors in
this purchase. Goers responded, speaking to conflict of interest
concerns. He stated that as long as the option is open to
everyone in the public, this would not be a conflict.
How to get the word out was the next topic of discussion. Tharp
spoke to how he might be able to obtain a list of pilots in the area,
as well as the hangar occupants list, as starting points. Others
gave suggestions of various social media sites as a way to
communicate such an idea and to gauge interest in such a
purchase. A suggestion was made to form a subcommittee to
come up with a proposal for the entire Commission to review and
make their final decision on. Clair moved to form a
subcommittee to return to next month's meeting with a
proposal for the Commission to review. Kohl seconded the
motion. The motion carried 5-0. Bishop and Clair volunteered
to be on this subcommittee.
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Airport Commission
ATTENDANCE RECORD
2018-2019
Key:
X = Present
X/E = Present for Part of Meeting
O = Absent
O/E = Absent/Excused
NM = Not a Member at this time
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06/30/22
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Scott Clair
06/30F23
N
N
N
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Robert Libby
07/01/20
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Christopher
07/01/21
Lawrence
X
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Judy Pfohl
06/30/22
N
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X
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Key:
X = Present
X/E = Present for Part of Meeting
O = Absent
O/E = Absent/Excused
NM = Not a Member at this time