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IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
January 19, 2023 — 6:00 P.M.
AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING
FINAL
Members Present: Warren Bishop, Judy Pfohl (via Zoom), Hellecktra Orozco, Chris
Lawrence, Scott Clair
Members Absent:
Staff Present: Michael Tharp, Jennifer Schwickerath,
Others Present: Layton Scarbrough, Robin Follmer, Michael Follmer, Wiliam Follmer,
Greg Gossel, Jenna Brownlee, Carl Byers, Minnetta Gardinier, Regenia
Bailey, Matt Wolford (Zoom), Carolyn Sponza (Zoom)
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL:
None
DETERMINE QUORUM
A quorum was determined at 6:07 pm and Horozco called the meeting to order.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Bishop moved to accept the minutes of December 8, 2022, seconded by Lawrence. Motion
carried 5-0
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION I ACTION
a. Hangar A Mural Project — Tharp stated that they would begin with the finalist
interviews and that each of the finalists were present at the meeting. Tharp said that
the finalists had 10 minutes for their presentations, and the Commission could ask
as many questions following the presentations as they wanted. Tharp stated that
Layton Scarbrough was first.
1. Finalist Interviews — Scarbrough gave his presentation to the Commission.
Scarbrough described the details and motivation behind the mural, stating
that he wanted something that would welcome people to the area and to tell
the history of the airport. Following the presentation, Commission members
asked questions to which Scarbrough responded. Gardinier asked about
increasing the representation in the mural art in terms of both women and of
people of color.
Second finalist was Jenna Brownlee. Brownlee gave her presentation and
showed concepts of work to the Commission. Brownlee continued to
describe how the concepts came together. Following the presentation
Commission members asked questions to which Brownlee responded.
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The last presentation was given by Greg Gossel. Gossel described his
motivations and message and discussed a concept with the Commission.
Gossel then showed off concepts of murals for the Commission. Following
the presentation, members asked questions to which Gossel responded.
1. Consider a motion directing staff to negotiate a contract with a
selected artist — Clair moved to defer the motion to the
February 9' meeting, seconded by Lawrence. Motion carried
5-0
b. Airport Strategic Plan — Bailey stated that this evening's objectives were to check
in on the vision and mission statements and then examine the goals. Bailey stated
that when they had first started this process the initial decision was not to change
the vision and mission statements, but also wanted to check in and confirm that
decision. Bailey stated that the purpose of the vision statement is to describe the
long term aspirations and ideal future state. The mission statement is an internally
unifying and externally explaining what the organization does. Members discussed
the vision and mission statements. Bishop commented about having a more bold
vision statement, members discussed different wording of the statements. Gardinier
shared insights from the previous discussion as a member of the Commission who
had been involved with the previous plan's creation. Members discussed removing
the word "economic" from the vision statement. Members continued to discuss the
statement. Members agreed to change the vision statement to "The Iowa City
Municipal Airport seeks to support the strategic goals of the City of Iowa City and is
an integral community asset that benefits the region's commerce, vitality, and
community pride." Bailey then began discussing the goals stating that these fit into
categories of Communication, Funding, Use, Infrastructure. Bailey asked if those
were still the broad categories that the Commission wanted to use, or if there were
any others missing. Members discussed the existing goals. Clair discussed adding
a new goal category called Public Relations. Clair discussed including good
neighbor goals. Members discussed ways to balance airport operations with
complaints of noise. Bailey reiterated that the Commission would have 5 broad
objectives for their goals including a new one for Public Relations. Lawrence
suggested dropping the "for aviation" from the "increase use of the airport" goal.
Clair suggested a goal for "continue to develop funding mechanisms for airport
operations, improvements, and maintenance." Members continue to discuss draft
goals.
c. Airport Construction Projects:
I. FAA grant projects
1. Runway 25 Threshold Relocation — Tharp stated that this was still
to be finished up in the spring with painting and clean up
2. Runway 12/30 Displaced Threshold/Relocation — Tharp noted
that they were working on the scope agreement. Bishoped asked if
that included LED lights and Byers note that's one of the major items
being discussed with FAA. Byers also noted they were looking at
PAPIs on the 30 end.
3. Terminal Area Study
a. Draft scope of services —Tharp noted that they had a scope
of services draft and he wanted to walk through the scope
with the Commission so that everyone was on the same page
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as to what was going to happen and how it was going to
happen. Byers stated that they were looking at two
components, the building itself and the gateway or entrance
road. Byers noted they changed the outcomes so that they
were included a "no change" option. Otherwise they also
looking at a minor building renovation (keeping the shell and
remodeling the interior), a major building modification, and a
"demolish and reconstruct" option. Sponza described some
of the outreach and the public participation plans.
Commission members discussed the scope and asked
questions to which Byers responded. Byers also noted that
they had to be aware of the funding limits regarding certain
uses in the building. Tharp stated they had a couple of more
steps before the agreement was ready for approval but was
hopeful to have it at their next meeting
4. Solar Power Project —Tharp stated that CMT was working on their
scope of services document. Tharp stated that they were planning
on an agreement that had two parts, the environmental section and
then the design phase for the system. Tharp stated they were trying
to get that ready to go
ii. Iowa DOT grant projects
1. FY22 Program
a. South T -hangar infrastructure — Tharp stated that they
were waiting for winter. The contractor had been completing
their materials submittals. Tharp noted the contract had 25
days so the contractor also wanted to make sure they had
good schedule
2. FY23 Program —
a. Terminal Building Improvements — Tharp stated that
Bolton & Menk was putting together some sheets for this and
the wayfinding signage that they could send off for quotes
because these projects were not requiring a formal bid
process
b. Wayfinding/Signage —
iii. Airport/Locally Funded Projects
1. Parking Lot Additions —Tharp stated they were waiting for spring
to confirm the seeding was going to take.
iv. Future Projects Tharp stated he added this as a spot for any future projects
they might want to discuss. Tharp noted that during the budget
presentations he learned that the City was using conductive pavement in a
project and he had sent information to Carl about using it in future airport
projects. Tharp stated that this was something that could be applied to
projects at the airport.
d. Airport "Operations"
i. Budget — Tharp stated that he had completed the presentations to the City
Council. He noted that one council member had discussed some of the
climate change projects and asked about what happens when the 100LL
changes. Tharp noted he was watching it, but that FAA was still in the
process of certifying it. Lawrence noted that he had read something recently
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that FAA was certifying powerplants on an individual basis. Tharp noted that
he had also completed the capital improvement presentation with Council.
Management
1. Annual Report — Tharp stated that this was in the packet and
member should read for comment and corrections.
iii. Events
1. Autocross: April 16, June 11, Aug 27, Oct 1.
2. Pancake Breakfast August 27
3. Drive -In Movies — Tharp noted that they were tentatively scheduled
for 1 movie and that he had promised to pay for the portable toilets
in order to keep it on the schedule.
4. Young Eagles — Tharp stated that he had reached out to the Young
Eagles organizers to get on the schedule.
e. FBO / Flight Training Reports —
i. Jet Air — Wolford noted that it's been a winter for the brush equipment. So
far the snows have been light. Wolford noted that he had returned from the
Cirrus conference and that Jet Air Iowa City was a service center for Cirrus.
Wolford noted that they were seeing more noise complaints on a national
level because during the pandemic people were at home instead of in office
buildings. He also noted that some of the comments could be from
operations like the state patrol who will fly for several hours over an area
when they do traffic patrols.
f. Commission Members' Reports —None
g. Staff Report— None
SET NEXT REGULAR MEETING
Lawrence noted he was a "maybe" for the meeting. Members set the next meeting to be held on
February g'h.
ADJOURN
Lawrence moved to adjourn, seconded by Clair. Motion carried 5-0. Meeting was adjourned at
8:30pm.
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