HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-06-08 Airport Commission MintuesMINUTES FINAL
IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION
June 8, 2023 — 6:00 P.M.
AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING
Members Present: Warren Bishop,. Judy Pfohl, Chris Lawrence,, Hellecktra Orozco
Members Absent: Scott Clair
Staff Present: Michael Tharp, Jennifer Schwickerath, Bruce Teague
Others Present: Matt Wolford, Carl Byers, Regenia Bailey, Ryan Story,
RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL:
None
DETERMINE QUORUM
A quorum was determined at 6:00 pm and Pfohl called the meeting to order.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Bishop moved to accept the minutes of May 18, 2023, seconded by Lawrence. Motion carried 4-0
(Clair absent)
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION /ACTION
a. Iowa City Strategic Plan Presentation — Mayor Teague — Mayor Teague
introduced himself to the Commission and thanked them for the work they do.
Teague stated that the Council had been in a pattern of updating their plan every
year or two and they wanted to so something more sustainable and needing to be
updated less frequently. Teague stated that the City was facing some challenges
from within the state of Iowa. They continue to see the loss of local control from the
state, as well as challenges from state income tax reform, and a growing distrust of
government. Teague discussed what the Council wanted to create a list of values
important to them stating they were: Partnerships and Engagement; Racial Equity,
Social Justice & Human Rights; and Climate Action. Teague then went through each
of the values and broke them down into segments of "How do we know we've
achieved our vision?" and what they identified as action items or steps to take to
reach those goals. Teague referenced the groups that have celebrations downtown
as part of that effort to make sure everyone feels included. Teague also referenced
the diversity toolkits that are used to make sure programs are open to everyone.
Teague stated that some of the goals in the Climate Action include achieving a net
zero carbon emission status. Teague also noted that goals would include
community members choosing to use public transit and stated that the Council had
just approved a pilot for a no -fare public transit system. Teague stated that their
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goals for partnerships and engages are things like making sure each resident can
be reached in a method that's preferred by the individual. Public dialog is respectful,
and that input is seen as being important and decision making is transparent.
Teague referenced some of the actions Council had recently taken including
providing a $2 per hour increase to child care providers and works to encourage and
support workers providing those services. Teague stated that when they finished
up the planning process they realized the Council's plan aligned well with the
University's strategic plan, and the Better Together 2030 initiative. Teague finished
the conversation by stating they know unplanned things are going to happen, and
that also new opportunities will occur that also haven't been planned for and they
need to be mobile enough to respond to each of those. Members asked Teague
questions to which Teague responded.
b. Hangar A Mural Project
i. Fundraising — Tharp stated that most of the conversation needed to be
focused on fundraising. Tharp stated that so far they had raised about $7000
and that had been from the members of the Commission. Members
discussed options for fundraising. Story mentioned his hangar cookout
happening in the near future. Members discussed attending the cookout to
promote the project. Orozco mentioned about updating the website to show
the information. Tharp stated that he had worked with Fuel to provide a
website update so that the information was there. Bishop suggested making
a button at the top of the page. Members continued to discuss other options
for fundraising. Story discussed how the cookout operates and what the
Commission could plan for. Bishop moved that Commission members
attend Story's cookout on June 17th and pay for food for the cookout.
Orozco seconded the motion. Motion carried 4-0 (Clair absent). Tharp
stated that he would work with Bishop to make a flier for the hangar cookout.
c. Airport Strategic Plan — Bailey stated that she wanted to make sure the vision and
mission statements were accurate. Members agreed with the statements as written.
Bailey then went through the goals and strategies and making sure those were in
the correct order. Bailey said that she saw linkage of the plans when the Mayor was
talking. Bailey noted some of the goals were re -worded and wanted to make sure
they were accurate. Members discussed the items and agreed they were as
desired. Bailey continued to walk through the draft of the plan goals. Bailey stated
that next meeting they'd plan to adopt the plan with any final minor changes, and
once the resolution and final minutes were ready she would give a .pdf version for
uploading to the website and for the Commission.
d. Airport Construction Projects:
i. FAA grant projects
1. Runway 25 Threshold Relocation — Tharp stated that the
contractor would need to do some paint cleanup work, and he was
working with AECOM to get some older grants closed out.
2. Runway 12/30 Displaced Threshold/Relocation — Tharp stated
that they had received this grant offer for the runway project and the
Commission needed to accept it
a. Consider a resolution authorizing chairperson to
execute FAA Grant -35 — Lawrence moved resolution
#A23-11, seconded by Bishop. Motion carried 4-0 (Clair
Absent)
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3. Terminal Area Study — Tharp stated they did not have this offer
yet, but that they knew it was coming and so he was asking the
Commission to authorize the chair to accept it when it does.
a. Consider a resolution authorizing chairperson to
execute FAA Grant -36 — Lawrence moved resolution
#A23-12, seconded by Orozco. Motion carried 4-0 (Clair
Absent)
4. Solar Power Project — Tharp stated that CMT had completed their
report. Tharp stated that he was still working with CMT to locate
some ground options to present to the Commission. Lawrence
asked questions regarding the project to which Tharp responded.
ii. Iowa DOT grant projects
1. FY22 Program
a. South T -hangar infrastructure —Tharp stated that the south
taxilane project was complete and as a late handout they had
the resolution and recommendation letter.
L Consider a resolution accepting the project as
complete — Lawrence moved resolution #A23-13,
seconded by Pfohl. Motion carried 4-0 (Clair absent)
2. FY23 Program — Tharp stated now that they've gotten passed the
workload of FAA grants and state grant applications they're getting
the documents put together for these projects.
a. Terminal Building Improvements —
b. Wayfinding/Signage —
3. FY24 Program — Tharp stated that they had submitted the grant
application as they discussed for the fuel storage cabinet project.
He stated typically the DOT gives the draft recommendation list to
the Transportation Commission in July or August. Lawrence asked
about the state legislature budget allocation. Tharp stated the
allocation for general aviation was $1,000,000 which was about the
same as the last year.
iii. Airport/Locally Funded Projects
1. Parking Lot Additions — Tharp stated that this project is also done.
The contractor came back to remove erosion control measures.
i. Consider a resolution accepting the project as
complete — Lawrence moved resolution #A23-14,
seconded by Bishop, motion carried 4-0 (Clair
absent)
iv. Future Projects — Tharp stated that he didn't have anything for this, but he
did ask the Commission to start thinking about things they'd like to see as
they are about to begin the budget season for the next budget. Tharp noted
the next big project after Runway 12/30 is the parking apron. They're also
working on the solar power and terminal projects. Lawrence asked about
other projects on the master plan and if some of those would be good for the
BIL funds, and Tharp responded. Lawrence mentioned about exploring LED
technology for the beacon light. Pfohl asked about the apron and using quick
curing concrete. Byers responded to the concrete questions.
e. Airport "Operations"
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L Budget — Tharp noted they were approaching the end of the budget year
and overall the budget looked good. Lawrence asked about putting the
flowage fee conversation back on the agenda. Tharp noted they'll have that
on the agenda.
ii. Management —
1 . Classification and Compensation Study — Tharp stated that the
city was beginning work on this study which is meant to confirm that
job positions doing similar work, or have similar responsibilities are
appropriate classified and job descriptions are all accurate. Tharp
noted that even though the Commission just did this it was important
to be part of the city study so that they continue to be in line with the
rest of the City. Tharp noted that there will be some survey's that
will need to be completed and confirmed. Schwickerath helped to
describe what the surveys would cover. Members chose to have
Pfohl and Orozco assist as needed for the study.
Tharp stated that he had also been part of the City's ADA self-
assessment and that he had been given the results of that study.
He stated the majority of the items were not large, consisting of
things like a coat hook being too high, or some signage needing to
be changed so it had raised characters or braille. Tharp noted that
some interior items would also be impacted by the building study.
Tharp then informed the Commission that there had been an
encampment of unhoused people that had developed on a parcel of
land under their control. Tharp stated that he was still gathering
information and getting options together. Tharp stated that at this
time they were just monitoring the situation and working with the
Shelter House to ensure those that wanted to get services were in
line for them. Members discussed details of the situation and asked
questions to which Tharp and Schwickerath responded.
iii. Events —Tharp noted that the Young Eagles event happened last weekend.
Tharp stated that they had 72 people registered and only 49 flights
happened. Tharp stated that the next autocross event was this weekend
and that the next bigger event was the drive-in movies
1. Autocross —April 16, June 11, Aug 27, Oct 1.
2. Pancake Breakfast — August 27
3. Drive-in Movies — August 5
4. Young Eagles — June 3
FBO / Flight Training Reports — Wolford noted that as far as airport maintenance
went, it was a lot of mowing. Tharp noted that the power washing was done and
stated that Andrew had wanted to get the staining done next week.
i. Jet Air — Wolford noted that the shop was busy and that he had talked to
Titan fuels and said they were going to give a discount of fuel for Oshkosh
traffic.
Commission Members' Reports — Pfohl asked about the Airport Zoning
Commission and the Airport Zoning Board of Adjustment. Tharp explained the roles
of the different entities. Tharp noted that the other boards do not meet regularly.
Lawrence asked about the aircraft accident that took place. Tharp stated that the
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fence has been replaced and the lighting was in process. Tharp noted that it was
an FAA incident, and not an accident. Tharp stated that he was working with other
city staff to get reimbursement through insurance claims.
h. Staff Report — Tharp stated that Jet Air did a great job with the accident and getting it taken
care of. Tharp stated that he would be out of the office next week but that he would still be in
the area if something came up. Tharp also noted that he gave a tour to our new state legislator
Rep. Levin. Tharp gave a summary of the tour.
SET NEXT REGULAR MEETING - next meeting was set for July 13t".
ADJOURN
Lawrence moved to adjourn, seconded by Bishop. Motion carried 4-0 (Clair absent). Meeting
adjourned at 8:10 pm
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O/S = Absent, not a member of the subcommittee