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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-11-1996 Airport Commission Meeting Minutes MINUTES IOWA CITY AIRPORT COMMISSION THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1996 - 5:45 P.M. IOWA CITY TRANSIT FACILITY MEMBERS PRESENT: Howard Horan, Pat Foster, Robert Hicks STAFF PRESENT: Anne Burnside, Eleanor Dilkes, Ron O'Neil CALL TO ORDER: Chairperson Horan called the meeting to order at 5:50 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the March 14, 1996, meeting were approved as submitted. AUTHORIZATION OF EXPENDITURES: Foster made a motion to approve the bills. Hicks seconded the motion and it was approved 3 - 0. PUBLIC DISCUSSION - ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA: No items were discussed. ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION/ACTION: a. Master Plan Study - Searle distributed a copy of Chapter 5 of the Master Plan Study. He said the most important item in the chapter dealt with obstructions and obstruction removal. There were 165 obstructions identified. By extending the runway and raising the Airport elevation, many of the obstructions are eliminated. Some of the remaining obstructions are simple and should be easy to eliminate or can have obstruction lighting installed. O'Neil said he met with the City Forester and discussed removing some of the trees and obstructions that are located on City property. There are some trees along the Iowa River by Sturgis Ferry Park and some by the Army Reserve Center. O'Neil said a grant will be applied for to remove the remaining obstructions. Searle said several of the obstructions are owned by the City and should be addressed immediately. Searle said he thought the FAA would look very favorably toward an obstruction removal plan where local initiative was taken to protect airspace on the runway ends. He said the preliminary Airport Layout Plan is at the FAA in Kansas City for review. Searle also discussed land acquisition needed to implement the Master Plan. He said there is a small amount of land that should be purchase in fee simple and some areas where avigation easements will need to be negotiated. Future dates for the Master Plan Study were scheduled. A public hearing will be set for June 13 to discuss the Master Plan. A meeting will be scheduled to present the Master Plan to the City Council and Commission. This could be at the May 20 Council work session. b. Snow removal policy - This item was deferred until the May meeting at the request of subcommittee chairperson Mascari. c. West Corporate hangar building - O'Neil said several questions were raised at the pre-bid conference on April 10. A specific site plan was requested by the bidders. O'Neil said he has contacted three firms for proposals to conduct a site survey and prepare a site plan. The type of main hangar door was discussed. O'Neil will contact some door manufacturers for prices and information. The type of heating in the hangar area was discussed as well as a specific lighting scheme and floor drain system. d. Iowa City/Coralville J. C. 's - Wanda Ottar and Alex Alvarez circulated information outlining the events they would like to have on the Fourth of July. The Commission reviewed the list and indicated which events were permissible and which would not be allowed. The Commission discussed the lay-out for the events and which areas will need to be fenced. The procedures for allowing aircraft owners access to their planes were discussed. A work schedule was reviewed. Some things would be delivered on the afternoon of July 3 . There would also be a clean up group at the Airport on July 5. O'Neil said Mascari would be the Commission member responsible for supervising the event. Any time the J.C. 's were at the Airport setting up, during the fireworks, and during clean up, someone from the Airport would need to be there to supervise. Alvarez said there was a misunderstanding last year when Jones, from Iowa City Flying 'Service, gave the J. C. 's permission to go out on the runways. Alvarez said he explained to his group that permission to go anywhere on the airside of the Airport needed to be from someone representing the Commission, not ICFS. Hicks made a motion to allow the J.C. 's permission to use Airport property to conduct their annual fireworks display. Foster seconded the motion and it was passed 3 - 0. Ottar gave O'Neil a copy of their Certificate of Insurance. O'Neil said he will have it reviewed by the Assistant Finance Director to make sure it is adequate. The question was raised about scheduling a rain date. The J.C. 's will discuss this and report back to O'Neil. July 5 was a suggested date. e. Minimum standards - O'Neil said the subcommittee had developed a preliminary draft of a set of minimum standards and would be ready to discuss the standards at a meeting in the near future. He recommended that the Commission have the minimum standards completed before they start marketing parcels of Airport property slated for development in the Master Plan Study. CHAIRPERSON'S REPORT: Horan said there was a nice editorial in the Press Citizen concerning the Master Plan. Horan asked O'Neil when the ADA improvements for the Airport Terminal would be completed. O'Neil said the new floor covering was scheduled to be installed on April 15. The partitions would be installed and the painting completed after the flooring is installation. The outside ramp will be installed in late April or early May. COMMISSION MEMBERS' REPORTS: No items were presented. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT: O'Neil said he was contacted by a group that is interested in installing a self-fueling operation at the Airport. This may be an agenda item sometime this summer. O'Neil reminded the Commission of the Iowa Aviation Conference on April 25. Horan, Foster, and Blum are the Commission members attending. There is an interest from a group in Iowa City to locate a Science Center at the Airport. This may be on the agenda as soon as the May meeting. There are two parcels of property near the Airport that are requesting rezoning. One is the Ruppert property directly east of Menards and the other is the Wolf property south of the Airport. The FAA is reviewing the Commission's Request for Review of an airspace study for construction of an antenna northwest of the Airport that was determined to penetrate the 20: 1 slope of Runway 12 by 26 ' . O'Neil said he discussed the proposed construction with someone from the FAA's Washington, D.C. office. O'Neil reminded the Commission that Anne Burnside will be leaving as the Airport's attorney on approximately June 1 and will be replaced by Eleanor Dilkes. SET NEXT MEETING: The next regular meeting is scheduled for May 2 , 1996 , at 5 : 45 p.m. ADJOURNMENT: Hicks moved to adjourn the meeting. Foster seconded the motion and the meeting adjourned at 7 : 12 p.m. 0// /f,Aeg%‘ Howard Horan, Chairperson