ISAS Board Meeting
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM. Present were: Dave Martin, Ken Hardwick,
Larry Weber, Andy Andersen, Robert English, Pete Weber, Glenn and Debra
Plymate, Herb Jolliff, and Doug Davis.
A roll call was conducted based on the new list
of officers that were printed. There
were only three voting members present, so there was no quorum. This was designated an informational meeting
only.
SECRETARY/TREASURER:
Minutes of the January 14 meeting were passed around and read by those
present. No vote was taken to approve.
DISCUSSION:
Larry Weber spoke, saying that his last day with the ODA will be May 1 and he
thanked those in attendance for the support and guidance, and said it was an
honor to work with ISAS.
The temporary beacon in place now is to be
replaced with a new permanent one at the same time as the flagpole goes up on
the tower before the Memorial Day FlyBy event.
There is a crew mowing the grass a few times this year, and this will
begin when the ground gets solid enough to support the mower.
The records for the runway here had three
different figures for the length so a professional crew was hired to make a
final measurement. The official length
now is 3001 feet.
Andy spoke about the OFF sponsored airport bill,
saying that the language had been changed to "airport planning area"
which includes 3 miles around the runway.
He passed around a draft of the summarized decisions by the joint
committee of the Independence City Council and the City Planning Commission,
concerning the local Urban Growth Boundary.
It looks as though designating a boundary west of the airport on 41.1
acres will be included in the UGB for airport expansion recommended by ODA.
This will be in addition to the 45 acres proposed earlier. This will not
interfere with the City's plans to allow housing growth to the West and
Southwest. Ken asked if the draft flyer
could be shared with the representative groups and Andy said yes.
He also spoke of another OFF-sponsored training
day that will incorporate a safety seminar to be held in the EAA hangar on the
19th of this month. The F-15 will be
here during the Memorial Day event at around 11 AM "unless something
happens." The next planning event
for the Memorial Day event will be on the 6th of May.
Dave Martin said that the IAHA meeting will be
on the 24th, next Thursday. Ken said
that the North Park will also be having a meeting on Saturday the 19th about a
proposed fee increase for maintenance purposes. There was also some discussion about the goose cannon going off
all hours of the night: all local parties point to the County offices as being
the responsible entity, and that the cannons don't really scare the geese
anymore anyway.
Ken also proposed, for discussion this time, a
change to the By-Laws to allow two people from each group to vote and mandate
that six be the required number for a quorum.
Several options were discussed. A
committee will have to be formed to look into whether such a change would be
beneficial.
There was also some discussion about House Bill
1079 that allowed off-road use of non-ethanol gas (which includes
airplanes). The Lebanon airport
currently has premium mo-gas available without ethanol added.
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 7:52 PM. The next meeting is scheduled for July 14,
Monday night, 7 PM at the Gabel's hangar.
Respectfully submitted by Robert English,
secretary.
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