The meeting was called to order by President
Gary at 7:00 PM. Present were Gail Hill, Dave Martin, John Horn, Craig Cowles,
Gary Van Horn, Andy Andersen, Herb Jolliff. Guests were Scott Green, Mike
Danko, Dan Hill, Vern Wells, Dan Exstrom, David Clyne, Sherman Wallis, Forrest
Peck, and Frank & Marcia Noell.
Norm Rainey and Robert English arrived a few minutes later.
PRE-MEETING FLOOD DISCUSSION:
Scott Green gave a thumbnail description of the most recent flooding problem,
how it affected Mooney Street specifically, and what might be in store if no
improvements are made in the current storm drain infrastructure. This
particular flooding event was not as bad as 1996, when the river came up so
high that the creeks stopped flowing, but it was an issue with the drainage at
the bottom of Mooney being too small to relieve the flow of water coming
in. Lots of discussion followed
relating to the frustration about the current drainage problems. The representatives from the City of
Independence also related the problems they had during the same time, such as
keeping the sewer system from being taken out by the flooding. After more discussion, the City
representatives were dismissed for this evening. Scott volunteered to make a "talking-points list" of
items that need to be taken care of before the next flood, and Gary said that
he should hold on to that list until a special meeting with David Clyne (the
City manager) along with other representatives of the City, Ash Creek Water
Control District, Department of Aviation, both Airpark Associations and the
Railroad.
SECRETARY: President Gary
wanted to also post his prepared notes from the last meeting as a separate
document to be linked from the existing minutes, and Robert agreed to do that
when he receives the document. Gail Hill made the motion to approve the
minutes as amended, and Dave Martin seconded. All approved by voice vote.
TREASURER: Gail passed
around the most recent quarterly report. She thanked several people for helping
to bring her up to speed with all the changes that have happened since she last
did the Treasurer duties. Currently,
only half of the homeowners have paid their dues.
ARCHITECTURE: There are no
new projects since our last meeting.
MAINTENANCE: The taxiways in
the south end appear to have been undermined in addition to having debris
sitting on top of them. The contractor
from Albany has been contacted to update them on the current situation, and
Craig said that he figured the debris could be handled with either a power
washer and/or the bucket on the tractor.
Gary asked for an email report from Craig as to what would be involved
in cleaning up the taxiway and Craig said he could do that. John Horn said the debris removal should be
done quickly since Scott Green had said that they didn’t want to use the
taxiway in its current condition. Craig
said he would get out there and look tomorrow to assess how badly the taxiways
are damaged.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Andy had some
announcements: the OFF are sponsoring the training day from 10 to 5 on April 7,
with Neal White conducting the seminar, and the first meeting for the Pilot
Memorial Event will be on Monday evening Feb 6th over at the Independence
Library at 7:00.
The regular meeting was adjourned at 7:48
PM. After a five-minute break, an
executive session was held about an official letter that had been prepared to
send an airpark member regarding a legal issue. After lots of discussion about fine points, John Horn made the
motion to approve the sending of the letter as amended and Dave Martin
seconded. All approved by voice vote.
The finished product will be sent to board members by email.
Some more discussion followed about the heroic
work that Scott Green and Sherm Wallis had done with rented pumps to keep the
floodwaters relatively low. Gail
Hill made the motion that IAHA reimburse Scott and Sherm up to $200.00 toward
the cost of their work. This was with the caveat that they present the
Association with the receipts. Craig
Cowles seconded. All approved by voice vote.
The meeting was officially adjourned at 8:28
PM. Respectfully submitted by Robert
English, IAHA secretary.
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