The
meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by President Gary. Present were: Al
& Margaret Cleveland, Gary Van Horn, Robert English, John Horn, Dave
Martin, Alan Wright. Herb Jolliff was out of state and could not attend. Guests
included Henry Bartle, who spoke later.
SECRETARY: The
minutes for January have been posted on the website for public viewing for a
while now. John Horn moved to approve the minutes as posted, and Margaret
Cleveland seconded. All approved by voice vote.
MEMBERSHIP COMMENTS:
Henry Bartle had a proposal to process the payments for the proposed taxiway
maintenance plan, to make the special assessment option easier to deal with,
and to do all the bookkeeping as necessary. IAHA would get the money, and Henry
would simply keep track of this. Offering a loan percentage at 8% for those who
need to make time payments will be part of the plan. Discussion followed
regarding the finer points of this. There still needs to be a plan in order to
put it before the vote of the membership before this can be considered. Gary
said this would be helpful to implement the special assessment, should this
option be chosen.
TREASURER: Margaret
passed around a quarterly report, along with bills paid during the quarter. The
taxiway fee gets paid out to the ODA in July. Two properties have not paid
their ingress/egress fees and liens have already been applied to the properties
in question. Some discussion centered around finer points in the expenses, such
as the printing of the neighborhood rosters (paper is definitely preferred, as
has been discussed in previous years).
Margaret
further stated that there is one property that has four years worth of liens on
it. All of the others have paid off their liens.
ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE: Dave
said there were two projects so far this year, including the Robertsons who
bought 617 Luscomb and have submitted the plan for a house. 627 Luscomb has
been purchased by the Harrises, and the committee is meeting next Wednesday to
view the plans for their house. Neither of them are aviators, though Chad
Robertson is a helicopter mechanic who will be getting his pilot license.
Two
properties are in escrow at the moment, one due to close in May and the other
in June.
MAINTENANCE COMMITTEE:
Al related the ongoing discussion about the taxiway plan, mainly the tar
coating which is flaking off in various spots. He brought out a rental catalog
which includes a scrubber to take the flakes down (at walking speed). It is
like a street sweeper and runs about $840.00 per day. We have no way of knowing
whether it will work or not until we try it. Lots of discussion followed,
including what to do with the debris and how much time this might take. John
Horn made a motion to authorize up to $1,000.00 to rent the sweeper, and Dave
Martin seconded. All approved by voice vote.
Al
proposed a work day for gravel along the taxiways, and he needs to ask the EAA
to use space to dump the mound of gravel. There is a rock spreader which is
currently owned by someone in the North Annex. The work day for spreading the
gravel has yet to be set.
The
mowing and weeding season has started. Al has mowed as conditions allowed. He is
using a weed killer called Sahara, which promises to be more effective than the
Roundup he has been using up until now. Keeping pets away for an hour or two is
a good idea.
The
tractor has had some maintenance done but will need some other things, such as
the wheels will need to be replaced next year since they are rusting out around
the valve stems. Gary asked about the tappet noise fix, and Al says it was
improved but the noise has not gone away; some more troubleshooting will be
necessary.
Discussion
turned to Henry Bartle's idea regarding the 8% percentage for those who needed
to pay on time, and Al said he was leaning toward a flat fee assessed over a
five-year period. Discussion followed. Gary said he would prefer to have all of
it handled by the official Treasurer rather than having part of the work farmed
out to a member of the community. Lots more discussion centered around the
other points of the taxiway maintenance plan. Margaret made the motion that
John's financial plan, to collect $500 per household for five years as a
special assessment for taxiway maintenance reserve, be accepted in order to be
placed on a ballot later this year. This vote was for the assessment provision
only. Dave seconded. All approved by voice vote. Al and John will write
a plan.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Gary
had kept everyone informed every step along the way regarding the City's
decision regarding the marijuana processing plant. There is a meeting next
Monday of the City planning committee to decide about setbacks for such an
operation, and Gary will be there as a representative of the Airpark. The
appeal has been filed, and Gary will send a copy of that out to Board members
by email.
Gary
asked Alan about the sound measuring equipment he has, as this could help to
get readings on the current background noise to serve as a baseline. Discussion
centered around what this would be compared to, and the manner of noises to be
excluded by EPA statute. Bruce Patton has been researching this and will assist
with the gathering of the baseline background noise data.
GOOD OF THE ORDER: The
finance committee for Minet has some openings and there have been no takers
from this community at this time. There have been gains in efficiency in recent
months, and the business model does need to be changed, but things are moving
in the right direction financially.
The
meeting with the lawyer resulted in 5 affirmative votes to move forward with
the appeal for the City's decision. Margaret and Al Cleveland, John Horn, Herb
Jolliff, and Gary Van Horn.
ADJOURNMENT: The
meeting was adjourned at 9:03 PM. Next meeting is set for July 27, 7:00 PM, at
the EAA hangar.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: held
on March 31, 2017, meeting called to order at 7:00 PM at the EAA hangar.
Subject: taxiway
engineering study
The
Board requires the information of what work is needed, both short-term and
long-term, on the taxiways in order to put together a proposal for bidding by
contractors.
John Horn made the motion to allocate $7,500 to pay for the
engineering study of the taxiway system as proposed, and Margaret Cleveland
seconded. All approved unanimously.
*** NOTE: ***
The money was not actually spent, as the engineer was too busy to
start the study when he was contacted after the meeting.
Executive
session was adjourned at 8:56 PM.
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