CALL TO ORDER: President
Alan called the meeting to order at 7:02PM. Present were Al & Margaret
Cleveland, Dave Ullman, Herb Jolliff, Alan Wright, Bob Spencer, Keith Moes,
John Horn, and Robert English. Some neighbors were present in the audience this
evening as well.
SECRETARY: The draft
minutes have been posted on the website since mid-February. Margaret
Cleveland made the motion to approve the minutes as posted, and Keith Moes
seconded. All approved by voice vote.
TREASURER: Margaret
passed around copies of the current bank account report at the meeting, which
included the number of households which have paid their dues for the year.
Seven households have not paid at this point, and as of 1 May there will be
liens put on their property in the amount of the dues. She itemized the
expenses for the year so far, including the new walkway near the restaurant and
taxes for the quarter. She stated that anyone who wanted a copy of her report
can ask her for one.
The
Board discussed the anticipated cost and start date for the taxiway project
which Ron Singh negotiated on behalf of the Airpark: due to weather, the start
date will be in July, and anticipated cost will be just shy of what was raised
for the job. Anything not spent on this job will be used to continue the
maintenance of the taxiway system.
Margaret
passed out forms for the revision of the CC&Rs for the job descriptions of
each Board post, filled out by each of the current Board members, and she asked
that we get them back to her by 10 May.
The
question about insurance came up, and Margaret said they were shopping around
for a lower-cost policy than the one they currently have. The renewal date for
the current one is mid-June. Alan suggested reaching out to the North Park to
find out who insures them and Margaret said she would. The insurance broker is
supposed to be doing that groundwork.
ARCHITECTURE: David
said not a lot has been happening, with the White taxiway apron still not
finalized though they have been reminded that it needs to be done before the
repaving project. The property on 617
Stinson will have a fence built around it soon and he has been keeping David
informed of developments. Gary Van Horn's trees have been trimmed back with a
good improvement noted.
He
also said that he has been working with Maurice Gundersen for software to help
manage an organization, which will also benefit the EAA, and he will be in a
position to make an official proposal about how its benefits for IAHA at the
next Board meeting in July. Keith Moes volunteered to assist with that
presentation since he is already involved with that kind of management
software.
MAINTENANCE: Al said
he will start spraying since the grass is sprouting now at the taxiway edges,
and he urged those who didn't want their property sprayed to put signs up and
he will honor them. He also described the newly purchased mower that came from
the Dallas RC Club which Lynn McDonald has been using to mow IAHA property; it
was used for its first job earlier this week and did very well.
He
also listed the efforts he has been making to find a possible place to stow the
maintenance equipment, and a ODOT property was briefly considered, but the
State contract states that equipment not strictly in keeping with aviation use
was not allowed there.
Drainage
issues were listed and discussed, which need to be taken care of before the
repaving project takes place, and the drainage pipes (specifically the
responsibility to install and maintain them) was part of the discussion. The
recent rainfall has brought those into better view. Ron Singh pointed out to
the ODA that the North/South drainage ditch carries water from the airport
itself, and there will be an ODA meeting soon to meet the new ODA Director,
which may prove an ideal opportunity to bring this up for action on their part.
This will be taken up at the next Board meeting in July.
One
resident along Skylane taxiway is moving out and is driving on the taxiway
during his moving process, ignoring IAHA's requests not to do so. Enforcing
this kind of regulation needs to be addressed in the coming year. Discussion
about how well we will need to protect the taxiway system once the repaving is
finished added special urgency to this.
Taxiway
signage was also discussed, with the signage possibly being sprayed onto the
pavement itself rather than building & maintaining the current signage.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT: Alan
stated that the current legal action is in negotiation, and the Board was in
favor of an update from the lawyer at the next opportunity. Andy Duncan and
Vincent Homer, as well as Dave Ullman, were thanked for adding details to the
report submitted to the City about the coming Western Interlock cement plant to
be built on Stryker.
A
brief discussion about emailing the draft minutes of the previous meeting to
the members was brought up and it was agreed that they could go out in an email
as an additional attachment along with the agenda for the upcoming meeting.
Alan said he would be able to do that before the next meeting.
Ron
Singh's itemized suggestion list was discussed as well, and Keith Moes
suggested that this merited a work session with the Board present as well as
Ron himself. Some items, such as the legal situation and the CC&R review,
will need to be tabled for later, but the meeting for the work session was
decided for Wednesday 24 May at 7:00PM to address the points that can be
addressed.
OTHER BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS: Discussion centered around the complaint received by the Board
involving the light on a neighbor's hangar which was shining all night. David
Ullman suggested that the IAHA Board write a letter to the neighbor who has the
light, and deliver it in person. Robert volunteered to write the letter on
behalf of the Board with Al & David to bring it to Victoria's attention.
Ed
Wiliams on Cessna passed away this week and the Board will be providing flowers
with our condolences as we have done with previous neighbors who have passed.
GOOD OF THE ORDER: Ron
Singh commented about the meetings themselves, saying that they could be better
attended by neighbors if there was more input regarding the agenda, as well as
the timing of when the agenda gets sent out. The Board thanked him for his good
suggestions, agreeing with what he said, and time was sometimes pressing on
each of us on the Board to fulfill those tasks.
ADJOURNMENT: The
meeting was adjourned at 8:52PM. Next meeting will be 27 July at 7:00PM at the
EAA hangar. Respectfully submitted by Robert English, IAHA Secretary.