IAHA Board Meeting

27 April 2023

 

 

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.

 

 

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