The meeting
was called to order at 7:00 PM by President Gary. Present were: Craig Cowles,
Dave Martin, Gary Van Horn, Robert English, John Horn, Herb Jolliff, Kelly
Wilson, Alan Wright, and Gail Hill. Andy Anderson and Jim Hubule also attended.
John Sedey arrived later.
SECRETARY: The minutes from the April meeting were
posted on-line in draft form. Kelly Wilson made the motion to accept the
minutes as presented, and Herb Jolliff seconded. All approved by voice vote.
TREASURER: Gail passed around statements for the
year to date. All bills are paid and we are current.
ARCHITECTURE: Dave said that the house being built on
Aeronca does not yet have a hangar but the owner is going to build one within a
year. There is enough room around the side for the contractors to get their
equipment in and out on the west side. The more recently approved project, on
the end of Cessna, is an expansion of the existing living room and an added
porch. They are still under the 40% footprint as mandated.
MAINTENANCE: Craig described and summarized the
meeting with the contractor that occurred on the Cherokee and Skylane taxiways
the previous Saturday, with the IAHA board in attendance. The purpose of that
meeting was to describe exactly where the net repaving project would occur on
the two taxiways and what kind of work would be done on each. Craig emphasized
that time is of the essence, that the hot weather we are experiencing is
perfect for this type of work, and that the contractor has limited time in
which to perform the job before the rainy season starts. Gary asked about crack sealing, since there
was no mention of it in the current estimate, and Craig responded that the
major cracks were fixed previously. Gary's next question had to do with the
actual square footage of the grinding work, as the number do not match between
the areas that the contractor had marked out on the pavement versus the written
estimate.
After some
discussion of the above points, Alan Wright made the motion that cleanup
(removal of the old flaking seal coats) and fresh sealcoat be done on the two
taxiways, and no grinding work be considered this year. Herb Jolliff
seconded. John Horn led the
discussion by saying he was of the opinion that maybe there should be no work
done this year on either taxiway. The
rest of the discussion centered around how bad the flaking actually is, whether
it poses any threat to the integrity of the taxiways, and whether the work as
described in the estimate is going to do the job anyway - if the taxiways are
as bad as all that, then maybe the Board should save its money and then just
replace the taxiways entirely at a future date. Dave Martin asked that the
motion be modified to include a new bid from the contractor based on this new
work order. Gail Hill asked also that we get more than one bid on this job so
that we could compare and choose the best one. Alan said he would gladly modify
the motion to include both of these considerations. Herb said his second still stands. The vote was taken: majority voted "yes" with one
"nay" (John Horn). After further discussion of the modified motion, as approved, Alan
Wright and John Horn agreed to work with Craig to develop requests for
proposals. More specific information regarding such items as process and
material would be addressed in the bids.
PRESIDENT: copies of the Director & Officers
insurance coverage, as well as the Taxiway coverage, have been sent to the
members of the IAHA board. The IAHA Board is now covered.
The drainage
plan was going to be presented at tonight's meeting by City engineer Mike
Danko, but he is out of town this evening and could not be here. Basically, the
City is going to get as far as they can before October, and they have already
cleaned out the major drains. They are set to clean out the ditch by the
railroad crossing.
Gary asked
all present to think about who they would want to see on the Board for 2014.
GOOD OF THE
ORDER: The
drainage ditch on Mooney street has a pile of dirt in the middle of it, and it
has not been cleaned out yet. This dumping is technically on City property, not
IAHA property, but it needs to be taken care of before the rainy season so
drainage is not impeded. The emailed notice about this problem has had uneven
distribution through the Block Herald network so not everyone has seen it. John asked if action could be taken against
the likely suspect. Gary said he would
make some phone calls to find out.
John Sedey
spoke about the new renter on Stearman who is parking his 18-wheeler big-rig on
the street, and was concerned about the blockage of traffic. The consensus was that this was City matter,
since they have a specific ordinance dealing with parking big-rigs in
residential neighborhoods.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was officially adjourned at
8:11 PM. Executive session followed.
Next meeting
is to be held October 24, 7:00 PM at the EAA hangar. Respectfully submitted by
Robert English, secretary.
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