The meeting was called to order at 7:05 PM by President
Gary. Present were Craig Cowles, John Horn, Dave Martin, Robert English and
Gary Van Horn. Since we had five members attending, we had the minimum
necessary for a quorum. Henry and
Daphne arrived later.
SECRETARY: There was one
comment about the June meeting; the second estimate from Ole was not a
"revised" estimate but an original. John Horn made the motion to approve
the minutes as amended, and Dave Martin seconded. All approved by voice vote.
TREASURER: Rena was not
available to attend this evening, but she did tell Gary that there were no
significant changes to the statement passed around at the June meeting.
ARCHITECTURAL: The new house
on Skyraider was built 2 and a half feet too close to the street and the
foundation had to be ripped up to comply with City code. The new hangar at the Kruljak's property
went up nicely with no issues.
MAINTENANCE: Craig
described the upcoming Carbon Seal paving project, starting with the
North/South taxiway, to be performed by RLC (Roger Langeliers Construction).
The connecting aprons with the individual East/West taxiways are also going to
be serviced. There was some discussion as to how far that servicing should be,
and the consensus was that it should be as far as the "radius
return," i.e. the ending point of the curve. It was decided to bring this up during the negotiations for the
final price, and see if they are amenable to including these sections. Craig asked John Horn if he would be able to
oversee this project since the North/South taxiway runs right past his house. John said his travel schedule might not
allow it, but if he is around when this project is ongoing then he can do
it.
Craig had an email from a previous customer of
RLC, which praised the company generally but they did not have the same sort of
work done that we will be buying. Gary
said that the North Park had Carbon Seal work done on part of their taxiway
system, and they were happy with it, but it was done within the last year so
it's too recent to find out how long it lasts. Gary asked Craig to find another
previous client that has had Carbon Seal work done in previous years, and find
out how well satisfied they are with it.
Given these unanswered questions, and some others discovered in the fine
print (such as the 2% "bond"), Gary said that there wasn't enough
information to be able to OK this project yet.
The final go-ahead for this work was tabled until more information comes
in.
Gary asked Craig what a neighbor should do if
they don't want a certain patch along the taxiway sprayed, and Craig said that
they can always put up a sign in the area they don't want sprayed. Gary suggested notifying people by the Block
Herald network when he's going to be spraying so people have a heads-up.
OLD BUSINESS: Gary passed
around a copy of the most recent draft of the letter to the Stinson Street
neighbors regarding the drainage ditch.
Blanks were left for potential starting dates, and the time frame from
August 15 and September 30 was considered a good date since the water will be
low. Robert will get the addresses of
record from Rena of people who border the ditch, and send the notices on behalf
of IAHA with a return receipt requested. There was some discussion about who
needs to get a letter, and certainly those who have an underground pipe instead
of a ditch should not receive one of these letters. Gary will follow up with the affected neighbors by phone.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
Gary read a report from Congressman Schrader's office, stating that even though
the FAA re-appropriation bill is still stuck in committee it still has the RTTF
language in it. That is good news.
Gary had several emails in response to his
article in "Loud and Clear" about strangers using our taxiways, and
read two of them. There was lots of
discussion centering around recent examples that have been seen and what to do
about it. Dave said that there are two
issues here, one has to do with the IAHA common properties and then there's the
actual State airport. New gates would stop a lot of the vehicular trespass
problems, and Gary will bring it up to Mitch Swecker when they meet next
time. He will also respond to each of
the people who wrote him, encouraging each of them to be diplomatic.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting
was adjourned at 8:30 PM. The next meeting is set for October 27, 7 PM at the
EAA hangar. Respectfully submitted by Robert English, secretary.
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