The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by President
Gary. Present were Dave Martin, John Horn, Robert English, Herb Jolliff, Gary
Van Horn, Alan Wright, Kelly Wilson, Lynn McDonald, and Gail Hill. Several
airpark residents were in attendance as guests.
Gary explained
IAHA Board procedure and asked that everyone who wishes to speak must be
recognized by the President before they actually speak.
SECRETARY: The minutes to
the July meeting were posted online as a draft. Dave Martin made the motion to approve the minutes as posted,
and Herb Jolliff seconded. All approved by voice vote.
OLD BUSINESS: Henry Bartle was invited to take a place at the Board table and update the Board on progress since September 5th by President Gary. Relating to the matters discussed at a special meeting on September 5, Henry stated that all of his earlier projects on his airpark property are now finished. He said he has six planes in his hangar, five of which are his, and he has received advice that he can work on someone's plane as long as it’s for free. There were other questions regarding Henry’s golf cart being seen on the taxiway, and Henry said that he would make sure that doesn't happen again.
John Horn said that he had a conversation with Jake Thiessen, who declined to attend this meeting this evening. Jake has continued to express his discontent to the ODA after the September 5th Board meeting. This is despite his having assured IAHA that he would be happy with whatever the Board decided. The Board was not knowledgeable of Jake’s continued discontent or his continued contact with the ODA until President Gary was informed of those actions on October 23 by ODA’s Matt Maas. John Horn asked if anyone had heard of a petition that Jake had started, and a few remembered him talking about it but that nothing had come of it.
Gary stated that, despite the way that Jake has chosen to express his concerns, Jake
actually has a point that commercial activity within the airpark endangers all
of our access rights. He further
outlined all of the procedures that the IAHA Board followed in the above
matter, what steps were taken, and what could happen from this point forward.
John Horn listed further details about the newer
legislation now in place to protect airparks like ours, which prohibits
commercial operations within the airpark.
Alan Wright mentioned the Compliance/Guidance letter from the FAA which
seems to include some leeway for "other commercial activities." Gary added that there are some permissible
businesses that can be run within the airpark, but all of those require
licenses, conditional permits from the City or approval from
ODA that need to be obtained. It was also noted that IAHA was probably not the final arbiter for the
CGL or the Zone or licensing codes which could apply.
Gary asked if any one of the guests had
questions, and Betty Koch asked if Mr.
Bartle’s comments were intended to recognize the potential liability his
actions meant to the residents of the Airpark and to property values? Gary asked Henry to respond directly to the
question. He responded that he
understood and he would do nothing to endanger the other residents.
There
was some discussion about various complaints regarding airplanes buzzing or
flying too low. Gary explained that he
had been considering a 'fly friendly' letter to the Block Heralds (the main
news organ here since the "Loud and Clear" stopped being published a
year ago based on a lack of response
to the survey question published in L&C). We are in the middle of a city and there has been good cooperation
up until now. There haven't been many complaints, and we would like to keep it
that way. There were no further
comments from the guests attending this evening.
TREASURER: Gail handed out a report that she had printed this evening, and there was hardly any difference from the last statement since this is the quiet part of the year (before the bills go out). The data for the yearly directory has been compiled and is going to be printed.
Gary mentioned some advice that had been
received from the tax accountant that checks received in 2013 not be deposited
until 2014, and there was some discussion about this. Keith Moes, our previous
treasurer, said that he used a separate line item for pre-paid 2014 dues so
that the accountant could make sense of it.
Gail will double-check with the
accountant to verify the understanding of current instructions from him.
ARCHITECTURE: A room
addition on the Richman house was completed during the summer, and the Ullman
house is ongoing to be completed in the next month.
MAINTENANCE: Craig Cowles
did not attend this evening. There was no report.
PRESIDENT: Gary
summarized what the City had done to alleviate the flooding that was
experienced last year, and what had yet to be done to finish this project. He also had a draft ballot for 2014 which he
passed around, essentially a repeat of last year's ballot. No
responses were received from the election notice posted via the Block Herald
Network and no one has appeared at this meeting as requested in the notice.
GOOD OF THE ORDER:
John Horn stated that fencing this airport was part of ODA's 5-year plan,
though this is not certain, and that would include radio-controlled access
gates which IAHA may have to pay for. Last time those were priced was in 2004,
and it would be higher now. It's not an
actionable item right now, since there's no immediate imperative, but it is
something to research.
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting
was adjourned at 8:36 PM. The next meeting is the general meeting to be held on
Sunday, December 1, at 2 PM in the EAA hangar. Respectfully submitted by Robert
English, secretary.
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