Board Vice President Herb Jolliff
opened the meeting at 2 p.m., explaining that President Gary Van Horn is
recuperating from surgery and pneumonia. We look forward to his speedy
recovery. Present were: Al & Margaret Cleveland, John Horn, Herb Jolliff,
Alan Wright, Kelly Wilson and Dave Martin. Secretary Robert English was working
today so Dave Martin recorded the minutes. In addition to the board, 18 airpark
owners attended the meeting.
Minutes from the October IAHA board
meeting were approved by a vote of the board.
Margaret Cleveland, Treasurer, gave
a report of the current status of IAHA accounts. There are four property owners
who have not paid required dues and she has notified them that they will be subject
to liens effective Monday. She discovered recently that the most recent changes
to the CC&Rs were not properly recorded and, at Gary’s instruction, is turning this over to the board to
re-record properly by the January meeting.
Margaret noted that 15 airpark
properties have changed ownership this year. Dave Ullman asked how many of the
new owners are aviation people, and Margaret answered that all but one are and that one is interested in
learning to fly.
Margaret thanked Shirley Horn and the block heralds who keep the community on
top of airpark news and other items of interest. She also thanks many others who helped this year, including
Anne Schenck for the social gathering in September. The airport roster is being prepared for the coming year, and she
asked those with changes or corrections to get them to her in the next day or
two. The 2020 roster will be published soon.
Al Cleveland, maintenance chair,
spoke next and credited the many who helped with recent airpark maintenance
including gopher control, perimeter mowing, hauling and spreading taxiway edge
gravel.
Dave Martin, chair of the
Architecture Committee, noted recent approval for a house with a hangar to
follow at 802 Stinson Street. The lot owner is Sean Johnston, a freight airline
pilot who intends to build a hangar and acquire an airplane later. Construction
continues on the house and hangar owned by J.C. Quevas at 752 Aeronca Street.
He anticipates completion in April. Dave thanked committee members Carole
Kreig, Doug Davis and Joe Dubner for their participation. Andy Duncan has
agreed to replace Joe, who is retiring from the committee.
Vice President Herb Jolliff noted
that the October board meeting addressed a lack of rules enforcement (The
exception is liens for failure to pay IAHA fees). In October, board members
noted that neighborhood community spirit and pride has worked here for decades,
and that this largely still works, even for owners without aviation interests.
Some of the violations are Independence city codes, and the city has been asked
to enforce its rules. The subject is expected to come up at the January 23 IAHA
meeting in 2020.
Margaret asked Anne Scheck to help
her count the ballots. Of the 160 lot owner members, only 20 ballots were
turned in. Margaret reported the election results: Only current board members
volunteered to run for 2020. All were elected.
President Gary Van
Horn
Vice President Herb
Jolliff
Secretary Robert
English
Treasurer Margaret
Cleveland
Maintenance Al Cleveland
Architecture Dave Martin
Members At Large Alan Wright and John Horn
Past President Kelly
Wilson
Board member John Horn tried to find
the current status of the airport master plan, which was under review by ODA
(the state department of aviation) and paid consultants several years ago. John
reported that nobody he contacted at ODA knows the status of that planning.
The meeting adjourned at 2:36 p.m.
Next meeting is 23 January 2020. The 2020 meetings were listed on the bottom of today’s agenda for
the convenience of all: Jan 23, April
23, July 23, October 22 and Annual Meeting December 6.
Respectfully
submitted by Dave Martin, later edited by Robert English.