Marion Municipal Airport Committee Meeting Minutes October 11, 2017 Marion City Hall 1225 6th Avenue Marion, IA 52302 Committee Members Present: John Bender Ray Brown Mike Goldberg Phil Legate Craig Rairdin Bonnie Roth Tim Shaffer Committee Members Absent: Staff/Others Present: Tom Treharne, Planning Director Lon Pluckhahn, City Manager Joe Spinks, Mayor Pro Tem Guests Larry Roth and Frank Sherman l. Call to Order/Introductions The meeting was called to order by Mayor Pro Tem Spinks at 5:30 PM. Mr. Spinks asked the members of the committee to introduce themselves. Mr. Legate started, and stated that he had an interest in the expansion of the airport to accommodate other classes of aircraft, and that he had worked in the past for Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, and now worked as an engineer at Rockwell Collins. Mr. Rairdin said that he has been at the Marion Airport since 1990 and has more than 1700 hours of flight time. He works with bible study software. Ray Brown is the CEO of the ESCO Group in Marion and has been very involved with the Chamber of Commerce and MEDCO. John Bender told the group that he is a civil engineer and has completed airport work for the Eastern Iowa Airport. He is retired from consulting and has seen many small airports after flying for his Rotary group. Bonnie Roth said that she has retired from Rockwell and is a flight instructor at the airport. Mr. Shaffer stated that he is also a pilot with IFR certification and runs the IFR flying club. Mike Goldberg is the current director of Linn County Emergency Management and is retiring soon. His career started in law enforcement before moving to county government. He has an extensive background in capital projects. ll. Approval of Minutes Not applicable to this meeting. lll. Discussion and Decision Items Selection of Interim Chair Mayor Pro Tem Spinks asked the group to select a chair for the next meeting. He explained that the ordinance establishing the committee specified both a chair and vice chair positions. Upcoming Project Briefing Mr. Pluckhahn outlined the selection process for a firm to perform engineering work for the airport. The immediate project is the design of the planned widening and resurfacing of the existing runway. A request for proposals was distributed that included that project plus general engineering services and/or grant funded projects for the next few years. This approach was suggested by the DOT so that the city would not have to go through a request for proposals on every project. One response was received and the firm would be asked to come to a future meeting and interview. Planning Director Treharne discussed the land use map and zoning ordinance update project. Housel Lavigne has been selected as the firm. He asked for volunteers from the committee to serve on the steering committee for that project. After the project briefing, Mr. Brown nominated Tim Shaffer to be the acting chair of the next meeting, which was seconded by Bonnie Roth. Motion passed with all ayes. lV. Adjournment With no other business, Mayor Pro Tem Spinks adjourned the meeting at 6:31 PM. .