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AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MINUTES

TUESDAY – JULY 24, 2007

AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDING

The Muscatine Airport Advisory Commission meeting was called to order at 5:05 p.m. by

Commission Chairperson Jerry Page. Commission members present were Wayne Tooman, Phil Fitzgerald,

Jerry Page, and Jeff Armstrong. Also present were City Administrator A.J. Johnson and Airport Manager

Janet Lewis.

The first item on the agenda was approval of the minutes of the April 23, 2007 meeting.

It was moved by Commission member Tooman and seconded by Commission member Fitzgerald that

the minutes be approved. There was no discussion and the minutes were approved unanimously.

The next item on the agenda was an update from the City Administrator on the National Guard

Armory project. The City of Muscatine and the Iowa National Guard are moving forward with a project that

will eventually lead to the construction of a new armory facility on the airport property. City Administrator

Johnson stated that a team from the Iowa National Guard was at the airport on Tuesday, July 17, 2007, to get

a firsthand look at the facility and property. Guard representatives were very pleased with the facility and

location. A number of questions have been raised to the Guard that have been incorporated into the proposed

lease that Council is anticipated to take action on at the August 2, 2007 City Council Meeting.

The next item on the agenda was a review of capital improvement projects currently underway at the

airport. City Administrator Johnson distributed the bid tab for the recent award for the crosswind runway

taxiway project. Council took action to approve the bid from All American Concrete from West Liberty. It is

anticipated the project will be completed later this fall. City Administrator Johnson indicated that once this

project is complete, other resources from both state and federal funding pools will be available for other

related activities such as maintenance equipment, snow removal, maintenance buildings, etc. The Commission

members also discussed the possibility of constructing new t-hangars on the airport property. City

Administrator Johnson and Airport Manager Lewis shared with Commission members the numbers associated

with the construction of eight new t-hangars. Costs were kicked around and it was determined that the city

should come up with a “payback period” for hangar development based on a $400,000 cost estimate. Once a

cost estimate for the payback of the investment is made, we can then determine whether or not there is a

marketplace for new hangars and what type of rent they would sustain. City Administrator Johnson will get

back to Commission members as soon as possible on this matter.

There was also discussion concerning the HNI lease. It has been brought to the attention of the city

and to the Airport Advisory Commission that the newest of the two hangars that are currently occupied by the

HNI Corporation is being vacated. The city will want to investigate what its legal position is concerning the

use of that facility. Copies of that lease will be distributed to the Commission members and the City

Administrator will confer with the city attorney as to the legal rights of the city concerning this matter.

With no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 6:05 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

A.J. Johnson

City Administrator