Kane County Reporter

City of Aurora Municipal Airport Advisory Board met April 16.

Here is the minutes provided by the Board:

I. Meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Chairman Armbruster.

II. Members Present: Mr. Armbruster, Mr. Koster, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Baker, Mr. Lieser, Mr. Dorf, Mr. Rudigier, Mr. Fank

Members Excused: Mr. Davis

Members Absent: Mr. Bonifas

Reps Present: Mr. Langerveld

Others Present: Kyle Peabody, Luke Grotto, Mike Warner, Amy Maveus

III. A motion was made by Mr. Lieser, seconded by Mr. Wolf, to accept the minutes of the February 12, 2018 meeting of the Airport Advisory Board. The motion carried unanimously.

IV. Committee Reports

A. Finance – No report

B. Planning and Ops – No report

V. Old Business

A. Sugar Grove Update – Mr. Wolf reported Anytime Fitness has started construction.

B. Draft Airport Rate Study – No report

C. Drone Business Opportunities – No report. To be removed from agenda.

D. Airfield Signage Project – Mr. Peabody reported D-Construction plans to begin the project on May 7, 2018. The project is scheduled to take 48 days. There will be phased airfield closures during construction. CMT, D-Construction, control tower personnel and airport administration will meet to discuss planned closures. A notice detailing phasing of closures will be emailed to airport tenants.

E. Airport Entrance Sign – No report

F. Sugar Grove Park District (Ball Field Sale) – Mr. Armbruster reported the closing on the property is scheduled to take place soon. Mr. Koster questioned the sale of the Harner property. Mr. Armbruster and Mr. Peabody reminded the board of the additional parcels that were included in the land release to be sold.

G. ALCMS – Mr. Peabody reported the project is out for bid on the IDOT letting. Bids are due on April 27, 2018. Only one bid packet has been picked up. CMT reached out to approximately 20 additional aviation contractors in hopes more than one bid will be turned in. The project will take approximately two weeks and should be done this calendar year.

VI. New Business

A.Eclipse Aerospace – Mr. Armbruster provided background to the board regarding Eclipse Aerospace. Eclipse desires to move from Chicago Executive Airport to Aurora. The board was provided with a copy of the proposed limited operator agreement between the City of Aurora and Eclipse Aerospace to review. Concern was raised over the volume of aircraft traffic this would create on the east ramp. Discussion took place. Additional concerns were raised over the non-airworthy aircraft currently parked at the airport. The board was informed that Mr. Andras is currently working with the City of Aurora Law Department and airport businesses in the removal of these aircraft. A motion was made by Mr. Koster, seconded by Mr. Fank, that the advisory committee recommends that city hall approve Eclipse coming to the airport and that the advisory committee also would like city hall to address the non-airworthy aircraft. The motion carried unanimously.

VII. Other Business

A. JA Top 5% FBO in AIN Survey – Mr. Fank reported that JA ranked in the top 5% of FBOs in the nation in the AIN survey.

B. CABAA – Mr. Koster questioned why the Aurora Airport was not listed on the panel for the upcoming CABAA meeting taking place on April 19, 2018. It was explained to Mr. Koster that there was a calendar conflict preventing Steve Andras from being able to attend this year.

C. Leaking Fuel Tanks – Mr. Koster questioned the reports about leaking fuel tanks on the airport contaminating the ground. Mr. Armbruster reported the tanks in question have been removed and other items listed on the report of environmental issues have all been resolved by the business owner. A NFR (no further remediation) is being requested from the IEPA.

D. Mr. Grotto – Mr. Grotto offered his assistance in helping with the removal of non-airworthy aircraft.

A motion was made by Mr. Wolf, seconded by Mr. Rudigier, to adjourn the April 16, 2018 meeting of the Aurora Municipal Airport Advisory Board at 6:31 p.m. The motion carried unanimously.

https://www.aurora-il.org/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Minutes/_04162018-1347