FW: Kalispell City Airport - Potential Monk Property Acquisition
Fred A. Leistiko
Airport Manager
City of Kalispell
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903
406-250-3065
From: Rick Donaldson [mailto:rick@RPA-HLN.COM]
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 10:33 AM
To: Fred Leistiko
Cc: Gary Gates; Dan Norderud
Subject: Kalispell City Airport - Potential Monk Property Acquisition
Fred,
Thanks for the call and update today.
Below I have summarized our conversation and my input.
Acquisition of the Monk property is a good idea for many reasons:
1) It is a key (and large piece) of the proposed acquisitions shown on
your ALP and Exhibit A for future improvements.
2) It has become available for purchase and you have what seems to be a
realistic appraisal that the land owner seems agreeable to - pending the
review appraisal.
3) It would protect and give the City / Airport control of the existing
road corridor at the southeast corner of the property.
4) A small portion of this property is within the existing runway's
safety area and so it would give the City / Airport control of that area
that is critical to your existing facility.
(60' on either side of runway's centerline for a B-I classification)
5) A portion of this property is within the existing runway's object
free area and so it would give the City / Airport control of that area
that is critical to your existing facility.
(200' on either side of the runway's centerline for a B-I
classification)
6) A portion of this property is within the existing runway's primary
surface airspace and so it would give the City / Airport control of that
area that is critical to your existing facility.
(125' on either side of the runway's centerline for a visual runway with
light aircraft)
7) All of this property is within the existing runway's transitional
surface airspace and so it would give the City / Airport control of that
area that is critical to your existing facility - especially close in to
the runway. (Width varies, but is approximately 1,175' from the
runway's centerline and the height varies from essentially 0' to 150'
AGL.)
To summarize, this acquisition would be good for the future plans of the
Airport as well as the existing Airport facility - even if no further
development happens.
You asked about the applicability / viability of the existing
Environmental Assessment (EA). I gave you my opinion, and then as we
discussed, I called Gary Gates of the FAA to receive his input. Here is
a summary of those items:
1) You have an EA that received a Finding of No Significant Impact by
the FAA on December 17, 2002 - at which point it became the FAA's
document.
2) You may continue with land acquisitions without updating the EA.
3) However, before the FAA will participate in a grant for the land
costs, the EA will need to be updated.
4) As we discussed, an update with little on no changed conditions is
usually fairly simple and should take approximately 6 months.
Additional elements, like adding relocated tower sites, would add
significantly to the effort, cost, and time required to complete an EA
update. However this is not anticipated at this time.
4) Before the FAA will participate in a grant for the development costs,
the EA will need to be updated. This can be the same update done for
the land if progression toward construction were to follow in a timely
manner.
5) Your review appraisal of the property needs to be completed and we
suggest you send the appraisal and review appraisal information to RPA
and the FAA for their review before making a transaction.
6) Gary would like to see the land summary sheet updated and sent to him
along with #5.
7) Gary reminds us that your attorney needs to provide a "Certificate of
Title" for any parcels purchased before the FAA will participate in
those costs.
I hope this summary helps clarify our conversation. Please contact me
if you need anything else.
Rick Donaldson, P.E. | Vice President
Robert Peccia & Associates Inc. | PO Box 5653 | Helena, MT 59604
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