Draft Cost/Benefit Airport OptionsTO: Gallagher, Baker, Neier and Babb
Subj: Draft Cost/Benefit Airport Options
Please review the following concerning our discussion of 9/10
regarding possible cost/benefits of the two airport options.
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1. Adopt Greers Neighborhood Plan and recommendations:
a. Busy general aviation airport would remain open
b. Benefit approximately 60 local pilots and an undetermined number
of out of town pilots
c. improved safety as a result of improvements to the airport
facility
d. relocation of the sports facilities away from airport
e. undetermined community economic benefit from the operation of
the airport.
f. creation of limited commercial opportunity along hwy 193
g. opportunity to promote compatible land uses around airport
h. opportunity to create airport authority and/or consider selling
or leasing facility to private sector.
Cost
a. Significant capital cost both short and long term related to
recommended improvements. approx $500,000 relocation of recreation
facilities and $490,000 for airport improvements as per study
b. cost to purchase property south end of existing runway for
extension of runway unknown.
c. General liability associated with operating an airport of this
type inside the city
d. Revenue short fall for proper maintenance and operation of the
airport
e. public subsidy required for both operation and capital
improvements
f. Airport does not qualify for FAA funding assistance
g. previous improvement recommendations for the airport never
followed creating problems for todays operations
2. option two would close the airport and convert property to some
other use.
Benefit
a. Liability goes away
b. Convert all property to a higher and better use
c. General aviators desiring to land aircraft in the area would be
required to use Glacier International
d. property returned to the tax rolls
e. no need to invest public funds for capital improvements to the
airport
Cost
a. No local airport for local use
b. City would have to buy out lease hold improvements/cost unknown
c. FBO's might suffer some economic loss
d. possible economic loss to surrounding business
e. job loss to those employed by the FBOs
f. Negative impact on the local pilots who use the airport
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