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To: City Council
From: Richard M. Stein, Airport Manager
CC: Anette Spickard, City Manager
Date: 09/05/19
Re: Monthly Department Report – August 2019
Airport Development:
Deinhard Development – An approximately 20,000 square foot area has been surveyed for a commercial aviation business lease. The property will be offered to businesses in the order approved
by City Council. Leasing the property will have a positive impact of $6,000 annually to the Airport’s Enterprise Fund.
Triangle Development – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has no objection to a limited scope of leasing four (4) properties to tenants seeking to build aircraft hangar facilities.
The leases will be offered to the aircraft operators in the order they appear on the hangar waiting list. Leasing the property will have a positive impact of approximately $8,600 annually
to the Airport’s Enterprise Fund.
Future Development – An approximately 9,800 square foot area on Deinhard across from the Fire Station, and a 2.76-acre area west of the airport and south of Deinhard, are currently in
concept as possible future lease areas for commercial aviation businesses.
Airport Master Plan – Discussions with T-O engineering have been held to provide staff input into items to be considered in the Master Plan. The project is expected to commence June
2020 and be completed on October 2021.
Infrastructure Improvements:
Taxiway Relocation – Environmental work, and pre-design concepting, is currently ongoing for the project. Per the FAA, bids must be in hand on April 22 – a deadline the City is currently
on track to meet. The project is expected to start construction in June of 2020 and will be broken into 2 phases. The expected completion time is in August 2021.
Airport Improvement Program Closeouts – AIP projects for the northeast ramp reconstruction and land acquisition have been completed and grant monies paid to the City. The City has received
the amounts of $155,249 and $1,751,410 from the FAA.
Pioneer Hangar Historical Designation:
The Pioneer Hangar’s historical designation project continues with a meeting on Sept. 28th by the Idaho State Historical Society who will meet and vote to forward a recommendation for
placement on the U.S. Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places.
Pocket Parks:
An aviation radio has been installed in the pocket park at the end of old Deinhard, just west of the airport. Benches will be installed next. Airport will work with Parks to design a
canopy for sun protection, and Parks has planned for signage along the bicycle trail.