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Home My Public Portal About1975_07_07SPEC r - • WAIVER OF NOTICE OF SPECIAL- MEETING We, the undersigned, being •members of the Town Council of the Town` of Leesburg, in Virginia, do severally waive all statutory and Charter require- ments as to notice of time, place and purpose of a Special Meeting of the Town Council, to be held in the Council Chambers, 10 West Loudoun Street, Lees- burg, Virginia, at 7 : 30 P.M. , Monday, July 7, 1975, for the purpose of holding a work session with the Airport Advisory Committee, and anylother routine matter that may come before Council . G. Dewey Hill/Mayor • i I Q , C ar oar, es E. Bang - :er.ert ' loser 41111 ^c � T i1 0� e• -- / L/ L /L M_ Anne Newman " gimes 'oc 10111 //7inOnAA-- - Ro.ert A. Orr C. eT rry -tus pr) • • PROPOSED MASTER PLAN FOR LEESBURG .AIRPORT FACT SHEET WHY IS A MASTER PLAN NEEDED? * Airplane traffic at Godfrey Field has been increasing and will inevitably continue to increase. Unless facilities are improved to handle such growth, safety will be increasing jeopardized. * Not to plan how best to handle future growth, attendant safety problems and business opportunities would be irresponsible. * The Federal Aviation Administration requires a master plan by all airports receiving Federal funds and state and regional authorities depend on local planning data for their master plans. WHAT IS A MASTER PLAN? * A master plan is an accepted and responsible way to address and anticipate future needs. * A master plan is a recommended course of action or guide, not a firm commitment or certainty. • IS A MASTER PLAN FOR GODFREY FIELD A NEW IDEA? * No. Godfrey Field has had a formal master plan for almost 10 years. CAN A MASTER PLAN BE CHANGED? * Yes, it can and should be changed as time and conditions change. * Yes, and if designed well , like the proposed plan, it will be laid. out in discrete steps requiring sequential decisions, thus facilitating change and control by decision makers. IS THE EXISTING MASTER PLAN BETTER THAN THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN? * No. The current master plan does not provide for increased safety in the case of either increased traffic or adverse wind conditions. * No. The current master plan permits lengthening the existing runway by 800 feet, placing heavier traffic directly over Leesburg. Under the proposed plan; no extension would be permitted and heavier traffic would be diverted away from town. * No. Itis not controlled by specific review and approval phases like the proposed plan. • 1 • �i Fact Sheet Page 2 MUST THE NEW MAIN RUNWAY BE BUILT IF THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN IS APPROVED? * No. The decision is not even planned until 1984. At that time actual needs , traffic conditions, costs , etc. can be determined and the decision based on facts existing at that time. WILL GODFREY FIELD REALLY BECOME A JET PORT FOR DULLES OVERFLOW? * No. The proposed plan severely limits the size of aircraft able to use the airport, both prop and jet, by precluding approximately the upper one-third of all business aircraft and all airline jets. * No. Leesburg residents do not generally realize it, but Godfrey Field is currently handling over 100 small business jet operations per year. That hardly makes it a jet port. Neither will the six operations per day by small business jets contemplated by 1990. * No. Authority exists to totally ban even the small business jets should they prove to become undesireable. But the trend toward business jets which are quieter than many propellor driven business aircraft. WHAT IS THE PRICETAG OF THE PROPOSED PLAN? * $8,647,500 through 1984, if fully implemented. The town's "share" is $887,382 if no T-hangers are built by the town; $2,182,382 with T-hangers. WHAT WILL IT COST LOCAL TAXPAYERS? * Not one cent. The plan's objective is for the airport to be self- sufficient, not a drain on the taxpayer. It contemplates using the town's credit and short term loans only, to be repaid in full from government_airport funds and airport revenues. - * Leesburg is estimated to realize at least $5 million in revenues through the year 2020 and county tax revenues to total over 41/2 million. WHERE WILL THE MONEY COME FROM? * Three sources, none being the general taxpayer. * 75% Federal 71TERre in some cases) * 121/2 State * 12; Leesburg Sponsored * The Federal share comes from an "users" trust fund, similar to the highway trust fund, with all contributions coming from users of the National Aviation 'System. * The State share comes mainly from a tax on aviation gas sold in the Commonwealth. * The Town share comes from a combination of bonds and short term loans, paid back by a combination of Federal and State reimbursements and airport revenues, and not tax dollars. * The town is estimated to generally realize a positive cash flow, including all maintenance and operations costs, during each separate phase and over the life of the project. 2. \ J ff! 44141/40 MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING OF. LEESBURG TOWN COUNCIL, JULY 7, 1975. 89 A special meeting of the Leesburg Town Council was held on July 7, 1975 at 7 : 30 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 10 West Loudoun Street, Leesburg, Virginia, pursuant to Waiver of Notice attached hereto. Present were: Mayor G. Dewey Hill, Councilmen Charles E. Bange, Robert A. Orr, Herbert L. Ridder, James A. Rock and C. Terry Titus; also Acting Town Manager E. Wesley Devero and Town Attorney George M. Martin. Absent from the meeting was Councilman Mary Anne Newman. Present for the Airport Advisory Committee were Chairman C. Ronald Lowry and Members James H. Chamblin, John A. Wallace, Jr. and Commander . Milo Rumfelt. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Hill, who explained that + the purpose of this meeting is to hold a workshop session with Airport Advisory Committee members concerning Phase III of the Master Plan for the Airport. Chairman C. Ronald Lowry presented facts concerning the proposed Master Plan (a copy of the Fact Sheet is attached hereto). There were approximately 20 people in the audience, some of whom were heard briefly, although Mayor Hill stated that the public would not be heard at this time, but at a Public Hearing to be held in the future by the Council. On motion of Councilman Rock, seconded by Councilman Ridder, the following motion was proposed and adopted by a vote of 5 for and one (1) abstention, as shown: BE IT RESOLVED, that Phase III of the Master Plan is hereby adopted. Aye: Councilmen Bange, Orr, Ridder, Rock and Mayor Hill. Nay: None. Abstention: Councilman Titus. On, motion, duly seconded, Council voted unanimously to go into executive session at 8:45 P.M. Council reconvened at 9: 55 P.M. On motion of Councilman Ridder, seconded by Councilman Rock, the following resolution was unanimously adopted, as shown: WHEREAS, by resolution passed by the Council on 26 June 1974, construction of a T-Hangar on the premises leased by Trans- american Airports, Inc. at the Leesburg Municipal Airport was required to be completed within one (1) year from the date of adoption of said resolution; and WHEREAS, despite repeated requests by the Town to commence construction of said T-Hangar, Transamerican Airports, Inc. has totally failed even to commence such construction on or before 26 June 1975; and WHEREAS, even though the Council has heretofore stated that it would consider such failure to construct such T-Hangar a total breach of the lease, the Council now feels that pos- sible renegotiation of the existing lease with Transamerican Airports, Inc. may provide a better alternative in the best interest of the Town than cancellation and forfeiture of the lease; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Airport Advisory Com- mittee is hereby directed to negotiate an amendment and modifi- cation of the existing lease with Transamerican Airports, Inc. and to conform in such negotiations as nearly as may be rea- sonable and practical to the terms and conditions set forth in the letter dated 1 July 1975 from the Chairman of the Air- port Advisory Committee to Lucien E. Rawls, President of Trans- american Airports, Inc. ; and 1 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that such negotiations must be con- cluded on or before 21 July 1975, and that the results of such MINUTES OF JULY 7, 1975 SPECIAL MEETING. 90 negotiations be reduced to writing amending and modifying the aforesaid lease agreement executed by the proper officials of the Town of Leesburg and Transamerican Airports, Inc. on or before 4 August 1975; and, in the event such negotiations and written agreement are not so completed, the Council shall fur- ther consider whether to conclude that the failure to complete the aforesaid construction is a total breach of said lease agreement. _ Aye: Councilmen Bange, Orr, Ridder, Rock, Titus and Mayor Hill. • Nay: None. • On motion, duly seconded, the meeting was adjourned. ,I' /1 ( ./-1/( 0 Ma�zdr Clerk o/,he Council • 1