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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAIRPORT - MISC. HISTORICAL INFO rDm: October Council Pam Barlow, PW Admin. Asst Airport Business License REOUEST Council approve an ordinance deleting Chapter 6.38 of the Ashland Municipal Code. BACKGROUND FinanceDirector Jill TurnerapproachedPublic Works with questionsregarding the airport business license fee, since less than $100 was being collected annually. ~nis fee wasintendedto offset thecost tot he public of cc~mercial use of the airport. In the last year, AirportCommission has developed a specialpermit process to deal with itinerant small operators (onetarget of the licensingprogram), and hasdeveloped land lea~esthatbetterreflectspecificcommercial impact costs thanthe additionalbusiness license fee. The airporthas in place"Aviation MinimumStandards" that requireground leases and set commercial operation standards. Sincethe FinanceDirector suggeststhat it is notcost effective to administer the airportbusiness license fee program, and since the cost to usethe public facility isbetteroffsetthroughtheground lease fees, deletion of AMC 6.38 was approved and recommended to Council by the Airport Commission at their regular meeting of June 7, 1995. ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE REPEALING THE AIRPORT LICENSE FEE BY DELETING CHAPTER 6.38 OF THE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE ANNOTATED TO SHOW DELETIONS AND ADDITIONS. DELETIONS ARE L!NED-THROUGH AND ADDITIONS ARE i.~11~11~.i~i~'i.'E~. THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Chapter 6.38 of the Ashland Municipal Code is repealed. Chaptcr 6.@8 LICENSES FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AT TI IE ASHLAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT Sootions: 6.38.010 6.38.020 6.38.030 6.38.040 6.38.050 6.38.060 6.38.070 Purpose and Scopc Liccnsc Rcquircd Liccnsc Applications Liccnsc Fcc Schcdulc Tcrm Transfcr of Liccnsc Pcnalty 6.38.010 Purpose and Scopc. The liccnsc fcc imposed by the terms of this Chaptcr arc for revenue purposes only. Neither the acceptance of the prcscribcd fcc, nor the issuance of applicable busincss license shall bc construcd to constitute a rcgulation of any business activity or a permit to engage in any activity otherwise prohibited by law or ordinance, or a waivcr of any rcgulatory licensing rcquircmcnt imposcd by any ordinance other than this. 6.38.020 Liccnsc Rcquircd. It shall bc unlawful for any pcrson, other than thc fixcd base opcrator, cithcr as an agcnt, cmploycc or principal, to carry on any commcrcial activity at thc Ashland Municipal Airport unlcss such commcrcial activity has bccn duly liccnscd as hcrcin providcd, and the liccnsc is valid at the timc involvcd. 6.38.030 License Applications. Applications for liccnscs under this chaptcr shall bc signcd by thc owncr, or a duly authorized agcnt, and shall contain the following information: A. Namc of pcrson or persons owning business; and if a corporation, the name of an authorizcd officcr; B. Assumcd busincss namc, if any; C. Address of busincss; PAGE 1-ORDINANCE REPEALING AIRPORT LICENSE FEE(p:o,d~airpo~.ano~ Ciky Administrator Director of Finance ~nuary 5, i971 ASHLAND.MUNICIPAL A~RPOR~ .-- SUMN£R PARKER FIELD Attached is a brief hi6tory of Ashland Municipal Airport ~- Sumner Parker ~ield, as you requested. As far as I know, this is the f~rst attempt to compile a history of the airport. Due go the numerous personnel changes, most of the information had to be extracted from files rather than the staff who were directly. involved at the time. Financial data regarding the grant was derived from the files of the City Administrator and Director of Finance, rather than from original vouchers, ledgers, etc. (Our present practice of funnelling all major capital improvements through the Capital Improvement ~und should simplify the task of anyone attempting to develope historical summaries in the future). ~he Director of Public Works and City Recorder were each asked to refute any gross errors or omissions in my rough notes, and a few miner changes were made. This cooperation by Bart and A1 was greatly appreciated. ~e~pectfu~ly Submitted, ~Obert D. Nelson J)~rector of Finance RDN: n f ~ the. City a~plie~ for $1!~,.O~P in f~. ~nds, ~i~h the City $~2~. '~1 a~ matching fmu~. Th~ pu_~pos~:~ the grant was to M ~i~h ~ to a~p~ire 65.57 acres, pa~-~,000 square feet co~trv~t L~000 feet of fencing and pro~ an access road and ~ of t~e Ci~'s sha~ wa~ paid directly out of ~ Ul~tiea ~, ~ C~y ~.~ ~t,~ ~volv~ ~ the ~o~ on ~o-~r 20, 1964 ~en On October-27, l~Ch th~ City entere~ into an agreement with Ferrell Flight ~, Inc~ p~ov~tng that Feareli would operate ~ airport for at ~ ~wetm~ mout'~ a~2 t.he City would receive $1OO per month. This -c~-$oe wa~ take~ pu~sua~ to Counuil a~thorization on October 6, 1964. T~ ,Cit~ p~c~ with 'the acc~isition of o~er p~i~ du~ the ma~aamic must b~ available, The City provides a fuel/_~g facility and an ~lntstration h~ildi~gw ~ it maintains the. runway~ taxiways, apron, automobile parking lot, access roads, runway and are~.lights, water sup- p .:1~ ami sewa6e disposal facilities. The lesee can also b'~i!d aircraft housin~ amt repair structures, subject to City appm~al. The( City em~ered into an ag~.li ent with Standard Oil ~ of Calif- ~ on Se~t~w~er 1, 1967 ~~ t~ i~t~at~ of ~el faciaties. T~s ~~nt w~ res~ ~ su~rc~d on Ju~. ~ ~ ~ ~11 be ~ssed in its. ~~gic~ se~e~e. ~ S~~r 196~ t~ ~~ w~ u~ for bus~ss, ~ut was ~ de~ca%~ ~ J~ ~, 19~. S~ O~ .~y, on M~ 24, 19~, ~ to p~ the City $616 for ~ ~! ~ the fue~ fa~es. T~ ~o~ was officily ~ca~ on Ju~ 30, 19~. a ~ ~~n~ ~~ %~ pa~ of ~ ~%io~ ~n a~ %~ in- ~ City ~ ob~gat~ to ~ ~ti~ obst~ctio~ in the ~p~a~ ~face ~ t~ ~ay. T~se ~ion of ~,4~ w~ is be~ he~ back ~til ~ t~e ~ a ~ght e~e~ p~em can ~ ~soI~d. T~ Ut~iti~ C~tt~ ~ Fe~ 19~ felt ~a% ~ City ~o~d bear ~ ~ght~ ~ of the ~ beacon ~ pa~mng ~ ~ ~~y ~ f~d b~e operator w~~~ to ~duct $hO p~ ~n~ fr~ ~s pay- ~s ~o t~ ~ty. On J~e 1, 19~, p~su~ to Co=il a~lon, the City ~s~ its S~%~b~ 1, ~6~ ~~ ~$h ~ a ~~ ~~t. ~ic~, ~ agre~e~ ~des t~t the City ~ p~ for the ~e~ f~ty at a ra~ of ~ ~, 197Y. Tha State bard of Aeronautics, on August 6, !969, agre~i to provide the Cl~ wit/~ $S, 000 for the purpose of ~anding the a/x~=a/% parking area. ~ver, bafor~ the City had incurred an~ obligatious~ ~he State had to ra~ract its c~i~nt due to ~ of appropriation, .~nere is some po~sib~-lity that t~is matte~ may be. reactivated whe~, timds become avail- able to the State. Durin~ its Oct~mer 7~ 1969 meet~ t~e Council author- ~ ~he operator to oonstx~Ao$ an a~rcra/~ mainte~am~$-~ building. The ~ a~so ad~p%ed a policy of prohibiting ground -agaves to the airport · prope~. During that same. meeting the Council al~o.ma~e the fixed hawse operator resp~nsib!e for payment of all utility billa.~ including lighting fox~a~cess road, parking lot, beacon and runway c~m~.~'~E June 1, 1970. 3 Nowever, the operator was freed of any lease charge~ for any additional. tiedowns. Based upon a suggestion by Star~__ard Oil Ce~an~ the City entered into am agreement with Standard whereby the cost of two electric hose reels was. ac~ to the comditiomal sales contract. The pa~ts will remain $68.~O over a longer period of time, The Council a~J~ized this extension ca Deeember 16, 1969. The State Board of Aeronautics officially licensed '~; airport on May 19, 1970. Perhaps a few words about present operating practio~. would be in order at ~ time. City crews perform the tasks of gradin~ £~¢e maintenance, haml- ing decomposed granite,. replacing beaco~ l~ghts and rml~ay lights, mowing graas, grading the taxiway and access roac~ and similar functions. The City also provided a landscaping plan for the ai .rport. Among the needs presently recognized are a long-range Lmprovement plan and the recurfacing of the run- way and taxiway. The Director of Public Works acts am liaison man between the airport and. the City. Generally speakin~ it appears that the performance of the present fixed base operators has been satisfactory. The ai~ort is making a substantial contribution to the convenience and economic strength of the community as had been envisioned by those res- ponsible for its creation. RESOLUTION NO. ~?,~-~ A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE AIRPORT FUND, GOVERNING THE DISPOSITION OF AIRPORT REVENUES, AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES RELATING TO THE AIRPORT. WHEREAS, certain changes have occurred which affect the financial operations of airports, as indicated in the memo from the Director of Finance dated January 4, 1983. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Co,,,on Council of the City of Ashland hereby authorizes and directs as follows: 1. A special revenue fund entitled Airport Fund is hereby established. 2. Except for grants from other governments, and applicable interest thereon, all revenues arising from airport operations from and after the adoption and approval of this Resolution are to be credited to said Airport Fund, and no airport revenues shall accrue to the General Fund. 3. Also, 1¢ per gallon of the fuel flowage fee shall be credited to the capital improvement fund until an earlier loan for the installation of fuel tanks is repaid, after which it shall also be credited to the Airport Fund. 4. Subject to the existence of lawful appropriations, expendi- tures are hereby authorized from the Airport Fund for the purpose of airport operations, maintenance, capital outlay and other airport-related charges. 5. The airport project section of the Capital Improvements Fund is not changed by this Resolution. The foregoing Resolution was READ and DULY ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Ashland on the /~ day of ~~~ , 1983. Nan E. Franklin City Recorder SIGNED and APPROVED this /g~day of?~o~_~_~ , 1983. L. Gordon Medaris Mayor Brian L. Almquist, CJ_ty Administrator Robert D. Nelson, Die ..... r.c~u]_ of Finance RECO,~,,:L_~.~._,D REJUVEhATION OF AIRPORT FUND As you know~ the City's Airport Fund was abolished during 1980-8].. Subsequently, airport o~Terating revenues (except for i¢ per gallon from fuel flewage, alloca--ed to airpo-ct Capital Improvements) and expenditures ha. ve been channeled thr©ugh the Genera]. Fund. (See Pages 62 and 2i_ in the current budget). Unfortunately, the Federal Avia]~ior,. Administration has intruded into local governm. ent fi.r~ancial matucrs. One city, Denver, has been threatened with a cutoff of A~irport Imprcveme.nt Fund grants because aviation fuel taxes go into that ciuy's General Fund. The fact that airport expenditures are paid out o~ the Genera] Fund apparently is of little concern to the F.A.A. The constitutionality of the P,A.A. action probabl. y could be successfully ohallenged in court, but the cost would be prohibitive. Therefore, the best course of action would be to restore the Airport Fund. If the Council wishes to proceed in-that direction, and to credit all revenues except 1¢ per gallon to this fund, the attached proposed Resolution should be adopted. Respectfully submitted, Robert D. ~elson Director of Finance RDN/paw CC: Hon. Mayor & Council Nan Franklin, City Recorder A1 Alsing, Director of Public Works Karen Huckins, Supervisiong Accountant RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION ESTABLiSHiNG THE :~IRPO.t,I FUND, GOVERNING THE DISPOSITION OF AI~. CRE REVENUES, AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES ~LAT.[NG TO THE AIRPORT. WHEREAS, certain changes have occurred which affect the financial operations of airports, as indicated in the memo from the Director of ~!nance dated January 4~ 1983. ..... t:.,.at t~le Common Cour~ci! of the NOW, THEt~LFONE, BE iT RI:'.SOLVED~ City of Ashland hereby authorizes .-~r~f} dLrec~.s a.s follows: A special revenue ~-und ent_~c_a,~d Ai}'p~;rt Fund is; hereby establishcd~ Except for the i¢ per gal._]_~,:~ fuel flowage fee~, gra.nts from other governmc:;':'[:s, a~nd .':Np!J_cable interest tNereon, a].! revc~}ues a.:c.{ sing from airport operations ~:.rom a~d af:~er' 'tJ~e adoption and approval ef this Re .... }lu!-,ion aue to me credited to said Airport Pk-u'.~, ~..]e No airport revenues shall ac,;ru:e to the Ge:~e::c]. Fund. Subject to the existence of lawful appropriations, expenditures are hereby ~,~-~- ' ~ <:rc,~: the port Fend for the purpose of airpozL operations; maintenance, capital outla/ and e~her airport- related charges. The airport project section of the (apital Improve]n~..uo Fund is not c]-:,an:~ed b.y Resolution. The foregoing Resolution was READ and DULY ,ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Ashland on the day of , 1983. Nan E. Franklin City Recorder SIGNED and APPROVED this day of , 1983. L. Gordon Medaris Mayor Pilot Ic~J~ci~ns (L~IPA) rt.p*t~,~nt m~ gt.~al avalon m 26 nailram% DECEMBER 19B2 Federal Airport Funds: The Big Get Bigger-- The Small Fight for What's Left Chicago's O'Hare Airport will be granted $9,275,204 from the fede~l avia- tion trust fund. That is more money than the fund will provide to 37 of the 50 states. The federal money is a windfall for many major airports. Under the new ADAP law, the~ get it ~,'hether they need it or noL Take the case of just one major city. Houston will receive, automatical]y, $5,812,070 from the aviation trust fund during the coming year. Yet, its two nix- pore produced more than an $8 million operating profit for a recent three-month period alone (and a $21.6 million gain for the first nine months of 1982. What about airports that need help paying for improvements? That is a dif- ferent story..,~kirports without air carrier operations do not get automatic entidements; they compete with each other for a smaller slice of the pie. For instance, 10% of the $600 mill/on to be doled out next year is set aside for reliever airports. They may apply for funds but must meet certain minimum standards. In Maryland, Hyde Field is a small, general aviation 'reliever' airport. It has more operations than Baltimore- Washington International {BWI) and is the busiest airport in the state. But, it has received zero federal aid for the past ten years. Next year BWI ss411 get its customa- ry grant, this time $1,851,758, and under the new law Hyde will be allowed to com- pete with about 150 other reliever airports for the $60 million reliever allocation. Other smaller airports face similar chat- ]enge~ to obtain crumbs of the amounts that axe freely bestowed upon larger In Kansas, the state's 186 public-use airports were allocated the same amount of airport assistance from the aviation trust fund as Puerto PAco's 16 such air- ports received; Greater Pittsburgh Inter- national Airport alone received more than the entire state of Kansas did. Another example of inequities in the hess' airport act is the fact that Boston's Logan International Airport received more than twice the total combined allo- cation of the 60 other public-use airports in Massachusetts. Such irabalances are what AOPA resisted in the new airport improvement program and will work to correct in the future. LATEST GAR RESTRICTION TO GO is at Kansas City ARTCC, where the General Aviation Reservalions program is planned for cancellation the 13th of this month for intra-center IFR operations. AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH RETURNS TO FAVOR. The Reagan Administration, which earlier had threatened to chop much of NASA's funds Ior aeronautical research, has heeded a government report that concluded aeronautics research is worth federal support. The six-month study said aeronautics research has tremendous benefits for both civil and military avia- tion and should not be reduced. SAFETY INFORMATION NETWORK on the way for FAA. Based upon com- puterized data processing equipment and telecommunications links, the Avia- tion Safety Analysis System (ASAS) is intended to improve the collection, analysis and dissemination of safety-related information. Plans are tO install compulerized information processing syslems at FAA's 1.52 district safety of- fices by September 1984. CAVEAT PILOT. Let the pilot beware of accidentally landing on restricted airports. Recent example is Cessna 182 that landed at Avon Airport aboul seven miles west of the Vail, Colorado, resort area. The pilot was prevented from taking off by employees of Rocky Mountain Airways, which built the pri- vate airport for its exclusive use as a STOLport. He had to have his airplane trucked out in pieces -- to the tune of $2,000. Avon is designated '(Pvt)' on the Denver Sectional Chart, but AOPA's 'Airports USA' directory lists it as 'Private. Closed to public. Landings prohibited - risk aircraft impoundment." AVIATION TAXES FOR AVIATION BENEFITS says the FAA which is threat~ ening to cut off federal airport improvement funds for the City of Denver be- cause it funnels avialion fuel taxes into the city's general fund. New Airport Improvement Program (ALP) says airport-generated revenues must be spent for airport purposes, could impacl on funding eligibility for any municipality that puts airport revenues into the general fund -- even when airport ex-] penses are paid out of the general fund..~ Elections Produce Qualified Optimism For General Aviation General aviation fared quite well in the 1982 Congressional election even though some key aviation supporters lost bids for reelection. Five AOPA members were among those newly elected to seats in the Congress: Bob Cart {D-Mich.-AOPA 405881), Tom Lewis (R-FIa.-AOPA 089163), Robert F. Smith (R-Ore.-AOPA 780928), Robin Tallon (D-S.C.-AOPA 796246) and Barbara Vucanovich (R-Nev.-AOPA 784079). Congressman Cart was formerly a member of the House of Representatives and was xer2,,' active in pursuing general aviation issues. AOPA members reelected to the House of Representatives included Joe Skeen {R-N.M.-AOPA 133869) and Denny Smith (R-Ore.-AOPA 159085). Many of the issues of concern to gener- al aviation pilots were considered in the five-year aviation tax bill which was passed in the 97th Congress so that the legislative outlook for the 98th Congress is somewhat unclear at this time. The chairmanships of the two aviation committees, Senator Nancy Landon (Continued on page 2) RESOLUTION A resolution glvinq the municipal airport of the City of Ashland the formal nam~ of "Ashland ~unlclpal Airpor~ - Sumner Parker F i e I d"o WHEREAS, the municipal alrpor~ has been completed, and WHEREAS, an airport on a portion of the municipal airport site was operated for many years hy Sumner Parker, and the Common Council desires, tn recognition of his numerous contri- butions to flying, to include his name in the title of the municipal airport, NOW, THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Ashland: I. That the munlclpal airport of the Clty of Ashland, Jackson County, Or.~gon, be, and th9 sa~.~ hereby is, formal !y na~d "Ash land Munlcipal ^Irport - Sumner Parker Field". The foregolnfi resolution was duly passed, under a suspension of the rules, at a regular ~'~etlng of the Common Council held on the ~ ~' day of February, 1968, the vot~ beinq as tel lows: Ayes ~ ~ App rove d: Ha~or To all of w~lch I hereby certify: Re CO rde r