HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93009_0048Chairman Haire recognized the City Manager, Jack King, and the
members of the Statesville Airport Authority. Mr. King asked that
Gary Huss, Statesville staff member who staffs the airport
authority, speak for Statesville.
Mr. Huss said the request from the City of Statesville is for
$117,632.50 in County funds. A similar amount of funding will be
coming from the City of Statesville to secure federal and state
grants for two improvement projects at the airport. These projects
are:
1. Completion of Runway 10/28 parallel taxiway. A part of
this taxiway was completed this budget year, and the
request for funding would be to continue the runway for
the full length. This is on the primary runway, which is
the east/west runway. This is considered a safety item,
Mr. Huss said. Total cost for this project is $805,450.
Federal funds is 614,920; State is 95,265; local match is
$95,265. This is the amount the City is proposing sharing
with the County.
2. Installation of a localizer nondirectional beacon. This
is electronic equipment that would be installed on site.
This equipment helps pilots to locate the airport and
to plan their approach in landing. This equipment is
useful in adverse weather conditions. The localizer does
not involve federal grant funds; it is a state project.
The break for this is 50 State/50 local. The budget is
$280,00. $140,000 of this would be State grant funds.
The request for this project is $70,000 from the County
and $70,000 from the City.
The NCDOT has asked for verification from the City of their
plans to proceed with these projects by April 30, 1993, so a
decision needs to made concerning these two projects, Huss said.
The total request from the County is $117,632.50, which is
one-half of the local funds required. Mr. Huss said it has been
his understanding that the City Council indicated in December they
would proceed with these two projects provided the County would
participate. Mr. Huss says he needs to know the County's plans to
participate.
Commissioner Stewart inquired if the City would participate if
the County did not participate in this project. Mr. Huss said it
was his understanding that the City would not.
Mr. Huss says they have 56 based aircraft, and of those 56,
better than one-half of them are owned by people who reside outside
of the city limits of Statesville, and the City Council is of the
opinion the entire county benefits from the airport, and the County
should share in the cost.
Mr. Phil Hazel said the airport is both in the county and in
the city, since the city annexed the airport several years ago. He
said the county has an interest in the tax base at the airport as
well as from an economic development standpoint. He cited examples
of industries for whom the airport was a very important part of
their decision in moving to the county.
A lot of the NASCAR people have aircraft at the airport, Hazel
said. He also mentioned several other businesses who have aircraft
there.
Commissioner Madison said it would be necessary to replace the
non -directional beacon fairly soon anyway. He understands it
operates intermittently.
Commissioner Boone said he was not comfortable in
appropriating funds until he saw the total budget and sees what the
total budget figure is. He said he had personally rather spend
funds on the airport as some of the programs that the County is
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