Board approves engineering advance and taxi-lane frontage plan for Lima hangar expansion

Developers updated the board on hangar development plans for the Lima area, describing a phased approach that first builds a roadway to provide access and later converts that roadway into a full taxiway as the area fills in. Applicants asked for clarity on lot lines, spacing and a reimbursement arrangement in which an initial developer builds half of the taxi-lane frontage and is reimbursed when adjoining lots develop.

Board members and engineers discussed options and constraints, including fire-code spacing and the conceptual (non-engineered) nature of earlier plan lines. The developers proposed paying roughly $60,000 for engineering on five hangars and adding $15,381 to extend survey and construction drawings across the remainder of the area so the county would have a complete engineered plan to continue development.

A motion was made and seconded for the airport to cover additional Lima engineering cost — characterized as a pioneering advancement to be recovered from future development — not to exceed $15,300; the motion carried. The board subsequently approved adding another hangar unit (designated Unit 7) when applicants agreed to include half the space between adjacent hangars and the corresponding underground utilities and taxi-lane construction for that half distance.

Board members asked the proponents to accept a right-of-refusal condition tied to a final estimated proportion of taxi-lane cost; proponents sought a clear estimate before committing and asked for a right to refuse if the final number exceeded expectations. The board agreed to proceed subject to the proponent's right to decline the deal once the engineering cost estimate is finalized.