The following is from the FAA response the last letter the
city sent the Feds.
The FAA has stated, “In order to address the remaining
questions relating to Item 4, any future Air Evac leases should reflect a
similar percentage increase in the base monthly rate to the increases
experienced by other tenants from 2007-2013 pursuant to Title 49 United States
Code Section 47107. In the alternative, the City should provide its cost
allocation methodology for its rental rates. This methodology should be
consistent with the FAA’s Rates and Charges Policy. “
What does this mean? One
would have to read the Rates and Charges policy to understand this, but it
basically states that you cannot raise the rent on one group of airport users,
and not raise the rent on another user. You cannot charge one group of users for the
cost associated with another group of users.
These rules are very clear as to the intent with which they
are written, run the airport for the benefit of the aviation public. Until
the city figures this out, they are dead in the water. The city does not have a rental rate method,
nor do they understand the Rates and Charges Policy, they probably do not know where
to find the Rates and Charges policy, since they are published in the rules and
regulations for airport operators.
As the man said, life is tough, it's allot tougher if you are stupid!!
As the man said, life is tough, it's allot tougher if you are stupid!!
Everybody knows what it going on here, complete and total disregard of the rules and in Blums case, the law.
ReplyDeleteWhat they should do next is disband the city and turn all operations over to the county. None of the departments within the city have a very good track record, including the people running it.
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