MONDAY NIGHT AGENDA

Airevac is gone and now they are going to present a proposal to terminate their lease to the city council on Monday night.  The city spent tens of thousands of dollars to put Airevac on the airport and now the revenue from Airevac is gone and there is not enough fixed wing tenants to support the airport let alone to make up for the Airevac project.  All this is due to the closure plan by the city. 

The city should reimburse the airport for these expenses. 

I have been contacted by other airport supporters around the country that are following the St. Clair closure issue.  I am told by these people that it seems these other airport sponsors are reading the local news publication and using the St. Clair plan of airport destruction to seek closure for their airport.  The FAA is tasked by congress to prevent this, and the pursuit of this option for a closure, has gained the scrutiny of the FAA.  It appears that the city chose this option with little or no knowledge of airport operating rules and regulations, and with the thinking that no one would notice if they did this a little bit at a time.  Fly under the radar so to speak.

From the closure 

CLOSURE DOCUMENTATION: ST. CLAIR REGIONAL AIRPORT

The City of St. Clair is taking the bold initiative to obtain a release from grant obligations. It is anticipated that other communities will move in a similar fashion.

Federal agency adherence to policies that were well intentioned 40 years ago are misplaced today. Both federal and state governments need to implement smaller, less

costly and more accountable programs. It is imperative that federal and state

legislators, the agencies that they oversee, and those that carry out the relevant

regulations recognize this imbalance and take responsible action, especially in view of

current economic conditions that are not projected to return to "normal" levels for

several years. Let the City of St. Clair, Missouri in the heartland of the United States be

the test case. The City is ready to negotiate a fair settlement of the issue. If not now,

when?

Instead of a “test case”, the city had better hope that it does not become “an example of”, instead.