NOT IN VIOLATION??????????

A local newspaper has reported that the city is not in violation of its FAA grant assurances. 

The city was not found in violation of several grant assurances that pertained to the complaint on the T-hangar lease.  Because the city did not evict the tenants, and the fact that the FAA stepped in when the city raised the rent to $300 per month, and a lease was agreed upon, the FAA dismissed the case.  After almost 11 months of attempting to get the city to negotiate, the city caved in to pressure from the FAA.

The city is in violation of many of the grant assurances, on many issues.  The complaints have not been filed yet.  The FAA when asked how many issues could be included in one complaint, they responded with, Try and keep it below ten for any one complaint.   

The city also claimed that they were not in violation of the grant assurances, and then made restitution to  the airport thousands of dollars of diverted revenue. 

Apparently the city is under the opinion that the FAA will make a decision on their closure request because the first complaint is determined.  If you read the Jim Johnson letter;

 “, the Agency will not consider closing St. Clair Regional Airport, as the city requested several months ago, until the city corrects deficiencies at the airport.”  ….. Again, the FAA has placed the City’s request for closure on hold. Future discussions will be limited to issues related to the City completing the steps detailed in this letter, including correcting the known safety violations at the airport, adequately addressing your outstanding Part 16 and Part 13 compliance complaints and completing an acceptable corrective plan related to the OIG Hotline complaint.

Should you require clarification, please contact meat 816-329-2601.
Sincerely,
Johnson
Manager, Airports Division

After the issues of compliance are settled, then the FAA will restart to CONSIDER” consider the closure request.  There is still an informal part 13 issue still being adjudicated by MoDOT, with no movement for over a year.