MORE COMPLAINTS

A local news publication has posted an article about the complaint on the trees.  To the uninformed reader, this article would make it appear that this is a disgruntled tenant attempting to cause trouble.  The situation is in reality that the city has chosen to formulate a hostile form of airport management in an attempt to further its closure plan.  The problem with this is that this type of plan is that it depends on no one noticing what the city is doing.  The city moved forward with this type of management with little knowledge of its Federal Obligations, the first of which is that the city fully understands that airport facilities must be kept in a safe and serviceable condition.  This plan is failing miserably despite claims that the city thinks it is making progress in the closure

The first part 16 complaint was dismissed due to the fact that the issue of the hangar lease was settled.  The OIG complaint was not dismissed.  The OIG complaint found the city to be in violation of grant assurance 25. Airport Revenues, and resulted in the city restoring close to $13,000 of diverted revenue to the airport. 

The second complaint was a part 13 and concerned the attempt by the city to raise the rent to $300 a month, in an attempt to force the remaining tenants to move off the airport.  This was a bad mistake by the city and they were told by the feds that this would not stand. 

The city is presently facing another part 16 complaint, three part 13 complaints, and an investigation initiated by the FAA compliance office in DC. 

The city closure was benched due to the results of the actions by the city.  The complaints being filed are due to the results of the actions and by the city, and by the inaction by the city to live up to its Federal Obligations. 

In order to comply with its Federal Obligations, the city must first learn what they are.   No matter what the city might state about its airport management practices, the results of the actions by the city produces the perception that the city has very little desire to live up to the obligations.