NEW TENANT

It seems that the city has taken a 180 degree turn in its rental policy.   The city has agreed to rent Mr. Saunders a hangar. 

After repeated attempts to rent a hangar at the St. Clair Regional Airport, and being turned down by the City, Mr. Mark Saunders was given three copies of a lease.   BUT!!!!!  It appears that the city had the lease hidden up their sleeve.   The lease appears to be bogus.  It had the phrase Three hundred Dollars, written in to the monthly hangar rate. 

So much for the claim that the city has been playing by the rules all along.  It appears that the city is using the dismissal of the formal complaint to broadcast the concept that the city is not breaking the rules in order to close the airport.   In the determination by the FAA the city was warned about refusing to rent hangars to the public, after citing lack of proof in the Ficken situation.  Over the last couple of weeks it appears that the city has provided enough proof to show that it was trying to keep Mr. Saunders from renting a hangar. 

When considering how well the city is following the rules, the results of actions by the city tell a completely different story from what the city claims.  For instance, when the city demolished the Atkinson hangar, five aircraft were forced to move to another airport.  Three of those aircraft could have been stored in the maintenance hangar.  The city claimed it was storing airport equipment in the maintenance hangar,  later the city stated that it had no proof that this junk was being used at the airport, and was instructed by the Feds to remove it.   

As soon as the deal can be closed, another aircraft will also be brought to St. Clair Regional.  It is expected to be purchased in the next month.   That will bring the number of tenants to nine.