THIRTY DAYS TO VACATE

A letter dated April 7^th, signed by Jim Johnson of the Central Region Airports Office in Kansas City was sent to the city of St. Clair.  This letter describes the conditions under which the FAA will grant a closure.  What is surprising is that there has been nothing reported on this in any of the local news publications.  You would think that this would be published as “BREAKING NEWS”.  The long awaited documentation from the FAA has arrived, and no mention of this by the city.   Maybe the newspaper does not know about it.  After reading the latest article in the local news publication, one would think that the city is still waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to provide the closure process.  The article also makes one to believe that when the letter does arrive, the tenants will have thirty days to vacate the property.   This is the second time this has been published, and raises the question, why does this seem to be important enough to be repeated? 

Let’s look at this situation from another view, like what the FAA states in the April 7^th letter. 

In furtherance of the Public Law, I am writing to identify the final steps that the City must take before the Federal Aviation Administration can execute a release from Federal obligations for the Airport. MoDOT, as FAA's representative in the State of Missouri, will be responsible for managing the Implementation Plan discussed below.

(3) Existing Tenants. The City is responsible to develop a plan for the relocation of existing airport tenants to surrounding airports.

It appears here that the tenants will be relocated to another airport, before the FAA authorizes closure, and there will be no one left at the St. Clair Regional Airport to give thirty days notice to vacate the premises.