To: Board of Supervisors
From: Aviation
Agenda Section: Public Hearing
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Public Hearing to Consider Amending the 2025 Humboldt County Schedule of Fees and Charges Related to the Department of Aviation's Hangar Rates
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Open the public hearing; and
2. Receive the staff report and public comments; and
3. Consider amending the 2025 Humboldt County Schedule of Fees and Charges related to the Department of Aviation's Hangar Rates; and
4. Provide direction to staff as appropriate; and
5. Close the public hearing.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
The recommended actions support the following areas of the Board of Supervisors' Strategic Plan:
Area of Focus: Core Services/Other
Strategic Plan Category: 9999 - Core Services/Other
DISCUSSION:
On Dec. 17, 2024, your Board adopted the 2025 Humboldt County Schedule of Fees and Charges that included increased rental rates for airport hangars.
On Jan. 2, 2025, the Department of Aviation notified hangar tenants of the increased hangar rates. Shortly thereafter the department began to receive feedback from airport tenants stating that the new aeronautical hangar rates were not reasonable and fair.
In August 2018, the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") conducted a land-use inspection of the county's six airports to ensure that the airports were complaint with the terms of their federal obligations with regard to airport property, aeronautical leases, non-aeronautical leases and airport safety. Following completion of that inspection, the County of Humboldt received a letter dated Dec. 13, 2018, identifying eight deficiencies that the county needed to remedy to ensure compliance with FAA regulations.
Following the receipt of the FAA letter identifying deficiencies, on Jan. 28, 2020, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors ("Board") awarded a contract to Aviation Management Consulting Group ("AMCG") to ass...
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