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At the start of the meeting the commission adopted the Aug. 27 meeting agenda and approved the minutes from the previous month; those housekeeping actions were recorded without further amendment.

The motion to cancel September met with vocal approval from commissioners; the meeting record shows an affirmative vote (\"Aye\") during the roll call on the motion to cancel. The motion was made and seconded on the record but the transcript does not provide the individual names of the mover and seconder.

No other formal votes took place during the Aug. 27 meeting. The commission noted upcoming events — the Leesburg Air Show on Sept. 27 and an airport children’s \"story time\" on Oct. 6 — and discussed operational plans for the air show, including ramp and traffic management.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Leesburg - Airport Commission Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The commission voted to cancel its scheduled September meeting because of the upcoming air show and timing; members also adopted the agenda and approved the prior month's minutes earlier in the meeting.","taxTitle","Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia","taxId",5641,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6491850,"Leesburg hires consultants to scope West Side strategic plan; state shows interest in unmanned systems",215,1324000,1539000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5690056-e5d1d9bd31021063d861d1e35f63e65a&start=1324&end=1539","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5690056-e5d1d9bd31021063d861d1e35f63e65a/thumbnail_1324000.jpg","/articles/6491850/Leesburg/Loudoun-County/Virginia/Leesburg-hires-consultants-to-scope-West-Side-strategic-plan-state-shows-interest-in-unmanned-systems","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6491850-4c86a0a64dcebb91d4e583e4f0117ee5/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448152&Signature=d3C9~t~mGr4Sn-8ncLY0QlplsmXFxrfl6xELN-DEVLsZboE8xNHpZgb2OGvrruof2kE4~p4oboqwR96a2y7zO4Ao8iMu~7t6zk3l2tjXtgLdD3eH7SJdx0zmgHb7xxSsXc0CGeU5Jwa9S2p~YgxNC~tZsfYQs-JXh~vN88RpK9Jf9PMsmutWQNBcK2Xvk2oVG3uHw9QP0OBnIm72ejUyfrMtgdEV7FCYkMu6WcA8E9YP3iQ7drWeekdOIYqaYnc82z3eTCDoNp-AkgySij1vWpREJUm-9RhT0idN8HA5EW5qpgq-LM62dNEqL5W87dY35Re-BBpNMl5lDcpgrqdJqg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Delta Airport Consultants briefed the Leesburg Airport Commission on Aug. 27 about a proposed West Side strategic plan that would produce three deliverables: a strategic development plan, a business (financial) plan and a marketing plan to attract aviation businesses to roughly 44 acres of undeveloped airport property.

Mary Ashburn Pearson, Delta’s local project lead, told commissioners the scope is flexible and can be tailored to the commission’s priorities. John Sorge (Delta), the project manager assigned to Leesburg, said the work would combine demand analysis, engineering constraints and financial modeling — Delta would partner with Davenport & Company for the financial analysis — and that the study could take about a year depending on the final scope.

Sorge said the plan would reassess assumptions in the airport’s current master plan and use actual air-traffic counts from the airport’s tower to model demand. \"Part of this strategic plan would be figuring out what those businesses might best fit for what you want the airport to be,\" Sorge said.

Commissioners raised trade-offs between a narrowly focused West Side study and a broader airport-wide approach. Some members advocated concentrating on the West Side to give council a targeted recommendation; others said the South parcel site-preparation work already in the capital improvement program should be considered because it may meet short-term hangar demand.

Russ Seymour, the town’s economic-development representative, told the commission that state officials have identified unmanned-systems and aerospace businesses as priority targets and are actively seeking Northern Virginia sites. \"When you talk with the state, they're now starting to focus. They're also starting to look at opportunities for providing funds for access, providing funds for actual development,\" Seymour said.

Commissioners and Delta staff discussed likely engineering challenges on the West Side (noted grading and environmental constraints), the airport’s capacity pressures and a hangar wait list referenced in the meeting. During the discussion the number on the hangar wait list was stated variously as \"48\" and then corrected to \"28\" by a speaker; the transcript did not reconcile the discrepancy and did not provide an authoritative, written wait-list figure.

Delta proposed about eight work sessions that would include airport leadership, commission members, town and regional stakeholders and industry representatives. Delta said it would produce materials suitable for sharing with the Town Council, FAA and potential private developers.

Commissioners asked Delta to refine the written scope to reflect the commission’s feedback, then distribute an updated scope for comment prior to executing a task order. No contract was executed at the Aug. 27 meeting; Delta noted the firm had been selected as the on-call consultant and that the actual task order and funding would be finalized once the scope, schedule and cost were agreed.

The commission also discussed regional and technological trends — such as unmanned aircraft systems, electric aircraft and short/vertical takeoff vehicles — and how such industries could affect long-term demand and land-use decisions for the airport.

The planning effort is intended to help the town and commission present a concrete, financially based recommendation to the Town Council and to guide the airport’s next master-plan update.","Delta Airport Consultants outlined a three-part strategic, business and marketing plan focused on roughly 44 acres on the airport's West Side; state economic-development officials signaled strong interest in unmanned systems and aerospace users, and commissioners debated whether to broaden scope to include other parcels.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6491855,"Leesburg Airport Commission advances nearly-final rules, posts draft for 30-day public comment",650,419000,1069000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5690056-e5d1d9bd31021063d861d1e35f63e65a&start=419&end=1069","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5690056-e5d1d9bd31021063d861d1e35f63e65a/thumbnail_419000.jpg","/articles/6491855/Leesburg/Loudoun-County/Virginia/Leesburg-Airport-Commission-advances-nearly-final-rules-posts-draft-for-30-day-public-comment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6491855-bcc427355432d32a5dbf9e779f14c450/orig.mp4?Expires=1770448152&Signature=ZgXF6mhPn1SUR~w6ZPKiwkgBYVt07TKv-relilIdWN2liOkrThE2QeeWew8hAPG4XMi9XAqsQ4Lpg~wcnI~cjya28khgojxVA272HO-CKKj3m4DW51HGOwM4ewmxLuK7Lm9RtFrLQx31nUNmTZUNH7CXRPN7wfZKm2NbKB72BWNJAEdwMn6DsN0-LUiXPLNYu3WoaMWVjmK-AR-ThhJfVS9RI-HpWMx3I7bGhJnQsxOiPIrmvnmvBVngf2tnKQLV~Ag4nxRew-F6WDKGA-X-ZPNGaNXzZQSI-AOIx1iSEIuv9xBN~9BEzX3vUv9aiP71QqiwiFIJ2OzC--8q6jxp2A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Leesburg Airport Commission on Aug. 27 reviewed a nearly final draft of rewritten airport rules and regulations and agreed to post the document for a 30-day public-comment period before sending the rules and accompanying minimum standards to the Town Council for adoption.

The draft separates rules and regulations from minimum standards, clarifies what activities are allowed inside T-hangars, and adds new sections covering abandoned aircraft, self-fueling, driver training, access-card responsibilities and storage of hazardous materials. Airport Director Scott Kaufman briefed the commission on recent enforcement work and staff follow-up related to a tenant complaint.

Commission members said the rewrite removes provisions the Federal Aviation Administration told the town to avoid, such as specifying aircraft maneuvers in the air, and instead focuses on ground operations and tenant responsibilities. The draft explicitly mirrors a recently enacted state law on abandoned aircraft for removal and disposal and adopts NFPA-based fire-safety rules for larger-volume fuel storage and tanker fueling operations.

Key changes in the draft include: a self-fueling threshold tied to annual gallons (the draft uses a 1,200-gallon-per-year benchmark for owner/operator fueling before more stringent requirements apply); clarification that routine, owner-performed maintenance is allowed in T-hangars but not operations that convert a hangar into a full maintenance shop; limits on heaters and prohibitions on spark-producing work in hangars; updated driver-training expectations tied to new software-based modules; and more detailed provisions for access-card use and based-aircraft registration so staff can track newly arrived aircraft.

Commissioners noted the draft was developed by a subcommittee, reviewed by the town attorney and an external aviation law firm, and refined after an FAA compliance audit recommended eliminating any language that directs in-flight procedures. The draft also draws on a base document from Manassas and has been reviewed internally by staff.

Commission members asked staff to provide a short terminal-facing summary (a “cheat sheet”) for visiting pilots and students explaining the most important operational points posted on the terminal bulletin board and the airport website. The commission agreed to accept public comments for 30 days and to consider pairing the rules with the revised minimum-standards document before forwarding both to council for adoption.

The commission did not adopt the rules at the meeting; the next steps are public posting, consideration of comments, and referral to the Town Council for final action.","Commissioners reviewed a rewritten set of airport rules and regulations that, if adopted by the Town Council, would clarify hangar maintenance, self-fueling limits, abandoned-aircraft procedures and driver-training requirements; the commission will post the draft for a 30-day public comment period before forwarding to council.","actionData","errors"]

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