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City updates planning commission on Paso Robles spaceport effort, airport master plan and university partnerships
Summary
Economic development staff updated the planning commission on progress toward a spaceport license, an airport master plan update, federal funding prospects, and partnerships with Cal Poly and industry, including student payload flights with Dawn Aerospace.
Paul Sloan, the city’s economic development manager, briefed the El Paso de Robles Planning Commission on Sept. 9 about progress on the Paso Robles spaceport effort, the airport master plan update, industry and university partnerships, and recent federal funding developments.
Sloan said the city is pursuing a parallel path of an updated airport master plan and eventual Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) spaceport licensing. He told commissioners the city’s airport master plan update — a process that typically occurs every seven to 10 years but had not been done in about 20 years — began in March and will run about 18 months. Sloan said the master plan update costs roughly $500,000 and Congressmember Panetta secured funding to help cover that amount.
The spaceport work includes partnerships with Cal Poly, specialized consultants and engineers, and participation in the…
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