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Airport authority approves invitation to bid for 2.48-acre south-side lease
Summary
Carson City Airport Authority approved a resolution and notice inviting bids for a 2.48-acre parcel on the airport's south side, set minimum rent at $0.64 per square foot per year, and made award contingent on a Board of Supervisors lease amendment providing airside access.
The Carson City Airport Authority on Feb. 19 approved a resolution and notice inviting bids for a 2.48-acre lease parcel on the south side of Carson City Airport, voting unanimously to set a bid deadline of April 10, 2025, and to consider awards at its April 16, 2025 meeting. The authority set a minimum rent of $0.64 per square foot per year and tied any award to city approval of a pending lease amendment to provide airside access.
The action matters because the parcel had previously been advertised prematurely when the authority lacked guaranteed airside access. Airport counsel explained the authority has since secured access by amending the Mountain West lease and compensating that tenant for the removed section, creating a taxi lane to the airside. “We essentially took away a section of their lease and compensated them for removing that section of their lease. And so now we have a taxi lane available to connect to the airside,” Mr. Takis said during the meeting.
Board members were given a written appraisal establishing the minimum rate and a model lease that governs permitted uses. Mr. Takis said the model lease and its referenced criteria do not permit fuel sales; when Member Golden asked if fuel sales had been excluded, he replied, “No. That has not changed. And if you look at the model lease, it does not permit fuel sales.” The parcel’s advertised lease language will note the model lease criteria rather than listing every possible FBO activity in the resolution.
The authority also clarified physical and administrative limits for the parcel. Staff added a specific access-width limit of 78 feet to the lease language to reflect the constrained connection to the airside. The resolution and notice also state that award of the lease is contingent on the city’s approval of the pending lease amendment providing airside access; staff said the item is in progress with the district attorney’s office and city approvals are expected but not yet completed.
Action details: the authority approved the draft resolution and notice of invitation to bid as presented, with a bid deadline of April 10, 2025, and consideration/award on April 16, 2025. The resolution references NRS 244.283 for the sale/lease-notice procedure and requires an appraisal-based minimum rental rate.
The authority had discussed the same parcel in November but paused because access was not finalized; staff said scoping and an FAA district office meeting are scheduled while they wait for federal grant actions on other airport projects. If the pending city lease amendment is not complete when bids are received, the resolution makes award contingent on that approval, preserving the authority’s ability to accept bids without final city sign-off. Further oversight steps include a recorded legal history of the amended lease for the Board of Supervisors and final city approval before award.
