Commissioners approve hangar lease language and direct study of displaced runway thresholds starting at west end

Airport manager presented a final version of the hangar ground lease and a staff briefing on displaced thresholds and associated costs.

Sean Mori (airport manager) said the updated lease adds an electrical-fee mechanism for new west-side hangars, and the Kremmling lot size was adjusted to 60-by-60 feet (Granby lots will remain 50-by-50). Mori said the electrical costs will be assessed to hangar owners when transformer and meter costs are known rather than as a fixed up-front fee.

A commissioner moved to approve the revised lease language and to apply the concept to both Kremmling and Granby with site-specific customizations. The board approved the motion.

Airport advisory committee member Dennis Carpenter and others discussed displaced threshold options and preliminary cost estimates. Staff and the advisory committee presented high-level cost figures for a phased approach: the west end (09) was presented at roughly $290,000 construction plus roughly $103,000 in engineering costs (about $400,000 total in the presentation), while the east end (27) showed substantially higher costs (roughly $1 million construction plus about $155,000 engineering; staff emphasized the slope and fill requirements could materially increase that estimate). The FAA has approved threshold concepts in the master plan but indicated those projects are not FAA-funded, so the county would need to identify local or private funding or phased approaches.

Commissioners directed staff to seek preliminary, economical concept designs from consultants to scope a first-step project for the west end and to continue investigation of the east end with attention to engineering unknowns and potential funding partners.

Ending: The board approved the hangar lease language, directed staff to pursue consultant work for a west-end displaced threshold concept and to return with cost estimates and funding options.