The Logan Cache Airport Authority voted to authorize a development group to continue design and infrastructure work for the Taxi Lane Delta and Hotel hangar project, while directing that existing waiting-list registrants be offered a first right of refusal on available units.

A developer representative presented a high-density, 0-lot-line hangar plan intended to maximize buildable area and lower per-unit costs by constructing a multi-unit structure that could be subdivided or condominiumized. The presenter said they had contacted most people on the existing waiting list and that interested parties had not refused the concept, but noted final pricing and civil engineering costs remain to be determined.

Board members raised two main concerns: (1) honoring prior priority expectations of waiting-list registrants who had placed $500 deposits under earlier rules, and (2) whether the airport would be precluding individuals who want to build their own single hangars. To address that, the motion included an amendment guaranteeing waiting-list registrants a "first right of refusal" (the opportunity to buy or join the developer's proposed building at disclosed terms) and a commitment to transparency on lease/pricing proposals when brought back to the board.

A motion to authorize the development group's continued work on Taxi Lane Delta and Hotel was made, seconded, and called for a vote. The motion passed with some dissent; one member objected that a first-right-of-refusal is not equivalent to the original expectation to build a private hangar on that site.

The board and developer also discussed construction requirements (firewalls for 0-lot-line buildings), municipal planning approvals, and FAA constraints: taxi-lane location is governed by FAA-approved airport layout plans and cannot be shifted without FAA reapproval.

Next steps: the developer will proceed with further civil engineering and pricing; all leases and final agreements will return to the board for approval.

Quotes

"We're proposing to finish the taxiway on this area, and these are right here. We've got 15 hangars," the developer said when describing the scope of the proposal.

"We'll give them first right of refusal in order to respect the waiting list," a board member said while offering the amendment.

Ending

The board authorized the developer to continue work on the project; final lease agreements and construction approvals will return to the board for review and formal approval.