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Salt Lake Community College requests $14.2M to relocate aviation maintenance program
Summary
SLCC Vice President Chris Martin asked the committee to approve a 22,000‑sqft West Point Aviation Center relocation after the SLC Airport runway project evicted the program’s leased facility; construction cost estimated at $10.9M and total project cost $14.2M, with college seeking dedicated funds.
Chris Martin, vice president for Salt Lake Community College, asked the appropriations committee to approve a dedicated‑fund request to relocate the college’s aviation maintenance program from a leased airport facility to SLCC’s West Point campus. “We serve over 200 students every semester in this program,” Martin said, and described a 22,000‑square‑foot training facility that includes a 9,000‑square‑foot hangar and space designed for future expansion.
Martin gave a project cost breakdown: construction cost of $10.9 million and a total project cost of $14.2 million, and said SLCC would request use of dedicated SB102 funds to complete the project. He told the committee the Salt Lake Airport Authority has agreed to a month‑to‑month lease while construction proceeds. Committee members asked clarifying questions about runway access and aircraft‑operation logistics; Martin confirmed engines can be run on site but aircraft will not be flown from the new location.
The committee did not take a funding vote at the hearing; the presentation concluded with staff and members thanking the presenters.
