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Saratoga County committee authorizes $16,000 study to map hangar sites at county airport
Summary
The Saratoga County Airport Improvement Committee approved a contract with McFarland Johnson to produce a land-development study—about $16,000—to identify where hangars can be sited given environmental constraints and growing demand, and appointed Scott Ostrander as vice chair.
The Saratoga County Airport Improvement Committee on Feb. 4 authorized a contract with McFarland Johnson to prepare a land-development study that will identify where hangar space can be sited at the county airport.
Unidentified Speaker 2 introduced the item and said the committee should move the study forward to inform future development choices. Unidentified Speaker 3 told the committee there has been “a growing interest in hangar space” since terminal completion and stressed environmental constraints at the field, saying, “we have many environmental constraints. We have lots of butterfly habitat.”
The study, which staff said was quoted at about $16,000, would task their consultant, Prana Johnson, to map constraints and show available parcels for constructing hangars. “It's around $16,000, to do that study, and we have funds in the budget to do that,” Unidentified Speaker 3 said.
Committee members discussed how the county might recoup study expenses and structure future development. Unidentified Speaker 4 asked whether costs could be rolled into a future lease if a private developer pursued a hangar; Unidentified Speaker 3 said the county could either build and rent hangars itself or lease land to a private party to build and pay taxes. The committee also reviewed past interest from a developer called Prime Group; staff said Prime Group appears to have signed a long-term lease at Glens Falls Airport and has not responded to outreach, so that prospect is considered inactive.
Unidentified Speaker 2 moved to authorize the agreement with McFarland Johnson; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The committee’s actions authorize staff to execute the contract and begin the study. The meeting also recorded the appointment of Scott Ostrander as vice chair and the approval of the Dec. 2 minutes earlier in the agenda.
The study’s timetable, deliverables, and whether any additional environmental review will be required were not specified during the meeting. Staff indicated funding for the study exists in the current budget; next steps are for the contracted consultant to begin the work and to report findings to the committee for any subsequent decisions.
