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Salida Airport manager lays out plan for hangar expansion, $75,000 master drainage study and environmental clearance
Summary
Airport manager said the airport has letters of intent for roughly 52 hangars and that Dibble Engineering quoted about $75,000 for a master drainage plan; environmental clearance must be finished before hangar construction can proceed.
Salida's airport manager (identified in the transcript as Zach) described a multi-year plan to prepare a future hangar development area for construction, saying the two priorities for 2026 are environmental clearance and a master drainage plan for the entire build area.
Zach said the airport has letters of intent that could cover about 52 hangars and noted the 2018 master plan depicts roughly 65 hangars in the same area. He said Dibble Engineering provided a bid of about $75,000 to prepare a master drainage plan that would lay out future taxiways, hangar footprints and drainage design so individual builders would not each need to commission separate drainage reports.
Zach described technical steps such as percolation testing to determine whether individual hangars need catch basins or can rely on the master plan's design. He outlined potential cost-allocation options: divide the master-plan cost across interested builders (about $3,000 each assuming 52 hangars) or collect an upfront per-square-foot infrastructure fee to reimburse public contributions and cover taxiway and water extensions.
Zach said the airport lacks power and water in the build area; the target is to complete environmental clearance and the master drainage plan in 2026 and to address power and water extensions in 2027. He recommended updating minimum construction standards, fire-setback requirements and land-lease language so builders receive a single packet of requirements when leases are offered.
