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City updates council on multiyear spaceport effort; staff says site control is critical path
Summary
City CIO Isaiah Kirk told the council the FAA 4-20 site-operator application is paused pending site control, the NEPA environmental assessment is underway, preferred Arizona State Trust land has been identified, and cross-border MOUs with Mexico are being drafted; staff reported roughly $500,000 spent to date.
Isaiah Kirk, the city of Yuma’s chief information officer, told the City Council on March 4 that the city’s spaceport project remains a multiyear effort and that land control is now the program’s critical path. "The near term critical path is site control," Kirk said, urging the council that without site control the FAA licensing process cannot proceed.
Kirk summarized progress on the FAA application and parallel environmental work. The city's 4-20 site-operator application was returned by the Federal Aviation Administration because the initially proposed city parcels were judged "not ideal," he said. To avoid a licensing pause, the city has continued a NEPA environmental assessment (EA) for the site; chapters 1 and 2 of the EA are being finalized so the process can move quickly once site…
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