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Airport board adopts fee on new hangars to fund taxi-lane construction
Summary
The Logan-Cache Airport authority voted to create a Revolving Taxi Lane Infrastructure Account funded by fees on new hangars built on existing taxi lanes; the account will finance future taxi-lane construction and is restricted to that purpose.
The Logan-Cache Airport authority voted to create a Revolving Taxi Lane Infrastructure Account (RTIA) funded by fees imposed on developers who build new hangars on existing paved taxi lanes.
The board adopted the fee schedule after a discussion of long-term maintenance and funding options. Under the proposal, a replacement fee would be assessed per front foot of hangar construction and kept in a restricted account dedicated to building taxi lanes. The board cited two example price points used to estimate assessments: $500 per foot for "group-one" taxi lanes typically used by smaller aircraft (Pipers, Cessnas) and $1,000 per foot for "group-two" taxi lanes designed for corporate jets. The proposal allows payment at lease initiation or a partial up-front payment with annual installments; an example 6% annual interest figure was discussed as an option for financed balances.
Board members debated whether the fund should also cover routine maintenance but were clear that, as adopted, the RTIA will be restricted to construction of taxi lanes and not a general maintenance account. "This fund would be restricted to building taxi lanes. It wouldn't be a maintenance fund," a board member said, and John Kerr confirmed that the language restricts the account to taxi-lane construction.
The board also discussed an exemption for taxi lanes developed privately; privately constructed taxi lanes would not be charged the replacement fee. The fee schedule will be periodically updated to reflect actual project costs, board members said.
The motion to adopt the replacement-fee system and institute the RTIA was moved and seconded and then approved by voice vote. The minutes record the motion as adopted; detailed roll-call tallies were not provided in the transcript.
Votes at a glance: - Motion to approve minutes of Feb. 5, as corrected (correction: clarify language about adding a hanger on taxi-lane Lima): approved by voice vote. - Motion to institute the Revolving Taxi Lane Infrastructure Account (RTIA) funded by fees on new hangars on existing taxi lanes: approved by voice vote.
The board asked staff to clarify the final title and wording of the RTIA and to circulate the precise policy language for future reference. The board scheduled follow-ups and left open the possibility of additional changes to fee calculations based on updated project cost data.
