[BoulderCouncilHotline] Re: Airport fund for 2020

[Doelling, Kady]

Hi Lisa – I am responding to your question at the end of this message regarding 10 year actuals. The information is provided in the table below. This fund is similar to an enterprise fund meaning the fund is supported only by the users of the airport. It also pays cost allocation to the General Fund. Finally, it is important to note that the federal and state grant dollars received aligns with the Capital Improvement Program, which fluctuates any given year.

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Kady

Kady Doelling
Executive Budget Officer
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From: Lisa <lisamorzel at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 4:10 PM
To: Doelling, Kady <DoellingK at bouldercolorado.gov>
Cc: Morzel, Lisa <MorzelL at bouldercolorado.gov>; Council <council at bouldercolorado.gov>; HOTLINE <HOTLINE at bouldercolorado.gov>
Subject: Re: [BoulderCouncilHotline] Re: Airport fund for 2020

Thanks, Kady

I appreciate your response but my real question is isn’t there a much better use for the airport site then to fulfill the needs of less than 100 residents primarily for recreational needs when we have two perfectly fully functioning airports nearby, one in Longmont and the other in Jefferson County that these residents could easily access and are better suited for their needs.

I would like to know is there a way to turn those federal and state funds back to the respective agencies and start on a new course where the airport is envisioned as a future development site for middle and lower income affordable housing and neighborhood commercial and retail use.

I do recognize in 2013 that the airport was a great emergency hub for the flood but I’m sure there are many large parking lots in Boulder that could be used for the same general purpose. All along I have said it would be OK to preserve 10 to 20 acres of the 140 acre airport site expressly for emergency services. We have far higher serious community needs than serving less than 100 residents primarily for recreational uses.

Fixed wing fire fighting aircraft are not based at Boulder Muni Airport. The real fire fighting airplanes are based at Jeffco Airport, aka Rocky Mountain Airport, in Broomfield.

While Kady, I know you’re not in charge of the airport, I would like to request information about the operating expenses and revenues, for the past 10 years of Boulder Muni Airport.

Thanks much

Lisa
720-530-4080


How far we humans as stewards of the Earth have fallen.


> On Oct 1, 2019, at 3:34 PM, Doelling, Kady <DoellingK at bouldercolorado.gov<mailto:DoellingK at bouldercolorado.gov>> wrote:
>
> Good afternoon Lisa -
> The $5.8 million dollar budget includes a one-time capital project of $5.4M for the rehabilitation of runways and eastern taxiway. The project is funded 94% (or $5.1M) by federal and state grant proceeds and includes subgrade stabilization, re-paving and re-painting of Runway 8/26 and eastern half of Taxiway Alpha. Design began in 2018 and construction is scheduled to begin in 2020. Runway 8/26 is the only runway for powered aircraft and essential for operations at the airport. The runway was last paved in 2001, has an approximate lifespan of 20 years. This project was included in the 2007 Airport Master Plan CIP schedule. The remaining $400K is annual operations of the airport, which is funded through airport rental fees.
>
> The airport has over 100 tenants (hangar rentals, etc...) and most of these are Boulder residents. The airport provides value to our community in terms of transportation (people flying to other communities), recreation (pilot training and glider operations), and as a base for emergency response (it was beyond valuable during the 2013 Flood).
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kady
>
> Kady Doelling
> Executive Budget Officer
>
> O: 303-441-1848
> C: 720-724-6409
> doellingk at bouldercolorado.gov<mailto:doellingk at bouldercolorado.gov>
>
> Finance Department
> 1136 Alpine | Boulder, CO 80304
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Morzel, Lisa <MorzelL at bouldercolorado.gov<mailto:MorzelL at bouldercolorado.gov>>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2019 2:36 PM
> To: Council <council at bouldercolorado.gov<mailto:council at bouldercolorado.gov>>; HOTLINE <HOTLINE at bouldercolorado.gov<mailto:HOTLINE at bouldercolorado.gov>>
> Subject: Airport fund for 2020
>
>
> Dear Council and Staff
>
> I note that in our budget memo and ordinance 8354, $5,806,876 is allocated for the Airport Fund for appropriations for FY 2020 for payment of 2020 city operating expenses, capital improvements, and general obligation and interest payments.
>
> Can someone please break this nearly $6MM into various components in what those funds will actually go toward?
>
> Also it would be helpful to know how many actual residents and others use this facility.
>
> Thank you
>
> Lisa
>
> Lisa Morzel
> Member, Boulder City Council
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> 303-938-8520 h
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>
> How far we humans as stewards of the Earth have fallen.
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