HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.res.134.2008RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COiINTY COMMISSIONERS
OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO,
SETTING INITIAL AIItPORT FEES AND CHARGES FOR 2009
RESOLUTIONNO./~ 2008
RECITALS
I. Pitkin County ("County") owns, operates and sponsors the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport
("AirpoR").
2. The County has authority to set, charge, collect and enforce rents, fees and charges for
the occupancy and use of the Airport, pursuant to, inter alia, Sections 41-4-101 et seq, 30-ll-107,
and 30-35-202, C.R.S., as amended, the Pitkin County Home Rule Charter, as amended, and the
Pitkin County Code, Title X, Airport Regulations, as amended.
3. The Airport financial and rate-setting policies aze set out in Resolution #87-56A.
4. The County sets fees on a"wmpensatory" basis under which airline and general aviation
fees are set to recover the cost of their use of airport facilities.
5. The Airline-related Policies, Procedures and Standards, adopted by Resolution #001-
2001, provide that in December of each year, the County will adopt its budget after affording the
opportunity for airline input, and will set airline rates and charges effective January ] of the
following year.
6. The airlines and general aviation have been given the opportunity to comment on the
proposed fees and charges for 2009 and the Airport's budget and updated capital improvement plan.
The 2009 budget for the Airport was reviewed in public session on November 18, 2008.
7. The County has compared its proposed airport fees and charges to those of other
comparable airports and determined that its proposed fees and charges are not excessive.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Pitkin County, Colorado that:
Section 1. The terminal rent for exclusive and preferential space for Signatory, Pre-
signatory, and Multi-Seasonal Airlines for 2009 shall be $62.44 per square foot for indoor space and
$20.81 per square foot for outside covered space. The terminal rent for preferential space for
Seasonal Airlines for 2009 shall be $87.42 per squaze foot for indoor space and $29.13 per square
foot for outside covered space. The terminal rent for shared-space for all airlines for 2009 shall be
$62.44 per squaze foot. Twenty percent of the monthly shared-space rent shall be allocated equally
among the airlines and eighty percent shall be allocated in the ratio of enplaned passengers.
Seasonal and Multi-Seasonal Airlines shall pay shared-space rent according to the same allocation
formula except that they shall pay a"per-turn" fee of $170 per aircraft departure if such fee is less
than the 20% of shared space rent to be split equally between the airlines monthly. Such Seasonal
and Multi-seasonal Airline "per-turn" fees shall be deducted from the 20% shared-space monthly
rent before splitting this rent equally between the other airlines.
Section 2. Landing fees for air carriers: There is hereby imposed on, and shall be paid by,
all FAR Part 121 or ]25 air carriers and scheduled FAR Part 135 (air tvci and/or commuter)
operators authorized to serve Pitkin County and using the aitport, a rate or charge on all azrivals of
aircraft from which such carrier or operator shall derive revenue, equal to the following amounts per
one thousand (1,000) pounds of masimum allowable gross landing weight: $3.93 for Signatory,
Pre-signatory, and Multi-Seasonal Airlines, and $5.50 for all others including Seasonal Airlines.
There is hereby imposed on, and shall be paid by, such carriers or operators a rate or chazge on all
arrivals of aircraft from which such carriers or operators shall not derive revenue, equal to $25 per
one thousand (1,000) pounds of maYimum allowable gross landing weight.
Section 3. Landing fees for general aviation: There is hereby imposed on, and shall be paid
by, all non-scheduled FAR Part 135 (air taxi, charter, and/or commuter) operators and all FAR Part
91 operators (but excluding operators of yeaz-round locally based aircraft with maximum gross
landing weights of 12,500 pounds or less) using the airport, a rate or chazge on all arrivals of aircraft
equal to $4.49 per one thousand (1,000) pounds of ma~imum allowable gross landing weight "
Section 4. The rates, fees and charges established herein shall be effective on and after
January l, 2009.
Section 5. The rates, fees and charges established herein aze determined and declared by this
Board to be in compliance with its rate-making policy as adopted in Resolution #87-56A and its
Airline-related Policies, Procedures and Standards adopted by Resolution #001-2001.
Section 6. The rates, fees, and charges herein established are found to be in compliance with
the County's obligations under the Lease and Use Permits executed with the airlines.
Section 7. The provisions of this Resolution shall be severable and if any portion(s) or
provision(s) of this Resolution shall be declared invalid or unenforceable, such a declaration shall
not render any of the other portion(s) or provision(s) invalid or unenforceable and all remaining
portions or provisions ofthis Resolution shall be given full force and effect.
Section 8. This Resolution shall be available for public inspection during normal business
hours in the office of the Director of Aviation, Aspen-Pitkin CounTy Airport.
INTRODUCED, FIRST READ, AND SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 3, 2008.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLISHED IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON
DECEMBER 7, 2008.
ADOPTED AFTER FINAL READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 17, 2008.
PUBLISHED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY, AFTER ADOPTION, IN THE ASPEN
TIMES WEEKLY ON , .
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