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Home My WebLink Aboutbocc.packet.12172014 - Airport Fees and ChargesAGENDA ITEM SUMMARY REGULAR MEETING DATE: December 17, 2014 AGENDA ITEM TITLE: Public Hearing and 2nd Reading Resolution Setting Initial Airport Fees and Charges for 2015 STAFF RESPONSIBLE: Brian Grefe and Tom Oken ISSUE STATEMENT: As part of the budget process for the airport we annually set airport fees and charges for the coming year via the attached resolution. The following table summarizes the proposed rates, fees and charges for 2015 for each class of user and the change, if any, from 2014: Type of rate, fee or charge Class of user 2014 2015 Change Landing fees (per 1,000 pounds): Airlines – Signatory, Pre-Signatory, & Multi-Seasonal $4.95 $5.15 4% increase Airlines – Seasonal $6.93 $7.21 4% increase General Aviation (G.A.) $5.90 $6.14 4% increase Locally-Based G.A. none none no change Fuel flowage fee (per gallon): all users $ 0.12 $ 0.12 no change Airline terminal exclusive and Signatory, Pre-Signatory, preferential space rent: & Multi-Seasonal $67.57 $68.92 2% increase (annual per square foot) Seasonal $94.60 $96.49 2% increase Outside Covered $22.52 $22.97 2% increase Outside - Seasonal $31.53 $32.16 2% increase Airline terminal shared-space rent: all airlines $67.57 $68.92 2% increase These rates were calculated to recover the airport’s operating costs attributable to the airlines and general aviation and to maintain the airport’s financial capacity and flexibility for future capital improvement projects. BACKGROUND: For management and rate-setting purposes we use six classifications of airport aeronautical users; however, we currently have no pre-signatory or seasonal airlines: 1. Signatory Airlines - airlines with lease and use permits that have provided scheduled service of at least one flight daily for at least one full year 2. Pre-Signatory Airlines - airlines that intend to qualify for signatory status but are in their first year of performance 3. Multi-Seasonal Airlines - airlines that provide scheduled service only during the winter and summer but rent space year-round 4. Seasonal Airlines - all other airlines that occupy and use the airport airline terminal and associated facilities 2 5. Locally-Based General Aviation - year-round, locally-based aircraft with a maximum gross landing weight of 12,500 pounds or less 6. General Aviation - all other aeronautical users of the airport, excluding military. LINK TO STRATEGIC PLAN: Prosperous Economy --- Sustainable economy and employment KEY DISCUSSION ITEMS: We generally set airport fees and charges on a “compensatory” basis, i.e., charges to the airline and general aviation users cover the cost of their use of airport facilities. FAA regulations limit landing fees to an amount that covers the full operating and capital costs of the “airside” of the airport. Likewise, terminal rents are limited to an amount that covers the full operating and capital costs of the terminal. Generall y we set fees to cover the operating costs but not the capital costs. That is the case for terminal rent in 2015, but landing fees will not fully cover the airside operating costs. A 16% increase in landing fees would be required to fully cover operating costs, and airport staff felt that was too large of an increase. Landing fees are stated as an amount per one thousand pounds of maximum allowable gross landing weight of the aircraft. For example, the current landing fee for SkyWest’s CRJ -700 (67,000 pounds) is approximately $332 (67 x $4.95), and this would increase to approximately $345 in 2015. Airport staff will inform the airlines and general aviation representatives about the proposed fee increases and will bring their comments to the public hearing. Terminal rents are increasing by 2.0% to keep pace with the nominal increase in operating costs. Rate comparison Airport Location Airline Landing Fees Fuel Flowage Fee Terminal Rent Aspen/Pitkin County $5.15 $0.12 $68.92 Eagle/Vail, CO 3.22 0.08 airlines 36.74 others 52.80 Gunnison, CO 5.04 0.10 34.14 Hayden, CO 4.28 0.10 39.94 Durango, CO 3.73 0.08 18.89 Montrose, CO 3.73 0.05 31.10 Telluride, CO 4.00 0.40 Bozeman, MT 1.15 0.06 22.27 Jackson Hole, WY 2.85 0.12 28.00 Martha's Vineyard, MA 2.50 0.49 154.35 Nantucket, MA 13.50 45.00 3 BUDGETARY IMPACT: The proposed fee increases are required to meet the revenue estimates in the 2015 airport budget. These revenue increases are also needed to maintain the airport’s financial capacity and flexibility for future capital improvement projects. RECOMMENDED BOCC ACTION: Conduct the public hearing and approve the resolution on second reading. ATTACHMENTS: Resolution Setting Initial Airport Fees and Charges for 2015 1 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO, SETTING INITIAL AIRPORT FEES AND CHARGES FOR 2015 RESOLUTION NO. ___-2014 RECITALS 1. Pitkin County (“County”) owns, operates and sponsors the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport (“Airport”). 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., 30-11-107, 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 are set out in Resolution #87-56A. 4. The County sets fees on a “compensatory” 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 1 of the following year. 6. The airlines and general aviation have been given the opportunity to comment on the proposed fees and charges for 2015 and the Airport’s budget and updated capital improvement plan. The 2015 budget for the Airport was reviewed in public session on November 17, 2014. 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 initial terminal rent for exclusive and preferential space for Signatory, Pre- signatory, and Multi-Seasonal Airlines for 2015 shall be $68.92 per square foot for indoor space and $22.97 per square foot for outside covered space. The initial terminal rent for preferential space for Seasonal Airlines for 2015 shall be $96.49 per square foot for indoor space and $32.16 per square foot for outside covered space. The initial terminal rent for shared-space for all airlines for 2015 shall be $68.92 per square 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 $200 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 2 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 125 air carriers and scheduled FAR Part 135 (air taxi and/or commuter) operators authorized to serve Pitkin County and using the airport, a rate or charge on all arrivals of aircraft from which such carrier or operator shall derive revenue, equal to the following amounts per one thousand (1,000) pounds of maximum allowable gross landing weight: $5.15 for Signatory, Pre-signatory, and Multi-Seasonal Airlines, and $7.21 for all others including Seasonal Airlines. There is hereby imposed on, and shall be paid by, such carriers or operators a rate or charge 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 maximum 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 year-round locally based aircraft with maximum gross landing weights of 12,500 pounds or less) using the airport, a rate or charge on all arrivals of aircraft equal to $6.14 per one thousand (1,000) pounds of maximum allowable gross landing weight. Section 4. The fuel flowage fee collected by the fixed base operator on behalf of the County shall be unchanged at $0.12 per gallon. Section 5. The rates, fees and charges established herein shall be effective on and after January 1, 2015. Section 6. The rates, fees and charges established herein are 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 7. 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 8. 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 of this Resolution shall be given full force and effect. Section 9. 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, 2014. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY OF THE RESOLUTION PUBLISHED IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE _______ DAY OF DECEMBER, 2014. 3 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FULL TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL PITKIN COUNTY WEBSITE ( www.aspenpitkin.com ) ON THE ______DAY OF DECEMER, 2014. ADOPTED AFTER FINAL READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ___ DAY OF DECEMBER, 2014. PUBLISHED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY, AFTER ADOPTION, IN THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE ___ DAY OF DECEMBER, 2014. POSTED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY ON THE OFFICIAL PITKIN COUNTY WEBSITE ( www.aspenpitkin.com ) ON THE ______DAY OF DECEMBER, 2014. ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO By__________________________ Jeanette Jones Robert A. Ittner, Jr., Chair Deputy Clerk & Recorder Date: APPROVED AS TO FORM: MANAGER APPROVAL: ___________________________ ____________________________________ John Ely, County Attorney Jon Peacock, County Manager