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Airports, a division of the Chief Administrative Office, recommending the Board:
1) Provide conceptual approval to amend Title 18 of the El Dorado County Ordinance Code on Airports, to incorporate an updated Airport Minimum Standards and other revisions in compliance with the Federal Aviation Administration’s current recommendations for federally obligated airports, with the intention to replace the existing Minimum Standards included in Board of Supervisor's Policy F-10; and
2) Direct staff to return to the Board with a comprehensive policy on airports that updates and replaces Board Policy F-5 (Airports Hangar Site Allocation), Policy F-9 (Airports Portable Hangar Color), and any relevant portions of Policy F-10 (Airports Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activities for El Dorado County Airports) not being incorporated in the Ordinance.
FUNDING: N/A
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On June 25, 2024, the Board appointed an Ad Hoc Committee on Airports, composed of Supervisors Thomas (District III) and Parlin (District IV) to work with staff to study airport issues, including operations, ordinance and policies, the Airports Advisory Committee, Airports Capital Improvements, Economic Development Study, and funding strategies (Legistar file 24-1090).
Staff, in coordination with and with the support of the Ad Hoc Committee, has begun to review existing airport regulations and policies and determined that it is necessary to edit the current Board of Supervisor's F-10 Policy, Minimum Standards for Commercial Aeronautical Activities for El Dorado County Airports, which is dated April 19, 1994. It as also been determined that some if not all of these standards would be better suited to a County Ordinance. With Board direction, staff will return to the Board with both an updated Airports Board policy and a first reading for a new Airports Ordinance that incorporates commercial aeronautical minimum standards.
ALTERNATIVES
The Board could determine th...
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