Logan-Cache Airport Authority Board 11-06-2025

- The board approved the October meeting minutes and received a manager’s report highlighting completed airport maintenance projects, including crack sealing and top-coating of the south ramp, moving the PAPI control unit to meet FAA requirements, and repairing the pothole at Airport Road. - Airport staff reported progress on an FAA-related grant application to support electric aircraft charging infrastructure, tied to Beta’s planned Logan-to-Salt Lake air taxi concept. The board discussed how the project could support future aviation growth and potentially provide opportunities for the university and local pilots, though it was not framed as a direct training-program expansion. - The board heard and supported a request from Craig Anderson for four hangar sites on Taxiway Kilo. Approval was granted subject to a later agreement on taxiway cost recovery, and staff noted that airspace approval and FAA paperwork still must be completed before construction can proceed. - A second hangar request on Taxiway Lima was discussed at length, with applicants asking to build larger hangars and to coordinate construction of a new taxi lane. The board ultimately approved the request subject to the same future cost-recovery framework and the applicant’s agreement to build the taxiway and underground infrastructure. - A major topic was the new airport cost recovery proposal for taxi lanes, prompted by the end of FAA funding for taxi-lane construction. The board discussed replacing the term “impact fee” with a cost-recovery approach, using estimates based on actual construction costs and applying them to hangar projects on existing taxi lanes. - Board members and applicants debated fairness, waiting-list priority, and whether some users were being “leapfrogged.” Staff said only the applicants who responded to the outreach email were considered at this meeting, and several members stressed the need to clean up the waiting list and tighten the notification process. - There was broad agreement that future taxi-lane costs should be handled transparently and tied to bids or estimates, with applicants paying their share and potentially allowing the airport to extend taxiways more efficiently. Applicants said they were willing to work with the airport, share costs, and return to the next meeting with more detailed numbers and agreements. - Construction updates from Lochner included that Taxiway Kilo is expected to go out to bid in December, Taxiway Charlie is moving forward after state funding was increased to cover higher bids, and the SRE truck is being built with expected December delivery. Taxiway Bravo is also planned for pavement maintenance next year. - Staff also noted that if Beta’s air-taxi service becomes a paid commercial operation, it could affect FAA enplanement counts and future entitlement funding. The board briefly discussed the possible regulatory implications, including security and certification questions, but no decisions were made on that topic. - The board set the next meeting for December 4 at 9:00 a.m. and indicated that the taxi-lane cost recovery proposal and related hangar framework would be revisited then.