[Co-opa] Airport Hangar Issues

[flyingeagle at bendbroadband.com]

Hi Sue,

It was a pleasure to meet you last week at the CO-OPA meeting. As you know from our discussion, and I am sure from discussions that you have had with other airport tenants, the issues relating to the use of airport hangars and airport hangar rent are of enormous concern. I know that all airport tenants would like to be kept informed about any future developments with respect top these issues. Will you please keep all airport tenants advised with respect to these issues as well as when and how these issues will again be addressed by the Bend City Council?

Given the current economic climate, I do not think any hangar rent increase is appropriate. But the idea expressed at the Bend City Council meeting that rents should be "doubled" because a few hangar tenants are apparently using hangars to store motor homes, automobiles, boats, and similar large items is not appropriate. That would be a disaster for all airport tenants and would be very damaging to the Bend Airport. If there is a problem with some airport tenants using hangars in a manner that prevents them from being used for their intended purpose -- aircraft storage -- then that problem should be addressed in an appropriate manner by some reasonable restrictions on the use of hangars. Storing a few non-aviation items in a hangar that is being used primarily for aircraft storage should not be a big problem. But in any event, raising rents to drive the average aircraft owners from the airport to solve the problems relating to the non-aviation use of hangars would be outrage
ous.

I look forward to discussing this matter with you further.

Thank you.

Michael Adler