![]() ![]() ![]() But that was a different firm hired for a different purpose.ģ. She is correct that later on, sometime in 2020, the city did obtain appraisals for the hangars. It was the city’s verbal assurances, along with the hiring of Aeroplex, that convinced several people that it was safe to purchase a hangar, or upgrade their hangar, even though the leases were set to expire soon. The suggested upgrades were: LED lighting, new paint or additional fire monitoring/protection. Aeroplex recommended that the city renew the leases with requirements for owners to upgrade their hangars as incentive or “in exchange for” the renewals. While her successor, Jennifer Lopez, was airport manager, the city hired Aeroplex Partners (Curt Gastagna), a Santa Monica-based consulting firm, to provide proposals to the city.Īs a member of the Airport Advisory Committee, I attended a number of meetings with Aeroplex and airport management specifically to work on the proposal to renew leases. She says that the city never hired a consultant to make a proposal to renew the leases. The city manager and staff told hangar owners on many occasions that the city’s intent was to renew the land leases.Ģ. The city has full discretion to renew if it so desires. She states that there was “no option to renew when the leases expired.” This is misinformation as the city was informed by its consultant and the city attorney that renewal definitely was an option. ![]() I’m just writing to point out that the letter from Kerry Ahern, the former manager of Boulder City Airport, that appeared Aug. ![]()
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