Res-2018-142 Bowers Field Master Plan Update

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BOWERS FIELD-AIRPORT MASTER PLAN will be prepared based on data provided by airport management and a survey of private hangar owners (contact information to be provided by Kittitas County from lease/rental agreements). The Consultant will collect, analyze and incorporate information from local, regional and state (WSDOT Aviation) aeronautical or surface transportation studies, comprehensive planning documents, as related to the development of Bowers Field. Historic and forecast socioeconomic data will be collected from secondary sources. The Consultant will review existing and future land use within the airport environs and existing zoning patterns, including overlay zoning designations. In addition, noise sensitive uses/areas will be identified and any natural characteristics, which could impact development and planning on and off airport property, will be documented. Existing airport traffic patterns and noise abatement procedures will be summarized. Existing data and information, such as, but not necessarily limited to, documents, maps, studies and projects currently underway or in the planning stages (on and off airport property and in the vicinity) which may directly or indirectly influence this study effort will be identified, reviewed, and documented. Such information would, for example, include a review of any existing regional and state system plans, airport layout plans, pavement maintenance plans, environs plans, surface transportation plans, utility plans, and engineering reports, among others. The updated all weather wind rose developed for the 2012 Airport Layout Plan (ALP) Is adequate for use In the master plan and ALP update. The wind rose reflects 79,236 observations collected by the Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) between 2000 and 2009. The Consultant will acquire one year of instrument flight activity data from a third party vendor (FllghtAware) to verify current instrument activity levels. This analysis is also an important element in the evaluation of critical aircraft (business class turboprop and business jets) and the evaluation of activity trending since the most recent aviation activity forecasts were approved by FAA in 2011. Product: A summary of existing documents and previous planning efforts for Input to future work elements of this study. Summaries of based aircraft by type, Airport Reference Code (ARC} and weight and of historical aviation activity since the previous master plan/needs assessment. Task 3.2 -Aerial Photography Aerial photography flown as an element of the AGIS survey (see Task 2.2) will be used to support master plan elements. Product: Aerial photo for the airport. ~/dc7r'11f Rtl{msl ~,:41"\o ,Ul~lil · " Page I 8