2019-11-25-minutes-public-works-study-session

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a U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration November 15, 2018 Mr. Mark R. Cook, P.E. Public Works Director Kittitas County 411 N. Ruby Street, Suite 1 Ellensburg, WA 98926 Dear Mr. Cook: Northwest Mountain Region Seattle Airports District Office 22DO S. 216th Street Des Moines, WA 98198 The Bowers Field Airport Layout Plan (ALP), prepared by Century West Engineering, and bearing your signature, is approved, and the master plan is accepted. A signed copy of the approved ALP is enclosed. An aeronautical study (no. 2018-ANM-1653-NRA) was conducted on the proposed development. This determination does not constitute FAA approval or disapproval of the physical development involved in the proposal. It is a determination with respect to the safe and efficient use of navigable airspace by aircraft and with respect to the safety of persons and property on the ground. In making this determination, the FAA has considered matters such as the effects the proposal would have on existing or planned traffic patterns of neighboring airports, the effects it would have on the existing airspace structure and projected programs of the FAA, the effects it would have on the safety of persons and property on the ground, and the effects that existing or proposed manmade objects (on file with the FAA), and known natural objects within the affected area would have on the airport proposal. The FAA has only limited means to prevent the construction of structures near an airport. The airport sponsor has the primary responsibility to protect the airport environs through such means as local zoning ordinances, property acquisition, avigation easements, letters of agreement or other means. This ALP approval is conditioned on acknowledgement that any development on airport property requiring Federal environmental approval must receive such written approval from FAA prior to commencement of the subject development. This ALP approval is also conditioned on acceptance of the plan under local land use laws. We encourage appropriate agencies to adopt land use and height restrictive zoning based on the plan. Approval of the plan does not indicate that the United States will participate in the cost of any development proposed. AIP funding requires evidence of eligibility and justification at the time a funding request is ripe for consideration. When construction of any proposed structure or development indicated on the plan is undertaken, such construction requires normal 45 -day