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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: August 12, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Airport Lease Approval <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Direct Staff <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Joshua Fredrickson <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Direct Staff to develop enabling documents. <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />• Public Works oversees the Airport as a Division of the Department <br />• KCC 2.81.060(4) authorizes approval authority to be delegated to a designee <br />• Previous resolutions authorized the Airport Director to execute lease agreements <br />for T-Hangars and short-term leases <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Kittitas County is the airport sponsor of Bowers Field with Public Works having the <br />responsibility to manage leases for County owned land and structures including T- <br />hangars. Kittitas County Code 2.81.060(4) authorizes lease approvals to be delegated by <br />resolution. Lease types at the airport include T-Hangar, land and agricultural. <br />Occasionally short-term leases, less than 1-year duration, are requested. Previous <br />approval by the Board (Resolutions 2023-045 and 2023-114) authorized the Airport <br />Director to execute T-Hangar and short-term lease agreements. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Current lease agreements require Board action to approve. Bowers Field Airport leases, <br />including T-hangars and short-term leases are included. T-Hangar leases are a standard <br />lease and rate previously approved. To process T-Hangar and short-term leases in an <br />efficient and short duration, Public Works has the capacity and knowledge necessary to <br />evaluate and execute T-Hangar lease agreements for those agreements which the terms <br />and conditions have been previously reviewed and approved to form. This includes T- <br />Hangar and short-term leases. Authorizing the Public Works Director the limited lease <br />authority will allow for timely leases. <br />FISCAL IMPACT: <br />Authorizing the Public Works Director to address limited lease amendments will reduce <br />time expenditure in staff time as well as costs of posting notices for public hearings. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />None <br />