PROCESS

On August 24, 2004 the Board of Commisoners accepted a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant to pay for 95 percent of a master plan for DeKalb Peachtree Airport. Subsequently the BOC approved three (3) Work Authorizations with Camp, Dresser & McKee Inc. which included nine (9) tasks intended to complete the Master Plan. The tasks included:

1. Existing conditions & issues;
2. Aviation demand forecasts;
3. Requirements analysis;
4. Concept development:
5. Environmental analysis/overview;
6. Development/implementation phasing
7. Economic impact analysis;
8. Airport layout plans & report including runway safety analysis
9. Citizen participation/public involvement plan.

On December 12, 2007 the FAA citing the Federal requirement to close grants within 4 years revoked (attached) the airport’s authority to spend Federal money on tasks 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 above. The same letter requested the completion of the remaining tasks.

Camp, Dresser & McKee completed the existing conditions and issues; economic impact analysis; runway safety area analysis; and airport layout plan report and plan set. These items are posted for public comment.