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Meadow Lake Airport Association, Inc.

13625 Judge Orr Road, Meadow Lake Airport (KFLY), Peyton, CO 80831-6051

April 15, 2018

El Paso County Planning and Community Development

2880 International Circle, Suite 110

Colorado Springs, CO 80910

Subj: APPLICATION FOR 1041 PERMIT

Ref: (a) “Meadow Lake Airport Master Plan Study” (2015)

(b) “Colorado Revised Statutes”: C.R.S. 43-10-113

(c) “El Paso County Land Development Code”, Appendix B, “Guidelines and Regulations for Areas and Activities of State Interest”, Chapters 1, 2, & 7

(d) “El Paso County Policy Plan” (1998)

(e) “Falcon/Peyton Small Area Master Plan” (August 2008)

The following References are available online at:

programs/aeronautics

(f) “2011 Colorado State Aviation Plan”

(g) “2013 Economic Impact Study for Colorado Airports”

(h) “Discretionary Aviation Grant Program”

(i) “Pavement Evaluation and Pavement Management Program”

The following References are available online at:



(j) “General Aviation Airports: A National Asset” (May 2012)

(k) FAA Advisory Circular 150/5070-6, “Airport Master Plans”

(l) FAA Advisory Circular 150/5100-14, “Architectural, Engineering, and Planning Consultant Services for Airport Grant Projects”

(m) FAA Advisory Circular AC 150/5300-13, “Airport Design”

(n) FAA Order 5050.4, “Airport Environmental Handbook”

(o) FAA Order 5100.38, “Airport Improvement Program Handbook”

(p) FAA Order 5100.39, “Airports Capital Improvement Plan”

(q) FAA Order 5190.6, “FAA Airport Compliance Manual”

The purpose of this application for a 1041 permit by the Meadow Lake Airport Association (MLAA) is:

1. to have official El Paso County recognition of the Meadow Lake Airport (KFLY) as a “Matter of State Interest”,

2. to have El Paso County review and approve the Meadow Lake Airport Master Plan Update (“the Plan”), and

3. to have El Paso County “adopt and enforce, at a minimum, rules and regulations to protect the land areas defined in 14 CFR Part 77” [C.R.S. 43-10-113, Reference (b)] in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration designation of Meadow Lake as a “General Aviation Reliever Airport”.

Part of the challenge in drafting this application is that the subject of this application does not fit the stated purpose and checklists of Appendix B, “Guidelines and Regulations for Areas and Activities of State Interest”, and specifically Chapter 7, “Site Selection and Expansion of Airports”, which imply that a construction project is imminent. Meadow Lake is not requesting “site selection” for an airport that has existed for 53 years, nor are we requesting “expansion” of the airport at this time. While review and approval of a “Master Plan” is tacit recognition of future growth, it should be noted that airport plans change as requirements change. This is the fourth Master Plan since Meadow Lake was designated as a reliever in 1989, and the “future” runway has changed with each Plan based on FAA and local requirements at the time of update.

The 2011 Colorado Aviation System Plan - Executive Summary [Reference (f), page 6] states: “The master planning benchmark applies to publicly-owned and NPIAS airports. During this update, the Division of Aeronautics and FAA worked together to adjust the objective for current master plans. The revised objective is for all commercial airports to have a master plan that is current within seven years and for publicly-owned and NPIAS general aviation airports to have master plans that are current within 10 years.” A description of airport master plans and the NPIAS is discussed in paragraph 4(d) below. In conformance with the Master Plan benchmark, the Division of Aeronautics has already included another update to the KFLY Master Plan/ALP in the Meadow Lake Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for 2025 [Enclosure (3c)]. MLAA will ensure coordination of that future update with the provisions of the Land Development Code, Appendix B. In addition, as the need to expand the airport becomes apparent, actual construction plans will address the specific County requirements, questions and concerns. Until that time, we can only provide best estimates and concepts that may apply. To that end, this application will address:

➢ description and remarks of current operations and status of the airport for the review of this Master Plan Update (prefaced by “[P]”),

➢ description and remarks concerning potential for future growth of the airport (prefaced by “[F]”), which will be addressed in detail at that future occasion when construction of the expansion becomes relevant.

Note:

1. Where appropriate, throughout this application direct excerpts from the draft Master Plan Study have been used. These excerpts (and those from other published Meadow Lake documents) are shown in quotations and blue ink. Reference to “figures” and “tables” made in these excerpts are to tables and figures that may be found in the Master Plan Study and are not routinely repeated in this application document.

2. Excerpts from County documents will be shown in green.

3. Excerpts from state and federal regulations and documents will be shown in red.

Respectfully,

David E. Elliott

President, MLAA Board of Directors

cell/text: 719-339-0928

email: falcon20flier@

APPENDIX A

Section 2.303 Submission Requirements for All Permit Applications

APPENDIX B

Section 7.201 Application Submission Requirements

Enclosures:

1. “Articles of Incorporation” and “ByLaws of the Meadow Lake Airport Association”

2. Resumes of Key Personnel

a) MLAA

• Board of Directors

• Airport Development Committee

b) Applicant drafter & planners

• David Elliott

• Jviation, Inc. . . MLAA (KFLY) Planning and Engineering Consultants

c) Coordination and Oversight

• Colorado Division of Aeronautics (CDoT/Aero)

• FAA Denver Airports District Office (ADO)

3. Financial Exhibits of the MLAA

a) IRS Form 990 (2016)

b) Summary of FAA AIP and CDAG grants to Meadow Lake Airport

c) Meadow Lake Airport Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)

d) Application for Colorado Discretionary Aeronautics Grant (2018)

e) Colorado GA Sustainability Program data overview

f) 2013 Economic Impact Study for Colorado Airports

(1) The Economic Impact of Meadow Lake Airport (KFLY)

4. Property Exhibits

a) Certification of Mineral Rights

b) Vicinity Map

c) List of Adjacent Properties

d) Area Zoning Map

1) Special Districts

e) Avigation Easement – Meadow Lake Airport

(1) AVIGATION EASEMENT, 18 March 1969

(2) CLEAR ZONE AVIGATION EASEMENT, 7 September 1990

(3) AVIGATION EASEMENT, 11 October 1990

(4) CLEAR ZONE AVIGATION EASEMENT, 21 December 1990

(5) AVIGATION AND HAZARD EASEMENT, 4 June 1996

f) Meadow Lake Airport Property Charts

(1) Property Boundary

(2) Existing Airport Facilities (including Runway Protection Zones)

(3) Meadow Lake Airport Layout Plan (ALP) - Existing

(4) Meadow Lake Airport Layout Plan (ALP) - Future

g) Meadow Lake Airport Airspace Charts

(1) Meadow Lake Airport Influence Area

(2) Meadow Lake Airport AIRSPACE PLAN (Part 77)

(3) Meadow Lake Airport Traffic Pattern – Main Runway 15-33

(4) Meadow Lake Airport Traffic Pattern – Turf Runway 15-33 (N-S)

(5) Meadow Lake Airport Traffic Pattern – Crosswind Runway 8-26

h) Colorado Stormwater Discharge Permit Inactivation

i) Colorado Ground Water Commission Determinations

j) Environmental Assessment, Establishment of Turf Runway (May 2013)

5. Miscellaneous Exhibits

a) Colorado Airports:

1) FAA General Aviation Airports: A National Asset: Colorado

(2) 2011 Colorado Aviation System Plan: Chapter 2. Inventory

b) FAA 5010 Airport Master Record: Meadow Lake Airport (KFLY) 12/07/17

c) FAA National Based Aircraft Inventory Program (01/04/18, cover page)

d) KFLY Pavement Condition Index Report

e) MLAA List of Equipment

f) Colorado Discretionary Aviation Grant Assurances

APPENDIX C

Exhibit B Application for a Permit to Conduct a Designated Activity of State Interest

Enclosures:

1. Parcel Maps:

a) El Paso County Assessor GIS map showing location of Meadow Lake Airport

b) El Paso County Assessor’s GIS map depicting Meadow Lake Airport

c) Google Earth overhead view depicting Meadow Lake Airport

2. Legal Description: Assessor’s Office Property Data for 43000-00-563

3. Bylaws of the Meadow Lake Airport Association: “Exhibit A – Schedule of Properties and Owners”

4. Colorado Revised Statutes: C.R.S. 43-10-113

5. 49 USC sec 47102. Definitions

6. FAA Denver Airport District Office letter dated July 14, 1989

7. Meadow Lake Airport Organizational Relationships

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