May 30th was the deadline for comments on the proposed land lease rate increase for Anchorage and Fairbanks International Airports. All leases to include the east ramp at Fairbanks and Lake Hood would have been affected. Meetings were initiated, organized and held with leaseholders and other interested parties in Anchorage and Fairbanks. It worked! The Airmen hand delivered over 35 responses to Keith Day, Controller, Alaska International Airport Systems. On June 3rd we had official notice that the rate increase had been cancelled.
Following is the memo we received from Mr. Day.
We would like to thank the department for their timely consideration of
this matter. The State's decision not to move forward with the proposed
increase is welcomed news to the General Aviation community.
From: Day,
Keith F (DOT) [mailto:keith.day@alaska.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 5:24 PM
To: Dee Hanson; carolscott@mosquitonet.com; tom.george@aopa.org
Cc: Day, Keith F (DOT)
Subject: Response to AIAS Lease Rate Increase Comments
Hello,
Attached
please find a MEMO in response to the
many comments were recently received regarding the AIAS (Ted Stevens Anchorage
International and Fairbanks International Airports) land lease rate increase
proposed to go into effect beginning July 1, 2008. The proposed increased that
was noticed has been cancelled. The possibility of increasing the land lease
rents in the future is still under consideration however. No increases will
occur without a new public notice process occurring.