Council members and staff agreed to schedule a workshop to examine conditions of city hangars and discuss potential rate increases tied to reinvestment in maintenance and security.
The review matters because hangar tenants currently use city facilities that, according to council comments, have maintenance deficits (doors that do not lock, etc.) and need capital repairs; tenants may accept higher rents if funds are dedicated to repairs.
One council member (unnamed in transcript) said, “I don't think there's any of them that would probably not be okay with, raising the rates if they knew some of that money was actually gonna go back into fixing the problems.” Meeting discussion referenced a specific proposed workshop time: “It says 10AM. August 4, 10AM.” Council members emphasized the need to put a clear agenda together, identify priorities for repairs and security (including doors and locks), and communicate how rate increases would be applied. They also discussed the possibility of a workshop rather than a broad public meeting to keep the session focused and actionable.
No formal rate change was approved during the recorded discussion. The council directed staff to finalize and circulate a workshop notice and to prepare cost estimates and a proposed rate plan tied to specific repair needs.