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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin
FROM: Steve Andras, P.E., Acting Airport Manager
DATE: February 6, 2018
SUBJECT:
To obtain City Council approval for the sale of surplus land, known as Parcel 33-2 located at the Aurora Municipal Airport to the Sugar Grove Park District
PURPOSE:
The sale of this surplus land will generate $635,000 of revenue that will be used to fund projects at the airport.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Aurora currently has an agreement with the Village of Sugar Grove allowing them to use the baseball fields on the airport property until the expiration of the agreement, July 14, 2018.
The concept of selling the ballfield property was the result of a Land Use Compliance Inspection conducted by the FAA in July of 2009 (report attached).
The City of Aurora was also approached by the Village of Sugar Grove, on behalf of the Sugar Grove Park District in May of 2014 at which time the Sugar Grove Park District expressed interest in buying the athletic field property.
The City met with the FAA Airports District Office in Chicago in June of 2014 to begin the Land Release process.
It wasn't until December of 2017 that the land release had been completed, enabling the transfer of the 26.67 acres to the Sugar Grove Park District.
The terms, conditions and required easement have been reviewed by the City's Corporation Counsel and airport consultant as well as the Sugar Grove Park District's staff and Counsel.
Once approved, this matter will go before the Park District's board for their approval.
DISCUSSION:
The sale of this property will benefit the City of Aurora in two ways. First, it will satisfy the FAA's compliance issue regarding the inconsistent use of airport property. Second, it will help fund many of the needed projects at the airport.
Since federal funds were used to acquire the original parent Parcel 33 for the construction of new runway 15-33, proceeds from the sale of Parcel 33-2 are restricted to airport-related expenditures.
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