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;z8 REPORT TO THE AIRPORT CO~MISSION San Marcos, Texas ,,/ June 5, 1978 ASS IGNI1Ei~T In order to settle the issue of how much additional planning cou:j9 be justified on the Municipal Airport at San !'larcos, it was re- quested that I attend the meeting of the Airport Commission on April 24, 11978, to discuss this item and possibly provide assistance. Primarily through the efforts of !Joward R. Yeargan, a tT;aster Plan document together with one large drawing has been prepared for this airport. This was submitted to the FAA for their comment. I agreed at the meeting that I would undertake to discuss the planning requirements with the FAA after I became more acquainted with the material available and the status of the Municpal Airport. I would then make recommendations to the Commission on this subject. The Commission agreed to this and recommended to the City Council to set aside not to exceed ~500 for my time ~ $15 per hour plus any out-of-pocket expenses. FREFAf~ATION We furnished a copy of both the Master Plan Report Commentary, the map and the comments of the FAA which we reviewed. On May 24, 1978, we had a meeting with Howard R. Yeargan, Secretary to the Commission, for approximately 2 hours to further acquaint our- selves with the status of the Municipal Airport. We discussed a number of items, the most significant of which are as follows: I 1. With expansion of activity, regardless of how difficult and inconvenient it is to establish them, the most probable way will be by multiple operators, each doing separate things comprising the broad catagory of general aviation. The addition of operators may be from a very modest start, such a s in the catagory of train- ing one person with a small aeroplane who would enter into an agreement with the Commission and settle on the field, and later become a substantial operator. We call this supplementation, even though additional buildings may have to be provided through other capital for this purpose. 2. If Item 1 is to get a fair chance of coming into reality, the City must obtain a sizable amount of land on the building side of the existing apron from the Dept. of Labor. The basis on which the properties were transferred to the City, (without a building area) preCluded much chance to put the airport into operation with any degree of success.