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d 1. BATESVILLE GUARD Aug . 9, 1983 Airport board tentatively/ approves p CAP hangar, federal grant proposal By RANDY HOGAN commission,the purpose of the master plan is to Guard Staff Writer project the future uses and needs of the airport Batesville airport commissioners have ten- facility. tatively given the Civil Air Patrol the go-ahead to "We gave WHPDD the go-ahead to apply for construct a 50-by 60-foot hangar on airport pro- funds to pay a professional engineering firm to ; perty. The commissioners took action on a pro- step in and work out a master plan for the posal presented to the commission by CAP Batesville facility,"said LaCroix. representative Grant Breckenridge of Cave City "Thuse to projeer plan utilizes such ct future land use as well as eta xland n during a`l z-hour session Monday. P 1 According to Breckenridge,the proposed new sion,"he added. building would be located on the site now oc- The grant, which the airport commission has cupied by the CAP trailer. applied,is a 90-10 matching grant. "The hangar would house the CAP airplane,as "The federal government will foot the bill for well as classrooms for the cadets," said 90 percent of the cost of the master plan if we Breckenridge."The trailer just cannot handle 56 (the commission)match it with 10 percent,"said cadets and 40 seniors." LaCroix Breckenridge said the CAP had been using the According to Thomas, the preapplication for Armory Building for classroom facilities. the funds will take approximately one year to "We can't place maps on the walls of the ar- complete mory, plus the move from the armory to the The'commi`s'sion spent more than 1% hours trailer is very time-consuming,"he said. reviewing a proposed land-lease agreement with Breckenridge said the metal structure propos- Howard Garrison.Garrison wants to lease from ed for the new hangar was equal to many steel the airport land that adjoins property he owns. structures. Following the July 18 meeting, LaCroix met "We can't move forward to obtain the with Garrison's attorney, Bob Stroud of specifications for the building until we receive a Batesville, and helped draw up a counter- commitment from the airport commission,"said proposal. According to LaCroix, the new lease Breckenridge. varies slightly from the original plan. "It will take a grant from the federal govern- The changes proposed by the commission were ment for us (the CAP)to be able to complete the minor in nature and needed only a few changes project,"he added. in the wording to clarify the meaning. In addition to serving as a training center for LaCroix stressed that the wording of the docu- CAP activities, the new hangar would head- ment in some areas was not directed at Gar- carter all search and rescue missions in the Central Arkansas region,said Breckenridge. 0n The commission approved the CAP request, "I feel that with this lease we (the comtriis- pending the approval of the specifications and sion) are breaking new ground for future leases location of the building. at the Batesville airport,"said LaCroix. The commission also gave Van Thomas of the Stroud agreed to meet with his client and White River Planning and Development District review the commission's proposed changes. the green light to apply for a federal grant for Other commissioners present were John Atter- funds for a master plan for the airport. bury, Susie Ennis, Howard House and Shelby 'I According to Hay LaCroix Jr.,chairman of the Moore.