Don't worry, people show up to complain about those also. Constantly.
As the son of a parks director I would guess, actually, that fatigue plays a part. For the most part parks directors, city boards, airport boards, etc are pretty thankless jobs (often unpaid) with a lot of people ****ed off about every decision. Even the seeming no-brainers attract people who are furious (sometimes even justifiably so) about the decision.
Airport decisions, from day one, have the deck stacked against them because 1% of the population directly benefits and everyone else has to be shown a more complex formula that demonstrates a monetary benefit outweighing the costs of the project.
That cuts both ways...
Take in point the sleepy little mythical town of Pindale Wy.. I proposed to build a 70 x70 box hangar on my own dime..
Guess what their terms were.
Ground lease would be locked in for ONE year at .40 cents a sq ft. After that it goes up at the whim of the board with no set % of rates... Terminates at 20 years..
I pay for ALL taxiways leading up to their worn out and failing taxiway....
I pay for ALL the utilities and upgrades to THEIR infrastructure they need for future other hangars to be built and I would be required to recover those funds from future builders....
I would have to build to their " new" building codes and their desires of what it would look like... Keep in mind the dozen of other hangars are marginally built, been there for decades..
New codes.... 120 MPH wind loading, 110 lbs sq ft roof loads, Kynar 5000 coated outside steel that meets THEIR color choice, Foam insulated, plumbing with bathroom and shower, minimum 400 amp electrical service and various other required and lavish upgrades a simple hangar does not need.
20 year MAXIMUM lease with NO extensions... All property reverts to the airport board after 20 years.. NO exceptions...
The numbers just don't pencil out at all as the existing hangars rent for 1/5 the cost.... And guess who owned the existing hangars
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The current board members...
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So, to review....
They dictate the style and high end quality of MY new structure, they get 20 years of god only knows ground lease rates and in just 20 years they get the hangar back to lease it out for themselves...
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Strangely enough a few idiots have actually built new stuff, altho I bet their contract didn't look like mine did..
Ps... I did NOT build there....