The Barrow County Airport Authority has granted property access for a mini-storage warehouse planned next to the airport in Winder.
FLT Properties, LLC asked the authority to grant access to 1.87 acres located on Atlanta Highway, across from Giles Road. The property is located near a 5,500-foot runway of the Northeast Georgia Regional Airport.
Monroe-based FLT Properties is planning to build four mini-storage warehouses totaling 18,000 square feet. The Barrow County planning and engineering departments have already approved the plans.
Under a 2005 agreement with the airport authority, FLT Properties was granted an option to lease up to five acres of additional property across from Atlanta Highway from its existing building. The company had to notify the authority by July 2008 of its plans to use the option.
FLT Properties was just seeking access to 1.87 acres of the five acres.
The company also requested an extension of the agreement for an additional two years to lease up to the five acres. The authority opted on Tuesday to address the two-year extension at a later date.
In granting access to the property, the authority also said it wanted to have access to the site. A dry pond is shown at the rear of the property, according to plans.
Authority chairman Sammy Everett said the warehouses couldn’t be placed on another parcel, since it had limited road access.
The authority said the proposal will also have to be approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FFA).
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business, the Barrow County Airport Authority:
•approved an appraisal bid of $2,800 from Keaton & Associates. The authority is in the process of appraising all property at the airport to determine its market value, according to airport director Glen Boyd.
•approved Northeast Georgia Air Service’s proposal to construct a building at the airport.
•agreed to pay an appraisal bill of $5,000, pending the recipient of a final report.
•heard from Boyd, who said an Athens-based company is interested in a corporate hanger at the airport. The company may relocate its flight department to the Winder airport. The company is acquiring a Piper Navajo, but may get larger corporate airplanes, along with a larger hanger, Boyd reported.
