Oct 15, 2021 | Aurora Airport Expansion
After much discussion about the impacts of the Court of Appeals ruling during the summer Aviation Board meetings, a decision was finally made that surprised no one. The commercial interests at Aurora Airport mounted an all-out full court press on the Aviation Board...
Jun 20, 2021 | Aurora Airport Expansion
On June 16, 2021 the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed and remanded the prior Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) ruling concerning the Aurora Airport and the airport master plan. Rather than just ruling on procedural matters like the process of the State Aviation Board...
Dec 16, 2020 | Aurora Airport Expansion
On December 16, 2020, Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) delivered a non-decision on an appeal concerning the master plan for the Aurora State Airport. Specifically, LUBA handed down a dismissal of the appeal claiming that the Board did not have jurisdiction!...
Dec 10, 2020 | Aurora Airport Expansion
The LUBA Appeal filed by FOFP against the letter from the Director of the Oregon Department of Aviation (ODA) was dismissed by LUBA on Dec. 10, 2019, because “we conclude that the challenged decision is not a land use decision as defined in ORS 197.15(10)(1)(B).” The...
Oct 10, 2020 | Aurora Airport Expansion
The 2020 Wilsonville election for City Councilor and Mayor will undoubtedly go down as one for the record books! At least in terms of the amount of outside money coming in and the brazen manner in which Aurora Airport interests are funding candidates to take control...
Sep 15, 2020 | Aurora Airport Expansion
One of the interesting events to observe in the past three years has been the number of times that the Wilsonville Chamber of Commerce, and the leadership of the Aurora Airport Improvement Association, along with Ted Millar of TLM Holdings (owner of Southend Airpark...
