Aurora Airport Expansion

Friends of French Prairie announces the establishment of a people’s petition opposed to the planned expansion of the Aurora State Airport.

Should citizens, members of the public, have the legal right to challenge government decisions or seek enforcement when a government agency chooses not to comply with the law! Not according to a recent Circuit Court ruling…

In November of 2021 the Oregon Dept. of Aviation (ODAV) launched a new master planning process using Century West Engineering as their aviation consultant and JLA Public Involvement as their facilitator. As we reported to members in an email at the time: On Tuesday,...

On Thursday, December 9, Oregon’s Supreme Court delivered their ruling on the Petition for Review of the earlier Court of Appeals decision. The ruling was strikingly terse: The court has considered the petition for review and orders that it be denied. The central...

Following the submission of Petitions for Review to the Supreme Court by the Oregon Dept. of Aviation and the Intervenors (commercial interests at the airport), we (the original appellants in the Court of Appeals appeal) have the opportunity to submit our own response...

Two significant environmental occurrences happened in October 2021 concerning Aurora Airport and its impacts on the citizens and lands surrounding it. Forever chemicals at Aurora Airport First, the Statesman Journal published an article on the 20th titled “EPA...

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...

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...

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!...

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...