Space port video gets yes vote

Valley Press on ^ | Monday, February 9, 2009. | ALLISON GATLIN

[BenLurkin]

MOJAVE - The Mojave Air and Space Port's singular development planning process will be the subject of a new promotional video intended to aid prospective tenants. A $10,000 contract to produce the video was approved by the East Kern Airport District directors Tuesday on a 4-1 vote, with director Dick Rutan dissenting.

The district has a precise development plan, approved by Kern County, which governs future development at the airport.

By applying this plan, developers can bypass the often lengthy process of applying through the Kern County Planning Department.

In effect, the airport district is its own planning department, providing a much quicker path through the permitting process.

It is not uncommon for prospective tenants to approach the district and want to know what their options are for locating their business to the airport.

District engineering staff will then prepare plans for placing the business on the airport based on the business' needs.

The video will detail that process for prospective tenants, General Manager Stu Witt said, freeing some staff time from the many queries received.

Two major projects are now in the works with the airport, where staff has had multiple meetings with different project managers to discuss the process.

"This would've been a nice tool to have in those cases," Witt said. "It's a communication mechanism."

Tom Weil, who handles many of these transactions as the district's business operations director, said that projects often have a number of project managers, each needing briefing on the process, requiring multiple visits with staff.

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Celestial Mechanics, the company contracted to produce the video, already created a marketing video for the airport which is readily available on the Mojave Air and Space Port Web site as well as online services such as YouTube.

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