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FUELED - The mostly quiet Rectrix Aerodrome hangar at Barnstable Municipal Airport is the subject of
increasingly loud complaints from its operators, claiming that the town has interfered with their ability to
open. Fueling of airplanes is among the issues. ,
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Kimber dated Feb. 16.
Portions of the letter were
read into the record by Kim-
ber at Tuesday night's com-
mission meeting.
The letter claims that de-
cisions made by the airport
commission, as well as the
withholding of key lease docu-
ments, caused Recrtrix to
incur unnecessary expenses
and time delays. Specifically,
the letter, drafted and signed
by attorney James B. Fox of
Bernkopf , Goodman, LLP in
Boston, claims that a sub-
stantial portion of the lease's
minimum standards were not
provided to Rectrix, causing
the development of a vastly
different project. Rectrix of-
ficialssay that a different type
of facility had they known of
their full capabilities under the
minimum standards.
RectrixCEO Richard Cawley
told the Patriot that only six
pagesout of 60-plus were given
aspart of the lease agreement ,
and it was based on those
limited pages that the initial
project was developed.
"By withholding the mini-
.mum standards, we had to
spend hundreds of thousands
' of dollars going in for modifica-
tions," Cawley said.
Bruce Gilmore, counsel for
the airport commission, said,"
"Dealing with this particular
tenant is like dealing with a
moving target."
Gilmorewould not comment
on the specific allegations, but
said, "Their alleged reliance
on statements or assumptions
or unexecuted leases is just
mind-boggling."
Fueling the Issue
Rectrix threatened to sue
the airport last spring over
issues relating to the sale of
fuel. In its bid to become afull
Fixed Base Operator,Rectrix
sought permission to sell jet
fuel as part of its operation.
The airport commission,
which holds a state-allowed
monopoly on the sale of jet
fuel, said no. The airport
generates roughly $1.5 mil-
lion annually from jet fuel
sales, which subsidizes its
operations.
Airport Manager Quincy
"Doc" Mosby said the airport
commissionwas"readyto sign,
sealand deliver"alease change
to allow Rectrixto lease a fuel
tank for its self-fueling opera-
tions. Rectrix has the right to
fueljets it ownsorcontrols,but
not unaffiliated aircraft. It has
been doing so through the use
of a fueling truck.
The demand letter received
by the airport commission
Tuesday put astop to all deci-
sions related to Rectrix.
Willing, But Not Ready
The Hyannishangar opened
with a flourish or local busi-
ness types and town officials
during a September ribbon-
cutting ceremony. The facility
was alsoutilized for one of the
superintendent search com-
mittee meetings. Search com-
mittee member Pat Butler is
alsothelocalattorneyworking
on regulatory and permitting
matters for Rectrix.
But operations have yet
to fully get under way, as
the building lacks a formal
certificate of occupancy from
the Barnstable building com-
missioner.That permit cannot
be issued until the Cape Cod
Commissionsignsoffonissues
related to a ramp extension
sought by the company and
approved by the airport com-
mission last fall.
According to the commis-
sion planner working on the
project ,work needs to be done
to ensure the on-site drainage
system can handle the ad-
ditional 25,000 square feet of
paved area. Negotiations are
ongoing to develop an escrow
account and plan to address
those drainage issues.
Cawleysaidthat the delayin
opening is delaying the start
date for the 30or soemployees
already hired.
Cawley took to the blog-o-
sphere to make a pitch for his
side. In a posting Wednesday
to www.capcog.com, Cawley
provided a timeline mirroring
the demand letter submitted
to the airport commission
Tuesday night.
"Rectrix has been abused
long enough," Cawley wrote.
"Although we believe that the
vast majority of individuals
(staff , commissioners, and
elected officials) work very
hard and are acting in good
faith, it is clear (for the facts
speak volumes), that a few
select individuals are not."
In an interview with the
Patriot Wednesday, Cawley
declined to name those indi-
viduals.
There are signsthat Rectrix
is in need of money. Liens to-
talingmore than $400,000 have
been placed against Rectrix
since November,the largest of
which, $252,000, by the Lohr
Construction Company.
Rectrix still not open...
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Barnstable'sinitialthought
a few years ago was to create
anaccessroad inside the fence
at the airport , but a needed
railroad crossing made that
unattractive to MassHighway.
DPW Director Mark Ells said
that there 's been some indi-
cation that such a plan could
find a better reception.
Another plan called for a
widening of Yarmouth Road.
"We're still in the develop-
ment stages for those two
scenarios," Ells said.
Once the plans are settled ,
the next question is funding.
Ells said that the town is
pursuingseveral options there
as well, including putting the
project on the Cape 's TIP
(Transportation Improve-
ment Plan) for upcoming
federal funding cycles.
That won't happen this
spring, so the plan for now is
to bringthe widened,two-lane
road back down to a single
lane.
Yarmouth DPW Director
George Allaire said no work
would be done until the Town
of Barnstable completed both
the planningand funding por-
tion for the Yarmouth Road
portion.
"We're not even getting to
the town line,"Allaire said in
a brief interview last week.
A primary objective of the
project , which relocated Hig-
gins Crowell Road and will
widen Willow Street through
the area ofthe Exit7off ramps,
was to provide commuter
relief. Exit 7 is a highly-traf-
ficked route into Hyannis and
offramps can clogdesperately,
backing vehicles up onto the
highway.
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Willow St. to Yarmouth Rd....
County values
dip, volume flat
The volume of real estate
salesintheTownofBarnstable
for January wasdown 11.4per-
cent from January 2005 but
the total value of sales was
up 21 percent.
Barnstable County Regis-
ter of Deeds John F Meade
reported that the median
I individual property salevalue
was up 13.4 percent from the
previous year. There was a
3.5 percent decrease in the
volume of mortgage activity
from January 2005 levels.
Meade reports that there
were 78 deeds recorded at the
Barnstable Registry of Deeds
for the Town of Barnstable
in January 2006 with stated
sales values above $50,000
representing a stated value
of $44,994,157 in sales. Based
on all property sales valued
above $50,000,the median sale
price of property in January
was $374,250.
There were 331 mortgages
recorded with values above
$50,000 in January with a to-
tal value of $107,497,647. The
median mortgage amount ,
commercial , residential or
other, was $230,000.
By way of comparison, in
January 2005 there were 88
deeds recorded at the Reg-
istry of Deeds for the Town
of Barnstable with stated
sales values above $50,000
representing a total value of
$37,099,853.
The median sales price ,
based on all property sales
values above $50 ,000 was
$330,000. There were 343mort-
gagesrecorded inJanuary2005
with values above $50,000 with
atotal value of 82,624,580.The
median mortgage amount ,
commercial , residential or
other, was $200,000.
County market
creeping along
The volume of real estate
salesin January was down 26.3
percent from January 2005
and the total value of sales
was down 23 percent from
the previous year, according
to Meade.
The average median prop-
erty sale value was up 0.8
percent from the previous
year. There was an 11.5 per-
cent decrease in the volume
of mortgage activity from
January 2005 levels.
There were 414 deeds re-
corded at the Barnstable Reg-
istry of Deeds in January 2006
with stated values of $50,000
representing a stated value of
$209,695,667 in county-wide
real estate sales.
Based on all property sales
valued above $50,000 the me-
dian sale price of property in
Barnstable County in January
was $367,350.
There were 1,688mortgages
recorded with values above
$50,000 in January with a to-
tal value of $471,700,644. The
median mortgage amount ,
commercial , residential or
other, was $210,000.
By way of comparison, in
January 2005 there were 562
deeds recorded at the Reg-
istry of Deeds with stated
sales values above $50,000,
representing a stated value
of $272,002,915in county-wide
real estate sales.
The median sales price ,
based on all property sales
values above $50 ,000 was
$364,500.
There were 1,906 mortgages
recorded in January 2005 with
values above $50,000 with a
total value of$524,975,882.The
median mortgage amount ,
commercial , residential or
other was $205,500.
NOTE: There is a new format for
the statistics report. The median of
all sales and mortgages will now
be tracked based on values above
$50,000. There is no longer a cap and
all deeds and mortgages above that
amount will be included.
Town sales down, volume up
Barnstable Real Estate, January
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All figures are based on sales or mortgages above $50,000.
BIPARTISAN INTEREST - State Rep. Demetrius Atsalis and state Sen.
Rob O'Leary, two Democracts , join Republican Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey
to listen to state Rep. Jeff Perry, a Republican, talk about funds for a
study of Exit 6 1/2 last Friday at Barnstable Municipal Airport.
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Healy said the southeast-
ern Massachusetts group
of the governor 's Regional
Competitiveness Council"em-
phasized to me the value of
commerce and quality of life"
that would be enhanced by
another exit.
Not wanting to over-prom-
ise, Healey said she looks
forward "to having slightly
better traffic in this area."
Admitting he has "had my
disagreements with the ad-
ministration," O'Leary said
it has been "absolutely on
course" with its transporta-
tion and smart growth poli-
cies.
"This is the retail, whole-
sale and service center for
the whole region," he said.
"A quarter-million people are
here year round."
Celebrating forward motion
on what he calls "Exit 6B,"At-
salis, a Hyannis native, noted
plansfor Cape Cod Hospital to
move its outpatient services
to Independence Park, where
it would be well served by a
new exit.
His fellow villager, Town
Councilor Harold Tobey, said
an ambulance driver from
Dennis had told him how
much his colleagues and he
would appreciate a quicker
route from Route 6 to emer-
gency services.
No dollar amount was an-
nounced for the study, which
will be performed for the
state Office of Transportation
Planning by a consultant. The
work willbe "a comprehensive
study of the greater Hyannis
area inthe Town of Barnstable
that will examine and recom-
mend ways to improve overall
transportation mobility for
residents , businesses , and
visitors , while minimizing
impacts to neighborhoods and
communitiesm," according to
a press statement.
A variety of short- and long-
term options -including 6 1/2
or 6B -will be reviewed
State funds coming...
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