"to present an 'airport management plan".
Your kidding aren't you?
Look at the capital city secondary airport "management plans" if you want an example of a boondoggle.
Not one of them ever stuck to a "Plan". The plan was the basis for making the changes.
- To abrogate the intention of the Airports Act.
- To circumvent the clauses in the leases they signed to maintain the airports in the condition they were in when they took them over
- To abrogate their responsibilities regarding environmental issues by excusing themselves from compliance on the pretext that the airports were Commonwealth land and environmental laws didn't apply to them.
- To circumvent building codes.
- To price aviation off the airport to facilitate non aviation development.
I guess the "Plan" was to have a functioning airport for the use of aviation, end of story
I guess that didn't fit in with the councils development mates. When's the next council election? I would expect some sizeable donations to re-election funds.