DATE:
December 10, 2025
04
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
BORREGO VALLEY AIRPORT - FIFTH AND SIXTH AMENDMENTS TO AVIATION LEASES WITH JOHN S. WATKINS AND FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AVIATION LEASE WITH LARRY H. STRASBAUGH 1999 REVOCABLE TRUST AND FALLBROOK COMMUNITY AIRPARK - FIRST AMENDMENT TO RECREATIONAL GROUND LEASE WITH FALLBROOK SPORTS ASSOCIATION AND RELATED CEQA EXEMPTION (DISTRICT: 5)
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OVERVIEW
The County of San Diego (County) operates both Borrego Valley, a general aviation airport located in Borrego Springs, and Fallbrook Community Airpark (Airpark), a general aviation airport two miles south of downtown Fallbrook. These airports are part of the seven-airport system owned by the County and operated by the Department of Public Works (DPW) using funding from the Airport's self-sustaining maintenance and operations fund, known as the Airport Enterprise Fund (AEF), at no cost to the General Fund. These airports serve the Borrego Springs and North San Diego County communities, respectively, by providing facilities for general and non-aviation uses. Varying by airport, uses include search and rescue, fire emergency services, parks management, and law enforcement for various government agencies, as well as agriculture and recreation uses, including the operation and maintenance of ball fields and tennis courts.
The proposed actions today include the approval to amend four total leases. Three of these four leases are at Borrego Valley Airport: two aviation leases with John S. Watkins (Watkins) and an aviation lease with Larry H. Strasbaugh 1999 Revocable Trust (Strasbaugh). The fourth lease being amended is a recreational ground lease with the Fallbrook Sports Association (FSA) at Fallbrook Community Airpark. The amendments are as follows:
Watkins - County Lease #75727R (Borrego Valley Airport, aviation lease)
1. A 0.69-acre, 35-year aviation ground lease that was approved by the Board of Supervisors (Board) on January 7, 2004 (6) for airc...
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