It is necessary to secure the City Council's approval and authorization for the Mayor to execute this year's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grants.  This year's Grants provide the entitlement and carryover funding needed to undertake the engineering and construction for this year's projects. The projects include an Environmental  Assessment for the Extension of Runway 10R/28L and associated land acquisition, the rehabilitation of a section of the Air Carrier Ramp, and the replacement of the Automatic Vehicle Security Access Gates and upgrade of the Security System Program Software.

This year's total Grant allocation will be a combination of the Airport's annual Grant Entitlements and previous years Entitlement carryovers. The estimated costs of these projects are $150,000 for the Environmental Assessment work, $1,100,000 for the Ramp project, and $650,000 for the Security Gate replacement and Security System Program Software upgrade.  Since the Airport may receive the Grant funds for these projects in smaller individual Grants, as each Grant  is released by the FAA, Council is being asked to authorize the Mayor to execute each Grant as it is received.

The City Council may:

• Approve the acceptance of this year's AIP Grants, authorizing the Mayor to execute each Grant offer; or
• Decline to approve the acceptance of this year's AIP Grants, and not complete the projects at this time.

It is estimated that the costs of engineering services and the construction for these projects will total approximately $2,000,000. This will be funded with a 90% FAA AIP Grant and a 10% local match. The Federal share will be $1,800,000, and the Airport's local share will be $200,000 and paid with local capital funds.

Staff recommends that the City Council accept this year's AIP Grants and authorize the Mayor to execute each of the FAA AIP Grant allocations received this year for the Airport.