Each year the Airport seeks the approval and authorization from the City Council for the Mayor to execute the current year's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grants. This year's Grants provide the entitlement and carryover funding to undertake the engineering and construction of the planned AIP funded projects. The 2017 projects include Runway 10R/28L Shift, Acquisition of Land West of the Airport for Runway 10R/28L Approach Protection, and Terminal Expansion Design Work.  Since the Airport may receive the Grant funds in a number of smaller individual Grants, Council is being asked to authorize the Mayor to execute each Grant as it is received. 
  

↵City Council may:

• Approve the acceptance of this year's AIP Grants, authorizing the Mayor to execute each Grant offer as they are received; or
• Decline the acceptance or this year's AIP Grants, and provide direction to staff on how to proceed.

It is estimated that the costs for engineering services and construction of these projects will total approximately $3,800,000. This will be funded with a 90% FAA AIP Grant and a 10% local match. The Federal portion will be an estimated $3,420,000 and the Airport's local match will be an estimated $380,000. The projects are included in the current budget and local match funds are available in the Airport's Capital account.

Staff recommends that the City Council accept this year's AIP Grants from the FAA, and authorize the Mayor to execute each of the FAA AIP Grant allocations when they are received for this year's planned AIP funded projects.