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Item 1.Q.
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| City Council Regular | |
| Date: | 02/13/2023 |
| Title: | Annual Acceptance of Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program Grants |
| Presented by: | Shane Ketterling, Assistant Director of Aviation and Transit |
| Department: | Airport |
| Presentation: | No |
| Legal Review | Not Applicable |
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council accept this year's Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grants from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and authorize the Mayor to execute each of the AIP Grant offers as they are received.
BACKGROUND (Consistency with Adopted Plans and Policies, if applicable)
Each year the Airport seeks Federal grant funding through the FAA AIP for capital projects at the Airport. Annually, the Airport may be awarded a number of AIP grants due to funding allocation, varying projects, and grant scheduling issues. These grants are normally on a tight timeline for acceptance, subsequently, each year the Airport seeks the approval and authorization from the City Council for the Mayor to execute the FAA provided AIP grant offers as they are provided. This year's grant offers should include funding from the Airport's annual entitlements, previous year grant carry overs, discretionary grant funding, and the addition of infrastructure grant funding. The grants may provide funding for all or some of the following: approximately $8,600,000 for the Terminal Building Expansion Project, $2,850,000 for the Aircraft Ramp Replacement just east of the new Concourse B, $600,000 for a mid-field Service Road Rebuild, and reimbursable funding of $777,418 for the West End Taxiway Extension project constructed last Summer. Airport staff anticipates at least two grant offers with the potential of a third grant funded with AIP discretionary funds.
ALTERNATIVES
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
- Not Approve the acceptance of this year's AIP Grants and provide direction to staff on how to proceed.
FISCAL EFFECTS
This year the Airport expects funding from its regular AIP Grant entitlements, AIP Grant entitlement rollovers, AIP Grant discretionary funds, and funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for a total of up to a possible $12,800,000. Regardless of the amounts for the grant offers received, the Airport will need to provide a 10% local share match for the non-Terminal projects and 17.02% for the Terminal project work, or up to $2,230,000 of total local funds. Airport funds needed for any required local match are available in the Airport's Capital Fund.