Consideration and Approval of Grant Agreement):  A grant agreement between the City of Flagstaff and the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration for Update Airport Master Plan Study with Airport Geographic Information System (AGIS) and Airport Layout Plan (ALP). (Grant agreement for airport master plan study).

1) Approve the acceptance of an FAA Grant Agreement in the amount of $500,000 for the Update Airport Master Plan with AGIS and ALP project.
2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the necessary documents.

The Flagstaff Airport is an important part of the economic growth of Flagstaff and Northern Arizona. To meet the future needs of our communities' air service needs we must complete community involved planning. Cost of maintaining Flagstaff Airport sustainability requires an outline of the needs, knowledge of the public and stakeholder requirements and methods of achieving those plans. This Airport Master Plan will give an outline of current and future facility needs, a list of grant eligible projects, along with public impute.

The grant award is in the amount of $500,000 (91.06% Federal share), $24,545 (4.47% City share), and $24,544 (4.47% State share) for a total project cost of $549,089.  Not completing the Airport Master Plan could impact the City of Flagstaff in future FAA grant funded projects.  This project is budgeted in FY 2016 in account 221-07-222-3334-0-4421 for the amount of $600,000.

COUNCIL GOALS:
3) Provide sustainable and equitable public facilities, services, and infrastructure systems in an efficient and effective manner to serve all population areas and demographics.
7) Address key issues and processes related to the implementation of the Regional Plan.
9) Foster relationships and maintain economic development commitment to partners.

REGIONAL PLAN:
Transportation - Goal T.10 and associated policies, Public Buildings, Services, Facilities and Safety.

 

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1. Approve FAA Grant for Airport Master Plan
2. Do not approve FAA Grant for Airport Master Plan

The FAA requires Publicly funded airports to complete Airport Master Plans on a regular basis to justify Grant funding. This shows to the FAA that the Airport Sponsor is doing long term responsible planning to meet the public needs. The Flagstaff Airport last completed an Airport Master Plan in 2007. Since that Airport Master Plan was completed annual passenger traffic has increased from 88,000 to 136,000 total. At that continued growth rate Flagstaff Airport should see 183,000 passengers in the year 2023 and upwards of 300,000 by 2030. The current infrastructure is not designed to handle this growth. This Airport Master Plan will address, future parking, terminal needs, public egress and facility needs for the next 20 years.

This Airport Master Plan will allow public impute to the next 20 years of growth for the Flagstaff Airport.

Failure to accept this Grant and complete the Airport Master Plan could negatively impact the ability to qualify for future FAA grants.

The Airport Master Plan will benefit the community by allowing them to give impute in the needs of our airport to provide service in the future. We expect continued growth to meet the public needs and that growth will require long term planning to make the Airport sustainable and cost effective.

Inform; The public will be informed multiple times as to the progress of this project.
Collaborate; Members of the public will be on the Airport Master Plan committee to provide public and stake holder impute. Public impute is a critical component of Airport Master Planning