Consideration and Approval of Grant Acceptance:  Grant agreement between the State of Arizona, through the Arizona Department of Transportation, Multi-modal Planning Division, Aeronautics Group, and the City of Flagstaff for the Airport Pavement Management System.

The Flagstaff Pulliam Airport is seeking this grant as part of our federal obligation to maintain existing airfield pavements, including the runway, taxiways, and taxi lanes. Through this grant, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) will pay all design, engineering, and construction administration costs.  ADOT will also pay 90% of the total construction costs, with the additional 10% funded by the City. This project includes crack repair, pavement seal coat, and application of pavement markings on the airport runway, parallel taxiway, connecting taxiways, and a portion of the airfield's taxi lanes.  The project is expected to be issued for bids in early summer 2022, with construction anticipated in June 2023.

The City of Flagstaff funding required for this project is $141,538.00, with a total construction cost of $1,415,380.00. The maintenance activities that this project includes are required under the grant assurances from previous federal grants for airfield pavement construction. The acceptance of this grant will save the City of Flagstaff greater than 90% of the required cost for this maintenance work.

If construction is awarded at a higher price than estimated, or if there are in-field or other modifications during construction, the State may invoice the additional match and the City of Flagstaff will be required to fund any remaining balance equal to 10% of the actual total project cost.

This project is currently being requested as part of the FY 2022-2023 budget process.  The City match is expected to utilize our Passenger Facility Charge (PFC).

None

Priority Based Budget Key Community Priorities and Objectives

• Enhance the organization’s fiscal stability & increase efficiency & effectiveness.
• Deliver outstanding services to residents through a healthy, well maintained infrastructure system.
• Provide effective management of and infrastructure for all modes of transportation.

Regional Plan

• Goal T.10. Strengthen and expand the role of Flagstaff Pulliam Airport as the dominant hub for passenger, air freight, public safety flights, and other services in northern Arizona.
• Policy T.10.1. Maintain and expand Flagstaff Pulliam Airport as an important link to the national air transportation system.

None

Pavement maintenance will extend the service life of existing infrastructure at the airport and reduce long-term replacement costs. The airport's runway was rehabilitated with a mill and overlay in 2017 at at a cost of approximately $8.2M. Industry standards recommend that pavement be seal coated 3-5 years after initial paving to extend pavement life. Lack of pavement maintenance could result in premature pavement failure, which would cost between $10M and $50M to replace.