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7.25.
Regular City Council Meeting
Meeting Date:
04/13/2021
Information
Agenda Item
Resolution - Aviation:
Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Grant Agreement, with the Federal Aviation Administration Airport Coronavirus Response Grant Program, for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and janitorial services, for combating the spread of pathogens, and debt service payments at Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport.
Item Summary
Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport is eligible to receive funds from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. The Coronavirus Response funds will assist airport sponsors to address the COVID-19 public health emergency. The FAA will distribute these grants under the new Airport Coronavirus Response Grant Program (ACRGP). The purpose of this ACRGP Grant is to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
The grant provides funding for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, and janitorial services, for combating the spread of pathogens at the airport, and debt service payments. While this funding is similar to the CARES funding, it is more limited in scope. Any airport development must be directly related to combating the spread of pathogens at the airport. The budget period for this ACRGP Grant is 4 years. The general ACRGP general funding relief allocation is $3,729,157.
Fiscal Impact
Notice of the Grant Award from the FAA) is in the amount of $3,729,157.
Staff/Board Recommending
Bill Howerton, Deputy City Manager
Airport Advisory Board
Attachments
Resolution - FAA Pathogens
FAA Agreement for Combating Spread of Pathogens
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