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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/17/2007 - RESOLUTION 2007-065 AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER T ITEM NUMBER: 20 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: July 17, 2007 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Mike Freeman Dave Gordon SUBJECT Resolution 2007-065 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Capital Funding Grant Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration for Improvements at the Fort Collins-Loveland Airport. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. FINANCIAL IMPACT The FAA Grant is in the amount of$1,000,000 and covers 95% of the project costs ($1,052,632). The local match(5%) for total constructions costs associated with the FAA Grant is $52,632. The Cities have already approved a State of Colorado grant that will pay for half of the local match or $26,316. The remaining local match that will be paid from Airport funds is$26,316. The revenues and capital expenditures associated with this project have been appropriated in the Airport's 2007 Budget. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Resolution authorizes the approval of an FAA Grant Agreement in the amount of$1 million for making improvements to the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport. Work to be completed with these funds includes construction of a new taxiway,rehabilitation of taxi lanes,improve airport drainage and conduct a Wildlife Assessment Study. BACKGROUND The Airport is programmed each year to receive FAA Entitlement Funds in the amount of $1,000,000 as long as the Airport enplanes at least 10,000 scheduled passengers per calendar year. The Airport enplaned approximately 33,000 passengers last year and as a result the FAA Entitlement Grant offer to the Airport this year is 1,000,000;the Grant Agreement is on file with the City Clerk's office. The work to be completed under this Grant was identified in the Airport's Adopted Master Plan and is supported by the FAA. The specific projects to be completed under this project include: July 17, 2007 -2- Item No. 20 • Construction of Alpha Taxiway A-1 Extension. This will create aircraft access to a new hangar development area on the south side of the existing hangar area. The taxiway improvement will enhance the ability to lease this land for hangar improvements and increase revenues to the Airport. • Construction of an outlet structure on an existing Airport detention pond on the north side of the Airport. An outflow water pipe will be constructed to transfer the stormwater from the detention pond, which will then pass underneath the Louden Ditch and into an existing drainage easement. This work will allow the detention pond to drain out at historic flows and prevent the water from flowing into the Louden Ditch. • A portion of the existing taxiways in the hangar area will be reconstructed and overlaid with new asphalt. The severe winter weather accelerated the deterioration process to a point where the pavement is failing. The repairs are necessary to maintain safe access to the hangars in this area. This work will repair the most severely damaged areas. As additional funds become available in the future more work on the taxiway system in the hangar areas will be scheduled. • A Wildlife Hazard Assessment will be completed by the U. S. Department of Agriculture through the Colorado State Office of Wildlife Services. This Study is required by the FAA Airport Division to determine wild life attractants and assess potential wild life hazards to aircraft. At the completion of the twelve month long Assessment, a Wild Life Hazard Management Plan will be developed by the Wildlife Services which identifies Airport personnel responsibilities and management activities to reduce wild life hazards at the Fort Collins/Loveland Airport. • Purchase of Runway Friction Measuring device. This device is used to measure the braking action of the runway surface. The Airport's current machine is old and needs replacing. Engineering Services for design, planning, surveying, soils analysis and construction management services during construction. These projects will improve the safety of the general public and preserve existing airport infrastructure. RESOLUTION 2007-065 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CAPITAL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FORT COLLINS-LOVELAND AIRPORT WHEREAS, the Cities of Fort Collins and Loveland jointly own and operate the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (Airport); and WHEREAS,the City,through Resolution 2006-079,has adopted the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport Master Plan; and WHEREAS,the Federal Aviation Administration provides grant funding to eligible airports to enable those airports to pursue, in a timely manner, capital improvements included within an adopted Airport Master Plan; and WHEREAS,the Cities have applied for,and have been offered, a capital funding grant from the Federal Aviation Administration in the amount of$ 1,000,000 for the purpose of funding the projects identified in the proposed Grant Agreement on file with the City Clerk; and WHEREAS, the projects identified in the proposed Grant Agreement are also identified in the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport Master Plan as first priority projects; and WHEREAS,the Cities havebudgeted and appropriated the five-percent matching local funds necessary to accept this grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLOR-ADO that the City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into the Grant Agreement for the capital funding grant identified above, in substantially the form which is on file with the City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, subject to such modifications in form or substance as the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, may deem necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution or to protect the interests of the City. Passed and adopted at an adjourned meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 17th day of July, A.D. 2007. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk