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MEMORANDUM
DATE: December 19, 2023
TO: Mayor and Councilmembers
THROUGH: Kelly DiMartino, City Manager
Rupa Venkatesh, Assistant City Manager
Anissa Hollingshead, City Clerk
FROM: Heather Walls, Deputy City Clerk
RE: Amended Presentation for Item 18
Attached please find an amended presentation for item 18, Authorizing the Execution of an
Intergovernmental Agreement Between the City of Fort Collins, the City of Loveland, and the
Federal Aviation Administration for Continued Federal Funding of Air Traffic Control Services
at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport, amending the first request on slide 5 and removing
the second request.
FAA Contract Tower Operating Agreement
Northern Colorado Regional Airport
Air Traffic Control Agreement
Air Traffic Safety Need
Air Traffic Control Services Established March 2020
Flight separation needed for over 100,000 Flight Operations
annually
Remote Tower Pilot Program funding ends December 31,
2023
Federal Contract Tower Program with FAA provides funding
for controllers to continue service starting January 1, 2024
Path Established by
Tower Operation Agreement
Site Evaluation
for permanent
solution
Accepted to
Federal
Contract
Tower Program
Construct
Permanent Air
Traffic Control
Facility
$600,000
Federally Funded Controlers
$170,000
Annual Maintenance Cost by Airport60 months
Transition to permanent solution
Recommended Action
Adopt the Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into
the IGA with Loveland and the FAA for continued air traffic
services under the FAA Contract Tower Program