HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-020-03/01/2011-AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE 2011 GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTR RESOLUTION 2011-020
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE 2011
GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THE FORT COLLINS-LOVELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
WHEREAS,the Cities of Fort Collins and Loveland (the "Cities")jointly own and operate
the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport (the "Airport"); and
WHEREAS, the Cities, by resolution, have adopted the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal
Airport Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration (the "FAA") 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 may be offered,a capital funding grant from the
FAA in the amount of up to $7,000,000 to fund a capital construction project to rehabilitate the
Airport's primary runway pursuant to a grant agreement in a form consistent with prior FAA grant
agreements (the "2011 Grant Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the runway rehabilitation project described in the 2011 Grant Agreement is
identified in the Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Airport Master Plan as a first priority project;and
WHEREAS, the FAA may require acceptance of the Grant, if offered, and execution of the
2011 Grant Agreement in a very short time frame, and the City desires to facilitate such acceptance
by the adoption of this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the 2011 Grant Agreement,which shall be in a form consistent with prior
FAA grant agreements, is hereby approved.
Section 2. That the City Manager is hereby authorized, following consultation with the
City Attorney, to modify the 2011 Grant Agreement in form or substance as deemed necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this resolution or to protect the interests of the City.
Section 3. That the City Manager and the City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed
to execute the 2011 Grant Agreement on behalf of the City if it is awarded by the FAA.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council oft City of Fort Collins this I st day
of March A.D. 2011.
Mayor
ATTEST: '
City Clerk`