Title
Resolution to Approve a Reimbursement Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration for Work Related to the Environmental Assessment Study for the Safety Extension of Runway 6/24 at the Ann Arbor Municipal Airport ($27,914.50)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to approve a reimbursement agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the amount of $27,914.50 for review of the revisions and updates to the environmental assessment (EA) study for the extension of runway 6/24 at the airport.
The EA study for the proposed safety extension of runway 6/24 at the Ann Arbor Airport has been underway since 2009. The FAA has requested that revisions and updated studies be completed to the draft EA. As part of the proposed project, runway 6/24 would be shifted 150’ to the southwest to allow for the future widening of the State Road corridor by the Washtenaw County Road Commission. Since there are federally owned navigational aids at the end of this runway, the FAA needs to review the EA study and sign off on the Finding Of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The proposed reimbursement agreement funds the FAA work associated with this review.
This is the second reimbursement agreement with the FAA for this study. The first was approved by City Council in 2012 in the amount of $40,000.00. Those funds are nearly exhausted and additional funding is necessary as the study has continued.
Budget and Fiscal Impact: The reimbursement agreement amount of $27,914.50 will be funded up front by the City utilizing funds budgeted in the approved FY19 Airport fund Operations and Maintenance budget. Unused funds will be returned to the City. Upon completion of the FAA reimbursement agreement, the City can be reimbursed 95% of the actual cost of the agreement through Airport Improvement Program entitlement funds via a grant contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation-Office of Aeronautics (MDOT-Aero). The grant would be submitted to MDOT-Aero upon completion of the FAA reimbursement agreement.
Staff
Prepared by: Matthew J. Kulhanek, Fleet & Facility Manager
Reviewed by: Craig Hupy, Public Services Area Administrator
Approved by: Howard S. Lazarus, City Administrator
Body
Whereas, The City has approved an Airport Layout Plan which depicts safety related modifications to runway 6/24 at the Ann Arbor Municipal Airport and has undertaken the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA) study to determine the impacts of these proposed modifications;
Whereas, The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has requested that revisions and updated studies be completed as part of the EA and that additional funding will be needed by the FAA to complete the review of the revised EA document; and
Whereas, Adequate funds for the FAA Reimbursement Agreement are available in the FY19 Airport Operations and Maintenance budget;
RESOLVED, That City Council approve the reimbursement agreement in the amount of $27,914.50 with the Federal Aviation Administration for environmental review services related to the Environmental Assessment work at the Ann Arbor Airport;
RESOLVED, That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized and directed to execute said agreement after approval as to substance by the City Administrator and approval as to form by the City Attorney; and
RESOLVED, That the City Administrator be authorized to take all necessary administrative actions to implement this resolution.