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Resolution to Approve a Grant Contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation for the Reimbursement Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration for Work Related to the Environmental Assessment Study for the Proposed Safety Extension of Runway 6/24 at the Ann Arbor Municipal Airport ($27,915.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your consideration is a resolution to approve a grant contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation-Office of Aeronautics (MDOT-Aero) in the amount of $27,915.00 to reimburse the City for funds paid to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under reimbursement agreement AJW-FN-CSA-18-GL-002234. The reimbursement agreement, approved by City Council in September 2018, funded the initial costs incurred by the FAA to review the revised and updated environmental assessment (EA) study for the proposed safety extension of runway 6/24 at the airport. This review is ongoing and an amendment to the reimbursement agreement for additional funds is also on this evening's City Council agenda for consideration.
The EA study for the proposed safety extension of runway 6/24 at the Ann Arbor Airport has been underway since 2009. 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 on this runway, the FAA needs to review the EA study and sign off on the Finding of No Significant Impact. The reimbursement agreement funds the FAA work associated with this review.
This grant reimburses the City for funds paid from the Airport Fund for the initial work under the reimbursement agreement with the FAA in the amount of $27,915.00. If the amendment for additional funds in the amount of $23,166.67 to the reimbursement agreement with the FAA is approved by City Council, those funds would be covered by a separate grant request made upon completion of the work u...
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