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Resolution to Approve Amendment #1 to the Professional Services Agreement with SmithGroupJJR for Work Related to the Environmental Assessment for the Runway 6/24 Safety Extension Project at the Ann Arbor Airport ($26,552.64)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is amendment #1 to the February 2, 2009 Professional Services Agreement between the City and SmithGroupJJR. Amendment #1 is in the amount of $26,552.64 and covers additional consulting work that was necessary to address requests from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Citizens Advisory Committee and the public input process. The original Professional Services Agreement of $112,489.53 was approved by City Council on February 2, 2009.
In early 2009, City Council authorized the undertaking of an Environmental Assessment (EA) to identify potential impacts that may be related to the extension of runway 6/24 at the Ann Arbor Airport. The EA process is a requirement of the FAA and the Michigan Department of Transportation - Office of Aeronautics (MDOT-Aero), which regulate aviation activities at the Ann Arbor Airport. This highly regulated process is dictated by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and includes a significant public input process.
The City is using two firms, SmithGroupJJR and URS Corporation, to complete the EA because of unique FAA regulations. The bulk of the EA work has been completed, the public hearing finished and comments received from the public, governmental agencies and the FAA. Additional work was completed by both consultants to address the FAA comments and the City’s responded to those comments in November, 2010. The FAA’s response was received nearly a year later (September, 2011).
The remaining work on the EA includes modifications based on the FAA comments, coding public and agency comments and responses for the final EA document, preparation of the Errata and FONSI for submission to MDOT-Aero. There is about 2-3 months of work rem...
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