TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Jeffery Yates, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Andrew LaGala, A.A.E, Airport Director
DATE: September 14, 2026
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Approve Special Revenue Project Ordinance Amendment and Capital Project Ordinance Amendments to consolidate funds needed to complete the Airport Lift Station project
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal IV - The City of Fayetteville will be a highly desirable place to live, work and recreate
4.1 - To maintain public transportation investments with high quality transit and airport services
Executive Summary:
Council is asked to adopt CPO 2027-5 to consolidate funding for the Airport Lift Station #29 project. Additional budget actions to consolidate this funding includes adoption of:
SROA 2022-9 to reallocate $965,830 in Golden Leaf Grant funds currently budgeted in the Federal and State Financial Assistance Fund.
CPOA 2026-33 to reallocate $750,000 from the NCDOT Commercial Service Airport Funding (NCAIP 20.1).
CPOA 2022-33 to reallocate $2,246,438 of NCDOT Commercial Service Airport Funding (NCAIP 17.1) funds from the General Aviation Hangar Project.
Background:
The City was awarded a $965,830 grant from The Golden Leaf Foundation on January 10, 2022. The Fayetteville-Cumberland Economic Development Corporation (FCEDC) sought funding for infrastructure upgrades to the sewer system servicing properties adjacent to the Fayetteville Regional Airport. The Economic and Community Development Department (ECD), is assisting with the administration of the funds and project delivery.
ECD entered into a contract with Moorman, Kizer & Reitzel, Inc., a professional engineering firm, to develop and design plans for the upgrade a sewer lift station. Following coordination with multiple City departments, a final design was approved and an Invitation to Bid was issued on February 19, 2026, for 30 days. The City received one (...
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