TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Strickland, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Jeffery Yates, Assistant City Manager
Andrew LaGala, A.A.E, Airport Director
DATE: August 11, 2025
RE:
Title
Appropriate NCDOT Division of Aviation grant funds to the Fayetteville Regional Airport Master Plan Update
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal IV - Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
4.1 - To maintain public transportation investments with high quality transit and airport services.
Executive Summary:
City Council is asked to adopt Capital Project Ordinance Amendments (CPOA) 2026-41 and 2026-42 to move $800,000 of NCDOT Division of Aviation - North Carolina Airport Improvement Program (NCAIP) grant funds from the General Aviation Hangar project to the Airport Master Plan Update project.
CPOA 2026-41 will reduce $800,000 of NCAIP grant funds from the General Aviation Hangar project, changing the total project appropriation from $1,235,922 to $435,922.
CPOA 2026-42 will appropriate $800,000 of NCAIP grant funds for the Airport Master Plan Update, changing the total project appropriation from $476,891 to $1,276,891.
Background:
On June 23, 2025, Council adopted Capital Project Ordinance (CPO) 2025-44 to appropriate $476,891 in federal grant funds for the Airport Master Plan Update project, with the understanding that the balance of funding to complete the project would be provided by State funds.
City Council accepted NCDOT Division of Aviation Grant 19.1 on September 23, 2024 in the amount of $2,395,779. The Airport has received approval from the NCDOT to use $800,000 of these grant funds for the Airport Master Plan Update project.
The requested project appropriation includes funding for:
* Project Management $1,239,135.94
* Contingency $ 37,755.06
TOTAL $1,276,891.00
Issues/Analysis:
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