TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Strickland, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Andrew LaGala, A.A.E, Airport Director
Kimberly Leonard, Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: June 23, 2025
RE:
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Accept Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Grants (Airport Improvement Program 57 & 58), Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement with the FAA, and Adopt Capital Project Ordinance to Appropriate Grant Funds for Master Plan Update and Taxiways G & F Rehabilitation
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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 accept the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grants 3-37-0021-057-2025 and 3-37-0021-058-2025 (Airport Improvement Plan 57 & 58) for airport capital (Airport Master Plan Update and Taxiways G & F Rehabilitation) and to authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreements.
Capital Project Ordinance (CPO) 2025-44 will appropriate $476,891 (AIP 58) of federal grant funds from the FAA for the Airport Master Plan Update project.
Capital Project Ordinance Amendment (CPOA) 2025-49 will amend the previous Capital Project Ordinance Amendment 2025-39 to reflect the granted $2,142,598 (AIP 57) of federal grant funds from the FAA for Taxiways G & F Rehabilitation project.
Background:
On January 8, 2024 Council adopted Capital Project Ordinance (CPO) 2024-11 to appropriate $500,000 of NCDOT Division of Aviation grant funds for the design phase of Taxiway G & F Rehabilitation. CPO 2024-11 was amended on November 24, 2024 to appropriate anticipated grant funds.
To receive Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding, airport sponsors are required to develop and update (every 5-10 years) a 20-year Master Plan document which is a comprehensive study that describes development plans to mee...
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