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Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign an agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation-Aviation Division the for the administration of a Federal Aviation Administration Airport Infrastructure Grant for the new terminal building at Skylark Field.
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DATE: June 18, 2024
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Mike Wilson, Executive Director of Aviation
SUBJECT: Resolution to Authorize the City Manager to Sign an Agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation - Aviation Division for a Federal Aviation Administration Airport Infrastructure Grant
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) signed into law on November 15, 2021, provides the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with $15 billion in Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) over a five (5) year period for airport-related projects as defined under the existing Airport Improvement Program (AIP) and Passenger Facility Charge (PFC) criteria. The funding can be invested in runways, taxiways, safety, and sustainability projects, as well as terminals, airport-transit connections, and roadway projects.
Aviation submitted an BIL AIG application to the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) Aviation Division requesting to use BIL AIG funds in the amount of $358,000 to help fund the new terminal building and associated infrastructure at Skylark Field. This Grant will be combined with funding from the Certificate of Obligation Bond previously approved by the City Council in the amount of $2,700,000 and an FAA BIL Airport Terminal Program (ATP) Grant in the amount of $1,500,000.
Since Skylark Field is a general aviation airport, it falls under the FAA's State Block Grant Program. As such, the TxDOT-Aviation Division will be administering the grant on behalf of the FAA. TxDOT-Aviation Division requires the City Council to approve a resolution authorizing a designated individual to execute the grant agreement and related documents pe...
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