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Consider a memorandum/resolution accepting TxDOT Routine Airport Maintenance Program (RAMP) grants for Killeen Fort Hood Regional Airport and Skylark Field.
SUMMARY
DATE: September 18, 2018
TO: Ronald L. Olson, City Manager
FROM: Matthew Van Valkenburgh A.A.E., Executive Director of Aviation
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION TO ACCEPT ROUTINE AIRPORT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM (RAMP) GRANTS FROM TXDOT FOR KILLEEN FORT HOOD REGIONAL AIRPORT AND SKYLARK FIELD
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Aviation Division works directly with airports in the state to assist in maintaining FAA safety standards and to insure vital aviation links to all parts of Texas are maintained for commerce and emergency air transport.
One form of assistance available to airports through TxDOT is the Routine Airport Maintenance Program (RAMP), which can provide up to $50,000 each year for airport maintenance or minor capital funding on a 50/50 match basis for each airport.
TxDOT has offered the City of Killeen RAMP grants of $50,000 for use at Killeen Fort Hood Regional Airport and $15,000 for Skylark Field Airport. These grants will be used to match an equal amount of airport enterprise money to fund maintenance and supplies up to $100,000 for Killeen Fort Hood Regional Airport and up to $30,000 for Skylark Field. The Aviation Fund’s FY 2019 line-item budget assumes receipt of a portion of these grants and authorizes expenditures in various repair, maintenance, and professional service accounts that qualify for the 50% grant augmentation. Examples of work eligible with this grant includes runway rubber removal, pavement crack seal, perimeter fence and gate maintenance, fuel farm repairs, surveillance camera system maintenance, general/corporate aviation building repair, terminal building repair and painting, landscaping, and erosion control. The grant can also be used for the purchase of goods such as airfield lighting parts (bulbs, globes, tran...
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