Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Airport
CM/ ACM: Jon Fortune
Date: October 18, 2016
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance of the City of Denton authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute on behalf of the City of Denton an acceptance of an offer from the Texas Department of Transportation relating to a grant for Routine Airport Maintenance Program; authorizing the City Manager to expend funds provided for in the grant program; and declaring an effective date (TxDOT CSJ No.: M1718DNTO). The Airport Advisory Board recommends approval (5-0).
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BACKGROUND
The City of Denton has entered into grant agreements known as the Routine Airport Maintenance Program (RAMP), with the TxDOT Aviation Division since 1996. The program includes “lower cost” airside and landside airport improvements. These items can be more than just maintenance and may be new or additional items of work. The RAMP Grant provides for a fifty percent (50%) state-funding match to the local government sponsor. The grant offers up to $50,000 of available state assistance. Airport Management has identified a number of Airport projects that could be completed with this grant for 2017.
The following is a summary of actual RAMP Grant expenditures, including the local match, for the prior year:
|
Project |
2014-2015 |
|
Taxiway Improvements |
$72,511.45 |
|
Security Fencing |
$14,277.55 |
|
Control Tower Voice Recording Equipment |
$13,211.00 |
|
|
Total: $100,000.00 |
ESTIMATED SCHEDULE OF PROJECT
The State must approve its share of funding prior to the start of any project and TxDOT Aviation requires all projects be completed by August 31, 2017.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (Council, Boards, Commissions)
The Airport Advisory Board recommends approval of the grant agreement 5-0.
FISCAL INFORMATION
The Airports fifty percent (50%) match for the grant is $50,000, which is reflected in the 2016-2017 Airport Budget.
STRATEGIC PLAN RELATIONSHIP
The City of Denton’s Strategic Plan is an action-oriented road map that will help the City achieve its vision. The foundation for the plan is the five long-term Key Focus Areas (KFA): Organizational Excellence; Public Infrastructure; Economic Development; Safe, Livable, and Family-Friendly Community; and Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship. While individual items may support multiple KFAs, this specific City Council agenda item contributes most directly to the following KFA and goal:
Related Key Focus Area: Public Infrastructure
Related Goal: 2.1 Optimize resources to improve quality of City Roadways
EXHIBITS
1. Ordinance
2. TXDOT Grant for Routine Airport Maintenance Program
Respectfully submitted:
Quentin Hix
Director of Aviation
Prepared by:
Dave Schaumburg
Airport Operations Manager