SUBJECT: CONSENT
A Resolution Accepting a Colorado Discretionary Aviation Grant for the Design of a Snow Removal Equipment Building at Erie Municipal Airport in the amount of $2,816.
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DEPARTMENT: Public Works
PRESENTER: Gary Behlen, Public Works Director
Russell Pennington, Deputy Director of Public Works
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Cost as Recommended: $0
Balance Available: $0
Budget Line Item Number: 530.70.110.605000.100142
New Appropriation Required: No
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approve Resolution accepting Colorado Discretionary Aviation Grant Agreement, authorizing the Mayor to sign the said agreement.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
Each year, Town Staff along with members of the Colorado Division of Aeronautics (CDOA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) develop a 6-year Capital Improvement Project (CIP) list. This list identifies a series of projects that can receive state and federal grant assistance in the coming years. The FAA allows the Airport Sponsor (the Town of Erie) to select a consultant to assist in the application for grant assistance, design of and management of the projects.
At the May 10, 2016 Board of Trustees meeting, the Board of Trustees awarded the Snow Removal Equipment Building design and construction management contact to Armstrong Consultants, Inc.
The Town of Erie has submitted a grant application to the FAA and at the August 23, 2016, the Board of Trustees accepted an FAA grant in the amount of $50,689. This grant is for 90% of the design portion of the contract.
Before you tonight is a CDOA grant in the amount of $2,816 to cover an additional 5% of the design portion of the contract. The final 5% of the design cost is the responsibility of the Town of Erie.
Once Armstrong has completed the design and received construction bids, the FAA and CDOA will make the grant offer for construction contract and project management. The construction contract and the two g...
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