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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to submit applications for Airport Improvement Program Grant(s) for Fiscal Year 2011 to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for funding of the following projects: Phase 3 Improvements to the Air Carrier Ramp, Rehabilitation of Access to Taxiways E and F, and Airfield Geometry Study; and to accept such grant(s), execute grant documents, and amend grant documents and grant amounts from the FAA for entitlement and discretionary funds. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Airport (Airport) receives grant funds annually from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Entitlement funds are the portion of the AIP funds allocated to the Airport based on the number of passengers enplaned, and are calculated by the FAA using a set formula. Discretionary funds are the portion of AIP funds that are allocated to airports based on need and national priority, as determined by the FAA. Each year, the Airport submits a grant application for entitlement and discretionary funds from the AIP to pay for major airport infrastructure rehabilitation and improvements.
The FAA has recently alerted Long Beach Airport staff that Fiscal Year 2011 grant funds will be dispersed in multiple grants, due to an early release in March of a portion of the nation’s AIP funding. While there is a chance that the initial funds released in March will be the only funds released this year, FAA staff are hopeful that the remainder of entitlement funds, and potential discretionary funds, will be made available later this summer. Therefore, the Airport is anticipating processing multiple grants this fiscal year.
The projects that are anticipated to be funded by this year’s grants include the Phase 3 Improvements to the Air Carrier Ramp, Rehabilitation of Access to Taxiways E and F, and an Airfield Geometry Study. Phase 3 of the Air Carrier Ramp Improvement project is the next phase in the multi-phase ramp proj...
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