Okaloosa County BOCC — February 4, 2014 — Action Item Printout — reading text

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: February 4, 2014 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: Sunil Harman SUBJECT: Submission FY 2014 FAA Grant Pre-applications DEPARTMENT: Airport BCC DISTRICT: All STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The Board of County Commissioners is requested to approve three Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant pre-applications for FY 2014 BACKGROUND: Each year, the FAA calls for pre-applications for Airport Improvement Program grant funding. The pre-application is for FAA programming of funds only. Each formal application will follow when projects have been bid and firm funding requirements are known. Projects are funded from Entitlement Funds appropriated by Congress from the Airport and Airway Trust Fund consisting of various aviation taxes. Commercial Service Airports receive entitlement funding by formula based on passenger boardings. Okaloosa's CY 2012 enplanements of 373,542 result in $2,723,656. The FY 2014 requested project funding totals $3,353,000 which requires $629,344 of prior year unused availability. The three requested projects are: $2,000,000 for Destin's Air Traffic Control Tower, $1,260,000 for two ground level Passenger Loading Bridges (PLB) to replace unsafe ramps, and $93,000 to install baggage lifts on three existing PLB to meet the current standard. These requested FAA funds meet 90% of the total cost, with FDOT and local Passenger Facility Charges equally sharing the remaining 10%. These projects were approved in the FY 2014 budget Capital Improvement Program. OPTIONS: Approve, Disapprove, Table RECOMMENDATIONS: Recommend approval of the attached three Federal Aviation Administration project pre-applications. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: Ernie Padgett, County Administrator