HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 10162 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 10162
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council June 26, 2018
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*a SUBJECT: FAA DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUNDING REQUEST FOR
rrn REPAYMENT OF ADVANCED REGIONAL TOLL REVENUE FOR THE ALLIANCE
RUNWAY EXTENSION PROJECT
The purpose of this Informal Report is to inform the City Council of the Aviation Department's
intent to submit a letter requesting discretionary funding from the Federal Aviation Administration
to seek reimbursement to repay the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), the
fiscal agent for the Regional Transportation Council (RTC), for funds advanced for the relocation
of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad in order to relocate FM-156 for the Runway
Extension Project at Alliance Airport.
On August 8, 2009 (M&C-C-23734), the City Council authorized the execution of an Advance
Funding Agreement in the amount of $80,000,000 for the relocation of the BNSF Main Rail line
(CSC no. 39068). In February 2013, the City entered into an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement
with the NCTCOG and the RTR for the repayment of $51 ,300,000 in advanced regional toll
revenue funds (CSC no. 44176). Execution of this Agreement had been authorized by Council on
January 29, 2013 (M&C C-26078). This Agreement requires that the Aviation Department repay
NCTCOG, in installments, an amount equal to the Federal Aviation Administration discretionary
funds awarded to the City for Alliance Airport until the $51 ,300,000.00 is repaid. The RTC and
NCTCOG agreed to waive repayment of the remaining $28,700,000.
Alliance Air Services, the company contracted to manage Alliance Airport, will be submitting a
letter to the FAA on behalf of the City of Fort Worth Aviation Department seeking discretionary
funding for the repayment of the advanced funds as a condition of the Interlocal Agreement. Both
the RTC and NCTCOG acknowledge that future awards of discretionary grants are not
guaranteed and that the City is not obligated to use any other funding sources other than the FAA
discretionary grant award(s) to repay NCTCOG.
The Runway Extension Project is a multi-phased project that began in 2001 and was substantially
completed in March 2018. To date, over $250 million has been expended towards completing
this project.
David Cooke
City Manager
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