Title
Airport Planning and Environmental Documentation Services
Action
Action:
A. Approve a contract with Landrum & Brown in the amount of $200,000 to provide planning and environmental services as needed, and
B. Adopt a budget ordinance appropriating $200,000 from the Aviation Discretionary Fund to the Aviation Community Investment Fund.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Jack Christine, Aviation
Explanation
* Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant assurances require the Airport to adhere to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which includes conducting environmental analysis prior to development of Airport capital projects.
* Maintaining on-call services for planning and environmental services will aid the Airport in determining proper analysis and creating a plan to approach future development.
* The contract with Landrum & Brown will provide assistance for staff to prepare the NEPA documentation required for actions, including but not limited to staff training, land acquisition, demolition, and historic resource surveys.
* On August 13, 2014, Aviation issued a Request for Qualifications for professional services for NEPA Environmental Review Documentation.
* A selection committee selected Landrum & Brown as one of three firms for future environmental documentation services. Landrum & Brown was selected for these on-call services because of their familiarity with the Airport's development program as a result of their recent submittal of the Airfield Capacity Enhancement Plan and Terminal Capacity Enhancement Plan to the FAA.
* The pricing for these services are based on the size and nature of the various projects. Aviation staff will review and verify the estimates for each project.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
The City negotiated subcontracting participation after the proposal selection process. For this contract, Landrum & Brown has committed to utilize, as the project evolves, 3% ($6,000) of the total contract am...
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