Title
Air Traffic Control Tower Ground Lease
Action
Action:
Approve a twenty-year ground lease with the Federal Aviation Administration for a new Air Traffic Control Tower at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Haley Gentry, Aviation
Ted Kaplan, Aviation
Explanation
§ On August 24, 2015, City Council approved an amendment to the Memorandum of Agreement between the Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) which permits the FAA to construct, operate, and maintain FAA-owned navigation, communication, and weather aids for the support of air traffic operations on the airfield.
§ The amendment allowed for construction of a new air traffic control tower to replace the current 1982 FAA tower.
§ Aviation will ground lease 11.593 acres to the FAA for the control tower and associated improvements.
§ FAA will pay Aviation no monetary consideration for the ground lease. The rights extended to the FAA are the obligations necessary for establishing, operating, and maintaining navigational aid facilities at the Airport.
§ This activity is occurring on Airport property, located in Council District 3.