HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9533Resolution No. 9533
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Palo Alto Authorizing the City Manager to
Execute Grant Agreements Offered to the City of Palo Alto by the Federal Aviation Administration
and the California Department of Transportation to be Used for the Preparation of Planning
Documents and the Study, Design and Construction of Safety, Security and Maintenance
Improvements for the Palo Alto Airport; and Authorizing the City Manager or his Designee to
Execute, on Behalf of the City, any Other Documents Associated with the Application and
Acceptance of Grant Funds from the Federal Aviation Administration and the California Department
of Transportation; and Certifying that the Airport Enterprise Fund has Sufficient Local Matching
Funds to Finance One Hundred Percent (100%) of the Federal Aviation Administration and California
Department of Transportation Grant Funded Projects
RECITALS
A. The Federal Aviation Administration (the "FAA") makes airport improvement grants
available to local airport sponsors for approximately ninety-five percent (95%) of the total costs for
the preparation of planning documents and the study, design and construction of eligible safety,
security and maintenance projects.
B. The FAA requires the City, as a condition of receiving these grant funds, to enter
into a grant agreement which provides the conditions governing the use of said grant funds and the
obligations for the City to comply with the FAA's grant assurances.
C. The California Department of Transportation ("DOT"), pursuant to Public Utilities
Code Section 21683.1, is authorized to provide Airport Improvement Program ("AlP") matching
grants of up to five percent (5%) of FAA grant amounts.
D. The DOT pursuant to the Public Utilities Code and California Aid to Airports Program
is authorized to provide Acquisition and Development ("A&D") grants to local airport sponsors for
approximately ninety percent (90%) of the project costs for eligible planning, environmental and
capital improvement projects.
E. The DOT requires a local agency, as a condition of receiving these AlP matching
grant and A&D grant funds, to adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of an application and
the execution of grant agreement for the acceptance of said grant funds and to certify the
availability of the local matching funds for A&D grants.
F. The Council wishes to authorize the City to receive the maximum of available FAA
and DOT grants to be used for the preparation of planning documents and the study, design and
construction of eligible safety, security and maintenance projects for the Palo Alto Airport.
G. The Council has recommended that grant agreements offered to the City by the FAA
and DOT for the Palo Alto Airport be executed by the City Manager or his designee on behalf of the
City.
H. This Council has considered the recommendation of the City Manager.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does hereby RESOLVE, as follows:
SECTION 1. Authorizes the City Manager to execute grant agreements offered to the City
by the Federal Aviation Administration and the California Department of Transportation to be used
for the preparation of planning documents and the study, design and construction of safety,
security and maintenance improvements for Palo Alto Airport.
SECTION 2. Authorizes the City Manager or his designee to execute on behalf of the City
any other documents associated with the application and acceptance of the grant funds from the
Federal Aviation Administration and the California Department of Transportation.
SECTION 3. Certifies that the Airport Enterprise Fund has sufficient local matching funds
to finance one hundred percent (100%) of the Federal Aviation Administration and California
Department of Transportation grant funded projects.
SECTION 4. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution does not constitute a
'project' under Section 21065 of the California Public Resources Code and Sections 15378(b)(4) and
9b)(5) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the CEQA Guidelines, and therefore,
no environmental assessment is required.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June 29, 2015
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, FILSETH, HOLMAN, KNISS, SCHARFF, SCHMID, WOLBACH
NOES:
ABSENT: DUBOIS
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
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City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED:
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