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Home My WebLink AboutAugusta Regional Airport Bush Field Augusta Richmond GA DOCUMENT NAME: 'P,US\Uo-\-e- ~~\ Q(\cJ 'Arpr-\-o.-\- \3.m'h \=\ ~d u . DOCUM~NTTYPE: A~\-e~ YEAR: 00 BOX NUMBER: \ --=f- FILE NUMBER: \11~1o+- NUMBER OF PAGES: Lj AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION .JAMES B. WALL CITY ATTORNEY LEE BEARIl TOMMY BOYLES ULMER BRIIlGES ANIlY CHEEK BOD BY G. HANKERSON WILLIAM B. KUHLKE, .JR. \"1\1. "\VILLlE" H. 1\'IA \'5, III STEPHEN E. SHEPARIl MARION WII.LlAMS 80B YOUNG Mayor P.O. Box2125 454 GREENE STREET AUGUSTA, GA 30903 Bus. (706) 821-2488 FAX No: (706) 722-5984 E.MAIL: JWALI.@CO.RICIIMOND.GA.US GEORGE It KOLIl Administrator RICHARD L. COLCLOUGH Mayor Pm Tem September 26, 2002 Ms. Lena Bonner Clerk, Commission 8th Floor, City-County Bldg. Augusta, GA 30911 Dear Lena: I enclose herewith for your records one original of the Grant Agreement in the amount of $2,390,549 for Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field. Please include this in the City's permanent records. By carbon copy of this letter, I am delivering an original to Ken Kraemer for his records. With best personal regards, I am JBW/sjp Enclosure cc: Mr. Ken Kraemer .- "I.~ '~ GRANT AGREEMENT u. S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration Date of Offer: September 25, 2002 Project Number: 3-13.0011-25 RECIPIENT: Airport: City of Augusta (Herein called Sponsors) Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field OFFER THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES, HEREBY OFFERS AND AGREES to pay, as the United States' share of ninety percent of the allowable costs incurred in accomplishing the project consisting of the following: Rehabilitate Runway Lighting System, Runway 17/35; Construct Apron (Partial Construction); Conduct Environmental Overview (New Terminal Area Complex Site Evaluation); Security Enhancements (Raise security fence height, install security cameras, law enforcement communications); and one hundred percent of the project consisting of the following: Electronic Fingerprinting Equipment as more particularly described in the Project Application dated September 16,2002. The maximum obligation of the United States payable under this Offer shall be $2,390,549 for airport development. This offer is made in accordance with and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of Title 49, United States Code, herein called Title 49 U.S.C. Acceptance and execution of this offer shall comprise a Grant Agreement, as provided by Title 49 U.S.C., constituting the contractual obligations and rights of the United States and the Sponsor. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Jcdf-c/~ Manager Airports District Office " . . 'J~ 2 ACCEPTANCE The Spor~~OJ::cigr~~,s to' accomplish the project in compliance with the terms and conditions contained herein and in the document "Terms _ aQP':G~Qnditions'0f,~fc:e.p..tirig Airport Improvement Program Grants" dated September 1, 1999. - ~ ~~ fi~' \ ~E..xecuf~?~i~:tfb.: ~iJt'-'o <-.X::tTn17tr&,2002, ." (Seal) I ~;, J" '-,.- ,. c ~ .. ,. p - '. -"> ....~. / -:"'" . " I, ~e~ CERTIFICATE OF SPONSOR'S ATTORNEY 7? t<1// , acting as Attorney for the Sponsor do hereby certify: That in my opinion the Sponsor is empowered to enter into the foregoing Grant Agreement under the laws of the State of Georgia. Further, I have examined the foregoing Grant Agreement, and the actions taken by said Sponsor relating thereto, and find that the acceptance thereof by said Sponsor and Sponsor's official representative has been duly authorized and that the execution thereof is in all respects due and proper and in accordance with the laws of the said State and Title 49 U.S.C. In addition, for grants involving projects to be carried out on property not owned by the Sponsor, there are no legal impediments that will prevent full performance by the Sponsor. Further, it is my opinion that the id Gr nt A eement constitutes a legal and binding obligatio /.of the Sponsor in accordance with the terms thereof. U ~~ 2- Date .1' '"t. AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY COMMISSION JAMES B. WALL CITY ATTORNEY LEE BEARD TOMMY BOYLES ULMER BRIDGES ANDY CHEEK BODDY G. HANKERSON WILLIAM B. KUHLKE, JR. WM. "WILLIE" H. MAYS, III STEPHEN E. SHEPARD MARION WILLIAMS BOB Y OllNG Mayor P.O. Box 2125 454 GREENE STREET AUGUSTA, GA 30903 Bus. (706) 821-2488 FAX No: (706) 722-5984 E-MAIL: JWALL@CO.RICHMOND.GA.US GEORGE R. KOLB Administrator RICliARD L. COLCLOUGH Mayor Pro Tem September 26, 2002 Via Telecopier and Federal Express Mr. Scott L. Seritt F ederal Aviation Administration Atlanta Airports District Office Campus Building 1701 Columbia Ave., Suite 2-260 College Park, GA 30337-2747 RE: Our File No. AR-61-002 Augusta, Georgia AlP Project No. 3-13-00ll-25 Dear Mr. Seritt: I enclose herewith the original and two copies of the executed Grant Agreement. TIllS will confirm, as with the previous Grant (Grant No. 3-13-0011-18), this Grant was accepted, and the Grant Agreement executed, in' accordance with the terms of the letter from former Mayor Larry E. Sconyers and Edward Skinner, Chairn1an of the Augusta Aviation Commission, dated September 24, 1998, together with your response to same dated October 9, 1998. Also, while the FAA reserves its position that the Constructed Wetlands is a non-compatible use, Augusta reserves its position that such use is compatible, subject to appropriate mitigation measures. JBW/sjp Enclosures cc: Ms. Lena Bonner (w/enclosures) Mr. Ken Kraemer (w/enclosures) .