REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: HENRY THOMPSON, Director of Aviation
Airports Department
SUBJECT
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Approve first amendment to the consultant services agreement with RS&H California, Inc., to provide professional airport planning and environmental consulting services to prepare and implement an Air Traffic Control Tower Replacement Work Plan for Fresno Yosemite International Airport in the amount of $329,179 (Council District 4).
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RECOMMENDATION
Approve first amendment to the consultant services agreement with RS&H California, Inc., to provide professional airport planning and environmental consulting services to prepare and implement an Air Traffic Control Tower Replacement Work Plan for Fresno Yosemite International Airport in the amount of $329,179 (Council District 4).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The existing ATCT at FAT is more than 61-years-old, well beyond its useful life and must be replaced to meet current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requirements. RS&H is providing consulting services to develop and implement an ATCT replacement work plan that will facilitate completion of the planning and environmental tasks necessary to successfully achieve FAA approval and funding for the design and construction of a new ATCT. This amendment authorizes additional work to perform a siting study and prepare a siting report for submission to the FAA that serves to expedite FAA review of the project and position the Airport to receive grant funding for design and construction of a new ATCT.
BACKGROUND
The FAT ATCT was commissioned in 1962 when the "new" Terminal was constructed on the south side of the airfield. The tower is owned by the City, leased to the FAA and staffed with FAA Air Traffic Controllers. Over the years the facility has begun to show its age. It is experiencing overall deterioration with undersized and obsolete electrical infrastructure, inadequate HVAC systems, an unreliable elevator, and sub-standard Information Technology infra...
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