REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
March 19, 2020
FROM: KEVIN R. MEIKLE, Director of Aviation
Airports Department
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to FATforward, Fresno Yosemite International Airport's expansion program (Council District 4):
1. Adopt the FATforward Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration dated January 27, 2020, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act
2. Approve Phase One of a Progressive Design-Build Contract with Q&D Construction to provide design services related to the terminal expansion at Fresno Yosemite International Airport in an amount not to exceed $8,450,000
3. ***RESOLUTION - 39th Amendment to the Annual Appropriations Resolution (AAR) No. 2019-133 appropriating $8,850,000 to Fresno Yosemite International Airport for the Phase One Design-Build terminal expansion contract and related work (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor's veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council, (i) adopt the FATforward Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration dated January 27, 2020, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, (ii) authorize the Director of Aviation to execute Phase One of a Progressive Design-Build Contract (Contract) with Q&D Construction (Q&D) to provide design services related to a terminal expansion (Project) at Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) in an amount not to exceed $8,450,000, and, (iii) adopt the 39th Amendment to Resolution No. 2019-133 appropriating $8,850,000.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
FATforward, FAT's parking and terminal expansion program, is progressing on schedule and the next steps are to execute a Phase One Progressive Design-Build Contract for the Terminal, conduct geotechnical, survey and other related work, and adopt the FATforward Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration for the overall program. The AAR is necessary because at the time when Airports developed its FY20 budget in early 2019, FATforward costs and schedules were not yet fu...
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