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RE: Re: Kalispell City Airport (2)Fred, We can put together a grant application, but remember this year's funding cycle is done. The earliest you could expect to see FAA funds would be next Spring. I called Gary to verify / discuss the sequence of events that should happen next: 1) Complete the engineering selection 2) Get the paperwork on Stokes liquidation 3) Having #2, the FAA would approve you moving into an Environmental Update. However with the public climate there, the FAA will want to see some public involvement / hearing in addition to the usual update activities. We would check to see if there are any changes in environmental conditions in each category, check for law changes, and contacting agencies on any changed conditions for the preferred option only. The EA update will be required before the FAA will reimburse for land. But they don't really want to give the go-ahead on an EA update until the tower removal is a sure thing. I have talked with Dan our environmental specialist. A ballpark estimate on time required would be 3 - 4 months depending on what all the FAA wants to see for sure. So we could get the EA update completed before spring when the money is available anyway. 4) Complete FAA Preapplication. 5) Complete MT Aeronautics Grant / Loan Application 6) There are two ways to grant the EA update. It could be done as a stand alone "planning" grant. Planning grant costs are fixed on cost, not amendable, and cannot be done ahead of the grant and reimbursed. So I would not recommend that since time is of the essence. Instead, we can tag the EA Update onto the first phase of land acquisition. This would provide more flexibility in schedule and grant amendment capability. The downside is that the EA Update costs would not be participated in by the FAA until the Grant is issued next year. If RPA is re-selected, I would propose that we could help carry most of the EA Update cost if necessary until you receive the grant if the City is still having a hard time with cash flow. 7) Complete FAA Grant Application. 8) When the FAA receives permission to issue funds for grants next year (usually spring sometime) you will have access to all your Non-Primary entitlement funds. There may be some opportunity for State Apportionment (SA) funds, but don't count on it, as they have already planned much of next year. 2011 may be more likely for State Apportionment funds. 9) To get the grant funds, a Final Land Report will need to be completed, which we could do as the EA Update is underway. Please move forward on the advertisement for engineering services. We will start to plan on the Environmental Update sequence of events and present it to the FAA for concurrence. Keep us informed on the Stokes' status and get copies of any paperwork documenting his demise. We will also prepare a draft of a FAA Preapplication and complete the refresh on the CIP for your review. I am copying Gary in case he has any comment of correction to the above. Rick Donaldson, P.E. | Vice President Robert Peccia & Associates Inc. | PO Box 5653 | Helena, MT 59604 406.447.5000 | 406.447.5036 (fax) | 406.439.4905 (cell) | rick@rpa-hln.com <mailto:rick@rpa-hln.com> http://www.rpa-hln.com <http://www.rpa-hln.com/> The materials transmitted by this electronic mail are confidential, are only for the use of the intended recipient, and may be subject to applicable privileges. Any unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments. On 8/24/2009 at 6:04 PM, "Fred Leistiko" <fleistiko@kalispell.com> wrote: Then we know what we have to do then. If this Stokes thing gets resolved, I would like an application submitted immediately for the land acquisitions to date. I need to get some funds flowing back to the airport ASAP. We should also be prepared to submit for the NPE as soon as possible. We need to get together on the CIP so we don’t miss that deadline which is September 11th, I believe. What do you need from me to fill in the forms provided from the ADO? Thanks, Fred A. Leistiko Airport Manager City of Kalispell P.O. Box 1997 Kalispell, MT 59903 406-250-3065 From: Rick Donaldson [mailto:rick@RPA-HLN.COM] Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:25 AM To: Fred Leistiko Subject: Fwd: Re: Kalispell City Airport Fred, I don't think Phil did any Grant Applications for that work. (See Gary's message below) It wouldn't really serve any purpose if we knew it would not be accepted. RPA did however complete a Final Report (for the North End Surfacing) as if it were an AIP project in order complete that project and document the work and costs for a future grant application. For the land portions, transmission and summary of all the land appraisals and transactions was done for Gary's files but no final land report since it is on-going. I will contact Phil in an attempt to verify this. Rick Donaldson, P.E. | Vice President Robert Peccia & Associates Inc. | PO Box 5653 | Helena, MT 59604 406.447.5000 | 406.447.5036 (fax) | 406.439.4905 (cell) | rick@rpa-hln.com <mailto:rick@rpa-hln.com> http://www.rpa-hln.com <http://www.rpa-hln.com/> The materials transmitted by this electronic mail are confidential, are only for the use of the intended recipient, and may be subject to applicable privileges. Any unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments. On 8/20/2009 at 7:37 AM, <Gary.Gates@faa.gov> wrote: Rick, I donot find that we received a grant application for future work, only preapplications as you indicate. Gary M. Gates, P.E. Airport Engineer and Planner FAA, Helena Airports District Office 2725 Skyway Drive, Suite 2 Helena, MT 59602 Gary, Fred asked me to unearth two grant applications completed and submitted by Phil Porrini for work already accomplished but not granted. I can find a Final Report for the north end surfacing project, record of land acquisition file transmittal and several pre-applications throughout the years. I do not see any actual Grant Applications. Are you aware of Grant Applications submitted but not acted upon? Rick Donaldson, P.E. | Vice President Robert Peccia & Associates Inc. | PO Box 5653 | Helena, MT 59604 406.447.5000 | 406.447.5036 (fax) | 406.439.4905 (cell) | rick@rpa-hln.com http://www.rpa <http://www.rpa/> -hln.com The materials transmitted by this electronic mail are confidential, are only for the use of the intended recipient, and may be subject to applicable privileges. Any unauthorized dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender and destroy all copies of the communication and any attachments.