***Donaldson/Kalispell City AirportFred Leistiko
From: Rick Donaldson [rick@RPA-HLN.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:27 AM
To: Fred Leistiko
Cc: Gary Gates
Subject: RE: Re: Kalispell City Airport
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 FAAfor 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.
'Jill
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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.