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Planning and Building Department, Airports Division, recommending the Board:
1) Accept grant award and provide advance approval of two grant agreements as part of the 2021 Federal American Rescue Plan Act distributed through the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, under the Airport Rescue Grant Program, in the amount of $32,000 for the Placerville Airport and in the amount of $22,000 for the Georgetown Airport, each for a four-year term, and
2) Authorize the Planning and Building Department Interim Director, or successor, to execute all associated documents, subject to review and approval by County Counsel.
FUNDING: Federal Aviation Administration Grants (Federal Funds).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Placerville and Georgetown Airports are eligible to receive grants under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) 2021 (Public Law 117-2). These funds will assist airports to address the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will distribute these grants under the Airport Rescue Grant Program (ARGP). The County will receive a grant for $32,000 for the Placerville Airport and $22,000 for the Georgetown Airport to be used for costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, and combating the spread of pathogens at the airports.
The FAA will send grant applications to airport sponsors (the County) and in accordance with Board Policy A-6, Airports Division staff will obtain the Planning and Building Department Director's signature on the grant applications and return them to the FAA. Upon receipt of the signed grant applications, the FAA will expedite its grant award process by preparing and sending two grant offers with two grant award letters and two grant agreements to the County for signature, and these will include a firm date by which the grant agreements must be signed and returned. This is typically a very compressed time frame of no ...
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