THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTIONS.
These actions approve Public Transportation SJPA No. 2 with FDOT for Financial Project No. 436214-1-94-01, accepting a scope amendment and grant fund reduction for the Environmental Assessment Study at North Perry Airport (“HWO”) and approve budget resolution to reduce expense and revenue budgets.
On January 27, 2015 (Item No. 2), the Board approved a Joint Participation Agreement ("JPA") with FDOT to accept funding for Phase 1 of an Environmental Assessment Study for HWO. The Phase 1 funding from FDOT was in the amount of $440,000, with a required County match of $110,000.
On June 2, 2015 (Item No. 3), the Board approved Public Transportation SJPA No. 1 with FDOT, accepting funding for Phase 2 of the Environmental Assessment Study for HWO. The Phase 2 funding from FDOT was in the amount of $360,000, with a required County match of $90,000, bringing the total for the Environmental Assessment study to $1,000,000 with an FDOT share of $800,000 and County match of $200,000.
Before committing to a full-blown Environmental Assessment ("EA") Study, the Broward County Aviation Department ("BCAD") initiated a Revalidation Study to reassess the viability of the airfield improvements recommended by the 2013 Master Plan Update. The Revalidation Study enabled BCAD to define the range of potential actions that are deemed realistic and to evaluate their merits.
The findings of the Revalidation Study impacted the original EA Study proposed by BCAD. The key findings were as follows:
- BCAD would not be able to lengthen the runway to 4,000 feet, as recommended, due to changes in Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") criteria issued under a revised Advisory Circular. The new criteria made the 4,000 feet runway recommendation under the last Master Plan Update not justifiable.
- A limited extension (207 feet) of Runway 10R/28L is viable to mitigate a major hotspot on the airfield.
- BCAD should focus on the hotspots identified on the airfield and comply with all geometric criteria as specified in the revised FAA Advisory Circular.
The FAA Orlando Airport District Office, after reviewing the findings from the Revalidation Study, determined that a documented Categorical Exclusion ("CATEX") was sufficient to address the findings and enhance the safety on the airfield. As such, an EA Study was no longer needed and a documented CATEX was approved by the FAA. The CATEX enables BCAD to proceed with the design phase for the safety enhancements for Runway 10R/28L at HWO.
The Revalidation Study conducted under the EA Study was completed with an actual total spending of $218,475 (FDOT share of $174,780, County share of $43,695), leaving a total project balance of $781,524 (FDOT share of $625,219, County match of $156,304). BCAD requested to utilize $250,000 of the remaining balance (FDOT share of $200,000, County match of $50,000) to commence the design for Runway 10R/28L at HWO.
The proposed Public Transportation SJPA No. 2 amends the grant scope to include funding for the design of Runway 10R/28L at HWO in the amount of $250,000 (FDOT share of $200,000, County match of $50,000), and reduces the grant total by $425,220 (County match of $106,305), for a revised total Project cost of $468,475 (FDOT share of $374,780 and County match of $93,695).
The proposed Public Transportation SJPA No. 2 has been reviewed by the Office of the County Attorney and the Risk Management Division. This Agreement does not include the County's standard agreement provision because FDOT requires the use of its form agreement when a JPA is issued to the County.
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