Laserfiche WebLink
absence of constructing the taxiway in 2024 also maintains a single circuit for airport <br />lighting and increases the potential for "rat" strikes. A rat strike in 2017 put the airport <br />out of operation for several weeks as staff struggled to locate an appropriate <br />(regulator/transformer) replacing the one that was destroyed in the rat strike. The entire <br />electrical system appears to be direct buried electrical lines (EXHIBIT 2). <br />At a recent update to the advisory committee regarding the cancellation of 2024 <br />discretionary taxiway construction funding, the committee addressed staff s <br />understanding of 75-year lease impacts. The committee recommended that staff prepare <br />a resolution for Board of County Commission (BoCC) consideration setting the <br />maximum lease term at thirty (30) years with two possible ten-year extensions. Staff <br />supports taking this action and providing the signed resolution to the SADO. <br />Staff has requested that SADO staff monitor regional airport improvement projects in <br />2024 and prioritize funding of the parallel taxiway in the event a programmed airport <br />improvement fails to meet construction obligations. Staff understands that a certain <br />amount of programmed improvements fail to meet delivery schedules every year and <br />there may be an opportunity for re -programming construction funding. We will be in <br />position to build in 2024 as taxiway design is scheduled for completion second quarter of <br />2024. Construction of east apron improvements appears secure for 2024 construction as <br />the funding source is not FAA discretionary funding. <br />FISCAL IMPACTS: <br />ELN's 2024 capital improvement plan does not contain parallel taxiway construction. <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />EXHIBIT 1: FAA ELECTRONIC MAIL <br />EXHIBIT 2: 1974 VASI LIGHTING PLAN <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />Public Works "Work Session Staff Report", 2023 <br />