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A Resolution authorizing the submittal of an application for entry into the Federal Contract Tower Program for the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport. (BOAC 2/6/23 & PWC 2/13/23)
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Issue/Request:
A Resolution authorizing the submittal of an application for entry into the Federal Contract Tower Program for the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport.
Key Issues:
· The City of Lee’s Summit is the owner and operator of the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport.
· The Federal Aviation Administration has instituted a Federal Contract Tower Program for providing air traffic control services at small airports where the level of aviation activity has reached a minimum benefit-to-cost threshold to justify the establishment of a new air traffic control tower.
· The aviation activity at the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport is presumed to have reached the FAA’s minimum threshold for establishing an air traffic control tower to be operated under the Federal Contract Tower Program.
· The City desires the Federal Aviation Administration to establish air traffic control services to enhance the safe and efficient use of the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport.
· The Federal Aviation Administration requires the submission of an application and a separate Memorandum of Understanding as a prerequisite for consideration and acceptance as a candidate for entry into the Federal Contract Tower Program and thus become eligible for financial assistance to develop and equip an air traffic control tower that meets their siting and design standards which when completed, would be funded and operated by certified contract air traffic controllers.
Proposed Committee Motion:
FIRST MOTION: I move to recommend to City Council adoption of a Resolution authorizing the submittal of an application for entry into the Federal Contract Tower Program for the Lee’s Summit Municipal Airport.
Proposed City Council Motion:
SECOND MOTION: I move for adoption of a Resolution authorizing the submittal of an application for...
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