Agenda Item Wording:
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Ordinance authorizing an Airport Lease Agreement - Introduction of the first reading of Ordinance No. 2026-02 authorizing the City Manager to execute an airport lease agreement between the City of Visalia and the United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration.
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Deadline for Action: None
Submitting Department: Administration
Contact Name and Phone Number: Jody Miller, Airport Manager, 713-4282, Jody.Miller@visalia.gov; John Lollis, Assistant City Manager, 713-4323, John.Lollis@visalia.gov
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council introduce the first reading of Ordinance No. 2026-02 authorizing the City Manager to execute an airport lease agreement with the United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration in its current location at the Visalia Municipal Airport Business Terminal for antenna and equipment space for a term of ten (10) years at the lease rent rate of seven hundred and twenty dollars ($720.00) monthly for a period of ten (10) years starting May 1, 2026 and continuing through September 30, 2036.
Background Discussion:
The City of Visalia and the United States of America Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) first signed a lease agreement in 1996 for antenna and equipment space supporting the Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS). The most recent lease, No. DTFAWN-12-L-0005, was executed on October 1, 2011, and expired on September 30, 2015. Since then, both parties have continued operating under a year-to-year arrangement and now seek to enter into a new lease agreement for the continued use of the property and existing facilities.
The "AWOS" is a crucial element to safe and efficient airfield operations and the equipment held in this space as well as the accompanying antenna are what powers the entire system.
Staff recommends the adoption of the new lease in lieu of explor...
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