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Airport reports $5.34 million taxiway rehab, FAA funding and fiber/security projects in first‑quarter update
Summary
Airport staff briefed the council on first‑quarter activity including the Alpha Taxiway rehabilitation (estimated $5.34 million, FAA‑funded up to 90%), a $599,961 airport fiber project, a $834,000 FAA obstruction survey, security camera purchases and efforts to remove derelict aircraft; staff also discussed exploring fiber as a revenue stream.
Airport staff updated the Arlington City Council on first‑quarter projects and operations, including a $5.34 million Alpha Taxiway rehabilitation project, FAA‑funded at up to 90 percent, and other infrastructure efforts.
The airport representative, Marty (airport staff), told the council the Alpha Taxiway rehab is underway with roughly 72 working days remaining and that the project is FAA funded up to 90 percent. He said the airport is also working on a fiber installation project (phase 3) with an estimated cost of $599,961 and that staff are coordinating with the city IT department on that work.
Marty said recent security camera purchases totaled about $16,200 and that staff installed cameras in previously unmonitored areas. The airport rolled out a tenant prox‑card system and added license‑plate readers to reduce tenant inconvenience (allowing plate assignment to tenants so they do not have to present a prox card at the gate). The airport is also in the first third of an obstruction survey master plan (estimated cost about $834,000, FAA funded) and has created a public advisory committee of tenants and stakeholders to work with the contracted engineering firm.
Marty described efforts to remove derelict aircraft and said that process can be legally complex when ownership records and deceased owners are involved; staff plan to coordinate with legal counsel on options such as auction or dismantling. The airport also adopted a new airfield inspection software (VOC) to streamline field reporting and discrepancy tracking, and staff said planning for a hometown fly‑in event is progressing with growing pre‑registration.
Councilmember Deborah Nelson asked about maintenance request turn time and Marty reported that maintenance turnaround has improved markedly after a reorganization: crews have moved from being months behind to a proactive preventative maintenance plan and faster response to airport needs. Marty described exploring use of fiber capacity as a potential future revenue stream but said the concept is still under development. The transcript records a multi‑topic briefing; no council action on these informational items is recorded in the provided transcript.
