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Iowa City airport seeks roughly $370,000 in FAA AIP funds, plans state request to finish T-hangar building
Summary
Airport staff presented a funding package for a T-hangar and taxi-lane work that relies on a federal AIP application of about $370,000, a state vertical-infrastructure request of $300,000 and roughly $233,000 in local matching funds.
Airport staff told the Iowa City Airport Commission on Tuesday that they will submit an Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grant application of about $370,000 to cover the majority of taxi-lane and hangar-related work, and will pursue a state vertical infrastructure grant capped at $300,000 to cover additional building costs.
The funding plan matters because the combined federal, state and local match funding would complete the T-hangar building and taxi-lane improvements without adding immediate new service fees, staff said.
Adam, a staff member who is finalizing grant application data, said the AIP request represents an AIP-funded portion of the project and that staff allocated more of design and construction administration (CA) to the taxi-lane work to lower the required local match. The application before the commission assumes a roughly 15 percent local match for the AIP portion; staff estimated the total local match across all funding sources at about $233,000.
Staff described a second state request — identified in the meeting as a vertical infrastructure program request for roughly $300,000 — that carries a larger local match percentage (reported in the presentation as a roughly 35 percent match for that state request). Combining the AIP request, the state request and local contribution, staff said, would fund the taxi lane and hangar structure shown in the packet.
Commission members and staff discussed how design and CA allocations affect the local share. Staff said they leaned more design and CA into the taxi-lane portion to improve the AIP funding ratio and thus reduce the cash the airport must provide up front. Staff indicated they can refine the numbers with Mike, another airport staff member, before the application deadline next week.
Staff also reviewed high-level total-project figures presented in the packet; those figures included a total project cost estimate and line-item splits between taxi-lane work and the hangar structure. Staff cautioned the figures are high-level and will be fine-tuned in the days before submission.
Next steps: staff will finalize the AIP application and the state request and bring any required signature pages back to the commission. Applications are due in the coming week, and staff will continue to work with city finance staff on how the local match would be financed or repaid.
Ending — less-critical details: commissioners asked logistical questions about potential future apron uses between the hangar and the building restriction line; staff said those exhibit drawings will be updated and refined with Mike and will show options such as additional box hangars or tie-down space.
