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Guthrie approves Park Hill Engineering amendments for airport taxiway rebuild and east-side fence design
Summary
City council approved two amendments to the owner-engineer agreement with Park Hill Engineering to fund reconstruction of a parallel taxiway with lighting and to survey and design new perimeter fencing along the airporteast side, with most project costs reimbursed by grants.
Guthrie City Council on Jan. 21 approved two amendments to the five-year owner-engineer agreement with Park Hill Engineering to advance work at Guthrie Municipal Airport, including reconstruction of a parallel taxiway with edge lighting and a survey and design phase for perimeter fencing on the airporteast side.
The council unanimously approved Amendment No. 8, which covers design work for a parallel taxiway and associated lighting. "The construction cost for this project totals $560,000 but the city of Guthrie will be reimbursed for $532,000, or 95% of this total project cost," Caden said, adding the citys net exposure under this amendment will be about $28,000. The project will remove and replace more than 4,000 feet of existing taxiway with concrete that meets federal and state standards and will add taxiway edge lighting, a lighted wind cone and a segmented circle.
The council also unanimously approved Amendment No. 9 to cover survey and design for perimeter fencing along the airports east side. Caden told the council the city received $295,000 in Airport Infrastructure Grant (AIG) funds in 2022 that will expire this fiscal year; the city intends to use $92,500 of those AIG dollars for the survey and design work and to apply remaining AIG funds toward construction where possible. "Once we get the design fully complete on the east side, were going to be able to construct, with the remaining AIG funds, as much fence as possible," Caden said.
Katie, responding to a council question about timing, said drone surveys will perform a large portion of the topographic work and that the east-side survey will take some time because detailed surveys do not currently exist for that area. Council members asked clarifying questions about cost-sharing and how much of the fence might be built initially; Caden said the design approach is intended to limit design costs and allow construction of as much fence as remaining grant funds permit. The Airport Board previously approved the contract unanimously.
Both amendments were presented as items tied to the Park Hill owner-engineer agreement and will be incorporated into that existing agreement when finalized. The council record shows unanimous approval from those present.
The projects will proceed in the coming months as contractor availability and winter weather allow. The airport staff said they expect to begin work after conditions improve and contracts are executed.
Ending: The city will move forward with the design and survey work while pursuing construction funding; additional details on schedules and construction phases will be provided as contracts are finalized and the design work is completed.
