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Committee forwards FAA-funded replacement air traffic control tower project with CEQA findings
Summary
The committee advanced CEQA findings and a proposed Other Transaction Agreement with the FAA to reimburse up to $79,982,500 for a replacement air traffic control tower and FAA offices at San Francisco International Airport; the airport presented a procurement and construction timeline.
Clerk reading described two related items: adoption of CEQA findings for the Courtyard 2 air traffic control tower replacement project and authorization for the Airport Commission to execute an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with the Federal Aviation Administration for replacement of the tower and FAA offices, in an amount not to exceed $79,982,500.
Kathy Weidner of the airport explained the OTA is a funding mechanism that would reimburse the airport 100% for agreed costs; contracts will be competitively bid and any agreements meeting the threshold in Charter Section 9.118 will need Board approval. She said the Department of City Planning determined the project is within the scope of the previously approved International Master Plan and requires no further environmental analysis. Project manager Ivar Sattro presented a timeline: architect on board by November, ten months of design documents, procurement of design-build services, construction starting in early 2012 for an approximately 30‑month schedule, turnover to FAA, and an anticipated opening in mid‑to‑late 2015.
The committee accepted the items and forwarded them to the Board with the recommendation recorded on the record.
