In consideration of initiating a Siting Study for a new Air Traffic Control Tower at the San Angelo Regional Airport, consider the following: 1. Consider accepting FAA AIP Grant award # 3-48-0191-053-2026 in the amount of $1,030,000 for a siting study, environmental clearance, and preliminary design and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute all documents. 2. Consider approving Amen

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The FAA presented the grant offer for AIP 053 on September 1, 2026 in the amount of $1,030,000. The presentation made to City Council on September 1 was to accept a $1,000,000 grant award. Additionally, Woolpert's final fee following the IFE came to $1,008,386.00. Council was presented Woolpert's $1,000,000 scope and fee during the September 1st, 2026 council meeting. This Consent Agenda clarifies final Air Traffic Control Tower siting study costs and allows the airport to meet the FAA's September 11, 2026 grant execution date deadline. The provisions of the grant remain unchanged. The grant is 100% funded by FAA with no local match dollars required by the airport or the City of San Angelo.

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.2/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.