HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2023-020 Approving and Authorizing the Town Manager to Execute an Airport Development Reimbursable Grant Agreement MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2023-020
RELATING TO THE MARANA REGIONAL AIRPORT; APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AIRPORT
DEVELOPMENT REIMBURSABLE GRANT AGREEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF
$2,250,000.00 BETWEEN THE STATE OF ARIZONA, BY AND THROUGH THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (ADOT), AND THE TOWN OF
MARANA FOR THE PURPOSE OF AIDING IN FINANCING THE APRON
REHABILITATE EAST HANGAR APRON RECONSTRUCT - PHASE I PROJECT
(GRANT NO. E3S4H 01C)
WHEREAS A.R.S. § 28-8411 authorizes the Town Council of the Town of Marana
to undertake all activities necessary to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease,
equip, improve, maintain, operate, and regulate an airport; and
WHEREAS A.R.S. §28-8413 authorizes the Town to accept and receive federal and
other monies for the acquisition, construction, enlargement, improvement, maintenance,
equipment, or operation of an airport and to enter into agreements regarding the receipt
of such monies; and
WHEREAS the purpose of the Airport Development Reimbursable Grant
Agreement (Grant No. E3S4H 01C) is to provide $2,250,000.00 in State funding to aid in
financing the Apron Rehabilitate East Hangar Apron Reconstruct - Phase I for the
Marana Regional Airport (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS the terms of the grant agreement require the Town to certify certain
information by resolution approved by the Marana Town Council; and
WHEREAS the Mayor and Council feel it is in the best interests of the Town and
its citizens to enter into the grant agreement and to certify the information required by
the agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Town hereby certifies that (1) the Town has the legal power and
authority to do all things necessary in order to undertake and carry out the Project, and
to accept, receive, and disburse grant funds from the State in aid of the Project; (2) the
Town now has on deposit, or is in a position to secure, $0.00, or an equivalent amount
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represented by the Town's proposed labor and equipment costs, for the use in defraying
Sponsor's share of the costs of the project; (3) the Town designates its Finance Director,
Yiannis Kalaitzidis, to receive payments representing the State's share of Project costs;
and (4) the Town has on file with ADOT a vendor identification and address for Project
payments.
SECTION 2. The Airport Development Reimbursable Grant Agreement
(Grant No. E3S4H 01C), substantially in the same form attached to and incorporated by
this reference in this resolution as Exhibit A, is hereby approved and authorized and the
Town's Manager and staff are hereby directed and authorized to undertake all other and
further tasks required or beneficial to carry out the terms, obligations, and objectives of
this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana,
Arizona, this 7th day of March 2023.
Mayor Ed Honea
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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avid L. Udall, Town Clerk Ja , irall, Town Attorney
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MARANA AZ
ESTABLISHED 1977
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