TO: Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Scott Miller, Public Works Director
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Award Professional Airport Services Contract, 2026
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RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
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Award the Professional Airport Consultant (Architectural and Design/Engineering) Services Agreement to LJA Engineering, Inc. and authorize the Public Works Director and Airport Manager to sign said Agreement for a duration of three (3) years with a City option of up to two (2) additional one-year extensions.
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SUMMARY:
As a condition of the FAA's Airport Improvement Program (AIP) eligibility (federal grant funding), all airport sponsors must have under contract an airport consultant which has been selected through a Qualifications Based process outlined in FAA's Advisory Circular 150/5100-14E. Public Works advertised an RFQ and received two timely Statement(s) of Qualifications. The selection committee independently reviewed the two SOQ's and ranked them in order of responsiveness per the advertised Evaluation Methodology. The order of committee ranking is as follows;
1. LJA Engineering, Inc.
2. Lochner, Egis Group, Inc.
Staff requests Council Action to select an Airport Consultant for regulatory compliance and to assist staff with FAA's recently released accelerated timelines for grant funding applications. The selection committee recommends contracting with LJA Engineering, Inc.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION:
On December 16, 2025 Council approved the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Airport Consultant Services and authorized staff to advertise the RFQ.
On February 4, 2020 Council authorized the award of the Professional Airport Consultant (Architectural and Design/Engineering) Services Agreement to Armstrong Consultants, Inc. (now Lochner) and authorized the City Manager to sign said Agreement for a duration of three (3) years with a city option of up to two (2) additional one-year extensions.
On December 17, 2019 Council approved the Request for Qualif...
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