OREANDA-NEWS. Charlotte City Council approved several consent items during the Monday, March 24, meeting to ensure Charlotte Douglas International Airport continues to meet its current and future goals.

Interim Aviation Director Brent Cagle provides a summary of some of the items approved:

Design Services
On Monday, February 14, 2011, Council awarded a contract to HNTB North Carolina, P.C., in the amount of USD 1,943,619 to design the new Airport Entrance Road. On Friday, October 19, 2012, the Aviation Director approved a contract amendment in the amount of USD 44,570 to update the design to exclude the northern extension, including a conceptual layout for Aviation Director's approval, roadway, drainage, signing, pavement marking, traffic study, additional coordination with North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), Charlotte Department of Transportation (CDOT) and traffic control.

The original design scope included the entire entrance road south of Wilkinson Boulevard. and preliminary design for the road north of Wilkinson Boulevard. This was done because the Aviation Department originally anticipated that NCDOT would build the north portion of the road. Due to NCDOT funding constraints, the Aviation Department will acquire the property from NCDOT and complete the north portion in order to provide customers with the direct access to the entrance road from I-85 when the new road opens. Completing the design now will allow Aviation to solicit bids for and complete the northern portion construction to coincide with the opening of the southern portion. The final result will be a continuous entrance road from the I-85 Little Rock Road exit to the terminal.

The City Council approved a contract amendment #3 for USD 75,000  to HNTB North Carolina, P.C. for additional design services to the Airport Entrance Road.   

Hangar Renovations
In 2007, the Airport constructed a corporate aviation hangar (Group Hangar III). The contract will up-fit the Group Hangar III  for an Airport tenant and will include 6,000 square feet for offices, restrooms, and support space for tenant staff. This contract will also add fall protection for mechanics servicing the jets. This work includes a 32-space parking lot with a partial canopy.

City Council approved a contract of USD 1,770,055 to Quinn Sales dba Custom Building Systems for renovations and addition to a corporate hangar.   

Maintaining Airport Facilities and Properties
The contract provides for the replacement of air filters for the 88 air handling units that air condition the terminal building and five concourses. An annual total of 16,000 air filters will be serviced on a monthly and quarterly basis. The contract also provides for the acquisition of 9,800 air filters annually that will be used to service the heating and air conditioning systems in the cargo facilities, aircraft hangars, fixed-base operator terminal, the fire station and office buildings maintained by Aviation staff.

Council approved the contract of USD 403,535.31 to United Air Filter Company for the purchase of air filtration products and services for a term of three years and three months.

Other consent items City Council approved include a license for office space with the Civil Air Patrol for a term of five years with three, five-year options to renew with a rental rate of USD 1 a year,  the sale of six City-owned properties and the acquisition of nine properties as part of the Airport Master Plan Land Acquisition program.