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AGENDA Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Virtual Meeting via Zoom 1:00 P.M.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA – Chair Robert Olislagers

3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES – Chair Robert Olislagers3.1. August 25, 2020 – CAB/Staff Workshop Action Needed 3.2. August 26, 2020 Action Needed

4. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS – Chair Robert Olislagers

5. INTRODUCTION OF INCOMING CAB MEMBERS – Chair Robert Olislagers

6. PUBLIC COMMENTS – Chair Robert Olislagers

7. DIRECTOR’S REPORT – Dave Ulane

8. FINANCIAL UPDATE8.1. Financial Dashboard – Bryce Shuck8.2. Staff Salary Reallocation – Bryce Shuck8.3. Internship Grant Applications – Kip McClain

9. COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT SIB LOAN APPLICATION APPROVAL – Dave Ulane9.1. CAB Resolution 2021-01 Action Needed

10. AVIATION WEATHER CAMERAS PHASE II ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST– Dave Ulane Action Needed

11. PROGRAM UPDATES11.1. Remote Tower – Bill Payne

12. LEGISLATIVE ISSUES – Chair Robert Olislagers/Dave Ulane12.1. 2021 Advocacy Resolution

13. PROPOSED CALENDAR – Dave Ulane13.1. Monday, January 25, 2021 - General Meeting/State & Local Grant Review –10:00 am - Virtual13.2. Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - General Meeting/FAA Match Grant Hearing – TENTATIVE 12:00 pm Lunch

with TC –1:00 pm Meeting - CDOT HQ –Denver, CO

14. OTHER MATTERS BY PUBLIC & MEMBERS – Chair Robert Olislagers

15. OUTGOING CAB MEMBER RECOGNITION – Chair Robert Olislagers

16. ADJOURNMENT

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MINUTES Board Workshop

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 | 9:00 am Division of Aeronautics – Joseph H. Thibodeau Room

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

Robert Olislagers Chairman Kenny Maenpa Vice-Chair Chic Myers Secretary Ann Beardall Kent Holsinger Amy Miller

OTHERS PRESENT:

David Ulane CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Director Todd Green CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Kaitlyn Westendorf CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Scott Storie CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Kip McClain CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Bryce Shuck CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Tonya Hill CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Shahn Sederberg CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Angelica Cassio-Sasse CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Intern Casey Adamson Dibble Engineering Brad Rolf Mead & Hunt Kathy Young Colorado Office of the Attorney General Rick Zabel

Workshop commenced at 9:00 am.

1. The Division staff and CAB discussed various items pursuant to the annual CAB workshop agenda.No action was taken by the CAB

Workshop adjourned at 4:00 pm.

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Aeronautical Board Workshop Agenda August 25, 2020 9:00 a.m.

Aeronautics Offices-Colorado Air and Space Port

09:00-09:30 Continental breakfast, introduction of workshop, agenda review and desired outcomes

09:30-10:15 Required Colorado Open Records Act/Open Meetings Law Training for State Boards and Commissions Kathy Young

10:15-10:30 Break

Policy Item Discussions

10:30-11:30 1. FY21/FY22 Financial Outlook/Contingency/Grant Program Update Dave Ulane/Bryce Shuck/Todd Green

Attachments- Financial outlook memo and contingency report, 2021 draft grant program.

CAB Input Sought: Thoughts on staff’s 2021 grant priority recommendations.

11:30-12:00 2. Programs and Procedures Manual updates Dave Ulane/Scott Storie

Attachments- Background memo

CAB Input Sought: Thoughts on staff’s recommended updates and clarifications,

particularly to the Division’s CDAG federal match grant policyupdate regarding FAA entitlement funding.

12:00-13:00 Lunch and CAB Term Review Discussion/Identification of Potential Applicants

Dave Ulane

Attachments- Current CAB roster/terms

CAB Input Sought: Thoughts on potential applicants for the upcoming airport management, pilot community and at-large CAB positions, all of which term out in December.

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13:00-13:30 3. Open Gov Briefing/Update/Use Familiarization Bryce Shuck

Attachments- None

CAB Input Sought: None- staff will brief the CAB on the completed functionality of

our new OpenGov platform and familiarize the CAB with its useand capabilities.

13:30-14:00 4. Potential Phase II Mountain AWOS Camera Partnership with FAA David Ulane

Attachments- None

CAB Input Sought: Thoughts on future partnership with FAA to install cameras on

select airports Support for potential reimbursable agreement with FAA

14:00-14:15 5. Discussion of Potential FY 21 CAOA Airport Training Grant David Ulane

Attachments- None

CAB Input Sought: Thoughts on allocation of FY2021 Division funds for CAOA

statewide airport personnel training programs

14:15-14:30 6. Update to State Grant Assurances David Ulane

Attachments- Explanatory memo and notional update to our state grant assurances for non-NPIAS airports and state-local grants.

CAB Input Sought: Thoughts on a possible addition to state grant assurances to

prohibit aeronautical discrimination

14:30-14:45 Break

Operational Item Discussions

14:45-15:15

1. Review of current CAB Meeting Agenda Format and Minutes Protocol(Attachment- typical agenda) Dave Ulane




Any items added/deleted? Order/format still okay?

2. Review of director and financial report formats/content (Attachment-current financial report) Dave Ulane/Bryce Shuck

Any desired changes to format/content?

3. 2021 Regular CAB meeting dates/locations (Attachment- draft 2021 CABcalendar) Kaitlyn Westendorf

Review proposed dates- adopt at tomorrow’s CAB meeting

4. Future CAB meeting venue/plans (No attachment) David UlaneDiscuss future meeting plans relative to COVID-19/Use of Zoom

5. Review of comprehensive division/CAB annual calendar (Attachment- draft2021 Division/CAB calendar) Dave Ulane/Bryce Shuck

Review purpose of calendar- going forward will review current items in each Director’s report

6. CAB Governance document review/updates (Attachment- None) Dave Ulane

Review CAB Governance doc- any changes/updates other than CAB member updates? Three-year review due NLT 8/2022

7. Division asset management program/CIP update (Attachment- CurrentDivision CIP) Dave Ulane/Todd Green

Update on Division asset management/CIP

15:15- Open CAB/Staff Discussion David Ulane

Attachments- None

CAB Input Sought: Opportunity for any general discussion items, ideas, thoughts,

etc. CAB might like to discuss with staff



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MINUTES Board Meeting

Wednesday, August 26, 2020, | Virtual Meeting I 9:00 a.m. Colorado Division of Aeronautics – Joseph H. Thibodeau Room

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MEMBERS PRESENT:

Robert Olislagers Chairman Kenny Maenpa Vice-Chair Chic Myers Secretary Kent Holsinger Ann Beardall Joe Rice Amy Miller

OTHERS PRESENT:

David Ulane CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Director Todd Green CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Kaitlyn Westendorf CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Scott Storie CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Kip McClain CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Bryce Shuck CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Tonya Hill CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Shahn Sederberg CDOT - Division of Aeronautics Angelica Cassio-Sasse CDOT - Division of Aeronautics – Intern Mike Fronapfel Centennial Airport Lori Hinton Centennial Airport Pam Keidel-Adams Kimley-Horn Vicky Lea Metro Denver Economic Development Jason Licon Northern Colorado Regional Airport Russ Machen Cortez Municipal Airport Bill Payne William E. Payne & Associates Brad Rolf Mead & Hunt Dan Smith Tony Vicari Durango - La Plata County Airport Kathy Young Office of the Attorney General Rick Zabel Dibble Engineering

Pledge of Allegiance

1. CALL TO ORDER

The meeting commenced at 9:02 a.m.



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2. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDADavid Ulane requested an amendment to the agenda to add items 11. CAOA Training Grant Discussion & 12. AWOS Cameras Phase II discussion per the CAB workshop discussion on August 25, 2020.

3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES

3.1 June 10, 2020

Chic Myers made the MOTION to approve the minutes from June 10, 2020. Kenny Maenpa seconded.

The MOTION carried unanimously.

4. UPDATE FROM CDOT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHOSHANA LEW

David Ulane briefed the Board that the Executive Director Shoshana Lew was not able to attend the Board meeting due to a prior commitment. Director Lew will join the Board and Division at a future meeting.

5. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS (By Member)

Joe Rice briefed the Board on the impact that COVID-19 has had on the Aerospace industry, Joe is seeing a growth in opportunities for aerospace companies employees to work remotely. Joe sees this as an opportunity for aerospace companies to recruit employees.

Chic Myers briefed the board that the culmination of a great deal of work on the Colorado Springs Municipal Airport’s part to address encroachment of incompatible land use around the airport was reaching a milestone today, as the airport’s work will be rolled up into the City’s larger master plan, which will be considered by the City Council. This includes a larger airport influence area and inclusion of airport disclosure requirements on property deeds in these areas.

Kenny Maenpa briefed the Board that the Telluride Airport's commercial service enplanements are 40-60% of last year's totals. Kenny noted that an increase in the general aviation side is greatly supporting the airport in terms of activity.

Amy Miller briefed the Board that the Greeley Weld County Airport's restaurant has re-opened full time with an increase in airport traffic. Amy noted that the Fremont County airport's operations have returned to normal after dropping to 50% during the pandemic. Fremont County commissioners approved the remodel of the airport office and construction will start on August 31, 2020. On August 25, 2020, construction will begin on taxiways A1 & A2 which will be milled and resurfaced. Lastly, the Fremont county airport would like to create taxilanes to open hangars. Per Steve Lee with Denver International Airport, FEMA has delivered 3 million masks to DEN, a portion of which has been distributed to other Colorado airports. On September 2, 2020, Denver International Airport will conduct a full-service emergency response exercise as required by the FAA.

Kent Holsinger briefed the Board that firefighting operations, fires, and smoke have dominated the Western slope airports. Currently, the state has six massive wildfires, with the Pine Gulch fire burning slightly more acres than the Hayman wildfire, there has been 15% containment of the Pine Gulch fire.



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Ann Beardall briefed the Board that the smoke from the wildfires has made flight training challenging to conduct. Ann has seen a few training flights that are staying in the pattern. September 5, 2020, Kenney reservoir will host a seaplane fly-in/splash in. Several volunteer pilot groups have been flying out to remote airports to deliver COVID-19 supplies, including FEMA masks from DEN.

Chair Olislagers briefed the Board that Centennial Airport has completed its rehabilitation of the taxiway N and repair of the lighting on runway 17R/35L. Airport operations have increased by 1% since last year. June operations were down 26% due to the shut-down of the runway 17R/35L for the runway lighting project. Robert noted that noise complaints at Centennial Airport are up significantly, primarily from new residents. On October 7, 2020, Boom Supersonic will be rolling out its XB-1 aircraft in advance of flight testing.

6. PUBLIC COMMENTS

Jason Licon briefed the Board that there is a P3 Orion airplane currently based at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport (FNL) to help fight the wildfires throughout the state. The airport has been providing support for the Cameron Peak wildfire. Christman airfield is owned by Colorado State University and is supporting six helicopters that are assisting in fighting the wildfires. Jason also noted that FNL had record fuel sales for August.

Tony Vicari briefed the Board that the Durango - La Plata County Airport has seen a 50% recovery in commercial traffic for August. The airport is concerned about how the fall commercial traffic will develop with visitation traffic at just below 70% of the overall airport traffic portfolio. Tony notes the airport has seen an increase in fuel sales due to the forest service air-tanker base.

7. DIRECTOR'S REPORT - David Ulane

David Ulane thanked the Division planning staff and Angelica Cassio for all their hard work during the airport pavement condition index inspections/airport 5010 inspections. David noted the National Association of State Aviation Officials will virtually hold its annual conference on September 14-16, 2020. Jason Licon, David Ulane, and Bill Payne will join Matt Massiano with SAAB to give a presentation on Remote Towers. Dave will also participate in a panel discussing state aviation agencies and resiliency in the face of COVID-19.

8. FINANCIAL UPDATE

8.1 Financial Dashboard

Bryce Shuck briefed the Board that Division total revenue for June came in at $377K, which was 67.0% of the forecast. In comparison, this is 11% of the $3.4M of revenue from June 2019; revenue was based on May’s flowage number, which was at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and limited number of flights.

The Division’s cash balance for June closed at $11.4M, down $700K from $12.1M in May. The decrease was expected for the month, as we saw a decline in May's transactions due to COVID-19. We also saw a higher volume of drawdowns as we wrapped up the fiscal year-end, which was also anticipated. The Division sent out $303K of tax disbursements in June. Total tax disbursements for FY20 were $18.8M. Our tax disbursements followed the normal cycle of being one month behind revenues. The contingency slide shows our current CDAG program at $6.7M is financially secure. However, based on the negative effect COVID-19 has on our revenue, we will be



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recommending CAB approval of the FY2021 CDAG program at $3.25M. The FY20 administration expenses was $1.1M of the $1.25M budgeted. This put the Division's Administrative expenses at 3.17% of FY19 revenue, which is well below the 5% statutory cap. The current fuel flowage at Denver International Airport for June was 13.8M gallons, which was up 66% from May's 8.4M gallons, and down 70% from June 2019. The total FY20 flowage at DEN was 394M gallons, which is 81% of the FY19 flowage rate of 485M gallons. The Board approved the 2020 CDAG awards at the January and April CAB meetings. To date, we have $6.7M in CDAG grants that have been executed. The Division staff is requesting a motion to adopt the recommended FY2021 Colorado Discretionary Aviation Grant funding amount of $3.25M.

Amy Miller made the MOTION to approve the FY2021 Colorado Discretionary Aviation Grant funding amount of $3.25M. Ann Beardall seconded.


8.2 OpenGov Implementation Update

Bryce Shuck provided the Board with a demonstration of the OpenGov platform at the Staff/Board workshop on August 25, 2020. OpenGov has now been fully implemented and utilized for internal reports, including the CAB dashboard, as well as external reports for airports and the public.

9. 2020 COLORADO AVIATION SYSTEM PLAN ADOPTION

Scott Storie provided the Board with an overview of the Colorado Aviation System Plan (CASP), noting a detailed outline was provided in the Board packet. The Division is requesting Board adoption of the 2020 CASP.

Kenny Maenpa made the MOTION to approve the adoption of the 2020 CASP. Chic Meyer seconded.


David Ulane present Scott Storie with the first Aeronautics’ Division Director Award for his outstanding work managing the 2020 Colorado Aviation System Plan and Economic Impact Study.

10. DIVISION PROGRAMS & PROCEDURES MANUAL UPDATE APPROVAL

Scott Storie provided the Board with an overview of the updated Programs & Procedures manual, noting a detailed outline of these updates was included in the Board packet. The Division is requesting Board approval of the updated Programs & Procedures Manual.

Kenny Maenpa made the MOTION to approve of the Programs & Procedures Manual. Chic Meyer seconded.




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11. CAOA TRAINING GRANT DISCUSSION

David Ulane noted that during the Division Staff/Board workshop yesterday, there was discussion of a conceptual proposal from CAOA to assist them in funding statewide airport personnel training programs.

The Division is requesting the allocation of $30K of FY2021 Division funds for the CAOA statewide airport personnel training program, with a focus on technical training such as airfield lighting, pavement maintenance and airfield markings/painting.

Ann Beardall made the MOTION to approve the allocation of $30K of FY2021 Division funds for the CAOA statewide airport personnel training program. Kenny Maenpa seconded.


12. AWOS WEATHER CAMERAS PHASE II

David Ulane noted the second item discussed during the Division staff and Board workshop was a phase II partnership with the FAA to install up to ten AWOS weather cameras at select system airports. The Division is requesting Board approval of $150K to execute a reimbursable agreement with the FAA for Phase II AWOS weather cameras at up to ten (or more, depending on cost) select system airports.

Kent Holsinger made the MOTION to approve $150K in funding to execute a reimbursable agreement with the FAA for Phase II AWOS weather cameras at ten or more select system airports. Amy Miller seconded.


13. 2021 CAB MEETING CALENDAR APPROVAL

Kaitlyn Westendorf presented the Board with the 2021 CAB meeting calendar for approval.

Kenny Maenpa made the MOTION to approve the 2021 CAB meeting calendar. Amy Miller seconded.


14. 2021 SURPLUS SALE UPDATE

Kaitlyn Westendorf briefed the Board that seventeen airports attended the preview, fourteen airports participated in the surplus sale, and twenty-five pieces of equipment were sold this year. A majority of the airports purchased more than one piece of equipment. Denver International Airport added four more airfield plow trucks that will be available for airports to purchase at a future sale.



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15. PROGRAM UPDATES

15.1 Remote Tower

Bill Payne briefed the Board that due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the FAA is unable to travel, which has affected the progress of Phase 1 testing on the Remote Tower project. The FAA has reconsidered doing virtual testing on the Remote Tower with local FAA employees. Currently, the tower has five full-time air traffic controllers and looking to add one more controller.

16. LEGISLATIVE ISSUES

David Ulane briefed that as of today, no substantive discussions about a round two of CARES-type support for airports were being considered in Congress, but that he would continue to monitor the issue.

17. PROPOSED CALENDAR

17.1 Wednesday, October 14, 2020 – General Meeting - 1:00 p.m.– Division Offices – Watkins, CO.

17.2 Wednesday, December 9, 2020 – General Meeting -1:00 p.m. – Centennial Airport – Centennial, CO.

Robert Olislagers made the MOTION to approve the 2020 Amended CAB calendar. Kenny Maenpa seconded.


16. OTHER MATTERS BY PUBLIC & MEMBERS

No additional matters from the public or members.

17. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 10:40 a.m.

Board Meeting Minutes approved by:

_______________________ __________ Board Member Signature Date

CAB Seal __________________________________________________________ Please Print Name and Position



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Division Director's Report December 9, 2020 ________________________________________________________________________________

With a full agenda covering most current Division initiatives, this month’s Director’s report is relatively brief.

Recent Activities/Items

1. Aviation Weather Camera Phase II Update- We continue to move forward with Phase II of ouraviation weather camera program, which will expand our existing system to ten airports: Aspen,Durango, Eagle, Gunnison, Hayden, Limon, Leadville, Rifle, Telluride and Walden. We have beenworking with these airports to identify and document for FAA suitable locations on each airport,and almost all airports have provided the necessary information. Pending CAB action on a lateragenda item at this meeting, we expect to have the Reimbursable Agreement with FAA finalizedby the end of the year, with installations to begin in early 2021.

2. 2018 Division Strategic Plan Update- It’s hard to believe, but the Division’s current StrategicPlan was completed and adopted by the CAB at our January 2018 meeting, nearly three yearsago. Since that time, we have made outstanding progress on many of the goals and objectivesoutlined in that plan, as we will share with the CAB and our stakeholders at our January 25th

meeting. With that, we look forward to working with the CAB and these stakeholders to updatethat plan in the first half of 2021, developing new goals and objectives for the next three-yearperiod, helping us continue to move forward in accomplishing our mission.

3. Congrats to Division Intern Angelica Cassio- This week the entire Division team was saddened tobid farewell to Angelica Cassio, who’s been our Division intern since January 6th of this year.Angelica has accepted an Operations position with FedEx here in Denver, so we’re thrilled tocongratulate her on her new position. She has been an incredible and engaged part of ourDivision team for nearly a year, and we wish her the best.

While this would normally spur the process to bring another Division intern on board as soon aspossible, we are electing to hold off at the present time. With our current COVID-inducedremote work arrangements, we don’t feel that at this moment we’re able to provide the type ofexperience for a new intern that would be valuable and worthwhile. Once our work sees us backin the office together on a more regular basis, we’ll look to recruit another intern at that time.

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4. 2021 Winter CAOA Legislative Conference and CAB Meeting- As you all know, we have longheld our January CAB meeting in conjunction with the CAOA Winter Legislative Conference,which in 2021, is on Monday January 25th. At this time, CAOA is still uncertain whether thisevent will take place in person or remotely. While we do expect them to conduct the one-dayconference portion (even if it’s done remotely) it is highly doubtful that they will host theirusual Monday evening reception for legislators. With that, for now, we are still planning onholding our CAB meeting on Monday January 25th at 10:00 a.m. As we get closer, we’ll work withCAOA on the logistics and communicate those to you and our stakeholders well in advance.

Upcoming Activities/Events:

December 19- Last day for CAB terms for Robert, Joe and Ann

December 20- First day for new CAB member terms

January 25- Tentative CAOA Winter Legislative Conference and CAB meeting (confirmed)

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Informational Item Summary - Colorado Aeronautical Board

UPDATE DATE: December 9, 2020

AGENDA ITEM: 8.2 Staff Salary Reallocation

FROM: Bryce Shuck – Business Manager

Background Information:

Unlike most program-based business units, the Division of Aeronautics has historically allocated all staff salaries and overhead into a single Administration cost center. After discussions with the Division of Finance (DAF) at CDOT, as well as the Attorney General’s Office, the Division will begin allocating staff salaries that pertain specifically to executing Statewide Initiatives and the Discretionary Aviation Grant program into a separate cost center to more accurately allocate these costs in alignment with CDOT’s broader accounting practices.

The Result:

Effective July 1, 2021, the Division’s three planner positions and communications manager position will be reallocated to a new cost center named Aviation Program Delivery.

These positions are almost exclusively utilized for the Division as it pertains to both the Grant Program and the Statewide Initiatives. This reallocation will more accurately align us with other similar divisions within state government, and move positions that are not related to the administration of the Division, out of the “Administrative” cost center.

The positions of Director, Business Manager, Program Manager and Account Tech/Admin will all remain in the “Administration” cost center, accurately reflecting the structure of the Division.

Implementation:

These changes will go into effect with the beginning of state fiscal year 2022 (FY22), on July 1, 2021. All future budgeting efforts towards FY22 and beyond will have staff salaries, and associated costs for these specific positions into the Aviation Program Delivery cost center.This change will reduce the forecast FY22 Admin budget by $430,382, resulting in a total FY22 Admin budget of $595,750.




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MEETING DATE: December 9, 2020

AGENDA ITEM: 8.3 - Administrative Grants Update

FROM: Kip McClain

Informational Item Summary:

This memo details the grants that have had or are in the process of executing administrative amendments and/or new intern program contracts since the last CAB meeting. Administrative amendments are typically done for grant amendments that do not require a change in scope of work or supplemental funding. Term extensions are also included in the administrative amendment category.

The intern program is approved for a not to exceed amount annually in order to be more flexible when airports are in need of an intern. The individual intern requests are not presented to the Board; however, the staff updates the Board when funds for this program have been requested.

Background:

Grantee: Centennial Airport (APA) Grant to be contracted: 21-APA-I01 (Internship) Grant amount: $33,280.00 CAB approval: 1/27/2020 – FY21 Internship Program funding approved Planner: Kip McClain

Centennial Airport applied for and was administratively approved for funding to support the hiring of two candidates who will each participate in separate year-long Airport Management Internships. The Division will provide 50% match on a $16 per hour wage.




Grantee: Loveland / Fort Collins – Northern Colorado Regional Airport (FNL) Grant to be contracted: 21-FNL-I01 (Internship) Grant amount: $20,800 CAB approval: 1/27/2020 – FY21 Internship Program funding approved Planner: Kip McClain

FNL applied for and was administratively approved for a grant matching 50% of the $20 per hour wage for a year long Airport Management Internship. This represents the maximum allowable wage that the state will currently support.

Link to Strategic Plan and/or State Aviation System Plan: N/A

Financial Impact: N/A – FY21 Statewide Initiatives budget approved January 27, 2020

Staff Recommendation: N/A

Attachments: None




Action Item Summary - Colorado Aeronautical Board


AGENDA ITEM: 9 - Colorado Springs Airport State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) Loan Application

FROM: David Ulane, Director

RECOMMENDATION: Motion to approve CAB resolution 2021-01 approving the aviation SIB loan application dated December 3, 2020, submitted by the City of Colorado Springs for the Colorado Springs Airport

Action Item Summary:

Consideration of an $8.0 million combined aviation/highway State Infrastructure Bank (SIB) loan application from the City of Colorado Springs for infrastructure development at the Colorado Springs Airport’s Peak Innovation Business Park.

Background:

On December 3, 2020, the Colorado Springs Airport submitted an SIB loan application for an infrastructure project at the airport, using a combination of both the Aviation and Highway SIB funds. The airport is requesting an $8,000,000 loan payable over ten years, to assist in funding roadway, utility and other infrastructure improvements at the airport’s Peak Innovation Business park, including significant upgrades to the CDOT intersection at Innovation Parkway and Powers Blvd (CO-21).

The park is currently home to Aerospace Corporation, Northrop Grumman and Amazon’s last mile distribution facility. Amazon is also currently under construction with a 3.7 million square foot fulfillment center in the park, and several other large facilities are scheduled for completion in 2021. These improvements will allow the park to continue to grow, support increasing traffic and provide the airport with crucial non-aeronautical revenue while also supporting local and regional economic development. The total cost for these improvements is $24,950,000, with the balance funded from Business Park metro district bonds. For meeting packet brevity, only the application cover letter and project description are attached to this

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memo. The full application can be viewed at this link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/comofjfwahsrggw/AACzuofvsnb_P3lfpmu0FOEwa?dl=0

This loan application is unique, as the project is eligible for both the Aviation SIB account as an airport-owned project, and for the Highway SIB account as surface infrastructure improvements. At the present time neither the Aviation nor Highway SIB accounts have the $8 million requested in this application, so the intent is to fund the loan from both accounts. At the end of January (expected time of underwriting should loan be approved), the Aeronautics SIB account will have approximately $5.5 million available to loan, and the Highway account will have approximately $5.2 million. After detailed discussions with CDOT’s Division of Accounting and Finance, we’ve determined that the City may submit one consolidated SIB application for this project, to be funded separately. If approved, approximately $5.5 will be funded from the Aeronautics SIB account and approximately $2.5 million from the Highway SIB account.

Aeronautics staff has reviewed the airport’s application and coordinated with staff from CDOT’s Office of Financial Management and Budget (OFMB), and it appears complete in accordance with the requirements outlined in CDOT Procedural Directive 720.1 “Colorado SIB Procedure”. The proposed project is included in the airport’s capital improvement program and staff is recommending the CAB’s approval of the airport’s SIB loan application for forwarding to the SIB Committee. Please note that the CAB only approves the project’s technical merit from an aviation system perspective; review of the financial viability of the application is vested with the SIB Loan Committee and the Transportation Commission (TC).

Pending CAB approval, the next step per the Procedural Directive will be for Aeronautics staff to forward the loan application, along with the Board’s recommendation, to OFMB, which will prepare the application for review by the SIB Committee. The SIB Committee consists of the Aeronautics Division Director, a member of the Transportation Commission (who will chair the committee), the SIB administrator and the CDOT Chief Financial Officer. Because this loan application also includes the use of Highway SIB funds, CDOT’s Region Two Transportation Director Rich Zamora will also participate. Following its review, the SIB Committee will then make a recommendation and presentation to the Transportation Commission, which has final approval authority for all SIB loans. If approved by the CAB, staff will move through the next steps expeditiously, with the goal of having this application considered at the TC meeting on January 21st.

Link to Strategic Plan and/or State Aviation System Plan (CASP):

This project would have a significant benefit to both the Colorado Springs Airport and the region’s overall economic success. The business park provides ever-increasing non-aeronautical revenue to the airport, which allows them to keep their aeronautical rates and charges low,



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facilitating strong air carrier and other aviation activity and growth. This entire project is particularly aligned with the Economic Sustainability Goal outlined in our 2020 State Aviation System Plan, with aspects actually aligning with every goal of the CASP:

Financial Impact:

None directly to the Division.

Staff Recommendation:

Motion to approve CAB resolution 2021-01 approving the aviation/highway SIB loan application dated December 3, 2020 submitted by the City of Colorado Springs for the Colorado Springs Airport.

Attachments:

SIB loan application cover letter

Project description

CAB Resolution 2021-01



December 1, 2020

Mr. David Ulane, A.A.E.

Aeronautics Director

Colorado Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics

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Watkins, Colorado 80137

RE: 2020 SIB Loan Request

Mr. Ulane,

The Colorado Springs Airport (COS) greatly appreciates the opportunity to participate in the State Infrastructure Bank

(SIB) Loan program. With our past participation in the program, the State has contributed immeasurably toward the

success and development of COS and the Colorado Springs community. Without the help, support, and partnership that

you have offered through these loans we could not have responded to the opportunities that have presented themselves

and that have allowed the incredible progress COS has seen in the past few years.

As you’re aware, Peak Innovation Park is a 900 acre innovative business park that is owned and operated by the Airport.

The vision within Peak Innovation Park is to facilitate nonaeronautical investment that supports the airport and the larger

community for today and for the future, with jobs and revenue for generations to come. This economic engine will

dramatically improve the southeast Colorado Springs economy through job creation and quality of life for our

community. Additionally, Peak creates a diversified revenue portfolio through ground leases and land transactions that

provides long term financial sustainability for the Airport and Peak. We are generating new innovative ways to enhance

revenues by creative land leases, shared revenue models, public improvement fees, and the creation of Peak Metropolitan

District (District). As a part of the District we have taken on the responsibility of providing all public infrastructure in

the business park to include public roads grading, drainage, utilities, and major intersection development, as well as all

future maintenance, snow removal, and upkeep. By pre-planning main line utilities and proactively constructing those

through Peak Innovation Business Park, we create site ready pads for development and significantly decrease the time it

takes for developers to get operational and building occupancy.

The Airport requests the State’s support and partnership through this SIB application to build public use infrastructure to

generate long term financial stability through revenue generation under the Federal Aviation Administration’s grant

assurances and creates a significant employment center for the City and State of Colorado. This is a crucial time for the

success of Peak and it is imperative to keep up with the demand, interests, and expectations of major developers. Through



your support Peak Innovation Park will not only succeed, but will also create synergy for the Colorado Springs Airport.

As an economic engine it is anticipated Peak Innovation Park will generate an additional 5,000 jobs for the State of

Colorado within the next two to three years.

We are very excited to have this opportunity to partner with the State and share in the success of one of the fastest growing

communities and business parks in Colorado. Please feel free to reach out to me directly should you have any questions

regarding Peak Innovation Business Park.

Sincerely,

Gregory S. Phillips, A.A.E.

Director of Aviation



Attachment E – Project Summary

Business Park Infrastructure – Design and Construction

Project Description – Physical

Colorado Springs Airport (COS) intends to design and construct infrastructure requirements to open an additional 160 acres of development in Peak Innovation Park (Peak). The majority of the SIB funding will go towards public roadways and involvements to include CDOT intersection(s), but may also contribute to public utilities, site grading, drainage, and landscape architecture.

Project Description – Financial

COS estimates the infrastructure needs for the 160 acres to be approximately $2� million. COS intends to utilize approximately $1� million through a future Peak Metropolitan District bond issuance, and the remaining $8 million through the SIB loan programs. The Airport plans to leverage the existing long term lease revenue from Peak as a secured source of funds for financing the $8 million through SIB programs. The Airport estimates that full build out of Peak will require $140 million of infrastructure over the next 20 to 30 years.

Project Justification

The rapidly expanding, development, and interest in Peak has grown to a national level. Currently there are numerous interested developers and multiple Letters of Intent (LOI) under negotiation for space within Peak. In order to keep up with the demand and timeline requirements of developers, COS needs to have the funding and infrastructure in place for pad site availability, roadway access, and other development needs.

Project Objective

The objective of this project is to build the public roadways, utilities, and infrastructure necessary for continued future growth of Peak.

Estimated Project Start: January 2021

Estimated Project Completion: June 2022



of 2 CAB Resolution 21-01

COS SIB Application

Resolution 2021-01

RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE AVIATION SIB APPLICATION DATED DECEMBER 3, 2020 SUBMITTED BY THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS FOR THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT

WHEREAS, The Colorado State Infrastructure Bank (hereinafter referred to as the “SIB”) is an investment bank at the state level with the ability to make loans to public and private entities, for the formation of public transportation projects within the state; and

WHEREAS, The General Assembly has passed legislation that made certain provisions for the Bank and established within the Bank a highway account, a transit account, an aviation account, and a rail account; and

WHEREAS, The Transportation Commission has adopted rules, pursuant to 43-1-113.5, CRS, regarding the SIB; and

WHEREAS, The City of Colorado Springs has requested a loan from the SIB in the amount of $8,000,000.00 for an eligible transportation project as described in Rule III, section 2, 2CCR 605-1, specifically infrastructure development at the Colorado Springs Airport’s Peak Innovation Business Park.

WHEREAS, The Colorado Department of Transportation has adopted the SIB Procedure through Procedural Directive (“PD”) 720.1 as revised February 10, 2015 (“PD 720.1”); and

WHEREAS, PD 720.1 Section V.1.O requires that the Colorado Aeronautical Board (“CAB”) evaluate the technical, non-financial aspects of an aviation SIB loan application and shall approve a resolution recommending or not recommending approval by the Transportation Commission; and

WHEREAS, CRS 43-10-105 describes the duties of the CAB which, among other things, includes the establishment of policies for the growth and development of aviation in the state; and CRS 43-10-103 created the Division and, among other things, tasked the Division with promoting aviation safety and education; and CRS 43-10-101 declares a need to promote the safe operation of aviation in the state and identifies that improvement of general aviation and aviation facilities in the state promotes diversified economic development across the state; and

WHEREAS, the CAB recognizes and acknowledges this particular project’s benefit to both the Colorado Springs Airport and the region’s overall economic success. Notably, the business park provides ever-increasing non-aeronautical revenue to the airport, which induces lower aeronautical rates and charges, in turn facilitating strong air carrier and other aviation activity and growth. This project is particularly aligned with the Economic Sustainability Goal outlined in the Division’s 2020 Colorado State Aviation System Plan (CASP), with aspects aligning in some way with each of the four goals of the CASP.



of 2 CAB Resolution 21-01

COS SIB Application

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, The Colorado Aeronautical Board hereby formally recommends Transportation Commission approval of the aviation SIB loan application submitted by the City of Colorado Springs for the Colorado Springs Airport dated December 3, 2020 for the purposes generally described in the application.

Passed this 9th day of December 2020.

_____________________ Chair Colorado Aeronautical Board

_____________________ Attest David R. Ulane, Director Colorado Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics




Action Item Summary - Colorado Aeronautical Board


AGENDA ITEM: 10 – Aviation Weather Cameras Phase II Additional Funding Request


RECOMMENDATION: CAB Approval of $20,000 in Additional FY2021 Funds for Aviation Weather Cameras Phase II

Action Item Summary:

Staff is requesting an additional $20,000 of FY2021 funding for Phase II of our Aviation Weather Camera initiative with FAA.

Background:

At the August 26, 2020 regular CAB meeting, the CAB approved $150,000 in FY2021 funding for phase II of our aviation weather camera initiative in collaboration with FAA. The phase II scope will install aviation weather cameras at ten key airports, again through a reimbursable agreement (RA) with FAA, where our Division funds the effort and FAA completes the work. At that time, we estimated that we would be able to install cameras at ten airports for that amount. The list of initial airports is attached to this memo.

As FAA has been finalizing their cost estimate in preparation of the RA, they have advised us that the total cost next year for these ten airports will be approximately $166,000, $16,000 more than our original estimate. Rather than eliminate one or possibly two airports, staff is requesting the CAB’s approval of an additional $20,000 of FY2021 funding for this initiative to maintain our original intent of completing ten airports next year. This amount would cover these airports, and provide a small contingency amount to cover any minor deviations from the $166,000 estimate upon finalization of the RA.

This requested change would not result in any net budget increase to the Division’s CAB-approved 2021 Statewide Initiatives budget. For FY2021, the CAB approved $250,000 for our Surplus Equipment Program, however our two sales in this fiscal year totaled $220,590, leaving $29,410 of remaining budget that can be reallocated for this request.




Link to Strategic Plan and/or State Aviation System Plan:

Implementation of additional aviation weather cameras to our state system has direct applicability to our Strategic Plan, specifically objective 3-4, which challenges us to “evaluate the existing AWOS program for any opportunities or possible deficiencies”. Weather cameras also have direct applicability to the Safety and Efficiency goal of our 2020 Aviation System Plan.

Financial Impact:

$20,000 increase to the Aviation Weather Camera Initiative Budget, zero net increase to the overall FY2021 Statewide Initiatives budget.


Division staff recommends CAB approval of $20,000 in additional FY2021 Division funding to fund Phase II of our Aviation Weather Camera Program, for installation next year of weather camera systems at up to 10 select Colorado mountain airports.

Attachments:

List of Phase II Aviation Weather Camera Candidate Airports



Colorado Phase II FAA Weather Camera Candidate Airports

ID Name Type Ownership33V Walden/Jackson County AWOS III AirportASE Aspen/Pitkin County ASOS NWSDRO Durango/LaPlata County ASOS NWSEGE Eagle County Regional AWOS III AirportGUC Gunnision/Crested Butte AWOS III FAAHDN Hayden/Yampa Valley AWOS III P/T FAALIC Limon Municipal ASOS NWSLXV Leadville/Lake County ASOS FAARIL Rifle/Garfield County ASOS NWSTEX Telluride Regional AWOS III Airport



November 30, 2020

From: William E. Payne, P.E. To: Colorado Division of Aeronautics

Section A – Remote Air Traffic Control Contract Progress Report #52

Re: Period: November 1 through November 30, 2020

Remote Tower Implementation

Mobile Tower Operational on Site 3/16/2020 3/16/2020 FNL Operational as a Controlled AirportController Remote Tower Familiarization 5/1/2020 Ongoing Controllers preparing for Alternate Phase 1 testing

Proposed Alternative Phase 1 Test Plan 6/19/2020 TBD Awaitng FAA lines of business concurrenceSTARS Remote Tower Display 4/25/2020 TBD Funds Transferred to the TAMR Program Office

TelecommunicationsConnect to City of Loveland Fiber Network 5/25/2019 Complete Awaiting City Service Initiation of "Crash Phone"

Federal Telecommunication Infrastructure (FTI) 7/15/2019 Complete Service Delivery Point (SDP) AWOS and FDIOSTARS Quad FTI Service Delivery Point TBD TBD Subject to FAA/ Harris availability

Remote Tower System System Upgrade - Tech Refresh In-Progress TBD Continuing System Site Adaptation In-Progress Ongoing Minor adaptation changes post Alt. Phase1 testing System Lockdown 11/20/2019 1/22/2020 Minor system and adaptation changes will continueRemote Tower Testing

Pre-Phase 1 Familiar ization & Evaluation 5/1/2020 Ongoing Passive Evaluation & Testing by FNL Controllers

Alternative Phase 1 - Passive Testing TBD TBD Awaiting FAA approval to move forward Safety Risk Manage Panel TBD TBD FAA Forecast Schedule 1 week duration

Safety Risk Management Document Signed TBD TBD FAA Forecast Schedule 6- 12 months Phase 2 - Active Testing TBD TBD Subject to FAA Phase 1 SRMD Signatures

Safety Risk Manage Panel TBD TBDSafety Risk Management Document Signed TBD TBD

Phase 3 - Industry-led IOC TBD TBDSafety Risk Manage Panel TBD TBD

Safety Risk Management Document Signed TBD TBDPhase 4 - Certification/Commissioning TBD TBD

Safety Risk Manage Panel TBD TBDSafety Risk Management Document Signed TBD TBD

Colorado Remote Tower ProjectActivity Status

Note: All dates reflect latest FAA proposed schedule and are subject to change

RemarksStatus/Start

Date (Projected)

ActivityFinish Date (Projected)



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Remote Tower Project Narrative:

It is hoped that the meeting with the Director of Air Traffic (AJT-2) on October 29, 2020, which resulted in his agreement to utilize local FAA resources with VFR ATCT experience to support a “demonstration” of the Colorado Remote Tower Project will energize the NextGen team to move forward.

There has been some, albeit limited, progress toward initiating the Alternate Phase 1 demonstration/testing due to the current elevated COVID 19 infection level. FAA Air Traffic has been experiencing issues with COVID 19 due to exposure of Air Traffic personnel throughout the NAS resulting in facilities being “gated” until they can undergo Level 3 cleaning. Colorado has had its share of disruption. As an example, Centennial ATCT was closed for cleaning and the Mid-shift was suspended temporarily due to exposure of controllers. Virtually all FAA facilities in Colorado have, to varying degrees, been impacted by this pandemic. FAA personnel exposed or thought to be exposed to the virus are required to quarantine for a period of two weeks. The FAA does not test people; however, if an individual elects to be tested and receives a positive result, they cannot return to the facility until they test negative.

The FAA relies on the Harvard Global Health Institute metrics to determine risk of travel to each facility base on the county in which it resides. The levels are red, orange, yellow and green. All counties must maintain a level of yellow or orange for a period of two weeks before FAA employees are permitted to travel to the facility. Larimer County is currently designated red, which is restricting FAA travel to the remote tower facility at FNL. FAA local subject matter experts (SME) will be unable to attend the think/talk aloud sessions until the county has two consecutive weeks designated as yellow or green.

There is quite a bit of interest in the remote tower by Denver Tracon managers and FAA ATCT controllers who have indicated a desire to volunteer in support of the demonstration at FNL.

We will be able begin talk/think aloud training of the Serco controllers until local SME can travel to FNL. The FAA’s contractors are finalizing the test scenarios to begin the training. It is not clear why the training material has not been completed before now, as Phase 1 testing was scheduled to begin last year.

It is hoped that these “demonstration” activities will convince the Headquarters FAA that these local SME can act in lieu of Headquarters resources during testing until the travel restrictions are lifted. In most cases, the local resources are more current on VFR ATCT operations than the people at Headquarters. An additional benefit to using local SME is that it will relieve the pressure on Headquarters resources after the lockdown is over.

It is unclear as to why FAA Headquarters has been reluctant to allow local resources to be substituted for Headquarters personnel as a temporary solution that would permit what is termed non-essential projects to move forward. If there is a bright spot in this whole mess, it is to offer an opportunity to develop alternative ways to deal with the next situation whether it be COVID 20, 25, or 30 that results from the travel that is part of this global economy or perhaps another situation that results in limiting travel.

After the Thanksgiving holidays, training of the Serco controllers can begin so we will be ready to proceed with the talk/think aloud sessions as soon as the FAA travel ban has been lifted and the local SME can participate in person.



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Proposed Remote Tower Testing Phases:

Projected Start Dates

TBD TBD TBD TBD

TBD TBD TBD TBD

Projected Completion Dates

Schedule Note: This status is based on the latest proposed schedule and is dependent upon availability of FAA resources to staff the remote tower and support the Phase 1 SRMP.

Moving forward becomes more important after FAA Planning and Policy determined that FNL is eligible for inclusion in the Federal Contract Tower (FCT) Program as a result of a positive benefit/cost (B/C) analysis (1.51). This determination is good for a period of five years after which the B/C is recalculated, sending FNL to the back of the line behind airports that have either constructed a legacy ATCT or implemented a remote tower system.

1.0 Program Description/Background

Phase III, remote airport traffic control tower, is a unique NextGen concept that is the logical next step from those begun in Phases I, II and III of the Colorado Surveillance Project to enhance safety and optimize efficiency at selected Colorado airports.

Tasks:

1. Concept of Operations

Effort this Period: The Concept of Operations will be evaluated and modified as a result of testing which began in Phase 0 and will continue throughout the various phases of system testing.

2. Concept of Use

Effort this Period: This activity has been eliminated as a required project document.

Alt. Phase 1 Passive

Operational Testing

Phase 2 Active

Operational Testing

Phase 3 Industry led

IOC

Phase 4 Certification/

Commissioning



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3. Safety Analysis

Effort this Period: Phase 1 passive testing has been postponed due to the COVID 19 pandemic restricting travel by the FAA evaluators. A date to begin Phase 1 has yet to be determined.

4. Requirements Document

Effort this Period: The Requirements Document will be evaluated during all subsequent testing phases of the project before a final document can be accepted.

2.0 Project Scope Task Narrative: Vendor evaluation and selection.

1. Pre-implementation – Complete.

Effort this Period: Complete.

3.0 Tasks Supporting the Scope of Work William E. Payne serves as the Program Manager, attending all project meetings as the technical representative for the Division of Aeronautics to ensure that the project meets the requirements of the Division and Colorado airports, and will monitor the project budget as necessary.

Task Narrative:

A series of technical interchange meetings will be held throughout the project as necessary to evaluate any technical issue identified during the various test phases.

4.0 Pre-Implementation Task Narrative: Tasks: 4.1 Evaluate Searidge’s technical approach.

Effort this period: Complete. 4.2 Participate in System and configuration design. 4.2.1 Review and approve the Searidge proposed system configuration.

Effort this period: This activity will begin again at the beginning of Phase 1 testing and after the items in the revised deficiency list have been addressed.



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4.2.2 Attend the Post Award Conference, Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, First Article Testing and Technical Interchange Meetings.

Effort this period: Post Award Conference: Complete.

4.3 Finalize the following:

4.3.1 Concept of Operations. The Concept of Operations is the controlling document describing the concept of the project and methods to support the concept.

Effort this period: The latest version of the Concept of Operations was preliminarily evaluated during Phase 0 which concluded on November 9, 2018 and the evaluation process will continue throughout the subsequent testing phases.

4.3.2 Concept of Use – The Concept of Use document describes how the Concept of Operations is to be used by the controllers as it relates to the Controller Handbook (FAA Order 7110.65).

Effort this period: This activity has been eliminated and removed from the required documents list.

4.3.3 Requirements Document – The Requirements Document describes a minimum set of capabilities for the system, airport, changes and adaptations to existing systems employed to support the Concept of Operations.

Effort this period: The Searidge Requirements Document continues to be mapped against the program requirements and will be revised, as needed, after each testing phase.

4.3.4 Safety Risk Management Document and Safety Risk Assessment – The Safety Risk Management Document is the controlling document that permits the system to be operated in the NAS, delineating hazards and the mitigation of those hazards.

Effort this period: Safety Risk Management Panels (SRMP) will be held at the conclusion of each testing phase and a signed Safety Risk Management Document (SRMD) will be required prior to proceeding to subsequent phases.

4.3.5 Develop System Configuration and Test Plan.

Effort this period: The system test plan is under development. There will be a unique test plan created for each test phase. Phase 1 Test plan is complete.



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5.0 Implementation:

Implementation Narrative:

Implementation/installation of the system has been completed and modifications to the system’s major components have been completed and locked down. Minor modification to the system and to the operation will be made as a result of data accumulated during Phases 1 and 2.

Tasks:

5.1 Program meetings and associated travel.

Effort this period: Program Implementation meetings will be ongoing throughout the program.

5.2 Vendor/FAA Site Survey

5.2.1 Attend site survey activities and review final site survey report.

Effort this period: Site Survey complete.

5.2.2 Review and approve infrastructure requirements.

Effort this period: Complete.

5.3 System Implementation and Equipment Deployment.

Effort this period: It has been determined that additional functionality in the form of video tracking and a standalone track-based display will be required as supporting situational awareness tools.

5.4 Certification Criteria Development.

Effort this period: The certification criteria was evaluated preliminarily during Phase 0 testing. As a result of the testing done in Phase 0, a number of system changes have been implemented for testing in Phase 1.

The two primary certifications required for this project to provide VFR control services at FNL:

System Equipment Certification – The FAA must certify the remote towerequipment as non-federal assets. The two major elements requiringcertification are:

o Video cameras and displayso Track-based display

System Functional Certification – The system will be tested as an airporttraffic control tower operating Class E airspace. The “system” must befinally certified to provide Class D airspace services.



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5.5 Safety Risk Management Document: Participate in the Safety Risk Management Panel’s development of the Safety Risk Management Document.

5.5.1 Develop Preliminary Hazards Analysis.

Effort this period: Preliminary Hazards Analysis development is underway in advance of testing.

5.5.2 Develop Safety Risk Analysis.

Effort this period: The Phase 0 Safety Risk Management Document has been signed allowing Phase 1 testing to move forward.

5.5.3 Provide feedback to the Phase 0 Safety Risk Management Document based on Preliminary Hazard Analysis and Safety Risk Analysis compliance with requirements.

Effort this period: Complete.

5.6 System Certification: Participate in the Certification Inspection.

Effort this period: No activity this period.

System certification activities will begin at the conclusion of the testing and evaluation period.

5.7 Phase 3 Initial Operating Capability Tasks: Attend meetings and activities leading up to Initial Operating Capability.

Effort this period: No activity this period.

5.8 Entreat the FAA to include the Northern Colorado Regional Airport’s (FNL) acceptance into the Federal Contract Tower Program subsequent to certification of the remote tower system into the NAS.

Effort this period: The Northern Colorado Regional Airport submitted an application for inclusion in the Federal Contract Tower (FCT) Program. The FAA’s Office of Plans and Policy has calculated the benefit/cost ratio and determined that FNL is eligible to be included in the FCT Program, but no approval has been given.

6.0 Project Milestones – Will correlate with FAA schedules.

Effort this period: A high level project schedule showing project milestones is an attachment to this report.

7.0 Remote Tower Project Deliverables

7.1 Site Survey and Report – Vendor

Status: Complete



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7.2 Concept of Operations – Searidge FAA NextGen-WEP&A

Status: Searidge submitted the latest version of the Concept of Operations. This document is dynamic and will require additional modification as the program moves forward into implementation, optimization and testing.

7.3 Concept of Use (if required) – FAA NextGen-WEP&A

Status: This document has been eliminated from the required documents list. Reference discussion above.

7.4 Requirements Document – FAA NextGen

Status: The latest version of the Requirements Documents is under review and will be modified as needed at the end of each testing phase.

7.5 FAT and SAT reports – Vendor and FAA NextGen

Status: Complete.

7.6 Safety Risk Management Document – FAA NextGen-WEP&A

Status: Pending final system configuration identification.

7.7 Initial Operating Capability and Operational Readiness Decision activities – FAA

Status: Pending project implementation.

7.8 Final written project report – WEP&A

Status: Pending project completion.

7.9 Monthly Progress Report to the Division of Aeronautics detailing the progress on each task and the anticipated activity moving forward.

Status: Current and ongoing.

Section B - Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)

Effort this period: We have been working with the CDOT group responsible for developing UAS Manual and a Safety Management System (SMS) that mimics the SMS used by the FAA. Should an incident occur CDOT would be able to demonstrate a process used to determine risks and hazards and mitigations for those risks. A key component of the SMS process will be to establish a hierarchy of CDOT personnel that would be responsible to accept various levels of risk, high, medium or low.



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Section C - Enhanced Situational Awareness for Non-Towered Airports

Effort this period: The effort to investigate various levels of service for non-towered airports is continuing. We remain in the process of developing a concept that would support improved air traffic services at non-towered low to medium activity airports in Colorado that are unable to qualify for acceptance into the Federal Contract Tower Program. Several of our Colorado airports have expressed an interest in implementing an advisory system that will employ various technologies such as those currently used in the Colorado Remote Tower Project at the Northern Colorado Regional Airport.



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Glossary of Project Technical Acronyms

ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast AGL Above Ground Level ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center ASDE-X Airport Surface Detection Equipment – Model X ASOS Automatic Surface Observation System ASR-9 Airport Surveillance Radar – Model 9 AWOS Automatic Weather Observation System ATC Air Traffic Control ATIS Automatic Terminal Information System CTAF Common Traffic Advisory Frequency ERAM En Route Automation Modernization FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAT Factory Acceptance Test (alternately - First Article Test) FDIO Flight Data Input/Output FTI Federal Communications Infrastructure (Harris Corp.) GA General Aviation HITL Human In the Loop HMI Human Machine Interface ILS Instrument Landing System IOC Initial Operating Capability IMC Instrument Meteorological Condition LOA Letter of Agreement MLAT Multilateration MSL Mean Sea Level (above) NAS National Air Space NATCA National Air Traffic Controllers Association NESG NAS Enterprise Security Gateway NextGen Next Generation Air Transportation System NORDO No Radio OTW Out of the Window RSA Runway Safety Area SAT Site Acceptance Test SMR Surface Movement Radar SMS Safety Management System SRA Safety Risk Assessment SRMD Safety Risk Management Document SRMDM Safety Risk Management Document Memorandum SRMP Safety Risk Management Panel SHA System Hazard Analysis SSHA Sub-System Hazard Analysis STARS Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System SWIM System Wide Information Management TAMR Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement TRACON Terminal Radar Control Facility UHF Ultra High Frequency VFR Visual Flight Rules VHF Very High Frequency VMC Visual Meteorological Condition



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ATTACHMENTS

1. FNL “Draft Graphic Remote Tower Timeline” as of November 30, 2020.



Colorado Remote Tower Timeline(Draft)

Alt Phase 1 Testing Remote Tower (Passive)

Phase 2Data Collection

/Analysis Active Op. Evaluation

Complete

Upcoming activity

Abbreviation KeySRMP - Safety Risk Management PanelFNL – Northern Colorado Regional AirportOps – OperationsOp Eval – Operational EvaluationTBD – To Be DeterminedIOC – Initial Operating CapabilitySAT – Site Acceptance TestMATCT – Mobile Airport Traffic Control Tower

Phase 2 Active Testing

TBD

In Progress

2020

Phase 3 Industry-Led IOC

TBD

2021

Phase 1 SRMD TBD

Phase 1 SRMD

Alt. Phase 1 Proposed 6/18/20

Note: Dates Reflect latest FAA proposed schedule change

Phase 2 SRMD TBD

Phase 2 SRMD

MATCTLive

3/16/20

Mobile Tower Operational

FAA Funded ?

Alt. Phase 1 Passive

TBD

Pre-Phase 1 Familiarization

And Evaluation

5/1/20

Phase 4 Certification/

Commissioning TBD

Mobile Tower Safety Mitigator




Informational Item Summary – Colorado Aeronautical Board


AGENDA ITEM: 12.1- 2021 CAB Advocacy Resolution


Informational Item Summary:

Annually each January, the CAB adopts a legislative/advocacy resolution outlining the CAB’s positions on a variety of legislative and policy issues affecting the Division and airports and aviation in Colorado. This resolution is an effective tool for the Director to utilize in articulating the CAB’s position on key advocacy issues. As state employees, Division staff may not take a legislative advocacy or lobbying role. As the Director, however, I can articulate positions taken by the CAB through a vehicle such as this resolution. Having these positions on key issues proactively confirmed by the CAB allows me to respond quickly when asked about a particular legislative or policy impact (from the CAB’s perspective) on aviation in Colorado. In the event an urgent issue arises that is not included in the year’s resolution, particularly one of significance, staff can convene a special CAB meeting to review the issue and update the resolution.

Attached is the latest 2020 CAB Advocacy Resolution, which was originally adopted in January 2020 and revised in June to add support for 100% federal match on FY20 FAA Airport Improvement grants. Please review this resolution and be prepared to discuss any additions, deletions or revisions that you feel should be incorporated into the 2021 resolution that will considered for formal CAB adoption at the January 25, 2021 regular meeting.

Link to Strategic Plan and/or State Aviation System Plan:

The annual CAB Advocacy Resolution helps the Division accomplish objective 4-3 of the Strategic Plan, which notes the Division will “Leverage the CAB to monitor the political climate and actively participate in the development of legislative positions that will support the fulfillment of the Division’s mission and vision statements.”




Financial Impact:

None


None- informational only.

Attachments:

2020 adopted CAB advocacy resolution.

