Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an lnterlocal Cooperation Agreement between the City of McKinney and the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas for the Design and Construction of a Public Safety Aviation Facility at McKinney National Airport
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: 3.1: Implement initiatives and strategies, including public-private partnerships, to attract and expand corporate and commercial aviation including the viability of passenger service.
3.2: Identify and implement land use regulations and policies which preserve and expand long-term operational excellence.
MEETING DATE: May 19, 2026
DEPARTMENT: Airport
CONTACT: Kenneth Carley, A.A.E., Airport Director
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of the Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an Interlocal Agreement with the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Interlocal Agreement with the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas ("DPS") provides for the design and construction by the City of McKinney ("City") of a public safety aviation facility at McKinney National Airport for use by the DPS identified as McKinney National Airport Project AI2459, Texas Department of Public Safety Facility.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* On August 1, 2023, the City Council approved an agreement the Texas Department of Transportation ("TxDOT") for McKinney National Airport Project AI2459, Texas Department of Public Safety Facility.
* TxDOT and the City of McKinney entered into a Grant Agreement, dated October 12, 2023, identified as a "State Assisted Airport Development Grant" (the "TxDOT Grant"), through which TxDOT granted Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the "Grant Funds") to City as the "Sponsor" for the design and construction of a public safety aviation facility at McKinney National Airport for use by the DPS.
* The City of McKiney committed to contribute a "Local Match...
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