City of M

arianna Runw

ay #18/36 Extension

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Com

plete Information to A

pplication Questions

City of M

arianna Florida Job G

rowth G

rant Fund Public Infrastructure G

rant Proposal

1A. Project T

itle: Runw

ay #18/36 extension at the Marianna A

irport Com

merce Park

Project Description: The project is located at the 1,500 acre M

arianna Airport C

omm

erce Park. The prim

ary runway at M

arianna Municipal A

irport, Runw

ay #18/36, is currently 4,900 feet in length w

hich is insufficient to accomm

odate larger business jets as well as attracting

aerospace industries. The proposed project is to lengthen the runway to 6,000 feet w

hich has signed and sealed design plans and has since been perm

itted through the Northw

est Florida W

ater Managem

ent District. (See A

ttachment A

) The Environmental R

esource Permit w

as issued M

arch 18, 2016. (See Attachm

ent B) C

onstruction may com

mence as early as N

ovember

2017, subject to a funding award. A

ll required land is owned by the C

ity of Marianna. (See

Attachm

ent A)

In 2015, the Florida Departm

ent of Economic O

pportunity (DEO

) provided a grant through the R

ural Infrastructure Fund program to assist w

ith obtaining McC

allum Sw

eeney (MS) Industrial

Site Certification for 237 acres adjacent to R

unway #18/36. This G

ulf Power C

ompany

sponsored MS C

ertification program w

as the first of its kind in the State of Florida. Along w

ith D

EO and G

ulf Power, both Jackson C

ounty and the City of M

arianna contributed funding for the M

S Site Certification. The site received its official M

S Certification on February 5, 2015. (See

Attachm

ent C) Funding for the runw

ay extension is the critical next step to enhance this C

ertified Site. A video depicting the site m

ay be viewed at:

http://ww

w.floridafirstsites.com

/marianna-airport-com

merce-park .

The City of M

arianna has been unable to successfully compete for aerospace projects w

hich have instead located at nearby airports in A

labama and G

eorgia. Aerospace opportunities abound in

the area due to proximity to Ft. R

ucker, Eglin and Tyndall Air Force B

ases. Included herein is a com

mitm

ent letter from the SkyW

arrior Flight training, Inc. to begin a pilot training school contingent upon the runw

ay extension. (See Attachm

ent D1)

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1E

. Provide a detailed explanation of how the public infrastructure im

provements w

ill connect to a broader econom

ic development vision for the com

munity and benefit

additional current or future business:

The project site is the City of M

arianna Airport C

omm

erce Park, located within the C

ity limits of

Marianna. The C

ity partnered with G

ulf Power C

ompany to establish a C

ertified Site at the m

unicipal airport. In 2015 the City w

as successful in obtaining certification by McC

allum

Sweeney C

onsulting for a 237-acre parcel of City Property near the Prim

ary Runw

ay at the A

irport. See aerial of conceptual development for the 237-acre site. (See A

ttachment A

) By

extending the City’s R

unway #18/36 to 6,000 feet, the extended runw

ay will provide runw

ay frontage to the C

ertified Site. For the past fifty-plus (50) years, the C

ity has put forward the M

arianna Airport C

omm

erce Park properties as a potential location for m

any prospects. In all cases that involved Targeted Industries associated w

ith aviation, as defined by the State of Florida, the City has not been

selected for a site visit due primarily to the lim

ited runway length of the existing runw

ay. The C

ity presently has several aviation businesses located at the Marianna M

unicipal Airport

which w

ould be directly impacted by a runw

ay extension up to 6,000 feet. Attached are letters of

support from of those businesses that express support and the positive im

pact on business expansion and job grow

th. (See Attachm

ents D1-D

4) The runw

ay being extended was originally part of a U

.S. Arm

y Air C

orps Base on 2,000-plus

acres constructed in the early 1940’s (during World W

ar II). It is the primary north-south

runway and w

as again used as part of a U.S. A

ir Force pilot training facility from 1952 to 1962.

The closure of Graham

Air Force B

ase devastated the Marianna area and resulted in a loss of

roughly 25% of the county population w

hen comparing the 1960 to 1970 census.

Since 1962 (55 years) Marianna and Jackson C

ounty has repurposed roughly 40% of the form

er A

ir Force Base land area that exceeds 2,000 acres. A

pproximately 1,150 jobs are now

located at the M

arianna Airport C

omm

erce Park. How

ever, less than 50 of these jobs are “aviation related”. It is our vision to take our 237 acre M

cCallum

Sweeney/G

ulf Power “C

ertified Site” and the adjoining A

irport Com

merce Park properties to increase our “aviation related” job producing

activities (as described elsewhere in this application for funding).

With the proposed increase of runw

ay length from 4,900 to 6,000 feet in itself w

ill increase the chances and im

prove our competitive posture w

ith Alabam

a, Georgia and other Southeastern

U.S. states and be instrum

ental by adding hundreds, if not thousands of jobs and millions of

dollars in capital investment and increased tax base to the area econom

y.

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1 F. Provide a detailed description of, and quantitative evidence dem

onstrating, how the

proposed public infrastructure project will prom

ote:

Econom

ic recovery in specific regions of the state; The C

ity of Marianna is located in Jackson C

ounty, Florida which has been identified as a R

ural A

rea of Opportunity (R

AO

). Rural A

reas of Opportunity are defined as rural com

munities, or a

region composed of rural com

munities, that have been adversely affected by extraordinary

economic events or natural disasters. The G

overnor by executive order may designate up to three

RA

Os, w

hich establishes each region as a priority assignment for R

ural and Economic

Developm

ent Initiative (RED

I) agencies and allows the G

overnor to waive criteria of any

economic developm

ent incentive including, but not limited to: the Q

ualified Target Industry Tax R

efund Program under section 288.106, Florida Statutes (F.S.), the Q

uick Response Training

Program and the Q

uick Response Training Program

for participants in the welfare transition

program under section 288.047, F.S., transportation projects under section 339.2821, F.S., the

brownfield redevelopm

ent bonus refund under section 288.107, F.S., and the rural job tax credit program

under section 212.098, F.S. and section 220.1895, F.S. Marianna is a part of the

Northw

est Rural A

rea of Opportunity.

E

conomic enhancem

ent of a Targeted Industry;

Florida is one of the world’s leading m

anufacturers in the aviation and aerospace industry. It is a m

ajor center for flight training and MR

O, and hom

e to many m

anufactures of aircraft and aviation/aerospace com

ponents. More than 85,000 Floridians w

ork in Florida’s aviation and aerospace industries. Florida is hom

e to more than 65,000 active duty m

ilitary personnel, 30,000 plus civilian personnel associated w

ith military, 9,000 plus annual m

ilitary separates, and over 1.6 million

veterans. SkyW

arrior Flight Training, Inc. is a Part 161 aviation training program at M

arianna Airport

Com

merce Park and has stated that by extending R

unway #18/36 it w

ould facilitate additional grow

th to their company and business in the form

of jobs and revenue for Jackson County. (See

Attachm

ent D1) Support letters from

Air Prop Specialist, Safari H

elicopter and others is found in A

ttachment D

2-D6.

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2B

. Provide the proposed comm

encement date and num

ber of days required to complete

construction of the public infrastructure.

The proposed work, 1100-foot extension of R

unway #18/36, has been com

pletely designed perm

itted through the Northw

est Florida Water M

anagement D

istrict and ready for com

mencem

ent of construction Novem

ber 1, 2017. The plans and permits w

ere obtained in M

arch, 2016. The City is currently advertising the project for construction w

hich will provide

for 180 days of construction.

2C. W

hat is the location of the public infrastructure?

The Runaw

ay #18/36 Extension is at the Marianna A

irport Com

merce Park located at 3686

Industrial Park Drive, M

arianna, FL 32446. (See Attachm

ent A)

2E. W

hat permits are necessary for the public infrastructure project?

The only permit required for construction is a N

WFW

MD

Individual Environmental R

esource Perm

it. The Permit N

umber: IN

D-063-17286-1 w

as issued on March 18, 2016. A

copy of the perm

it is attached. Therefore, construction may be started im

mediately. (See A

ttachment B

)

2G. W

hat is the future land use and zoning designation on the proposed site of the infrastructure im

provements, and w

ill the improvem

ents conform to those uses?

The current Land Use and Zoning of the proposed runw

ay extension site is Industrial. The site is also located in the Industrial Special Treatm

ent Area O

verlay, which provides incentives for

industrial development.

The proposed project, extending Runw

ay #18/36 to 6,000 feet does NO

T require any type of Land U

se change or Zoning Change; the extension is fully com

patible with approved zoning

and/or comp plans.

2J. Does this project have a local m

atch amount?

Yes. This includes State G

rant funding, city land donation and private funds: Florida D

epartment of Transportation (FD

OT) for runw

ay extension design $154,565

Florida Departm

ent of Transportation (FDO

T) for Environmental A

ssessment

$134,300 D

epartment of Econom

ic Opportunity for Site C

ertification work

$172,635 Land provided by C

ity of Marianna valued at

$126,263 G

ulf Power funding for Site C

ertification work

$ 10,000

T

otal Match

$607,763

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2K

. Provide any additional information or attachm

ents to be considered for this proposal.

As further docum

entation, the proposed project will prom

ote Economic R

ecovery, in May 2008

the Jackson County D

evelopment C

ouncil (JCD

C) responded to a R

equest For Information (R

FI) distributed by Enterprise Florida, Inc. (EFI), and aviation Targeted Industry “SK

Y PILO

T”. The C

ity of Marianna and JC

DC

response to the RFI m

et all requirements described in the R

FI except for one (1). The one Project R

equirement the C

ity was unable to m

eet was the runw

ay length required by the client w

hich was 6,000 feet. A

s you can see from the attached Project

Response, the C

ity would have satisfied the Project R

equirements if the C

ity had a 6,000 foot runw

ay. We proposed to extend 1,000 feet…

but the client could not wait. (See A

ttachment E

) To quantitatively docum

ent the proposed project will prom

ote economic recovery and enhance

Florida’s Targeted Industries the City, w

e obtained assistance from C

hipola Workforce in

providing Economic Im

pact Reports for tw

o (2) aviation industry sectors which are show

n below

:

AIR

CR

AFT

PAR

TS A

ND

AU

XIL

IAR

Y E

QU

IPME

NT

MA

NU

FAC

TU

RIN

G

Marianna A

irport – 30 min radius A

nnual Impact of O

ther Aircraft Parts and A

uxiliary E

quipment M

anufacturing (Event Size = 400)

D

irect Indirect

Induced T

otal Em

ployment

400 279

136 815

Sales/Output

$63,803,340 $21,986,747

$10,088,263 $95,878,350

Source: JobsEQ

®

Marianna A

irport - 60 min radius A

nnual Impact of O

ther Aircraft Parts and A

uxiliary E

quipment M

anufacturing (Event Size = 400)

D

irect Indirect

Induced T

otal Em

ployment

400 378

162 940

Sales/Output

$63,803,340 $35,014,732

$12,167,214 $110,985,286

Source: JobsEQ

®

Marianna A

irport - 75 min radius A

nnual Impact of O

ther Aircraft Parts and A

uxiliary E

quipment M

anufacturing (Event Size = 400)

D

irect Indirect

Induced T

otal Em

ployment

400 385

164 949

Sales/Output

$53,355,670 $30,256,883

$10,359,014 $93,971,567

Source: JobsEQ

®

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AIR

CR

AFT

MA

NU

FAC

TU

RIN

G

Marianna A

irport - 30 min radius A

nnual Impact of A

ircraft Manufacturing

(Event Size = 400)

D

irect Indirect

Induced T

otal Em

ployment

400 280

187 867

Sales/Output

$63,764,716 $20,961,104

$12,336,752 $97,062,573

Source: JobsEQ

®

Mariann A

irport - 60 min radius A

nnual Impact of A

ircraft Manufacturing

(Event Size = 400)

D

irect Indirect

Induced T

otal Em

ployment

400 425

211 1,036

Sales/Output

$63,764,716 $41,408,595

$14,408,680 $119,581,991

Source: JobsEQ

®

Marianna A

irport - 75 min radius A

nnual Impact of A

ircraft Manufacturing

(Event Size = 400)

D

irect Indirect

Induced T

otal Em

ployment

400 429

213 1,042

Sales/Output

$61,056,716 $40,044,768

$13,887,641 $114,989,125

Source: JobsEQ

®

4 A. If the governm

ental entity is awarded grant funds based on this proposal, w

hat approval m

ust by obtained before it can execute a grant agreement w

ith the Florida D

epartment of E

conomic O

pportunity? B

ased on the City of M

arianna Charter Section 3.06(a) M

eetings, the comm

ission shall meet

regularly at least once in every month at such tim

e and places the Com

mission m

ay prescribe by rule. Special m

eetings may be held on call of the m

ayor or of a majority of the m

embers and

whenever practicable, upon no less than tw

elve (12) hours’ notice to each mem

ber and the public. Therefore, the C

ity of Marianna w

ould be able execute a grant agreement w

ithin 12 hours of notification by the Florida D

epartment of Econom

ic Opportunity.

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3 C

. Provide a detailed budget narrative, including the timing and steps necessary to

obtain the funding and any other pertinent budget-related information.

The total project cost is $2,586,085. The City is requesting $1,978,322 in grant funds and the

other $607,763 has been provided from the other sources as follow

s: FDO

T provided $ 288,865 for the engineering design and perm

itting of the runway extension. C

ity of Marianna provided

$10,000 for the site certification process. DEO

provided $172,635 toward the site certification

process. The City of M

arianna is providing $126,263 in land value for the runway extension.

Funding from all other m

atching sources of funds have been secured and the site certification, engineering design and perm

itting work has been com

pleted. Therefore, timing is not an issue

with the other sources of m

atching project funds. Since all engineering design and permitting

has been completed, the C

ity is ready to begin construction imm

ediately upon award of the Jobs

Grow

th funds. Engineers Opinion of Probable C

ost for runway construction can be found in

Attachm

ent F.

4. Approval and A

uthority

A. B

ased on the City of M

arianna Charter Section 3.06(a) M

eetings. The Com

mission shall

meet regularly at least once in every m

onth at such time and places the C

omm

ission may

prescribe by rule. Special meetings m

ay be held on call of the mayor or of a m

ajority of the m

embers and w

henever practicable, upon no less than twelve (12) hours’ notice to

each mem

ber and the public. Therefore, the C

ity of Marianna w

ould be able to execute a grant agreement w

ithin 12 hours of notification by the Florida D

epartment of Econom

ic Opportunity.

B. N

ot Applicable

C

. The Marianna C

ity Attorney has provided a letter attesting to authority having been

provided by action of City C

omm

ission. (See Attachm

ent G)