Director Gehman offered to update the Commission on pending zoning legislation at a future meeting. These agreements incorporate a financial management system approved by the Federal Aviation Administration dating back to the 1970s. As part of that system, upon request from the airport sponsor, the Department of Transportation will handle the bidding process. The department's Bureau of Finance handles this process, in conjunction with other bids advertised and let by the department. The bid review committee includes a representative of the Bureau of Aeronautics.
Successful bidders enter into an agreement directly with the airport sponsor.
Because of that, no further Commission approval of these bids has been required. A problem arose last spring due to changes in staffing and changes made to the highway bidding process. With the STC meeting the third week of the month, approval of the contracts would be delayed until the STC meeting date. Aeronautics staff were asked to develop a procedure to avoid this situation in the future. The draft process outlined above has been submitted to the department's Bureau of Finance for input.