File #: ID#22-0940    Version: 1 Name: Airpark Vendor Approval and Authorization to Negotiate
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 8/26/2022 In control: Marine & Aviation
On agenda: 9/15/2022 Final action: 9/15/2022
Title: Approve the Selection Committee's recommendation for the Clearwater Airpark Fixed Base Operator (RFP 38-22), authorize city staff to engage in negotiations with FlyUsa Inc. and Paradise Ventures, for the purpose of establishing a lease and operating agreement for Fixed Base Operator (FBO) services at Clearwater Airpark.
Attachments: 1. 38-22_Addendum 1_07.06.22 (2), 2. 38-22_Addendum 2_07.13.22 (1), 3. 38-22_Addendum 3_07.21.22, 4. 38-22_Evaluation Scoring Sheets and Notes_08.11.22, 5. 38-22_FBO Services - Clearwater Airpark (4), 6. 38-22_Links to Presentations, 7. 38-22_Presentation Questions, 8. 38-22_Presentation Ranking Sheets and Notes_08.22.22, 9. 38-22_Response_Listing, 10. Clearwater Airpark Inc, 11. Clearwater Airpark Services, 12. Clearwater BlueSkies response to RFP 38-22, 13. Exhibit 1_Airpark Lease 2012, 14. Exhibit 2_Rent and Fuel flowage, 15. Exhibit 3_Civil Air Patrol, 16. Exhibit 4_Airpark Lease Property Aerial, 17. Exhibit 5_City Code AirPark, 18. Exhibit 6_Clearwater Airpark ALP, 19. Exhibit 7_Airpark Appraisal Final Report, 20. FlyUSA, 21. Tab 6 documents - Clearwater BlueSkies proposal

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Approve the Selection Committee’s recommendation for the Clearwater Airpark Fixed Base Operator (RFP 38-22), authorize city staff to engage in negotiations with FlyUsa Inc. and Paradise Ventures, for the purpose of establishing a lease and operating agreement for Fixed Base Operator (FBO) services at Clearwater Airpark.

 

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SUMMARY: 

The Clearwater Airpark has been in operation since 1939.  It is currently leased to and operated by Clearwater Airpark Incorporated.  This company has operated the Airpark under the terms of that lease for twenty-two years.  The lease’s final option expires on November 31, 2022.  Accordingly, the City was required to issue RFP 38-22 to identify a vendor capable and interested in entering into a new lease agreement for the management and operation of Clearwater Airpark.

The RFP was issued on June 29, 2022 and closed on August 8, 2022.  Four responses were received.  Of the four respondents, the development partnership of FlyUSA Inc. and Paradise Ventures was unanimously selected by the committee tasked with evaluating those proposals.  The committee requested that the top three respondents, identified after the review of those proposals, make presentations to the committee.  The presentations took place on August 22, 2022.  Again, the committee felt that the development partnership of FlyUSA and Paradise Ventures presented a vision that was most closely aligned with the RFP.  The RFP solicited proposals that envisioned the possibility of higher value but safer and less intensive operations, a commitment to capital improvements, as well as an understanding of the Airpark’s relationship with the neighborhoods and a commitment to maintain and enhance communications with all users and the neighborhoods.

City staff is requesting council approval to negotiate with the development partnership of FlyUSA and Paradise Ventures in advance of preparing a final agreement to include financial obligations and returns, operational considerations, and management terms. Once negotiations have concluded, a final agreement will be brought back to Council for approval.

 

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