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Sustainability Plan for Colorado General Aviation Airports COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DIVISION OF AERONAUTICS

Agenda  Introduction  Background on Sustainability  Financial and Operational Sustainability  Project Overview  Implementation  Summary & Questions

National Initiative  Project being prepared through assistance of FAA grant  FAA has funded 45 sustainability planning projects to date  Five GA airport plans - Virginia also preparing a GA airport plan  FAA has issued guidance and lessons learned  Sustainability likely to be further incorporated into airport master planning

Goals  Sustainability for Colorado GA airports means remaining viable  Goal is to make a plan APPLICABLE and USEFUL to all sizes of GA airports  Provide easy-to-use tools for GA airports to survive and thrive  Educating Colorado’s GA community on on how sustainability can BENEFIT your Airport  Success will be defined by airports finding value in this plan If you can’t USE it – It’s not SUSTAINABLE!!

Benefits  Protect our GA airports and keep them open  Recommended goals and initiatives to increase viability  Financial  Community relations  Operations  Customized Sustainability Plan for each Colorado GA Airport  Scalable and flexible  Useful in enhancing efficiency and sustainability at airport

What is Sustainability? Triple Bottom Line :  Economic: Implementing practices that enhance achievable cost savings, increased revenues, and improved viability.  Social: Ensuring the health and safety of airport users and neighbors and improving relations with the community  Environmental: Reducing damage to and reliance on natural resources

Sustainability for Colorado’s GA Airports What is most important to this sector? VIABILITY: Adaptability to a changing financial environment SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COMMUNITY: Communication with neighbors and local governing bodies; awareness of airport’s and community’s needs. EFFICIENT OPERATIONS: Improve effectiveness and performance

Financial and Operational Sustainability Sustainability “It’s about the Green ( ) and the Green ( )”

Financial and Operational Sustainability  Reasons for Financial and Operational Sustainability – Helps realize the Mission and Vision for the Airport – Helps achieve the Airport’s Goals and Objectives – Maintains compliance with Airport Assurance #24 , the FAA requires that any obligated airport be as financially self-sustaining as possible given the circumstances that exist at the Airport – NPIAS , Airports should be permanent with assurance that they will remain open for aeronautical use for the long term

Financial Sustainability  Steps toward Financial Sustainability – Measurement of existing internal and external financial resources – Measurement of existing operating and capital expenditures – Identification of future internal and external financial resources – Identification of future operating and capital expenditures

Financial Sustainability  Airport’s Mission, Vision, Goals, and Objectives – Are the existing internal and external financial resources sufficient? – How do the existing operating and capital expenditures contribute? – Will the future internal and external financial resources be sufficient? – What will be the contribution of the future operating and capital expenditures?

Financial Sustainability  The three legs of the stool of Financial Sustainability – Financial Planning  By Department (Administration, Airside, Landside, Real Estate) – Financial Resource Diversification  Federal, State, Local, Internal, Aviation, Non-Aviation, Operationally, Etc. – Accounting Principals and Systems  Financial Statements (Statement of: Net Assets, Financial Activities, and Cash Flows)

Operational Sustainability  The three legs of the stool of Operational Sustainability – Operational Planning  Airport Functions (Based Aircraft, Transient Aircraft, Tenants, Subtenants, Aviation, Non-Aviation, Etc.) – Operational Management  Inspections and Reporting; Safety and Security; Maintenance and Repair  Staffing; Vehicles and Equipment; Vendors and Suppliers – Operational Systems  Tracking and Measuring (Operations, Fuel Volumes, Based Aircraft, Vehicles, Etc.)

Financial and Operational Sustainability  In essence: – Where is the airport today? Point A – Where do you want the airport be tomorrow? Point B – How is the airport going to get there? From Point A to Point B “If you don't know where you are going, you'll end up someplace else.” Yogi Berra

Sustainability Tool Kit

Project Scope & Process Stakeholder Engagement & Project Committee Establishment Sustainability Mission Statement/Policy Development Sustainability Goal & Metric Identification Sustainability Management Plan Template Creation Tool Kit Development Guidance Document Preparation Case Studies/Proof of Concept Roll-Out and Implementation

Stakeholder Committee  CDOT Staff  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)  Colorado Airport Operators Association (CAOA)  Case Study Airports  Centennial Airport  Rifle Garfield County Airport  Fremont County Airport  Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)  Denver International Airport  Signature Flight Support (fixed base operator)

Main Elements of a Sustainability Plan  Definition of Sustainability and Mission/Vision Statement  Inventory of Existing Conditions  Categories of Focus  Goals/Metrics  Initiatives  Outreach

CDOT Sustainability Definition/Mission Statement Sustainability is to maintain and enhance the long-term viability of general aviation airports across Colorado in a way that properly balances economic, social, and environmental pressures while still meeting the operational needs of an airport.

Sustainability Focus Categories and Goals  Goals are meant to help meet the Sustainability Focus Categories: overall objectives of an airport Financial Planning/Building Design  Selection of Goals for each airport Operations Social/Community depends on: Energy Water  1) the characteristics of the airport Climate/Air Quality  2) the sustainability focus of the Natural Resources Waste airport Noise

Sustainability Goals Goals will be provided for different levels of effort: Generalized Goals: less measurable; difficult to confirm attainment Specific Goals: measureable; easy to track Financial Operations Planning/Building Design Generalized Goals Generalized Goals   Develop and maintain facilities and infrastructure at Enhance airport economic vitality by maximizing the airport to support long-term, efficient, flexible aeronautical and non-aeronautical revenue growth. opportunities.   Set the standard for sustainable practices for similar Reduce expenses. airports across the state by integrating sustainable Specific Goals approaches and practices into day-to-day operations  Reduce dependence on subsidies by increasing Specific Goals existing revenue streams by ____% by 20XX.  Develop environmental guidelines for future  Reduce dependence on subsidies by decreasing development. operating expenses by ___% by 20XX.  Integrate sustainability into all major airport planning documents and contracts, where applicable.

DRAFT Template for the Sustainability Tool Kit

Online Guide  Introduces the purpose of the Sustainability Tool Kit  Provides background on Sustainability related to Airports (including references)  Explains the process of working through the Tool Kit to develop a Sustainability Plan

Baseline Checklist  Baseline Inventory:  Defines characteristics of an airport  Provides benchmark for progress  Baseline Data Sources:  Aviation System Plan  CDOT Airport Directory  Economic Impact Study  Manually input data

Plan Type Selection  The Sustainability Tool will allow for two different Plan Types: Streamlined option: Complex option:  Draw-down menus; limited entry  Draw-down menus; detailed fields entry fields; manual inputs  Mostly Automatic Selection  Mostly Self-Selection  Focus Categories/Goals  Choices for automated options standardized by baseline data or customized options  Populated Plan  Semi-automatic Populated Plan

Integration of Sustainability Tool Kit Template into WIMS Program Template WIMS Program Next Step

Case Studies/Proof of Concept  Implement at three representative airports  Refine tool kit  Provide reference for others  Demonstrate benefits and ease of use

Roll-Out and Implementation  Establish a “final” project deliverable  Refine (beta test) through case studies  Conduct regional workshops/webinars  Share successes among airports  We want your help!

Summary of Project Goals  Protect our GA airports and keep them open  Get education and buy-in by the airports  Better buy in and involvement means better end results  Direct benefit to airports  Scalable and flexible  Colorado airports and nationally  Easy to use  Strategic project rollout  Education  Interactive community

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