26-Memorandum of Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

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Ow U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Southwest Region 2601 Meacham Blvd. Administration Logistics Service Area Fort Worth, TX 76137 Mr. Jerry Richey Airport Manager 6780 Collier Drive Paris, TX 75462 Dear Mr. Richey: Subject: Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) DTFACN-1 I-L-00075 Navigational Aid Facilities Cox Field Airport Paris, Texas To improve administrative efficiency, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made a national policy determination to use the new format of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to cover required land sites and easements for existing navigational aid (NAVAID) facilities operated by this agency. The MOA contains similar terms and conditions provided under the current no-cost land leases. There are many practical reasons for this decision. It is very labor intensive for both the airport and the FAA to attempt to maintain the paperwork. Also, the current lease process requires legal descriptions of the property the Government is leasing. The new MOA process eliminates the use of legal descriptions and utilizes a listing of identified facilities. Current research of our records verifies that the FAA has installed and is maintaining five (5) facilities that are covered under three (3) separate lease agreements at Cox Field, Paris, Texas. Leases DTFA07-93-L-01143, DTFA07-02-L-00725 and DTFA07-97-L- 01103 will be terminated and consolidated into the superseding MOA document. It is our belief that the airport sponsor will benefit from the new process, as much as the FAA does. It will no longer be necessary for the airport sponsor to ensure that the legal descriptions are accurate, thus saving time and money. Many airports are currently under the new system and the necessary approvals go through much quicker. 176