Item C05BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: April
18,
2007
Division: Airports
Bulk Item: Yes
X
No
Department: Florida Keys Marathon Airport
Staff Contact Person: James R. "Reggie" Paros/6002
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of Cooperative Agreement with National Weather Service
for Aviation Weather Observations
ITEM BACKGROUND: See attached memo
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION: None
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES: This is a new cooperative agreement
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS: Approval
TOTAL COST: $12,000 estimate for BUDGETED: Yes No X
equipment/installation
Airport Fund
COST TO COUNTY: same SOURCE OF FUNDS: Non Ad Valorem
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No N/A AMT PER MONTH N/A PER YR N/A
APPROVED BY: County Atty YES OMB/Purchasing YES Risk Management YES
DOCUMENTATION:
DISPOSITION:
Revised 8/06
Included X Not Required
AGENDA ITEM #
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
FLORIDA KEYS MARATHON AIRPORT
James R. "Reggie"Paros, Director/Manager
9400 Overseas Highway, Suite 200
Marathon, FI. 33060
Telephone: (306) 289-6002/289-6060
Facsimile: (306) 289-6071
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MEMO
TO: Monroe County Board of County Commissioners
FROM: James R. "Reggie" Paros, Director
Housing and Community Development
Florida Keys Marathon Airport Manager
SUBJECT: Agenda Item: Cooperative Agreement with National Weather Service for
Aviation Weather Observations
DATE: April 1, 2007
Since commercial air service resumed at the Florida Keys Marathon Airport on February 15, 2007, there
have been occurrences where the Automatic Surface Observation System (ASOS), which provides weather
related information at the airport was not available; an outage of this type has the potential to result in delays,
cancellations or the aircraft being diverted to the Key West International Airport.
The attached Cooperative Agreement with the National Weather Service provides for a Supplementary
Aviation Weather Reporting Station -II (SAWRS-II), where an observer provides backup to the ASOS. The
observer will provide back-up for critical elements during ASOS outages, including the wind direction, speed
and character, visibility, present weather, sky condition, temperature/dew point and altimeter setting.
It will be the County's responsibility to provide, install, operate and maintain all manual or backup
observing equipment.
JRP/sd
NNVS) 10-1306 Decem1wr 26, 2000
Exhibit A - «'S Form TI-13 Coo per.itix e Agreenic-0 for Aviation Weaitfier Observations
WS Form B-12
(4-02)
U.S. Department Of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(Pres.byNWSI10-1306) National Weather Service
COOPERATIVE AGRI EtiIF.ti1 FOR AVIATION WEATHER OBSERVATIONS
Station
Stutc
Effective pate
Name of Cooperator
Time of Observations
1. Responsibilities of ,.hc Govcrnmentt
1. Provide applicable observing handbooks, training handbook, instructions and forms required for taking and recording
observations,
2. Provide technical guidance to the cooperator in the establishment and perform the initial inspection of a station.
3. Administer certification examinations to observers.
4. Conduct two station inspection visits annually.
5. Provide quality control of observations and technical guidance as requested.
II. Responsibilities of the Cooperator:
1. Provide, install, operate, relocate if necessary, protect and maintain, all manual or backup observing equipment in accordance
wi':h NVV, standards as described in NWSI 10-1302 and WSOH tl8.
2 Provide ;pace to properly site and operate equipment in accordance with NWSI 10-1302,
3. Provide observations to own company aircraft, and when required, to a dc,a�nated N W S or FAA facility,
4. Provide at least 1 qualified perr:on certified to observe and record the wcutbcr observation or clement(s) in accordance with
NW`;I 10-1306, and WSOH #8 handbook,
5. Mail the original observational forms to a NW S facility as directed,
6. Make all observations taken and recorded, available to all other local aviation interests,
7. Inform the NW S when a change in flight schedules results in a change in the schedule of observations,
8. Annotate and return the certificates of former employees to the issuing authority,
9- Permit N W S officials access to the station
10. Provide additional services as listed on WS Form B-12.
111. This agreement may be terminated by either party upon written notice to the other.
COOPERATOR NOAA, NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
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WS Form B-12 Cooperative Agreement for Aviation Weather Observations
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