December 2023

REMEMBERING RETIRED MISSOURI AVIATION DIRECTOR, LLOYD PARR

Lloyd Byron Parr, 92, of Jefferson City, Missouri, passed away peacefully Tuesday, November 7, at his home. Lloyd worked for MoDOT from 1974 until his retirement as Aviation Director in 1997.

   Lloyd proudly served his country in both the United States Navy and United States Air Force. He served as an Aircraft Mechanic while in the Navy and as a Surveyor, Draftsman, and Engineer while in the Air Force. He retired from the Air Force as a Master Sergeant in 1973.

   His accomplishments and recognition include the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 from the Missouri Airport Managers Association (MAMA) for his strong contributions to Missouri aviation. Most notable was his work to help establish a protected State Aviation Trust Fund with dedicated funding from state taxes on aviation fuel sold in Missouri. This system remains in place and benefits all Missouri airports to this day. He was also instrumental in Missouri joining the State Block Grant Program.



CALL FOR CIP

It’s that time of year again, for the “Call for CIP!" Sponsors, please get with your consultants and/or consultants, get with your sponsors and update your CIP in ASM. Links to the letters that were sent out during October are below:

CIP 2025 NIPIAS Airports Letter

CIP 2025 State Letter

Submissions will be due Dec. 15.  Also, please send Brian Boehmer (brian.boehmer@modot.mo.gov) a copy of all CIP submittals when complete. 

If you have not sent in yet, please include your plan to expend BIL AIG Allocated funds with your CIP plan. The 2022 BIL needs to be under grant before September of 2025!

MISSOURI AIRPORT PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX / PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE

If your airport had a pavement condition inspection last year, we now have the updated results on MoDOT’s Aviation IDEA tool here: https://idea.appliedpavement.com/hosting/missouri/. This tool contains pavement condition information for NPIAS airports across the state. You will find the most pertinent information on your airport under the airport details section. You can find your individual airport pavement management report by going to airport details, selecting your airport, clicking network, then documents. 

If your last pavement inspection was held in 2020, you should be inspected again this year. Work required for this project includes collecting work history information pertaining to the pavement system and a visual inspection of pavements at the airports. The results of this effort will assist you and MoDOT in understanding the current condition of your airfield pavements and provide tools to assist in the future management of these pavements. You can expect to see this information updated around late October next year. If there is an immediate need for this data for prioritizing projects, please let us know as soon as possible so your airport data can be prioritized. (Please note, you would only receive pavement condition data, not a full report. We only want to do this if there is a specific/immediate need for this information.) Woolpert may contact you to obtain needed work history information. A representative of Applied Pavement Technology (APTech) will contact you to plan for the visual pavement evaluation which will likely occur in December or January (depending on the weather). The inspectors will have radios and all necessary vehicle markings including a strobe light, and will work around the aircraft traffic with as little interference as possible. There should be no reason to close the airport while they are there. You may issue a NOTAM about the inspection work, however the work is weather and travel dependent so please check with APTech to confirm the schedule.



ANNUAL DBE (Disadvantage Business Enterprise) UPDATE

LAST CALL! Did you know MoDOT Aviation has an overall 15.49% Federal Program DBE goal? Each year we must compile DBE activities on federally funded aviation projects throughout the state for submission to the FAA. This submission shows where the department's progress with awarded, ongoing and completed projects throughout the year. This year, MoDOT has updated its DBE reporting sheet to mirror the FAA DBE Uniform report. This change should result in consistency on reporting requirements for consultants who work across state lines. The primary differences between our sheet and the uniform report are the MoDOT version of this reporting sheet has additional guidance, cells that auto calculate percentages and totals and error checks utilizing conditional formatting to show where additional review is needed. There is also a data combiner file which will allow combining data from multiple contracts within the same project, sponsor and consultant. As is typical, the compiled data is due by the start of December so there is an opportunity for staff to review submitted data and compile all data for the FAA. MoDOT is always looking for opportunities to improve, so any feedback on changes to the new system is appreciated.

ON TO GREENER PASTURES

Andy Hanks has left our Aviation team and moved into a new role as a Design Support Engineer for MoDOT’s Design Division. He will be missed! If you see him out and about, please congratulate him.