The City of Kenai will receive a nearly $1.6 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration for repairs to the apron space — where airplanes are parked and stored — at the Kenai Municipal Airport.

The city council last month enacted an ordinance through a rare, truncated single reading process. City Manager Terry Eubank said that’s because of a sharp turnaround to accept the grant money from the FAA. The ordinance calls for accepting $1.58 million, directing $83,000 for a required local match, and awarding a pair of contracts for the construction work.

HDL Engineering Consultants, of Anchorage, will be paid $208,160 for architectural and engineering work. CR Contracting, based in Bend, Oregon, will be paid $1.27 million for crack repair, sealing and pavement marking.

Per a memo

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