HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 3818 - Application - TDOT - Passenger Facillity Charge Program, LIA - 02_27_1992Resolution No. 3818
February 27, 1992
Item #5
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Aviation Safety and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990 (P.L.
101-508) amends the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 so as to enable public
agencies which control commercial service airports to request authority
from the United States Department of Transportation to impose passenger
facility charges (PFCs) for enplaned passengers at such airports; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to P.L. 101-508, the City of Lubbock may request
authority to impose a PFC of either $1, $2 or $3 on enplaned passengers at
the Lubbock International Airport for the purpose of obtaining revenue with
which to finance airport -related projects; and
WHEREAS, a public agency which desires to impose a PFC at its commer-
cial service airport must first submit an application for authority to
impose such a fee to the Department of Transportation (DOT) in the form and
containing the information required by DOT regulations; and
WHEREAS, the Airport Board of the City of Lubbock has determined that
requesting authority from the DOT to impose a passenger facility charge for
enplaned passengers at Lubbock International Airport is in the best inter-
est of the citizens of this City, and such Board has recommended to the
City Council that an application requesting such authority be made to the
Department of Transportation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby accepts the Airport Board's recom-
mendation; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the Director of Aviation for Lubbock International Airport BE
and is hereby authorized and directed to submit to the United States
Department of Transportation an application and any additional documents
necessary to obtain authority to impose a passenger facility charge on
enplaned passengers at the Airport in accordance with the Aviation Safety
and Capacity Expansion Act of 1990.
Passed by the City Council this 27th
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APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Bern Case, Director of Aviation
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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'HArold Wiar Assists t City Attorney
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B. C. MCTIINN, MAYOR
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