HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2018-R0083 - Local Passenger Facility - 02/22/2018Resolution No. 2018-R0083
Item 6.13
February 22, 2018
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK,
TEXAS, SUPPORTING MODERNIZATION OF THE LOCAL PASSENGER
FACILITY CHARGE PROGRAM AS PART OF FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION BEFORE THE
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States of America must reauthorize the
programs of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); and
WHEREAS, Congress will consider changes to the local Passenger Facility
Charge (PFC) program as part of Reauthorization legislation;
WHEREAS, Congress as part of the annual appropriations process for fiscal year
2018 is considering a bipartisan proposal to increase the local PFC cap to $8.50 for
originating passengers;
WHEREAS, Congress in 1990 recognized that funding sources for airport
development were insufficient to meet pressing local and national needs and authorized
local airport authorities to impose a local user charge known as the PFC subject to a federal
cap to support capital improvement projects;
WHEREAS, The PFC is a local airport user fee that is established locally,
instituted locally, and used locally to meet critical local airport needs;
WHEREAS, Procedures exist to ensure that air carriers and the public have the
opportunity to comment on each airport's PFC application and the proposed projects the
PFC supports;
WHEREAS, The federal PFC cap has not been adjusted since 2000 when
Congress set it at $4.50, and rising construction costs have eroded the purchasing power of
the PFC by approximately 50 percent;
WHEREAS, The City began collecting a PFC in 1993 and has collected over $41
million for use in the Airport Capital Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, Direct federal funding through the FAA's Airport Improvement
Program has remained stagnant in recent years;
WHEREAS, the two national airport organizations representing a majority of
airports across the United States, the American Association of Airport Executives and
Airports Council International — North America, have requested a modernized PFC
program to give airports local self-help to meet growing infrastructure development needs
since significant additional federal funding is unlikely to materialize.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
To Support modernizing the Passenger Facility Charge to restore purchasing power and
provide the City and other local communities the ability to set individual PFC user fees
based on locally determined needs and insuring the safety and security of their airports.
ADOPTED this 22nd day of February , 2018.
L,
DANIEL M. POPE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Reb ca Garza, City Secretar
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Kelly Cam ftbelLrA, Executive Director of Aviation
, First Assisfant City Attorney
RES.PFC Cap Program 2018
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