HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2015-R0160 - Modernizing Passenger Facility Charge - 05/28/2015Resolution No. 2015-R0160
Item No. 6.19
May 28, 2015
RESOLUTION NO.2015-R0160
k 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
kDMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION BEFORE THE
JNITED STATES CONGRESS.
WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States of America must reauthorize the
ns of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) prior to expiration of their
Authorization on September 30, 2015; and
WHEREAS, Congress will consider changes to the local Passenger Facility
(PFC) program as part of Reauthorization legislation;
WHEREAS, Congress in 1990 recognized that existing sources of funding for
)rt development were insufficient to meet pressing local and national needs and
orized local airport authorities to impose a local user charge known as the PFC
ect to a federal cap to support capital improvement projects;
WHEREAS, The PFC is a local airport user fee that is established locally,
;d locally, and used locally to meet critical local airport needs;
WHEREAS, Procedures exist to ensure that air carriers and the public have the
portunity to comment on each airport's PFC application and the proposed projects the
C supports;
WHEREAS, The federal PFC cap has not been adjusted since 2000 when
ingress set it at $4.50, and rising construction costs have eroded the purchasing power
the PFC by approximately 50 percent;
WHEREAS, The City began collecting a PFC in 1993 and has collected over $37
Ilion for use in the Airport Capital Improvement Program; and
WHEREAS, Direct federal funding through the FAA's Airport Improvement
:)grain has declined some $150 million annually in recent years;
WHEREAS, the two national airport organizations representing a majority of
ports across the United States, the American Association of Airport Executives and
rports Council International — North America, have requested a modernized PFC
gram as part of the 2015 FAA Reauthorization process to give airports local self-help
meet growing infrastructure development needs since significant additional federal
ading is unlikely to materialize.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
To Support modernizing the Passenger Facility Charge to $8.50 now and
indexing it for inflation to restore the original 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 28th day of May 2015.
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GLENf. OBER SON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Rel cca Garza, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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ellKT�pbe I, Executive Director of Aviation
APPROVED AS TO
Mitchell e, First Assistant City Attorney
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