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• RESOLUTION NO-,-"
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WHEREAS, the Empire Air Lines, Inc., has filed
an application before the Civil Aeronautics Board for a
temporary exemption order pursuant to Section 416 of the
Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as amended, for authorization
to engage in iar transportation with respect to mail, persons,
and property between Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, and
Seattle, Washington, via Yakima, Washington, and
WHEREAS, the Empire Air Lines, Inc., has served a
copy of said application upon the Chief Executive of the
City of Pasco, and
WHEREAS it appears to the best interest of the City
of Pasco and its inhabitants that such an exemption order be
granted Empire Air Lines, Inc., and
'WHEREAS, it is extremely vital to the interests of
the public in this community that the operations of the
Inland Air Ways, Inc., be continued without disruption, and
WHEREAS, a large number of individuals and businesses
regularly make use of airline passenger service between
Walla Walla, Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, Yakima, and
Seattle, Washington and
,ATIEREAS, there has-been a steady growth of population
and business in Southeastern Washington increasing the
needs of air service over the aforesaid route, and
WHEREAS; the City of Pasco has had many requests
by business houses, civic organizations and individuals for
its support to secure direct airmail service between
Walla Walla, Seattle and..Int.ermediate points, and
WHEREAS, such airmail service is of vital importance
i to the inhabitants of this community, and
WHEREAS, the.nhabitants of this community reglaire
a quick mail and passenger service tie-up with coastal points
including Legislative Sessions, Supreme Court hearings and
other business at the State capital in Olympia, and
WHEREAS* Pasco is the center of a large and busy
construction area involving development of the Columbia
River, and the nearby Hanford Engineer Works has added.
to the need for adequate air transportation, and
WHEREAS, the proposed discontinuance of the operations
of Inland Airways, Inc., presents an emergency situation to
the City of Pasco, which the City believes to be .the
appropriate subject of an exemption order so as to avoid the
disruption of a vital transportation link from this city
to the West Coast via intermediate points, N014, THEREFORE,
BE IT'RESOLVED, that the City of Pasco requests and
it does hereby request, the Civil Aeronautics Board, acting
pursuant to the provision s of Section 416 (b) and such
other provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938, as
amended, as may be appropriate, issue an'immediate order
temporarily exempting Empire Air Lines, Inc., from the
provisions of Section 401 (a) of the Act insofar as the
enforcement of said provisions would otherwise prevent the
Empire Air Lines,.Inc., from immediately engaging in air
transprrtation with respect to persons, property and mail
between Walla Walla, Pasco, Kenneti•Jick,.Richland and Seattle,
Washington, via Yakima, Washington, and
DE IT RESDLVED, that such exemption granted by the
Civil Aeronautics Board continue until such time as the
subject. service is authorized by inclusion on the certificate
.of a local service carrier by airyand
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution
be placed on file JI, efore ;the .-Civil - Aeronautics Board in
Washington; D, C' "
.Passed by the CITY'C v OF THE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON this 30th 'day, pe, , 19 0.
ATTEST: Mayor-
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