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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0947 ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 947 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING HUGHES AIRWEST TO PROVIDE INTERIM PROPJET SERVICE TO THE TRT CITIES AIRPORT DURING A PERIOD OF RUNWAY REPAIR. WHEREAS, due to runway improvements, it is necessary that the Tri Cities Airport will have limited operation, closed to heavy aircraft traffic, for a period of 35 days, from May 20th to June 25, 1974, and WHEREAS, this construction will provide Airwest, as well as other air carriers, safe and acceptable service, as well as enabling the use of larger aircraft, and WHEREAS, the air hoardings from the Tri Cities Airport for the year 1973 consisted of 51,444; and the average for 1974 is 5,000 boardings per month, a ratio of one to one for deplaning of approximately 5,000 persons, and WHEREAS, since there are some estimated 10,000 people using the Hughes Airwest Service to and from the Tri Cities monthly, it must be recognized that the service provided to the Tri Cities by Hughes Airwest, as a major airline carrier, is an absolute necessity to the welfare and economy of the Tri -Cities, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, requests Hughes Airwest to make a concerted effort between this date and the date of May 20, 1974, to provide propjet aircraft shuttle service between the Tri Cities and Yakima, Washington, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Hughes Airwest file a complete report for public reading through the Tri Cities Chambeil of Commerce as to alternate methods reviewed in determining said type of shuttle transportation between the Tri Cities Airport and the City of Yakima, Washington, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to Hughes Airwest Management Personnel, the Civil Aeronautics Board, and Congressional Delegation in Washington, D.C. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, on this 19 day of March, 1974, and signed in authentication of its passage this 19 day of March, 1974. K0000 DONALD D. LINTON, MAYOR ATTEST: G HARRY -D. KI ER, ACTINX CITY,d7ANAGER AND EX -OFFICIO TY CLERK �/ APPROVED AS TO FORM: D. WAYNE CAMPBELL, CltY ATTORNEY