O-2016-3652 Repealing Ordinance No.1583 and Adopting an Ordinance Establishing an Airport Advisory Board

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ORDINANCE NO. 2016- 3652 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1583, ADOPTED ON APRIL 25, 1988, WHICH ESTABLISHED AN AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT; HEREIN ESTABLISHING AN AIRPORT ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE CITY OF LA PORTE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT; ESTABLISHING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD; APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE BOARD; CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby expressly repeals Ordinance No. 1583, adopted on April 25, 1988, which established an airport advisory board for the City of La Porte Municipal Airport, as well as all other ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent or in conflict herewith. Section 2. The City Council of the City of La Porte hereby establishes an Airport Advisory Board for the City of La Porte Municipal Airport. The Airport Advisory Board shall consist of six (6) persons chosen in accordance with the following six (6) categories, each of whom (with the exception of Position 6) shall serve for the initial terms designated, and thereafter for a three-year (3) term, or until a successor shall have been appointed and duly qualified, to -wit: Position 1: shall be a Fixed Base Operator lessee at the City of La Porte Municipal Airport. Position 2: shall be a licensed pilot with an aircraft housed at the City of La Porte Municipal Airport. Position 3: shall be a licensed pilot who is a resident of the City of La Porte with an aircraft housed at the City of La Porte Municipal Airport. Position 4: shall be a resident of the City of La Porte. Position 5: shall be an individual in a leadership position approved or suggested by the Chancellor of the San Jacinto College. Position 6: shall be the City of La Porte Municipal Airport Manager. Each year the members of the Board shall elect from among their number a chairman and a secretary. Future appointments to the Board shall be made by the same method and at the usual time as other routine appointments to City of La Porte boards, committees, and commissions. The following persons are named to the City of La Porte Airport Advisory Board, and shall serve for the initial term indicated or until their successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified.