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

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Position 1: Deborah Rihn-Harvey, fixed base operator lessee; term expiring August 31, 2019. Position 2: Grant Tucker, licensed pilot with an aircraft at the airport; term expiring August 31, 2019. Position 3: Gerald Gay, licensed pilot who is a resident of the City with an aircraft housed at the airport; term expiring August 31, 2019. Position 4: Hector Villarreal, resident of the City; term expiring August 31, 2018. Position 5: Van Wigginton, Provost, San Jacinto College, individual in a leadership position approved or suggested by the Chancellor of the College; term expiring August 31, 2018. Position 6: Sharon Valiante, City of La Porte Municipal Airport Manager; serves without term. Section 3. It is the intent and purpose of the City Council that the Airport Advisory Board advise City Council from time to time on matters relating to the most desirable and efficient operation of the City of La Porte Municipal Airport. To this end, it is the desire of the City Council that members of the Board establish a communication liaison with the City of La Porte management staff on matters relating to the operation of the City of La Porte Municipal Airport. Further, it is the desire of the City Council that the Airport Advisory Board review, from time to time, the City of La Porte Airport Master Plan, and recommend to City Council any updates or revisions to such Airport Master Plan. It is the desire of City Council that the Airport Advisory Board make recommendations to City Council on such matters as rules and regulations, and traffic patterns for operations at the City of La Porte Municipal Airport, and for any needed improvements to the facilities at the Airport, including such matters as navigational aids, zoning requests, height restrictions, community development, and the like, as well as any other improvements which the Board feels would enhance the utility of the City of La Porte Municipal Airport to its users and to the community at large. Section 4. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this Ordinance shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed each section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, irrespective 2