12-14-1983 Special Meeting Industrial Development Corporation Board of Directors

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I - ".' ";."^~~,..~G;'~":-"':;"";'iV7 '~'-,;;.-""',."-r;-~",.;;;...--~--:---.;;;-~~,,,"~-,,,;,;_=:.=~ Minutes, Public ~ring and Special Called AIlting, L a Porte City Council December l4, 1983, Page 6 . Airport was the one with the highest designation for a reliever airport. So was Lakeside Airport, Hull Airport, Ellington Air Base, and Montgomery County Airport. There were five(5). I talked with Fred Phillips, Councilman from Bay town and he was also on this particular airport connnittee. But Fred, unfortunately, wasn't trying to push La Porte, unless he could get Bay town in there as a reliever, also. They have a private airport and he voted to have l2 reliever airports instead of 5. They didn't have a set number to start with. They had some parameters, the City staff, and I'll leave this to Jack to address further, but City staff here has been in connnunication, as you've received letters from Jack, to Jack Steele, executive director regarding this issue. And they, in turn, will be at the Friday public hearing at 10 o'clock at HGAC Headquarters. At that time we are in hopes that the airport connnittee will change their mind. We think that they have some figures, that they didn't look into the correct information regarding La Porte. We believe they'll change their mind, but in the meantime as an alternate to the Board of Directors, and I know a lot of these people--I've been starting to contact them--and I'm working on that particular thing. This will be received by the Board of Directors on December 20th. They . will not make a final decision until the January meeting. councilkerson Longley: How much influence do they have? Do they ma e the final decision or does the Federal Aviation Administration make the final decision? Councilperson Skelton: I think the F.A.A. will have a lot to do with it and we're in hopes our staff will work through F.A.A. in this. However, I think they normally depend on your local, regional cogs. So that we have 2 different possibilities. Number 1 is to change the Airport Connnittee's response to this lead and get them to add another reliever airport, being La Porte. Councilperson Matuszak: Do you think we need to get Mike Andrews and a few other representatives involved in this? City Manager Owen: I don't know that that would do a great lot of good. One airport, being Bay town, did have a telegram from their congressman there yesterday, and it did not sway them at all. Councilperson Skelton: We have 2 representatives of Home Rule Cities, being Tom Ried of Pearland and Sandra Pickett of Liberty. These 2 people can have a great influence. Also, Mary Elizabeth Wilbanks, past president of HGAC is a Councilwoman in Bay town. We talked briefly and we're gonna talk tomorrow. I think that . we'll be prepared by the time this staff gets through with their presentation Friday. I'm optimistic right now that we'll turn it around.