HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-2016-3652 Repealing Ordinance No.1583 and Adopting an Ordinance Establishing an Airport Advisory BoardORDINANCE 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.
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
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of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase, or clause, or part thereof, may be declared
invalid.
Section 5. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites, and declares that a
sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was
posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law
preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Chapter 551, Texas Government
Code; and that this meeting has been open to the public as required by law at all times during which
this ordinance and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and formally acted
upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves and confirms such written notice and the contents
and posting thereof.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be in effect from and after its passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED, thisZa 4ay of 2016.
ATTEST:
Patrice Fogarty
City Secretary
APP 0 D:
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Clark T. Askins
Assistant City Attorney
CITY OF LA T XAS
By:
Loui R. Ri by
Mayo
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