HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2019-025 Authorizing Airport Director to submit an application for entry into the Federal Contract Tower Program MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2019-025
RELATING TO THE MARANA REGIONAL AIRPORT; AUTHORIZING THE
AIRPORT DIRECTOR TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR ENTRY INTO THE
FEDERAL CONTRACT TOWER PROGRAM AT MARANA REGIONAL AIRPORT
WHEREAS A.R.S. § 28-8411 authorizes the Town Council of the Town of Marana
to undertake all activities necessary to acquire, establish, construct, own, control, lease,
equip, improve, maintain, operate and regulate an airport; and
WHEREAS the Town of Marana, Arizona is the owner and operator of the
Marana Regional Airport; and
WHEREAS the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has instituted a Federal
Contract Tower Program for providing air traffic control services at small airports
where the level of aviation activity has reached a minimum threshold to justify the
establishment of an air traffic control tower; and
WHEREAS the aviation activity at the Marana Regional Airport is presumed to
have reached the FAA's minimum threshold for establishing an air traffic control tower
under the Federal Contract Tower Program; and
WHEREAS the Town of Marana desires the Federal Aviation Administration to
establish air traffic control services to enhance the safe use of the Marana Regional
Airport; and
WHEREAS the Federal Aviation Administration requires the submission of an
application as a prerequisite for consideration and acceptance as a candidate for entry
into the Federal Contract Tower Program and to thus become eligible for financial
assistance to develop and equip an air traffic control tower that meets the FAA's siting
and design standards which when completed, will be funded and operated by certified
contract air traffic controllers.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE TOWN OF MARANA, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Airport Director is hereby authorized to submit an application
with the Federal Aviation Administration for consideration as a candidate for entry into
the Federal Contract Tower Program.
SECTION 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana,
Arizona, this 19th day of March, 2019.
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Mayor Ed Honea
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ARABIA AZ
ESTABLISHED 1977
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