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RESOLUTION NO. 9.506
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO PREPARE
A REPORT FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED
IF THE CITY WISHES TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT
STRUCTURE OF THE LITTLE ROCK NATIONAL AIRPORT
COMMISSION, WISHES TO ABOLISH THE COMMISSION,
OR WISHES TO RECONSTITUTE THE COMMISSION;
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Airport Commission ("the
Commission"') was initially created as the result of Little Rock,
Ark., Ordinance No. 8511 (1950), an initiated ordinance
originally that has been subsequently amended in part by the
Little Rock Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Board of Directors repealed Little
Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 8511 (1950), as part of an ordinance
codification process, but maintained an airport commission
within the Little Rock Code adopted on June 19, 1961; and
WHEREAS, this codification was repealed and readopted as a
part of Little Rock, Ark., Ordinance No. 15,599 (July 18, 1988),
which is currently referred to as the Little Rock, Ark., Rev.
Code; and
WHEREAS, as a result of several issues that have been the
basis of public discussion, the Board of Directors is interested
in determining if it is desirable or in the best interests of
the City to maintain the Commission under its current structure,
to create a Department of Aviation to operate under the City
Manager, or to somehow reconstitute the Commission; and
WHEREAS, any such action should be considered carefully so
that a prudent and responsible decision is made that protects
the best interests of the City, the Commission, the entities and
individuals that contract for airport business, and the
thousands of persons that use the airport facilities on an
annual basis.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager is directed to prepare a report
for the Board of Directors that sets forth what issues must be
considered by the Board of Directors if a prudent and
responsible decision to maintain, abolish, or reconstitute the
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Little Rock National Airport Commission is made. To assure a
review of all relevant factors, the City Manager's report is to
include a review of all issues that may be relevant. This review
shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a)
What factors the Board of Directors should
consider in determining whether to maintain
or restructure the Commission;
(b)
If other cities have abolished an airport
commission or authority and developed an
aviation department;
(c)
What strengths and weaknesses other cities
that have aviation departments see in
maintaining such a management structure;
(d)
What new issues the Board of Directors and
the City Manager will face if an aviation
department is created such as: personnel
issues, management issues, purchasing issues,
airline contracts or lease agreements,
concessions and rental car agreements, and
provisions for professional services;
(e) What options the City has, other than
requiring that one Commission member hold an
aeronautical rating, to impose criteria for
membership on the Commission other than being
a qualified elector; in doing so, the City
Manager should check with other cities to see
what criteria they impose for airport
commission or authority members;
(f) How the City will comply with the U.S.
Department of Transportation, Federal
Aviation Administration requirements to
assure the separation of Airport revenues
from other City revenues in the normal budget
process;
(g) What other federal regulatory issues the City
will face directly that are now under the
jurisdiction of the Airport and how the
responsibility for these issues will be
handled under the current form of government;
(h) Any other issues that the study of the above
matters raise including the feasibility of
the privitization of the airport operations.
SECTION 2. The City Manager is directed to work with the
Airport Manager and identify in detail all Airport specific
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management issues that must be dealt with by the City and, the
City Manager is to outline a program for dealing with such issues
under the management form of government.
SECTION 3. The City Attorney is directed to prepare a section
of this report that outlines any ordinance amendments, procedure
amendments, contractual amendments, modifications or amendments of
bond documents, and contractual obligations the City faces if it
decides to create a separate aviation department. This section is
to include drafts of any such ordinances or resolutions, a process
of amending any other such documents, and a time frame for
reasonably and prudently accomplishing any required changes.
SECTION 5. This report, including any proposed documents,
ordinances, resolutions, contracts, or other writings, is to be
provided to the Board no sooner than October 15 1995, and no later
than November 14, 1995.
ADOPTED: September 19, 1995
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