HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2743~~ !~ - A Resolution
Approving an Amendment to the Contract and Agreement Between the City of Fort
Worth, Texas and the City of Dallas, Texas dated Apri115,1968.
WHEREAS, in 1968, the Cities of Fort Worth and Dallas, pursuant to State law
entered into the Contract and Agreement, effective April 15 1968, authorizing and
directing the D-FW International Airport Board (the 'Board'), acting on behalf of the
owner Cities, to proceed with the design, construction, development and operation of D-
FW International Airport (the Airport); and
WHEREAS, Paragraph 8.F of the Contract and Agreement authorizes the Board
to adopt and enforce rules and regulations for the orderly safe, efficient and sanitary
operation of the Airport, and to prescribe reasonable penalties for the violation of any
rule or regulation not exceeding more than $200 fine; and
WHEREAS, subsequently State law was amended to increase the maximum fine
for (i) a Class C misdemeanor from $200 to $500, and (ii) an ordinance violation from
$200 to $500 except for violation of a fire safety zoning, or public health and sanrtahon
regulation, for which the maximum fine increased to $2000• and
WHEREAS, on February 1 2001 the Board approved a Resolution No. 2001
02 55 requesting that the Cities of Fort Worth and Dallas amend Paragraph 8.F of the
Contract and Agreement, relating to the maximum fine amount the Board may set, to
permit the Board to prescribe the higher fines for violations of its rules and regulations,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS THAT
SECTION 1 Following approval as to form by the Crty Attorney the City
Manager is hereby authorized to execute an amendment to the 1968 Contract and
Agreement between the Cities of Fort Worth and Dallas, amending Paragraph 8.F to
permit the Board to prescribe reasonable penalties for violation of the Airport's rules and
regulations not exceeding the maximum fines authorized by State law
CITY OF FORT WORTH
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its passage m accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth,
and it is accordingly so resolved.
ADOPTED this c~ ~ ~ day of June 2001
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Kenneth Barr
Mayor City of Fort Worth
ATTEST
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APPROVED AS T~YI'ORM.
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David L. Yett
City Attorney
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