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IN SUPPORT OF THE DALLAS-FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
BOARD'S LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE TO REAFFIRM ITS AUTHORITY UNDER
THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORTS ACT
WHEREAS, the State Legislature enacted the Texas Municipal Airports Act 1947, which has
been amended from time to time thereafter;
WHEREAS, on September 27, 1965, the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth established the
Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Board under the Texas Municipal Airports Act to plan, establish,
operate, and improve Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport;
WHEREAS, the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth in a 1968 Agreement authorized the Airport
Board to proceed with the development of the Airport to be jointly owned by the Cities of
Dallas and Fort Worth and operated by the Airport Board;
WHEREAS, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was opened for airline service in January,
1974, located between the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, primarily within four cities and
two counties;
WHEREAS, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport has grown to be the second busiest
airport in the world today and is projected to be the world's busiest by the year 2000;
WHEREAS, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport must expand to meet the growing air
traffic needs of the North Texas region, the State of Texas, and the entire national air
transportation system;
WHEREAS, after twenty years of growth and development at DFW International Airport, the
Airport Board's authority to control its own larid use and development as permitted under the
Texas Municipal Airports Act is being challenged;
WHEREAS, the Dallas/Fort Worth International Board must have the authority to operate,
develop, and expand the Airport to ensure the safety of the traveling public, to maintain its
competitiveness in the market, to meet the projected needs of the traveling air public, to
protect 31,000 jobs and a S30 billion stimulus to the Texas economy over a twenty year
period, to increase the capacity of the national air transportation system by 15%, to reduce
delay costs which impact the airlines and traveling public, and to prevent developmental
gridlock by being subject to the control of numerous independent non-proprietor cities;
OFFICIAL RECORD
CITY SECRETARY
FT. WORTH, TEX.
CITY OF FORT WORTH
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WHEREAS, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board desires through a legislative
initiative to reaffirm its authority, provided to the Airport Board under the Texas Municipal
Airports Act, to control operations, development, and land use at Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH:
SECTION 1. That the City of Fort Worth supports the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Board's legislative initiative to reaffirm its authority under the Texas Municipal Airports Act
to operate, develop, zone, and regulate land use at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.
SECTION 2. That such legislation reaffirm Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Board's
power, in addition to all other powers contained in the Act, to plan, acquire, establish, and
develop, construct, enlarge, improve, maintain, equip, operate, regulate, zone, protect and
police Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and its associated air navigation facilities and
airport hazard areas.
SECTION 3. That such legislation reaffirm the right already expressly given to the Airport
Board to acquire property, if so authorized by the City Councils of Dallas and Fort Worth,
through eminent domain proceedings including those public roads and streets reasonably
necessary for the operation and development of the Airport.
~~~ SECTION 4. The importance of this legislative initiative to the North Texas region, the
entire State of Texas, and the national air transportation system, as a whole, warrants the
passage of this Resolution.
Adopted on this day the'l7[./'~of December, 1992.
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City Secretary
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