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Mow WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration has recommended
to the City Council -of the City of Fort Worth that a new southside
airport be constructed in and by the City of Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth has requested that the North
Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) conduct a study to
evaluate the feasibility of the construction of such an airport
facility; and
WHEREAS, PRC Speas , a planning/research company ("the consultant"
has been retained by the NCTCOG to conduct a site selection study;
and
WHEREAS, said consultant has recommended a site for such an
airport facility in a report entitled "South Tarrant County Airport
Site Selection Study" dated May 1980; and
WHEREAS, in that study said consultant has recommended a site
described therein as the Alternate Oak Grove Site; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has found and determined that said
site recommendation as submitted is proper in form and in substance
-- in response to the requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration
and that the same ought to be approved, as a consequence of which the
City staff shall be authorized to proceed with the further planning
and construction of a new municipal airport to be owned and operated
by the City of Fort Worth; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has found and determined that the
land enclosed within the boundaries of the Alternate Oak Grove Site
as reflected on Exhibit 7-1, included as a part of said consultant
study, is needed for essential public airport and essential govern-
mental purposes ;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
1. That the findings and determinations contained in the pre-
amble of this resolution are hereby made a part hereof and are hereby
confirmed and adopted.
2 . That the PRC Speas recommended development program as set
' forth on pages 7-1 thru 7-2 of the South Tarrant Site Selection
Study is hereby in all things approved for the location of a new
municipal airport to be located in the City of Fort Worth.
Q . hat the City of Fort Worth Airport Board and the City
staff are hereby authorized to proceed with the planning, construction
and operation of a new mu J63-pa airport to be located in the City
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of Fort Worth.
: - That the Map of the boundaries of such a new airport as
shown on Exhibit 7-1 to said consultant study, said map being noted
as the Alternate Oak Grove Site, consisting of 535 acres of real
property, is hereby adopted and approved as the site for said airport .
5. That the approval by the City Council of the City of Fort
Worth of such airport site is subject to review by the Federal
Aviation Administration and all other applicable federal and state
agencies as to any environmental impact on the area surrounding said
site.
6. That this resolution contains and relates to matters' of
urgent public necessity and should be therefore effective im-
mediately upon this adoption as a resolution and official act of
the City Council of the City of Fort Worth.
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