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RESOLUTION
• WHEREAS, in 1968, the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth agreed to build a regional
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airport to replace Dallas Love Field and Greater Southwest International Airport as directed by
the Civil Aeronautics Board; and
WHEREAS, the airlines serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex pledged to move to the
new regional airport; and
WHEREAS, Southwest Airlines chose to keep Dallas Love Field as its headquarters;
and
WHEREAS, in 1979, U.S. House Leader Jim Wright of Texas drafted an Amendment
known as the "Wright Amendment" to the International Air Transportation Competition Act of
1979 passed by the U.S. Congress, which permitted air carrier service between Love Field and
Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico; and said amendment was subsequently
amended by the Shelby Amendment to add Kansas, Alabama and Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, there exists a movement to repeal the Wright Amendment; and
WHEREAS, such repeal may adversely affect air operations at the Rochester
International Airport through reduced Federal Airport Improvement Program funding
opportunities and reduced enplanements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that the City expresses it support for keeping the Wright Amendment in place as
currently drafted until the FAA terminates air carrier operations at Dallas Love Field as directed
by the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1968.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk and Rochester International Airport
Manager make this Resolution known to the appropriate:public officials.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS 1_7M— DAY F �� , 2005.
PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST:
CITY CLEOK
APPROVED THIS ) Tom D' Y OF O60 h°JL_ , 2005.
MAYOR OF SAID CITY
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