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RESOLUTION NO. 02-024
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF
"INLAND EMPIRE AIRPORTS FIRST"
WHEREAS, the Southern California area including Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties is served by more commercial airports than
any other major metropolitan area in United States; and
WHEREAS, available Southern California Airports include: Los Angeles
International Airport, Burbank Airport, Long Beach Airport, Ontario International Airport, Orange
County Airport, Palmdale Airport, March GlobalPort, San Bernardino International Airport,
Southern California Logistics Airport, and Palm Springs Regional Airport; and
WHEREAS, the greatest population growth in Southern California during the
coming centuries will occur in the Inland Empire Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino; and
WHEREAS, Los Angeles International Airport, Burbank Airport, Long Beach
Airport, and Orange County Airport are all located in highly urbanized areas where
environmental concerns and community resistance may make further expansion difficult; and
WHEREAS, Inland Empire Airports, which include March GlobalPort, San
Bernardino International Airport, Southern California Logistics Airport, Ontario International
Airport and Palm Springs Regional are well located to serve future Southern California aviation
needs and have great unused capacity; and
WHEREAS, communities near Inland Empire Airports are supportive of their
airports and would greatly benefit from the increased use of those facilities; and
WHEREAS, increasing freeway traffic into Orange and LA Counties may make
ground access to coastal airports extremely difficult, and attempts to mitigate the surface access
challenges to these airports may siphon off discretionary state transportation dollars that
otherwise would be used to solve traffic challenges in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties.
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved, the City Council of the City of Rancho
Cucamonga favors and supports the development, expansion and utilization of well located
aviation facilities available in the Inland Empire; and.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the undersigned agrees that future growth in
Southern California air traffic should first be directed to airports where neighboring communities
are supportive; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is good public policy to first direct air traffic
to Inland Empire Airports with excess capacity rather than spending billions of dollars to expand
capacity in other highly populated areas and to encourage and foster development of airports in
the Inland Empire.
Resolution No. 02- 024 ITEM CONTINUED -TO RETURN AT A FUTURE MEETING
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 16`h day of January 2002.
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William J. Alexander, Mayor
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Debra J. Adams, CMC, City Clerk
I, DEBRA J. ADAMS, CITY CLERK of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, at a Regular Meeting
of said City Council held on the 16`h day of January 2002.
Executed this 171h day of January 2002, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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Debra J. Adams, CMC, City Clerk