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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6 of 1966 - A resolution endorsing the application of Bonanza Air Lines for a new route Salt Lake City - Cedar C '' Resolution No. 6 • By Mayor J. Bracken Lee COMMISSIONER } F: Endorsing the application of S Bonanza Air Lines for a new route Salt Lake City - Cedar City - Las 1 Vegas, connecting with existing Las Vegas - Los Angeles route, and d designating 0. J. Wilkinson of the Aviation Committee of the Salt Lake! City Chamber of Commerce to repre- seat Salt Lake City at the hearings, of the Aviation Subcommittee of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Com- ' some Committee in Washington, D.C.' February 28 through March 4, 1966, ; to investigate the service needs of local service carriers in the communities they serve. Presented to the Beard of CommisslonefA AND PASSED FEB1?1966 )1!0$10406111y144044 CITY RECORDgR 1111111 • F. 8865200 ROLL CALL J VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah, February 17 196 6 Barker. . . . I move that the Resolution be adopted. Catmull . . Harrison . . . Holley. . e: ;".16414.44.1 Mr. Chairman . RESOLUTION Result . . . . WHEREAS, Bonanza Air Lines, a local service carrier that has provided excellent service to Salt Lake City for many years, has applied for a new route that may be defined as: Salt Lake City - Cedar City - Las Vegas, connecting with existing Las Vegas - Los Angeles route, a route that is and has been for some years in vital need of additional air service; and WHEREAS, Bonanza Air Lines is offeringF-27 prop/jet service Salt Lake City - Cedar City - Las Vegas and return; and is offering DC-9 fan/jet service Salt Lake City - Las Vegas - Los Angeles and return; and WHEREAS, the need for the operation by Bonanza Air Lines of this route as outlined has been supported by: (1) Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce; (2) Utah State Aeronautics Commission; (3) Utah State Industrial Promotion Commission; (4) Cedar City Chamber of Commerce; and WHEREAS, this new route proposal would benefit a substantial number of people in Utah, Nevada and California, and WHEREAS, this proposal is a part of a subsidy reduction program, which is in the national and public interest; and WHEREAS, this application has been pending many months before the Civil Aero- nautics Board and has not been ordered to hearing; and WHEREAS, the Aviation Subcommittee of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Com- merce Committee is holding a hearing in Washington, D. C., February 28 through March 4, to investigate the service needs of local service carriers in the communities they serve: NOW, THEREFORE, BE TT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, that said Board unqualifiedly supports the proposal of Bonanza Air Lines to furnish the service above indicated. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 0. J. Wilkinson, a member of the Aviation Committee of the Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce, is hereby appointed and authorized to appear, on behalf of Salt Lake City, at the Senate hearing and testify as to the - 2 - airline service deficiency and needs of ealt Lake City and support the program presented by Bonanza Air Lines. Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 17th day of February, 1966. . BRACKEN LEE, MAYOR City Reco