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TilE STATE OF TEXAS 

COUNTY OF CAMERON 

9563618227 

RESOLUTION NO. 201SR04039 

T0:9P12024932251 P.2 

BE IT RESOLVED THAT ON THE 23R0 DAY OF APRIL, 2015, THE .CJ,\M~RO~ <;O.g~TY 

COMMISSIONERS' COURT CONVENED IN REGULAR SESSION, AND UPON THE REQl..ffiST'OFcTHE 

CAMERON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT, THE FOLLOWING ITEM WAS PLACED ON THE 

' AGENDA OF THE SAID COURT FOR SUCH MEETING, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT COPE SECTION 

511.041 ET. SEQ., VERNON'S TEXAS CIVIL STATUTES (THE TEXAS OPEN MEETING ACT), TO BE 

CONSIDERED: 

"A RESOLUTION TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE 

CANCELATION OF APPROACH VOR-A AT THE PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT'' 

WHEREAS, THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) PROPOSES TO REMOVE CERTAIN 

STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES BASED ON THE CRITERIA 

ESTABLISHED BY THE FAA'S POLICY FOR DISCONTINUANCE OF CERTAIN 

INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES; AND 

WHEREAS, THE PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT ClJRRENTL Y HAS 3 PUBLISHED 

APPROACHES: 

1) VOR-A (CIRCLING APPROACH A & B CATEGORY AT (600-1) 

2) VORIDME-B (CIRCLING APPROACH A & B CATEGORY AT (540-1) 

3) RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 (STRAIGHT IN APPROACH AT VARIOUS HEIGHTS/DISTANCE) 

WHEREAS, THE VHF OMNI DIRECTIONAL RADIO RANGE (VOR) IS A TYPE OF SHORT .:RANGE 

RADIO NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT, ENABLING AIRCRAFT WTTH A 

RECEIVING UNIT TO DETERMINE THEIR POSITION AND STAY ON COURSE BY 

RECEIVING RADIO SIGNALS TRANSMITTED BY A NETWORK OF FIXED GROUND 

RADIO BEACONS; AND 

WHEREAS, THE FAA IS PROPOSING TO CANCEL APPROACH VOR·A AT THE PORT ISABELCAMBRON COUNTY AIRPORT; AND 

WHEREAS, THE VOR·B IS BASED ON THE SAME NAVIGATION AID AS VOR·A; AND 

WHEREAS, DECOMMISSIONING OF APPROACH VOR·A WOULD ELIMINATE A CONVENJENT 

APPROACH FOR AIR TRAFFIC TRAVELING FROM BROWNSVILLE TO THE PORT 

ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT; AND 

WHEREAS, ELIMINATING APPROACH VOR-A WILL BE D~V ASTATING TO THE PORT ISABEL~ 

CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT. 

NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF THE COUNTY OF 

CAMERON, TEXAS, THAT: 

1) THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMJNISTRATION (FAA) RECONSIDER DECOMMISSIONING 

APPROACH VOR-A AND CONTINUE UPGRADING AND MAINTAINING THE EQUIPMENT 

NECESSARY TO KEEP THE VOR-A ACTIVE. 
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2) A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS COURT AND THAT 

ORIGINALS HEREOF BE SENT TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION-AVIATION DIVISION AND CONGRESSMAN Fll..EMON 

VELA. 

APPROVED THIS 23RD DAY OF APRlL, 2015. 

COMMISSIONERS' COURT OF CAMERON COUNTY, TEXAS 

PETE SEPUL fED A, JR. 

COUNTY JUDGE 

Absent 

DAVID A. GARZA 

COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 3 

Absent 

DAN A. SANCHEZ 

COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 4 
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RESOLUTION NO. 05-06-20150-01 

A RESOLl.JTION OF THE CllY OF PORT ISABEL, CllY COMMISSION TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION 

ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE CANCELATION OF APPROACH VOR-A AT THE PORT ISABELCAMERON COUNTY. 

WHEREAS, THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION {FAA) PROPOSES TO REMOVE CERTAIN STANDARD 

INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES BASED ON THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE FAA'S 

POLICY FOR DISCONTINUANCE OF CERTAIN INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES; AND 

WHEREAS, THE PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT CURRENTLY HAS 3 PUBLISHED APPROACHES: 

1) VOR-A {ORCLING APPROACH A & B CATEGORY AT (600-1) 

2) VOR/DME-8 (CIRCLING APPROACH A & B CATEGORY AT (540-1) 

3) RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 (STRAIGHT IN APPROACH AT VARIOUS HEIGHTS/DISTANCE) 

WHEREAS, THE BHF OMNI DIRECTIONAL RADIO RANGE (VOR) IS A TUPE OF SHORT- RANGE 

RADIO NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT, ENABLING AIRCRAFT WITH A 

RECEIVING UNIT TO DETERMINE THEIR POSITION AND STAY ON COURSE BY 

RECEIVING RADIO SIGNALS TRANSMmED BY A NETWORK OF FIXED GROUND 

RADIO BEACONS; AND 

WHEREAS, THE FAA IS PROPOSING TO CANCEL APPROACH VOR-A AT THE PORT ISABEL 

CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT; AND 

WHEREAS, THE VOR·B IS BASED ON THE SAME NAVIGATION AID AS VCR-A; AND 

WHEREAS, DECOMMISSIONG OF APPROACH VCR-A WOULD ELIMINATE A CONVENIENT 

APPROACH FOR AIR TRAFFIC TRAVELING FROM BROWNSVILLE TO THE PORT 

ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT; AND 

WHEREAS, ELIMINATING APPROACH VOR-A WILL BE DEVASTATING TO THE PORT ISABEL 

CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT. 

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CllY OF PORT ISABEL CITY COMMISSION, THE COUNTY OF 

CAMERON,TEXA~ THAT: 

1) THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINSTRATION (FAA) RECONSIDER DECOMMISSIONING APPROACH VOR-A AND 

CONTINUE UPGRADING AND MAINTAINING THE EQUIPMENT NECESSARY TO KEEP THE VOR-A ACTIVE. 

2) A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES OF THIS COURT AND THAT ORIGINALS HEREOF 

BE SENT TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION-AVIATION 

DIVISION AND CONGRESSMAN FILEMON VELA. 

Passed and adopted by the City of Port Isabel, State of Texas, on the 6th day of May 2015. 

ATTEST: 

Susie 

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