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### TilESTATEOFTEXAS COUNTYOFCAMERON 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 SUCHMEETING, 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 APPROACHVOR-A ATTHEPORTISABEL-CAMERONCOUNTYAIRPORT'' 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 INSTRUMENTAPPROACH PROCEDURES; AND WHEREAS, THE PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT ClJRRENTLY HAS 3 PUBLISHED APPROACHES: 1) VOR-A (CIRCLING APPROACH A & 

### BCATEGORY AT (600-1) 2) VORIDME-B (CIRCLING APPROACH A 

### &BCATEGORYAT (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 ISABELCAMBRONCOUNTY AIRPORT; AND WHEREAS, THEVOR·B IS BASED ONTHE SAMENAVIGATION AIDAS 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 COUNTYAIRPORT; AND WHEREAS, ELIMINATING APPROACH VOR-A WILL BE**D~V**

### ASTATING TO THE PORT**ISABEL~** 

### CAMERON COUNTYAIRPORT. 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 KEEPTHEVOR-A ACTIVE.

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2) A COPY OFTHIS RESOLUTION BE SPREAD UPONTHEMINUTES OFTHIS COURTAND 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 OFAPRlL, 2015. 

### COMMISSIONERS' COURTOF CAMERON COUNTY,TEXAS

PETESEPUL fEDA, JR. COUNTYJUDGE 

### Absent DAVID A. GARZA COMMISSIONERPRECINCT 3



### Absent DANA. SANCHEZ COMMISSIONERPRECINCT4

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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 INSTRUMENTAPPROACH PROCEDURES; AND WHEREAS, THE PORT ISABEL-CAMERON COUNTY AIRPORT CURRENTLY HAS 3 PUBLISHED APPROACHES: 1) VOR-A {ORCLING APPROACH A & BCATEGORY AT (600-1) 

### 2) VOR/DME-8 (CIRCLING APPROACH A& BCATEGORY AT 

### (540-1) 

### 3) RNAV (GPS) RWY 13 (STRAIGHT IN APPROACH AT VARIOUS HEIGHTS/DISTANCE) WHEREAS, THE BHF OMNI DIRECTIONAL RADIO RANGE (VOR) IS ATUPE OF SHORT- RANGE RADIO NAVIGATION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT, ENABLING AIRCRAFT WITH A RECEIVING UNITTO 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 ATTHE 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 ofTexas, on the 6th day of May 2015.

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