CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY THIRD COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. R-19-169 ENACTMENT NO. ______________________
SPONSORED BY: Ken Sanchez, Cynthia D. Borrego, by request
RESOLUTION
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Adopting The Double Eagle II Airport Master Plan, Project Number 1001656, 18EPC-40028, As An Official City Document (Sanchez, by request)
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ADOPTING THE DOUBLE EAGLE II AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, PROJECT
NUMBER 1001656, 18EPC-40028, AS AN OFFICIAL CITY DOCUMENT.
WHEREAS, the Double Eagle II Airport is one of two airports under the City's jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the Double Eagle II Airport is classified as a reliever airport for the Albuquerque International Sunport; and
WHEREAS, Double Eagle II Airport is classified as a Regional General Aviation Airport, the purpose of which is primarily to serve general aviation activity, with a focus on business activity; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan designates the Double Eagle II Airport as a Developing Employment Center; and
WHEREAS, air travel demand and general aviation use has increased steadily and this trend is expected to continue into the future; and
WHEREAS, improvements made to airport facilities are instrumental to the increase in demand for airside and landside operations.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
Section 1. The Double Eagle II Airport Master Plan is adopted by the City of Albuquerque.
Section 2. FINDINGS ACCEPTED. The City Council adopts the following findings recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission (EPC):
(A) The request is for a master plan for the Double Eagle II (DEII) Airport, and approximately (?) 4,500 acre site located on Atrisco Vista Blvd., between Atrisco Vista Blvd. and Shooting Range Park, bounded by the Petroglyph National Monument, the City of Rio Rancho, and unincorporated Bernalillo County land (the "subject site"). The subject site is twenty miles north by northwest of Downtown Albuquerque.
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