HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-02-28 00-119 RESOLVEItem No 00-119
Date: February, 28, 2000
Item/SubjeR Resolve, Supporting Actions by Me State of Maine to implement the Air Service
Task Force Report and Recommendations.
Responsible Department: City Council
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QITIE) Resolve, Supporting Actions by the State of Maine to Implement the Air Service
Task Force Report and Recommendations.
WHEREAS, in August of 1999, Governor Angus King established a Task Force on Air
Service at Bangor International Airport which Included representatives of
State and Local governments, the Maine Congressional Delegation, and our
region's business, medical and educational communities; and
WHEREAS, this Task Force has completed its work and issued its final report and
recommendations, dated December 29, 1999; and
WHEREAS, this report outlines a series of actions which are recommended to be
undertaken by Maine State Government, Bangor International Airport, the
City of Bangor, and the Maine Congressional Delegation; and
WHEREAS, key to these recommendations is the proposal to establish and fund a
Bangor Air Service Marketing and Development Initiative to support direct
marketing of the region to airlines and to local and out-of-state travelers;
and
WHEREAS, the availability of convenient and competitive domestic air service within
the greater Bangor/Brewer region is essential to the ability of our
communities to support existing businesses and Institutions and to continue
to grow and develop economically.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCILS OF THE CITIES
OF BREWER AND BANGOR, THAT:
We commend the actions of Governor King and his administration in convening the Air
Service Task Force and hereby express our support for its recommendations. We call
upon the Governor, the State Legislature, and the Maine Congressional Delegation to
utilize their best efforts, working with local communities and interested parties, to
insure that these recommendations are aggressively implemented. In particular, we
urge the State Legislature to support the appropriation of $1 million for the proposed
Marketing and Development Initiative.
In CITY COUFCIL 00.119
Febrmry 28. 2000
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We, Supporting Actions by the State
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