HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 70-58 RESOLUTION N0.
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CIVIL AERO-
NAUTIOS ADMINISTRATION TO b~KE STUDY OF
EFFECT 'OF MILITAEY AIRCRAFT FLIGHT IN
SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
WHEREAS, the Congress ef the United States has appropriated
funds for the installation of a naval air station at Lameores Cali-
fornia, which milital~j installation will be utilized as a combat
training facility from which supersonic Jet aircraft will be flown,
and
Although the Lemoore Naval Air Station is located outside the
0ounty of Kern, in all probability the flight patterns used by aircraft
landing and taking off fr.m said station will encompass a northwest
portion of the County of Kern, and
Said Lemoore Naval Air Station is located near the existing
north-south controlled airways which are used by commercial and
general aircraft serving the Los Angeles, San Joaquin Valley and San
Francisco areas, which controlled airways are among the most traveled
air routes in the United States; and
The Civil Aeronautics Administration has indicated in a document
entitled "Airways Master Plan" that more north-south airways are to
be established.in the southern San Joaquin Valley in the near
and
As a direct result of tragic disasters resulting from military
Jet aircraft colliding in mid-air with commercial airliners traveling
in controlled airways, there has 'been a recommended policy of
ing the training flights of high performance Jet aircraft through
controlled airways.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of
Bakersfields County of Kern, State of Cali£ornias as follows:
1. That this Council does hereby respectfully request that
the Administrator of the Civil Aeronautics Administration institute
a study to determine the effec:~ that Jet air'traffic from Lemoore
Naval Station will have on commercial airline and general aviation
flights originating and/or terminating within Kern County in view
of the recently announced policy of segregating the training flights
of military Jet aircraft and civilian aircraft.
2. That certificated copies of this resolution be sent by
the Clerk of this Council, te United States Senators William F.
Knowland and Thomas H. Kuchel, and to Congressman Harlan Hagen, and
to Howard Pyle, Administrator of the Civil Aeronautics Administration.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meet-
ing thereof held on the 29th day of September, 1958, by the.follo%dng
vote:
AYES: BALF~N
NOES:
ABSENT:
Ex-Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
PR0 ..... ""~ of September, 1958
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MAYOR b£.~the:o-Oity of Bakersfield.
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