Bill Text: TX SR25 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Fabens Airport for being named the Most Improved General Aviation Airport.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-29 - Reported enrolled [SR25 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR25-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The Fabens Airport is being honored as the Most | ||
Improved General Aviation Airport at the Texas Department of | ||
Transportation's 39th Annual Aviation Conference, which is being | ||
held on August 4-6, 2021; and | ||
WHEREAS, The enhancements made to the Fabens Airport are | ||
the result of a multimillion dollar investment campaign; in 2018, | ||
El Paso County officials commissioned a development plan for the | ||
airport, and over the next several years, they secured capital | ||
improvement funding and other financial support for the project; | ||
based on the recommendations outlined in the development plan, | ||
the roof of the Fabens Airport building was replaced, an | ||
automated weather system and beacon pole were installed, and | ||
several other upgrades were made to the structure; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2020, county commissioners allocated $1.2 | ||
million for the design and construction of a new aircraft hangar | ||
at Fabens; the addition of the hangar is part of an ongoing effort | ||
to increase hangar availability at the airport, which will be key | ||
to attracting more business and eventually enabling the airport | ||
to be self-sustaining; additional funding has also allowed the | ||
county to resurface the runway at Fabens, install a security | ||
perimeter fence, and make other renovations in accordance with | ||
federal aviation standards; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Fabens Airport is expected to continue to | ||
grow through its partnership with The University of Texas at El | ||
Paso for the development of the NASA MIRO Center for Space | ||
Exploration and Technology Research; plans are underway to | ||
establish a manned flight school at the airport, which will | ||
potentially require additional aircraft hangars and | ||
facilities to be built at Fabens; and | ||
WHEREAS, The investments made in Fabens Airport have | ||
greatly enhanced its reputation as a regional hub for | ||
transportation and commerce, and its receipt of this notable | ||
award from TxDOT is indeed well-deserved; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate the Fabens | ||
Airport on being named TxDOT's 2021 Most Improved General | ||
Aviation Airport and extend sincere best wishes to all those who | ||
were involved in attaining this honor; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for the Fabens Airport as an expression of high regard | ||
from the Texas Senate. | ||
Blanco | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on July 29, 2021. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |