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11/9/59
A JOINT RESOLUTION, BEING RESOLUTION NO. 6115' OF
THE CITY COUNCIL. OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AND
RESOLUTION NO. OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF COSTA MEY , URGING THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS TO LIMIT RUNWAY LENGTH AND DEVELOP
THE ORANGE COUNTY AIRPORT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF
THE SURROUNDING AREAS
• WHEREAS, a community of interest exists between the
City of Newport Beach and the City of Costa Mesa in the future
of the Orange County Airport; and
WHEREAS, immediate, concerted and unified action is
required to prevent the development of an international or
factory type airport to the detriment of the surrounding lands
and communities; and
WHEREAS, extension of the runways of the County Airport
beyond a maximum length of 7500 feet is unnecessary for the de-
velopment of the airport in its service function to local and
Orange County industries and residents; and
WHEREAS, any further extension of the airport runways
would endanger, complicate and increase the expense of planned
developments to the South and East, including the proposed San
Diego Freeway; and
WHEREAS, expansion of the Doolittle Flight Cone from
an international or factory type airport would directly affect
the Cities of Costa Mesa and Newport Beach, reducing property
values and creating undue hazards in thickly - settled and highly
developed residential sections; and
WHEREAS, private and public studies and research have
indicated that Orange County will be best served by the develop-
ment of the County Airport as a feeder service airport; and
WHEREAS, it is the considered opinion of the City Coun®
• cil of the City of Newport Beach and the City Council of the City
of Costa Mesa that action should be taken at once by the Orange
County Board of Supervisors to limit runway length to 7500 feet
or less, and insure the future development of the Orange County
Airport in its service function; and
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WHEREAS, a factory type airport is known to be incom-
patible with a university development such as.that now under
consideration by the Board of Regents of the University of
California;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED, BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, that the Orange County Board of Super-
visors be, and the same hereby is, urged to limit runway length
to 7500 feet or less at the Orange County Airport, and to act at
once to control, supervise and guide the development of said
County Airport as a feeder service airport rather than an inter-
national or factory type airport; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this
Joint Resolution be transmitted immediately to the Board of Super-
visors of Orange County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this
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day of November, 1959.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1959.
Mayor of the City of Costa Hess
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of osta Resa
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH)
I, MARGERY SCHROUDER, City Clerk of the City of Newport
Beach, California, do hereby certify that according to the records
of the City of Newport Beach filed and maintained in my office,
the foregoing Resolution No. 5115 was duly and
regularly adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of
said City Council held at the regular meeting place thereof, on
the 9th day of November , 19 59 , by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN
NOES, COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN:
Dated this 10th
Kingsley, Atkinson, Higbie, Stoddard,
Hart, Lorenz, Somers
None
None
day of November 9 19 59
C y ��E�5tficio Clerk ot the
City Council City of Newport Beach,
State of California.