HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 82-15 - Expressing its support for the consolidation by the Federal Government of a Weather and Meteorologist Station to be located at the Federa Fire Service Center at Redding Municipal Airport P �� Z - / ` ` _
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RESOLUTION NO. � - S - .
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TFiE CITY OF REDDING
EXPRESSING ITS SUPPORT FOR THE CONSOLIDATION BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF A WEATHER AND METEOROLOGIST STATION
TO BE LOCATED AT THE FEDERAL FIRE SERVICE CENTER AT
REDDING MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
T+iHEREAS, the "City Council has been informed that the
Federal Government is contemplating a, consolidation and location
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at one station of � all weather functions for ldorthern California,
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WHEREAS, the Forest Service fire weather station at
Redding Municipal Airport is staffed by two meteorologists at all
times and three in the summer, and the Red Bluff aviation and
agricultural weather station is staffed by two technicians, with .
plans tb increase this staff to a total of four ,technicians, and
WHEREAS, the City of Reddinq has become the aviation
hub of Northern California, with an F.A.A. certified airport which
has been upgraded recently with longer runways, all-weather
capabilities, additional transient parking and taxiways, a new
terminal, and a great deal more air tfaffic than the Red Bluff
• airport has, and '
WHEREAS, it has been proposed that the technicians from
the Red Bluff weather station should be relocated to the Forest
Service station at Redding Municipal Airport, consolidating their
operations with those here, so that a complete weather station will
be available here to serve all of 'Northern California, at a lesser
cost td the Government, and
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WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all of the fore- �
going, and deems this consolidation of all weather functions at �
Redding Municipal Airport to be in the best interests of the City �
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and its citizens, and, in fact, Northern Cali.fornia aviation in
general, �
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of RedEling hereby expresses its strong support for
the consolidation by the Federal Government of a complete weather
, arid meteorologist station to be located at the Federal Fire Ser-
vice Center at Redding Municipal Airport. • ,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk is directed
to send copies of this Resolution to Congressman Eugene Chappie,
Senator Alan Cranston, Senator S. I . Hayakawa, and Mr. H.H. Bedke
of 'the U. S. Department of Commerce National Weather Service.
' I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoinq Resolution was intro-
duced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Redding on the �St day of February , 1982, and was duly adopted
at said meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN.: Fulton, Gard, Kirkpatrick, and Demsher
NOES: COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT:� COUNCILMEN: PU9h
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ETHEL Ar RICHTER, C ty Clerk
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� FORt1 PPROVED:
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'DALL A. HAYS, Ci Attorney
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