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RESOLUTION 16-13
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF McCALL, VALLEY COUNTY, STATE OF IDAHO; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND
PURPOSES; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND NECESSARY STAFF AND
AGENTS OF THIS CITY TO EXERCISE THE CITY'S RIGHT OF EMINENT DOMAIN FOR
ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY FOR USE BY THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN
ORDER TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR A TAXIWAY FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY
AND TO MAINTAIN THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL AIRPORT CATEGORY STATUS AS
REGULATED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION; AND AUTHORIZING
ANY AND ALL NECESSARY ACTIONS RELATED THERETO AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
RESOLVED by the Mayor and the City Council:
Section 1 - Findings:
1.1 WHEREAS the City of McCall ("City") retained Kevin Bissell, P.E. of the firm of
Toothman Orton ("T-O ") Engineering to provide engineering design advice in the
development of the City's master planning for its Municipal Airport; and
1.2 WHEREAS in the process of the development of the Municipal Airport Master Plan, it was
discovered that the City must relocate the City's Municipal Airport parallel taxiway
[known as "Taxiway Alpha"] so that its centerline is increased from the current 200' to
400' from the centerline of the runway in order to:
• Comply with current Federal Aviation Administration's ("FAA") standards and
recommendations for the geometric layout and engineering design of runways,
taxiways, aprons and other facilities at civil airports; and
• Maintain the Airport's "General Aviation Facility" category as assigned by the FAA
as a part of the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems; and
• Provide for the safety of larger aircraft which are currently using and are reasonably
anticipated to use the Airport.
1.3 WHEREAS the City's Airport Manager and officials, together with Kevin Bissell, P.E. and
T-O Engineering, have determined, through their mutual investigation, analysis and
pursuant to their survey of the subject land, that the real properties herein legally described
are the only suitable location for the relocation of the taxiway in consideration of the
following relevant factors:
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Resolution 16-13 Necessity to Exercise Eminent Domain — Municipal Airport Expansion
May 12, 2016
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