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CityCounncilMMemooranddum <br />TTO: MEMBERRS OF THEE CITY COUUNCILDATE: DDecember113, 2011 <br />FFROM: RONALDD O. LOVERRIDGE, MAAYORITEM NOO: <br />WARD:AAll <br />SSUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OOF THE CIITY COUNNCIL OF TTHE CITY OF RIVERRSIDE IN <br />SUPPOT OF LOAL CONROL OF ONTARIOINTERNTIONAL IRPORT <br />RRCCTTAAAA <br />(ONT) <br />ISSSUES: <br />TThe issue for City CCouncil connsiderationis whetheer to suppport local control off Ontario <br />Iternational Airport. <br />nn <br />ECOMMEDATION: <br />RRNNSS <br />hat the Cit Council: <br />TTyy <br />1.pprve the attched Reslution; an <br />Aooaaoodd <br />2. Direct staff to ditribute the Resolutio to appropriate entitis. <br />ssnnee <br />BBACKGROUUND: <br />ntario Intrnationalirport (OT) is owed and oerated b Los Angles World Airports <br />OOeeAANNnnppyyee <br />(AWA). LWA also wns and perates Ls Angeles International and Va Nuys Airort. ONT <br />LLAAoooooonnnpp <br />i a key eonomic diver for th Inland mpire and critical to ensure tat local airports in <br />ssccrreeEEohh <br />outhern Clifornia wil have suffiient airpot capacity o meet log-term deand for ai travel in <br />SSaallccrrttnnmmrr <br />te region. <br />hh <br />owever, uder LAW’s oversigt, traffic at ONT has eclined by one third rom 2007 o 2010 – <br />HHnnAAhhddfftt <br />fom 7.2 million passegers to 4. million with another 200,000 dcline of pssengersexpected <br />rrnn44eeaae <br />by the end of 2011.osses at NT are te steepes among Suthern Clifornia neghboring <br />LLOOhhttooaaii <br />airports. <br />he difficult with declning flight options, a carriers cntinue to cale back at ONT, i not only <br />TTyyiissoossss <br />te inconvnience reidents in our area experienc trying t find reaonably prced and <br />hheesseeoossii <br />rasonably schedule flights t various destinatios. Reducd option are als limiting <br />eeddoonneessoo <br />cmmerce i the inlan area as ore onerus travel chedules infringe on choices to travel to <br />oonnddmmoossi <br />iverside and other ities serviced by OT. The rgion’s economy – hotels, retaurants, <br />RRccNNeess <br />entertainment, and geeral acces to businss - is gratly impated by the access to flights at <br />nnsseeeecc <br />NT. <br />OO <br />