HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2024-002 An Ordinance of the City of Arlington, Washington Amending Arlington Municipal Code Title 2.44 Relating to the City's Airport Commission ORDINANCE NO. 2024-002
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON, WASHINGTON
AMENDING ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 2.44 RELATING TO
THE CITY'S AIRPORT COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the City of Arlington has the authority to own and operate the Arlington
Municipal Airport; and
WHEREAS, the legislature recently amended the provisions relating to municipal airport
commissions through the passage of House Bill 1243, and the City wishes to amend the
Arlington Municipal Code (AMC) Title 2.44 to be consistent with that Bill; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds these revisions to be in the best interests of the citizens
and the Airport Commission;
NOW,THEREFORE,the City Council of the City of Arlington does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Arlington Municipal Code subsection 2.44.010 shall be and hereby is amended
to read as follows:
2.44.010 Commission created—Membership and qualification for membership—Method
of appointment—Terms of office—Vacancies—Chairperson and vice chairperson.
(a) There is established a board to be known as the "Arlington Airport Commission."
(b) There shall be seven members of the commission. No less than four(4) members must
be residents taxpayeFS of Arlington or Snohomish County; up to three members may be
residents of King, Skagit or Island Counties. No member shall be the mayor or a member
of the city council of Arlington or an immediate family member of the mayor or a city
council member, nor shall any member be a current or former employee of the airport.
A majority of the commissioners must have expertise in: The aviation industry; business
administration or operations; finance; accounting; marketing; economic development;
commercial real estate development; engineering; planning and construction; law;
utilities; or other related experience from industries that have a logical nexus with airport
administration, operations, and development. Members must agree to adhere to the
ethical standards of conduct adopted by the City or the existing municipal airport
commission.
(c) The members shall be appointed by the city council, each to serve for a term of three
years and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. Terms of office shall be
staggered so that not more than three terms will expire in the same year. The term of
office of each commissioner shall expire on April 1st of the last year of the term for which
he or she was appointed.
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(d) Vacancies which may hereafter occur shall be filled by appointment by the city
council, such appointees to serve the unexpired term for which they are appointed.
(e) The commissioners shall serve without compensation. The commission shall from
time to time elect one of its members as chairperson and another member as vice-
chairperson to act in the absence of the chairperson, to serve during his or her term of
office for such periods of time as the commission may specify at the time of such election;
provided, however,that no commission member shall serve as chairperson for more than
three years out of any six-year period.
Section 2. Arlington Municipal Code subsection 2.44.030 shall be and hereby is amended
to read as follows:
2.44.030 Commission powers and duties.
The commission established in Section 2.44.010 is granted authority to construct,enlarge,
improve, maintain, equip, operate, manage, develop for industrial and commercial
purposes, and regulate said airport and airport facilities, but remain in all these things
accountable to the city council. So long as decisions of the airport commission are
consistent with the approved airport master plan, the Arlington comprehensive plan, all
other provisions of the Arlington Municipal Code and applicable federal regulations, the
annual airport budget,the airport capital improvement plan, and approved lease policies,
the airport commission may exercise the following powers and responsibilities without
formal review or ratification by the city council, except when formal review is deemed
appropriate by the airport manager:
(1) Leasing and development of airport property, including amendments or
modifications to leases and the granting or requests for subordination of leasehold
interests or other security interests for financing purposes;
(2) Capital improvements to airport properties, including, when appropriate, the
application for federal or state grants to finance the same;
(3) Amendments to airport leasing and operational policies, rules and requirements;
and
(4) Application for loans through the public use general aviation airport loan program.
Section 3. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance, be declared unconstitutional or
otherwise invalid for any reason, or should any portion of this ordinance be pre-empted by state
or federal law or regulation, such decision or pre-emption shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance or its application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 4. Effective Date. The title of this ordinance which summarizes the contents shall
be published in the official newspaper of the City. The ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force five (5) days after the date of publication.
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PASSED BY the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor this 16th day of January, 2024.
CITY OF ARLINGTON
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on E. Vanney, Mayor
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Wendy Vaff Der Meersche, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION OF ORDINANCE
I, Wendy Van Der Meersche, being the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of Arlington,
Washington, a municipal corporation, do hereby certify that the following Ordinance No.
2024-002 was approved at the January 16, 2024 City Council meeting.
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-002
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ARLINGTON,WASHINGTON
AMENDING ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 2.44 RELATING TO
THE CITY'S AIRPORT COMMISSION"
A true and correct copy of the original ordinance is attached.
Dated this 16th day of January, 2024
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Wendy Van Der Meersche
City Clerk for the City of Arlington