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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Sugar Land Regional Airport has been named the 2007 |
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Reliever Airport of the Year by the Aviation Division of the Texas |
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Department of Transportation; and |
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WHEREAS, The fourth largest airport in the Houston area, |
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Sugar Land Regional Airport was chosen as the 2007 winner from among |
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300 eligible Texas airports; the staff of the Aviation Division |
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made their decision based on a number of criteria, including |
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management, promotion, customer service, and community relations; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A key element in the success of Sugar Land Regional |
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Airport is its extensive investment in new facilities, which has |
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allowed it to enhance its services; a new 20,000-square-foot |
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corporate aviation terminal opened in 2006, and other improvements |
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include the addition of an 85-foot air traffic control tower in 2001 |
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and a 60-acre T-hangar complex that is under construction and |
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scheduled to open in 2008; and |
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WHEREAS, These improvements are part of a visionary plan that |
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has transformed Sugar Land Regional into a corporate airport in |
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addition to being a center for general aviation; the new terminal is |
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tailored to business travelers, and the addition of U.S. Customs |
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services and a special taxiway and hangars to serve these customers |
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has helped establish Sugar Land Regional Airport as one of |
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Houston's leading locations for private business-related air |
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travel; more than 100 Fortune 500 companies use its facilities each |
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year; and |
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WHEREAS, Continual improvement has been part of the airport's |
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story since the beginning; initially a grass landing strip that |
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opened in the 1950s, it expanded in the following decades, and in |
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1985 it constructed its lengthy 8,000-foot runway that now |
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accommodates the largest corporate jets; purchased by the City of |
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Sugar Land in 1988, it was named Outstanding Airport of the Year by |
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the Southwest Region of the Federal Aviation Administration in |
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1995; and |
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WHEREAS, The facility's recent development has been ably |
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supervised by aviation director Phillip Savko, who has made Sugar |
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Land Regional Airport into a model of efficiency; the significant |
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recognition it is now receiving from the Texas Department of |
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Transportation is a fitting acknowledgement of its achievements and |
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its promising future; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Sugar Land Regional Airport on |
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being named the 2007 Reliever Airport of the Year and extend to the |
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airport's management and staff best wishes for continued success; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the airport as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Howard of Fort Bend |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1606 was adopted by the House on May |
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11, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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