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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Scott Smith, the director of Lone Star Executive |
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Airport in Conroe, has been named the 2015 Reliever Airport Manager |
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of the Year by the aviation division of the Texas Department of |
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Transportation; and |
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WHEREAS, Lone Star Executive Airport has been designated by |
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the Federal Aviation Administration as a reliever airport for |
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George Bush Intercontinental Airport, and it is responsible for |
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more than 360 jobs and 21,000 visitors each year, contributing an |
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estimated $33 million to the local economy; and |
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WHEREAS, Since taking over as the airport's director in 2007, |
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Mr. Smith has overseen the expansion of its infrastructure and |
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services, including a new $2.4 million customs facility that will |
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allow international flights to use the airport, a runway extension |
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and a new taxiway, a significant increase in hangar space and fuel |
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sales, and a new traffic control tower; in addition, he played a |
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vital role in the opening of the airport's third fixed-base |
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operation, a corporate and general aviation facility that includes |
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two 40,000-square-foot hangars, a three-story, 45,000-square-foot |
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building, and a new fuel service; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Smith earned his bachelor's degree in airport |
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management from Metropolitan State University and his master's |
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degree in public administration from California State University, |
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Northridge; from 1991 to 1999, he was the director of the |
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Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Colorado, and from 1999 to 2005, he |
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served as director of airports for Ventura County, California; |
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after moving to Houston in 2005, he worked for George Bush |
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Intercontinental Airport before becoming the director at Lone Star; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, A leader in the aviation community, Mr. Smith is an |
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accredited airport executive and a member of the American |
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Association of Airport Executives and the National Business |
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Aviation Association, and he has been a member of the National |
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Airports Council board; in addition, he has taught meteorology for |
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the department of aviation at Lone Star College, and he regularly |
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hosts school groups for tours of the airport; and |
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WHEREAS, Scott Smith's receipt of this prestigious |
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recognition is a testament to his outstanding record of service, |
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and he may indeed take justifiable pride in his achievements as |
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director of Lone Star Executive Airport; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Scott Smith for being named the |
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2015 Reliever Airport Manager of the Year by the aviation division |
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of the Texas Department of Transportation and extend to him sincere |
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best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Smith as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |