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92_HJ0045

 
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 1                       HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  cities  of  Gary  and  Chicago,  with  the
 3    approval and participation of  the  State  of  Indiana,  have
 4    formed an interstate compact; and

 5        WHEREAS,  This  compact created the Chicago/Gary Regional
 6    Airport Authority, which has as its purpose  the  enhancement
 7    of  the existing airports owned and operated by these cities;
 8    and

 9        WHEREAS,  The  Authority  is  charged   with   monitoring
10    aviation capacity for the region, including studying the need
11    for a supplemental airport; and

12        WHEREAS,  A  consensus  exists  among  the members of the
13    compact that today there is not a  need  for  a  supplemental
14    airport  because  the  existing  airport  infrastructure  can
15    accommodate  the  region's forecasted air capacity demand for
16    the foreseeable future; and

17        WHEREAS, The Gary/Chicago  Airport,  with  its  available
18    facilities,  provides  a  prudent and economical approach for
19    the  development  of  additional  regional  airport  capacity
20    during this period of limited  federal  financial  assistance
21    for the national air transportation system; and

22        WHEREAS,  The  construction  of  a  supplemental regional
23    airport in Illinois would negatively affect  funds  otherwise
24    available  for  airport  improvements at existing Indiana and
25    Illinois airports and would  cause  a  tremendous  strain  on
26    current local infrastructure; and

27        WHEREAS, The Gary/Chicago Airport is currently creating a
28    master  plan  for  its future development as evidenced by the
29    commencement of commercial air  carrier  service  by  Pan  Am
30    Airlines,  and  other  airlines  have  expressed  interest in
31    commencing service in Gary; therefore be it
 
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 1        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 2    NINETY-SECOND  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
 3    SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Illinois General  Assembly
 4    wishes  to express its continued support for the Gary/Chicago
 5    Airport, the Chicago/Gary Regional Airport Authority, and the
 6    consequent economic  benefits  to  northwestern  Indiana  and
 7    northeastern  Illinois,  and  particularly  the  Southwestern
 8    suburbs   of   Chicago,   and  requests  that  Chicago  State
 9    University conduct a study to determine how to better  market
10    to  the  airlines the greater utilization of the Gary/Chicago
11    Airport; and be it further

12        RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be presented  to
13    the  President  of  Chicago State University and the Board of
14    the Chicago/Gary Regional Airport Authority.

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