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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, providing for the conveyance of the airports located within Allegheny County known as Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport, including all lands, buildings, fixtures, improvements, structures, aviation equipment, rights of access, and any appurtenances pertaining thereto from the Allegheny County Airport Authority to the County of Allegheny. Establishment of the Allegheny County Department of Aviation.
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WHEREAS, the County of Allegheny owned, developed and operated two public use Airport facilities known as Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport, which consisted of all lands, buildings, fixtures, improvements, structures, aviation equipment, right of access and any appurtenances pertaining thereto (“Aviation Facilities “); and
WHEREAS, on June 17, 1999, at Resolution No. 657 of 1999, the County of Allegheny, through its then Board of Commissioners, adopted a Resolution authorizing the filing of Articles of Incorporation to create the Allegheny County Airport Authority (“ Authority”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5613 of the Municipality Authorities Act, Transfer of Existing Facilities to Authority, and in furtherance thereof, the County of Allegheny and the Authority entered into an Airport Operation, Management and Transfer Agreement and Lease (“The Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Agreement provides, among other things, for the transfer of the Aviation Facilities, as well as the responsibility and obligations to manage and operate Pittsburgh International Airport (“PIT”) and Allegheny County Airport, to the Authority; and
WHEREAS, at the time of said transfer, the parties determined that it was in the public interest that the County transfer and lease to the Authority, and the Authority accept exclusive jurisdiction over, and sole responsibility for, the Airports; and
WHEREAS, since the time of said transfer...
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