Council Creates Ontario International Airport Authority

The authority is being set up should the city of Los Angeles agree to transfer control of the Inland Empire facility

Source San Bernardino County Sun (California)

Aug. 22, 2012

ONTARIO - In a major step to returning local control of LA/Ontario International Airport, the City council has approved a joint powers agreement creating the Ontario International Airport Authority.

Council members Alan Wapner and Jim Bowman were appointed to serve on the authority at Tuesday night's meeting.

San Bernardino County, which is part of the JPA with Ontario, is expected to approve the creation of the authority as well as appoint its member to the commission on Aug. 28 during its Board of Supervisors meeting.

The authority is being set up should the city of Los Angeles agree to transfer control of the Inland Empire facility.

The City Council announced the formation of the JPA and the authority on Friday. Governed by a five-member commission, the focus of the authority - should Ontario gain control of the airport - will be to operate and grow the struggling facility, which has lost about 42 percent of its passenger traffic since 2008.