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RESOLUTION Supporting Recommendations to the Federal Aviation Administration for Revisions to the Northern California Metroplex Procedures
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WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has implemented a transition to the Metroplex Air Transportation System (also known as NextGen) to standardize arrival and departure routes through the use of GPS-based technologies within the Northern California region; and
WHEREAS, as part of the transition to Metroplex, the FAA changed the flight paths followed by commercial aircraft flying into and out of the San Francisco (SFO) and Oakland (OAK) International Airports, as well as other airports in the Northern California Metroplex; and
WHEREAS, since implementation of Metroplex, the new flight paths out of SFO and into OAK and other airports have created environmental impacts in communities in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, including in particular San Leandro, Oakland, and Berkeley; and
WHEREAS, the Oakland Airport/Community Noise Management Forum (Noise Forum), a collective body of East Bay communities committed to studying and resolving aviation concerns, developed Supplemental Proposals to Revising the Northern California Metroplex for Alameda County/Contra Costa County (Supplemental Proposals) in order to identify new flight paths and procedures to address newly created impacts on East Bay communities; and
WHEREAS, the Noise Forum is submitting the Supplemental Proposals to the FAA, asking that the FAA work with the Noise Forum to analyze and study the Supplemental Proposals expeditiously to find equitable resolutions to the environmental impacts created by Metroplex.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as follows:
1. To request that the FAA immediately begin an analysis of the Supplemental Proposals submitted by the Noise Forum and work with the Noise Forum and other regional bodies to modify Metroplex to reduce noise and environmental impacts throughout the region; and
2. To distribute copies of this resolution to the offices of the members of the Bay Area Congressional Delegation and ask that they encourage the FAA to address the affected communities’ concerns and the noise and environmental impacts created by the implementation of the Northern California Metroplex.