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Staff Report for Resolutions Supporting Federal Aviation Administration Revisions to the Northern California Metroplex Procedures, and Requesting Congressional Support for House Resolution 3384, House Resolution 3965, House Resolution 5075, and Senate Bill 2761.
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Certain flight operations and flight patterns from Oakland International Airport (OAK) and the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) have caused noise disturbances to San Leandro residents due to the City's proximity to the airports. Staff recommends that the City Council approve a Resolution to encourage the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) adoption of recommended changes to recent flight patterns, as well as a Resolution asking San Leandro's Congressional Representatives to support three House Resolutions and a Senate Bill that would implement new programs to address aviation impacts throughout the nation.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Airport flights from both OAK and SFO have been a concern in San Leandro for many years. San Leandro is a long-standing member of the Oakland Airport Community Noise Management Forum (Noise Forum), a group of elected and resident representatives of East Bay communities dedicated to finding solutions to noise and environmental impacts from aviation.
Recent changes to specific flight patterns have been implemented by the FAA in a program using new flight technologies to establish more direct flight routes intended to improve safety and efficiency and reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions. This program, known as Metroplex or NextGen, has been implemented in various regions of the nation. Unfortunately, the new flight patterns have resulted in increased aviation noise over parts of San Leandro, Berkeley, Oakland, and other communities.
The impacts from Metroplex came to light over a year ago and the Noise Forum focused its efforts on working with the FAA to address these impacts and find solutions. A special Met...
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