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Minutes - City of San Leandro City Council Meeting Page - 2 - November 24, 1997 5. Complete North Field Flight Route testing program by April 1998, and negotiate with FAA to refine flight patterns for incoming flights from the north and east. 6. Assess the City and Port's emergency-response capabilities, and enter into a special, mutual-aid and community-education agreement with the c;ty. 7. Provide a minimum, 1,000-foot-long, northbound, right-turn lane on Doolittle at Davis. Provide a free, right-turn lane for westbound traffic on Davis Street turning north onto Doolittle Drive. Install channelized islands that would separate the westbound and northbound right turns from through movements on these legs and would separate northbound-through from westbound-to-northbound right-turns. Council Member Lothrop, Chair of the Committee, noted the Council, staff, and many of San Leandro's citizens have put a great deal of time, thought, and research into this issue. She noted there were a year's worth of meetings, weeks of research and correspondence, hours of discussion and planning, and in October a resolution was passed by the San Leandro School Board. She added that, in the past, the City of San Leandro has taken the "high road" in its dealings with the Port of Oakland, presenting issues openly and honestly, and the expectation was that San Leandro would be treated the same. She further noted, in her opinion, the Port took advantage of this positive attitude, and that is not acceptable. She pointed out that the Committee has proposed sound, workable solutions that will help to mitigate some of the quality-of- life issues the citizens of San Leandro have lived with for quite some time. She added that it would be wise for the Port to act favorably on the proposal and accept all seven of the mitigation measures. If they do not, then we will be forced into legal action. Either way, it is time for all of us to get tough with the Port of Oakland. Vice Mayor Loeffler commented that he agrees with the Chairperson's comments. He stated, also, in the process of looking at this issue, there has to be a willingness on our part to recognize that we are a smaller city going against the Port of Oakland. We have to be using all of our resources in that process. He added that we also need to be prepared to create a coalition of effort from our community to include other jurisdictions, the other School Districts, the City of Hayward, the village of San Lorenzo, the City of Alameda, and if possible, involve Alameda County. He feels it will take a collective effort from all agencies and working with the residents if there is no success in getting their attention with the proposal that is being put forth in this EIR process. Council Member Polvorosa commented that the Airport is recognized as a regional entity, but the Port of Oakland does not recognize that. They control the Airport; and, even though it impacts the whole region, they don't particularly seem to care what the impacts are to the outside community, meaning Alameda, Hayward, San Lorenzo, and San Leandro. He feels it is a shame it has to come to this. He is proud that we came up with the seven mitigation measures - he feels they are good resolutions.