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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: March 6, 2017 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:17-078 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number:10.A. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for Resolutions Supporting Federal Aviation Administration <br />Revisions to the Northern California Metroplex Procedures, and Requesting <br />Congressional Support for House Resolution 3384, House Resolution 3965, <br />House Resolution 5075, and Senate Bill 2761. <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Certain flight operations and flight patterns from Oakland International Airport (OAK) and the <br />San Francisco International Airport (SFO) have caused noise disturbances to San Leandro <br />residents due to the City’s proximity to the airports. Staff recommends that the City Council <br />approve a Resolution to encourage the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) adoption of <br />recommended changes to recent flight patterns, as well as a Resolution asking San Leandro’s <br />Congressional Representatives to support three House Resolutions and a Senate Bill that <br />would implement new programs to address aviation impacts throughout the nation. <br />BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS <br />Airport flights from both OAK and SFO have been a concern in San Leandro for many years. <br />San Leandro is a long-standing member of the Oakland Airport Community Noise <br />Management Forum (Noise Forum), a group of elected and resident representatives of East <br />Bay communities dedicated to finding solutions to noise and environmental impacts from <br />aviation. <br />Recent changes to specific flight patterns have been implemented by the FAA in a program <br />using new flight technologies to establish more direct flight routes intended to improve safety <br />and efficiency and reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions. This program, known as <br />Metroplex or NextGen, has been implemented in various regions of the nation. Unfortunately, <br />the new flight patterns have resulted in increased aviation noise over parts of San Leandro, <br />Berkeley, Oakland, and other communities. <br />The impacts from Metroplex came to light over a year ago and the Noise Forum focused its <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/28/2017 <br />185