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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: March 6, 2017 <br />Resolution - Council <br />Agenda Section:File Number:17-079 ACTION ITEMS <br />Agenda Number: <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:RESOLUTION Supporting Recommendations to the Federal Aviation <br />Administration for Revisions to the Northern California Metroplex Procedures <br />WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has implemented a transition to <br />the Metroplex Air Transportation System (also known as NextGen) to standardize arrival and <br />departure routes through the use of GPS-based technologies within the Northern California <br />region; and <br />WHEREAS, as part of the transition to Metroplex, the FAA changed the flight paths <br />followed by commercial aircraft flying into and out of the San Francisco (SFO) and Oakland <br />(OAK) International Airports, as well as other airports in the Northern California Metroplex; and <br />WHEREAS, since implementation of Metroplex, the new flight paths out of SFO and <br />into OAK and other airports have created environmental impacts in communities in Alameda <br />and Contra Costa Counties, including in particular San Leandro, Oakland, and Berkeley; and <br />WHEREAS, the Oakland Airport/Community Noise Management Forum (Noise Forum), <br />a collective body of East Bay communities committed to studying and resolving aviation <br />concerns, developed Supplemental Proposals to Revising the Northern California Metroplex <br />for Alameda County/Contra Costa County (Supplemental Proposals) in order to identify new <br />flight paths and procedures to address newly created impacts on East Bay communities; and <br />WHEREAS, the Noise Forum is submitting the Supplemental Proposals to the FAA, <br />asking that the FAA work with the Noise Forum to analyze and study the Supplemental <br />Proposals expeditiously to find equitable resolutions to the environmental impacts created by <br />Metroplex. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as <br />follows: <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/28/2017 <br />189