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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2017-029 <br />RESOLUTION SUPPORTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE FEDERAL AVIATION <br />ADMINISTRATION FOR REVISIONS TO THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA <br />METROPLEX PROCEDURES <br />WHEREAS, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has implemented a transition to <br />the Metroplex Air Transportation System (also known as NextGeri) to standardize arrival and <br />departure routes through the use of GPS -based technologies within the Northern California region; <br />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 into <br />OAK and other airports have created environmental impacts in communities in Alameda and <br />Contra Costa Counties, including in particular San Leandro, Oakland, and Berkeley; and <br />WHEREAS, the Oakland Airport/Community Noise Management Forum (Noise Forum), a <br />collective body of East Bay communities committed to studying and resolving aviation concerns, <br />developed Supplemental Proposals to Revising the Northern California Metroplex for Alameda <br />County/Contra Costa County (Supplemental Proposals) in order to identify new flight paths and <br />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 Proposals <br />expeditiously to find equitable resolutions to the environmental impacts created by Metroplex. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Leandro does RESOLVE as <br />follows: <br />1. To request that the FAA immediately begin an analysis of the Supplemental <br />Proposals submitted by the Noise Forum and work with the Noise Forum and other regional <br />bodies to modify Metroplex to reduce noise and environmental impacts throughout the <br />region; and <br />2. To distribute copies of this resolution to the offices of the members of the Bay <br />Area Congressional Delegation and ask that they encourage the FAA to address the affected <br />communities' concerns and the noise and environmental impacts created by the implementation <br />