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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-041 RESOLUfiON NO. 1999-41 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUfiON OF 1HE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF 1HE C OF SAN BERNARDINO CALLING FOR A REGIONAL AIRPORT PLAN FO SOUfHERN CALIFORNIA. WHEREAS, access to commercial and cargo aviation opportunities is important to economic vitality and job creation throughout the region; and WHEREAS, aviation demand within the entire region is forecast to exceed 157 milIion ai passengers per year and 8.9 milIion tons of air cargo per year by 2020; and WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Department of Airports has initiated a revision of the Masterplan for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) that advocates expansion of its passenger activity from 60 milIion air passengers per year to an expected 98 milIion pe year and its cargo activity from its current 1.7 million tons per year to an expected 4.2 milIion tons per year; and WHEREAS, airport officials estimate that the expansion of LAX to accommodate the proposed level of aviation activity would cost as much as 12 bilIion dollars, and wou1 necessitate the expenditure of bilIions of dollars more to lessen its impact on the groun transportation system; and WHEREAS, the proposed expansion, given LAX's location in the built-out, intensely congested west side of the South Coast Air Basin where its contribution to air pollution is greatest appears to be a high-cost, high impact approach to meeting the region's nee for added aviation capacity; and WHEREAS, there at least nine other developing or existing commercial airports i Southern California, several of which are located in areas expected to experience the greatest growth in population and employment over the next 20 years, while the LAX are is expected to experience the region's least growth; and WHEREAS, developing airport capacity in areas of high growth and lower infrastructure costs rather than concentrating airport development at LAX may be an environmentally superior, lower cost, and more equitable strategy for serving future growth in ai commerce in Southern California; and WHEREAS, the development of airport resources in the high-growth areas of the regio wilI1ead to a more equitable distribution of jobs and opportunities for economic growth, while reducing the burden on the regional transportation system. February 25, 1999 1 1999-41 A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO CALLING FOR A REGIONAL AIRPORT PLAN FO- 1 SOlITHERN CALIFORNIA 2 3 4 NOW, TIlEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOllOWS: The Cities and Counties of Southern California, working through the Southern Californi 5 Association of Governments and its Aviation Task Force, shall prepare a long-rang Regional Airport Plan for Southern California that includes one or more fully-develope 6 alternatives that distribute the growth in airline passenger and cargo operations among the 7 region's commercial aviation facilities, with full consideration given to both freight an passenger ground access, and the economic and environmental opportunities and impacts 8 associated with each alternative. 9 /// 10 / / / 11 12 /// 13 / / / 14 /// 15 I I / 16 /11 17 1// 18 19 1// 20 /11 21 /// 22 1// 23 1// 24 25 26 /// III 27 February 25, 1999 28 2 1999-41 A RESOLUTION OF TIlE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF TIlE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO CALLING FOR A REGIONAL AIRPORT PLAN FO. 1 SOUTIIERN CALIFORNIA. 2 3 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor joint and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a re2Ular meeting thereof, held on the ~da~ of March , 1999, by the following vote, to wit: 6 4 5 Council Members ) AYES ABSTAIN ABSENT NAYS 7 8 ESTRADA 9 -Z. LIEN x --1L -Z. x ~ -Z. 18 19 20 21 ~l~ The foregoing resolution is hereby appro thi }.. day of March , 1999. V ALLES, Mayor San Bernardino 22 Approved as to form and 23 legal content: 24 James F. Penman, City Attorney 25 26 27 February 25, 1999 28 3