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 City of Hermosa Beach --- 07-22-97
LAX MASTER PLAN
Recommendation:
Adopt resolution and authorize Mayor to execute letter outlining the City's concerns about the proposed expansion of the airport.
Background:
The Airport Department has been working on a program to expand LAX. Four major alternatives for the expansion are being considered. LAX has held a series of meetings to get comments and concerns expressed so they can be included in the evaluation of the four alternatives in the EIR process which will start next month. Comments must be received by the end of July to be included and evaluated. The Draft EIR will then be prepared, circulated and public comment invited on the proposal. The Draft EIR will most likely narrow down the choices.
The resolution and letter will ensure that the City Council will have a continuing voice in the process.
RESOLUTION NO. 97-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, DEMANDING FUNDS TO MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS LAX HAS ON THE CITY AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION
WHEREAS, the City of Los Angeles Department of Airports is developing a Master Plan for LAX to guide the development and operation of the airport through the year 2015; and,
WHEREAS, the impacts of LAX on the SCAG region are substantial and multifaceted, including economic, safety, noise, crime, vehicular traffic, and air quality, to mention a few; and,
WHEREAS, the impacts of safety, noise, crime, vehicular traffic and air quality on the South Bay region of SCAG and, in particular, the communities that adjoin LAX are often given secondary consideration by the City of Los Angeles and the Department of Airports in their desire to maximize the economic returns from LAX; and,
WHEREAS, those communities that are not directly impacted by the negative operational aspects of LAX, including safety, noise, crime, vehicular traffic, and air quality, to mention a few, are also concerned with these issues and want these concerns addressed and mitigated as part of the LAX master plan; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Hermosa Beach City Council demands that the LAX master plan provide specific actions and funding to mitigate the current and future negative operational impacts of LAX on the SCAG region and specifically on those communities that are impacted by safety, noise, crime, vehicular traffic and air quality issues.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution; shall enter the same in the book of original Resolution of said City; and, shall make a minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said City, in the minutes of the meeting at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of July, 1997.
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