CC RESOLUTION 3932RESOLUTION NO: 3932
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TB E CITY OF
EL SEGUNDO OPPOSING THE PRACTICE OF OVER OCEAN
OPERATIONS AT LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT'
VVWRRF,AS, the practice of Over Ocean Operations was initiated in 1972 by the Los
Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners (Board) to eliminate, between the hours of midnight
and 6:30am4 the noise of aircraft arriving at LAX over the Cities of Inglewood and Los Angeles
and the communities of Lennox and Del Aire; and
VVIIEREAS, Board Resolution Numbers 7467 and 8372 established an Over Ocean
Operations procedure that would have evenly distributed departure and arrival activity between
the North and South Complexes; and
WHEREAS, the excessive amount of departure noise and overflights suffered by El
Segundo residents between midnight and 6:30am is the direct result of the FAA's directive to
have all departures leave the South Complex during Over Ocean Operations; and
WHEREAS, Over Ocean Operations as practiced by the Air Traffic Control Tower
(ATCT) personnel at LAX is discriminatory against the City of El Segundo and not in
. compliance with the procedure approved by the Board; and
VVHEREAS, this discriminatory practice by the FAA results in about 86% of all
departures from midnight to 6:30am occurring from the South Complex; and
VVI3EREAS, numerous late night/early morning overflights by low altitude aircraft at high
power settings occur because aircraft departing the South Complex turn early to the south to
ensure safe separation from aircraft arriving from the west; and
WHEREAS, the FAA's discriminatory practice of the Over Ocean Operations procedure
makes El Segundo the most heavily noise impacted of the communities surrounding LAX during
the hours of midnight to 6:30am; and
WHEREAS, the Over Ocean Operations procedure, because of its characteristic head -on
flight pattern, with aircraft departing to the west into the flight path of on- coming arrival aircraft
from the west, is universally accepted as less safe than the standard day time LAX flight pattern
of aircraft arriving from the east and departing to the west; and
WIEREAS, the head -on flight pattern of Over Ocean Operations will become
. increasingly dangerous as air traffic at LAX is projected to increase by 30 - 35% by the year
2000; and
VVHEREAS, noise from the South Complex can be expected to increase during the hours
of midnight to 6:30am because of the anticipated growth in LAX flight operations and because
conversion of the LAX fleet to Stage III aircraft will not be complete until the year 2000; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City to reduce the noise impact and increase the safety
of LAX flight operations as they effect El Segundo.
NOW MEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
HEREBY FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
1. Over Ocean Operations, as practiced by the Air Traffic Control at LAX is discriminatory,
resulting in the City of El Segundo being unfairly burdened by the annoyance of noise and the
hazards of overflight.
2. The Council concurs with the unanimously held assessment of the FAA, the LAX
• aircamers and the LAX Operations Staff that the head -on, night time flight pattern of Over
Ocean Operations is inherently more dangerous than the head -to -tail flight pattern of normal day
time operations.
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3. As it is currently practiced, Over Ocean Operations appears to penalize the citizens of El
Segundo without providing any significant noise reduction benefit to anyone.
• NOW, TMIE CRE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO
HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City is opposed to the continuation of Over Ocean Operations on the following
grounds:
a. As practiced by the FAA ATCT personnel at LAX, the Over Ocean Operations
procedure is grossly discriminatory against El Segundo, exposing its citizens to unfair and
traumatic amounts of sleep disturbing noise and to the hazards of frequent overflights
from midnight to 6:30am nightly; and
b. The Over Ocean Operations flight pattern is inherently more dangerous than the
day time flight pattern; and
C. Traffic congestion during Over Ocean Operations routinely results in the late
night/early morning overflight of residences in the City of El Segundo by low altitude
aircraft departing LAX at high throttle settings; and
d. The amount of noise and number of overflights is likely to increase rather than
• diminish with the passage of time; and
e. There is no current evidence that Over Ocean Operations is achieving the
reduction of the noise impact area for which it was designed over 23 years ago.
BE IT FURTHER. RESOLVED AS FOLLOWS: That the City Council of the City of El
Segundo hereby requests that the Board of Airport Commissioners act to terminate Over Ocean
Operations because that procedure is grossly discriminatory, less safe than LAxs day time,
conventional flight pattern, and because the procedure no longer serves the purpose for which it
was designed.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of July X 1995.
X Carl Jacobson, Mayor
Ci ,sf El Segundo, California
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ]
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ] SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ]
I, Lora Freeman, Deputy City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the whole number of members of the City Council of the said
• City is five; that the foregoing resolution, being RESOLUTION NO. 3932 was duly passed
and adopted by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor or said City,
and attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council
held on the 18TH day of JULY, 1995, and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Mayor Jacobson, Mayor ProTem Weston, Councilman Switz,
Councilman Robbins, and Councilwoman Friedkin.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTENTION: None
NOT PARTICIPATING: None
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1995. WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 20th day of July,
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D puty City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo,
California
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