CC RESOLUTION 4091RESOLUTION NO. 4 0 91
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, CALLING FOR A REGIONAL AIRPORT
PLAN FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Department of Airports has initiated a revision of the Master Plan for
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) which anticipates expanding its passenger activity from a current
60 million passengers per year to an expected 98 million passengers per year and its cargo activity from its
current 1.7 million tons per year to an expected 4.2 million tons per year; and
WHEREAS, expanding its passenger and cargo activity as proposal will greatly increase the
number of flights and nearly double ground traffic going to and from LAX; and
WHEREAS, communities in the vicinity of LAX which already experience enormous adverse
environmental impacts from operations of the airport can expect greatly increased noise and air pollution
from overhead aircraft, greatly increased congestion and air pollution from ground traffic, especially from
dramatic increases in the activity of diesel trucks around the airport; and
WHEREAS, airport officials estimate LAX improvement will cost as much as $12 billion dollars, not
including the costs of transportation improvements required to facilitate access to LAX which will be paid
for by regional tax payers; and
WHEREAS, there are many other commercial airports in Southern California, some with significant
histories as commercial airports, some recently converted to commercial or joint military and commercial
airports; and
WHEREAS, several of these airports are located in areas of Southern California expected to
experience the greatest growth in population and employment over the next twenty years; while LAX is
near the communities expected to experience the least growth in the same period; and
WHEREAS, developing airport capacity near high growth communities rather than concentrating
airport development at LAX may be an environmental superior, lower -cost and more equitable strategy for
serving future growth in air commerce in Southern California; and
WHEREAS, the development of these regional airport resources will help spread jobs and
economic development opportunities more equitable throughout the region, and reduce the public health
and environmental burdens on communities near LAX.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO, CAIFORNIA, DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of El Segundo, California, calls upon the communities of Southern
California, including the City of Los Angeles; the Counties of Los Angeles, orange, San Bernardino,
Riverside and Ventura; the State of California; and our congressional representatives to join together in
developing the Regional Airport Plan for Southern California that constrains LAX to operate within the
capacity of its existing facilities and develops the capacity of the many other commercial airports in
Southern California to serve the expanding air commerce marketplace.
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CALLING FOR REGIONAL AIRPORT
PLAN FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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Section 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution;
shall enter the same in the book of original Resolutions 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 15th day of September, 1998.
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Mike Gordon, Mayor
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Cindy Mortesen, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Resolution No. 4 0 91 was
duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the
City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 15th day of September, 1998, and the same
was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, McDowell, Gaines, Wernick
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Cindy Morten, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark D. Hensle Y. City Attome
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RESOLUTION NO. 4 0 91
CALLING FOR REGIONAL AIRPORT
PLAN FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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