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Resolution 11336CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO 11336 PROPOSED NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES AT OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHEREAS, the Port of Oakland owns and operates the Oakland International Airport; and WHEREAS, the Oakland International Airport operates two airfields, one predominantly used by general aviation and the other by air carrier operations; and WHEREAS, the City of Alameda has received numerous complaints regarding aircraft noise emanating from the Oakland International Airport, originally and primarily about nighttime/early morning overflights from the North Field which interrupt people during normal sleeping hours, but more recently about the impacts of air cargo and other flights originating out of South Field; and WHEREAS, actions taken by the Port of Oakland as proprietor of the airport, have not been sufficient to abate noise associated with these takeoffs and landings; and WHEREAS, the City of Alameda is convinced that a prohibition on nighttime overflights over residential areas originating or terminating at the Oakland International Airport would provide a safer and healthier environment for its citizens, free from the noise and other nuisances, irrations and concerns associated with airport landings and departures; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Alameda believes that as a noise sensitive neighbor to the Oakland International Airport, time is of the essence and that it is essential and vital that the Port of Oakland be responsive to the concerns of the citizens of the City of Alameda. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda that the Port of Oakland be alerted to the urgency of this matter and take all the necessary operational steps immediately to divert any and all nighttime air traffic to either Runways 9L and 9R or to Runway 29 between the hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Alameda and the Port of Oakland schedule an immediate meeting to establish maximum allowable single-event noise levels for aircraft departing Runways 27L, 27R, and 29, providing for a lower :"1-7-- allowable level for nighttime operations. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Alameda requests the Port of Oakland to publish noise abatement procedures in conspicuous places in and around the airport and make every effort to alert pilots and airport tenants to these procedures. I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 3rd of November, 1987, by the following vote to Wit: AYES: Councilmembers Camicia, Haugner, Monsef, Thomas and President Corica - 5. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this 4th day of November, 1987. City erk of the City of Alameda