Resolution 12982EH
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CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12982
SUPPORTING THE QUIET COMMUNITIES ACT,
S. 951 AND H.R. 536
WHEREAS, nearly 20,000,000 Americans are exposed to noise
levels that can lead to psychological and physiological damage and
another 40,000,000 people are exposed to noise levels that cause
sleep or work disruption; and
WHEREAS, chronic exposure to excessive noise causes sleep
deprivation and task interruptions, both of which pose untold costs
on society in diminished worker productivity; and
WHEREAS, as population growth and air and vehicular traffic
continue to increase, noise pollution is likely to become an even
greater problem in the future; and
WHEREAS, the Office of Noise Abatement and Control, within the
Environmental Protection Agency will be an effective champion for
those communities most impacted by noise.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Alameda that the Quiet Communities Act, S.951 and H.R. 536, has
the full support of the City Council.
BE IF FURTHER RESOLVED that staff is authorized to transmit or
otherwise communicate this support to all pertinent legislative
representatives, committees and neighboring communities.
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 5th
day of May , 1998, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Kerr, Lucas
and President Appezzato - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 6th day of May , 1998.
Dian Felsch, y Clerk
City of Alameda