HomeMy WebLinkAbout19545 - RESOLUTIONS - 6/30/1999 RESOLUTION NO. 19545
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA,AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
TO JOIN THE COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF
GOVERNMENTS IN 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
the 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 proposed 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 improvements will cost as much as $12 billion, not
including the costs of transportation improvements required to facilitate access to LAX which will
be paid for by regional taxpayers; 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 lease growth in the same period; and
WHEREAS developing airport capacity near high growth communities rather than concentrating
airport development at LAX may be an environmentally 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 equitably throughout the region, and reduce the public health and
environmental burden on communities near LAX,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Palm Springs calls for the Coachella
Valley Association of Governments to call 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 develops the capacity of the
commercial airports in Southern California to serve the expanding air commerce marketplace.
' ADOPTED this 30th day of June 1999.
AYES: Members Barnes, Hodges, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: C TY F PALM S CALIFORNIA
By, ( _
City Clerk ✓ y Manager
REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM `/1/�