HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 6151-1973RESOLUTION NO. 6151
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE SPEEDY
COMPLETION OF THE PAVEMENT OF A TWO
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FOOT EASTWARD
EXTENSION OF RUNWAY 28-RIGHT AT THE
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco and its sister
cities in Northern San Mateo County have continuously urged the
San Francisco Airports Commission (SFAC) to adopt effective
noise-abatement measures, and
WHEREAS, the SFAC has taken a constructive step toward
noise abatement by establishing a capital improvement program,
supported in part by Federal Airport Development Aid Program
(ADAP) funds, which program in the opinion of this City Council
contains certain projects that, in the opinion of the City Council
will favor noise abatement and air safety without contributing
to any deleterious environmental effects, and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco published a
detailed analysis of the benefits to be derived from specific
projects within the capital improvement program described in the
San Francisco Airports Commission's ADAP Application for Request
for Aid No. 4 in the City Council Resolution No. 5860, dated
June 5, 1972,. and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco has become aware
of the filing of a Complaint in an Action by the San Francisco
Ecology Center, et al v. the City and County of 'S'an Fr'ancisco,et
ai, in the Superior Court of the State of California, City and
County of San Francisco, Civil Action No. 660-545, on or about
May 16, 1973, and
WHEREAS, the minutes of the regular meeting of the Sound
Abatement Center, San Francisco International Airport, San
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Francisco, for June 1, 1973, reflect a statement by Jerome Cohen,
Esq., Deputy City Attorney, City and County of San Francisco, as
follows:
"Mr. Cohen reported that a suit filed by environ-
mentalists to halt the SFIA expansion program
could prevent the airport's efforts to reduce
noise, including the installation of the required
noise monitoring system. The suit could stop plans
to pave R 28-Right. The longer runway, when com-
pleted, will enable more jet aircraft to turn right
of San Bruno Mountain, thus avoiding residential
areas of South San Francisco, San Bruno,and Brisbane.
The extension of 28 R will a~so enable aircraft now
departing through the "Gap" area to attain a higher
altitude over residential areas than is now possible.
In addition to alleviating noise in these areas, it
would also enable aircraft approaching the airport
to come in farther 'over the Bay, thus reducing noise
in Foster City as well."
and the minutes also reflect a concurring statement from Mrs.
Charles (Rae) Laird of Foster City and also a statement from
Ms. Mimi Whitney, of the Coordinated Noise Committee of Brisbane,
who urged that direct overflights of the center of Brisbane be
avoided, which latter statement likewise favors the completion
of the eastward extension of Runway 28-Right, and
WHEREAS, the completion of the eastward extension of
Runway 28-Right facilitates and expedites the handling by east-
bound and northbound departures from the San Francisco Interna-
tional Airport and the prompt departure release of subsequent
westbound and southbound departures through the San Bruno Gap,
and thereby is conducive to an orderly and efficient flow of
departures while minimizing the need for overflights by depar-
tures of residential areas in San Bruno, South San Francisco,
Colma, Daly City, and San Francisco, and
WHEREAS, the completion of the noise-monitoring
system at the San Francisco International Airport is deemed to
be a necessary tool in any noise-abatement effort, and
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WHEREAS, it appears upon careful consideration of
all the known facts that the completion of the eastward exten-
sion of Runway 28-Right, as well as the completion of a noise-
monitoring system does not involve any encroachment on the waters
of the Bay, nor any other significant adverse environmental im-
pact upon the quality of air, water, wildlife, traffic or any
other aspect of life within the area of influence of the San
Francisco International Airport, and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco does not
hereby express or imply any opinion on the merits or demerits
of the Causes of Action raised in the aforementioned Civil
Action No.660-545, or any part thereof, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco is not aware of any evidence that, by the completion
of the noise-monitoring system or the completion of the pavement
of the eastward extension of Runway 28-Right, plaintiffs in said
Civil Action, or anyone else for that matter, could be affected
prejudicially in any significant way, and
WHEREAS, the stated opinion of the aviation consultant
of the City of South San Francisco sets forth that a delay of
even a few weeks in the construction work on the noise-monitoring
system and on the pavement of the eastward extension of Runway
28-Right is likely to extend either or both projects into the
storm season of 1973-1974, and then prolong them unavoidably
beyond said storm season and into the southwesterly-wind season
in May-June 1974, thereby delaying the noise reduction expected
from the observational data yielded by said noise-monitoring
system and said runway extension for six months or more, to the
detriment of the City of South San Francisco and other cities in
Northern San Mateo County;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of South San Francisco, California, that this Council
wishes to inform the City and County of San Francisco as the
sponsor of the runway-extension project, the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) as a participating funding agency of the
United States Government, the San Mateo County Airport Land Use
Commission as a countywide planning body intimately concerned
with the interrelationship between the San Francisco International
Airport and adjacent municipalities, and each of the Cities of
Northern San Mateo County lying within the jurisdictional area
of the San Mateo Airport Land Use Commission, that this City
Council supports the early completion of the eastward extension
of Runway 28-Right, as currently planned by the SFAC and the
FAA, and that this City Council also supports the early comple-
tion of the noise monitoring system as required under Subchapter
6, Title 4, of the Administrative Code of the State of California,
as currently planned by the SFAC.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was
regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the
City of South San Francisco at a re§u~ar meeting
held on the 6th
following vote:
AYES, COUNCILMEN
NOES, "
ABSENT, "
day of Au§ust · · , 1973, by the
Patrick E. Ahern, William A. Borba, F. Frank
Mammini, Terry J. Mirri and Warren' Steinkamp
None
None
ATTEST:
City Clerk