HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 99-22 RESOLUTION NO. 99- 22
JOINT RESOLUTION FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY 'GOV
WHEREAS, access to commercial and cargo aviation opportunities is important to
economic vitality and job creation throughout the region, and
WHEREAS, aviation demand within the entire region is forecast to exceed 157 million air
passengers per year and 8.9 million tons of air cargo per year by 2020, and
WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Department of Airports has initiated a revision of the
Masterplan for Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) that advocates expansion of its
passenger activity from 60 million air passengers per year to an expected 98 million 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, airport officials estimate that the expansion of LAX to accommodate the
proposed level of aviation activity would cost as much as 12 billion dollars, and would necessitate
the expenditure of billions of dollars more to lessen its impact on the ground transportation
system; and
WHEREAS, the proposed expansion, given LAX's location in the built-out, intensely
congested west side of the South Coast Air Basin where its contribution to air pollution is
greatest, appears to be a high-cost, high-impact approach to meeting the region's need for added -Moe
aviation capacity, and
WHEREAS, there are at least nine other developing or existing commercial airports in
Southern California, several of which are located in areas expected to experience the greatest
growth in population and employment over the next 20 years, while the LAX area is expected to
experience the region's least growth; and
WHEREAS, developing airport capacity in areas of high growth and lower infrastructure
costs 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 airport resources in the high-growth areas of the region
will lead to a more equitable distribution of jobs and opportunities for economic growth, while
reducing the burden on the regional transportation system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that SCAG affirms its policy to encourage the
development of aviation facilities in areas experiencing growth in demand, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Cities and Counties of
Southern California, working through the Southern California Association of Governments and its
Aviation Task Force, shall prepare a long-range Regional Airport Plan for Southern California
that includes one or more fully-developed alternatives that distribute the growth in airline
passenger and cargo operations among the region's commercial aviation facilities, with full
consideration given to both freight and passenger ground access, and the economic and
environmental opportunities and impacts associated with each alternative.
MOVED, PASSED, AND ADOPTED this 6th day of May, 1999, by the following vote:
AYf:S: Council IVembers Conner, Good, Smedley, Villiair.s L. riaycr Cornett
NOES: NonE
ABSTAIN: acre
ASSENT: h'cre
Debbie Cornett
Mayor
ATTEST:
Pamela L. Lee
City Clerk