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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUING OPERATION OF THE SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT/COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLE Page 2 of 7 Preamble - continued In June 1997, the 1981 MOU, as amended, was amended a second time, to allow non- member cities and towns in San Mateo County to join the Roundtable. MOU Amendment No.2 specified the procedures for joining the Roundtable and established an annual financial contribution requirement for new member jurisdictions. As a result of that amendment, the Roundtable membership increased from 13 to 23 members. In 2004, the Roundtable Chairperson appointed a Roundtable subcommittee to review the 1981 MOU, as amended, and update the document to provide for improved operation and efficiency of the Roundtable as a pu,blic body. The following language is a consolidation of the previous MOU and Amendments Nos.1 and 2, in a more organized and comprehensive format. Also included is additional language to reflect the continuing status of the Roundtable and to provide for more efficient operation of the organization, as a whole. ARTICLE I: Statement of Purpose and Objectives 1. Purpose As a result of more than twenty'-four years of cooperation between the San Francisco Airport Commission, noise-impacted communities, the federal government, and the airlines ' operating at San Francisco International Airport, the Roundtable has facilitated numerous aircraft noise mitigation achievements to improve the quality of life in communities near the Airport. The overall purpose of the Roundtable is to continue to foster and enhance this cooperative relationship to develop, evaluate, and implement reasonable and feasible, policies, procedures, and mitigation actions that will further reduce the impacts of aircraft noise in neighborhoods and communities in San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. 2. Objectives Objective 1: Continue to organize, administer, and operate the San Francisco International Airport/Community Roundtable as a public forum for discussion, study, analysis, and evaluation of policies, procedures and mitigation actions that will minimize aircraft noise impacts to help improve the quality of life of residents in San Mateo and San Francisco Counties. ' Objective 2: Provide a framework of understanding as to the history and operation of the San Francisco International AirportlCQmmunity Roundtable. ' Objective 3: Maintain the San Francisco International Airport/Community Roundtable as a focal point of information and discussion between local, state, and federal legislators and policy makers, as it applies to noise impacts from"'.' airport/aircraft operations in local communities.