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') ° I 1 .1 P, L RESOLUTION NO. 13897 RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT AIRCRAFT NOISE IMPACTS AND MITIGATIONS ARE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT MUST BE CONSIDERED IN ALL ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OF ANY RUNWAY RECONFIGURATIONS PLAN AT SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WHEREAS, San Francisco International Airport is located in San Mateo County, is the county's largest single employer and provides significant economical vitality to the region; and WHEREAS, FAA traffic routing patterns may place flight paths over the City of Redwood City; and WHEREAS, air traffic into and out of San Francisco International Airport causes noise that impacts the environment and quality of life in Redwood City; and WHEREAS, the quality of life in Redwood City is adversely impacted day and night from the converging noise from large streams of aircraft arrivals from throughout the world; and WHEREAS, aircraft noise impacts are and must be considered a significant environmental issue to be evaluated in all environmental analyses; and WHEREAS, a runway reconfiguration at San Francisco International Airport could have a major effect on aircraft noise in San Mateo County; and WHEREAS, the Airport Roundtable Community has submitted a letter to Hillary Gitelman, Environmental Review Office, City and County of San Francisco, dated September 3,1999, that contains comments on a Notice of Preparation (NOP) to prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) to evaluate proposed runway reconfigurations for San Francisco International Airport (attached hereto); and WHEREAS, the term "environment" is defined in section 21060.5 of the Public Resources Code, al "...physical conditions which exist within the area that will be affected by a proposed project, including land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, noise, objects of historic or aesthetic significance" 5/0/00 Sh/rwc /council/reso Reso -885 FXS /fs