HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-021 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 99-21
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CiTY OF TEMECULA SUPPORTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A SUBREGIONAL AIRPORT
PLAN FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
NOW BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Temecula as follows:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Temecula does hereby find, determine and declare as
follows:
Access to commercial and cargo aviation opportunities is important to economic vitality
and job creation throughout the region. Aviation demand within the entire region is
forecast to exceed 157 million air passengers per year and 8.9 tons of cargo per year
by 2020.
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The Los Angeles Depadment 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 per
year.
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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.
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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 needs for
added aviation capacity.
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.
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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,
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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.
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Section 2. The City Council of the City of Temecula does hereby resolve that the City of Temecula
supports the Southern California Association of Governments in its efforts to develop a Subregional
Airport Plan for Southern California that includes one or more fully-developed alternatives that
distribute the growth in aidine 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·
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the
day of March, 1999.
· of Temecula this 23~d
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I, Susan W. Jones, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify that
Resolution No. 99-21 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 23"" day of March, 1999, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Comerchero, Lindemans, Roberts, Stone, Ford
None
None
AYES: 5
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 0
CMC
Clerk
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