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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The city of Park Ridge has participated with the | ||||||
| 3 | O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission and Technical Committee | ||||||
| 4 | (CAPP) on a continued basis in support of their mission | ||||||
| 5 | statement; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The impacted families of CAPP, a volunteer group | ||||||
| 7 | of families seeking solutions to the nighttime low level cargo | ||||||
| 8 | flights at O'Hare International Airport, have seen a continued | ||||||
| 9 | steady rise in complaints against the back drop of nighttime | ||||||
| 10 | take-offs and jet aircraft noise with a grand total of well | ||||||
| 11 | over 24,000 for the year 2011; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, The City of Park Ridge lays underneath the key | ||||||
| 13 | nighttime air routes that converge over the community; this | ||||||
| 14 | includes 5 glide paths, 2 major take-off plates, air routes, | ||||||
| 15 | all used after 10 p.m.; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The City of Park Ridge seeks a solution to the | ||||||
| 17 | nighttime sleep interruptions during the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 | ||||||
| 18 | a.m., including the shoulder hours as well; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, The Nextgen Program is currently being applied at | ||||||
| 20 | O'Hare International Airport, where flights that use to be | ||||||
| 21 | 5-miles spaced apart will soon be only a 3-mile separation, | ||||||
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| 1 | times 6 east-to-west approach patterns for all inbound flights; | ||||||
| 2 | and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, The City of Park Ridge is experiencing higher | ||||||
| 4 | levels of jet noise, especially during the phase 1 nighttime | ||||||
| 5 | flight operations; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The current fly quiet program needs to be | ||||||
| 7 | re-evaluated for the purposes of instilling and sharing the | ||||||
| 8 | primary purpose of flight and community partnership at O'Hare | ||||||
| 9 | International Airport with all of the collar communities; | ||||||
| 10 | therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 12 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Federal | ||||||
| 13 | Aeronautics Administration and O'Hare International Airport | ||||||
| 14 | authorities to decrease jet noise over the collar communities | ||||||
| 15 | by establishing a full-time fly quiet program and urge the | ||||||
| 16 | creation and passage of a federal homeowner's aviation fly | ||||||
| 17 | quiet act; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | delivered to the Commissioner of O'Hare International Airport, | ||||||
| 20 | the Acting Administrator of the Federal Aeronautics | ||||||
| 21 | Administration, and to each member of the Illinois | ||||||
| 22 | congressional delegation.
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