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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The Illinois General Assembly in 2003 approved | ||||||
| 3 | Public Act 93-450 (HB 721:
Currie/Jones), a bill to enact the | ||||||
| 4 | O'Hare Modernization Act; this new Act made Illinois and its
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| 5 | citizens equal partners in the O'Hare Airport Modernization | ||||||
| 6 | Program that has been carried out by the
Chicago Department of | ||||||
| 7 | Aviation and its private-sector partners in the 13 years since | ||||||
| 8 | 2003, including
the voluntary Fly Quiet program for aircraft | ||||||
| 9 | noise mitigation that was inaugurated in 1997; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Many of our constituents understand the | ||||||
| 11 | importance of O'Hare International Airport to
the economic life | ||||||
| 12 | and health of greater Chicago, and are eager to push for | ||||||
| 13 | aggressive noise reduction
in the context of a healthy and | ||||||
| 14 | thriving O'Hare Airport; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we support the November | ||||||
| 17 | 2015 report of the Suburban O'Hare Commission, which includes | ||||||
| 18 | over 20 recommendations to strengthen the "Fly Quiet" program | ||||||
| 19 | and to reduce noise from newly-reconfigured runways at O'Hare | ||||||
| 20 | International Airport; and be it further | ||||||
| 21 | RESOLVED, That the Chicago Department of Aviation should | ||||||
| 22 | develop a more comprehensive, aggressive Fly Quiet program, | ||||||
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| 1 | including the development of a Continuous Descent Approach, a | ||||||
| 2 | review of Noise Abatement Department Procedures, the act of | ||||||
| 3 | maintaining at least 2 operating runways and leaving a third | ||||||
| 4 | runway open during Fly Quiet hours, including at least one | ||||||
| 5 | diagonal runway, and the operating use of a Runway Rotation | ||||||
| 6 | Plan, to disperse airport noise effects during Fly Quiet hours; | ||||||
| 7 | and be it further | ||||||
| 8 | RESOLVED, That the Chicago Department of Aviation should | ||||||
| 9 | revise and strengthen the Fly Quiet
Program Manual and | ||||||
| 10 | operating procedures to create a pathway toward partial | ||||||
| 11 | compliance with Fly
Quiet during non-optimal weather | ||||||
| 12 | conditions, and better familiarity between air traffic | ||||||
| 13 | controllers and
Fly Quiet principles; and be it further | ||||||
| 14 | RESOLVED, That the Fly Quiet Program Manual should be | ||||||
| 15 | studied and revised at regular, periodic
intervals; these | ||||||
| 16 | reviews should include, but not be limited to, the assessment | ||||||
| 17 | of departure paths and
headings from O'Hare's newest runways | ||||||
| 18 | and determine the best runway configurations, with the goal
of | ||||||
| 19 | directing flights over less-populated areas and reducing | ||||||
| 20 | population impacts; and be it further | ||||||
| 21 | RESOLVED, That stakeholders should work together to study | ||||||
| 22 | and implement Fly Quiet Program
Manual voluntary operating | ||||||
| 23 | procedures outside of normal Fly Quiet hours; and be it further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the Chicago Department of Aviation should | ||||||
| 2 | make every effort to work with its
private partners to | ||||||
| 3 | discourage and phase down the use of older and noisier | ||||||
| 4 | aircraft, including but not
limited to the MD-80 and DC-10 | ||||||
| 5 | aircraft, on a 24/7 basis but especially during Fly Quiet | ||||||
| 6 | hours; and be it further | ||||||
| 7 | RESOLVED, That the Chicago Department of Aviation should | ||||||
| 8 | enhance the report card program to
measure and publicly report | ||||||
| 9 | on the noise mitigation performance metrics posted by airlines | ||||||
| 10 | and air
cargo operators throughout the 24/7 day, but especially | ||||||
| 11 | with respect to operations during Fly Quiet
hours; and be it | ||||||
| 12 | further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be sent to the | ||||||
| 14 | Mayor of Chicago, the head of the Federal
Aviation | ||||||
| 15 | Administration, the CEO of American Airlines, and the CEO of | ||||||
| 16 | United Airlines.
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