Full Text of SR1553 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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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