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<br />jwf 7/31/07 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2007-056 <br /> <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA ADOPTING A JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT <br />COALITION CITY POSITION STATEMENT <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br /> <br />A. The cities of Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Orange, Santa Ana, Tustin and <br />Newport Beach are the communities most directly impacted by noise <br />generated by air carriers operating in the John Wayne Airport (JWA) <br />arrival and departure corridors, and these cities have previously worked <br />together as a coalition (JWA Coalition), and with the cooperation of the <br />Orange County Board of Supervisors, to obtain amendments to the JWA <br />Settlement Agreement; and, <br /> <br />B. The Board of Supervisors and the Airport Director are to be commended <br />for making decisions and operating JWA in a manner that balances the <br />County's air transportation needs with residents' quality of life; and, <br /> <br />C. JWA is, and will always be, incapable of serving all Orange County air <br />transportation demand and that there is no viable site in the County for a <br />second commercial airport; and, <br /> <br />D. Air transportation demand in the County and the Southern California <br />region now exceeds supply and that shortfall is likely to grow over time, as <br />will the time necessary to travel to certain regional airports; and, <br /> <br />E. This inability of JWA to accommodate all County air transportation <br />demand, the importance of air transportation to the region's economy and <br />the anticipated growth in regional air transportation demand are among <br />the factors that may result in pressure to modify JWA or the rules related <br />to aircraft operations; and, <br /> <br />F. The JWA Coalition must always be prepared to respond to any proposal to <br />expand JWA and must be proactive in the search for ways to satisfy more <br />of Orange County's air transportation demand without any expansion of <br />JWA; and, <br /> <br />Resolution No. 2007-056 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />