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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Certain communities on the Northwest side of the
3City of Chicago (including Edison Park, Norwood Park, Jefferson
4Park, Gladstone Park, and Big Oaks) lay underneath the key
5nighttime air routes that converge over the community; this
6includes 5 glide paths, 2 major take-off plates, air routes,
7all used after 10 p.m.; and
 
8    WHEREAS, These communities of the City of Chicago seek a
9solution to the nighttime sleep interruptions during the hours
10of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., including the shoulder hours as well;
11and
 
12    WHEREAS, The Nextgen Program is currently being applied at
13O'Hare International Airport, where flights that used to be
145-miles spaced apart will soon have only a 3-mile separation,
15times 6 east-to-west approach patterns for all inbound flights;
16and
 
17    WHEREAS, These communities of the City of Chicago are
18experiencing higher levels of jet noise, especially during the
19phase 1 nighttime flight operations; and
 
20    WHEREAS, The current fly quiet program needs to be
21re-evaluated for the purposes of instilling and sharing the

 

 

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1primary purpose of flight and community partnership at O'Hare
2International Airport with all of the collar communities;
3therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Federal
6Aeronautics Administration and O'Hare International Airport
7authorities to decrease jet noise over the communities of
8Northwest Chicago by establishing a full-time fly quiet program
9and urge the creation and passage of a federal homeowner's
10aviation fly quiet act; and be it further
 
11    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
12delivered to the Commissioner of O'Hare International Airport,
13the Acting Administrator of the Federal Aeronautics
14Administration, and to each member of the Illinois
15congressional delegation.