RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Chicago- O'Hare International Airport is one ofthe busiest commercial airports in the world, annually handling hundreds of thousands of aircraft operations involving tens of millions of passenger enplanements; and
WHEREAS, Chicago-O'Hare International Airport is a vital economic engine for the City of Chicago and the Chicago region, responsible for thousands of jobs across many sectors ofthe economy; and
WHEREAS, Chicago-O'Hare International Airport has been undergoing an expansive capital program known as the O'Hare Modernization Plan (OMP), a multi-billion dollar, intergovernmental effort to make airport operations safer and more efficient, while spurring considerable economic growth throughout the region; and
WHEREAS, the O'Hare Modernization Plan calls for the creation of additional runways and a complete transition ofthe entire airfield to a parallel runway configuration; and
WHEREAS, a new runway, 10C/28C, recently commissioned as part ofthe O'Hare Modernization Plan, has led to a significant increase in the number of evening arrivals on runway 27 Left, which has greatly impacted the quality of life in communities situated east of Chicago-O'Hare International Airport; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago Department of Aviation and the O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission are tasked with implementing the Residential Sound Insulation Program (RSIP), a federally funded program to sound insulate qualifying residential homes and schools; and
WHEREAS, H.R. 3650 (Silent Skies Act), a bill recently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, would further limit the impact of the O'Hare Modernization Plan on the affected communities by amending title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the operation of certain aircraft not complying with the stage 4 noise standard, an internationally recognized certification aimed at reducing aircraft noise; and
WHEREAS, since 1997 the Chicago Department of Aviation has operated the Fly Quiet Program, which relies on t...
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