SR0965 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Certain communities on the Northwest side of the City of Chicago (including Edison Park, Norwood Park, Jefferson Park, Gladstone Park, and Big Oaks) lay underneath the key nighttime air routes that converge over the community; this includes 5 glide paths, 2 major take-off plates, air routes, all used after 10 p.m.; and

WHEREAS, These communities of the City of Chicago seek a solution to the nighttime sleep interruptions during the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., including the shoulder hours as well; and

WHEREAS, The Nextgen Program is currently being applied at O'Hare International Airport, where flights that used to be 5-miles spaced apart will soon have only a 3-mile separation, times 6 east-to-west approach patterns for all inbound flights; and

WHEREAS, These communities of the City of Chicago are experiencing higher levels of jet noise, especially during the phase 1 nighttime flight operations; and

WHEREAS, The current fly quiet program needs to be re-evaluated for the purposes of instilling and sharing the primary purpose of flight and community partnership at O'Hare International Airport with all of the collar communities; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the Federal Aeronautics Administration and O'Hare International Airport authorities to decrease jet noise over the communities of Northwest Chicago by establishing a full-time fly quiet program and urge the creation and passage of a federal homeowner's aviation fly quiet act; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the Commissioner of O'Hare International Airport, the Acting Administrator of the Federal Aeronautics Administration, and to each member of the Illinois congressional delegation.