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Recommendation to Accept Informational Report on Activities, Quarterly Meetings and Issues Related to the Oakland International Airport. (Community Development 481005)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: David L. Rudat, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City staff is requesting City Council accept this informational report regarding activities, meetings and issues related to the Oakland International Airport.
BACKGROUND
In June 2018, the City Council requested a presentation on City affairs related to the Oakland International Airport (Oakland Airport). In response to the City Council's request, staff has coordinated with members of the City's Airport Operations Committee (AOC) and Port of Oakland (Port) staff to present information to the City Council and the public. This report summarizes key points to be made during the presentation.
DISCUSSION
The City of Alameda, particularly the 3,000 homes on Bay Farm Island, is immediately adjacent to Oakland Airport. The airport is owned and operated by the Port of Oakland. While there are beneficial aspects of this close proximity to the airport, there are also detrimental impacts on Alameda residents from a noise perspective. An elaborate framework of advisory bodies and committees exists to address a variety of noise issues, as described below.
Airport Advisory Bodies and Committees
There is an existing framework for the City, the community, the Port and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to address airport impacts on communities surrounding the Oakland Airport. These include quarterly meetings of the North Field/South Field Research Group (established in 1998/2004), the Noise Management Forum (established in 1998), and the Airport Stakeholders meeting (established in 2004). Of these bodies, the Noise Management Forum is the most formal setting due to its composition of elected officials and their representatives from East Bay cities. The Noise Management Fo...
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