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Presented By Leonard W. Levine
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, municipalities across the country continue to be impacted by
environmental hazards resulting from noisy aircraft operations; and
WHEREAS, legislation to establish a fund to combat the ill-effects of
aircraft and airport-operations-related environmental hazards is imperative
to insure relief for affected citizens; and
WHEREAS, negative effects of aircraft noise present a significant cost
to communities -- that cost not currently borne by the airports or airfares ; and
WHEREAS, Congress currently is seeking to defederalize large airports ,
thereby making cities affected by such a move ineligible for federal funding; and
WHEREAS, a minimal charge of less than a dollar, levied only at the point
of origin of a trip, would have no significant effect on the cost of travel ,
and would help support programs to counter the negative effects on people and
property brought about by aircraft and airport noise; so, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that in the event that Congress defederalizes large airports,
this Council supports legislation which would enable those affected airports
to levy a head tax to be used to mitigate the effects of airport noise; and
be i t
FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Council supports equal access to the funds
generated by the noise-abatement head tax both to operators of airports and
to non-operating neighboring communities affected by the noise from large
airports.
COUNCILMEN
Yeas Nays Requestgd by Department of:
Hunt
�evine In Favor
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McMahon
� _Q__ Against BY
Tedesco
Wilson
JUN i i 1981 Form Approved by City Attorney
Adopted by Council: Date —
Certified Yass Council cret BY
sy
Appr y .Vlavor: Da e �98� Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
By — BY
UBLISHED JUN 2 01981