CC RES 2000-017 RESOLUTION NO. 2000-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS OF THE
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO AGAINST LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORTS FOR
VIOLATIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
WHEREAS, the citizens of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes are concerned that
operations and facilities at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) have been steadily
expanding, and that such expansion has had and is having adverse effects upon
communities surrounding LAX:
WHEREAS, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) has, in its ongoing expansion, failed to
consider an optimal regional solution to the regional demand for air transportation
facilities;
WHEREAS, LAWA has purported, since 1994, to be preparing a Master Plan to govern
the long-term expansion of LAX and has assured the public that it would evaluate the
environmental impacts of the expansion of airport facilities in a comprehensive
environmental impact report (EIR) on the Master Plan;
WHEREAS, the Master Plan and accompanying EIR have been repeatedly delayed and
are not expected to be released soon;
WHEREAS, despite the delay in releasing its long-term plan for LAX, LAWA has
continued to expand the capacity at the airport with the piecemeal approvals of new
projects including terminals, runways, and operating agreements, all without adequate
analysis or public disclosure of environmental impacts;
WHEREAS, the pattern and practice at LAX of approving projects without compliance
with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) has systematically denied, and
continues to deny, public important ublic im ortant information regarding the nature and severity of
environmental impacts associated with projects proposed, approved, and constructed at
LAX:
WHEREAS, the City of El Segundo has filed an action challenging the ongoing pattern
and practice of LAWA and the Board of Airport Commissioners of approving projects at
LAX that expand the capacity and/or operations of the airport without adequate
environmental review, and is seeking a court order declaring such practices to be a
violation of CEQA and enjoying such practices; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Palos Verdes has determined that the above-described
litigation is in furtherance of the interests of City of Rancho Palos Verdes and the City of
Rancho Palos Verdes wishes to formally express its support of the position of the City of
El Segundo in this litigation;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes hereby formally goes on record as supporting the efforts of the City of El
Segundo to cause LAWA to cease its pattern and practice of approving expansion of
the airport facilities and operations without complying with CEQA.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of April, 2000.
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CI CLERK
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Jo Purcell, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that
above Resolution No. 2000-17 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on April 18, 2000.
CITY CLERK
Resolution No. 2000-17
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