HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 279RESOLUTION NO. 279
A resolution of the City Council of the City of Medina relating to enforcement by Port
of Seattle/Federal Aviation Administration of the 4-Post Plan for Aircraft Arrivals at Seattle -
Tacoma International Airport.
WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle, in 1990, adopted the 4-Post Plan (an air space
reorganization) for aircraft arriving at Seattle -Tacoma International Airport that precludes
aircraft over flying the City of Medina, and
WHEREAS, even so, arriving aircraft landing at Seattle -Tacoma International Airport
are deviating from the requirements of the 4-Post Plan, to fly the Husky Visual Approach,
and frequently over flying the City of Medina, causing severe noise impact to our citizens
and community, and
WHEREAS, numerous aircraft noise level complaints have been filed with the Port of
Seattle by Medina residents, and
WHEREAS, a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) made by the FAA in 1990 for
the 4-Post Plan; FONSI did not analyze the environmental impacts from flight path
deviations over Medina, and
WHEREAS, the City of Medina is a noise sensitive area (FAA Order 1050.1 D) and
includes residential neighborhoods, educational structures, outdoor recreational sites and an
extensive Lake Washington coastal shoreline, and
WHEREAS, the aircraft over flights of the City of Medina constitute, according to
Council of Environmental Quality regulations, "extraordinary circumstances in which a
normally excluded (FAA) action may have a significant environmental effect', and
WHEREAS, the FAA and Port of Seattle have yet to implement the use of Global
Positioning System (GPS) technology for aircraft arrivals, as was part of the 4-Post Plan
mitigation agreement, and
WHEREAS, recent medical studies indicate noise pollution is a major health problem
affecting hearing loss in children,
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Medina, that:
(1) The FAA must enforce the 4-Post Plan, by reducing over flights of the City of
Medina, by following the published Husky Visual Approach;
(2) The FAA/Port of Seattle conduct an environmental assessment (EA) of
aircraft flight impact, that deviate from the approved 4-Post Plan, and
(3) The FAA/Port of Seattle develop a noise reduction plan, for community
review and approval.
Passed by the Medina City Council this 13th day of August, 2001, and signed in
authentication of its passage this 13th day of August, 2001.
omas Morgan, MM/Jay r Pro Tern
Approved as to Form:
Kirk R. Nines, City Attorney--*,
Attest:
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Caroll P. Wedlund, City Clerk
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK July 9, 2001.