HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION - 30-01 - 6/26/2001 - ENDORSING BAN ON EXPANSION OF O'HARERESOLUTION NO. 30-01
A RESOLUTION ENDORSING A BAN ON FURTHER EXPANSION OF O'HARE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INCLUDING A BAN ON NEW RUNWAYS AND
ENDORSING CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REGIONAL AIRPORT AT PEOTONE AND
ENDORSING CONSTRUCTION OF WESTERN ACCESS UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village has previously passed
resolutions against further expansion of O'Hare International Airport
(O'Hare) because of concerns of safety and quality of life; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Elk Grove Village is comprised of 34,727
citizens; and
WHEREAS, the metropolitan Chicago region needs additional airport
capacity; and
WHEREAS, congestion and gridlock exist along the western edge of
O'Hare; and
WHEREAS, construction of western access to O'Hare, while
beneficial to the citizens of Cook and DuPage Counties, will lead to
further runway and airport expansion at O'Hare unless western access
is part of an overall regional aviation plan that limits further
expansion of O'Hare and prohibits further runway construction at
O'Hare; and
WHEREAS, the residents of Elk Grove Village experience not only
the economic benefits of air traffic but also the daily environmental
costs of O'Hare in the form of noise pollution, air pollution, and
ground traffic congestion and are further concerned regarding air
safety at O'Hare; and
WHEREAS, the thousands of residents in communities surrounding
O'Hare have called upon local and state government to constrain the
levels of noise impact caused by usage at O'Hare; and
WHEREAS, the current level of air traffic at O'Hare reached in
excess of 900,000 commercial operations in 2000; and
WHEREAS, O'Hare Airport is operating over capacity, and the State
of Illinois, the City of Chicago, and the Federal Aviation
Administration have recognized the need to accommodate air traffic
demand with increased airport capacity for the region; and
WHEREAS, Chicago and the airlines are planning new runways which
will increase usage at O'Hare by several hundred thousand flights per
year into an already overcrowded O'Hare; and
WHEREAS, expansion of O'Hare to accommodate long-term aviation
demand is not economically feasible and cannot be accomplished without
severely impacting residents surrounding the airport and/or without
negatively affecting the environment.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage,
Illinois as follows:
Section 1: That the Village of Elk Grove Village affirms its
position opposing the construction of new runways at O'Hare.
Section 2: That the Village of Elk Grove Village affirms its
position opposing an increase in air traffic at O'Hare.
Section 3: That the Village of Elk Grove Village endorses
construction of a new regional airport at Peotone.
Section 4: That the Village of Elk Grove Village endorses
construction of western access to O'Hare to relieve the gridlock
around the western side of O'Hare by extending the Elgin/O'Hare
Expressway under certain conditions.
Section 5: That the Village of Elk Grove Village endorses
western access only on the condition that western access is part of an
overall regional aviation plan that limits further expansion of O'Hare
and prohibits further runway expansion at O'Hare.
Section 6: That the Village of Elk Grove Village respectfully
requests and urges the leadership and members of the Illinois General
Assembly to enact legislation that guarantees construction of a new
regional airport at Peotone and bans further expansion of O'Hare
including a ban on new runways at O'Hare.
Section 7: That the Village of Elk Grove Village urges each of
the Cook and DuPage municipalities to individually adopt a resolution
by which each municipality endorses construction of a new regional
airport at Peotone and endorses a ban on further expansion of O'Hare
including a ban on new runways at O'Hare and further endorses western
access to O'Hare airport under the express condition set forth herein.
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Section 8: That the Village Clerk shall send certified copies of
this Resolution to State of Illinois Governor George H. Ryan, 207
State House, Springfield, IL 62706; Illinois Secretary of
Transportation Kirk Brown, 2300 S. Dirksen Parkway, Room 300,
Springfield, IL 62764; City of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, 121 N.
LaSalle Street, Suite 509, Chicago, IL 60602; and the Suburban O'Hare
Commission, 117 East Green Street, Bensenville, IL 60106.
Section 9: That this Resolution shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and approval according to law.
VOTE AYES: Trustees Dill, Feichter, Lissner, Petri, Prochno,
NAYS: None
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
PASSED
this
26th
day
of
June
2001.
APPROVED
this
26th
day
of
June
2001.
Ann I. Walsh
Village Clerk
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B. Johnson
Mayor