Rancho Palos Verdes

City Council

2. Consideration and possible action to receive a status report on the City’s participation in the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Community Noise Roundtable and the new FAA proposed departure procedures. (Nemeth) (30 mins) Recommendation: 1) Receive and file a status report on the City’s participation in the LAX Community Noise Roundtable; 2) Authorize the Mayor to sign a letter to FAA Western-Pacific Acting Regional Administrator Erik Amend opposing the FAA’s proposal to implement two new departure procedures and mirroring the Los Angeles World Airports’ (LAWA) recommended responses; 3) Direct Staff to transmit a copy of the above- referenced letter to the mayors and city managers of El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Lomita, Palos Verdes Estates, Rolling Hills Estates and Rolling Hills; and, 4) Request the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG) Board of Directors place an agenda item on its next available meeting to oppose the FAA’s proposal to implement two new departure procedures and to mirror LAWA’s three recommendations. Agenda Report