RESOLUTION NO. 2007-28
EL DORADO HILLS COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT
RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE INCLUSION OF
THE COMMUNITY OF EL DORADO HILLS IN THE NEW ENVIORNMENTAL STUDY OF THE
IMPACT OF THE MATHER AIRPORT OPERATIONS ON THE COMMUNITY OF EL DORADO
HILLS
WHEREAS, the
El Dorado Hills Community Services District is a full-service Special
District duly established by the El Dorado County Board of
Supervisor’s Resolution 98-62. The District is responsible for
providing parks, recreation programs, cable television, solid waste
collection, CC&R enforcement services; and is charged with the
overall enhancement of the quality of life of the residents of El
Dorado Hills, and
WHEREAS, the
Sacramento County intends to expand the Mather Airport Air Cargo
Operations, located in Sacramento County, California, to a major
Pacific Rim Regional Cargo Hub, and
WHEREAS, the
expansion of the Mather Airport Air Cargo Operations will increase the
number of low altitude aircraft flights over El Dorado County and
neighboring communities, more specifically, the approximate 35,000
residents of the Community of El Dorado Hills, and
WHEREAS, it
has been projected the number of low altitude aircraft flights will
increase to approximately 50 cargo aircraft overflights a day,
predominantly between the hours of 3:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
to 8:00 p.m.; resulting in approximately 15,000 aircraft overflights a
year, and
Whereas,
this number of aircraft overflights will result in increased obtrusive
noise, light and unhealthy air pollutions and an increased probability
of a major catastrophic aircraft crash, and
WHEREAS, this
number of aircraft overflights will result in the socioeconomic decline
of the individual citizen’s residential and business property
values, and
WHEREAS,
these significant environmental impacts will result in the overall
diminished individual and community sense of well-being, ultimately
resulting in the decline of the over all quality-of-life of the
residents of the Community of El Dorado Hills; and
WHEREAS, the
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is currently in the process of
developing an Environmental Impact Report on the Mather Airport Master
Plan to determine the Mather Airport Operation’s environmental
impacts and the necessary mitigation measures to minimize the
identified environmental impacts, on the surrounding communities, and
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED
that the Board of Directors of the El Dorado Hills Community Services
District does hereby recognize the significance of the environmental
impacts on the residents and businesses of El Dorado Hills by the
Mather Airport Operations and, on their behalf, request that the El
Dorado County Supervisors, Sacramento Airport System, and the
Sacramento County Board of Supervisors act immediately to mitigate the
significant environmental impacts of the Mather Airport Operations on
the community of El Dorado Hills by including the community of El
Dorado Hills and the neighboring communities in the required new
Environmental Impact Report study.
PASSED AND ADOPTED, by the
Board of Directors of El Dorado Hills Community Services District on
the 8th day of November, 2007 by the following vote of the Board:
AYES: Brilliant, Masters, Rogozinski, Trapani, Vandegrift
NOES: -
ABSENT: -
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Laurence S. Brilliant
President, Board of Directors
ATTEST:
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Wayne A. Lowery, General Manager
Secretary to the Board of Directors