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HomeMy WebLinkAboutB- 3 Ordinance for Restaurants to post Health Inspection Grade RE: AGENDA ITEM DEALING W/ REGIONAL AIRPORT PLAN [& OTHER ITEMS DESCRIBED BELOW] Memorandum 2/15/01 5 To: Mayor, City Councilmembers, City Manager City Attorney From: Councilmember Dick Stanford c.� Subj: Regional Airport Plan Ordinance for Restaurants to Post Health Inspection Grade McKees Local Sunshine Draft Ordinance Dear Colleagues, The three subject items listed above are dealt with separately below: Regional Airport Plan The City of El Segundo has had to suffer through considerable noise problems from LAX. We don't have a dog in that fight. El Segundo has hit upon an excellent idea of asking other cities to join in requesting the City of Los Angeles not to expand LAX(as LA is contemplating)and instead make more use of the other area airports. We have a big dog in that fight. I learned from my service on the City of Ontario Airport Study Commission and as an employee of the Dallas/Fort Worth Regional Airport Board that it is essential for large metropolitan areas to have a truly regional airport system to properly meet air travel needs. Los Angeles does not. LA puts all its eggs in the LAX basket. Yet,all objective studies indicate that LAX has reached capacity for its ground size and for even expanded access highways. ONT et.al.,get the dregs. That is why Azusans who are flying any distance or unusual longer routes must suffer the traffic, parking costs,and time delays of flying out of and in to LAX. Under a regional plan,ONT—which for Azusans is much more convenient,cheaper parking,less congested—would have such flights. El Segundo Mayor Gordon will give a presentation at the first of our meeting Tuesday on this matter. Cristina,he mentioned to me that you had indicated support for his proposal. He will ask us to sup ort the attached draft—or similar—resolution. I recommend we consider it favorably. sarv� c0 r G`'�, S , hz„ � `1� K p s Se � Y'e-'J o [ v'R , Ordinance for Restaurants to Post Health Inspection Grade Surprise,surprise! The County now says that cities must have some type of ordinance that provides for he posting of health inspection grades of restaurants for them to be posted. I recommend that we ask Sonia to ascertain if this is correct and make recommendations for action for us. McKee's Local Sunshine Draft Ordinance Rich McKee gave us each a packet at our last meeting that contained a local sunshine ordinance. My initial reading indicates that it would reemphasize the related state ordinance. As we already meet—and I think meet well—those requirements,I don't see the ordinance changing our current processes. However,adopting the ordinance will not harm anything and would certainly give a positive"Caesar's wife"look to our opera- tions. I recommend that we also ask Sonia to ascertain if this is correct and make recommendations for action for us. 02/0812001 05:17 3108996765 DENNY ZANE URBAN DIM F'AGE 02 RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A REGIONAL AIRPORT PLAN FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHEREAS: The Los Angeles Department of Airports has initiated a revision of the Master Plan for Los Angeles International Airport(LAX)which anticipates expanding its passenger activity from a current 60 million passengers per year to an expected 92 million passengers per year and its cargo activity from its current 1.8 million tons per year to an expected 4.2 million tons per year; and, WHEREAS: Expanding LAX's passenger and cargo activity as proposed will greatly increase the number of flights and nearly double ground traffic going to and from LAX; and, WHEREAS: Communities in the vicinity of LAX which already experience enormous adverse environmental impacts from the operations of the airport can expect greatly increased noise and air pollution from overhead aircraft,and greatly increased congestion and air pollution from ground traffic, especially from dramatic increases in the activity of diesel trucks around the airport; and, WHEREAS: Airport officials estimate the LAX improvements will cost as much as$12 billion,not including the costs of transportation improvements required to facilitate access to LAX which will be paid for by regional tax payers; and, WHEREAS: There are many other commercial airports in Southern California, some with significant histories as commercial airports,and some recently converted to commercial or joint military and commercial airports; and, WHEREAS: Several of these airports are located in areas of Southern California expected to experience the greatest growth in population and employment over the next twenty years,while LAX is nearest to communities expected to experience the least growth in the same period; and, WHEREAS: Developing airport capacity near high growth communities rather than concentrating airport development at LAX may be an environmentally superior, lower-cost and more equitable strategy for serving future growth in air commerce in Southern California; and, WHEREAS: The development of these regional airport resources will help spread jobs and economic development opportunities more equitably throughout the region,and reduce the public health and environmental burdens on communities near LAX. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,that: The [NAME OF CITY]calls upon The communities of Southern California, including the City of Los Angeles;the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside,and Ventura; the State of California; and our congressional representatives to join together in developing a Regional Airport Plan for Southern California that constrains LAX to operate within the capacity of its existing facilities and develops the capacity of the many other commercial airports in Southern California to serve the expanding air commerce marketplace.