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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
WASHINGTON, URGING THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND METRO-
POLITAN KING COUNTY COUNCIL TO TAKE MEASURES TO RE-
DUCE NIGHT TIME NOISE AT BOEING FIELD.
WHEREAS, King County owns and manages the King County International Airport (also known as Boeing
Field), an urban airport surrounded by residential communities; and
WHEREAS, several residential neighborhoods in Tukwila are directly under the flight path of air traffic
into and out of King County International Airport, and citizens in those neighborhoods are repeatedly subject to hav-
ing their sleep disturbed between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. by airport noise; and
WHEREAS, communities such as Tukwila that are close to the airport bear a burden at all hours for the ex-
cessive noise and pollution generated by airplane operations into and out of Boeing Field; and
WHEREAS, the rate of noise complaints recorded by the King County International Airport Noise Officer
has increased more than six fold in each of the last two years, and airplane activity has increased rather than de-
creased each year, thereby increasing the noise associated with the airport; and
WHEREAS, many urban airports in the U.S. have imposed severe restrictions on nighttime operations to
provide their communities with a noise free environment during the normal sleep period; and
WHEREAS, King County Ordinance 9523 referenced noise monitoring and ad hoc citizens' noise advisory
groups as important components of remediation and modernization at the airport;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Commercial night time flights between the hours of 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. should immediately be
restricted to Stage 3 airplanes in order to allow citizens to sleep at night. Federal flights of a military, security, or
emergency nature must be allowed to operate, but should be discouraged overnight.
Section 2. Current Stage 2 airplanes equipped with hush kits should not be allowed to operate between 11
p.m. and 6 a.m., as the hush kits do not reduce noise levels experienced by residents under the flight paths.
Section 3. We urge the Metropolitan King County Executive and County Council to review the noise
monitoring program established by Ordinance 9532 and to take active measures to reduce overall noise in residential
neighborhoods due to operations at the King County International Airport.
PAS BY THE C COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON, at a regular meeting thereof
this /R day ofy.Je. tCa_..f,c..//, ,1997.
J' aggerton cil President
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
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6 E. Cantu, City Clerk
APPROVED ASTO-F.'
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Offic= of t he Cit4Attdney
Filed with the City Clerk: 7
Passed by the City Council: Z- g 19 7
Resolution Number: 37
BOEINRES. DOC 2/19/97