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Home My WebLink About2007-05-24 Airport Advisory Board meeting minutes a • City of Dania Beach Airport Advisory Meeting Thursday,May 20,2007 The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Jay Field. Members present: Betty Sokol Dick Sokol Beulah Lair Rae Sandler Jay Field Bud Witz Billie Phipps Don Hill Sulie Spencer Linda Sacco George Jason Members absent: Thomas Allen Loretta Murray Boisey Waiters,Jr. Clive Taylor Others present: Mayor Bob Anton Suzanne Witz Richard Ramcharitar Clive Taylor had requested an excused absence. Motion to grant excused absence made by Billy Phipps,seconded by Bud Witt Motion carried. • Chairman Field welcomed Mayor Bob Anton and thanked him for attending. He then introduced three new board members, Linda Sacco and Sulie Spencer who were appointed by Commissioner Jones and George Jason appointed by Commissioner Flury. Rae Sandler introduced her guest,Richard Ramcharitar. She said he is a member of the newly formed Tropical Shores Homeowners Association and is very interested in working with the Airport Advisory Board. Minutes of the April 26"'Board Meeting were presented for approval. Motion to approve as written was made by Beulah Lair, seconded by Betty Sokol. Motion carried. The main subject for discussion was the upcoming"Airport Expansion Public Hearing"scheduled to take place on Tuesday,June 5`° at the Broward County Convention Center.Chairman Field began by stating the position of this Board is NO EXPANSION WANTED OR NEEDED. Cha and Rae Sandler gave a brief report on what had taken place at the May 1*0isellng. They said Stiles Construction had bused in seniors and company empkryeea to speak in favor of expansion and construction of the south runway. • 1. • Stiles had also provided his group with free dinner and yellow tee shirts. Most of the group were from areas that aren't even close to the airport. All they knew was what they had been told, that being they should speak for airport expansion and the south runway as the best choice available. Many of those present had never been in the airport area and they knew nothing about the many homes that would be impacted The day after the meeting the Sun Sentinel carried a big article about the major support for the south runway expansion. The CEO of the newspaper is a major supporter of the south runway preference, even though it will adversely affect the lives of thousands of Broward residents, cost much more than any other proposal, as well as do major harm to the environment. Mayor Anton stressed the importance of having a major turnout of residents against the expansion at the June 51b meeting He said the City will provide transportation to the Center for the meeting. Anyone planning on taking advantage of the free bus transportation should call to make their reservation as early as possible so it can be determined how many buses are needed. Bus pick up points are planned for City Hall, Frost Park and Meli Park. Residents opposed to expansion and particularly opposed to the south runway need to be seen as well as heard so he urged as many as possible to wear red shirts and sign in to be a speaker. It's important for everyone to realize that their quality of life will be seriously adversely affected in every area of the City. Linda Sacco expressed her concern about the possibility of major problems connected with the proposed building of a ramp over the railroad and Federal Highway. This could be an opportunity for a devastating terrorist attack or the cause of a plane crash into a heavily populated residential area. Chairman Field said Miami International announced a runway project after the Ft. Lauderdale project was proposed in 1986. That runway is now open and running and this one is not even on the drawing board. That is one reason we have been successful in delaying this expansion. The FAA really represents the airline industry and, as we all know,information coming from them is often inaccurate and untrue. This is evidenced by the EIS and other information received from them. After a lengthy discussion the unanimous agreement of the Board was to do everything possible to have a good representation at the June 5th public hearing and to make our position clear.NO EXPANSION NEEDED OR WANTED. There being no other business to bring to the attention of the Board,Chairman Field adjourned the meeting at 8:10 p.m. Jay Field,Chairman Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Witz • These minutes were done from meeting notes. No tape available 2.