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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-03-22 Airport Advisory Board meeting minutes • City of Dania Beach Airport Advisory Board Thursday,March 22,2007 The meeting was called to order by Chairman Jay Field at 7:00 p.m. Members present: Beulah Lair Thomas Allen Clive Taylor Rae Sandier Dick Sokol Betty Sokol Jay Field Don Hill Members absent: Irvin Witz Billy Phipps Loretta Murray Zack Adams Irvin Witz and Billy Phipps had requested an excused absence. A motion to grant excused absence to Irvin Witz and Billy Phipps was made and seconded. Motion carried. Chairman Field explained the Commission has decided board members term of office is extended up to 120 days unless someone is appointed to fill their position. This provides continuity so boards can function efficiently. The first item discussed was the Part 150 Update. The Part 150 Update is what the • mitigation would be if it is decided to proceed with the south runway project. There were several workshops held. Rae Sandler attended the first workshop. She reported Jacobs Consulting asked those in attendance to give them pointers on how they could make their study better. She said one of the topics covered was a"Hush House"which is a building constructed in the middle of the airport so the planes can do run-ups. Jacobs Consulting said it would be cost prohibitive at Ft. Lauderdale because they run four to five million dollars. Chairman Field said Jacobs Consulting basically presented the cost figures and the contours,etc. He said the people from Jacobs Consulting were undecided whether they were going to mitigate up to the 60 DNL line,however he reminded them that issue had already been decided when the motion was made some time ago. At the County Commission Workshop basically the same course of items prevailed. At this meeting the public was allowed to speak. Chairman Field called the boards attention to page 6 of the handout which contained the noise contours from 1989 to 1992. In the small chart at the bottom of the page it showed population and housing units affected. They show a big decrease from 3,000 people in 1985 to 22 people in 2005 and 1,320 housing units down to 10 housing units.On page 9 of the same document it shows a DNL analysis. It shows peak hours and an average. He said page 11 of the document has the actual figures and also 2012 estimate which is the 1. • proposed project,the south runway extention.Jacobs Consulting is working on everything on the assumption the South Runway will be extended. Page18 lists mitigation strategies. At the County Commission Meeting the Commissioners said they were not going to to take any homes. With this in mind a number of possibilities were discussed including appraisals,purchase assurance,soundproofing,homestead exemptions, fair market value,etc. The housing shortage in Broward County creates a problem as well. Actually nothing has been voted on as yet.It's all in the talking stage at the present time.Mobile homes were discussed as well. Page 20 of the handout deals with the estimated cost. There are two different kinds involved. One is the contour line and the other is the zone based line. The contour line means they would follow the 60 or 65 DNL line exactly and the other means they would use some kind of a natural boundary. The Commissioners indicated they were going to use the zone based. Chairman Field was asked about the funding. He replied that some of the money will come from the Feds. The airport and the airlines will have to cover the rest. One thing the consultants didn't talk much about at any of the meetings was the Interlocal Agreement that says the primary consideration for any type of mitigation is the wishes of the people who live in the neighborhood. He said this whole affair is just going to have to play out. • One thing that was really interesting was at the Commission Meeting when John Rodstrom pulled up the minutes of the earlier meeting where they voted and read them the statement that they were going to mitigate down to the 60 DNL. Some of the new Commissioners said"Oh,we didn't know that." Rae Sandler added they also voted to limit the gates to 56. Chairman Field said he didn't feel there is anything the Board could do unless they want to go to the Commission and show them the charts and the costs involved. Rae Sandler said she felt the new Dania Beach Commissioner,who had previously voted in favor of airport expansion,should be continually reminded the City of Dania Beach is its citizens. He attended the County meeting and started out talking about how it divides communities but finished with saying he wanted some type of guarantee that the City could replace its tax base if the people move out so it would seem his priority is the City of Dania,but not its citizens. Rae Sandler said a letter was written to Virginia Land who is with the FAA.to ask if the FAA would honor the agreements made by the County such as the runway use restrictions. So now we have the answer in writing. They will not honor the Interlocal Agreement or other agreements. They acknowledge them but they wont honor them.They also won't be mitigating to the 60 and the FAA said absolutely not. 2. • Chairman Field asked Rae Sandler to talk about the working session of the Noise Abatement Committee. Ms. Sandler said someone is going to monitor all the noise monitors because they were broken. They have now been fixed. Someone will sit there for two days to make sure the monitors are reporting the actual noise levels. Also she reported the environmental statement will be ready at the end of the month. Chairman Field said the charts provided do not supply the underlying assumptions, the number of operations,the time of operations and the type of planes. This information is needed. Discussion followed regarding the impact on outdoor living. Chairman Field said at the present time the project is in a delay mode but it appears the situation may soon become active. It maybe necessary for special board meetings to be called. After the meeting of the Broward County Commission,Mayor Anton said he felt the meeting was favorable because there were questions they could not answer. Chairman Field said the whole process is starting over which means it's very lucky for us. Chairman Field adjourned the meeting at 8:30. Jay Field,Chairman Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Witz Note: Movies were written from tope Without benefit of handout material. 3.