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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-09-22 Airport Advisory Board Agenda and notice 1 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING THE DANIA BEACH AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 22, 2005, 7 P.M. DANIA BEACH CITY HALL 100 WEST DANIA BEACH BOULEVARD AGENDA DANIA BEACH AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEPTEMBER 22, 2005, THURSDAY 7:00 P.M. 1. ROLL CALL AND SELF INTRODUCTION 2. EXCUSED ABSENCES 3. MINUTES 3.1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MEETING JULY 28, 2005 4 ELECTIONS a. ELECTION OF CHAIRPERSON b. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIRPERSON c. ELECTION OF SECRETARY d. ELECTION OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY 5. PRESENTATION OF SUB COMMITTEE REPORTS. 5.1 DISCUSSION OF RUNWAY PROJECT, MASTER PLAN UPDATE & PART 150 PROJECT, EIS UPDATE, TASK FORCE UPDATE, WEB PAGE STATUS. 5.2 NOISE ABATEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING DISCUSSION 5.3 PRESENTATION OF ANY MEMBER RUNUP LOGS 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7, NEW BUSINESS 8. ADJOURN A REMINDER FROM THE CHAIR: ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING SHOULD WRITE A NOTE TO DANIA CLERK STATING YOU WILL BE ABSENT OR YOU WILL BE CHARGED WITH AN UNEXCUSED ABSENCE. THANK YOU. SEE YOU AT THE MEETING. r� � �s City of Dania Beach Airport Advisory Committee July 28th,Zoos Chairman Jay Field called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. The following members were present: Jay Field Beulah Lair Rae Sandler Bud Witz Zachary Adams Thomas Allen Betty Sokol Dick Sokol Members absent: Beverly Worley Charles Fischer Billy Phipps Ed Summers Chairman Field announced that Ed Summers had a stroke and will probably not be able to attend board meetings for quite some time. Board members signed a"Get Well" card to send him. Bud Witz, seconded by Rae Sandler,made a motion to grant an excused absence to Ed Summers and Billy Phipps. Motion carried. It was noted that Charles Fischer has been reached by phone for the June and July meetings and both times said he planned to attend. Beverly Worley has not returned phone messages and may be out of town. Minutes of the June 23,d meeting were presented for approval. Motion to approve made by Beulah Lair, second by Rae Sandler. Minutes approved as written. The next order of business was scheduled as election of officers. After a lengthy discussion, once again the board decided to postpone the election until the next meeting because of poor attendance. Beverly Worley and Charles Fischer were both appointed by Commissioner Flury. They have not attended a meeting. Commissioner Bertino has appointed only one person. His inaction leaves two vacancies. Commissioner McElyea appointed two people, one of them being Ed Summers. Mr. Summers is unable to attend therefore there are two more vacancies. The board agreed it is very difficult to accomplish anything worthwhile without complete cooperation. An appointee from the northeast section of Dania Beach might be very helpful since none of the present board members are from that neighborhood. It was suggested the board members contact their commissioners in an effort to encourage them to fill the vacancies with interested people so the board can be successful. A motion was made by Beulah Lair, second by Betty Sokol to delay election of officers until the August meeting. Motion carried. 1. The board next discussed recent newspaper articles regarding landing delays at the airport Beulah Lair just returned from a trip and stated she experienced absolutely no delays. Zack Adams commented the landing problems at the airport were largely a matter of a dedicated program between the Broward County Commissioners and the previous air traffic management in order to build delay statistics. He again suggested the new control tower manager be invited to speak to the board but said he was reluctant to have him come to speak to such a small audience. It was suggested he be invited to the September meeting and an effort be made to have a good turn out. The use of the diagonal runway and the south runway were briefly discussed. There being no further business to bring before the board,the meeting was adjourned by Chairman Field at 7:50 PM. Jay Field, Chairman Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Witz 2. USA TODAY Powered by Click Here to Print SAVE THIS I EMAIL THIS I Close Engineers plan out"silent'airliner of the future DUBLIN (Reuters)—A new generation of barely-audible, fuel-efficient passenger aircraft described as"flying wings"with"virtual windows"could arrive in two decades, engineers from Britain's Cambridge University said on Friday. "The noise level we're looking for would be to take it below the background noise that people experience outside airports ... below traffic noise levels,"said Paul Collins, a mechanical engineer with the"Silent Aircraft Initiative'. It will be 20 years or more before the concept, which looks more like the U.S. military's B-2 Stealth Bomber than a jumbo jet, could enter service. But a noise reduction approach that goes beyond the aircraft's frame and engines means there could be benefits much sooner for those living beneath flight paths. "We're not just looking to reduce the noise an aircraft makes but also to change the way it's flown to produce significant noise savings,"aerospace engineer Tom Reynolds told journalists at the British Association for the Advancement of Science's annual festival in the Irish capital. Working with air-traffic controllers, the researchers hope they can begin flight tests with conventional aircraft as early as next year to look at a new, steeper landing approach that would limit the amount of time planes spend at low altitudes. The scientists hope that, with oil prices at record highs, their new designs will make economic as well as environmental sense. "It's really a win-win from an operational point of view because you get less noise and less fuel burn at low altitude," Reynolds said of the project, backed by aerospace giants such as Boeing, Rolls Royce and British Airways. A flying wing The men, who are working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, believe their concept could cost as much to develop and buy as today's passenger jets but should be much cheaper to run thanks to its unusual shape. "The blended wing body is an inherently more efficient design,"said Reynolds, pointing out that, unlike conventional airliners, the entire body of their aircraft will provide lift. In terms of silencing, Anurag Agarwal, another aerospace engineer on the project, said mounting the engines on top of the plane would bounce much of the noise upwards off its surface. Longer engines would also allow space for more mufflers while widening them might also help: "If we push more air through at a lower velocity we get less noise, Agarwal said. The triangular cabin, merging into the wings, means the configuration inside will be unlike anything flying today. "It's like a flying wing and the passengers are accommodated in this wing,"said Agarwal of a layout providing more space. For passengers concerned they may be stuck aisle without a view, Reynolds said on e ina middle Y solution may be to remove the windows altogether, thereby reducing cut outs in the fuselage. "You could compartmentalise the cabin into a number of narrower sections and if you combine that with virtual windows you may not, in real terms, experience anything different." The initial plan is to work on a transatlantic model the size of a Boeing 767 with 250 seats and a 4,000-mile range but Agarwal said it could be expanded to carry 800: "One advantage is that it becomes more efficient as you make it bigger." Copyright 2005 Reuters Limited. Click for Restrictions. Find this article at: http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/2005-09-09-future-planes_x.htm Click Here to Print SAVE THIS I EMAIL THIS I Close Check the box to include the list of links referenced in the article. Spacer Spacer Spacer Spacer Spacer Spacer http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-sland07sep07,0,6409004.story?coll=sfia- news-broward Dania fights Broward's purchase of 18-acre tract CareerBuilder By Lori Sykes Staff Writer September 7, 2005 Dania Beach officials are disputing Broward County's plans to buy 18 acres in the city's limits, saying the deal violates a 10-year-old agreement. The controversy started last week when county commissioners voted to buy the property, which is east of Federal Highway and north of Eller Drive. The county is set to close on the land on Friday. In 1995, the county and city negotiated trading several tracts to expand the Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport. At the time, the city needed land to supplement its tax base and the county needed land near the airport. Now, however, county commissioners plan to buy part of that land, meaning it will no longer be on the city's tax roll. "It's not right that they can come in and take a piece of property in Broward County," Mayor Anne Castro said. "They are planning to take some of our tax base, which could be a sizable amount depending on how land is developed." On Tuesday, County Attorney Jeffrey Newton released a statement discrediting Dania Beach's claim, saying the agreement to give land to Dania Beach was only a temporary fix. The property's current owner is listed as Dynegy Midstream Services Limited Partnership, a Delaware company, he said. So far, county officials have discussed building a parking garage on the property. However, they may just decide to hold onto the land, said County Commissioner John Rodstrom. "It's a strategic piece of property for the county," he said. "Now it's a just a question of whether it's good public policy that every time the county buys some piece of property within a city's boundaries, whether to contact the city." Lori Sykes can be reached at Isykes@sun-sentinel.com or 954-385-7907. Copyright @ 2005, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Spacer Spacer Spacer Spacer Spacer Spacer http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-907cairport,0,7128950.story?coll=sfia- home-headlines Broward to take FAA to court for its use of 2 runways at Lauderdale airport By Scott Wyman Staff Writer 'September 7, 2005, 6:25 PM EDT Despite a request from Broward County officials, the Federal Aviation Administration refused Wednesday to back down from using two secondary runways at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport to ease growing travel delays. In a letter to county attorneys, the FAA said it was well within its authority to allow the use of the short southern runway and the crosswind runway when congestion causes long delays for flights on the main northern runway. County attorneys now plan to challenge the FAA in federal court, seeking to persuade appeals judges in Washington, D.C., to at least temporarily block the expanded runway use. The FAA began allowing the use of the two runways on an as-needed basis in June after the airport became the most delayed prone in the nation. The agency charged then that congestion- related delays in Fort Lauderdale were interfering with travel across the nation. "To ensure the efficient use of the airspace, the FAA must prevent congestion at an airport from disrupting or adversely affecting the air traffic system,"wrote John McCartney, who heads the agency's east coast airport operations. When concerns about the delays were first raised this spring, the county agreed to use the south runway and made other concessions in hopes of preventing the use of the crosswind runway, which requires planes to take off and land over nearby neighborhoods in Dania Beach and Fort Lauderdale. After the FAA moved ahead with plans to allow large commercial jets to use the diagonal runway at peak times, the county filed a formal protest. County lawyers argued that the FAA was violating agreements that the county has with area cities to limit airport noise by restricting the use of the secondary runways and they demanded lengthy environmental study of any change. The cities of Hollywood and Dania Beach filed a petition trying to stop the use of both the crosswind and the south runways. Staff writer Shannon O'Boye contributed to this report. Scott Wyman can be reached at swyman@sun-sentinel.com or 954-356-4511. Copyright @ 2005, South Florida Sun-Sentinel • City of Dania Beach Neighborhood Improvement Advisory Committee Wednesday, July 27, 2005 Mayor Anne Castro called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Members present: Bonnie Mills Brenda Blackmon Jay Field Myrtle Corbin Chris Barile Keith Cappon George Jason Joe Van Eron Pam Swanson Jimmy Crimminger William Walton Kurt Ely Derrick Hankerson Cari Kresa Members absent: Pat Tyra Others present: Mayor Anne Castro Bonnie Temchuk (Asst. to City Manager) Mayor Castro welcomed those present at this the first meeting of the new Neighborhood Improvement Advisory Committee. She asked the attendees to introduce themselves, indicate where they live and voice any question they might have. When the introductions were completed, she commented that the Committee represents a wide variety of the areas of the city which is very good. The Committee was created because of the passage of a bond issue on March 81h, which earmarked two million dollars to be used for street lighting, traffic calming and sidewalks in neighborhoods throughout Dania Beach. The main purpose of the Committee is to be fact-finding. A master inventory of the areas where additional street lighting is needed; places where traffic problems could be eased or eliminated and new sidewalks installed would be extremely helpful in determining where the two million should be spent. She emphasized that two million dollars is only a drop in the bucket insofar as what may be needed but it is a place to start. On completion of the necessary fact-finding, the Committee will be able to make proper recommendations to the Commission as to what action should be taken first. She stressed the Committee is to concentrate on lighting, traffic calming and sidewalks only. She mentioned that the Neighborhood Improvement Committee will only be in existence for one year. Mayor Castro said the Committee is fortunate to have Bonnie Temchuk as Liaison. There is a wealth of knowledge available that Ms. Temchuk will be able to share. For instance, in addition to the FPL lighting list mentioned by Mr. Field during the 1 introductions, there is an inventory of needed sidewalks available in the Public Works Department. The first mission of the board will probably be getting some serious education insofar as what is available and how some situations can be handled. Mayor Castro stressed that if any Committee member feels there is too much work involved, he or she should step back now and inform the Commissioner that made the appointment so a replacement can be made. She also distributed pamphlets covering the Sunshine Law and explained how it applies to the Committee. She said she would be a resource for the Committee during the year and so will some of the other Commissioners. Ms. Temchuk called attention to the packets provided to the committee members. She said an overview of areas within the city limits that are eligible for Community Development Block Grant funds is included. The areas highlighted in orange are presently being studied by Chen & Associates with a scheduled study completion date in September. Several of the Committee members who reside in the areas being studied indicated they had not been contacted. Ms. Temchuk said resident participation had been noted as very limited. Mr. Hankerson commented that perhaps residents are missing the personal touch and the response might be better as a result of Committee members meeting directly with them. Mr. Barile said he feels some of the studies include too many issues other than the three which this Committee is charged with and he believes the Committee should be very firm in sticking to the issues in which the Committee is involved. He went on to say that sidewalks are usually included in areas when new homes are built and he would not like to see city bond money spent in putting sidewalks in where they aren't needed. Mr. Ely commented that sidewalk decisions will be very difficult. Where he lives there are a lot of children that walk to Dania Beach Elementary School. Some areas have sidewalks but many do not so the children walk in the street. Mr. Jason said he felt that safety must play a large part in sidewalk decisions made and that safety should also be a priority insofar as lighting and traffic is concerned. Mayor Castro said that is a very important point. The decisions of the Committee should be based on priority issues. Mayor Castro said she felt the time had come to take care of a little necessary business such as electing officers. Also Pat Tyra had requested an excused absence from the meeting because she will be out of town. A motion to excuse Ms. Tyra would be in order. George Jason made a motion to excuse Pat Tyra. The motion was seconded by Jay Field and carried. Kurt Ely requested an excused absence at the August meeting because he will be out of the city. Kurt Ely called the attention of the Committee to Page 2, Section 4 of the City Resolution. Wording at present states that any member missing three consecutive meetings shall automatically be removed. The word "consecutive" should be removed. Mayor Castro agreed and said she will talk to the City Attorney about it. Mayor Castro turned the meeting over to the committee members. The first order of business was to elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. Jay Field nominated Derrick 2 Hankerson as Chairman. Keith Cappon seconded the nomination. There being no further nominations. Derrick Hankerson was elected by acclamation. Chairman Hankerson asked for nominations for Vice Chair. Jay Field nominated George Jason. Nomination seconded by Chris Barile. Bonnie Mills nominated herself. Both candidates gave a brief background bio. Voting was done by a show of hands with Mr. Jason receiving 7 votes and Ms. Mills 4 votes. Day and time for future meetings was the next item discussed. A motion was made by William Walton, seconded by George Jason, that meetings be held on the 4th Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM. Motion carried. There was a lengthy discussion concerning the possibility of holding another meeting in August before the August 24`h scheduled meeting. A motion was made to hold a second August meeting but because recording equipment was not used, details are not complete. However, there was a vote on the motion and it was decided there would not be a meeting held before the regular scheduled August meeting. In the meantime Ms. Temchuk will gather information as requested by the Committee including the sidewalk inventory, information regarding traffic calming, the speed bump process and street lighting. There being no additional business to bring to the Committee at this time, the meeting was adjourned. Derrick Hankerson, Chairman Respectfully submitted, Suzanne Witz 3