Paine Field Community Council
MINUTES
PAINE FIELD COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, March 18, 2003 – 7:00 PM
EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ATTENDEES
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General Public: Mary Davis Dan Davids Robin Hazen |
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Call to Order Russ Keyes called the meeting to order at 7:03pm. Membership Update Members are unable to vote on any motions during this meeting due to membership problems and waiting for county council membership confirmations. The next PFCC meeting is still planned for May. Approval of November 12th, 2002 Minutes There was one modification to the minutes and they were approved as written. Noise Monitoring Colin presented noise footprint comparisons of various large jets, regional jets and turbo prop aircraft that might typically operate at Paine Field. Colin presented charted data from the quarterly noise report. Current Projects Bruce Goetz addressed the current projects at Paine Field. West Ramp Development. Construction continues on the west ramp. Currently we have pre-leased 95% of these units. The end of April is still the anticipated occupation date. No further impacts to regular airport operations are expected. Taxiway W project may be on hold due to lack of FAA funding and problems with construction at the end of the year from weather. Taxiway Lighting Upgrade Project. The NW Mountain region was able to make another available for 1 million dollars the equipment portion of the airfield lighting upgrade project. The project will replace the runway lights along runways 11/29 and 16L/34R, and the taxiway lights along Charlie, Delta and Golf. In the spring we are anticipating an additional construction grant to allow completion of the installation of lighting, regulators and a new standby generator by the end of summer in 2003. Equipment for the project has been purchased with existing funds. This allows construction to begin as soon as contract is awarded and avoids the lead times associated with equipment lead times. New Tower. The contractor is expecting to be finished with the mechanical installation this month. The FAA has begun the installation of electrical equipment. The FAA is scheduling commission of the new tower for this October. Airspace Obstruction Removal. Obstructions currently exist at Paine Field with numerous penetrations into protected approach and transitional air spaces. Most notably, the trees on the west side of the airport are the bulk of the obstructions. Surveys have been completed to identify the specific penetrations requiring removal. The FAA has just raised the approach minimums 15 feet due to obstruction clearance issues. The Airport plans on removing those obstructions this summer. Dave Waggoner presented two current projects. NFIC. Snohomish County just sold bonds to proceed with the National Flight Interpretive Center. The Museum of Flight has signed a letter of intent and Boeing is expected to do so soon. An architect team and a Management team have been selected and work on design and planning for the project is in its early stages. The airport will own the facility and the Museum of Flight will operate it. Public Works Solid Waste Transfer Station. Facility construction is well under way and the transfer site is scheduled to be open for business in June of 2003. Bill Dolan discussed the remaining current projects. WASDOT Mukilteo BLVD widening. Currently traffic is moving on the east side of the road project and traffic should switch back when construction is complete on the west side of the road. Currently the scheduled project is to be completed next January. Olympus Terrace Sewer District Pipeline Project. As part of the replacement of the OTSD sewer pipe system in Big Gulch, Paine Field has been asked to participate in building a parallel storm sewer line. This would help to alleviate a requirement for costly oversized vaults associated with any future developments on the West Side of the airport. If all goes well an inter-local agreement would be before the county council within a month and a half. X-band Radar A Navy project that is part of a regional missile defense system has been announced will be based in Everett. A public comment period of the EIS process concludes on April 24th. As planned to this point maintenance and storage of the radar unit would take place at the Navy Home Port facility. Master Plan 2001 Update The County Council has adopted the Master Plan and the Part 150 Noise Study Update. However, the FAA has asked for greater refinement of the noise contours of the Noise study. The most recent refinements will be returned to the county council for approval. Updates to the Master Plan are available on the airport web site and at the local libraries. Tenant Updates Security has been tightened due to the higher status of national alert condition Orange. A greater presence of Sheriffs department personnel is being enacted to help increase security coverage. The airport reserves the right to change and update the security policy and procedures as needed to meet the challenges as they come. The airport does ask that airport tenants increase awareness of people and activites around them and report anything unusual. Roy Chandler – Goodrich is operating at about 60% capacity and is working to increase contracts work. Hawaiian Airlines 767’s will begin heavy checks this summer. Components Services Division now has a For Sale sign on it because work that occupied that space has been combined into the existing Hangar 3 facility. Jim Grant – Northway has 6 new 172s and 1 new 182 and is progressing well. Russ Keyes – Suggested that the summer meeting could be skipped due to current council work load and other activities of members. The decision to reschedule or skip the meeting entirely will be made at the next meeting. Public Comments None Adjournment Motion to adjourn was made, seconded and passed. Russ Keyes adjourned the meeting at 8:40pm. |
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