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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/23/1991 BAKERSFIELD Patricia J' DeMond, Chair Lynn Edwards Patricia Smith Staff: Legislative: Trudy Thornton Litigation: Larry Lunardini AGENDA LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION Friday, August 23, 1991 12:00 noon City Manager's Conference Room 1. Overflights from the Bakersfield Municipal Airport ~ (David Steiber, resident and Don Williams, School District Superintendent) 2. AB3§O California Rivers Riparian Parkway Act 3. Current Legislative Issues NOISE & OVERFLIGHT ISSUES: BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT Summary of Issues: 1, Residents of the Rex]and Acres Residential Area experience overflight due to landing approaches to runway 34, 2. Residents of the Rexland Acres Residential Area complain about noise associated with overflight, 3. Residents of the Rexland Acres Residential Area associate safety concerns with overflight, 4, The Fairview Elementary School has similar experiences and concerns due to overflight to runway 34. Other Issues: 1, Residents and the School charge that the City illegally realigned and lengthened the runway without proper notification of the residents of Rexland Acres or the School, 2, Residents and the School would like mitigation of the above stated concerns and a redress of the procedure to notify schools regardin9 extensive airport/runway projects, Measures the City has taken to date: 1. Changed the phone system to better respond to noise complaints and residents concerns. 2. Contacted the School to address the concerns and met with School Officials. 3. Contacted the Federal Aviation Administration and the DOT/Aeronautics Division regarding the concerns and requested input from the Agencies. 4. Mailed notices to all pilots based at the Airport requesting input and established a meeting for that purpose. 5. Commenced a noise/overflight complaint file to track all concerns and establish a profile to ascertain the type of complaint regarding flight procedures, type aircraft, noise or safety issue and residential location of complaint. 6. Conducted test flights of various flight tracks in an effort to track traffic to and from the airport but away from the residential area. This effort was coordinated with DOT/Aeronautics. 7. Based on comments from pilots, flight instructors, DOT/Aeronautics and others, the following flight procedures were instituted: a. Approaches to runway 34: i. No straight-in approaches ii. Left hand pattern entry approaches only iii. Follow 4 deg. glide slope approach b. Departures from 16 (towards Re×land Acres) i. No straight-out approaches ii. 20 deg. left turn out departures iii. Advisory to avoid residential area (It should be noted that all flight track procedures are at the discretion of the pilot due to weather, safety or other concerns the pilot in command may ascertain at the time of arrival or departure. Under no circumstances is the pilot forced to compromise safety in lieu of noise or overflight) 8. The City posted signs at the run-up areas at each end of the runway to indicate the above procedures. 9. The City contacted the publishers of flight guides and advised them of the flight track procedure for the airport. In addition the City contacted a noise specialist to get cost estimates to monitor noise at the school and other strategic locations in order to scientifically measure overflight. Additional mitigation measures may be instituted at considerable cost, including noise monitoring. These are: 1. Noise monitoring (1 station/1 month = $2500) 2. Part 150 noise study ($75,000-$150,000t 3. Residential Insulation program (Cost?) 4. Acquisition of Residences to form "green belt"(Cost?) A suggestion was made by Mr. Steiber to flight track the aircraft from a left hand to a right hand pattern approach to runway 34. However, traffic in a right hand pattern to 34 would be diverted into 'inbound traffic to the ILS (Instrument Landing System) at Meadows Field, as well as traffic flying the Shafter VOR, a radio directional beam leading aircraft near the airport. This flight track could produce catastrophic results. With respect to legal procedures regarding the environmental process, the City followed all legal requirements, including notification of responsible agencies. New legislation was introduced two months ago, requiring airports to now notify all schools within a two mile area from the runway of any major airport construction program. Thus airports are now subject to the same requirements schools have had to follow for years. The latter unfortunately was not in effect when the City of Bakersfield realigned the runway at Bakersfield Airpark. CITY OF BAKERSFIELD L~¥~ b~/~ ~ LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 5-91 August 28, 1991 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT: ASSEMBLY BILL 350, CALIFORNIA RIVERS RIPARIAN PARKWAY ACT. Under current law several agencies have jurisdiction over riparian lands. This legislation would centralize authority by establishing the 'California Rivers Riparian Parkway Program within the State Lands Commission. The Riparian Parkway Program is designed to assist local communities in providing public recreational amenities, flood control, fisheries enhancement, riparian protection, commercial and recreational navigation and other mUltiple use benefits. Cities would be eligible to receive monies for the planning and implementation of parkway plans approved by the Commission. Those plans would have to comply with standards to be adopted by the Commission. The sources of program funding are not identified. If the Commission finds local agencies failed to follow the plans the money must be returned and property acquired would be transferred to the state. Although the bill appears beneficial and consistent with our efforts to improve the Kern River it could place us at a disadvantage. The Kern River Plan would have to be rewritten and readopted to comply with yet to be developed standards. It would then have to be submitted to the State Lands Commission and approved in order to qualify projec, ts on the river for funding. Any amendments to the plan would require approval of the State Lands Commission. LEGISLATIVE AND LITIGATION COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 5-91 Page 2 The legislation should be amended to approve plans which have been adopted as a part of local general plans to be eligible for funding their implementation. If funds are improperly used they should be returned to the state but title to acquired lands should be retained by the local agencies. IT IS RECOMMENDED that the Mayor communicate the city's support of AB 350 with the above amendments included. Respectfully submitted, Councilmember Patricia J. DeMond, Chair Councilmember Lynn Edwards Councilmember Patricia M. Smith