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Home My WebLink About15 - John Wayne Airport Departure Pattern StudyCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT Agenda Item 15 July 10, 2007 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: City Manager's Office Homer Bludau, City Manager 949/644 -3000 or hbludau @city.newport- beach.ca.us SUBJECT: John Wayne Airport Departure Pattern Study ISSUE: Should the City Council authorize the City Manager to contract with ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS) to conduct a study of the factors relevant to commercial air carrier arrival and departure patterns at John Wayne Airport (JWA)? RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager to contract with ARTS to conduct a study of the factors relevant to commercial air carrier arrival and departure patterns at JWA, as recommended by the Citizens Aviation Committee. The contract shall be for the attached Scope of Services and not to exceed costs provided by ARTS, in a form approved by the City Attorney. DISCUSSION: Background: During the.past 27 years, the Citizens Aviation Committee (Committee) has received a number of requests and suggestions regarding changes to the standard instrument departure and arrival procedures utilized at JWA. Most recently, three members of the Committee conducted a very cursory "study" of departure and arrival patterns at other regional airports and applied those procedures to JWA without regard to the factors relevant to the development or modification of standard instrument departure procedures. In the past, the Committee has been asked to evaluate the impact of modifications to, or strict compliance with, the departure procedure but has lacked the information necessary to conduct a meaningful evaluation. The mere discussion of these issues has, on occasion, created concern among residents of communities that might conceivably be impacted by more aircraft noise if the existing procedures were to be modified. The Aviation Committee has recommended the City Council authorize ARTS to conduct a study of the factors that influence commercial air carrier departure and approach patterns. A copy of the proposed ARTS scope of work and the budget (Exhibit A) is attached. ARTS has conducted airspace, noise and aircraft procedure studies for numerous facilities including McCarran, Logan and Oakland airports. The study will cost $88,456 and will be prepared in cooperation with the County of Orange and the JWA Airport Director. The Project Team will seek input from community groups involved in airport issues and input from other cities that are impacted by John Wayne Airport Departure Pattern Study July 10, 2007 Page 2 JWA operations. The study will be presented to the Newport Beach City Council and will be made available to all interested parties. Environmental Review: The City Council's approval of this Agenda Item does not require environmental review. Public Notice: This agenda item may be noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of the public meeting at which the City Council considers the item). Funding Availability: Funding for the proposed ARTS Contract is available within the City Council's Spheres Issues Management Division, Account 8080 — Services /Professional and Technical. Submitted by: H mer Bludau City Manager Attachments: ARTS Scope of Work EXHIBIT A ASRC Research and Technology Solutions Aeronautical Services • 4255 Pheasant Ridge Dr. Ste 402 • Minneapolis, MN 55449 Ph: 763 - 786 -9582 • Fax: 763 -784 -5896 SCOPE OF WORK FOR STUDY OF FACTORS RELEVANT TO THE DEPARTURE PATTERNS AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT Introduction The Newport Beach Citizens Aviation Committee (Committee) is charged with the responsibility of evaluating current and proposed operations at John Wayne Airport (JWA) and making recommendations to the City Council as to the impacts of current or proposed operations on Newport Beach residents. The Committee has, in the past, received extensive information regarding the noise generating characteristics of commercial air carrier operations and noise abatement departure procedures but has not received or reviewed information relevant to the factors that influence commercial air carrier departure or approach patterns. The Committee has recommended the City Council authorize a study of the factors that influence commercial air carrier departure or approach patterns (Study). The Study will be prepared by a "Project Team" consisting of employees of and/or consultants to ASRC Research and Technology Solutions (ARTS). The Study will be prepared in cooperation with the County of Orange and specifically the JWA Airport Director. The Project Team will seek input from community groups involved in airport issues and input from other cities or communities that are impacted by JWA operations. The study will be presented to the Newport Beach City Council and will be made available to all interested parties. Purpose The purpose of the Study is to provide the Committee with the information necessary to perform its role as advisory to the City Council on airport operations and to enable the Committee, the City Council, community groups involved in airport issues and Newport Beach residents to evaluate existing approach and departure patterns and any future proposal or suggestion to modify those patterns. Scope Task 1.0 — Analysis of Existing Conditions /Current Departure Procedures Analysis of the existing conditions will be required to establish a baseline for the study. In order to effectively accomplish the preparation of the study 1.1 Data Acquisition The Project Team will meet with Airport Management, FAA Air Traffic Control, Flight Standards, and Flight Procedures Personnel, Airline representatives and Community in order obtain the necessary information to establish the current conditions at the airport. Specifically the team will: • Obtain information relative to the establishment of the current departure and approach patterns and the factors relevant to the creation or maintenance of those patterns including airspace utilization, air traffic control issues, runway length and alignment and formal or informal FAA policies that relate generally to the modification of commercial air carrier departure and/or approach patterns. • Obtain existing information regarding the operation of air traffic at JWA including the Air Traffic Control Tower order, field rules, and current noise abatement rules and regulations. • Obtain information including the Airport Layout Plan, GIS base mapping (land use, zoning etc), radar flight tracks, aerial photo information, meteorological data, noise abatement departure procedures and issues and other data relevant to approach and/or departure patterns. • Obtain information regarding the performance characteristics of commercial air carrier aircraft fleet currently operating at JWA or that are likely to operate from JWA in the near future. • Seek input from community groups involved in airport issues regarding the Study and the factors the Project Team should consider. 1.2 Coordination Meetings Coordination meetings will be required to accomplish Task 1.1, The Project Team will schedule one coordination meetings to meet with Airport Management, Airlines and Air Traffic Control, and the FAA Regional office to meet with Flight Standards and Procedures Development personnel. Task 2.0 — Assessment of Approach and Departure Procedures Upon the establishment of the existing conditions at the airport, the Team will conduct an assessment of the relevant factors associated with the approach and departure procedures and patterns, identify technology that may provide additional noise benefits, and identify potential alternatives that could be implemented to reduce noise. Task 2.1 Assessment of Relevant Factors The Project Team will, based on the information and input received during Task 1.0, explain how the factors relevant generally to commercial air carrier departure and approach procedures apply to the current procedures at JWA. In this regard, the Project Team will review the current departure and approach procedures in terms of: • Meteorological Conditions; • Runway length and alignment; • Regional and local airspace utilization considerations; • Air traffic control issues; City of Newport Beach SOW 2 7/312007 • Aircraft performance characteristics; • Noise abatement procedures and considerations including the location of remote noise monitoring stations. • Geographical and topographical factors; • Airport Environs Land Use Plan; • Air carrier policies or practices; • Formal or informal FAA policies regarding modifications to departure or approach patterns. 2.2 Technology The Project Team shall identify any advances in existing technology, new technology or operational procedure (such as Controlled Descent Approach) that might be relevant to the viability of current departure or approach patterns or support consideration of some change to those patterns. 2.3 Identification of Potential Noise Abatement Alternatives The Project Team will identify potential noise abatement measures that may be viable based on the analysis prepared in the report and the application of technology. Task 3.0 — Preparation and Presentation of Report The Project Team will develop a Study that reflects the work performed in Tasks 1 and 2. The Study shall include charts or other visual aids when helpful to understand technical information. Five copies of the Study will be developed and submitted to the Committee. The Study will also be presented at a special meeting of the Newport Beach Citizens Aviation Committee that will be open to members of the public. The City of Newport Beach shall publish notices of the meeting and send invitations to any group that has expressed an interest in airport issues. The Study presentation will include a summary of the work performed and any findings or recommendations of the Project Team. The presentation files will be made available to the Committee after the presentation. Deliverables Meeting with the Community, Airport Management, FAA, Airlines Development of Arrival and Departure Pattern and Procedure Technical Report (five copies submitted to the Aviation Committee) Report Presentation to Aviation Committee (as well as delivery of presentation files) City of Newport Beach SOW 3 7/3/2007 Project Cost: The project costs for this study are detailed in Table 1. City of Newport Beach, CA Santa Ana(John Wayne Airport Analysis of Existing ConditionslCurrent Departure Procedures Presentation of Report . Cost Estimate Project Schedule It is anticipated that the complete project will take approximately 4 months to complete. Once a Notice to Proceed (NTP) is received site visits detailed in Task 1 will be initiated, followed by analysis in Task 2 and a final presentation in Task 3. The final presentation date will be a function of the Aviation Committee schedule. 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