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October 13, 2015
Item No. SS3
From: City Clerk's Office
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 3:40 PM
To: McDonald, Cristal; Mulvey, Jennifer; Rieff; Kim
Subject: FW:JWA/OC Take Off Pattern at used to be patterns)
Attachments: City Council Members.docx
From: Kiff, Dave
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 3:39:45 PM (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US &Canada)
To: City Clerk's Office
Subject: FW: JWA/OC Take Off Pattern (It used to be patterns)
From: Ron Rohrer [mailto:ronrohrer@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 3:11 PM
To: Dept- City Council
Cc: rohrer@surfside.net
Subject: JWA/OC Take Off Pattern (It used to be patterns)
Thank you in advance for helping in the fight for fairness in the rules regarding the new airport take off
patterns. Many of the folks who now have to endure 100% of the noise and air pollution from the nearly 100
daily flights need your influence and expertise to improve our daily lives.
My letter is attached.
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October 12, 2015
Newport Beach
City Council Members
The constant noise from jets flying over Ruby Street (and all other streets lined up in the new
flight pattern) is unbearable. Unless someone experiences this first hand, day in and day out, it
will be like explaining a toothache. Only the person with the toothache will know how exactly it
feels. There are no real measurements of the damage caused by pollution and noise to all of
the affected individuals, but guaranteed, there are real health hazards with both.
There is an element of"NOT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD" logic with all of the folks who are not
affected. If you follow the path of the current take offs, you will see that only a certain number
of residents are affected 100% of the time. I doubt that anyone living in an unaffected
neighborhood would volunteer to see how it feels to have 100% all of the time flights going
over their homes, but it would offer some perspective. My daughter lives in the Bluffs and now
faces the same issue that we do on Ruby Street. I can see the underside of every plane that
takes off when I am visiting with her. I can only imagine that these planes also affect 3 of the
local schools in the Bluffs.
We all benefit from having this world class airport near our community, but not everyone is
bearing the responsibility of the downside of this benefit. I feel powerless by myself to change
the outcome of this problem. I am counting on my City Council to fight for me and for others in
this same situation. There has to be a way that everyone in each of the communities that are in
close proximity to the airport can share the benefits and the problems equally.
am writing as an individual, but know from past and current conversations that I speak for all
of us living in the current flight path.
Sincerely,
Bonnie Rohrer
317 Ruby Ave
Balboa Island, CA 92662
PS Our son is a Captain for an airline that flies over our homes. He knows firsthand that
solutions are possible.
Received After Agenda Printed
October 13, 2015
October 8, 2015 Item No. SS3
RECEVED
Michael P. Huerta
Administrator of the FAA 2015 OCT —9 AM 10: 16
FAA Headquarters
Federal Aviation Administration "r
800 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20591 CII! (r i;' H
RE: JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT (SNA)
18601 AIRPORT WAY, SANTA ANA, CA 92707
CURRENT FLIGHT DEPARTURES
PROPOSED SO CAL METROPLEX PROCEDURES
Dear Mr. Huerta:
Over the past few months it has become very apparent that the flight paths, trajectory, elevation,
and the thrust from the engines on all commercial flights taking off from JWA has changed.
This relatively recent change and current practice has become intolerable and unacceptable to
many of the residents that live in Newport Beach, as validated by approximately 2,000 signatures
(attached) endorsing this letter. Specifically, this very narrow flight path produces cumulative
noise and air pollution,which pose a higher degree of health issues to affected homeowners.
There are two major concerns: Noise level and burned jet fuel, and the respective pollution that
both of these concerns cause. Although we appreciate the noise monitors that have been
provided, the FAA must enlist a human monitoring element, whereby representatives from the
FAA can see and listen, from a human perspective, the level of noise and pollution caused in the
impacted communities. This will provide the FAA with a better understanding of what the
affected Newport Beach communities are experiencing.
In regard to the burned jet fuel, which may be the more important concern, another
Environmental Impact Study and Report must be completed to determine the actual danger of the
new concentration of pollution to our community and individual families' health.
In conclusion, many Newport Beach communities are dangerously impacted by the air traffic
from JWA due to the respective noise level and pollution, including the dangerous "small
particulates". The only fair, reasonable and equitable solution is as follows:
1. The flight paths must be fanned over the broadest range possible, with no immediate
airplane or jet repeat of one path.
2. The takeoff trajectory and elevation must be at the highest point possible.
3. The thrust of the engines must gear down to the lowest range possible.
4. An Environmental Impact Study and Report must be registered and completed semi-
annually in an effort to manage the health and safety of all affected residents.
Thank you for your immediate attention to this very serious matter. We look forward to your
reply.
Sincerely,
Communities of
Newport Beach
cc: Anthony Foxx, U.S. Secretary Department of Transportation
Barbara Boxer, Senator
Courtney Wiercioch, Deputy Director of Public Affairs-John Wayne Airport
Dana Rohrabacher, Congressman (48`h District)
Dave Cushing, Los Angeles Airport's District Office Manager
Dave Kiff, City Manager
Diane B. Dixon (Mayor Pro Tem),Newport Beach City Council District 1
Dianne Feinstein, Senator
Duffy Duffield,Newport Beach City Council District 3
Edward D. Selich (Mayor),Newport Beach City Council District 5
Edward L. Bolton Jr., Assistant Administrator for NextGen
John Moorlach, Senator(37`h District)
Keith D. Curry,Newport Beach City Council District 7
Kevin Muldoon ,Newport Beach City Council District 4
Lawrence Serafini, Acting Director-John Wayne Airport
Mark McClardy, Western Regional Division Manager of the FAA
Michelle Steel, Orange County Board of Supervisors
Ryan Weller, SoCal Metroplex EA
Scott Peotter,Newport Beach City Council District 6
Tony Petros,Newport Beach City Council District 2
SIGNATURES ON FILE IN
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE