15 - JWA Settlement Agreement Amendment Noise Monitoring Station

CITY OF 1 . � NEWPORT BEACH -- City Council Staff Report September 8, 2015 Agenda Item No. 15 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Dave Kiff, City Manager— (949) 644-3002, dkiff @newportbeachca.gov PREPARED BY: Dave Kiff, City Manager PHONE: 949-644-3002 TITLE: JWA Settlement Agreement Amendment: Noise Monitoring Station ABSTRACT: John Wayne Airport (JWA) has a detailed noise monitoring system whose data is used in part to assure that planes comply with the Orange County commercial and general aviation noise ordinances. Noise limits — typically shown in Single Event Noise Equivalent Levels (or SENEL) — are also set forth in the airport's Phase 2 Access Plan and the current Settlement Agreement between the City, the County, Stop Polluting our Newport (SPON) and the Airport Working Group (AWG). As technology improves, the sensitivity of the monitors improves, too. The County has recently replaced the 20-year old monitors with new monitors. The new monitors have read the same noise slightly differently — higher - than the old monitors. As a result, the noise standards in the Settlement Agreement and Phase 2 Access Plan must be changed in order to allow the Settlement Agreement to continue to comply with the federal Airport Noise and Capacity Act (ANCA). RECOMMENDATION: a) Find that the execution of the Tenth Supplemental Stipulation to the JWA Settlement Agreement is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c) (3) of the CEQA Guidelines; b) Find that that the Tenth Supplemental Stipulation to the JWA Settlement Agreement complies with City Council Policy A-17; and c) Authorize the City Attorney to execute the Tenth Supplemental Stipulation to the JWA Settlement Agreement on behalf of the City. FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: No Fiscal Impact. 15-1