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Hanscom Field Advisory Commission Minutes – 15 March 2022 Prepared by Massport Staff Video of HFAC Meeting can be found on the BEDFORD TV YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpGZoHgJ7H08Lcm7aj90Gfw  Call to Order: HFAC Chairman Christopher Eliot called the meeting to order at 7:05pm  Announcements:  Chairman Eliot recording HFAC Meeting; welcomed all to 15 Mar meeting pursuant to Chapter 20 of Acts of 2021  Chairman Eliot announced Ross Aviation and Quiet Communities will be speaking at HFAC  Chairman Eliot shared that the FAA announced to eliminate lead in aviation fuels by 2030 and that Airbus is going to test a hydrogen fueled engine on an A380  Chairman Eliot provided information about the electric Alice corporate aircraft being developed by Israeli company Eviation in Arlington, WA; planning to do their initial flight test in the upcoming weeks. May be used on routes between Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod; may one day use Hanscom Field as airfield  Chairman Eliot added three documents to the chat  Minutes: The February 2022 Meeting Minutes were reviewed for approval  The February 2022 Meeting Minutes were approved unanimously with the following amendments o Amend spelling of Airnoise in Agenda Items o Fix 2018 nomenclature in Capital Programs and Third Party Development Reports  Margaret Coppe asked where copies of the Meeting Minutes are stored o Amber Goodspeed responded that Massport stores meeting minutes copies; could ask if Massport host website o Barbara Katzenberg added that copies could be kept for Lexington o Thomas Hirsch noted that HFAC website was never accomplished due to lack of funding  Cargo or Scheduled Commercial Passenger Services  Chairman Eliot asked Massport the two questions about Cargo and Scheduled Commercial Passenger Services  Amber Goodspeed responded to the best of her knowledge, Massport has not been approached by heavy cargo or commercial scheduled passenger service  Agenda Items: Topics discussed on published agenda:  Chairman Eliot addressed request to share HFAC zoom meetings o Margaret Coppe voiced all HFAC meetings are public with anyone allowed to attend; zoom not official minutes o Emily Mitchell agreed with points raised by Margaret; Bedford pays contractor to add meetings to YouTube o Chairman Eliot concerned about cost associated with potential amount of downloads; needs to find terms  Amber Goodspeed Introduced the project team working on the Ross Aviation hangar, located in Concord on Virginia Road o Kevin Uniacke, project architect with UDA Architects, Ashley Watts General Manager of Ross Aviation at Hanscom Field, Justin Mosca site civil engineer with VHB, Shannon Erickson Senior Project manager with Buildtech LLC. o Kevin Uniacke provided project overview; remove 38 current t-hangars, replace with 3 general aviation hangars o Emily Mitchell questioned configuration of new buildings; Ashley Watts stated the new hangars are expected to hold eight to nine aircraft. o Margaret Coppe inquired about type of aircraft in new hangars; fleet mix will be corporate aircraft o Thomas Hirsch inquired about Boeing Business jets and was informed that type aircraft will not fit in hangars o Barbara Katzenberg queried about impervious surface; there will more for project but net for all projects is less o Amber Goodspeed added construction vehicle route is out Virginia Road to Route 2A to Route 128  Jamie Banks of Quiet Communities provided an overview of the coalition focused on reducing noise and pollution o Has five Quiet programs: Coalition, Conversation, Healthcare, Outdoors and American Skies o Arline Bronzaft, honorary chair of Quiet American Skies, spoke about community involvement in process o Chairman Eliot asked about increased sensitivity of aircraft noise; surmised way to reduce it has not been found o Jennifer Boles queried about 65 DNL FAA standard; researchers have requested lowering of standard to 55 DNL  Monthly Noise Reports: Amber Goodspeed presented the February Report and noted that: