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 Massport in process of acquiring an electric pickup truck to evaluate if it is appropriate for airfield activities  Taxiway Romeo maintenance activities is substantially complete; will be removed from update list  Consultant Harris, Miller, Miller & Hanson has been selected as the project management team for ESPR update o Amber Goodspeed will update HFAC once a schedule is received; evaluates conditions for calendar year 2022 o Amy McCoy queried about flight training areas included in ESPR; scoping meetings will evaluate content  Agenda Items: Topics discussed on published agenda:  Chairman Eliot announced FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for GAMI unleaded fuel in piston aircraft o Thomas Hirsch suggested biggest problem is finding a refiner willing to produce new fuel as well as distribution  Chairman Eliot plotted Airnoise data for 2020, 2021 and first half of 2022; plotted where the complaints were o Complaints about jets line up with the runways; people complaining about jets as they take off o Singles and helicopter complaints are around the airport; include complaints about touch and gos o 57% of the 2020 complaints were about singles, 23% jets, 13% helicopters; same percentages for 2021 o 2022 complaints were 56% jets and 13% singles. Chairman Eliot will ask for end of year data  Citizen Comments: Citizens commented on and/or asked about the following topics:  Jennifer Boles asked if the noise reports could be provided the Friday before the HFAC meeting  Thomas Hirsch indicated he was unaware Aero Club flights were included in the military totals o Margaret Coppe would like to see better representation of the military aircraft; break into singles and jets o Amber Goodspeed explained same totals need to be listed to maintain historical consistency; can’t list military aircraft with civilian aircraft o Suggestion to add notation to indicate military total includes Hanscom Aero Club aircraft; Massport will research  Jennifer Boles stated Waltzing Matilda was approved for scheduled passenger service. o Amber Goodspeed replied that Waltzing Matilda does not have an operating agreement with Massport to provide scheduled passenger service out of BED and has not requested one  Other Business: The proposed date for the next HFAC meeting is 18 October 2022 at 7:00 p.m.  Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:37 p.m. Attendees: Christopher Eliot, Margaret Coppe, Barbara Katzenberg, Thomas Hirsch, Emily Mitchell, Amber Goodspeed, Michael Vatalaro, Mark Wimmer, Christopher Boles, Jennifer Boles, Amy McCoy and Mike Rosenberg.