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Hanscom Field Advisory Commission
Minutes – 15 February 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 7:03pm
Announcements:
Chairman Eliot recording HFAC Meeting; welcomed all to 15 Feb meeting; dropped three documents into the chat
Chairman Eliot was honored to have Chris McCann, inventor of the Airnoise button, presenting
Chairman Eliot shared the electric Alice aircraft is being developed by Israeli company Eviation in Arlington, WA
Mike Vatalaro announced he did meet with a new temporary FAA representative who indicated he was willing to
come to future HFAC
Chairman Eliot added law proposed by Massachusetts State Representative Sheila Harrington in the chat
o Proposed law would prohibit training maneuvers within two miles of a hospital
Minutes: The January 2022 Meeting Minutes were reviewed for approval
The January 2021 Meeting Minutes were approved unanimously with the following amendments
o Change “Board of Selectman” to “Select Board”
o Add second “l” to Mitchell
o Add “as far as she knows, Bedford has not received any applications for 5G”
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:
Airnoise Inventor Chris McCann gave a presentation of his Airnoise.io
o Provides alternate method to file noise complaints by paying monthly fee for service
o Software provides information to user by correlating aircraft in cylinder over user address at time of submission
Kay Corry Aubrey queried on how to sign up for an account, type of products and cost; can go to airnoise.io
Emily Mitchell questioned if the button gets overloaded; Airnoise user can only file one complaint per minute
Thomas Hirsch asked for summary of aircraft type and altitude: Mr. McCann would be happy to provide report
Dan Henry asked if terrain is taken into account; Mr. McCann indicated data can be seen in MSL or AGL
o Asked if one user can sign up for multiple airports; users need to submit request to Airnoise.io
o Asked why sometimes aircraft cannot be identified; Mr. McCann quoted problems with legacy system
Patty Dahlgren wanted to confirm Massport receives information seen on user dashboards; confirmed yes
Chris Boles queried about geographical information collection for citizen groups; anonymized data provided
Jennifer Boles asked about issue tagging aircraft for overlapping airports; Airnoise picks closer aircraft not airport
o Wanted to know if Airnoise can track ground noise; Airnoise system excludes aircraft on ground
Monthly Noise Reports: Amber Goodspeed presented the January Report and noted that:
In January 2022 as compared to January 2021:
7am - 11pm operations decreased 0.9% in January 2022
Singles (including touch and goes) decreased 18.8% in January 2022
Turbo activity increased 0.9% in January 2022
Jet operations increased 25.4% in January 2022
Helicopter activity increased 1.5% in January 2022
Night Operations (11pm-7am) increased from 135 in January 2021 to 154 in January 2022, a 14.1 % increase
Calendar year to date operations are down 6.1% in 2022 compared to 2019
Barbara Katzenberg thanked Massport for including the EXP definition and summary; makes it easier to read
Capital Programs and Third Party Development Reports: Amber Goodspeed presented the Capital Programs and
Third Party Development reports and noted that:
Project budget for the T-Hangar Relocation Project to be voted on by the Massport Board; if approved a notice to
proceed will be issued on 22 February and pre-construction work to access the site will begin
o Thomas Hirsch asked for picture of the layout; Amber Goodspeed will provide updates over coming months
o Emily Mitchell asked about truck traffic patterns on the Bedford side; Amber Goodspeed advised traffic will
access the site via Route 62 and work will take place Monday through Friday during normal business hours
o Chris Boles had questions about areas paved; Amber Goodspeed indicated that this is more of a traditional
vertical building project involving pre-fabricated steel buildings. Paving will take place around the buildings.
o Patty Dahlgren wanted to know square footage, placement of buildings and yards of concrete; Amber Goodspeed
pointed to the 2018 Environmental Assessment, located on the Massport website, which contains detailed
information about the project
o Jennifer Boles asked about landscaping and paving mitigation; Amber Goodspeed responded that paving
mitigation was done when a significant amount of Taxiway November pavement was removed during repaving
project in 2021
Citizen Comments: Citizens commented on and/or asked about the following topics:
Patty Dahlgren had questions about map and gates shown on the Massport webpage
Emily Mitchell clarified the general bid for North Airfield Box Hangars is H290-C on Bid Express website
Chris Boles stated that the project has changed since it was first discussed; Christopher Eliot stated information
was available
Other Business: The proposed date for the next HFAC meeting is 15 March 2022 at 7:00 p.m.
Quiet Communities will speak to HFAC on the health impacts of noise at the next HFAC meeting
Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 8:28 p.m.
Attendees: Christopher Eliot, Margaret Coppe, Barbara Katzenberg, Thomas Hirsch, Emily Mitchell, Amber Goodspeed,
Michael Vatalaro, Mark Wimmer, Kay Corry Aubrey, Richard Baughman, Chris Boles, Jennifer Boles, Christy Bumanis,
Patty Dahlgren, Ira Goldman, Shawn Hanegan, Dan Henry, Bopha Malone, Lexie Marshall, Chris McCann, Elaine Miller,
Amy McCoy, and Kathryn Rifkin