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Home My WebLink About1988-06-21-HFA-min.pdf T n HAN.qc iM FIELI ADVISORY COMMISSION MINUTE: lnNE _ 1983 Attended by He.iry Wifh 'lm Digital Barbara Fatzner Massport Robert Domnitz Merriam Hill Assoc -Lexington Al Sc.hmertzler AOPA Faul Rcberte Concori Liz Cort Oran Lincoln Jane Farmer League of Women Voters 11.1 has Dye let A iation Joe Hamm: .,. Beec.hcraft East. Alice F _ler Le:_rngton citizen Lt, Nc.rman Ellard Hanscom AFE Sara Arnmld Massport Liz Banks Lexington Minute Man Minutes 1 The n.inu.t.es cf the previous meeting were accepted with no :orrections 2 At new chairman of the Commission , Eau' Roberts shared some general thoughts on, hie new role and how it relates to the airport He re•Mli ee he i:, relatively new ctl the Commission, as .omparecl ti the ct,her members He said he is responsible to the Town of Tone 1. 1 and that he want~ a ;.afe airport with limited noise levels and that Han.•com should be maintained as a General Aviation airport He noted that. Massport is a quasi-public organizaticn and that. the Commission which is made up of 10 town members and 6 members from the aviation community , has an advisory capacity Mr Rcberts discussed two major goals for the coming year -The installation of Noise Monitoring Equipment which should prove helpful in providing information on noise generated at Hanscom -Nighttime noise , which is of concern to the communities and should be of concern to the users as well In closing , Rcberte commented that the meetings are open to the putlic and discussicns and deliberations should be confined to the issues fcr resolution in an orderly manner N, Ise .-�uY -,r,mitt� _ Report Dot Dnmr:itc reported r, the N _ = t-:omr: ittec, I'eeti.rg ( .1 behalf of Fir.: Theria .it N f \ T 3 m _ ', Ma st Jrt N i se Atatement Supervie r attended the mee41_.E t red. t T}- e _71, f the installatiri, )f the r, Ise m it it, e'_,,.dpme.rt nr environmental ynsulting ii •m tHMM has )_e_ 11i ed t .etei'mine the Ic,c&T it a f r the egnipme. t Tnei'e was disc-u it regarding the need tr plane mo.ritors at Ha.isc im to rrelate Tic ise events at Ha.nEcr,rl with noise in the communities If thi is done the •e wi 1 be fewer mcnitrrs in the r•omrnun ties Uri the tt ier hanr' talc .ng monitors 'lit of Hanscom may result in ref rt ing n -Haas - ,r, related e' eta,s Lc .at ions should be t.etern:ine z L-v the en," of the summer or early fall Fegarding night surcharge rates discussion revr lved around c -,ntinuing a weight based surcharge or changing ti a noise based surcharge Users feel that a noise based charge , using FAA data, - e fa_re that_ using weight There was alar die ussirn about L ra-.ei_ g the hi ur f tate _rig t ai rchaige , the amc art of the ,erg a } th eth J. f es elating the amc u.a with inc re, sed c per t1Lns Va iiu:' but 'c mmi-'te members representing different ie wilt de elc r. p.(1 s a_Ls fn;. toe Noise Suhcomr' ittee tn review ,t t -. next meet n.ng 4 ' e 1 Flight To -3c _ Bart _ra Petzner reported that F fes sic 'ra] Avieti n ha( iris ed in May and that the Massy rt Et and had appr >"ed a one-year lease with Aviatic n Fes ,urces which hi 1 c pe a repla 'emert flig' t ,_ } col Aviation Resources will pay 2 r ,f the gross sales and will use F t.ie.duwn epanes in frc nt. cf tee terminal that were criginelly used by Professional Some cf the old employee° will be hired ty the new school and the rtners are already Hanson': based The general nature of the sci%o, will remain the same as that provided by Prtfeesicnal Avi at is r r FAA Safety Expc P Fatzner 5] s, rep' rter] that there would be a :a.fety Exec at Hansnom on Saturday, Tune 25 sp nscred ty the FAA , Beerhtraft and General Electric There would be 40 exhibits including static displays but no aerial demonstrations In response t( questions , Fatzner reported that some small planes may fly in but an influx of lets was not expected Patzner was ala) asked if the FAA can advise approaching and departing pilots of the Noise Abatement Procedure= There was discussion of having the Noise Abatement Procedures on ATIS Air Traffic Information System , which provides a recording of weather and airport information 6 Statisics and Planning Sara Arnold distributed updated EXP reports for the months Jan -Apr , 1988 because of a change made in the database information used t-, oaloulate EXP The Gulfstream IV a new aircraft type using Hanscom, had been allocated a new reference SEL ( ie decibel level) She ala distributed the May report She reported that Ci: complaints in IN Lay were ide tifier ac n, u-Har'sr 'm re_ate' and theref re were not l.,c.lrded a. Ha.,rcn , romplai. to Night cperations continue to cre~ e h FAA tower rel irts shotc a decrease i. operati 'ns wh t, „m.iari.•€ Ma" H87 t.,_ Ma-N, 19 -8 There was dis-:useion regarding 1,hal _s :n, luded it, the FAA c. 'unte a-td Arnold explained that they include all contacts with the Tower Thus , air .raft flying th Hugh the area are counted Arnold also reported that the total EXF fur May 1988 decreased from May 1587 7 Committee Review Roberts reported that the Noise Subcommittee member hip wil] be Rich Theriault Chairman, Mi-belle flatten Michael Dye , BLL Dor:nitz , and Al Schmertzler The Land. Use Sus J m:mittee membership will be lane Farmer, Chairman Liz C ,rccr. an , and Ed Farnsworth Users who are interested in joining one of these subcommittees should contact Paul Roberts The Operations Subcommittee is made up of Ralph Sanf rd Chairman Norm Fredkiu and John Wraga This subcommittee need:, a town representative Rcbertr thanked all of th _. whr nad agree, t be '_t a sul'c ,Iith it tee 8 'ether Bit Demnitz reported o. the Masspert Board agenda whish included approval of the new Hanscom flight scho:l , the additi',.i of $12 , 001 -, pay HMMH fLr work already n'ompleted , the renewal of a contract with Brad s Repair Service , and a contract to re-rcmf the civil air terminal B Fatzner reported that Masspert had made a contribution to the Lexington Community Playground J Farmer reported that Graydon Wheaton has been a (Commie f_ion member became of his assoc_ iat.im in CAFA However , this organization nr longer exists , and a new member from an area wide crga izatir needs t, he found It snouli be an organization that represents environmental concerns or the general public Hats II the Sierra Club. and MaSE Aulrbon were suggested The newt meeting will be in September A Hanscom Field Advisory Commission Subcommittee Membership List Noise Subcommittee Richard Theriault, Chairman Robert Damnitz Michael Dye Michelle Matte° Al Schnertzler Land Use Subcommittee Jane Fanner, Chairman Elizabeth Corcoran Fd Farnsworth Operations Subcommittee. Ralph Sanford, Chairman Norman Fredkin John Taylor John Wraga