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HANSCOM FIELD ADVISORY COMMISSION
February 17, 1987
7:30 P.M.
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1. 7:30 P.M. Minutes
2. 7:35 P.M. Limited Service~Motel Status Report - J. Hals
3. 7:45 P.M. Bedford Land. Purchase Status Report - J. Hals
4. 8:00 P.M. Gillette Flight Facility Report - S. Sanford
5. 8:15 P.M. GEIR Mitigating Measures - N. Faramelli
6. 8:30 P.M. Regional Airport.Study Report
Update - N. Faramelli
?. 8:45 P.M. Com~-nission Effectiveness - F. Marcus
8. 9:15 P.M. Nominating Committee Appointments - F. Marcus
9. 9:25 P.M. Statistics & Planning - J. Hals
10. 9:35 P.M. Other
The meeting will be held at Estabrook Hall, Lower Floor of
Cary Hall, Lexington. This building is located next to the
Town Office Building, 1625 Massachusetts Avenue.
MINUTES
HANSCOM FIELD ADVISORY CO&IMISSION '
January 20, 1987
In attendance were:
HFAC
Ed Farnsworth Hanscom Pilots Assoc.
Rich Theriault Lincoln
JoRita Jordan Carlisle
Robert Domintz Lexington-Merriam Hill Assoc.
Bill Sohni NBAA
J. M. Wraga Beechcraft
Arline Shepard Massport
Fred Marcus Lincoln
Francesca DeVan MPA
Joyce Hals MPA
Larry Murray Raytheon
Michelle Matteo Bedford
Henry Wilfholm Digital
Evelyn Parent Hanscom Pilots Assoc.
Ted Jula Hanscom Pilots Assoc.
Donald Wilson Hanscom Pilots Assoc.
Brad M. Counihan Acton
Alvin Schmertzler Lincoln-Hanscom Pilots Assoc.
Bob Lombardo Beechcraft
Patrick Moscaritolo Massport
Norman Faramelli Massport
Joyce Dietmeier Lexington
Don Daives Hanscom Pilots Assoc.
Dave Beveridge Hanscom Pilots Assoc.
Robert Schaeberle Jet Aviation
Michael Dye Jet Aviation
Rick Hill Concord
Robert Nash National Park Service
Graydon Wheaton CAPA
1. Minutes - Approved, with discussion regarding absent members.
F. Marcus will review and contact members who miss two meetings.
Question regarding HFAC letter to Massport regarding. the taxilane
vs. taxiway plans for the east side of the Terminal. Bill Sohni
reported the operations subcommittee reviewed the situation
and believes Massport's plan to keep it a taxilane makes sense
and should not be a problem.
2. State of Hanscom - David W. Davis, Executive Director, introduced
Massport staff and noted that Pat AZoscaritolo was acting Director
of Aviation, replacing Bill Coleman. He then presented a review
of the past year's accomplishments and the plans being discussed
for 1987. He highlighted some of the accomplishments, such as
building new T-hangars, publishing draft GEIR and review of
the Master Plan. He noted that both overall aircraft operations
and revenues from aircraft operations were down slightly during
FY86. Mr. Davis also highlighted several of the opportunities
Massport will be considering for the next year. .There will be
discussions with the Town of Lincoln and Cranberry Hill Associates
regarding possible land swaps to accommodate the realignment of
Old Bedford Road. Massport is also considering acquiring 50 .acres
of land in Bedford abutting Massport's property, The land could,
if not acquired by rassport, be a future development area .for
housing, which would. be incompatible with the 65 Ldn noise contour
line in that area. Another project planned for 1987 will be
requesting proposals-for a limited service motel to be built
at Hanscom. Mr. Davis discussed the reasons for having considered
the motel and advised the Commission that Massport. will be discussing
the proposal in more detail at a later meeting.- Mr. Davis also
talked about the fiscal picture at Hanscom and the fact that
the operation lost money in FY86 and that the projections for
future losses were evident. He pointed out that the financial
analysis shown in the state of Hanscom did not include capital
expenditures, which are now and have been in the past, subsidized
by Massport. Members asked a number of questions with regard
to the potential land acquisition, the motel and the regional
airport study. Asked why Massport should enter the motel
business, he replied that there is demand from Hanscom clients,
it would help bring in needed revenues. He stressed it would
be limited service, without a bar, restaurant, or conference
rooms, and should have very little impact on the community.
In response to questions regarding Massport's planned uses of
the land in Bedford, he told the Commission that there are no
plans. for the land and the intent of the purchase. would be to
prevent the potential of houses being built. on the land. He
was also asked about the Regional Airport Study's effect. on
1987 plans and answered that there will be no effect. Several
members asked about the Massport position regarding the GEIR
and mitigating measures. Norman Faramelli explained that in
the past for the Logan GEIR, the discussion of mitigating
measures proved to be useless and were not incorporated in the
Final. The reasons are that it is impossible to discuss how
to mitigate a problem which is unknown.
3. Lincoln 47 Acres ENF- A discussion of the ENF by members
Indicated that no new information would be sought and
that the members should comment directly to MEPA, if they so
desired.
4. Mitigating Measures- Norm Faramelli explained the reasons
for the reluctance of Massport to discuss them. Basically,
the only possible way to do it is to simply list various
measures that could be contemplated, with provisions regarding
likelyhood of that being done. It only has meaning if Massport
commits to certain actions. Norm pointed out that only under
a specific proposal would Massport make a commitment. Several
members felt strongly that the mitigating measures should be
included in the Final GEIR.
5. Statistics and Planning - There was a discussion regarding the
complaint procedure and how Massport plans to handle them.
Joyce Hals explained that because of the extra work entailed
for the Tower in responding to complaints, persons who make
general calls about numerous aircraft will be given a less
specific response and the Tower will not be asked to check
on each aircraft operation. Complaants of a less general
nature will be handled as usual with an effort made to identify
the aircraft and review of the operation.
Other - JoRita Jordan mentioned a Carlisle person has complained
of noise recently and wondered what was going on.
Rick Hill distributed a type of sign-in sheet which would make
it easy to keep track of attendance.
Fred Marcus mentioned that the next month's meeting should
include a Nominating Committee discussion.