Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: James C. Porter, Director of Public Works
Subject: San Carlos and Half Moon Bay Airports' Minimum Standards
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The approval of the updated San Carlos and Half Moon Bay Airports' (Airports) Minimum Standards in accordance with local, state, and federal resolutions, ordinances, guidelines, and regulations; and
B) The Director of Public Works, or his designee, to amend the Minimum Standards as necessary to ensure compliance with changing local, state, and federal resolutions, ordinances, guidelines, and regulations, and to make administrative changes as needed for clarity and consistency of policy documents.
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BACKGROUND:
In March 2016, your Board initiated the San Carlos Airport Aircraft Disturbance Study (Study) to look at options to provide meaningful relief for affected communities. The Study included consultants evaluating best practices for noise management at similar general aviation airports, the testing of a new arrival flight path into the San Carlos Airport, a community survey, and a public outreach process. The recommendations from the Study became the Airport Noise Management Program. The update of the Airports' Primary Management and Compliance Documents (PMCD) is one of the recommended outcomes of the Airport Noise Management Program, which includes the Minimum Standards. The Minimum Standards was last updated 24 years ago.
DISCUSSION:
The update of the Airport's Minimum Standards is necessary to set a baseline for minimum operating and land use standards for business operators that seek to provide aeronautical business services (also known as "commercial aeronautical services") at the Airports. The Minimum Standards are used to ensure the safe, efficient operation of the Airport and the safety of its passengers and pilots. The Minimum Standards apply only to commercial aero...
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