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Airport Alert
* Please take action by June 15 *- Livermore proposing to rescind the 1975 Airport Master Plan and replace with 2 "airport zones".
- Many restrictions from the 1975 Airport Plan will no longer hold!
- The Livermore Airport Update was denied by City Council -- this is another attempt to circumvent this by "re-zoning" the airport and removing the 1975 Airport Master Plan!
- Any references or noise mitigations in the Livermore Master Plan will be eliminated or not hold?
- New zoning proposal does not identify any restrictions/allowances explicitly - leaving it upto the staff to define -- it must be defined explicitly and must match or be more restrictive than the 1975 Master Plan
- The new proposal will NOT have the EIR explicitly take into the account the exact FBO impacts (it is left for a "future" notice when the FBO details are "available")
- The new zoning has no indication or indirect restrictions to prevent larger cargo or other air services.
- The new zoning, as provided, does not specify any restrictions on runway lengths, or even the number of runways!
- Staff has indicated that the re-zoning is not required to build the FBO's, yet still goes forward and has spent over $234,000 --- meanwhile the Airport has layed off employees due to lack of funds.
Comments must be sent by June 15
Proposal available on www.lacg.org/NewAirportZoning
Send your comments and concerns immediately, (Please copy lacg@lacg.org )
City Planning (Susan Frost):
Copy City Council:
mayor@ci.livermore.ca.us ; jpmarchand@ci.livermore.ca.us; jdhorner@ci.livermore.ca.us; mrleider@ci.livermore.ca.us; jdwilliams@ci.livermore.ca.us
Livermore Independent, Pleasanton Weekly, Valley Times:
editmail@compuserve.com; editor@pleasantonweekly.com ; ccnletters@bayareanewsgroup.com
LACG is a group of citizens dedicated to the preservation/improvement of our health, safety, property values and quality of life as affected by the Livermore Municipal Airport, Livermore, CA, and the aviation activity associated with the airport.
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Copy of Council meeting minutes here.
- Foster the reduction of aircraft noise through any legal means available to the city.
- Increase aircraft noise monitoring activities at appropriate monitoring locations.
- Work with the Federal Avaiation Adminstration (FAA) to minimize the impacts to the Tri-Valley from flights to and from regional and international airports.
- Operate the airport in such a way as to promote the reduction of noise below current levels.
- Emphasize consistency between the improvements at the Livermore Municipal Airport and the General Plan policies as it relates to noise reduction goals.
- Continue to operate the Livermore Municipal Airport as an unsubsidized and self-sustaining public enterprise in a safe and efficetn manner.
- participate in Federal lobbying efforts to legislate the phase-out of high noise producing aircraft.
- Identify noise abusers.
- Improve customer service procedures in taking and responding to complaints.
- Conduct more aggressive outreach program to pilots.
C. Existing 1975 Mater Plan to remain in effect.
D. Staff to report to Council Quarterly on these items and include cost analysis relative cost options.The City Council has only received two quaterly reports. They have not asked for any more to this date.
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1,500 plus people at the City Council meeting on Jan 31, 2005 opposing airport expansion. Is the City Council listening? Click Here
Updated Mar 24, 2007