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2. Report from Airport Noise Management and Environmental Management Saprvisor on Noise Office's Goals and Objectives, and the Noise Office's New Website Larry Galindo and Wayne Bryant from the Airport's Noise Office provided an overview of their goals for the coming year: • Focusing on stabilizing office staffing to include 3 full-time staff plus a supervisor. • Conduct more outreach to pilots to reinforce their cooperation with noise abatement procedures. • Closer coordination with the FAA for noise abatement procedures. • Enhancement of the technical equipment to improve flight/pilot monitoring. Enhancements to the airport's website were demonstrated from www.oaklandairport.com. The website includes: • The addition of North Field and South Field Group meeting agendas and minutes. • Real-time flight tracking option so residents may look-up flight patterns themselves. • A comprehensive listing of noise abatement procedures, National FAA reports on technology, Local and regional studies, local noise monitoring reports, and more. There is a direct link from the City's website page on Airport Noise to the airport's website. There were questions from Committee members regarding departures from Runway 9R and efforts to keep the flights more over the bay for as long as possible. Larry Galindo reported that the Noise Office is working directly with the North Field's primary tenant, Ameriflight, to instruct their pilots on a more neighborly departure route. Larry Galindo extended an invitation to the Committee members to attend a tour of the Northern California TRACON offices in Sacramento on May 27. Public Comments John Manuel had a question regarding fuel costs. Committee Recommendations None 3. Report from Airport Noise Management Office on FedEx's Retirement of 727s from the OAK Fleet Larry Galindo repeated a report made by a FedEx representative at the last Noise Forum meeting that FedEx is focusing on the year 2015 to retire all of its 727s from its entire fleet. Cost of fuel and aircraft efficiency could accelerate this plan. However, the FedEx representative would not commit to any other retirement strategy at this time.