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Recommendations: None 2. Report from North Field and South Field Study Groups and Aviation Stakeholders Advisory Committee Kathy Ornelas reported that the proposed expansion of the Business Jet Center is on hold indefinitely due to the economy. Therefore, there will not be any more work in the foreseeable future on an environmental review of the project. Similarly, Airship Ventures' plans to have scheduled operations out of the North Field for their zeppelin have not come to fruition due to the economy. Therefore, the Noise Office has not been able to schedule any noise measurements of the airship. However, while there have been a number of operations of the zeppelin at OAK in the past months, there have been no complaints of noise. Larry Galindo from the Airport Noise Office reported on the successful test of adjusting nighttime departures from Runway 9 to a 180° heading, keeping the flights closer to the Bay and away from Marina Faire homes. The FAA has accepted the results of the test period and now will be adopting the 180° procedure within the next 30 days. The Noise Office will continue to monitor departures for compliance by the pilots. Mr. Galindo also reported that another tour of the Northern California Terminal Radar Control (TRACON) has been scheduled for Thursday, September 24, if anyone is interested in attending. Pacific Biogas is still considering building a biogas plant on North Field property. An environmental review will begin once a site and potential equipment are identified. Mayor Santos spoke in opposition to this proposal and feels that the City should oppose a biogas plant at this location; he would prefer to see one built in San Leandro near the Davis Street Transfer Station. Regarding the South Field Group, Ms. Ornelas reported that FedEx is now participating in the meetings on a regular basis. The Noise Office is on-schedule and on-budget to replace its noise monitoring system and enhancing their data collection system to allow for better noise tracking and data analysis. The Committee asked for a report on this from the Noise Office at the November meeting. The Noise Office has scheduled another meeting with the corporate pilots based out of OAK to continue education on compliance with noise abatement procedures. Also, the South Field Group received a report from the Port's noise consultant regarding diversion of noise from the North Field neighborhoods to the South Field neighborhoods because of the Preferential Runway Use Agreement Alameda has with the Port from a 1976 settlement agreement. The report provides some interesting insights as to what neighborhoods