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in getting 200 homeowners to participate in the project. Many had been dissuaded by others in the community recommending against the program because of the required Avigation Easement participants are required to sign. Recommendations: None 2. Report from North Field and South Field Study Groups and Aviation Stakeholders Advisory Committee Kathy Ornelas reported that the North Field Group would be meeting the following week. However, at the December meeting, the request of Mayor Santos had been brought forward to see if there is any way to alter arrival paths into the North Field to give the Timothy Drive neighborhood some relief from constant aircraft noise. Port staff has taken the request for a study of this issue to the Noise Forum. The Noise Forum has agreed to add it to their Work Plan and will direct North Field staff at the next Noise Forum meeting to undertake the study. Wayne Bryant reported on corrective action taken to remind air traffic controllers of the turns requested from the North Field to avoid Marina Faire and Mulford Gardens neighborhoods. March air traffic was much improved over February flight patterns. John Manuel gave the report for the South Field Group. He noted that Southwest Airlines did not participate in the meeting, as they have promised to do. He reported on runway repair projects for both the North and South Fields instrument landing systems over the coming months that will impact airport operations and may divert flights over neighborhoods during runway closures. Airport staff reported that they had just received this information on March 4 and will be bringing more details forward as they become available. At the Stakeholders meeting, it was reported that the FAA is prepared to begin construction on anew air traffic control tower this summer. The tower will be essentially in the center of airport property. City staff has expressed concern about the touch-and-go practice flights that occur many times throughout the day over that airport property, and whether or not placement of a tower in this area will cause practice flights to go over neighborhoods more than they do now. Port planning staff promised to research this further. Recommendations: None 3. Discussion Regarding Appointments of Community Representatives to the North Field and South Field Study Groups and the Noise Forum Kathy Ornelas reported that John Manuel from the. South Field and Francois Gallo of the North Field have asked to continue in those appointments. Only one other application has been received for each of the groups from the community. Therefore, staff recommends that, after an Ad Hoc Committee reviews those individuals' applications, a recommendation be made that they be appointed to those groups.