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• - • ITEM 4 E.2 Runway 11/29 Taxiway Access Widening: This project will be designed when additional information regarding other taxiway needs is determined through the Master Plan process. E.3 Taxiway U Widening: This project will be designed when additional information regarding other taxiway needs is determined through the Master Plan process. Please note that projects C.3 Jet Fuel Dispensing Facility, D.2 U.S. Postal • Service Air Cargo Facility, and D.4 North Airport Cargo Facility, except Infield Roadway, were eliminated from in the Airport Development Program in the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report in November 2003. F. What is the status of the former United airlines hangar and what are the Port's plans for the use of this property? The Port has converted portions of the Oakland Maintenance Center (OMC) site to employee parking and additional public parking. Shuttle bus storage and staging is also occurring on the site. Turner construction is occupying part of the "A" Core office building and advertising signs are placed on the exterior of the hangar. The Master Plan process will recommend future mid- and long -term uses for the • site. As discussed in the Master Plan Stakeholder Meetings and at Aviation Committee Meetings the likely land use for at least portions of the site are in support of adjacent passenger terminal facility development. • G. The noise abatement departure procedure for departures on Runway 11 should be given a higher priority for enforcement by the Port and FAA. • The Port submitted a letter to the FAA on July 15, 2004, requesting that the FAA develop a noise abatement, instrument departure procedure for Runway 11 nighttime departures that would be similar to the departure procedures at night from Runway 29 (departure off Runway 11 will make a right turn over the bay to reduce noice impacts to nearby San Leandro homes). At the September 16, 2004, meeting of the South Field Group, an FAA representative reported that this procedure would be created and was now going through their process for developing new procedures. In the meantime, this procedure is one of a number of procedures to be implemented immediately via a Letter of Agreement between the FAA's Oakland Tower and TRACON facility. Controllers in both facilities have been trained on how to implement this departure procedure between 10 p.m. — 6 a.m. during weather conditions when aircraft must depart from Runway 11. The Airport Noise Office will monitor departures off Runway 11 and work with the FAA to ensure compliance whenever possible.