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• i Airport Committee Page 2 June 24, 2003 To quote from the Settlement Agreement Page 4, Paragraph 2(a) "City's Management of program: The City shall be solely responsible for management and implementation of the City's Residential Airport noise program " It must be a mandatory provision that whoever is selected should have had no past involvement with The Port. Accordingly, Jones Payne or Carlett, Skaer & De Voto would be an excellent choice. During the course of the interview, several issues kept repeating: 1) How do you administer and make selection of 200 homes when there are approximately 1,200 possibly affected? 2) How can an objective insulation program be designed without a corresponding sound study furnished by a consultant other than one supplied by the Port? (The agreement signed in 2000 does not allow a sound study). 3) One consultant referenced airport noise being reflected off 880 freeway and Walmart sound walls and impacting homes in the area. 4) Changes to settlement agreement to reflect what will be required to provide a post construction interior noise level not to exceed CNEL 45 db. 5) Are the conditions of the agreement of 2000 cast in stone? Can/Will the agreement be amended at the discretion of the Port? 6) No mention in the Settlement Agreement concerning South Field noise mitigation. In conclusion, the Settlement Agreement signed in November of 2000 leaves much to be desired. The residents of West San Leandro must now deal with an insulation program that will require scrutiny from all concerned. A quick fix is not the answer and a comprehensive noise mitigation program is most necessary to bring relief to residents impacted by noise from the Oakland Airport. In other words, a comprehensive program would include a complete evaluation of airport noise and would be the responsibility of the insulation consultant.