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• • City Council Airport Committee February 4, 2003 Meeting Highlights Called to order at 4:10 p.m. Committee Members Present: Surlene Grant, Tony Santos Committee Member Absent: Shelia Young 10 audience members present 5 Port of Oakland staff members present 2 City staff members present Discussion with Port of Oakland Regarding Airport Master Plan Process • Staff members from the Port of Oakland gave summary reports on the Port's Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEER) process for the Airport Development Plan, and the Airport Master Plan process. • Information sheets were passed out to help clarify the Port's community forums regarding aircraft noise and airport projects, the SEIR, and the Port's settlements between the City of San Leandro, the San Leandro Unified School District, and the City of Alameda. • The SEIR will study potential noise impacts of increased nighttime flights due to implementation of the ADP, measure the mobile- source emissions of toxic air contaminants that would occur from normal operation of the airport operations on air quality and human health, and study mitigation impacts to the western burrowing owl caused by the ADP. • Single event nighttime noise levels will be studied using measurements from Neptune Drive, Garfield Elementary School, Timothy Drive and Tudor Road. • The draft SEIR will be published later this year and be available for public comment. • The Master Plan process is still being designed. It will include forecasting, trend analyses, cost/benefit analyses, policy development, and finally development of project and program plans. • The timeline for the process will be determined once the Port Board has identified the consultant and clarified the process. • Past studies (e.g. Airfield Planning Study) may be incorporated. Discussion Regarding Appointment to Oakland/Airport Community Noise Management Forum • Committee members reviewed the application materials and approved publication of the advertisement for applications from the community. • An announcement will be published in the San Leandro Tines and sent to Homeowner Associations. • The deadline for applications from the community will be March 10, 2003. .