Dear friends,

Many constituents have been reporting to me the increase of aircraft noise caused by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new flight paths into San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and how they are being affected.

As we work to resolve this issue, I first and foremost encourage you to report any excessive aircraft noise complaints to the SFO, SJC and OAK Noise Abatement Offices to ensure that your report is officially documented. The SFO Noise Abatement Office can be reached at (650) 821-4736, or via email at sfo.noise@flysfo.com. You can file an online complaint to the SJC Noise Abatement Office here. You can file a complaint to the OAK Noise Abatement Office here, or by calling (510) 563-6463. Your call will become part of the official record and official documentation.

• The FAA Initiative to Address Noise Concerns of Santa Cruz/Santa Clara/San Mateo/San Francisco Counties Feasibility Study can be viewed here, along with the appendices and executive summary.
• Click here for a reformatted version of the FAA Feasibility Study.
• Click here for Congressional transmittal letter to the FAA which accompanied the Final Report of the Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals.
• Click here for the report of the SFO Airport/Community Roundtable
• Click here for the FAA Initiative to Address Noise Concerns of Santa Cruz/Santa Clara/San Mateo/San Francisco Counties Phase Two.
• Click here for Rep. Eshoo, Rep. Panetta and Rep. Khanna Letter to the Santa Clara Cities Association Recommending a South Bay Roundtable to Address Aircraft Noise.
• Click here for the Further Update to the the FAA Initiative to Address Noise Concerns of Santa Cruz/Santa Clara/San Mateo/San Francisco Counties Phase Two.

The Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals adjourned in November 2016. Contact information for the former Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals is available here.

Public meetings of the Select Committee were held in Santa Cruz County, San Mateo County, and Santa Clara County. The agenda and presentations for these meetings are below:

Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
307 Church St, Santa Cruz
6:00 p.m.

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5/25/16 Agenda

Presentations:

• Save our Skies Santa Cruz County
• Quiet Skies Los Altos Hills
• Save our Skies Monterey County
• San Lorenzo Valley presentation

Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Sequoia High School, Carrington Hall
1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City
6:00pm

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06/15/16 Agenda

Presentations:

• Sky Posse Los Altos
• Quiet Skies Santa Cruz Mountains
• Californians for Quiet Skies (Portola Valley)
• Quiet Skies Los Altos

Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
500 Castro Street, Mountain View
6:00pm

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06/29/16 Agenda

Presentations:

• Sky Posse Palo Alto
• Quiet Skies Mid-Peninsula
• Quiet Skies Norcal
• Quiet Skies Woodside

Friday, July 15, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall, Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
2:00pm

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7/15/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation

Friday, July 22, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall, Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
2:00pm

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7/22/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation

Thursday, August 4, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall, Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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8/4/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation

Thursday, August 18, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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08/18/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation

Thursday, September 1, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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09/01/16 Agenda

• Menlo Park Councilmember Peter I. Ohtaki Presentation
• Vice Mayor Gregory Scharff Presentation
• FAA Presentation

Thursday, September 29, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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9/29/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation

Thursday, October 13, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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10/13/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation
• Vice Mayor Gary Waldeck BSR Slide
• Vice Mayor Gary Waldeck SERFR Slide
• Vice Mayor Gary Waldeck DAVYJ Slide

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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10/27/16 Agenda

Thursday, November 3, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
2:00pm

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11/3/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation
• FAA Terminal Area Forecast Summary
• City of Foster City presentation – Councilmember Hindi
• Edits to Draft Discussion Document – Vice Mayor Waldeck
• Edits to Draft Discussion Document – Supervisor Pine
• Item 1.2 – Mayor Bottorff
• Item 1.2 – Supervisor Simitian
• Item 2.10 – Supervisor Leopold

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue
1:00pm

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11/17/2016 Tentative Agenda

• FAA Presentation
• Version 2.0 of the Draft Discussion Document, reflecting the November 3 actions of the Select Committee
• Item 1.2 Lane
• Item 1.2 Leopold
• Item 1.2 Simitian
• Item 1.6 Pine Edit
• Item 1.6 Wengert Edit
• Item 2.4 Pine Redraft
• Item 2.5 Wengert Redraft
• Item 2.9 Wengert Redraft
• Item 2.10 Pine Redraft
• Item 2.11 Leopold
• Item 4.2 Pine Edit
• Item x Runway Usage Hindi
• Underlying Principles Wengert Redraft
• Various Items 1 Waldeck
• Various Items 2 Waldeck