02/23/2023 Legislative Subcommittee

Thursday, February 23, 2023
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
*BY VIDEO CONFERENCE ONLY*

Note:    To arrange an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in this public meeting, please call (650) 363-4220 at least 2 days before the meeting date.

**Please see instructions for written and spoken comments at the end of this agenda.

AGENDA
Printable Agenda & Attachments

Call to Order / Roll Call / Declaration of a Quorum Present
Al Royse, Legislative Subcommittee Chairperson

Public Comment on Items NOT on the Agenda

Speakers are limited to two minutes. Roundtable members cannot discuss or take action on any matter raised under this item

 

CONSENT AGENDA

  1. Action to Set Agenda and Approve Consent Agenda
  2. Brown Act Remote Meetings Resolution
    Attachments: Memo and Resolution of Approval

AGENDA ITEMS

  1. Update from Prior Meeting
    Al Royse, Legislative Subcommittee Chairperson
  2. Congress & FAA Reauthorization Update
    Attachment: List of members of Congressional T&I Committee and Aviation Subcommittee
    a. FAA Reauthorization
    Emily Trantor, Executive Director & National Coordinator, N.O.I.S.E.
    b. Local Congressional Update
    Kathleen Wentworth, SFO Roundtable Coordinator
    Written Public Comment: Jennifer Landesmann
  3. Examples of Possible Platform Topics
    Al Royse, Legislative Subcommittee Chairperson
    a. Advocate for changes in flight procedures, non-safety vectoring, or other that would reduce or mitigate nighttime aircraft noise and its health impacts
    b. Advocate for changes to aircraft noise measurements and reporting
    c. Advocate for changes to allow increased access to insulation and other noise mitigation measures for residences and schools outside of the 65 DNL/CNEL levels
    d. Advocate for changes to the recognition of ground-based noise and the decrease and mitigation of ground-based noise and its health impacts
    e. Advocate for giving airports the flexibility to implement noise abatement procedures
    f. Advocate to include protections to residents from the noise and health impacts due to evolving technology such as Supersonic Aircraft, Urban Air Mobility (UAM), Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and similar operations
    g. Review of previously introduced aviation noise reduction legislation by former Congresswoman Jackie Speier
    h. Advocate for social justice in the establishment and implementation of aviation programs
  1. 2023 Legislative Focus
    Al Royse, Legislative Subcommittee Chairperson
    a. Develop SFO Roundtable Legislative platform
    b. SFO Roundtable letter to the FAA
    c. Communicate SFO Roundtable Legislative Platform to Congressional Committees and others
    d. Expand SFO Roundtable advocacy to potential community partners
  1. FAA Letter
    Al Royse, Legislative Subcommittee Chairperson
  1. SFO Roundtable Platform Process
    Al Royse, Legislative Subcommittee Chairperson
  2. Other Items of Interest/Member Comments
    Al Royse, Legislative Subcommittee Chairperson
  3. Adjourn

**Instructions for Public Comment during Videoconference Meeting

During videoconference of the Legislative subcommittee meeting, members of the public may address the Roundtable as follows:

Written Comments:

Written public comments may be emailed in advance of the meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully:

  1. Your written comment should be emailed to amontescardenas@smcgov.org.
  2. Your email should include the specific agenda item on which you are commenting.
  3. Members of the public are limited to one comment per agenda item.
  4. The length of the emailed comment should be commensurate with two minutes customarily allowed for verbal comments, which is approximately 250-300 words.
  5. If your emailed comment is received by 12:00 pm on the day before the meeting, it will be provided to the Roundtable and made publicly available on the agenda website under the specific item to which comment pertains. The Roundtable will make every effort to read emails received after that time but cannot guarantee such emails will be read during the meeting, although such emails will still be included in the administrative record.

Spoken Comments:

Spoken public comments will be accepted during the meeting through Zoom. Please read the following instructions carefully:

  1. The Legislative subcommittee meeting may be accessed through Zoom online at https://smcgov.zoom.us/j/94471821997. The meeting ID: 944 7182 1997. The meeting may also be accessed via telephone by dialing in +1-669-900-6833, entering meeting ID: 944 7182 1997, then press #.
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  3. You will be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak.
  4. When the Roundtable Chairperson calls for the item on which you wish you speak click on “raise-hand” icon. You will then be called on and unmuted to speak.
  5. When called, please limit your remarks to the time limit allotted.