07/16/2024 Technical Working Group

TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2024

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

*VIA HYBRID ACCESS*

Foster City Council Chambers Conference Room

620 Foster City Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404

Public may also join the webinar:
https://smcgov.zoom.us/j/82376335216

Or Dial-in: US: +(669) 444 – 9171 Webinar ID: 823 7633 5216

This meeting of the Technical Working Group (TWG) will be in person at the above-mentioned address. Members of the public will be able to participate in the meeting remotely via the Zoom platform or in person at 620 Foster City Boulevard, Foster City, CA 94404. For information regarding how to participate in the meeting, either in person or remotely, please refer to the instructions at the end of the agenda.

HYBRID PUBLIC PARTICIPATION:

List of attendees (using zoom sign-in credentials) will be displayed periodically throughout the meeting.

The TWG Subcommittee meeting may be accessed through the above-mentioned Zoom webinar. Members of the public may also attend this meeting physically in the Foster City Council Chambers Conference Room at 620 Foster City Blvd. Foster City, CA 94404.

*Written public comments can be emailed to SFORoundtable@smcgov.org and should include the specific agenda item to which you are commenting.

*Spoken public comments will also be accepted during the meeting in-person or via Zoom on Items NOT on the Agenda and for each Agenda Item at the option of the speaker.

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

ADA Requests

Individuals who require special assistance or a disability-related modification or accommodation to participate in this meeting, or who have a disability and wish to request an alternative format for the agenda packet or other writings that may be distributed at the meeting, should contact SFO Roundtable Staff at SFORoundtable@smcgov.org as early as possible but no later than 10:00 am the day before the meeting at Notification in advance of the meeting will enable Staff to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting, the materials related to it, and your ability to comment.

AGENDA

AGENDA PACKET

 
 
Call to Order
  
Public Comment on Items NOT on the Agenda
 
 
REGULAR AGENDA
 
1. Election of Technical Working Group (TWG) Sub-Committee Vice-Chair
Sam Hindi, TWG Chair
 
2. Overview of A Large-Scale Validation Study of Aircraft Noise Modeling for Airport Arrivals
Juan J. Alonso, Chair of the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Stanford University
Thomas C. Rindfleisch, Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University
Donald J. Jackson, Software Developer, Palo Alto
LINK:  “A Large-Scale Validation Study of Aircraft Noise Modeling for Airport Arrivals” J. Acoust. Soc. Am, 155(3), March 2024
 
3. Introduction to Select Nighttime Flight Procedures and Flight Tracks: SFO SSTIK Departures and SFO Runways 28L and 28R Approaches
Sam Hindi, TWG Chair                          
Kathleen Wentworth, SFO Roundtable Coordinator
Bert Ganoung, SFO Aircraft Noise Office Manager
Eugene Reindel, HMMH, Technical Consultant to the Roundtable
Attachment: Overview of Select SFO Runways 28L and 28R Approaches & SFO SSTIK Departures
 
 
4. Adjourn

**Instructions for Public Comment during Videoconference Meeting

During the TWG Subcommittee hybrid meeting, members of the public may address the Membership 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 SFORoundtable@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 5:00 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:

In-person Participation:

  1. If you wish to speak to the Membership, please fill out a speaker’s slip located at the entrance. If you have anything you wish distributed to the Membership and included in the official record, please hand it to the Clerk who will distribute the information to the Membership and Staff.

Via Teleconference (Zoom):

  1. The TWG Subcommittee meeting may be accessed through Zoom online at https://smcgov.zoom.us/j/82376335216  Webinar ID: 823 7633 5216. The meeting may also be accessed via telephone by dialing in +(669) 444 – 9171, entering webinar then press #.
  2. Members of the public can also attend this meeting physically in the Foster City Council Chambers Conference Room at 620 Foster City Blvd, Foster City, CA 94404.
  3. You may download the Zoom client or connect to the meeting using the internet browser. If you are using your browser, make sure you are using current, up-to-date browser: Chrome 30+, Firefox 27+, Microsoft Edge 12+, Safari 7+. Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers including Internet Explorer.
  4. 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.
  5. When the 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.

*Additional Information:

For any questions or concerns regarding Zoom, including troubleshooting, privacy, or security settings, please contact Zoom directly.