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Home My WebLink About08/28/2018 - Minutes Renton Airport Administration Office Clayton Scott Field and Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base 616 West Perimeter Road, Unit A, Renton WA 98057 425-430-7471 1 Renton Airport Advisory Committee Meeting Tuesday, August 28, 2018 5:30pm Meeting called to order by Marleen Mandt, RAAC Chair. 5:33pm Approval of May, 8, 2018 minutes with noted correction of February 20, 2018 minutes (see attached, revised May 8, 2018 minutes). Unanimously approved. 5:34pm Neighborhood communications - Linda Perrine of Renton West Hill commented that on August 18 and 19, there was continuous extremely loud helicopter noise all day, all weekend o Action Item- Harry will check with KC Sheriff on their operations for that weekend - Marleen Mandt commented that Boeing engine run-ups are occurring at 9:30pm and beyond and lasting for 15 minutes; Harry replied that the Airport is working with Boeing to narrow the engine run-up window, and Tony McCloud, Boeing Pre-Flight and Ryan Tomasich replied that they are looking at short-term and long-term solutions to reducing the number of night-time engine run-ups 5:40pm Old Business - Airport Finance Update, presented by Harry Barrett o 2018 forecast $2.8 million revenues with a $1.9 million operating budget which will increase due to acquiring three new positions o 5-year Capital budget $31 million - Lines of Business Airport Lines of Business (see attached pages to )  James Young, Seaplane Scenics LLC, asked about the status of his lease application o Action Item- Harry will check the status and reply directly to James Young  Boeing Max jets parked on Taxiway Bravo temporarily until October 2018 Renton Airport Administration Office Clayton Scott Field and Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base 616 West Perimeter Road, Unit A, Renton WA 98057 425-430-7471 2  Implementation of Prodigiq program for maintenance and operations; brief detail of program use by Jason Anderson  Tower Seismic Retrofit project scheduled to start in December - Airport Minimum Standards and Rules and Regu lations  Subcommittee comprised of neighborhood representatives, pilots, airport staff, and airport business owners  Review complete up to to Section 3.7  Next Steps – Finish review by subcommittee, goes to City Attorney and RAAC simultaneously for review, document and recommendations then goes to Council for approval - RAAC Accomplishments  Marleen requested a volunteer to complete the list of RAAC Accomplishments (2001 – present) - Kaynan Hangars  Matt West asked for status of demolition; Harry replied demolition is pending and current tenants can continue using the hangars in the interim 5:47pm New Business Introduction of New Airport Staff - Ryan Hubbard, Airport Intern (internship extended to end of year) - Jason Anderson, Assistant Airport Manager - Will Adams, Civil Engineer II - Alyssa Dean, Airport Operations Specialist 6:00pm Master Plan Process Update, presented by Harry Barrett  Selected Alternatives 4,5, and 6 (includes EMAS) have been selected o Alternative 4 – shifts runway to south and deploys declared distances with EMAS at end of both runways o Alternative 5 – shifts runway to north by installing concrete platform in the lake o Alternative 6 – combination of Alternatives 4 and 5, with EMAS off north end and traditional runway safety area to the south  Determining land side alternatives  Outstanding issues o Renton High School and Airport Way o Local businesses and neighborhoods  Next Steps o Brief City Council on preferred Alternative by September 17 Renton Airport Administration Office Clayton Scott Field and Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base 616 West Perimeter Road, Unit A, Renton WA 98057 425-430-7471 3 o Questions  Matt West – summarize what Master Plan is about; Harry replied that the goal is improved safety, priority aircraft is Boeing 737 and requires increased safety measures  Marleen Mandt – will the RAAC be briefed before the City Council briefing; Harry answered that the Council meeting is scheduled for before the next RAAC meeting, so it is not likely  Marleen Mandt - which Alternative is being considered the preferred Alternative; Harry answered that it will be a hybrid of Alternatives 4, 5 and 6, because they cause the lesser impact and will include EMAS on both ends of the runway  Rob Spitzer - what impacts there will be for the Seaplane Base; Harry replied that the FAA has set a high priority for retaining the base  Al Banholzer - is there is a chance of getting an FAA waiver for the most impacted deviances; Harry replied that the FAA is not supportive of waivers  Al Banholzer - are there currently FAA waivers; Harry replied that while the Airport has some deviations from standards, there are no FAA waivers in place, instead there are Letters of Agreement with the tower for current operations  Linda Perrine - do the Alternative include purchasing property south of the Airport and tunneling under Airport Way; Harry replied Alternative 5 does not include property acquisition  Linda Perrine – is the airport out of compliance currently; Harry replied that yes the airport is not in compliance, and the FAA requires improvement to meet compliance requirements over time  Harold (KC) Jones - is the 5 year process will go beyond 5 years; Harry replied the Environmental Impact Statement will begin in 2019 and take three years to complete  Marleen Mandt - will Perimeter Road be impacted; Harry replied that the Alternative that shifts the runway to the south will require Airport Way to be relocated to Tobin  Diane Dobson – will the Master Plan Alternative cause an increase in operations; Harry replied that current operations are at the 2025 projected number of operations, and maximum capacity is 200,000 operations per year  Renton Airport Administration Office Clayton Scott Field and Will Rogers-Wiley Post Memorial Seaplane Base 616 West Perimeter Road, Unit A, Renton WA 98057 425-430-7471 4 6:15pm Outreach and Inclusion - Internship Briefing, presented by Ryan Hubbard - Noise Roundtable, presented by Harry Barrett o Linda Perrine asked what method of notification was used for the meeting  Facebook and Twitter o Lee Chicoine commented on multiple late-night Boeing engine run- ups  Action Item- Tony McCloud, Boeing Renton Pre-Flight will look into the issue and report back o Next meeting scheduled for January 2019 o Marleen Mandt asked that notification of the meeting be emailed so that word gets out to all the neighborhoods o Marleen Mandt commented that there are a few specific planes that are gunning their engines or doing something different that creates excessive noise, and these planes are doing touch and goes and repeatedly flying over Kennydale; Harry replied that Jason Anderson and Casey Boatman handle noise issues. o Diane Dobson stated that the meeting was very helpful o Ryan Hubbard is creating a training video for submitting noise complaints - Airport Events, presented by Harry Barrett o Airport Trivia Tuesday via Twitter o Renton and Boeing Field cohosting Northwest Chapter AAAE Conference in September o Halloween trick-o-treat tentative event 6:59 pm Meeting Process Check –  Next meeting date: November 6, 2018, tentative location Ace Aviation hangar bay 7:00pm Meeting adjourned