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Home My WebLink About05/14/2015 - MinutesCity of Renton Airport Advisory Committee Meeting Thursday, May 14, 2015 5:30 PM Meeting called to order and agenda reviewed by Marleen Mandt 5:32 PM Meeting minutes of February 17, 2014 were reviewed. Changes were suggested to add an answer to the question on floatplane operations in the Master Plan operations forecasting model in Working Paper Two. 5:35 PM Neighborhood Communications - There were no comments from neighborhoods regarding any issues brought up by the neighborhoods. 5:37 PM Old Business • Sustainability Report for 2014, presented by Jonathan Wilson, Airport Manager c Aircraft operations increased over 2013 numbers a Revenues and Expenditures increased over 2013 due to large grant funded capital improvement projects in 2014 * Power usage decreased from 2013 usage, due in part to the demolition of the 820 Building in early 2014 Noise complaints filed with the airport office were down over 2013 numbers. A comment was made that this could be due to residents essentially giving up on filing the complaint when they do experience noise from aircraft. ■ Kennydale has set up an online noise activity notification tree ■ US Open Golf Tournament is expected to generate a higher than normal volume of private jet traffic June 15 — 20. ■ Gordon Alvord asked the question on communities that generate most noise complaints due to traffic pattern occurance/Answer - Kennydale, Talbot Hill, West Hill. Gordon offered to review flight patterns over these communities to see if adjustments can be made to reduce noise impacts. • Airport Master PlanProject Updates, presented by Ryan Hayes, Mead & Hunt 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 o Draft Capacity Analysis and Facility Requirements Chapter ■ Executive Summary was provided for easier review ■ Next steps Airside Alternatives and Landside Alternatives ■ Wind/Weather Analysis • No cross -wind runway required at Renton • Renton has favorable VFR weather conditions, and current minimums will not be lowered ■ Airfield Capacity • Currently operating at approximately 43% of its annual capacity • Forecasted to be operating at approximately 53% of its annual capacity • Mix of large and small aircraft is a component of the calculation ■ Landside Capacity • Support Facilities o Al Banholzer asked that the Seaplane Base dock and ramp area be designated as a required support facility ■ Airfield Facility Requirements • Change in Critical Aircraft — currently B-II/King Air; changing to D-III/Learjet and B-737 families • 500 Annual operations is threshold for required change • Runway Safety Area is 1000 feet of overrun and 500 feet wide; Airport currently has 300 feet of overrun o No modification to standards are allowed by FAA for the Runway Safety Area o FAA recognizes any improvement in size of safety area • Runway Protection Zones o Lake is to the north o Extensive development to the south o Modifications to standards are allowed by the FAA for the Runway Protection Zone • Airfield Runway Considerations o Strength of pavement is adequate o Runway width is adequate with modifications to standards; currently width of Safety Area is 150 feet - standard is 300 feet o Runway length is not adequate ■ Consider physical constraints to lengthening the runway 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 ■ Maintain existing usable length ■ Draft alternatives will use Boeing's data on maximum take -off weight of the B-138, and including future aircraft models ■ Traditional graded, shifting thresholds, declared distances, engineered materials arresting system (EMAS) o Declared distances; number of feet available for takeoff and landing on each runway • Priority — Meet Runway Safety Area standards, and land use zoning in Runway Protection Zone ■ Next Steps — Discuss Draft Runway Safety Area and Runway Protection Zone Alternatives, including cost estimates and environmental impacts for each alternative 6:50 PM Questions on Airport Lines of Business (see attached pages 6 —10) o Airport Business Management Update • Contract Tower — funding projected for next five years o Airport Operations/Maintenance Update o Airport Capital Projects Update 6:55 PM Meeting process check and agenda inputs for next meeting. o Marleen requested updated attendance log from past meetings and ways to encourage better attendance at future meetings. Only 13 of 35 members, on average, have been attending. o Next meeting dates August 18, 2015, November 2015 o Rainier Flight Service will hold an Open House event for their new location on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at 3:00pm 7:00 PM Meeting adjourned RAAC Meeting Calendar — August 18, 2015, November 10, 2015 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 Attendees Absentees Kennydale Marleen Mandt Mark Hancock Highlands Talbot Hill Matthew Devine South Renton Neil Sheesley Robert Moran West Hill Ken Williams Renton Hill/Monterey Melody Kroeger North Renton Ben Johnson Airport Leaseholders Bernie Paholke Steve Beardslee Gordon Alvord Airport at Large Kurt Boswell Mark Spiegelman Mike Johnson Jeffrey Thomson Harold (KC) Jones Jennifer Ann Rutkowski Frederick Lund David Basco Lee Chicoine Chuck Kegley Todd Banks 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 Attendees Absentees Boeing Becky Crompton Valdis Martinsons Pilots Association Robert Dempster Karen Stemwell WPA — Green River Chapter Al Banholzer Mercer Island Mike Cero Councilmembers Marcie Palmer City Staff Jonathan Wilson Susan Campbell -Rehr Guests Ryan Hayes, Mead & Hunt Mark McFarland, McFarland Architects Ryan Orth, Enviroissues 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