BAC SP #2 Misc 0012

The City is in receipt of your letter of September 5, 2019. We appreciate your acknowledgement and apology regarding the issues that prompted our letter informing Mr. Lyttle of Des Moines City Council action to temporarily suspend our participation in the StART Committee. As you will recall the issues are: • The allocation of $10 million to begin design work on Near-Term projects of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) without environmental review. The meeting was held at a remote location (Kirkland). This action violates state SEPA requirements. The item was on consent agenda. There was no prior notice given to any stakeholder. The City of Des Moines is disproportionately impacted by the year-over-year, double-digit growth of activity at the Airport. It is precisely this dynamic that was the catalyst for the StART committee whose charter was to support meaningful and collaborative public dialogue and engagement on Airport related operations, planning, and development. Additionally, the charter states that StAR-[’s effectiveness will be driven by a wilIIngness by all parties to fully and candidly discuss matters of mutual concern . 1. To that end, your letter makes a number of statements about actions accomplished by the StART. I would ask you to clarify the following of your statements: Regarding the Late Night Noise Limitation program: We are aware the Airport gave out awards to airlines with “quieter” flights but, of course, our community is concerned with the “noisier” flights. Please clarify the results attributable to this program. You state there has…

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