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NLC Resolution #48 calls on Congress and the FAA to reduce the noise, health, and economic burdens placed on residential communities resulting from the FAA's NextGen air traffic control system, which has concentrated flight paths at low altitudes over neighborhoods. The resolution highlights concerns such as stress-related illness, hearing loss, reduced property values, and inadequate environmental review, and urges the FAA to adopt better noise measurement standards and consider community noise impacts in supersonic jet rulemaking. It also supports increased NASA funding for research into quieter aircraft engines and airframes.

This document is an invoice dated October 5, 2020, from ABCx2, LLC (a consulting firm based in Senoia, Georgia) to the County of Arlington, Virginia, for $16,887.50 in consulting services. It includes a project budget summary showing cumulative consulting work billed across multiple periods from April through September 2020, totaling $115,487.50 of a $250,000 project budget. The work appears to be aviation-related consulting, as indicated by the NowGen branding referencing 'Safe, Efficient & Environmentally Responsible' air travel.

This document is an invoice dated September 5, 2020, from ABCx2, LLC to the County of Arlington for $34,050 in consulting services, approved for payment by Richard I. Roisman on September 11, 2020. The attached budget summary shows the invoice is part of a larger $250,000 project, of which approximately $98,600 had been billed across five invoices through August 2020, leaving a remaining budget of $151,400. The work appears related to aviation and airspace policy consulting under the NowGen initiative, which focuses on safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible air travel.

ABCx2, LLC submitted Invoice #1170 dated August 5, 2020, billing the County of Arlington $28,225.00 for consulting services, which was approved for payment by Richard Roisman on August 18, 2020. The attached project budget summary shows this was the fourth invoice under a $250,000 project contract, covering work across four components (C1–C4) during the July 2020 period, with a remaining budget of $185,450.00 after cumulative billings of $64,550.00. The work appears related to aviation or airspace modernization consulting, as indicated by the NowGen branding referencing 'Safe, Efficient & Environmentally Responsible' air travel.

The Burien Airport Committee held a virtual meeting on July 21, 2020, to discuss several airport-related issues affecting the community, including flight patterns, noise monitoring, and re-engagement with the SeaTac Airport Roundtable (StART). Key agenda items included a potential request for a temporary portable noise monitor in Burien, recommending representatives for NextGen/PBN rollout discussions with the GAO, and continuing discussions on inviting Port Commissioners to meet with the committee and City Council. Draft minutes from the June 16, 2020 meeting also reflected earlier discussions about airport impact mitigation, equity concerns, and a proposed letter to the Port Commission addressing a post-COVID 'new normal' for airport operations.

This document is an invoice from ABCx2, LLC to the County of Arlington, dated July 4, 2020, for $15,212.50 in consulting services, approved for payment by Richard Roisman on July 5, 2020. The attached budget summary from NowGEN shows the work was part of a larger $250,000 project, with three billing periods from April through June 2020 totaling $36,325.00 across four components. The remaining project budget stood at $213,675.00 as of June 30, 2020.

This document package from ABCx2, LLC includes a consulting invoice for $7,750 billed to the County of Arlington (Invoice #1158, dated June 12, 2020, approved for payment July 5, 2020), along with a supplemental budget summary prepared by NowGEN as of May 31, 2020. The budget summary shows project expenditures across four components totaling $21,112.50 out of a $250,000 project budget, with the $7,750 supplement added to the June invoice. The materials appear to relate to NextGen aviation consulting services, which typically involve airspace modernization and flight procedure work relevant to airport noise policy planning.

A 2019 U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General report found that the FAA's Metroplex program—designed to modernize flight routes using satellite-based navigation in busy metropolitan areas—fell significantly short of its promised benefits, delivering only $31.1 million in annual savings compared to the $61.6 million minimum originally projected. The program also faced delays of up to four years, driven largely by community concerns about aircraft noise, which is directly relevant to ongoing noise issues around airports like Sea-Tac. Key obstacles such as unclear pilot-controller terminology and a slow procedure amendment process remained unresolved at the time of the report.