CityCouncilMeeting:July10,2012AgendaItem:
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CityCouncilReport
To:From:Subject:MayorandCityCouncilMartinPastucha,DirectorofPublicWorksFlightTrainingReductionIncentiveTestProgram
RecommendedAction
StaffrecommendsthattheCityCouncil:1.Approveasix-monthvoluntaryflighttrainingreductionincentivetestprogramatSantaMonicaAirportinanottoexceedamountof$90,000toreimburseflightschoolswhoconductrepetitivetakeoffandlandingpracticeatotherareaairportsduringweekendsandfederalholidaysonly.2.AppropriatethebudgetincreasesasoutlinedintheFinancialImpactsandBudgetActionssectionofthisreport.
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ExecutiveSummary
TheproposedvoluntaryflighttrainingreductionincentivetestprogramisdesignedtoreimburseflightschoolswhoconductrepetitivetakeoffandlandingpracticeatotherareaairportsthatwouldhavenormallyoccurredatSantaMonicaAirport.Thisprogramwouldreducethenoiseimpactassociatedwithrepetitiveaircraftoperationsduringweekendsandholidays.Flightschoolsparticipatingintheprogramwouldreceive$150.00pereligibleflight,whichwouldresultinonetakeoffandlandingatSantaMonicaAirportwiththerepetitiveoperationsoccurringelsewhere.Itisanticipatedthatthetestprogramwouldeffectivelyreducethenumberofrepetitivetakeoffsandlandingsduringthetestperiod.TheincentiveprogramwouldcommenceuponCouncilapprovalandterminateonDecember31,2012,unlessotherwisemodifiedbytheCity.
Background
Currently,about40%ofSantaMonicaAirport'strafficisconsideredlocalflights.Localflightsarethoseoperationsperformedbyaircraftthatremaininthelocaltrafficpatternorthedesignatedcontrolledairspacefortheairport,generallywithin5nauticalmilesoftheAirport.Manyoftheseoperationsarerepetitivetakeoffsandlandingsbeingperformedaspartofpilotflighttraining.Airportstaffreceivesnumerousnoisecomplaintsfromresidentsregardingtheserepetitivetypesoflocaloperationsespeciallyduringweekendsandholidayswhenmostpeopleareathome.Theimpactofthenoise
fromtheseoperationsismoredisruptivebecauseitisaconstantpresenceinthearea,eventhoughthevolumefluctuates.DuringtheMay8,2012,CityCouncilmeeting,CouncilheardaseriesofstaffrecommendationstoreducetheoperationalimpactsofSantaMonicaAirport.Oneoftheserecommendationsproposedreducingflightschooloperationsthroughareimbursementprogrambymovingaportionoftheiroperationstoairportsbettersuitedtoaccommodatepatternedflying.Asaresult,staffdevelopedasix-monthvoluntarytestprogramdesignedtooffsetthecostoftravelingtoanotherairportforlocalflightschoolstoencouragetheirflightinstructorstoperformrepetitivetakeoffandlandingpracticeatotherairports,therebyreducingthenoiseimpactsonlocalresidentialareas.
Discussion
Reimbursementforthisproposedprogramwouldbeforthetimetoandfromotherairportsforthepracticingofrepetitivetakeoffandlandings.OnlySantaMonicaAirportbasedflightschoolswouldbeeligibletoparticipateintheprogram.Reimbursementwouldbelimitedtodualflightinstructionrepetitivetakeoffandlandingtrainingflightsconductedatotherairports.Aqualifiedflightinstructormustbeanemployeeofaneligibleflightschool.Aminimumoffourtakeoffsandfourlandingsmustbeconductedatotherairportstoqualifyforthereimbursement.Thefundinglevelproposedbystaffwouldencourageamaximumof600trainingflightstouseotherareaairports.Thisrepresentsapotentialreductionofupto4,800takeoffsandlandingsonweekendsandholidaysduringthesix-monthtestperiod.Tobereimbursedforagivenflight,aflightinstructormustcompleteandsignareimbursementrequestformcosignedbythestudentpilot.Theflightinstructormustincludeaphotocopyofthepageinthestudent'slogbookindicatingtheappropriateentrywiththedateandtimeoftheflight,routeofflight,airportused,andnumberofrepetitivetakeoffsandlandingsperformedatthatairport.Thelogbookentrymustcontainthesignatureoftheauthorizedflightinstructor.Theuseofthelogbookis2
importantbecauseitisthepilot'sofficialrecordofflightoperationrecognizedbytheFAA.TofalsifyalogbookisaviolationofFAArules.Airportstaffwouldusevariousflighttrackingsystemsanddatatomonitorcompliancewiththeprogram.Staffwouldalsorelyuponthestudentlogbookentrytoverifythattheflightfullycompliedwiththerequirementsoftheprogramandthattherequisitenumberofrepetitivetakeoffsandlandingsatotherairportswerepracticed.StaffmetwiththeflightsschoolsonMay15,2012topresentanddiscusstheproposedFlightTrainingReductionIncentiveTestProgramthatwouldapplytoflightsduringweekendsandfederalholidays.Theflightschoolswereverysupportiveoftheprogramandconcurredwithstaffthatitwouldreducethenumberofrepetitivetakeoffsandlandingsthusreducingthenoiseandnuisanceimpactoftheseoperationsduringweekendsandfederalholidays-themostnoisesensitivedaysoftheweek.TheCitywouldreservetherighttoterminatetheprogramatanytimebygivinga10-daynoticetotheflightschools.Attheendofthetestperiod,staffwillanalyzetheresultsoftheprogramandreportbacktotheCityCouncilontheeffectivenessoftheprograminreducinglocalflightswitharecommendationregardingthecontinuedoperationoftheprogram.
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StaffhasdiscussedwiththeWestern-PacificRegionrepresentativesoftheFAAontheproposedVoluntaryFlightTrainingReductionAssistancetestprogram.DuringadiscussionofthestructureoftheprogramwiththeFAA,theyindicatedthatapprovalwouldnotberequiredduetothevoluntarynatureoftheproposedprogram,andnoalternateairporttoSMOwouldbedesignatedwheretheflightoperationswouldtakeplace.TheCitywouldusetheGeneralFundtofundforthereimbursementprogram.Throughoutthetestperiod,staffwouldcontinueanopendialoguewiththeFAAaboutimpactsandeffectivenessoftheproposedprogram.
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