Noise Proposal Harms Community! OPPOSE In Person TOMORROW, 2/26!

IMPORTANT BUR NOISE MEETINGS TOMORROW, 2/26

PLEASE ATTEND and make a public comment at the next

BUR Citizen's Advisory Committee meeting, IN PERSON ONLY:

4th Citizen's Advisory Committee Meeting - Important to Attend

Thursday 2/26 -- 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Public comment at beginning of meeting

Open House #3 - Optional

Thursday 2/26 -- 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Burbank Elks Lodge 

Located behind the Public Storage facility 

2232 N. Hollywood Way 

Burbank, CA 91505 

Free parking

If nothing else, come at 4 p.m., make your comment, and head out.

Suggested comments below. First bullet highlighted is most important.

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WHY IT MATTERS

As part of the ongoing Noise Study, BUR released the final Noise Exposure Map (Noise Map). Like the draft Noise Map, the final Noise Map includes only the immediate vicinity of the airport for noise relief, EXCLUDING ANY HELP FOR STUDIO CITY AND SHERMAN OAKS!

BUR presents the same "PROPOSED PROCEDURES" that we've fought against since 2018 as a NOISE SOLUTION! Some images in their meeting agenda even include the WAYPOINTS that the FAA already rejected. TELL THEM NO! 

The draft Noise Recommendations will NOT help and instead will further HARM areas away from BUR impacted by FAA's NextGen flight path changes.

But these are only DRAFT Noise Recommendations, and if many people show up and make their voices heard, there is still the opportunity to add Noise Recommendations to help with NextGen impacts in our neighborhoods. If only a small handful (e.g., 5-10 people) attend and make comments, it will not happen and we will have the “Proposed Procedures” under consideration once again.

*We recognize coming to a meeting at 4 p.m. is difficult. We and the CAC members have asked repeatedly for remote options so that more people can participate, but regrettably each meeting continues to be in-person only. 

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SUGGESTED COMMENTS

1. I strongly oppose the proposed Alternative Runway 15 Departure Procedure. This proposal closely resembles Alternative A from the Environmental Assessment - previously called the "Proposed Procedures" - and may also include WAYPOINTS. The FAA has already concluded in the Environmental Assessment that this flight path (1) is unsafe due to high risk of conflicts and (2) would generate a significant noise impact. Additionally, the community has strenuously opposed Alternative A since 2018. The FAA received 1,000 pages of public comments on the Environmental Assessment opposing Alternative A. This noise study will have failed if you include a proposal that both the community and the FAA have already rejected. Please remove the Alternative Runway 15 Departure Procedure from the draft Noise Recommendations immediately.

2. I understand that there are certain FAA rules about the data components and how the Noise Map and Noise Recommendations are prepared, but the brainstorming Noise Recommendations do not respect the intention of the Task Force in commissioning this Noise Study, based on a sudden onslaught of noise complaints following flight path changes at BUR. The draft Noise Recommendations must be updated and expanded to provide relief to the known areas, mostly Studio City and Sherman Oaks, that are suffering from flight path changes, and which have filed over 4 million noise complaints. 

3. At each CAC meeting so far, you have heard an hour of public comment from areas away from the airport like Studio City and Sherman Oaks that experience severe BUR noise. You had also received many written public comments from this community on the inadequacies of the draft Noise Map last summer. The draft Noise Recommendations completely ignore all the people who have made these comments. You assured us at a prior meeting that you would not be limited by the Noise Map's constraints. The Noise Recommendations must be modified to reflect the overwhelming public sentiment asking for relief for the larger Noise Study Area, outside the 65-decibel threshold.

4. There has been an alarming surge in the press recently regarding the safety of Burbank Airport. The NTSB head warned of a high risk of a Burbank mid-air collision. Burbank and Van Nuys flights share the same airspace. You can improve safety AND help the community by separating the airspace. Add a Noise Recommendation for early turns directly off the runway for BUR departures.

5. Based on Recommendation 14 from the Task Force, the Noise Compatibility Program is required to determine whether a more northerly flow of departures provides noise benefits. The draft Noise Map showed that 94% of jets depart south and that a larger area south of the airport bears concentrated noise impacts. The draft Noise Recommendations should be updated to consider options for departures in alternate directions, not only south.

6. Based on the Task Force recommendations, the Noise Compatibility Program at BUR is also required to analyze Runway 33 arrivals to limit the use of the wind arrival flight path over the Santa Monica Mountains. The brainstorming Noise Recommendations do not reflect this. The draft Noise Recommendations should be updated so that the Noise Compatibility Program achieves this objective.

7. Please make any further meetings accessible remotely. Requiring 4 p.m. weekday in-person attendance is unduly burdensome and suppresses comments.