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PDX Air traffic Roundtable

PDX Air traffic Roundtable

Air Traffic Roundtable
Tuesday May 1, 2001
7:00-9:00 PM
Lovejoy Room
Portland City Hall
1221 SW 4th Ave.

Meeting Summary

Introduction/Call to Order
John Weigant called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. Introductions followed.

Review Charter
AIR has experienced a change in status from an informal group to an advisory committee to the Commissioner in Charge of the Office of Neighborhood Involvement, Dan Saltzman. Participants must fill out the application and be appointed by the Commissioner. Applications are available by contacting Joleen Jensen-Classen at ONI (503) 823-3203 or jjensenclassen@ci.portland.or.us.

Follow-up to City Council Work Session
City Council held a work session April 10, 2001 at 10:00 in council chambers to discuss the process for renewing the Port of Portlands Conditional Use Master Plan for Portland International Airport. Council heard presentations from the Port, AIR, the Bureau of Planning, and the Bureau of Environmental Services.

Bureau of Planning Director Gil Kelley, proposed drafting a memorandum of understanding on the process with input from the Port, the bureaus and AIR.

Memorandum

Date: May 3, 2001
To: Mike Thorne, Port of Portland
Margaret Mahoney, OPDR
Dean Marriot, BES
Vic Rhodes, PDOT
Jeff Rogers, City Attorney
Dr. David Lane, ONI
Air Traffic Issues Roundtable (AIR)
Citizen Noise Advisory Committee (CNAC)
Paul VanOrden, City Noise Officer, OPDR

CC: Mayor Vera Katz
Commissioner Jim Francesconi
Commissioner Charlie Hales
Commissioner Dan Saltzman
Commissioner Erik Sten

From: Gil Kelley, Director
Re: DRAFT Council Resolution Outlining an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and the Port concerning a Land Use Approval Process for Portland International Airport (PDX)

During the April 10 Council work session, I proposed drafting an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) between the City and the Port of Portland. The IGA is intended to lay out the sequence of events for future land use approvals for the airport and to provide more detail on the contents of the Ports conditional use permit application before the current permit expires in August 2003. As a first step, prior to developing the IGA, I recommend the Port and City adopt a joint resolution stating the direction and intent of the IGA.

The following is general language outlining the IGA and is captured in the attached draft council resolution. The resolution will authorize the Mayor and the Port Director to sign a detailed IGA. The attached draft resolution is being circulated among City bureaus, City commissioners, Port commissioners, Air Traffic Issues Roundtable (AIR), and the Citizen Noise Advisory Committee (CNAC) for comment.

Outline of the intergovernmental agreement:

1. The next Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application will be limited to the approximate expansion plans that were approved as part of the Ports 1993 CUP, together with several relatively small changes known as Phase 1 in the Master Plan, adopted by the Port in October, 2000.

2. In order to resolve various concerns raised by City bureaus and citizens, the Port agrees to accept conditions of approval where appropriate, even if those conditions exceed the scope of the existing conditional use master plan approval criteria. The IGA will outline areas that could be subject to the specific conditions of approval, including natural resources, transportation, noise, and enforcement issues.

3. The Port commits to an open public involvement process for preparing the CUP application and other concurrent and subsequent planning work. The IGA will outline the specific program to be undertaken by the Port to involve both the City and the public in the planning process.

4. The Port commits to initiating a permanent solution, either in the form of a Plan District or an equivalent legislative approval, within 5 years of the next conditional use approval granted by the Citys Land Use Hearings Office. This may lead to a permanent land use designation for the airport. The legislative planning process will make use of the baseline studies to be conducted by the Port on capacity preservation, environmental factors, transportation factors, noise, and other features related to phase 2 and 3 of the Ports 2000 Master Plan. The Port, in close coordination with the City, will carry out these studies. The City and the Port pledge a good faith effort to complete the legislative process within 24-30 months. The IGA will contain an outline of the scopes of the follow on studies.

5. While the current Port Commission cannot bind future Commissions to funding decisions, the Port pledges a good faith effort to compensate the City for all reasonable costs associated with a legislative planning process.

Please return comments to Bob Clay, via email bclay@ci.portland.or.us, prior to
May 10. We anticipate a City Council date of June 27 for the adoption of the resolution. This timeline allows both AIR and CNAC to review the draft resolution at their May meetings and review final language at their June meetings. The timeline should also allow the Port and the City sufficient time to comment on the resolution and begin work on the IGA. The deadline for changes to the resolution is June 15 to allow staff sufficient time to file the resolution with the Mayors office. We anticipate that a draft IGA would then be circulated for comment and would be ready to be signed by mid August.

Resolution No.
Direct the Bureau of Planning to prepare an intergovernmental agreement between the City of Portland and the Port of Portland outlining future land use approvals for Portland International Airport and authorize the Mayor to sign the agreement on behalf of the City (Resolution).
WHEREAS, Portland International Airport (PDX) is a major contributor to a diverse and strong economy, to the regions livability, and to the convenience of air passenger travels; and
WHEREAS, over the past decade, the PDX has experienced steady growth due to strong economic expansion in Oregon and Southwest Washington. As PDX grows, so does the impact on surrounding neighborhoods in terms of noise, transportation, and environmental concerns; and

WHEREAS, the Port of Portland (Port) and the City of Portland (City) recognize the impacts growth has created on the community and are committed to addressing these impacts; and

WHEREAS, the City has regulated land uses at the airport through the conditional use permit
process since 1979;

WHEREAS, the current conditional use master plan approval criteria lack specificity and direction on how to address the land use impacts on surrounding neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, the Port is committed to cooperative planning efforts with the City and its citizens on the future of PDX as part of development of the next conditional use approval and a subsequent legislative process for PDX; and

WHEREAS, the Port and City have agreed to develop an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) to more fully identify the specific scope of these planning efforts;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the next Conditional Use Permit (CUP) application submitted to the City by the Port will be limited to the approximate expansion plans that were approved as part of the Ports 1993 CUP, together with several relatively small changes known as Phase 1 in the Master Plan, adopted by the Port in October, 2000;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in order to resolve various concerns raised by City bureaus and citizens, the Port agrees to accept conditions of approval where appropriate, even if those conditions exceed the scope of the existing conditional use master plan approval criteria. The IGA will outline areas that could be subject to the specific conditions of approval, including natural resources, transportation, noise, and enforcement issues;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Port commits to an open public involvement process for preparing the CUP application and other concurrent and subsequent planning work. The IGA will outline the specific program to be undertaken by the Port to involve both the City and the public in the planning process;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Port commits to initiating a permanent solution, either in the form of a Plan District or an equivalent land use approval, within 5 years of the next conditional use approval granted by the Citys Land Use Hearings Office. This may lead to a permanent land use designation for the airport. The legislative planning process will make use of the baseline studies to be conducted by the Port on capacity preservation, environmental factors, transportation factors, noise, and other features related to phase 2 and 3 of the Ports 2000 Master Plan. The Port, in close coordination with the City, will carry out these studies. The City and the Port pledge a good faith effort to complete the legislative process within 24-30 months. The IGA will contain an outline of the scopes of the follow on studies;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that while the current Port Commission cannot bind future Commissions to funding decisions, the Port pledges a good faith effort to compensate the City for all reasonable costs associated with this future legislative process;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Port Commission and City Council delegate responsibility to the City of Portland Planning Bureau Director and the Port of Portland Executive Director to develop the referenced IGA.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Port Commission and City Council authorize the Mayor and the Port director to sign the IGA.

Bob Clay and Jay Sugnet, Bureau of Planning staff, presented a Draft of the Council Resolution Outlining an Intergovernmental Agreement between the City and the Port concerning a Land Use Approval Process for Portland International Airport (PDX). The Memorandum of Understanding was transformed to an intergovernmental agreement, which is more formal in nature. The Bureau of Planning (BOP) would like comments by May 10, 2001 on either the five points or the resolution.
Proposed Timeline for the IGA:
§ Develop process for reaching IGA with the Port
§ Comments by May 10th from both AIR and CNAC
§ Circulate first draft
§ Anticipate June 27 for adoption of the resolution
§ Mid-August signing of the IGA with the Port

AIR agreed that an IGA is the correct structure. Bureau of Planning staff commented that the where things get difficult is in the area articulated by City Attorneys office at the Council Work session related to the citys lack of jurisdiction in many areas because of federal pre-emptions regarding aviation. Because of this, BOP may not be able to get all the concerns in an IGA. It is not meant to pin down all possible details. There are will continue to be gray areas.

Brian Campbell. From the Port stated they were just starting to review the documents. They will need to look at wording carefully and review it with senior management and the commissioners. Brian anticipates presenting the draft document to the Port Commission on May 9, 2001 with a formal adoption at the June commission meeting.

The Port will begin the CU master plan and application to the City by July 1, 2001. As well as the impact studies including Part 150 Noise study. The anticipated timeline is 8-9 month with a final application submitted to the City of Portland by April of 2002.

The Port wants a broad public involvement process and is looking to AIR and CNAC for suggestions.

AIR and the Port are not in agreement about the timeline outlined in Point 4 of the IGA. The Port anticipates it cannot begin to look at a plan district until five years out. That is too long for AIR who wanted the plan district approach now. AIR feels all the parallel processes used by the Port limit citizen involvement. The plan district starts a new process. Other processes are continuous and hard to citizens to track and be involved. It is not reasonable to wait until those continuous processes are done because they are never done. AIR voted by consensus that the five-year delay to start the plan district process is too long and not reasonable.

Special Announcement
Fred Stovel announced that Erwin Bergman is a grandfather for the first time.

N.O.I.S.E. Conference in Portland in July 2001
AIR members will be participants in the conference. They will participate in a panel discussion and a workshop on noise based landing fees.

Brian Jenkin urged caution. As a member of CNAC, he has had discussions with the Ports Part 150 consultants. CNAC presented a list of alternatives, which included noise based landing fees. The problem is that such fees require Part 161 process because the FAA takes position that fees restrict access.

AIR acknowledged gaining acceptance for such fees would be difficult but worth the effort.

The meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM

Joleen Jensen-Classen
ONI

Next Meeting: June 5, 2001 7-9PM Lovejoy Room of City Hall