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INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7692
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To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
March 2, 1993
Subject:
FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION PART 150 NOISE COMPATIBILITY STUDY
The City of Fort Worth retained the professional aviation planning services
of Greiner, Inc. , to prepare a Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150
Noise Study for the City's three general aviation/reliever airports,
Alliance, Meacham, and Spinks. Partial funding (903%) was provided by the
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) . Work on the study began in September,
1991 and at that time, Land Use and Technical Operations Committees were
formed for each airport. Throughout the study process, these committees have
actively participated in reviewing study documents at designated project
milestones and provided input to the City and the consultant team. Public
involvement was coordinated by PR/Texas, a subconsultant to Greiner, Inc.
The purpose of the study is to analyze current land uses and noise patterns
in the airport vicinity, reduce existing incompatible land uses, and prevent
additional incompatible land uses from occurring in the future. The overall
goal of the noise compatibility study is to find solutions to identified
noise problems. Workable solutions are then developed which take into
consideration the cost of implementation, schedules for implementation and
guidelines for determining responsibility for implementation.
The study has two major components: The Noise Exposure Maps (NEM) , and the
Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) . The noise exposure maps involved the
inventory of existing land uses and zoning districts in the airport vicinity.
Noise monitoring was conducted to establish the noise contours for both
current conditions (1991) and projected conditions in 1996. The noise
contours were then overlaid on the existing land uses to identify the extent
of incompatible land uses.
The second part of the study, the Noise Compatibility Program, identified
three categories of noise abatement alternatives to reduce noise impacts:
* Operational Noise * Land Use * Continuing Noise Program
Within these categories, various alternatives were identified in accordance
with the FAR Part 150 Guidelines. Alternatives were evaluated with respect
to their compatibility with, and effectiveness of reducing noise impacts at
the City's airports. These alternatives were presented to the Technical and
Land Use Committees and to citizens at Public Workshops conducted January 12-
14, 1993. The alternatives recommended for implementation were then
presented in summary form to the Aviation Advisory Board on February 18,
1993.
Citizens had several opportunities to participate in four public workshops,
through comment sheets, and in two special workshops to explain land
acquisition practices of the City and FAA.
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INFORMAL REPORT To CiTy COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7692
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
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FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATION PART 150 NOISE COMPATIBILITY
STUDY
Below is a summary of sensitive sites and the impacted population within the
65+ LDN noise contours and incompatible use areas:
ACRES (Incompatible) MEACHAM ALLIANCE SPINKS
# Residential 70.1 504.8 0
SENSITIVE SITES
# Residences 260 19(+4) 0
IMPACTED POPULATION 635 45 0
The recommended actions for implementation include zoning, land use planning,
noise disclosure statements and related operational actions. The consultant
also recommends that the City consider land acquisition, aviation easements
and/or soundproofing to existing noise sensitive structures. The costs for
these recommendations are as follows:
ALTERNATIVE MEACHAM ALLIANCE SPINKS
Land Acquisition $6,900,000 $5,600,000 0
Easements 800,000 700,000 0
Soundproofing 4,900,000 400,000 0
Noise Abatement Officer One position @ $40,000
Noise Monitoring Program $ 60,000 once plus $40,000-$60,000/yr.
Noise Program Update $100,000-$200,000/every 5 years
The City's options include "no action" or selecting the "mix" of
recommendations it deems best for its citizens.
The last Public hearing is scheduled for the City Council meeting on March 2,
1993. After the hearing, the staff will forward an M&C to the City Council
for your consideration to receive the noise study. After the FAA approves
the Noise Exposure Contours, within six months, a pre-application for 90% FAA
funding of the noise study may be submitted. The Aviation Board approved the
alternatives recommended in the study at its February 18, 1993 meeting.
The FAR Part 150 Study will be completed by our consultant and ready for
submittal to the FAA on April 1, 1993.
aTY MANAGER FT. WORTH, Tu.
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
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