Town-Village Aircraft Safety & Noise Abatement Committee

TOWN-VILLAGE AIRCRAFT SAFETY & NOISE ABATEMENT COMMITTEE ONE WASHINGTON STREET • HEMPSTEAD 11550 • (516) 489-3296 Town of MINUTES OF MEETING HEMPSTEAD Meeting Date: Nov 26, 2018 Valley Stream Village Hall Villages of ATLANTIC BEACH In Attendance: CEDARHURST Carl Baessler, Village of Atlantic Beach FLORAL PARK Larry Hoppenhauer, Executive Director / Secretary Kurt Langjahr, Village of New Hyde Park GARDEN CITY Akiva Lubin, Village of Lawrence Lawrence Quinn, Village of Garden City LAWRENCE Andrew Weiss, Village of Floral Park MALVERNE Sean Wright, Village of Valley Stream NEW HYDE PARK STEWART MANOR Larry Hoppenhauer called the meeting to order. TVASNAC Representative, Sean Wright, of Valley Stream, led all in the Pledge of Allegiance. VALLEY STREAM WOODSBURGH The minutes of October 22, 2018 were presented for approval. Motion to approve the minutes was made by Carl Baessler, seconded by Kurt Langiahr. Approved unanimously. Larry Hoppenhauer proceeded to inform all, the format for tonight’s meeting. Mayor Edwin Fare, of Valley Stream, welcomed us all to the Village Hall. He spoke of the letter he wrote to the Port Authority and co-signed by four other mayors regarding the impact of runway 13L/13R renovations on their communities. They requested clarification on issues they presented in the letter (see attached). He spoke of his history dealing with aircraft noise from JFK, and his former service as a representative on TVASNAC for Valley Stream. He also spoke of the public meeting hosted by the FAA, regarding the Redevelopment of JFK Airport at the VFW Hall in Valley Stream, Oct. 24th. He was disappointed that the people gathered were not able to ask many of the questions they had. Meetings Report: Larry Hoppenhauer proceeded to report on the following meetings he attended. • JFK Redevelopment Program – Port Authority hosted a Public Meeting on Oct. 24th, at Valley Stream VFW. Organizers of this meeting were, US Representative Gregory Meeks, NYS Senator Todd Kaminsky, NYS Assemblywoman Michelle Solages. Also, in attendance were NYS Assemblyman Brian Curran, Justin Bernback, Director of Government and Minutes of Meeting Page 2 Community Relations, and Carl Baessler, Atlantic Beach TVASNAC Representative. Hoppenhauer spoke of the very late notice of the meeting. He and many of the large crowd had only found out the night before the meeting. He sought clarification of who was responsible for the public not having enough notice but received little satisfaction. The moderator of the Q & A session made it clear that only questions relating to the Redevelopment Program, as presented, would be addressed. Do to this major miscommunication about the meeting, more than half the crowd left after the first question was addressed. • JFK Airport Committee’s (JFKAC), Operations Sub-Committee and Executive Committee met with the Acting General Manager of JFK and his direct reports on Oct. 24, 2018, at the Port Authority Building at JFK. Mr. Charles Everett is the Acting General Manager of JFK and Deputy Director of Aviation for the Port Authority. They each explained what they are responsible for. They have instituted a new Emergency Operations center to alleviate the problems held last year during a major snow storm that severely impacted JFK operations and thousands of passengers. • North Fork Helicopter Route – The FAA held a Public Meeting at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Nov. 13th. In keeping with an amendment made to the FAA Reauthorization Budget of 2018, evaluation of this helicopter route needed to be accomplished in a short time-frame. There were posters showing the route and FAA representatives available for questions (see attached). Written comments were accepted and would be online or by mail until Jan. 1st, 2019. Four public meetings were being held. Many of these helicopters cut across northern Nassau County as they fly this route. Also, many helicopters departing from NYC fly north to south over western Nassau County to go the South Shore route, then fly along the southern coast of the Town of Hempstead. • JFK Airport Committee Meeting – the next meeting will be Wednesday, Dec. 5th, 2018, 7:00 PM, at the Port Authority Administration Building, #14, JFK Airport. TVASNAC PowerPoint Presentation: • Mr. Hoppenhauer ran through the presentation to share with the audience the history, accomplishments and challenges for the future of TVASNAC • A Question and Answer session followed with all participating December TVASNAC Meeting • A motion was made to cancel the December meeting in keeping with tradition and the fact that the fourth Monday would be Dec. 24 th. • Motion passed unanimously. The next regularly scheduled TVASNAC meeting will be held on Monday, January 28, 2019 at 7:00 PM. Prepared By: Larry Hoppenhauer Executive Director / Secretary, TVASNAC