RECORD OF MEETING

John Milligan, AWP·621I (310) 725·3621

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With: Bob Trimbom, SMO.Alrport Manager

Jeff Mathieu, AviatIon Director

Marty Tachiki, Deputy City Attomey

Steve Benson, Planner. Coffman AssocIates

Jim Harris, Principal, Coffman Associates

Monroe Balton. AWP·7

_ TelTYGriffen. AWP·200

Rol~nd McKee, AWp·200 Wtpart of meeting)

Mark Tellier. Manager. SMO ATCT

Ruben CabalbaQ.AWP-621.5

Tony Garcia, AWP-620.1

John Milligan AWP~621

Time: 11:30 am to 2:00 pm

TItle: Phone:

Date: October 1, 2002

Subject: City of Santa Monica's Aircraft Conformance Program

Digest: SMOAirport Manager requested that FAA reps attend a briefing by the city's consultant on the city's

proposed Aircraft Conformance Program (ACP). The briefing and discussion meeting was held at the

Santa MoniCa airport on October 1. 2002. The ACP is designed 'to limit aircraft using the Airport to those

compatible with the airport's design and physical limitations. Aircraft with characteristics exceeding

Aircraft Design Group B-II would effectively not be allowed to operate at the airport. Present traffic counts

include approximately 6000 annual operations of aircraft with approach Category C and Category O. Jet

aircraft having approach speed CategOfY B account for an additional 6000 annual ops. FAA

representatives Included Air Traffic, Flight Standards. Regional Council. and Airports Divisions. FAA

comments cautioned the city that its proposal was not consistent with the city's federal obligations and

federal law.

The city expressed that its proposed ACP was due to its concern for the level of safety at SMO. Presently,

The airfield includes a single Runway 3-21,150' X 4987'. Runway Safety Areas beyond rwy.ends extend

only apprOXimately 100' to the west and 50' to the east before the land slopes suddenly approximately 40'

down to public streets. The cily's consultant studied altematives in meeting or improving compliance with

FAA design standards. Land acquisition and grading of embankment was considered unfeasible due to

cost. EMAS construction was considered unfeasible because there is insufficient room beyond rwy ends.

The consultant's report concluded that the city could meet RSA standards for Aircraft Design Group B-II

with the use of declared distances and by displacing both landing thresholds by 300'. This would provide

landing distance available (LDA) of 4387' and accelerate-stop distance (ASDA) of 4687'. There was

significant discussion regarding What other options might exist that hasn't yet been considered, without a

conclusion reached.

Due to underlying tension in this meeting, there was little discussion of the details of the aircraft restriction

aspect of the ACP.

FAA LOB's commented that safety determinations involving flight of aircraft are under FAA jurisdiction. not

the airport sponsor. While meeting FAA design standards are encouraged in providing for further and

continued enhancement of a margin of safely. FAA LOB's stress.ecl that an inability of an airport sponsor

to correct a SUbstandard RSA does not Inherently mean an ope(ationally unsafe condition exists. Further,

FAA does not consider it inherently unsafe for an aircraft of larger design category to use an airport

deSigned to accommodate a lesser category aircraft. Air Traffic and Flight Standards reps reiterated that

design standards limitations did not translate into operational limitations and that FAA. develops instrument

approaches to permit safe aircraft operations. FAA holds the expectation that the city comply with Section

9 of the Airport Agreement to maintain the 5000' x 150' runway. Any action taken by the city that conflict

with its federal obligations, including economic non-discrimination (Assurance 22) would be of concern to

the FAA

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At 1I1e.end Of the meeting, AWP-621 provided· the Airport Manager the text of a FAA memo from MS-1 to

AWP-600 (attached). .

After the meeting. the Airport Manager escorted the Airports Division reps to each of the runway ends on

the airfield to observe the condition of the RSAs. The Airport Managet was asked ·what time schedule

could be anticipated for city action on the ACP. His response was that the city planned to give a similar

.briefing to the various aviation ·trade organizations in October, finalize details of a proposed city·ordinance

to bring to the city coundlln late November, and implement in February.

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