Dear friends,

Many constituents have been reporting to me the increase of aircraft noise caused by the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new flight paths into San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and how they are being affected.

As we work to resolve this issue, I first and foremost encourage you to report any excessive aircraft noise complaints to the SFO, SJC and OAK Noise Abatement Offices to ensure that your report is officially documented. The SFO Noise Abatement Office can be reached at (650) 821-4736, or via email at sfo.noise@flysfo.com. You can file an online complaint to the SJC Noise Abatement Office here. You can file a complaint to the OAK Noise Abatement Office here, or by calling (510) 563-6463. Your call will become part of the official record and official documentation.

• The FAA Initiative to Address Noise Concerns of Santa Cruz/Santa Clara/San Mateo/San Francisco Counties Feasibility Study can be viewed here, along with the appendices and executive summary.
• Click here for a reformatted version of the FAA Feasibility Study.
• Click here for Congressional transmittal letter to the FAA which accompanied the Final Report of the Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals.
• Click here for the report of the SFO Airport/Community Roundtable

Contact information for the Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals is available here.

Working meetings of the Select Committee are open to the public and are currently scheduled through November 2016. Interested in attending the next meeting? Check out the Select Committee Meeting Schedule.

Previous public meetings of the Select Committee have been held in Santa Cruz County, San Mateo County, and Santa Clara County. The agenda and presentations for these meetings are below:

Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
307 Church St, Santa Cruz
6:00 p.m.

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5/25/16 Agenda

Presentations:

• Save our Skies Santa Cruz County
• Quiet Skies Los Altos Hills
• Save our Skies Monterey County
• San Lorenzo Valley presentation

Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Sequoia High School, Carrington Hall
1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City
6:00pm

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06/15/16 Agenda

Presentations:

• Sky Posse Los Altos
• Quiet Skies Santa Cruz Mountains
• Californians for Quiet Skies (Portola Valley)
• Quiet Skies Los Altos

Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
500 Castro Street, Mountain View
6:00pm

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06/29/16 Agenda

Presentations:

• Sky Posse Palo Alto
• Quiet Skies Mid-Peninsula
• Quiet Skies Norcal
• Quiet Skies Woodside

Friday, July 15, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall, Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
2:00pm

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7/15/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation

Friday, July 22, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall, Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
2:00pm

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7/22/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation

Thursday, August 4, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall, Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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8/4/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation

Thursday, August 18, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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08/18/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation

Thursday, September 1, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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09/01/16 Agenda

• Menlo Park Councilmember Peter I. Ohtaki Presentation
• Vice Mayor Gregory Scharff Presentation
• FAA Presentation

Thursday, September 29, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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9/29/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation

Thursday, October 13, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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10/13/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation
• Vice Mayor Gary Waldeck BSR Slide
• Vice Mayor Gary Waldeck SERFR Slide
• Vice Mayor Gary Waldeck DAVYJ Slide

Thursday, October 27, 2016

Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
1:00pm

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10/27/16 Agenda

Thursday, November 3, 2016
Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto
2:00pm

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11/3/16 Agenda

• FAA Presentation
• FAA Terminal Area Forecast Summary
• City of Foster City presentation – Councilmember Hindi
• Edits to Draft Discussion Document – Vice Mayor Waldeck
• Edits to Draft Discussion Document – Supervisor Pine
• Item 1.2 – Mayor Bottorff
• Item 1.2 – Supervisor Simitian
• Item 2.10 – Supervisor Leopold

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Palo Alto City Hall
Council Chambers
250 Hamilton Avenue
1:00pm

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11/17/2016 Tentative Agenda

• FAA Presentation
• Version 2.0 of the Draft Discussion Document, reflecting the November 3 actions of the Select Committee
• Item 1.2 Lane
• Item 1.2 Leopold
• Item 1.2 Simitian
• Item 1.6 Pine Edit
• Item 1.6 Wengert Edit
• Item 2.4 Pine Redraft
• Item 2.5 Wengert Redraft
• Item 2.9 Wengert Redraft
• Item 2.10 Pine Redraft
• Item 2.11 Leopold
• Item 4.2 Pine Edit
• Item x Runway Usage Hindi
• Underlying Principles Wengert Redraft
• Various Items 1 Waldeck
• Various Items 2 Waldeck

I would also like to hear from you and here’s why.

I met with FAA Administrator Michael Huerta in May regarding the troubling increase in airplane noise across my Congressional District, including communities in San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties. I raised the concerns of the many constituents I’ve met with in my Palo Alto office with the Administrator, and he agreed to reexamine flight altitudes passing over our region. He also agreed to have the FAA Regional Administrator hold a meeting with select community representatives in the near future. If we can bring the testimony of the people of the 18^th Congressional District affected by this problem to the FAA, it will help demonstrate how urgent it is for the agency to address them.

I ask you to please respond to the survey and consider passing it along to others in your community. Your concerns must be heard by the FAA in order for them to make the necessary changes to bring relief to my constituents.

Thank you in advance for your important participation.

Most gratefully,

Anna G. Eshoo
Member of Congress