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City Council Meeting Minutes December 3, 2019 Page 4 of 7 Mayor Pro Tem Maloney would like to see some segue from the consultants leading this to the City leading this process. He agreed moving this along would be appreciated. Councilmember Fahey agreed with Mayor Pro Tem Maloney and Councilmember Lipton. She added it might be helpful to get the City of Boulder and Westminster in the roundtable. She would also like it to note the health impact of airplane emissions on the communities. Councilmember Leh agreed. He added he would like to include staff from Joe Neguse's office and' a representative from Senator Gardner's office in the process. Councilmember Dickinson noted it seems there is not a large usage increase in 2017 to 2018 but complaints vastly increased. He asked if there is information from 2018 to 2019 on these. He asked if there was more information on what is driving the increased interest' in the noise issue as use has not increased at the same rate as complaints. Hogan stated more current information could be requested. Councilmember Lipton stated he noticed most of the complaints from Louisville residents are related to private civil aircraft. For us they make the most noise and those flights have gone up almost 80% in that time frame. These flight schools are causing more impacts to us than they used to. Public Comments Sherry Sommer, 910 South Palisade Court, stated there are weaknesses in the work to date. The process has been slow and while this was happening there have been increases in flight schools and larger aircraft. As volume increases so will noise. There was not enough engagement with the public by the consultants. There is an avigation agreement that has been violated. The consultants need to be listening to the community. If the consultants have a great relationship with airport staff that should carry through in returns to the community. Other elected officials are interested in helping and that should be coordinated with the City. There needs to be more collaboration and residents included. Betty Solek, 1101 Franklin Avenue, said she is affected by the flight schools. It seems there are planes using the edge of the mesa as a training area. She would like to see these issues addressed by the consultants. The maps from the consultants are difficult to understand. We should consider using a consultant who can give us a wider picture of the impacts by GIS. The consultant did not note why with all of the open space, they continue to fly over residential areas. There is no justification for using our town as a training area. Brian Hill, Superior resident, stated airport operations continue to increase despite letters from State representatives, Boulder County Commissioners and the FAA suggestion to convene a roundtable. Operations are up year over year. He doesn't see dedication on the part of the airport to be a friendly neighbor. The airport is looking to expand and that is