San Francisco International Airport

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San Francisco International Airport Community
Managed Noise Mitigation
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• Success usually comes to those who are too busy
  to be looking for it.
• Henry David Thoreau

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The Challenge of San Francisco International
Airport
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San Francisco International Airport

• Owned and Operated by the City and County of San
  Francisco
• Located 12 miles south of the City and County
  limits.
• Majority of noise impacts are on non-residents of
  the City and County of San Francisco.

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SFO, then
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and now
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Who Filed This Flight Plan?
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SFOs Noise Mitigation

• California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 21
  requires Airports to mitigate non-compatible land
  use within the 65 dB CNEL
• Residences
• Places of Worship
• Schools
• Long-term care facilities
• Initial 1983 contour included 18,486 residences
  within the contour
• State of California and San Mateo County declared
  zero impact in 2001 after 12,696 homes
  insulated and 13,835 easements received

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How Does the Program Work?

• Contours are generated quarterly by third-party
  consultant
• Financial oversight conducted by SFO Finance
  office
• Individual communities request grant money from
  FAA for insulation
• Daly City
• Millbrae
• Pacifica
• San Bruno
• South San Francisco
• County of San Mateo

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How is the Program Managed?

• Communities determine and manage priorities in
  distributing mitigation funds
• Most communities contracted with third-party for
  program management.
• Data maintained by
• SFO Noise Abatement
• SFO Finance
• San Francisco Department of Real Estate
• Each individual City
• San Mateo County
• FAA Airport District Office

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Why Let the Cities Manage the Program?

• Communities determine and manage their priorities
  in distributing mitigation funds
• City officials (Council Members, City Manager,
  Department Heads) become the POCs for residents.
• City Building Departments are the local experts
  on current code and zoning requirements.
• Gets the Airport out of the us vs. them
  scenario

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how Me the Money!

• Each city receives 15,000 per easement.
• This amount may cover multiple dwellings
• Some buildings require more money, some less
• Each City and its contractor determine final cost
  and carry over balances
• Post-1989 constructed buildings were paid 5,000
  per easement
• 1989 Building Code update for environmental
  insulation efficiency brought homes into noise
  insulation compliance.
• One-time direct payment with homeowner
• FAA funds received by cities 62,472,085 (28)
• Total SFO investment 135,442,770 (72)

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South San Francisco
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San Bruno
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Where to go with zero impact?

• Quarterly contour updates still produced
• Quarterly State Noise Reports published
• Continuing to search for homes with no easement
  in 65 CNEL contour
• As funds become available, SFO will continue to
  mitigate homes in original 1983 contour
• Local communities will continue to respond to
  constituent questions regarding eligibility,
  warranties, waiting lists, etc.

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Post-Zero Impact Programs

• Expand the use of website
• Work with Airport Planners
• Work with County Board of Realtors
• Provide aircraft noise data to prospective buyers
• Provide input on the definition of Airport
  Influence Area
• Develop Public Service Announcements?

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Other Community Outreach

• San Francisco International Airport Community
  Roundtable
• Oldest continuously running public noise forum in
  the Nation
• Established in 1981
• Membership consists of one City/Town Council
  Member from 18 cities/towns near SFO
• Airport Director is also member
• Tower Staff and Airline Chief Pilots unofficial
  members
• Meets first Wednesday of every even-number month.

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Contours
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2001 Noise Exposure Map (NEM) 65dB CNEL
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Questions?

• Michael C. McCarron
• Director of Community Affairs
• www.flysfo.com

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