CITY OF
CITY COUNCIL STAFF
REPORT
Agenda Item No. 1
TO:
HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:
Robert Burnham, Contract Attorney
644-3131, rburnham@city.newport-beach.ca.us
SUBJECT:
2003 JWA Settlement Agreement Amendments
Airport Director’s Implementation Recommendations
ISSUE:
How is the County of Orange proposing to implement
the 2002 amendments to the JWA Settlement Agreement and are recently announced
improvements – including the proposed increase in the size of the terminal –
consistent with the amendments?
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file report,
direct staff to continue to monitor implementation plans and ask the Airport
Director to make a presentation on
DISCUSSION:
In 1985, the City and County approved the John Wayne
Airport Settlement Agreement (1985 Agreement) and in doing so settled a Federal
Court lawsuit related to the County’s approval of the John Wayne Airport Master
Plan. The 1985 Agreement authorized
the County to: (a) construct a new 337,000 square foot terminal with 14 loading
bridges; (b) increase average daily departures (ADD) of noise regulated aircraft
from 41 ADD to 55 ADD and then 73 ADD upon completion of the new terminal; and
(c) serve up to 8.4 million annual passengers (MAP) after terminal completion.
On
City Council approval of the Amendments was
conditioned on receipt of a letter from the FAA confirming that the Amendments
were consistent with applicable law, regulations and grant assurances. The FAA provided the letter and the
Honorable Terry Hatter approved the Amendments in January 2003 (the Amendments
are the operative provisions of Federal Court stipulated judgment).
The County is now in the process of implementing the
improvements contemplated by the Amendments. The improvements are still in the
conceptual stage and City staff has been monitoring the progress of the
implementation plans to ensure they are consistent with the Amendments.
In summary, the County is proposing to add: (a) the
six additional loading bridges authorized by the Amendments; (b) approximately
300,000 square feet of terminal area; and (c) approximately 2400 additional
parking spaces. In terms of
percentages, the terminal area increase is disproportionate to (higher than) the
permitted increases in passenger service levels. This is attributable to a number of
factors including: (a) the 1985 Agreement mandated the construction of an
undersized terminal; (b) much of the additional terminal area is devoted to
providing ticketing and office space for the carriers that are currently
undersized; (c) some of the new terminal area is necessary to address new
passenger and baggage screening requirements; and (d) the substantial increase
in concession space represents a desire to provide amenities that are now common
in terminals. The
The increase in parking spaces is roughly
proportional to the increase in passenger service levels. The new terminal will be constructed on
the site of the existing southwest parking structure and that facility will be
replaced by a multi-level parking structure located directly to the south of the
new terminal with direct connections to two levels of the new terminal. The expansion will also eliminate the
existing valet parking operation so additional on-site spaces are necessary to
accommodate that demand.
While the terminal area and parking space increases
are significant, they do not represent improvements that will have any
significant adverse impact on
We are confident that the improvements recommended by
the Airport Director are consistent with the Amendments. We believe a presentation by the Airport
Director and his staff on
ENVIRONMENTAL:
No environmental document
is required.
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Robert Burnham, Contract Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
PASSENGER FLIGHTS
73
85
(NOISE
REGULATED)
CARGO FLIGHTS 2 4*
ANNUAL PASSENGERS
8.4
10.3 (
10.8 (
LOADING BRIDGES
14
20
TERM/ADD & MAP
TERM/CURFEW
FAA
VALIDATION
NO
YES
*
Two cargo flights can be allocated to passenger carriers on an interim basis
until request for operations submitted by cargo carrier