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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute the First Amendment to Agreement No. 28297 to amend the scope of work to include a health risk assessment, and increasing the "not-to-exceed amount" payable to Bon Terra for consulting services for preparation of the Environmental Impact Report for the Airport Terminal Facilities Project by $375,000, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $775,000; and Increase appropriations in the Airport Enterprise Fund (EF 320) and the Department of Public Works (PW) by $375,000.
DISCUSSION
Background
On September 16,2004 the Au-port Advisory Commission (AAC) endorsed an airport terminal expansion plan that calls for addmg 98,673 square feet, whch if completed, would make the Long Beach m o r t terminal 133,243 square feet - three times larger than current facllities. The AAC also endorsed the construction of three new aircraft gates and eight new aircraft parking positions. Ths recommendation is scheduled to come before the City
Council on February 8 as the basis to determine the scope of the required Environmental Impact Report FIR) for the proposed airport terminal modernization project. In light of the need to protect our current noise ordmance, and to protect the quality of life in our neighborhoods, we believe the AAC endorsed 133,243 square foot plan is oversized.What started as a modernization plan to address the hgh passenger loads brought on by the
arrival of Jet Blue and new security requirements, has grown into an expansion plan that
encompasses much more. We acknowledge that a need exists to modernize fachties,
especially in this post-9/11 security environment, however this need must be balanced with
the needs of those communities most impacted by airport operations.
Therefore, we respectfully recommend the following:
Items for Council Consideration
We request Council to direct staff to prepare an EIR that includes the following guidehes
and project alternatives:
Guidelines that ensure Long Beach Alrport wdl remain a small yet efficient municipal
airport which may include consideration of a single story terminal, a single horseshoe
designed terminal, 10 or fewer gates, 12 or fewer aircraft parkmg positions; and
Assurance that consistency will be acheved with Long Beach's Historical Design
Guidelines of all final tenninal modernization and parking structure designs prior to
Council adoption.
February 1,2005
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Fachties Modernization -
A. "Alternative 2" the smaller, and more responsible, modernization plan (presented by
HNTB) totahg 102,980 square feet as the largest alternative considered with the
following modifications, a maximum of 10 aircraft gates and 12 aircraft parktng
positions;
B. The original staff recommendation from the September 22,2003 "Notice of Preparation
and Scoping (NOP) document totahg 93,500 square feet;"
C. A staff generated alternative smaller than the NOP; and
D. An alternative that makes existing temporary fachties permanent for a total of 58,320
square feet; and
E. A "no build" option for a total of 34,570 square feet.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
[Timing Considerations]
FISCAL IMPACT
[Fiscal Impact]
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
Patrick O'Donnell, 4th District Counchember
Tonia Reyes Uranga, 7th District Counchember
Rae Gabelich, 8th District Counchember