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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract with Brüel & Kjaer EMS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, including any necessary amendments thereto, for the maintenance, upgrade and support of the Long Beach Airport Noise and Operations Monitoring System (ANOMS), in the amount of $232,873, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods; authorize an annual contingency in the amount of $50,000 for additional services, plus a 3.5 percent annual CPI increase, for a total amount not to exceed $873,356 for the proposed three-year term. (Districts 3,4,5,7,8)
DISCUSSION
The Long Beach Airport (Airport) utilizes the ANOMS to enforce the City’s Noise Compatibility Ordinance, Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) Chapter 16.43 (Noise Ordinance). The City’s Noise Ordinance, enacted in 1995, is recognized as one of the strictest in the country and the administration of the ordinance requires specialized, unique and custom data processing and reporting programs. The California Airport Noise Standards (California Code of Regulations, Title 21, Section 5000 et seq.) apply to any airport that is determined to have a noise problem by the local County Board of Supervisors in accordance with the provisions in the regulation.
A competitive bid process was conducted in 1991 for an ANOMS, which resulted in an award to Lochard Corporation, predecessor in interest to Brüel & Kjaer EMS, Inc. (B&K). The installation of the ANOMS enabled Airport staff to ensure flight data accuracy and completeness for monitoring and compiling the Annual Noise Analysis Budget, Los Angeles County Quarterly Reporting, complaint entry investigations, community reports, tenant and user fly-quiet procedures and reports for noise violation enforcement. The Airport’s ANOMS is comprised of a network of 18 noise monitors that measure the noise environment and a short-range passive radar system (PASSUR) that collects aircraf...
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