Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plan Update Burlington International Airport (Btv)
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NOISE LAND INVENTORY AND REUSE PLAN UPDATE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BTV) FAA AIP NO. 3-09-0000-094-2012 December 2016 Prepared for: Burlington International Airport Prepared by: CHA Consulting, Inc. DRAFT NOISE LAND INVENTORY AND REUSE PLAN UPDATE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BTV) TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 3 2.0 NOISE LAND INVENTORY ....................................................................................................................... 9 3.0 NOISE LAND REUSE PLAN ..................................................................................................................... 10 4.0 IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ...................................................................................................................... 13 5.0 REPORT FIGURES ................................................................................................................................... 17 LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE TITLE PAGE NUMBER 1 NOISE LAND INVENTORY 18 2 SHORT-TERM PLAN 19 3 VISION 2030 20 4 MID-TERM ROADWAY ALIGNMENT (MAINTAINED LOCAL ACCESS) 21 5 MID-TERM ROADWAY ALIGNMENT (AIRPORT DEDICATED ACCESS) 22 6 PROPERTY BUNDLING 23 7 POTENTIAL LAND EXCHANGE SITES 24 LIST OF TABLES LIST OF TABLES TABLE TITLE PAGE NUMBER 1 RESIDENTIAL LAND USE COMPATIBILITY GUIDELINES 4 2 ACCEPTABLE DISPOSAL METHODS PER FAA GUIDANCE 6 3 ACQUISITION PROGRAM HISTORY 7 4 PROJECT COORDINATION MEETINGS 8 5 ENPLANEMENT FORECASTS 10 6 RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION OF NOISE LAND 13 APPENDICES APPENDICES APPENDIX TITLE A BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT NOISE LAND INVENTORY (1985-2016) B MEETING PRESENTATIONS C STUDY CORRESPONDENCE i NOISE LAND INVENTORY AND REUSE PLAN UPDATE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BTV) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Burlington International Airport (“BTV” or “the Airport”) has prepared an update to the Airport’s Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plan to satisfy FAA planning requirements, and have retained the services of Clough Harbour & Associates LLP (“CHA”) to perform this study. The purpose of this project is to evaluate properties that have been acquired, and properties planned to be acquired with Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds for land use and noise compatibility purposes. This has been part of an ongoing noise land acquisition program initiated in 1990 when the Airport’s first Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150 Noise Compatibility Planning Study was completed. The AIP program provides grants to public agencies for the planning and development of public-use airports that are included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS). When airport owners or sponsors, planning agencies, or other organizations accept funds from FAA- administered airport financial assistance programs, they must agree to certain obligations (or assurances). These obligations require the recipients to maintain and operate their facilities safely and efficiently and in accordance with specified conditions. When property is acquired with AIP funds for land use and noise compatibility purposes, it is referred to as “noise land” and is subject to AIP Grant Assurance 31 – Disposal of Land. This assurance is based on 49 USC §47107(c)(2)(A), and is intended to assure that optimal use is made of the federal share of the proceeds from the disposal of the noise land property. The noise land may no longer be needed once the incompatible use is removed; typically through purchasing homes, relocating the residents, and removing the houses (or other incompatible development). At this stage, the Airport must determine if the noise land is still needed for aviation related purposes or if it should be disposed of. The assurance requires that when noise land is no longer needed for noise compatibility or future airport development, the land will be disposed of and that the federal share of the proceeds will be either returned to the FAA’s Airport and Airway Trust Fund or will be used for another noise compatibility project. It is the Sponsor’s determination and decision whether noise land is sold, retained by the Airport, leased for a compatible use, or exchanged; however, the decision must be evaluated in a Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plan and approved by the FAA. The Burlington International Airport completed a previous Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plan in 2009. The 2009 plan included determinations of the Noise Land acquired through the Voluntary Land Acquisition Program (VLAP). This update to the Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plan will review the previous proposed disposition and future potential use of all noise land listed in the Inventory, as well as any additional properties that have been acquired. Although the study is complete once it is approved by the FAA, the management of noise land will be a continuing process. An implementation plan will be developed and provide a step-by-step guide to the required actions, anticipated schedule, and associated costs of the disposal process. The implementation plan will: 1. Outline the areas of each category of disposal or retention 2. Identify any area for the assembly of parcels (i.e., bundling). 3. Illustrate properties that have potential for exchange for noise land. 4. Incorporate the planning activities of the City of South Burlington. 5. Provide a tentative schedule for future activities 1 NOISE LAND INVENTORY AND REUSE PLAN UPDATE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BTV) The final piece of the plan is the Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plan Report. This includes the preparation of the study report with appropriate graphics based on the completion of all the work leading up to this point. The report is submitted in draft form for review by BTV and the FAA, and Public Information Meetings will be held during this part of the process to discuss the Plan findings, implementation, reports, and remaining action items. During the study effort, the City of South Burlington (“the City”) conducted the Chamberlin Neighborhood Study, a vision plan geared to guide land use and transportation goals and develop a vision by the residents and community stakeholders in the Chamberlin neighborhood in South Burlington. This neighborhood is bounded generally by Kirby Road to the north, Airport Drive to the East, Williston Road to the south, and Patchen Road to the West. The intent of the plan is to recommend neighborhood improvements that benefit its residents and the community as a whole. The airport and consultant team worked with the City to provide input from the airport’s perspective. The plan incorporates the Airport as an adjacent land use and work to be integrated with the Noise Land Inventory and Reuse Plan. Detailed information describing how to satisfy the Grant Assurance No. 31 requirements is specified in the September 30, 2014 Airport Improvement Program Handbook (Order 5100.38D) and the August 5, 1983 Advisory Circular 150/5020-1 “Noise Compatibility Planning for Airports”. The FAA Office of Airport Planning and Programming’s Noise Land Management and Requirements for Disposal of Noise Land or Development Land Funded with AIP provides detailed program guidance with regard to Noise Land Management. 2 NOISE LAND INVENTORY AND REUSE PLAN UPDATE BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BTV) 1.0 INTRODUCTION Burlington International Airport (BTV) is a small hub commercial service airport owned by the City of Burlington and operated by the Burlington Airport Commission. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Burlington International Airport had over 600,000 enplanements (passengers boarding aircraft) and over 70,000 total aircraft operations in 2015. The Airport, located in the City of South Burlington, three miles southeast of Burlington, occupies over 950 acres of land. BTV has two runways, Runway 15-33 (8,319 feet) and the secondary, or crosswind runway, Runway 1-19 (4,112 feet). The passenger terminal includes ticketing, baggage claim, surface transportation areas, security services, multiple concession areas, two concourses, air service gates, and administrative offices. In addition to the terminal building, other airport facilities include hangars, a fuel farm, an air cargo facility, ground support facilities, the Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting Facility (ARFF) operated by the Air National Guard, an airfield maintenance facility, an air traffic control tower, in addition to an Army and Air National Guard facility. BTV has a large parking garage accommodating approximately 2,700 spaces and a small surface parking lot on airport property. 1.1 NOISE LAND & LAND USE COMPATIBILITY “Noise land” is defined as property that an airport acquires for land use compatibility (i.e. noise) in a noise- impacted area surrounding an airport. Under federal land use compatibility guidelines, residences are generally not compatible with noise levels measured above certain levels or meeting specific criteria. The FAA's primary metric for aviation noise analysis and the level at which the FAA has determined that the cumulative noise exposure of individuals resulting from aviation activities has been established in terms of the day-night average sound level (DNL) in decibels (dB). The 65 DNL is the Federal significance threshold for aircraft noise exposure. In order to reduce or eliminate