From: ann babcock [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 5:49 PM To: Air Service Comments Subject: Paine Field Expansion I grew up in Park Ridge, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago. What is now Midway Airport was then Chicago’s main airport. One day when I was a little girl, my father took our family out to stand in what appeared to be a cornfield but actually was the site of Orchard Airport and a Douglas Aircraft assembly plant. The occasion was the dedication and renaming of this land to O’hare International Airport. Although we were all visibly bored with the proceedings, my father said it was a momentous occasion and that someday O’Hare would be one of the busiest airports in the world. Oh boy, was he ever right. Park Ridge and the surrounding suburbs were continuously battling the airport over the noise levels, which were deafening. They may still be at odds over the noise for all I know. Not that I think, but I don’t know, that Paine Field will turn into another O’Hare. But make no mistake, you are opening the door. Ann Babcock Edmonds B.1 Response to Comment Dear Ann Babcock: Thank you for your comments to Paine Field Airport; they have been noted. Please refer to the following general responses (see Appendix S) that apply to your comments. General Response 1-10: Scope of the EA analysis for future operations and passengers General Response 1-13: Additional study should be conducted General Response 3-14: What actions will require additional environmental review? B.2 From: Bratcher, Kathryn [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 11:18 AM To: Air Service Comments Subject: FW: Final comments for commercial air service at Paine Field Forwarding for the record Original Message From: Koster, John Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 6:23 AM To: Bratcher, Kathryn Subject: FW: Final comments for commercial air service at Paine Field Original Message From: Glen Bachman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:17 PM To: Air Service Comments; [email protected]; County Executive; Gossett, Dave; ‘[email protected]’; Koster, John; Somers, Dave; Cooper, Mike Subject: Final comments for commerCial air service at Paine Field I’m Glen Bachman, that time I been able to see the I have lived at 433 Crown Drive, Everett, for more than 12 years, and in potential for increased employment and lifestyle improvements in this county. There are a few critical elements that must come about, and passenger air service is definitely one of them. Since there is an absence of any negative environmental impact associated with the introduction of passenger air service, I am in favor of moving swiftly to allow the service to Snohomish County to begin. I have been involved with Real Estate development for more than 20 years in Bellevue, I am a Certified Property manager, a Certified Real Property Administrator, and a Certified Shopping Center Manager. I can verify that in combination with the FAA EA study, and the earlier economic study submitted to the City of Everett that all of this information is proof positive of a sound economy for Snohomish County. Please don’t hesitate to approve this event. Sincerely, Glen Bachman, CPM/SCSM/RPA VP Retail Operations Kemper Development Company The Bellevue Collection Bellevue Square Lincoln Square Bellevue Place I 425-460-5838 office 425-460-5839 fax gbachman(~kemperdc.com www.bellevuecollection.com B.3 THE !3ELLEVUE COLLECTION’ B.4 Response to Comment Dear Glen Bachman, on behalf of Kemper Devel Corp: Thank you for your comments to the FAA, Snohomish County, and Paine Field Airport; they have been noted. B.5 From: johntbakerjr©comcast.net [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 12:31 AM To: cayla morgan Cc: Air Service Comments; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Comments on Draft EA for Commercial Air Service at Paine Field Dear Ms. Morgan: I have carefhlly reviewed the subject Draft EA from an unbiased perspective, combining my own direct observations with a careflul assessment of the information presented in the Draft EA. I have significant interests in maintaining a high quality residential enviromnent in the area of Paine Field. Those interests include: having a child in the local school system; having approximately $1.6M worth of real estate in the area; and having to navigate the highways of Mukilteo and South Snohomish County every day. My primary residence for the past 14 years (4705 75ih s~• SW, Mukilteo) is within approximately 3500 feet NW of the north end of the main runway. Additionally, I currently own four other rental properties in the immediate vicinity of Paine Field: Two of them are within the Airport Influence Area: 4694 71st P1SW, Mukilteo (~3500 feet NNW of north end of main runway) 8883 48th P1 SW, Mukilteo (—2500 feet W of main runway) Two ofthem are less than one mile from the NE limit of the Airport Influence Area: 1694 7l~ P1 SE, Everett 1515 PahnAve, Everett It is important to note that I am neither a proponent nor an opponent of commercial service at Paine Field. I anticipate rarely, if ever, using such service. I am also not connected to either The Boeing Company, or any other aerospace firm, or any government agency. My employment is not tied to the local South Snohomish County economy. Based on my thorough review of the DraftEA, I find no fault with its findings. It appears to me that the appropriate aspects of the environment were considered thoroughly and that the findings on all counts are entirely consistent with my experience, observations, and expectations. Please proceed to the Final EA. The arguments I’ve heard against the Draft EA are without factual support, and even lack defensible sincerity. I’ve heard everything from “our house values will drop by 3 0%” to “my kids won’t be able to learn in the noisy schools” to “the streets of Mukilteo will be jammed with cars and lined with prostitutes.” B.6 To all ofthose claims I can only say that, if these things were ever going to be true, they would already be true. We already have many flights each day of much larger aircraft, so this isn’t an unknown, hypothetical situation we are considering. We should know exactly what to expect. And of course we do. The truth is, there is virtually no impact from the existing operations, which are much more significant than the proposed commercial traffic. Although they beg for the truth, the Chicken Littles of Mukilteo “Can’t Handle the Truth!” (thinic Jack Nicholson!) As an example of the insincerity of the opposing arguments, these same people stood idly by as Boeing designed, sponsored, and placed into operation what is essentially a small airline comprised of one of the world’s largest aircraft models (i.e., the Dreamlifter fleet). Is that “Dreamlifter Airline” not at least the equivalent of a small scheduled airline? Should it not already have triggered at least some of the horrid noise calamities predicted? It didn’t. My son was in the Mukilteo School District’s “gifted student” program from the 3M through the 5th grades. At that time, the program was located in the school closest to Paine Field (i.e., Fairmont Elementary, less than one mile south of the proposed terminal building). I find it very curious that the School District would put its best and brightest students right under all ofthis “harmful” airport activity. Of course they did so because they have not experienced any problem with noise. This is substantiated by another personal observation.. .my son indicates that on not one single occasion were his classes ever interrupted by noise from airplanes.. .not once in 3 years.. .and that is with all those 747s, 757, 767s, and 777s going overhead! By the way, that school has not been specially sound proofed! Therefore, I conclude, based on direct, actual, and personal experience, that the school noise claims being made by the EA opponents are completely fabricated and could never be substantiated. If they could have, they would have. The EA substantiates my observation completely. As for traffic concerns. .. In the past year, a new industry moved to south Paine Field (Korry Electronics). I believe they have around 600 employees. Wouldn’t you have thought they would have impacted the traffic in Mukilteo at least as much as the proposed commercial service? We haven’t seen a thing. Arid now Boeing is moving 750 engineers up to the Everett plant from Renton. No outrage from the opponents with the traffic that these moves will create? Curious indeed. Excepting the lawyer that Mayor Marine brought to town to fight commercial air service, we haven’t seen even one additional prostitute (i.e., one who debases ones talents for corrupt or unworthy purposes) onthe streets! As for real estate values.. .During the past 18 to 24 months housing prices have fallen precipitously in Mukilteo and all of Western Washington. I fully anticipate that our housing prices will continue to reflect the beautiful location and, for some, the convenience ofbeing close to Paine Field and Boeing. Interestingly, after viewing numerous homes in Seatac WA and Des Moines WA (Zillow.com), I cannot find any evidence that the value of housing in those cities just south of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport took any different plunge after that airport opened its Third Runway B.7 (September 2008) than we did here in Mukilteo. Home values in all three areas plunged beginning early in 2008 (well prior to opening the new runway) and have yet to recover.