Los Altos city government convened a meeting in the Grant Community Center on the evening of Wednesday, May 11, 2016. See the agenda. Presentations were made by representatives of three organizations that are members of Quiet Skies Mid-Peninsula:
The presentations by the Mid-Peninsula groups reviewed our shared "goal" to reduce aircraft ground noise and our "principles" by which we should evaluate candidate solutions. We also reviewed the seven most commonly-cited remedies that could be part of a solution, not just for the NorCal Metroplex, but all Metroplexes across the United State. The consensus of the Quiet Skies Mid-Peninsula group is that we want the FAA to propose a solution that achieves our "goal", yet is consistent with our four "pinciples". These principles are:
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