DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION
REGIONAL AVIATION COMMITTEE MEETING

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2000
10:00 a.m.

AGENDA

1.Introductions

2.Minutes of Meeting of June 15, 2000

3.Status of Regional Aviation Systems Plan (RASP) Implementation

  1. The Status of RASP Implementation will be presented for the following Airports:
    Philadelphia International, Northeast Philadelphia, Doylestown, Camden County, Quakertown, Trenton-Mercer, New Castle County, Chester County, Pottstown Municipal, South Jersey Regional, Pottstown-Limerick, Cross Keys, Summit, Flying W, Pennridge, Wings, New Garden, Brandywine, Trenton-Robbinsville, McGuire AFB, Perkiomen Valley, Cecil County, and Spitfire Aerodrome.
  2. The RASP status of Penns Landing and Keystone Heliports will be presented.

4.Continuing Planning Activities

  1. Discussion of recent local campaigns against airport development and related airspace issues regarding noise and safety of operations.
  2. Pennsylvania and New Jersey Systems Plans status.
  3. DVRPC Regional Aviation System Plan Update (RASP) 2025: Demand trends, and projections of operations and based aircraft, Year 2025 Plan design criteria, and preliminary facility improvement recommendations.

5. Capital Programming Status

  1. DVRPC Regional Aviation System Plan Update (RASP) 2025: Demand trends, and projections of operations and based aircraft, Year 2025 Plan design criteria, and preliminary facility improvement recommendations.
  2. PA airport funding programs, status.
  3. New Jersey airport funding programs, status.

6. Old Business

7. New Business

  1. Bureau of Aeronautics/PA Aviation Council Annual Conference, Greensburg, PA, October 11-13, 2000.
  2. Next meeting date, December 14, 2000.
Attachments
  1. Minutes of meeting of June 15, 2000.
  2. Memo to RAC RASP 2025, population and employment forecasts.
  3. Memo to RAC: RASP 2025, demand projections (distributed at meeting).
  4. Memo to RAC: RASP 2025, preliminary facility recommendations (distributed at meeting).
  5. Local legislation from Tampa and Seattle areas supporting airport preservation.
  6. Written comments by BRRAM organization members regarding development at Trenton Mercer.
  7. AOPA Summary of Provisions, AIR 21 funding program.
  8. Federal Register 7/12/00, notice regarding PFC application, Trenton Mercer.
  9. Assorted Articles: Flights to increase at busiest airports; air crash over Burlington impacts development attitudes; debate over EA report for Trenton Mercer; Bader field continues to operate; Lumberton pushes zoning to constrain South Jersey Regional; FAA changes reliever airport criteria, some airports become ineligible; new I-95 ramps to PHL; user survey conducted at South Jersey Regional; FAA NY/NJ airspace redesign bulletin: Air travel delays; PHL and PNE serve Republican Convention; New total RF Heliport licensed in PA.