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Council discussion pauses major airport master-plan work while staff focuses on fuel, noise and microgrid items
Summary
After public testimony, staff recommended pausing the principal long-range master-plan effort at Palo Alto Airport to focus limited staff capacity on immediate tasks — unleaded fuel adoption, noise monitoring, FBO leases, a fee study and microgrid planning — and to return with defined alternatives for further study.
Palo Alto city staff told the council Monday they intend to pause primary work on the long-range airport master plan for roughly a year in order to prioritize a set of immediate operational and sustainability items, including efforts to phase out leaded aviation fuel, improved noise monitoring and a solar/microgrid study.
The airport has drawn repeated public comment in recent months. Dozens of pilots, flight instructors and local aviation advocates told the council they support continued master planning because the airport serves as a training and economic asset and because several capital projects are ready to advance. Nearby residents and environmental advocates had urged the council to limit runway extensions and to place stronger limits…
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