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Des Moines airport advisory committee backs coordinating brief support for state noise bills, seeks complaint data
Summary
The Des Moines City Airport Advisory Committee agreed to coordinate a short letter with the city supporting pending state legislation on aircraft noise while asking staff to obtain complaint-level records and a property inventory tied to proposed 65 DNL boundary changes.
The Des Moines City Airport Advisory Committee on an undated meeting discussed backing state legislation on aircraft noise and asked staff to gather complaint-level data and a property inventory tied to draft 65 DNL boundaries.
The committee agreed its most effective near-term action was to coordinate a concise letter of support with the city rather than issue a separate statement. "At this point, that'd be the most effective thing to do," said Unidentified Speaker 4 when the group weighed options for outreach and testimony in Olympia.
Why it matters: Members said two linked pieces of legislation (referred to in the meeting as "5652" and a companion funding measure) must advance together to create a workable program. Several members warned that the bills' language is still in flux and that early, uncoordinated…
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