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January 10th, 2017

1/10/2017

 

NEXT STEPS.......

On January 24th, 2 weeks from today, our city council will cast their final vote to approve or disapprove the Jet Blue request to build an FIS terminal to allow the airline to fly international flights out of Long Beach Airport.

There are several moving parts to this ongoing story.  And also many questions that remain unanswered.  Not necessarily questions from our representatives, since Mungo and others basically said nothing during the "Jacobs Study Session", but questions that were presented by numerous residents that did attend the December 13th meeting. 

8th district councilmember Al Austin stated he would submit his list of 100 questions that turned out to be 32 questions that were recently answered.  They can be read at the LGB website and we do urge you to take some time to review.  We will post our comments to these answers over the weekend.

If you feel that your questions were not included or have not been addressed, please email all 9 council members and our mayor with those points.  Also, copy us at longbeachneighborhoodsfirst@gmail.com.

It takes 5 votes to not approve this project.  We believe we have 3 solid votes with the council members who's districts bear the brunt of airport activity each and every day.  Which other council districts are impacted, or would be, if our noise ordinance is successfully challenged? 

We believe next in line will be district 5 and 3.  The 5th district is directly impacted today by general aviation.  With any increase in general aviation, charter or corporate flight activity the 5th district will feel that impact.  It is also a runway that can handle commercial aircraft when necessary.

District 3 is seeing and hearing flight activity overhead near  the peninsula and residents are wondering why now?  It could be because of the new FAA MetroPlex program that is being initiated here in Long Beach and has been implemented in LAX already.  However there are areas of the 3rd such as Bixby Hill and CSULB that deal with commercial aviation each and every day.  Schools must stop and wait for the planes to pass which clearly interrupts the learning process.  Residents complain about noise and soot pollution today, they just have not activated their concerns. 

Imagine what our "City of Neighborhoods" will experience if we should lose our coveted ordinance.  The question remains, WHY would one approve of a project that could negatively impact their respective constituents?  Especially when it has been stated and restated in two reports that there would be little if any economic benefit for the City of Long Beach if this is built.

If Mungo and Price are hoping to be reelected for a second term in 2018 they should be very careful with their decision on this request.  It's not a threat, it is reality.  If you compromise your constituents or bring negative impacts to any part of our city you cannot expect public support in the future.

Stay tuned.......and we welcome the 65 newcomers to this community site.






Emily quest
1/11/2017 08:21:19 am

Hi how did my council member Roberto Uranga in the 7th lean on this issue?

Rae G
1/17/2017 09:29:51 pm

Roberto has supported the airport impacted neighborhoods since this fiasco began. Unfortunately, they still need to convince 2 other council members of the importance to protect ALL neighborhoods. Keep the calls going to all 9 plus the mayor. Share the word with your friends and neighbors.

GLENNIS DOLCE
1/18/2017 11:07:10 am

We can be thankful of Uranga's support on this within the 7th district but that is not enough. He knows that without the support from the other council members it will all be be for naught. He needs to work hard to press this issue with the rest of the council and gain their support.
Please write him and let him know your thoughts on this.

Theresa Hew
1/18/2017 02:47:20 pm

I'm in the seventh district and have been to most of the airport meetings. I am very opposed to the international airport. At the last meeting, I noticed the 2nd district councilperson, Jeanine Pierce, was very green on a subject so vital to our quality of life. She was asking very basic questions that she should have known the answer to. Why has she taken such a nonchalant attitude toward the airport issue? I suspect she plans to vote for it. SMH...

Steve U
1/18/2017 11:31:39 am

Why is Long Beach going to allow and build an international port of entry for Mexico and South America when Donald Trump has plans to deport large numbers of Mexicans and South Americans and build a wall to keep them out? Donald Trump plans to make it much harder to gain entry into the United States for illegal aliens from Mexico and South America. At this point in time it seems like a waste of time and money to allow and build an international port here because it goes against the current President of America's plans. I am not a fan of Donald Trump but he is the president and the only thing he has done that makes sense is call the CIA evil Nazis.

Anne Proffit
1/18/2017 11:42:01 am

Steve U - wasting time and money is something at which LB city council excels. They follow the money that elects them, not the will of the people. I have sent letters to all nine council members, boy mayor and his puppeteer, our city mis-manager. Please do the same and thanks. Oh, and DJT isn't going to be the "president of America", just the [dis] United States.

Steve U
1/19/2017 03:37:20 pm

Thanks Ann, You are right it is all about the money or so it seems, the more money they get the more they rise up in positions in government until we get a mad man like Trump. God Help us and by all mean make as much noise for the people who vote for more airplanes and jets over Long Beach and let them listen to or hear what we have to hear everyday. Los Angeles already has an international airport Long Beach does not need or want one.

James DeBeck
1/18/2017 07:29:44 pm

International Flights would be good for the city of Long Beach. I am all for progress.

los altos neighbor
1/19/2017 03:13:09 pm

In your last email, you didn't mention neighbors to show up to oppose the agenda item. Do you need neighbors to come out and be loud? If so, please give the needed info like an address, where to park, what time it starts, etc.
Thank you for keeping us informed!
No International Airport needed here!

Steve U
1/19/2017 03:40:31 pm

We need a phone tree, a system for contacting a large number of people quickly in which each person called then telephones a number of other designated people. That way we can all know and act as needed when something happens. I know some government groups and religious groups do that kind of thing.

Victor Barajas
1/23/2017 03:15:38 pm

Has Al Austin voiced how he will vote?

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