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SPON ANNUAL MEETING

Brunch

19 May 2012

Saturday morning 9:30

Environmental Nature Center
1601 16th Street, Newport Beach, CA

Featured Speaker
Dave Kiff,  Newport Beach City Manager




What is SPON?

 SPON originally stood for "Stop Polluting our Newport." Today this well-recognized acronym more often stands alone, and means the same and much more.   SPON is a group of environmentally concerned citizens who have, for almost 40 years, supported issues that make the City of Newport Beach an unparalleled place to live, visit, and work.

SPON was one of the three signers of the original JWA Settlement Agreement of 1985, limiting John Wayne Airport. 

Jean Watt, one of the two founders of SPON in 1974, was also one of the founders of AirFair in 2002.                    







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Negotiations are underway for JWA
What can you do now?


Negotiations are underway for the future of John Wayne Airport.  Parties to the Settlement Agreement first ajudicated in 1985 are meeting now to decide the terms of the next amendment.  A major change to the original 1985 Agreement was last decided in 2003 which increased the number of passengers from 8.4 million per year, increased the number of gates to 20, and gave JWA permission to build an additional terminal. That amendment expires in 2015.

If you want to have a say this time in the negotiations, here are some suggestions from AirFair:

First, the County owns the airport.  There are five supervisors.  A majority vote of the supervisors can determine the outcome of the agreement. John Moorlach, the supervisor of the 2nd district, is the leader of the negotiations.

Contact your supervisor by email or phone now. 

In addition, homeowner associations could formulate a letter representing all their members and express their fears of another expansion of JWA. 


All supervisors should be involved in this issue since all the districts in Orange County are affected by the noise and air pollution.  From Anaheim Hills in North County to South County cities such as San Juan and Laguna Woods, residents have complained to us about the effects of the flights over their homes.

Supervisors' contact information:


Hon. Janet Nguyen 1st District:

Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Midway City, Santa Ana, Westminster
(714) 834-3110
email: janet.nguyen@ocgov.com
http://www.oc.ca.gov/supes/first/

Hon. John M. W. Moorlach
   Chair

2nd District: Buena Park, Costa Mesa, Cypress, Fountain Valley, Huntington Beach, La Palma, Los Alamitos, Newport Beach, Seal Beach, Stanton
(714) 834-3220
email: John.Moorlach@ocgov.com or
district2@ocgov.com

Hon. Bill Campbell 3rd District:

Anaheim (portions of), Irvine (portions of), Orange, Tustin, Villa Park, Yorba Linda, as well as the unincorporated areas of: Cowan Heights, El Modena, Lemon Heights, MCAS El Toro, Olinda, Olive, Orange Hills, Orange Park Acres, Tustin Foothills and the Canyons: Modjeska, Santiago, Silverado, and Trabuco
(714) 834-3330
email: bill.campbell@ocgov.com
http://www.oc.ca.gov/supes/third/

Hon. Shawn Nelson         Vice-Chair
4th District: Anaheim (portions of), Brea, Buena Park (portions of), Fullerton, La Habra, Placentia
(714) 834-3440
email: Audra.Adams@ocgov.com

Hon. Patricia Bates
5th District: Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Irvine (portions of) Laguna Beach, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Woods, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano
(714) 834-3550
email: pat.bates@ocgov.com

If you notice inappropriate noise, file a noise complaint. Remember to note the day and time of the flight(s). If you can, try to identify the airline and/or if the flight was a “General Aviation” flight (a private jet).

 

Then contact:

Orange County Noise Abatement Office (JWA)
949-252-5185 (24 Hours a day) or 949- 252-5043
Also email your Supervisor and officials at JWA (info@ocair.com) about the flight you’re concerned about.





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