Memorandum
Date: October 22, 2024
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Jessica Pyska
Subject: Consideration of Draft Letter to Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport (STS) Recommending Certain Mitigations for the Approach Feasibility Study, Phase II
Executive Summary: The Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport (STS) is in the process of updating their Runway Approach Protection Plan. This Approach Feasibility Study is a 5-year project to address noise concerns, receive input from the community surrounding the airport, and to “be a good neighbor”.
The communities of Cobb Mountain and Middletown are impacted by the increasing air traffic approaching and departing runway 14 at STS. As STS develops its Fly Quiet Program through this feasibility study, it is timely and important that the County of Lake take the opportunity to suggest mitigations that will benefit our residents from noise impacts.
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Recommended Action: Approve the letter to STS, and authorize the Chair to sign.