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MOTION TO ADOPT PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO. 2025-R-36.
PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO. 2025 IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, STRONGLY URGING THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION AND BROWARD COUNTY TO INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL UNSAFE FLIGHT TRAFFIC AND FREQUENCY CONDITIONS AND PRODUCE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS IDENTIFYING WAYS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PLANE CRASHES AT NORTH PERRY AIRPORT; RENEWING THE CITY COMMISSION’S REQUEST TO BROWARD COUNTY TO FUND, IMPLEMENT, AND PRODUCE FINDINGS OF A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEAD CONCENTRATION LEVELS AT NORTH PERRY AIRPORT AND WITHIN THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY; PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. North Perry Airport also known as HWO, is operated by the Broward County Aviation Department (BCAD).
2. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for the safety of civil aviation including issuing regulations and standards covering the manufacturing, operations and maintenance of aircraft. The FAA is also responsible for certification of airmen and airports that serve as air carriers.
3. North Perry Airport is an approximately 500-acre public-use general aviation airport that has four fixed-base operators, 154 T-Hangers, over 200 tie-down spaces, 11 flight schools and over 60 aviation related businesses including aerial advertising operators, aircraft maintenance, aircraft engine maintenance, helicopter/airplane tours, and helicopter news operators.
4. BCAD reports that the FAA Air Traffic Control Tower at HWO is the busiest federal contract facility in the United States (see attached HWO media fact sheet).
5. A general aviation master plan serves as a comprehensive roadmap for the long-term development of an airport, guiding its growth and ensuring it can meet future aviation needs while adhering to safety standards and community goals as well as identifies facility needs, and considers environmental and socioeconomic impacts. BCAD updated and adopted the North Perry Airport Master Plan through a public process in 2020
6. The North Perry Airport Master Plan update, adopted in 2020, forecasted that by the year 2035 the airport would have approximately 255,000 annual operations (take-offs and landings) or around 700 operations per day.
7. Reported airport operations in 2023 and 2024, far exceeded the 2035 forecast by reporting over 310,000 operations annually or over 850 operations per day.
8. In the past five (5) years, forty-one (41) planes have crashed in and around North Perry Airport, resulting in several fatalities and significant property damage on the ground.
9.The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has identified North Perry Airport as one of the worst general aviation airports in the country when it comes to deadly lead emissions, with only four other airports generating more of the poisonous substance that was banned in automobile fuel decades ago because of its danger to humans, in particular children.
10. The City Commission formally requested in 2023 that Broward County conduct and produce the findings of a study assessing the lead concentration levels at North Perry Airport and the surrounding residential community, with the passage of Resolution No. 3830, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”. To date, the City has not received the results of such study and has no reason to believe that Broward County has conducted the requested study.
11. The City Commission has determined it is in the best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Pembroke Pines to strongly urge the FAA, Broward County and BCAD to investigate the impact of the increased airport operations on flight safety conditions at North Perry Airport and related environmental impacts, as well as to renew its request to Broward County to conduct a study on the lead concentration levels in and around the North Perry Airport to identify measures and take actions that will protect residents and visitors of the surrounding area.
Financial Impact
FINANCIAL IMPACT DETAIL:
a) Initial Cost: Not Applicable
b) Amount budgeted for this item in Account No: Not Applicable
c) Source of funding for difference, if not fully budgeted: Not Applicable
d) 5 year projection of the operational cost of the project: Not Applicable
e) Detail of additional staff requirements: Not Applicable
FEASIBILITY REVIEW:
A feasibility review is required for the award, renewal and/or expiration of all function sourcing contracts. This analysis is to determine the financial effectiveness of function sourcing services.
a) Was a Feasibility Review/Cost Analysis of Out-Sourcing vs. In-House Labor Conducted for this service? Not Applicable
b) If Yes, what is the total cost or total savings of utilizing Out-Sourcing vs. In-House Labor for this service? Not Applicable