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SR 10-10-2023 4B City Council Report City Council Meeting: October 10, 2023 Agenda Item: 4.B 1 of 1 To: Mayor and City Council From: Douglas Sloan, City Attorney, City Attorney's Office Subject: Conference with Real Estate Negotiator pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8: Property: 2828 Donald Douglas Loop North, Santa Monica, California Offices and Pilot Lounge Premises (~5,300 sq. ft.), Corporate Hangar and Maintenance Shop (~6,450 sq. ft.), Aircraft Main Ramp (~145,000 sq. ft.), Aircraft Overflow Ramp (~32,000 sq. ft.); and 3100 Donald Douglas Loop North, Santa Monica, California “Fuel Farm” (~3,800 sq. ft.) consisting of three 12,000 gallon and one 500 gallon underground storage tanks and associated systems and equipment; City Negotiator: Stelios Makrides, Chief Operations Officer/Airport Director; owner of record: City of Santa Monica; persons to be negotiated with: Atlantic SMO Holdings; under negotiation: terms for modified and extended lease. (continued from September 26) Prepared By: Andrew Cabello, Legal Assistant Approved Forwarded to Council Attachments: A. Written Comments 4.B Packet Pg. 31 1 Xavier Mota From:Betsy Katz <betsyjkatz@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 12:55 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Item 4B EXTERNAL Dear Member of the Santa Monica City Council, Please do not renew AtlanƟc AviaƟon’s lease at SMO. And for god’s sake DO NOT lease the aged fuel tanks that sit over our aquifer. The City is under no obligaƟon to lease these tanks that will hold leaded gas and threaten our precious water supply should they leak. They have leaked in the past. We are already suffering from toxic parƟcles in the air from the planes sƟll using leaded gas. The City should be limiƟng, not increasing, operaƟons at SMO as 2028 approaches. The ciƟzens of Santa Monica passed measure LC that would close the airport and develop a Park. The Council needs to listen to the voters, not the special interests. Thank you. Betsy Katz 3016 Ruskin Street Santa Monica, CA 90405 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 32 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Joy Abbott <abbott.joy@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 1:04 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:ITEM 4B EXTERNAL Hello, I am strongly opposed to the continuation of fuel storage and sales at Santa Monica Airport and ask Council do to right thing to protect the health and welfare of your constituents by supporting the end of the Atlantic leases for underground fuel storage, and not extending them. Given my opposition, I am also concerned these Council is discussions regarding the Atlantic SMO lease are being held in CLOSED SESSION. If Council is considering extending or modifying the fuel sale lease with Atlantic and not end them, please allow the public the ability to hear this in open session. I’m sure it would be illuminating for those of us who are concerned about the future of the Airport space and the health of our neighborhood. Council ‐ please show your support for: 1) the health of Santa Monica Citizens 2) the close of the airport facilities, 3) open discussions and transparency, and most importantly 4) your support of Measure LC as passed without modifications. Sincerely, Joy Abbott 1745 Sunset Avenue SM 90405 Sent from Mail for Windows ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 33 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Brenda Goodman <bgoodman@usc.edu> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 1:28 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Item 4B EXTERNAL Hello I understand that you are now considering not honoring what has already been set – to create a park at the airport. This has been resolved. And why are you meeting in secret. This is not acceptable. Brenda Goodman ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 34 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Jamie Dunham <jdunham13@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 1:44 PM To:councilmtgitems Cc:John Gereau Subject:Item 4B EXTERNAL Repeating prior message. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 8:46 AM , Jam ie Dunham <jdunham 13@ yahoo.com > wrote: Please do NOT renew the Atlantic lease and do NOT lease fuel tanks. We have voted on this measure before to turn the Santa Monica Airport into a PARK. We live on the north east corner of the airport and have been patiently waiting its closure. To hear of closed door considerations to renew a lease from 8 years ago is disturbing ‐ as is any talk of creating housing instead of a park. Thank you, Jamie Dunham & John Gereau 2314 Pier Ave Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 35 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:JORDAN ELLIS <jordanrellis@me.com> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 2:22 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:ITEM 4B: Stop the lease EXTERNAL Do not grant Atlantic Aviation a lease to the Santa Monica Airport! It’s environmentally unsafe and against the will of the residents of Santa Monica. Jordan Ellis Santa Monica resident ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 36 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Karen Comegys-Wortz <kcomegyswortz@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 3:46 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:ITEM 4B EXTERNAL Dear Santa Monica City Council: There seems to be an issue about what to do with the Santa Monica Airport. CLOSE THE SANTA MONICA AIRPORT AND MAKE A PARK!! The voters voted for a park. Weren't you elected to follow that result? You and the Planning Commission are overdeveloping our city. STOP IT! MAKE THE AIRPORT A PARK! Thank You, Karen Comegys Wortz 1725 Cedar Street 90405 kcomegyswortz@gmail.com ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 37 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Asa Greenberg <agreenberg@kilogramtv.com> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 4:15 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:ITEM 4B EXTERNAL Hello! As a Santa Monica resident, homeowner, and business owner, I write regarding the fuel tank lease for AtlanƟc AviaƟon and the fate of SMO in general. It is Ɵme to close the airport and terminate all related acƟviƟes ‐ including the lease. We live in a residenƟal area and the airport has long overstayed its welcome. This is no recreaƟonal airport per its original mandate. And the toxins in the air and noise are palpable. Dust from fuel exhaust accumulates in large quanƟƟes on our windows and doors. Why are we storing and using these fuels and other chemicals here? Please do not allow this company to renew its lease. Please hear us, it's Ɵme for the airport to end all commercial acƟvity and close its doors. Accordingly, the fuel tanks must go. All of my neighbors feel the same. I hope the authoriƟes in Santa Monica will recognize that none of us want the airport here. Let's come up with a plan that is economically viable ‐‐ e.g., a plan to replace any jobs that may be in ﬂux when the airport goes. But let's make sure the closure happens on schedule and all tanks and equipment are removed safely and ASAP. Sincerely, Asa Greenberg 2315 Pier Ave. Santa Monica, CA 90405 ‐‐ ‐ Asa Greenberg Kilogram Entertainment ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 38 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Ellen Hannan <elhasm@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 4:18 PM To:councilmtgitems; Council Mailbox; Clerk Mailbox Subject:Close session on all airport leases need to be open sessions EXTERNAL Dear Council Member: You and City Staff are aware of the health hazards and air quality effects of the airport uses on our community members. All leases need to be evaluated in a public session before any private sessions for contracts. Leases must clearly state the responsibility of the city and the business for any health hazards that may occur and who is responsible for any damages to the City and residents or visitors to the airport area. Ellen Hannan PHN 1219 9th St #6 Santa Monica CA 90401 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 39 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Michael Katz <katzfilm@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 6:10 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:ITEM 4B EXTERNAL WTF? Please do not renew the $%#^& AtlanƟc lease on potenƟally calamitous leaking fuel tanks at SM0. This creaky old leaking fuel farm is contaminaƟng Santa Monica's aquifer . Santa Monica voters have spoken on Airport maƩers many Ɵmes, overwhelming in favor of CLOSING THE AIRPORT and stopping airport operaƟons ASAP. The Council needs to listen to the voters, not the special interests. Michael Katz 3016 Ruskin Street SM 90405 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 40 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:D F <wittyone6@msn.com> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 6:57 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Concerns Item 4B EXTERNAL How dare the city ignore the voices of the people who live in the Ocean Park sunset park destrucƟve Santa Monica. We are the residents supposed affected by the conƟnue use and dangers of Santa Monica airport. We now have the opportunity to change the outcome of our city and add more open space that is desperately needed due to populaƟon density. Do not have this land be built for airport use or fuel storage. How dare the city ignore the voices of the people who live in the Ocean Park sunset park district of Santa Monica. We are the residents both affected by the conƟnued use and dangers of Santa Monica airport. We now have the opportunity to change the outcome of our city and add more open space that is desperately needed due to populaƟon density. Do not have this land be built for airport use or fuel storage. Dee Forrest Santa Monica resident of 35 years ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 41 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Paulette Rochelle-Levy <paulette.creativepath@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 9:47 PM To:councilmtgitems Cc:Airport2Park; NoJets Subject:the people have spoken. EXTERNAL LC was voted. Close the airport . This land IS NOT FOR DEVELOPERS TO GAIN WEALTH!! Regards, Paulette Paulette Rochelle-Levy, MFT 2215 Oak st. #201 Santa Monica, CA 90405 http://creativepathwithpaulette.com 310) 453-4053 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 42 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:zinajosephs@aol.com Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 11:43 PM To:councilmtgitems; Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; Gleam Davis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock; David White; Stelios Makrides Cc:zinajosephs@aol.com Subject:FOSP: City Council 10/10/23 item 4-B -- Atlantic Aviation lease -- OPPOSE! EXTERNAL Reminder -- There were 88 pages of Written Comments in the September 26 agenda opposing the Atlantic lease, including the one from the FOSP Board below. Meanwhile, a bit more information about the history of contamination of the City of Santa Monica's water wells from underground fuel storage tanks: Cal/EPA MtBE Project - 1998 - https://semspub.epa.gov/work/09/100002821.pdf-- 7 Santa Monica wells have been contaminated with MtBE. The State of California requires that all underground storage tanks installed before 1984 be removed, replaced, or upgraded. "Santa Monica Deal with Mobil Expected on [Arcadia] Well Cleanup" 3/17/1998 -- Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-17-me-29819-story.html "MtBE Still Fouls Half of California City's Water" (Santa Monica) 7/4/2004 -- Baltimore Sun Baltimore Sun https://www.baltimoresun.com › news › bs-xpm-2004-... "So by mid-1996, Santa Monica shut down its Charnock well field, and two wells elsewhere that also showed evidence of MTBE contamination...." "City and Oil Companies to Cash Out Charnock Water Plant" 12/14/2006 -- Santa Monica Mirror https://smmirror.com/2006/12/city-and-oil-companies-to-cash-out-charnock-water-plant/ "The City of Santa Monica has reached agreement with a consortium of oil companies that is designed to streamline construction of a new water treatment system necessitated by the contamination of the City’s drinking water by gasoline additives. Shell, Chevron, and ExxonMobil, who were already obligated to pay for a water treatment facility under the terms of a 2003 settlement agreement, have agreed to pay the City the liquidated sum of $131 million rather than continue to foot the bill for design and construction costs. The City says this amount will allow it to construct a water treatment plant for water produced from the City’s Charnock Well Field, to pay for replacement water until the plant begins its operations and to maintain and monitor regional test wells and to perform other related tasks. Since 1996, Santa Monica drinking water has been imported from the Metropolitan Water District...." ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 43 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 2 "MtBE Settlement Agreement Reached with Attorneys" 3/13/2008 -- Santa Monica Mirror https://smmirror.com/2008/03/mtbe-settlement-agreement-reached-with-attorneys/ "The City of Santa Monica on Tuesday, March 11, approved an agreement to settle its fee dispute with the contingency attorneys who assisted the City in its MtBE water contamination lawsuit. The settlement agreement with Baron & Budd, P.C., Miller, Sher & Sawyer, Miller & Sawyer, Miller, Axline & Sawyer, Sher Leff LLP, Cooper & Scully, P.C., Frederick M. Baron, Scott Summy, Victor M. Sher, Duane C. Miller, and A. Curtis Sawyer, Jr. resolves all outstanding and potential claims and disputes. The City agrees to pay the lawyers $55 million..... The settlement represents 22% of the $250 million total recovery the City received from Shell, ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil, and other companies which the City sued in 2000 for contaminating the city’s water with the gasoline additive Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MtBE). Because of contamination, the City lost the use of much of its drinking water and since 1996 has been importing water from the Metropolitan Water District...." CEQA in 2008: Charnock Well Field Restoration Project -- https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/2008031109/2 -- The project involves implementation of a water treatment system and other improvements that would help to remove groundwater contamination from the Charnock groundwater sub-basin and restore this resource as a water supply for the City of Santa Monica (City). As part of the project upgrades, improvements will be required at two existing City-operated water service facilities. The City is planning to return the Charnock groundwater wells to full production using a well head treatment system to be constructed at the Charnock well field. The treatment system will use filtration with granular activated carbon (GAC) to treat water from the three contaminated wells at the well field. The treated water will be pumped to the Santa Monica Water Treatment Plant for the final treatment and distribution. Water treatment improvements are also proposed for the Santa Monica Water Treatment Plant including water disinfection and water softening. Improvements for the SMWTP may include two salt water wells, as part of a water softening treatment system, that would replace existing salt water wells located on Santa Monica beach." From: zinajosephs@aol.com To: councilmtgitems@smgov.net, caroline.torosis@santamonica.gov, christine.parra@santamonica.gov, gleam.davis@santamonica.gov, jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov, lana.negrete@santamonica.gov, oscar.delatorre@santamonica.gov, phil.brock@santamonica.gov, david.white@santamonica.gov, stelios.makrides@smgov.net Cc: zinajosephs@aol.com, clarethomasdo@aol.com Sent: 9/26/2023 10:54:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time Subject: FOSP: City Council 9/26/23 item 3-D -- Atlantic Aviation lease -- OPPOSE! September 24, 2023 To: Mayor Davis and City Council members From: Board of Directors, Friends of Sunset Park RE: 9/26/23 agenda item 3-D: Lease agreement with Atlantic Aviation Agenda: https://santamonicacityca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=1379 The FOSP Board opposes this lease agreement. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 44 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 3 The lease of city property to Atlantic Aviation would include 40-year-old underground fuel tanks, sitting above our aquifer, which are used to store leaded and toxic aviation fuels. (California “Fuel Farm” (~3,800 sq. ft.) consisting of three 12,000 gallon and one 500 gallon underground storage tanks and associated systems and equipment) Atlantic Aviation has been operating without a lease since 2015. For years, residents and the Airport Commission have lobbied the city and the City Council to not continue leasing these old underground tanks, which have leaked in the past. Have you forgotten the leaks from underground tanks at gas stations which contaminated the city's Charnock wells some years ago? https://www.epa.gov/archive/epapages/newsroom_archive/newsreleases/5a790d8bf1a74361852570d80 05e16fc.html The city is not required to lease these tanks by the consent decree or by any agreement with the FAA. We have never received a clear answer from staff as to why the city would put our aquifer at risk in this way, when providing tanks to Atlantic is not required. Furthermore, the Airport Commission was not given a "heads up" regarding this lease renewal [before it appeared on the September 26 Council agenda], even though the Airport staff had promised to keep them informed. Again, the FOSP Board opposes this lease agreement with Atlantic Aviation. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 45 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:zinajosephs@aol.com Sent:Saturday, October 7, 2023 11:52 PM To:councilmtgitems; Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; Gleam Davis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock; David White; Stelios Makrides Cc:zinajosephs@aol.com Subject:FOSP: City Council 10/10/23 item 4-B -- Atlantic Aviation lease -- OPPOSE! EXTERNAL (There was a glitch in the previous email.) Reminder -- There were 88 pages of Written Comments in the September 26 agenda opposing the Atlantic lease, including the one from the FOSP Board below. Meanwhile, a bit more information about the history of contamination of the City of Santa Monica's water wells from underground fuel storage tanks: Cal/EPA MtBE Project - 1998 - https://semspub.epa.gov/work/09/100002821.pdf-- 7 Santa Monica wells have been contaminated with MtBE. The State of California requires that all underground storage tanks installed before 1984 be removed, replaced, or upgraded. "Santa Monica Deal with Mobil Expected on [Arcadia] Well Cleanup" 3/17/1998 -- Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-mar-17-me-29819-story.html "MtBE Still Fouls Half of California City's Water" (Santa Monica) 7/4/2004 -- Baltimore Sun https://www.baltimoresun.com "So by mid-1996, Santa Monica shut down its Charnock well field and two wells elsewhere that also showed evidence of MTBE contamination...." ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 46 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 2 "City and Oil Companies to Cash Out Charnock Water Plant" 12/14/2006 -- Santa Monica Mirror https://smmirror.com/2006/12/city-and-oil-companies-to-cash-out-charnock-water-plant/ "The City of Santa Monica has reached agreement with a consortium of oil companies that is designed to streamline construction of a new water treatment system necessitated by the contamination of the City’s drinking water by gasoline additives. Shell, Chevron, and ExxonMobil, who were already obligated to pay for a water treatment facility under the terms of a 2003 settlement agreement, have agreed to pay the City the liquidated sum of $131 million rather than continue to foot the bill for design and construction costs. The City says this amount will allow it to construct a water treatment plant for water produced from the City’s Charnock Well Field, to pay for replacement water until the plant begins its operations and to maintain and monitor regional test wells and to perform other related tasks. Since 1996, Santa Monica drinking water has been imported from the Metropolitan Water District...." "MtBE Settlement Agreement Reached with Attorneys" 3/13/2008 -- Santa Monica Mirror https://smmirror.com/2008/03/mtbe-settlement-agreement-reached-with-attorneys/ "The City of Santa Monica on Tuesday, March 11, approved an agreement to settle its fee dispute with the contingency attorneys who assisted the City in its MtBE water contamination lawsuit. The settlement agreement with Baron & Budd, P.C., Miller, Sher & Sawyer, Miller & Sawyer, Miller, Axline & Sawyer, Sher Leff LLP, Cooper & Scully, P.C., Frederick M. Baron, Scott Summy, Victor M. Sher, Duane C. Miller, and A. Curtis Sawyer, Jr. resolves all outstanding and potential claims and disputes. The City agrees to pay the lawyers $55 million..... The settlement represents 22% of the $250 million total recovery the City received from Shell, ChevronTexaco, ExxonMobil, and other companies which the City sued in 2000 for contaminating the city’s water with the gasoline additive Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MtBE). Because of contamination, the City lost the use of much of its drinking water and since 1996 has been importing water from the Metropolitan Water District...." CEQA in 2008: Charnock Well Field Restoration Project -- https://ceqanet.opr.ca.gov/2008031109/2 -- The project involves implementation of a water treatment system and other improvements that would help to remove groundwater contamination from the Charnock groundwater sub-basin and restore this resource as a water supply for the City of Santa Monica (City). As part of the project upgrades, improvements will be required at two existing City-operated water service facilities. The City is planning to return the Charnock groundwater wells to full production using a well head treatment system to be constructed at the Charnock well field. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 47 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 3 The treatment system will use filtration with granular activated carbon (GAC) to treat water from the three contaminated wells at the well field. The treated water will be pumped to the Santa Monica Water Treatment Plant for the final treatment and distribution. Water treatment improvements are also proposed for the Santa Monica Water Treatment Plant including water disinfection and water softening. Improvements for the SMWTP may include two salt water wells, as part of a water softening treatment system, that would replace existing salt water wells located on Santa Monica beach." 12 years before the city started cleaning up the contaminated water wells. From: zinajosephs@aol.com To: councilmtgitems@smgov.net, caroline.torosis@santamonica.gov, christine.parra@santamonica.gov, gleam.davis@santamonica.gov, jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov, lana.negrete@santamonica.gov, oscar.delatorre@santamonica.gov, phil.brock@santamonica.gov, david.white@santamonica.gov, stelios.makrides@smgov.net Cc: zinajosephs@aol.com, clarethomasdo@aol.com Sent: 9/26/2023 10:54:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time Subject: FOSP: City Council 9/26/23 item 3-D -- Atlantic Aviation lease -- OPPOSE! September 24, 2023 To: Mayor Davis and City Council members From: Board of Directors, Friends of Sunset Park RE: 9/26/23 agenda item 3-D: Lease agreement with Atlantic Aviation Agenda: https://santamonicacityca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_Meeting.aspx?ID=1379 The FOSP Board opposes this lease agreement. The lease of city property to Atlantic Aviation would include 40-year-old underground fuel tanks, sitting above our aquifer, which are used to store leaded and toxic aviation fuels. (California “Fuel Farm” (~3,800 sq. ft.) consisting of three 12,000 gallon and one 500 gallon underground storage tanks and associated systems and equipment) Atlantic Aviation has been operating without a lease since 2015. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 48 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 4 For years, residents and the Airport Commission have lobbied the city and the City Council to not continue leasing these old underground tanks, which have leaked in the past. Have you forgotten the leaks from underground tanks at gas stations which contaminated the city's Charnock wells some years ago? https://www.epa.gov/archive/epapages/newsroom_archive/newsreleases/5a790d8bf1a74361852570d8005e16fc. html The city is not required to lease these tanks by the consent decree or by any agreement with the FAA. We have never received a clear answer from staff as to why the city would put our aquifer at risk in this way, when providing tanks to Atlantic is not required. Furthermore, the Airport Commission was not given a "heads up" regarding this lease renewal [before it appeared on the September 26 Council agenda], even though the Airport staff had promised to keep them informed. Again, the FOSP Board opposes this lease agreement with Atlantic Aviation. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 49 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Kirsten Campisi <kjcamp03@mac.com> Sent:Sunday, October 8, 2023 11:35 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Item 4B EXTERNAL Dear Council Members, Do Not renew the AtlanƟc AviaƟon lease and Do Not lease the fuel tanks. Do not potenƟally put resident’s drinking water and health at risk. You work for and represent the residents of Santa Monica, and we Do Not want this. Kirsten Campisi 1352 Hill St. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 50 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:zinajosephs@aol.com Sent:Sunday, October 8, 2023 12:51 PM To:councilmtgitems; Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; Gleam Davis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock; David White; Stelios Makrides Cc:zinajosephs@aol.com Subject:City Council 10/10/23 item 4-B: Atlantic SMO Holdings lease - OPPOSE! EXTERNAL October 8, 2023 Dear City Council members, Regarding October 10, 2023 agenda item 4-B: 2828 Donald Douglas Loop North, Santa Monica, California Offices and Pilot Lounge Premises (~5,300 sq. ft.), Corporate Hangar and Maintenance Shop (~6,450 sq. ft.), Aircraft Main Ramp (~145,000 sq. ft.), Aircraft Overflow Ramp (~32,000 sq. ft.); and 3100 Donald Douglas Loop North, Santa Monica, California “Fuel Farm” (~3,800 sq. ft.) consisting of three 12,000 gallon and one 500 gallon underground storage tanks and associated systems and equipment; City Negotiator: Stelios Makrides, Chief Operations Officer/Airport Director; owner of record: City of Santa Monica; persons to be negotiated with: Atlantic SMO Holdings; under negotiation: terms for modified and extended lease. (continued from September 26) I oppose the extended lease of underground storage tanks at Santa Monica Airport to Atlantic SMO Holdings. According to the July 2023 Fuel Flowage Report at the 7/24/23 Airport Commission meeting, from July 2021 to June 2023, Atlantic delivered 842,553 gallons of Jet A fuel and 250,780 gallons of 100LL Avgas. https://www.smgov.net/Departments/Airport/Commission/default.aspx?folder=20230724#reports Meanwhile, there appears to be a newly-identified earthquake fault line running under Santa Monica, which makes using underground fuel storage tanks at Santa Monica Airport even more problematic. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 51 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 2 “New Study Reveals Fault Zone off Santa Monica Coast Could Cause Up to 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake”-- (map) 9/29/2022 – Santa Monica Daily Press https://smdp.com/2022/09/29/new-study-reveals-fault-zone-off-santa-monica-coast-could-cause-up-to-7-8- magnitude-earthquake/ “A fault zone off the Santa Monica coast could result in a larger, higher magnitude earthquake than previously thought according to a new study. Instead of a 7.4 magnitude earthquake, which is already considered severe, scientists now say the fault system is capable of triggering up to a 7.8 quake. While the difference may not seem major, it is an increase of close to four times the amount of energy being released, according to calculations by the United States Geological Survey. Dubbed the Palos Verde fault zone (PVFZ), the network runs close to 70 miles from the Santa Monica Bay, south down the coast, under the Palos Verdes peninsula and out into the ocean off of Dana Point. Scientists say this new knowledge reveals the potential for an earthquake more destructive than both the 2019 Ridgecrest quake and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which caused significant damage in Santa Monica…. “The sizes of these segments indicate that PVFZ is capable of larger events than previously reported,” the study says. Adding, “The Santa Monica Bay segment and RCFZ (Redondo Canyon Fault Zone) should be considered as active seismic sources capable of moderate-to-large magnitude earthquake events that would directly impact the metropolitan Los Angeles area.” The study also suggests that the Palos Verdes fault has a faster slip rate than other active fault zones in LA county, meaning that more energy is being generated and stored to eventually be released in the form of an earthquake. Such an earthquake would cause mass damage and destruction and could also result in tsunamis in the Santa Monica area….” ************************************************************************** Opinion: “Preparing for the Best Case Scenario: The City of Santa Monica Involvement in the Storage and Sale of Leaded Avgas” – Dr.Charles Blum 11/15/2021 – Santa Monica Daily Press https://smdp.com/2021/11/15/preparing-for-the-best-case-scenario-the-city-of-santa-monicas-involvement-in- the-storage-and-sale-of-leaded-avgas/ Excerpt: “One aspect of earthquakes and fuel storage is the possible leaks and adverse effects to our aquifers, which are our main sources of water. Contaminated aquifers can affect water availability and subsequent health issues for decades or even centuries. A study by the EPA investigating lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft using leaded aviation gasoline noted that ethylene dibromide may “enter underground aquifers via leaking underground storage tanks or fuel spills. Studies demonstrate that ethylene dibromide may persist for long periods of time in certain groundwater environments.” “As discussed in a prior article in the Santa Monica Daily Press entitled, “Santa Monica Airport (SMO), Leaded Avgas, and Childhood Blood Lead Levels: Profound Pediatric Health Consequences,” what is clear is that: 1. Avgas is the largest source of lead in air in the United States. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 52 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 3 2. SMO sells leaded avgas and allows aircraft using leaded avgas into its airport. 3. Blood lead levels in our children near the airport have profound and drastic short and long-term health consequences.” What is not commonly known is that the City of Santa Monica is facilitating and promoting the sale of leaded AvGas at SMO. The common facade the city has hid behind is something called the Consent Decree, which represents an agreement between the City of Santa Monica and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made in 2017. Part of this agreement states that. “Nothing in this agreement shall allow the City to restrict the sale of leaded aviation fuel for as long as the FAA authorizes use of such fuels within the United States.” However, Alan Levenson (Founder of No Jets and Environmental Activist) and other Activists who have researched our agreements note that while the city cannot restrict the sale of leaded fuel nothing in the agreement states that the City of Santa Monica must sell leaded AvGas or provide tanks for lease to sell this toxic fuel. Though the City of Santa Monica should do everything possible to stop the sale of leaded AvGas at SMO the consent decree still permits other private agencies such as Atlantic Aviation to sell leaded AvGas at SMO. Therefore the fuel storage tanks owned by the City of Santa Monica can be restricted to only the sale of unleaded AvGas and 80% of the SMO fleet can use this unleaded fuel. Seldom is it an issue to prepare for the “Best Case Scenario,” so it is crucial to consider how to best consider the risks associated with the storage of fuel underground at SMO. We really don’t get any advance warning when an earthquake might take place and Environmental Protection Agencies note that “following a substantial earthquake it is important to examine all underground storage tank (UST) systems for damage. A damaged or improperly operating UST system can pose a significant risk to human health, safety, and the environment.” In fact the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cautions that “natural disasters – such as tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and fires – are often unpredictable, cause significant damage, and can be costly to mitigate. Underground storage tank (UST) systems can be vulnerable to damage during natural disasters and can even release regulated substances into the environment.” California is particularly susceptible to earthquakes and fuel storage accidents as witnessed in San Francisco in 2019 and Los Angeles in 2015. Given the problems at underground gas storage facilities, a 2014 United States study by the National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Centre determined that “… underground natural gas storage activities bear risks that are substantial enough to affect nearby residents, and that these impacts are more severe in proximity, concentration, and for properties without access to public water.” One aspect of earthquakes and fuel storage is the possible leaks and adverse effects to our aquifers, which are our main sources of water. Contaminated aquifers can affect water availability and subsequent health issues for decades or even centuries. A study by the EPA investigating lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft using leaded aviation gasoline noted that ethylene dibromide may “enter underground aquifers via leaking underground storage tanks or fuel spills. Studies demonstrate that ethylene dibromide may persist for long periods of time in certain groundwater environments. Due to the seriousness of this possible environmental emergency the EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) and Office of Research and Development’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) in association with the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ATSWMO) have formed a team to evaluate the potential for public health and welfare effects attributable to ethylene dibromide from past or present fuel leaks and spills. These agencies found that “water samples for this study were provided by State agencies to EPA between October 2005 and July 2007. Of the 802 groundwater samples provided from 102 sites, ethylene dibromide was detected in 54 samples, 43 of which had ethylene dibromide concentrations above the Maximum Concentration Level.” It is important to note that could have been much worse since these sites did not include the analysis of groundwater at airports. But the City of Santa Monica might ask are we immune from issues of fuel storage leaks? A review of the recent past, suggests otherwise. For instance, a spill in the Charnock Sub-Basin led the EPA to investigate the cleanup of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive, from a groundwater basin formerly used for drinking water by the City of Santa Monica, California. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 53 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 4 Another illustration is the extensive clean-up of drinking water contamination needed at Santa Monica’s Olympic Well field, where an aquifer is located that underlies Olympic Boulevard and surrounding areas in the eastern part of the City, and represents the City’s second largest groundwater supply. A story in the Daily Press said “Contamination in Santa Monica has come from several sources. Locations of suspected and known soil and water contamination are tracked and cataloged by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), a department of the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), and by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). Leaking underground storage tanks of petroleum and other chemicals have allowed pollutants to seep into the soil and water in some parts of the Santa Monica Basin. Some sites are actively leaking or are in the process of being tested.” The primary groundwater producing areas for the Silverado aquifer are the City of Santa Monica’s Olympic and Charnock Wellfields. At the west, the Santa Monica Airport also has a well, that feeds into the aquifer and the yields are approximately 300 gallons per minute. So, safety is an important concern with leaded or even unleaded AvGas fuel underground storage and sale in and around SMO since there is a well at SMO that feeds into the Silverado aquifer. Since lead in AvGas is one of the largest air and soil contaminant source in our environment the City of Santa Monica should immediately stop their sale of this toxic fuel. However it should also consider stopping their involvement with the storage of fuel underground at SMO. When we consider the health of our citizens and environment the risk of storing fuel that could lead to health risks affecting our aquifers warrants our serious attention. As SMO and the City of Santa Monica are preparing to close the airport by 2029, according to the consent decree, it only makes sense that the city should stop the sale of leaded AvGas and eliminate the City’s storage of underground AvGas Fuel. The consent decree allows other private agencies, other than the city, within SMO to store and sell AvGas fuel. This solution insulates the city from liability due to conceivable class action suits against the city for the sale of leaded AvGas and its social health consequences and eliminates the risk associated with underground fuel storage leaks.” Thank you for your consideration. Zina Josephs Sunset Park resident ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 54 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:ALICE ELLIS <aliceellis@mac.com> Sent:Sunday, October 8, 2023 4:48 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:ITEM 4B Importance:High EXTERNAL Dear City Council members, I can not believe the City of Santa Monica is even considering renewing the leases for Atlantic Aviation and the fuel tanks. We are not required to lease these tanks under any agreement with the FAA or the consent decree. Do not put our aquifer at risk by providing tanks to Atlantic when it is not required. We, the people, voted down measure D, and passed measure LC to close the airport and develop a park with the land residents purchased with a vote in 1926 to be used for a park. You need to start the process of transforming the Santa Monica Airport into a Great Park ‐ NOT renew these leases! Thank you, Alice Ellis ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 55 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:JOHN VENTURA <JOHN_VENTURA@msn.com> Sent:Sunday, October 8, 2023 8:38 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:ITEM 4B EXTERNAL Dear Santa Monica City Council, In your consideration to renew leasing city property to Atlantic Aviation, including 40yr. old underground fuel tanks that store leaded and toxic fuels that sit over our aquifer, I would like to voice my opposition to a lease renewal. Please do not renew the Atlantic lease and do not lease the fuel tanks. It has been reported that Atlantic Aviation is operating without a lease since 2015. Residents and the Airport Commission have lobbied the city and the city council for years to not lease the tanks that have leaked in the past. We are not required to lease these tanks under any agreement with the FAA or the consent decree and have never received a clear answer regarding why the city would put our aquifer at risk if providing tanks to Atlantic is not required. We, the people, voted down measure D, and passed measure LC to close the airport and develop a park with the land residents purchased with a vote in 1926 to be used for a park; residents did not purchase the land for an airport or a housing development. Maybe some in politics would like to ignore the vote of the people and re‐open the discussion regarding the airport as if the votes in 1926 and 2014 never happened. Consider the fact that since LC has passed the city has not applied for any state or federal grant money for the park or done much of anything to plan it in the last nine years. Please do not ignore the votes of the people. Thank you, John Ventura City Resident ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 56 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Jeanne Laurie <jeannelaurie@msn.com> Sent:Sunday, October 8, 2023 10:31 PM To:councilmtgitems; Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; Gleam Davis; Jesse Zwick; Lana Negrete; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock; David White; Stelios Makrides Subject:City Council 10/10/23 item 4-B: Atlantic SMO Holdings lease - OPPOSE! EXTERNAL I couldn’t possibly say it any better that Zina Josephs has. Please OPPOSE. Jeanne Laurie Sunset Park Sent from Mail for Windows From: zinajosephs@aol.com Sent: Sunday, October 8, 2023 12:59 PM To: aagrs@aol.com; jeannelaurie@msn.com; jbmlaw@hotmail.com; nhkolhoff@yahoo.com; clarethomasdo@aol.com; fospairport@rocketmail.com; omglaw@gmail.com; pdonald@me.com; zinajosephs@aol.com Subject: Fwd: City Council 10/10/23 item 4‐B: Atlantic SMO Holdings lease ‐ OPPOSE! Just FYI (sent on my own behalf): From: zinajosephs@aol.com To: councilmtgitems@smgov.net, caroline.torosis@santamonica.gov, christine.parra@santamonica.gov, gleam.davis@santamonica.gov, jesse.zwick@santamonica.gov, lana.negrete@santamonica.gov, oscar.delatorre@santamonica.gov, phil.brock@santamonica.gov, david.white@santamonica.gov, stelios.makrides@smgov.net Cc: zinajosephs@aol.com Sent: 10/8/2023 12:51:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time Subject: City Council 10/10/23 item 4-B: Atlantic SMO Holdings lease - OPPOSE! October 8, 2023 Dear City Council members, Regarding October 10, 2023 agenda item 4-B: 2828 Donald Douglas Loop North, Santa Monica, California Offices and Pilot Lounge Premises (~5,300 sq. ft.), Corporate Hangar and Maintenance Shop (~6,450 sq. ft.), Aircraft Main Ramp (~145,000 sq. ft.), Aircraft Overflow Ramp (~32,000 sq. ft.); and 3100 Donald Douglas Loop North, Santa Monica, California “Fuel Farm” (~3,800 sq. ft.) consisting of ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 57 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 2 three 12,000 gallon and one 500 gallon underground storage tanks and associated systems and equipment; City Negotiator: Stelios Makrides, Chief Operations Officer/Airport Director; owner of record: City of Santa Monica; persons to be negotiated with: Atlantic SMO Holdings; under negotiation: terms for modified and extended lease. (continued from September 26) I oppose the extended lease of underground storage tanks at Santa Monica Airport to Atlantic SMO Holdings. According to the July 2023 Fuel Flowage Report at the 7/24/23 Airport Commission meeting, from July 2021 to June 2023, Atlantic delivered 842,553 gallons of Jet A fuel and 250,780 gallons of 100LL Avgas. https://www.smgov.net/Departments/Airport/Commission/default.aspx?folder=20230724#reports Meanwhile, there appears to be a newly-identified earthquake fault line running under Santa Monica, which makes using underground fuel storage tanks at Santa Monica Airport even more problematic. “New Study Reveals Fault Zone off Santa Monica Coast Could Cause Up to 7.8 Magnitude Earthquake”‐‐ (map) 9/29/2022 – Santa Monica Daily Press https://smdp.com/2022/09/29/new-study-reveals-fault-zone-off-santa-monica-coast-could-cause-up-to- 7-8-magnitude-earthquake/ “A fault zone off the Santa Monica coast could result in a larger, higher magnitude earthquake than previously thought according to a new study. Instead of a 7.4 magnitude earthquake, which is already considered severe, scientists now say the fault system is capable of triggering up to a 7.8 quake. While the difference may not seem major, it is an increase of close to four times the amount of energy being released, according to calculations by the United States Geological Survey. Dubbed the Palos Verde fault zone (PVFZ), the network runs close to 70 miles from the Santa Monica Bay, south down the coast, under the Palos Verdes peninsula and out into the ocean off of Dana Point. Scientists say this new knowledge reveals the potential for an earthquake more destructive than both the 2019 Ridgecrest quake and the 1994 Northridge earthquake, which caused significant damage in Santa Monica…. “The sizes of these segments indicate that PVFZ is capable of larger events than previously reported,” the study says. Adding, “The Santa Monica Bay segment and RCFZ (Redondo Canyon Fault Zone) should be considered as active seismic sources capable of moderate-to-large magnitude earthquake events that would directly impact the metropolitan Los Angeles area.” ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 58 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 3 The study also suggests that the Palos Verdes fault has a faster slip rate than other active fault zones in LA county, meaning that more energy is being generated and stored to eventually be released in the form of an earthquake. Such an earthquake would cause mass damage and destruction and could also result in tsunamis in the Santa Monica area….” ************************************************************************** Opinion: “Preparing for the Best Case Scenario: The City of Santa Monica Involvement in the Storage and Sale of Leaded Avgas” – Dr.Charles Blum 11/15/2021 – Santa Monica Daily Press https://smdp.com/2021/11/15/preparing-for-the-best-case-scenario-the-city-of-santa-monicas- involvement-in-the-storage-and-sale-of-leaded-avgas/ Excerpt: “One aspect of earthquakes and fuel storage is the possible leaks and adverse effects to our aquifers, which are our main sources of water. Contaminated aquifers can affect water availability and subsequent health issues for decades or even centuries. A study by the EPA investigating lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft using leaded aviation gasoline noted that ethylene dibromide may “enter underground aquifers via leaking underground storage tanks or fuel spills. Studies demonstrate that ethylene dibromide may persist for long periods of time in certain groundwater environments.” “As discussed in a prior article in the Santa Monica Daily Press entitled, “Santa Monica Airport (SMO), Leaded Avgas, and Childhood Blood Lead Levels: Profound Pediatric Health Consequences,” what is clear is that: 1. Avgas is the largest source of lead in air in the United States. 2. SMO sells leaded avgas and allows aircraft using leaded avgas into its airport. 3. Blood lead levels in our children near the airport have profound and drastic short and long-term health consequences.” What is not commonly known is that the City of Santa Monica is facilitating and promoting the sale of leaded AvGas at SMO. The common facade the city has hid behind is something called the Consent Decree, which represents an agreement between the City of Santa Monica and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made in 2017. Part of this agreement states that. “Nothing in this agreement shall allow the City to restrict the sale of leaded aviation fuel for as long as the FAA authorizes use of such fuels within the United States.” However, Alan Levenson (Founder of No Jets and Environmental Activist) and other Activists who have researched our agreements note that while the city cannot restrict the sale of leaded fuel nothing in the agreement states that the City of Santa Monica must sell leaded AvGas or provide tanks for lease to sell this toxic fuel. Though the City of Santa Monica should do everything possible to stop the sale of leaded AvGas at SMO the consent decree still permits other private agencies such as Atlantic Aviation to sell leaded AvGas at SMO. Therefore the fuel storage tanks owned by the City of Santa Monica can be restricted to only the sale of unleaded AvGas and 80% of the SMO fleet can use this unleaded fuel. Seldom is it an issue to prepare for the “Best Case Scenario,” so it is crucial to consider how to best consider the risks associated with the storage of fuel underground at SMO. We really don’t get any advance warning when an earthquake might take place and Environmental Protection Agencies note that “following a substantial earthquake it is important to examine all underground storage tank (UST) systems for damage. A damaged or improperly operating UST system can pose a significant risk to human health, safety, and the environment.” ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 59 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 4 In fact the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) cautions that “natural disasters – such as tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and fires – are often unpredictable, cause significant damage, and can be costly to mitigate. Underground storage tank (UST) systems can be vulnerable to damage during natural disasters and can even release regulated substances into the environment.” California is particularly susceptible to earthquakes and fuel storage accidents as witnessed in San Francisco in 2019 and Los Angeles in 2015. Given the problems at underground gas storage facilities, a 2014 United States study by the National Agricultural and Rural Development Policy Centre determined that “… underground natural gas storage activities bear risks that are substantial enough to affect nearby residents, and that these impacts are more severe in proximity, concentration, and for properties without access to public water.” One aspect of earthquakes and fuel storage is the possible leaks and adverse effects to our aquifers, which are our main sources of water. Contaminated aquifers can affect water availability and subsequent health issues for decades or even centuries. A study by the EPA investigating lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft using leaded aviation gasoline noted that ethylene dibromide may “enter underground aquifers via leaking underground storage tanks or fuel spills. Studies demonstrate that ethylene dibromide may persist for long periods of time in certain groundwater environments. Due to the seriousness of this possible environmental emergency the EPA Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST) and Office of Research and Development’s National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL) in association with the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ATSWMO) have formed a team to evaluate the potential for public health and welfare effects attributable to ethylene dibromide from past or present fuel leaks and spills. These agencies found that “water samples for this study were provided by State agencies to EPA between October 2005 and July 2007. Of the 802 groundwater samples provided from 102 sites, ethylene dibromide was detected in 54 samples, 43 of which had ethylene dibromide concentrations above the Maximum Concentration Level.” It is important to note that could have been much worse since these sites did not include the analysis of groundwater at airports. But the City of Santa Monica might ask are we immune from issues of fuel storage leaks? A review of the recent past, suggests otherwise. For instance, a spill in the Charnock Sub-Basin led the EPA to investigate the cleanup of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), a gasoline additive, from a groundwater basin formerly used for drinking water by the City of Santa Monica, California. Another illustration is the extensive clean-up of drinking water contamination needed at Santa Monica’s Olympic Well field, where an aquifer is located that underlies Olympic Boulevard and surrounding areas in the eastern part of the City, and represents the City’s second largest groundwater supply. A story in the Daily Press said “Contamination in Santa Monica has come from several sources. Locations of suspected and known soil and water contamination are tracked and cataloged by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), a department of the California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), and by the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC). Leaking underground storage tanks of petroleum and other chemicals have allowed pollutants to seep into the soil and water in some parts of the Santa Monica Basin. Some sites are actively leaking or are in the process of being tested.” The primary groundwater producing areas for the Silverado aquifer are the City of Santa Monica’s Olympic and Charnock Wellfields. At the west, the Santa Monica Airport also has a well, that feeds into the aquifer and the yields are approximately 300 gallons per minute. So, safety is an important concern with leaded or even unleaded AvGas fuel underground storage and sale in and around SMO since there is a well at SMO that feeds into the Silverado aquifer. Since lead in AvGas is one of the largest air and soil contaminant source in our environment the City of Santa Monica should immediately stop their sale of this toxic fuel. However it should also consider stopping their involvement with the storage of fuel underground at SMO. When we consider the health of our citizens and ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 60 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 5 environment the risk of storing fuel that could lead to health risks affecting our aquifers warrants our serious attention. As SMO and the City of Santa Monica are preparing to close the airport by 2029, according to the consent decree, it only makes sense that the city should stop the sale of leaded AvGas and eliminate the City’s storage of underground AvGas Fuel. The consent decree allows other private agencies, other than the city, within SMO to store and sell AvGas fuel. This solution insulates the city from liability due to conceivable class action suits against the city for the sale of leaded AvGas and its social health consequences and eliminates the risk associated with underground fuel storage leaks.” Thank you for your consideration. Zina Josephs Sunset Park resident ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 61 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Famili, Anita <AFamili@manatt.com> Sent:Monday, October 9, 2023 11:22 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:ITEM 4B EXTERNAL Hello, I am writing you as a Santa Monica resident and homeowner for the last 14 years. I am VERY concerned about the City entering into the Atlantic lease and the lease of the old fuel farm. Please do NOT SUPPORT those leases. Thank you, Anita Famili ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 62 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:David Abramis <dabramis@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, October 9, 2023 2:44 PM To:councilmtgitems Subject:10/10/23 City Council Meeting EXTERNAL Dear City Council Members: We support the posiƟon of the "Santa Monica Airport2Park FoundaƟon", namely that you need to remove the words "and development" from the airport land use plans. We already voted on this and we expect to see the airport converted enƟrely into park land. Thank you, David Abramis and Iris Souza 2642 33rd St. Santa Monica, CA 90405 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 63 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Ben <bcwang@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 1:35 AM To:councilmtgitems; Oscar de la Torre; Phil Brock; Gleam Davis; Lana Negrete; Caroline Torosis; Christine Parra; Jesse Zwick Subject:SMO: SMCC Agenda Item 4B October 10, 2023 -- No Atlantic Aviation Lease EXTERNAL RE: SMO: SMCC Agenda Item 4B October 10, 2023 -- Atlantic Aviation Lease Dear Mayor and City Council: Please don't sign a lease with Atlantic Aviation, and definitely don't lease the tanks. SMO will close in only 62 months per the 2017 Consent Decree and the 2017 City Council SMO Closure Resolution No. 11026 which states, “The City Council directs the City Manager, City Attorney and their staffs to take all actions necessary and proper to ensure that SMO will cease to operate as an airport and shall be closed to all aeronautical use forever effective as of midnight on December 31, 2028.” The SMO fuel farm and underground storage tanks are far past their life expectancy and should be decommissioned now. Additionally, the City is NOT required to lease tanks. And there is little-to-no financial benefit to the City for leasing the tanks. Thank you, Ben Wang ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Ben <bcwang@yahoo.com> To: Ben W <bcwang@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 08:29:34 AM PDT Subject: Fw: SMO: SMCC Agenda Item 3D September 26, 2023 = April 12, 2022 -- City Council Meeting Agenda Item 1.G -- Petition to Santa Monica City Council SMO will close in 80 months, per both the 2017 Consent Decree and the 2017 City Council SMO Closure Resolution No. 11026 which states, “The City Council directs the City Manager, City Attorney and their staffs to take all actions necessary and proper to ensure that SMO will cease to operate as an airport and shall be closed to all aeronautical use forever effective as of midnight on December 31, 2028.” The SMO fuel farm and underground storage tanks are far past their life expectancy and should be decommissioned now. Additionally the City is NOT required to lease tanks. And there is little-to-no financial benefit to the City for leasing the tanks. Begin forwarded message: On Sunday, September 24, 2023, 10:30 AM, Ben <bcwang@yahoo.com> wrote: ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 64 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 2 Dear Santa Monica City Council, please see the email below related to SMCC Agenda Item 3 on September 26, 2023. On Tuesday, April 12, 2022, 10:05 AM, Ben <bcwang@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear Santa Monica City Council: The attached Petition from over 220+ community members is respectfully submitted for your consideration for the April 12, 2022 City Council Meeting Agenda Item 1.G. “We, the undersigned, urge the City Council to decommission the 37- year-old City-owned underground storage tanks at Santa Monica Airport and to stop leasing them to store leaded and other toxic fuels.” SMO will close in 80 months, per both the 2017 Consent Decree and the 2017 City Council SMO Closure Resolution No. 11026 which states, “The City Council directs the City Manager, City Attorney and their staffs to take all actions necessary and proper to ensure that SMO will cease to operate as an airport and shall be closed to all aeronautical use forever effective as of midnight on December 31, 2028.” The SMO fuel farm and underground storage tanks are a huge present danger and risk. They are far past their life expectancy and should be decommissioned now. You may receive the petition from others as well. For your convenience, I have also pasted it below in the text of this email Thank you, Ben Wang =============== Petition to Santa Monica City Council April 12, 2022 City Council Meeting Agenda Item 1.G “We, the undersigned, urge the City Council to decommission the 37-year- old City-owned underground storage tanks at Santa Monica Airport and to stop leasing them to store leaded and other toxic fuels.” Below are the names, timestamp, and additional comments submitted by over 220+ petition signers: Alan Levenson -- 4/9/2022 11:20 Billy Nistico -- 4/9/2022 13:44 Theo Swerissen -- 4/9/2022 13:45 John Campisi -- 4/9/2022 13:46 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 65 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 3 Asa Greenberg -- 4/9/2022 13:46 Katherine Newmark -- 4/9/2022 13:48 Ellen Mark -- 4/9/2022 13:48 Gregg Cahdwick -- 4/9/2022 13:49 Simona Garon -- 4/9/2022 13:50 Gavin Scott -- 4/9/2022 13:50 James Murakami -- 4/9/2022 13:52 Jonny Pray -- 4/9/2022 13:53 Yvonne Guy -- 4/9/2022 13:54 Will Guston -- 4/9/2022 13:56 Sejon Ding -- 4/9/2022 13:57 Sulinh Lafontaine -- 4/9/2022 13:57 Guy Cass -- 4/9/2022 13:58 Kent Alves -- 4/9/2022 13:58 Ross Berryman -- 4/9/2022 14:00 Patricia Braun -- 4/9/2022 14:00 Gary Glickman -- 4/9/2022 14:03 Jan Simonovic -- 4/9/2022 14:03 Jill Rosen -- 4/9/2022 14:03 Katherine Inglis -- 4/9/2022 14:05 Benjamin Shore -- 4/9/2022 14:08 John Greenwood -- 4/9/2022 14:08 tom krumpak -- 4/9/2022 14:10 William N. Fordes -- 4/9/2022 14:10 Darcy Lubbers -- 4/9/2022 14:12 David Abramis -- 4/9/2022 14:15 Chuck Mason -- 4/9/2022 14:18 Zina Josephs -- 4/9/2022 14:20 Robb Brown -- 4/9/2022 14:20 Jan-Peter Flack -- 4/9/2022 14:24 Nicola Scott -- 4/9/2022 14:29 Edward Luci -- 4/9/2022 14:33 David Konell -- 4/9/2022 14:33 Jeff Treves -- 4/9/2022 14:37 Jennifer Field -- 4/9/2022 14:38 Doug Wolf -- 4/9/2022 14:38 Alvin Crown -- 4/9/2022 14:39 Maureen Bradford -- 4/9/2022 14:45 Marion Klein -- 4/9/2022 14:48 Jesse Kramer -- 4/9/2022 14:59 Lori Nafshun -- 4/9/2022 15:02 Nan Waldman -- 4/9/2022 15:08 Joseph Lutz -- 4/9/2022 15:15 Zuzana Landres -- 4/9/2022 15:29 Dorothy Chapman -- 4/9/2022 15:30 Ose Dalldorf -- 4/9/2022 15:34 Stephan Hewitt -- 4/9/2022 15:38 Chris Lee -- 4/9/2022 15:42 Jamie Dunham -- 4/9/2022 15:46 Lauren wallenstein -- 4/9/2022 15:48 LOU SSUTU -- 4/9/2022 15:57 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 66 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 4 David Ginsburg -- 4/9/2022 16:00 Erika Soja -- 4/9/2022 16:18 Marsha Nakashima -- 4/9/2022 16:21 David Sirh -- 4/9/2022 16:26 Andrea Lieberman -- 4/9/2022 16:45 Laurie Rocha -- 4/9/2022 16:57 Andrea Maitra -- 4/9/2022 17:04 Deborah Rothman -- 4/9/2022 17:06 Brian Kelly -- 4/9/2022 17:09 Betsy Katz -- 4/9/2022 17:25 Deborah Travis -- 4/9/2022 17:34 Ann Lewis -- 4/9/2022 17:39 Socorro Gallegos -- 4/9/2022 18:02 Mia Levenson -- 4/9/2022 18:03 Charles Bloomquist -- 4/9/2022 18:07 Jo Winston -- 4/9/2022 18:27 Joseph Schmitz -- 4/9/2022 18:34 Elin Katz -- 4/9/2022 18:36 Joan Schmitz -- 4/9/2022 18:42 Caroline Denyer -- 4/9/2022 18:55 Michael Brodsky -- 4/9/2022 18:55 Peter Spelman -- 4/9/2022 19:26 John Humble -- 4/9/2022 19:28 John Machtinger -- 4/9/2022 19:46 Michael Osment -- 4/9/2022 19:54 Mindy Taylor-Ross -- 4/9/2022 20:14 Carol Dickinson -- 4/9/2022 20:25 Patrick Seeholzer -- 4/9/2022 21:01 Lisa Sandbank -- 4/9/2022 21:07 Patty -- 4/9/2022 21:15 Davidegoddard -- 4/9/2022 21:29 Roy Rico -- 4/9/2022 22:48 Linda Wilson -- 4/9/2022 23:05 Julia Quinn -- 4/9/2022 23:12 Dennis Wilder -- 4/10/2022 0:46 Michael Katz -- 4/10/2022 1:04 Bill Sundblad -- 4/10/2022 1:39 Matt Hendrickson -- 4/10/2022 1:47 Charles Blum -- 4/10/2022 2:54 Dirk Beving -- 4/10/2022 4:08 Eric Weingarten -- 4/10/2022 4:38 Helane Weingarten -- 4/10/2022 4:39 Cheryl Jones -- 4/10/2022 4:55 Dee Forrest -- 4/10/2022 4:57 David McCoy -- 4/10/2022 7:28 Rebecca Villegas -- 4/10/2022 8:49 Gizelle Strohkendl -- 4/10/2022 9:19 Paola Levenson -- 4/10/2022 9:22 Gary Keller -- 4/10/2022 10:28 Joyce Foster -- 4/10/2022 10:36 Brett Schafer -- 4/10/2022 11:05 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 67 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 5 Alice Ellis -- 4/10/2022 11:05 Ammar lughod -- 4/10/2022 11:14 Flynn Isment -- 4/10/2022 11:44 Ava Osment -- 4/10/2022 11:45 Sandra Casillas -- 4/10/2022 12:02 Lara Osment -- 4/10/2022 12:12 Annie Sabroux -- 4/10/2022 12:23 Will Pirkey -- 4/10/2022 12:24 Susan Grossman -- 4/10/2022 12:26 Richard M Levine -- 4/10/2022 12:45 John Ventura -- 4/10/2022 13:00 Patrick De Feo -- 4/10/2022 13:15 Elizabeth Oakes -- 4/10/2022 13:15 Olivia Kelly -- 4/10/2022 13:28 Leslie Bogart -- 4/10/2022 13:34 Shannon Eakman -- 4/10/2022 13:34 Kirsten Campisi -- 4/10/2022 13:37 Schafer -- 4/10/2022 13:38 David Abramis -- 4/10/2022 13:43 Cathy tieri -- 4/10/2022 14:03 Stephen Manes -- 4/10/2022 14:19 Stacey Abrams-Sherick -- 4/10/2022 14:31 Tina Sumner -- 4/10/2022 14:39 ADRIAN HAREWOOD -- 4/10/2022 14:42 Laura Zerr -- 4/10/2022 14:55 Jordan Ellis -- 4/10/2022 15:28 susan reid -- 4/10/2022 15:29 H Milder -- 4/10/2022 16:57 William Schoene -- 4/10/2022 16:58 Natalie pittman -- 4/10/2022 16:59 William Schoene -- 4/10/2022 17:01 Joey Reynolds -- 4/10/2022 17:18 Nina Ellis -- 4/10/2022 17:22 Robert Street -- 4/10/2022 17:34 Christina Tayag -- 4/10/2022 18:02 Cris Armstrong -- 4/10/2022 18:18 David Greene -- 4/10/2022 18:33 Tasha Giuda -- 4/10/2022 18:44 Sydney Lovelace -- 4/10/2022 18:44 Astrid Calderas -- 4/10/2022 18:52 Astrid Calderas -- 4/10/2022 18:53 IrmaVargas -- 4/10/2022 18:58 Andrea ferrer -- 4/10/2022 19:36 Leo and Rachel Marcus -- 4/10/2022 19:47 Santiago Ferrer -- 4/10/2022 19:48 Lorri Benson -- 4/10/2022 19:49 Joseph Hardin -- 4/10/2022 19:51 Barbara Kaplan -- 4/10/2022 19:54 Karen Stern -- 4/10/2022 20:06 Stephen Mark -- 4/10/2022 20:14 Mario Peixoto -- 4/10/2022 20:38 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 68 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 6 Vivien Flitton -- 4/10/2022 20:44 Kim Grossman -- 4/10/2022 20:59 victor davich -- 4/10/2022 21:40 Deanna Ssutu -- 4/10/2022 22:49 Dale Strumpell -- 4/10/2022 23:00 Patricia Rulo -- 4/10/2022 23:24 Diana Tran -- 4/10/2022 23:30 Anne Yee -- 4/10/2022 23:31 Russell Yee -- 4/10/2022 23:32 Nancy Owens -- 4/10/2022 23:37 Jilla Sardashti -- 4/10/2022 23:49 Megan FitzGerald -- 4/11/2022 0:09 Paula Mazur -- 4/11/2022 0:56 Pam Bottaro -- 4/11/2022 1:19 HAL GOLDEN -- 4/11/2022 1:29 Joan Blum -- 4/11/2022 2:10 Steven Benson -- 4/11/2022 2:10 Gregory Blum -- 4/11/2022 2:10 Christine Hardin -- 4/11/2022 8:38 Lisa Detamore -- 4/11/2022 10:33 stephen wilkins -- 4/11/2022 11:50 Kathy Cass -- 4/11/2022 11:58 Allison Greene -- 4/11/2022 12:21 John Greene -- 4/11/2022 12:28 saku ee -- 4/11/2022 13:03 hal lindes -- 4/11/2022 13:28 Joy Abbott -- 4/11/2022 14:44 Philip Cass -- 4/11/2022 15:08 Nicola Goode -- 4/11/2022 19:06 Sean Meehan -- 4/11/2022 19:08 Dylan McFarland -- 4/11/2022 19:09 Ruby Meehan -- 4/11/2022 19:38 Sara Daleiden -- 4/11/2022 20:01 ruth shari -- 4/11/2022 20:06 Tina Grossman -- 4/11/2022 20:59 Max Hunt -- 4/11/2022 21:12 Tracy Orloff -- 4/11/2022 22:31 Stephen Naftali -- 4/11/2022 23:24 Catherine Lerer -- 4/11/2022 23:46 Antonio Lysy -- 4/12/2022 1:12 Ted Braun -- 4/12/2022 1:25 Syd Lovelace -- 4/12/2022 2:27 Ken Abbott -- 4/12/2022 2:52 Randolph Holland -- 4/12/2022 3:29 Colin Maduzia -- 4/12/2022 9:35 Michele Perrone -- 4/12/2022 9:44 Pamela Gavras -- 4/12/2022 11:19 Margaret Griffin -- 4/12/2022 11:21 Kim Andres -- 4/12/2022 11:24 Susan grant -- 4/12/2022 11:27 tamra raven -- 4/12/2022 11:29 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 69 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 7 Jeffrey Rosenfeld -- 4/12/2022 11:30 Janet Tunick -- 4/12/2022 11:34 Laura Thixton -- 4/12/2022 11:36 Dorothy Cramer -- 4/12/2022 11:36 Cinzia Paganuzzi -- 4/12/2022 11:41 Alison Megliola -- 4/12/2022 11:41 John Murdock -- 4/12/2022 11:52 Patty Antin -- 4/12/2022 11:55 Heather Gould -- 4/12/2022 11:59 Mary Hubbell -- 4/12/2022 12:02 Ben Wang -- 4/12/2022 12:05 Leah -- 4/12/2022 12:06 Kathy Seal -- 4/12/2022 12:15 Robert Street – 4/12/2022 12:24:28 Paulette Rochelle-Levy – 4/12/2022 12:25:32 Geraldine Kennedy – 4/12/2022 12:27:21 Tregg Rustad – 4/12/2022 12:40:56 Additional comments:  Don’t lease tanks. Thanks.  Please I live near this place. These tanks and lead are not compatible with living things.  These jets are not flying out over the shoreline before banking north upon take off, which I believe is a violation of departures.  Airport should be closed and all services suspended ASAP  Take the leaded gas out of our city!  Please end the storage of leaded fuel in Santa Monica.  Please stop providing leaded fuel at Santa Monica airport. Thanks  "Protect the long term health of our environment get rid of these fuel storage tanks, now!  Choke the airport not the lives around it!  Newer studies show the dangers. Please act now.  These tank are a danger to the health and safety of all!!  Toxic! Dangerous! Life threatening! Protect us. Just say no.  PLEASE do the right thing. For once....  It's time.  Practice what you PREACH!! Stop the sale of TOXINS!  In our effort to shut down the airport permanently, we should keep establishing facts wherever possible. Shutting down AVGAS storage and distribution is a key action that needs to be taken. Dear City Council: please act accordingly and do not renew the tank leases. Ideally the tanks get dismantled and removed. That sends a clear message to the Aviation Industry and will be hard to reverse.  Stop storing toxic fuels in these old storage tanks!  It’s time to get rid of these under ground storage tanks.  If there is any fuel offered it should be UNLEADED!!!! Other small airports such as Torrance have done this for years. PLEASE ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 70 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 8 contribute to the climate change solution as well as cleaning the air in our back yards. I will be SO grateful.  Lead causes learning disabilities in children and impacts health. We must eradicate lead from our environment!  Please cease and desist the sale of leaded fuel.  Every little piece of the puzzle is essential.Every missed link weakens us. Please remain strong in your actions !  Decommission the toxic tanks and stop leasing them now!  Please get rid of the fuel storage and stop the jets from endangering our neighborhoods.  While SM cannot restrict the sale of leaded fuel, the Consent Decree does not require SM to sell leaded AvGas or provide tanks for lease to sell this toxic fuel. I do believe that individual Council Members could be personally liable for gross dereliction of duty if the sale of toxic fuel is authorized. And, why WOULD a sane person go out of their way to facilitate the spewing of toxic, disease- causing fumes over our own neighbors??  For the good of Santa Monica please discontinue use of all city owned tanks that store toxic fuel. Do the right thing.  Please do the right thing to make our community as safe as possible for its residents. Thank you.  Please be kind to mother earth!  "Stopping the City from enabling Atlantic Aviation's ongoing lead poisoning of our children should be an easy decision given your professed commitment to environmental justice.  Acts, not words, reveal values.  As our elected representatives, are you stalwart protectors of our children! Please act on our behalf."  Please discourage leaded fuel wherever you can!  Please, please do not allow the city to be complicit in poisoning our children with lead.  "Please stop the poisoning of my two children, we live in Sunset Park, we smell leaded gas fumes all the time!!  You pride yourself on being an environmental city. Santa Monica has a history of developing environmental and sustainability strategies, with the most recent focus on community-wide carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner. PLEASE, get rid of the fuel storage tanks! Please protect the many, over the few.  Let’s begin to close down the airport so that we’re ready in 2028.  There can be NO GOOD REASON to lease underground storage tanks at SMO to store leaded fuel for use over our town. PLEASE STOP and think of the PEOPLE.  There will be long term repercussions to your decisions which will leave your legacy of service to Santa Monica Citizens who entrust the health of the children in your hands. There is more than enough research by the EPA, CDC, and even the FAA about the dangers of lead pollution. It is time to stop playing politics and stand up for what you know in your heart is right.  Get this toxic stuff out of our neighborhood!  Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this common sense measure. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 71 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 9  Please stop poisoning the residents of Santa Monica.  Fuel tanks at gas stations have often been repaired due to leakage. There are ways to avoid future litigation. Perhaps you should take them.  Please don’t allow them to store toxic fuels on the airport!!!!  Do not stand by while our children are being poisoned. Do not extend the Atlantic Aviation lease of city-owned fuel tanks. GET THE LEAD OUT!  I would like to voice my support to stop leasing of the underground storage tanks at the Santa Monica Airport for all types of fuels and toxic chemicals.  We know how harmful these fuels are to the public and the environment, and yet we do little to stop them. Do not enable this any longer! Please end the lease and decommission the tanks to prevent further harm to us all. Thank you.  Stop the fuel farm lease!  Stop poisoning our neighborhood and children! It’s absurd.  My house is constantly covered in sut from fuel.. toxic and loud  Don't be fools! Water is gold  We are not required to provide tanks or sell fuel and we should not if we are serious about closing the airport. Right now we need to focus on the fuel farm lease. Time to do as you say, now!  Water is so precious that it must be protected above all and no matter the cost.  I want this decommission of the 37-year-old City-owned underground storage tanks to happen immediately.  There is no case for the continued use of leaded fuels, aviation or otherwise.  No more jets!!!! Enough.  Hasten the discontinuation of leaded aviation fuel by refusing to store it in city-owned facilities.  Please help convert airport to a park. No new construction.  Please do not delay any longer than necessary.  Since we are not supposed to have jets at the SM Airport - we don't need to have the fuel there either. Begs the question, are you serious about providing safety to the neighborhood by removing the jets and fuel? that's what we have all been promised for years  I strongly oppose the renewal of the fuel tank lease at the airport property  The health risks are simply not worth any potential commercial benefits that may derive from maintaining the lease. Thank you for doing the right thing!  Please please please vote to get rid of these dangerous toxins in our neighborhood. We know too much to let these leaded and other toxic fuels continue to harm us all. Thank you!  No more Aviation fuel at SMO  This is urgent to address and take action to protect our environment and the future of our aquifer, our most valuable asset. Please take action to decommission the 37 year old City owned storage tanks at Santa Monica Airport and stop leasing them to store leaded and other toxic fuels. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 72 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 10  Walk the talk and protect our environment. And no deals with "property developers."  An accident--and class action--waiting to happen.  Decommission Now!!  Removing the underground storage tanks would contribute to better health, especially for those of us who live in the airport neighborhood.  Stop allowing toxic fuels in our city!  Fuel tanks don't belong here if we're serious about closing the airport.  For a city that prides itself on clean living, Santa Monica can be mighty hypocritical when it comes to selling out.  Let’s get this transition started.  Please help clean up our city!  Santa Monica should do everything in it's power to protect the health of its citizens!  You absolutely have a health obligation to stop the storage & sale of AV leaded fuel….  Having been a victim of leaded fuel particles over our house for 38 years, we strongly encourage going forward the City stop leasing underground storage used for leaded fuels.  Let's do the common sense, right thing. Thank you.  Thank you for continuing to seek ways to heal the land at the Santa Monica Airport so it is available for a new life.  How many years will it take to clean up the toxic leaks on airport land?  Let's get the lead out of Santa Monica. Thank you.  Please get the lead out! I live at the end of the runway (Navy and Walgreens). I worry about long term known health risks. I’m shocked to learn that lead fuel exists.  Do not extending this  Let's clean up these tanks to avoid a much more expensive cleanup when the chemicals leach into our land due to age-related failure.  The vast health problems that stem from leaded fuel were first discovered in the 70's (fifty years ago). Lead was introduced into fuel to make engines go faster. Allowing airplanes at SMO access to leaded fuel from City owned storage tanks, means you the City Council (our representatives) would be prioritizing airplane efficiency over the lives of the City's citizens. Decommissioning these tanks is 50 years past due.  I believe my father’s Parkinson’s Disease could have been caused by his living under the runway of the airport.  Release the underground storage  Don't be hypocritical. Stop supplying storage for lead avgas.  SMO will close in 80 months, per both the 2017 Consent Decree and the 2017 City Council SMO Closure Resolution No. 11026 which states, “The City Council directs the City Manager, City Attorney and their staffs to take all actions necessary and proper to ensure that SMO will cease to operate as an airport and shall be closed to all aeronautical use forever effective as of midnight on ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 73 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 11 December 31, 2028.” The SMO fuel farm and underground storage tanks are far past their life expectancy and should be decommissioned now.  Please act quickly on this hazard to our community's health!  We have known for over ten years the damage that leaded gas from the Small planes is causing our children> THIS MUST STOP NOW!!  I wholeheartedly agree that these storage tanks be decommissioned. And let’s have public notice that Santa Monica is a leader in reducing access to leaded gas. Public health and the climate thank you! ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 74 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Eric Weingarten <weinga@ca.rr.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 4:11 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Item 4-B EXTERNAL Your uƩer lack of compliance in following a legal agreement to turn the Airport into parklands by 2028 shows a disregard for people’s health, safety & welfare. You already circumvented the 2016 will of the people by signing a closed door agreement to keep the Airport open Ɵll 2028 in a signed deal with the FAA. Now, as I knew you would, you are once again ignoring your commitments & promises & acƟng in bad faith! Enough is enough! Eric Weingarten Sent from my iPhone ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 75 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Margaret Francesca Rosenthal <mrosenth@usc.edu> Sent:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 7:37 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Airport develpoment EXTERNAL I am wriƟng to oppose the development of the airport into housing. I approve the idea to convert the airport into a park. Thank you, Margaret Rosenthal ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 76 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:GC C2 <wave24@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 8:32 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Airport Space & METRO filth Importance:High EXTERNAL PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE turn the Santa Monica Airport into a LARGE PUBLIC PARK that EVERYONE can enjoy. The idea of building houses and homeless shelters is disgusting, and will ruin the city that is ALREADY BUILDING HOMELESS APARTMENTS in a parking lot, right next to the StM PIER, and this will DRIVE AWAY TOURISTS If you are trying to DESTROY SANTA MONICA< you are SUCCEEDING. Also, what about the FILTH AND CRIME ON THE METRO LINE? How about building a final ENCLOSED BUILDING at End of Line, that NO ONE CAN LEAVE WITHOUT SHOWING A VALID TICKET And that locks in people until they PAY for their transit. I have never seen such filth, and was recently assaulted riding the Metro to the IMAX Theatre, And there is NO ONE ON THE TRAIN to protect passengers… A stupid sign says to CALL someone on the phone for emergencies ????? That is hardly useful when you are being assaulted, and robbers can see you calling? WHERE ARE THE SECURITY CAMERAS ON THESE TRAINS? ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 77 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Alan Levenson <alan@alanlevenson.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 10:06 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Item 4B - Atlantic Lease EXTERNAL Dear Council and others, DO NOT SIGN the lease to AtlanƟc with the city owned fuel farm. Here is why: 1. The AtlanƟc lease INCLUDING THE FUEL FARM is not required by any agreement. We have repeatedly asked what agreement or regulaƟon requires the lease of the fuel farm and have never been given a straight answer with a cite from any agreement or FAA regulaƟon. If such requirement existed we all would have seen it by now. There is a ﬂoor full of lawyers at city hall. Someone should be able to answer clearly with facts and back up informaƟon. 2. AtlanƟc has been on a holdover lease for almost a decade. If the FAA, or anyone, is going to sue us for not signing this lease with the fuel farm, then why have they not yet done so already? 3. The staff keeps perpetuaƟng the myth that we can not stop the sale of fuel at SMO and that not leasing the fuel farm would stop fuel sales. Not leasing a forty year old fuel farm does not equate to not allowing the sale of fuel. Fuel can be sold by AtlanƟc without the lease of these tanks from trucks and their own approved and safe tanks of their choosing. YOUR ARE DISCUSSING THINGS IN CLOSED SESSION THAT TRANSPARENCY OF GOVERNANCE REQUIRES TO BE DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC. An important quesƟon that needs to be answered is what is staff trying to hide by keeping the AtlanƟc lease discussions behind closed doors for the second Ɵme in two weeks, and in years gone by? Make a decision out in the open based on the facts. PLEASE NOTE: FOR THE SEPTEMBER 26 CLOSED SESSION ON THIS LEASE OVER 80 PAGES OF PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE SUBMITTED, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS AGAINST SIGNING THIS LEASE. THESE COMMENTS WERE NOT POSTED ONLINE AS WRITTEN COMMENTS UNTIL TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING BECAUSE OF AN ‘ISSUE,” Residents are being ignored. The Airport Commission and their resoluƟons and recommendaƟons regarding lease have been ignored. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED YOU AND READ THEIR COMMENTS. DO NOT IGNORE THE AIRPORT COMMISSION YOU APPOINTED TO ADVISE YOU. DO NOT LEASE THE FUEL FARM. Thank you. Alan Alan Levenson ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 78 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 2 www.alanlevenson.com ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 79 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:DAVID STILLER <tuneupds@aol.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 10:37 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Lofty EXTERNAL I have been an airport, user, tenant, and pilot at Santa Monica Airport for over 40 years. Airports are unique and require experience and knowledge to manage properly. Please choose, come knowledgeable, and experienced people for these posiƟons Best wishes , Dave SƟller ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 80 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:John Murdock <jbmlaw@hotmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 11:41 AM To:councilmtgitems Subject:Airport EXTERNAL The proposal to spend $3,000,000 for a group of residents to study and debate the future of the airport property when the voters have already set the course is irresponsible and designed purposely to open the door to housing and other developments the voters have already rejected. We are told point blank that the city has insufficient funds for code enforcement in our neighborhood, yet staff is assuming that $3M is an acceptable expense for a useless, nonbinding exercise in confusion? Please be the adults in the city government and reject this out of hand. John B. Murdock 1209 Pine Street Santa Monica, CA 90405 tel. (310) 450‐1859 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 81 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Mark SmithTV <mark@randomtv.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 1:02 PM To:Gleam Davis; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; Phil Brock; Oscar de la Torre; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete Cc:councilmtgitems Subject:Airport is not a football Attachments:PastedGraphic-2.tiff EXTERNAL I am a contractor working for the City and with the City for over a decade. City staff can’t not punch their way out of a paper bag. We have lost our best staff members. You can not create the future with uneducated ‐ have you seen the news in Israel? 1. There is no money to destroy an airport and build a park. No water. 2. The airport is the greatest asset for the future. 3. Development is not an option ‐ traffic is already too much. Only option: Turn the airport into a fully electric airport by 2035. Develop slowly and wisely. Mark Smith 310 213 0790 http://duenorthproduction.com Respect science, respect nature, respect each other. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 82 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 1 Xavier Mota From:Stanley H Epstein <stanatty@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 10:36 AM To:Gleam Davis; Lana Negrete; Phil Brock; Oscar de la Torre; Christine Parra; Caroline Torosis; Jesse Zwick; David White; dominic gomez; Clerk Mailbox Cc:Alan Levenson Subject:Fwd: Item 4B - Atlantic Lease EXTERNAL The Clerk may not send you Alan’s wonderful letter, but it is must reading for all of you! Stop your illegal closed sessions and put the lease consideration on the Agenda for the next meeting. Stan Epstein Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Alan Levenson <alan@alanlevenson.com> Date: October 10, 2023 at 10:06:16 AM PDT To: councilmtgitems@santamonica.gov Subject: Item 4B ‐ Atlantic Lease Dear Council and others, DO NOT SIGN the lease to Atlantic with the city owned fuel farm. Here is why: 1. The Atlantic lease INCLUDING THE FUEL FARM is not required by any agreement. We have repeatedly asked what agreement or regulation requires the lease of the fuel farm and have never been given a straight answer with a cite from any agreement or FAA regulation. If such requirement existed we all would have seen it by now. There is a floor full of lawyers at city hall. Someone should be able to answer clearly with facts and back up information. 2. Atlantic has been on a holdover lease for almost a decade. If the FAA, or anyone, is going to sue us for not signing this lease with the fuel farm, then why have they not yet done so already? 3. The staff keeps perpetuating the myth that we can not stop the sale of fuel at SMO and that not leasing the fuel farm would stop fuel sales. Not leasing a forty year old fuel farm does not equate to not allowing the sale of fuel. Fuel can be sold by Atlantic without the lease of these tanks from trucks and their own approved and safe tanks of their choosing. YOUR ARE DISCUSSING THINGS IN CLOSED SESSION THAT TRANSPARENCY OF GOVERNANCE REQUIRES TO BE DISCUSSED IN PUBLIC. An important question that needs to be answered is what is staff trying to hide by keeping the Atlantic lease discussions behind closed doors for the second time in two weeks, and in years gone by? Make a decision out in the open based on the facts. ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 83 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas) 2 PLEASE NOTE: FOR THE SEPTEMBER 26 CLOSED SESSION ON THIS LEASE OVER 80 PAGES OF PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE SUBMITTED, AND EVERY SINGLE ONE WAS AGAINST SIGNING THIS LEASE. THESE COMMENTS WERE NOT POSTED ONLINE AS WRITTEN COMMENTS UNTIL TWO HOURS BEFORE THE MEETING BECAUSE OF AN ‘ISSUE,” Residents are being ignored. The Airport Commission and their resolutions and recommendations regarding lease have been ignored. PLEASE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED YOU AND READ THEIR COMMENTS. DO NOT IGNORE THE AIRPORT COMMISSION YOU APPOINTED TO ADVISE YOU. DO NOT LEASE THE FUEL FARM. Thank you. Alan Alan Levenson www.alanlevenson.com ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 ITEM 4.B. October 10, 2023 4.B.a Packet Pg. 84 Attachment: Written Comments [Revision 1] (6072 : 2828 Donald Douglas)