UCSF HOSPITAL REPLACEMENT COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP (CAG) ACTION TEAM MEETING October 24, 2007 1
UCSF Commitment to the Community Will listen Will be honest and forthcoming Will be prepared with as much information as is available Will continue to commit to being a good neighbor to the Dogpatch and Potrero Hill neighborhoods 2
Let s commit to respectful discussion One conversation at a time Share air time 3
Agenda Overview and Feedback Helicopter Test Flight Next Steps 4
Need for Helipad UCSF Children s Hospital provides a vast array of expert care from routine immunizations to the most advanced treatments for serious, life-threatening childhood diseases. This expertise is available to the children of San Francisco, and of California and beyond. Rapid access to this specialized level of care is vital when a child is critically ill or a baby is born with a devastating birth defect. Community hospitals are not able to provide the level of resources and numbers of pediatric specialists available at UCSF Children s Hospital. A helipad at Mission Bay would provide more immediate access for the most critical of these children. Speeding the UCSF Transport Team to the bedside, or airlifting from a remote hospital will save many lives. 5
OUTPATIENT ENERGY CENTER HOSPITAL 6
Test flight planning group convened August 2 and October 9. August 2 meeting included 11 community members, aviation noise consultant, helipad planning consultant, and CEO of REACH air medical transport. October 9 meeting included 4 community members, aviation noise consultant, and pilot from REACH air medical transport. 7
Developed test flight plan with community, which included: - Test flight date: Sunday, October 21 st, 8:30 a.m. - Extensive notification to community and City departments - Landing at future hospital site to pick up community volunteer - Flying three flight paths - Along each flight path, hovering for 5 seconds at helipad location 140 feet above ground - Hovering over water at end of 16 th Street - Hovering over landing site for 10 seconds, and landing to drop off community volunteer - Noise monitoring at 7 locations, including at community volunteer locations 8
Aspects of Oct. 21 test flight included situations that would not occur with proposed rooftop helipad. Test flight differs from proposed typical helicopter operations in that: - Test flight included two landings and take-offs, and flying three flight paths in relatively quick succession; actual flights would not be so concentrated - Test flight landing was on the ground; proposed helipad would be on roof at a height of 140 feet - Test flight ground landing was approximately 250 feet south of 16 th Street; proposed helipad would be adjacent to 16 th Street - Test flight included hovering; actual flights and landings do not involve extensive hovering 9
Approximate Landing Location 10
Primary Flight Path 11
Alternative Flight Path 12
Secondary Flight Path 13
Noise Monitoring Locations 14
Reviewing, confirming, and analyzing noise data may take about two months: - Collected noise data for each second of each day for 7.5 days (24-hours per day) - Collected A-weighted data and sound spectral data (to derive C-weighted noise levels) - Collected hourly interval data - Requested SFO radar tracking data Certified raw data (about 200MB) will be shared with community - Public locations disclosed - General location of private residences will be disclosed 15
Feedback so far... Positive Neutral Negative 16
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Questions? Comments? 23