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On behalf of principal signers opposing Measure A on the 3/4/03 ballot (Chip Evans, David Pandori and David Fadness), I am writing to acknowledge with great appreciation the 40 donors of  financial help. These do include the four signers who collectively contributed some $3500. Most of you also contributed time and energy in precinct walking, handing out flyers and telephoning.

While the election results were disappointing, we certainly made a difference. Even the Mercury News editorialized that the airport does continue to need a watchful citizens’ group.  As you probably know, the one issue ballot measure, costing some $2.3 million to put on the special election and garnering the lowest recorded voter turnout (15.5%) in San Jose history was amazing.  Our People Against Airport Traffic Jams was outspent 10 to 1. Final figures indicated “People” raised over $16,000 to fund the NO on Measure A efforts. The proponents raised over $183,000 to back the measure.

“People” will close its books, its bank account ($0) and its post office box. Those of us who have manned the forts in CAAP (Citizens Against Airport Pollution) since 1989, have currently adopted a new mission statement.

To improve the quality of life through a cleaner and quieter, and safer airport, our focus will be as follows:

1. Be politically active in support of efforts which improve transit, provide traffic relief, and reduce pollution.
   
   
2. To act to enforce and preserve the airport curfew
   
   
3. We will also monitor and report progress on Measure A implementation as well as other airport related ordinances.
   
   
4. We will continue to implement fund-raising activities to ensure that the above goals are met.

STEERING COMMITTEE:

Dr. Kenneth Hayes, M.D.
  Chairperson
  Physician

Robert Harmssen, 
  Vice Chairperson
  Attorney at Law

Lenora Porcella, 
  Vice Chairperson
  Travel Agent

 Lilian Dennis,
  Secretary
  Small Business Owner

Sharen Dains,
 Treasurer
  Freelance Court   Reporter

Ed Blackmond
Technical Advisor

Mark Wheeler
Environmental
Advisor

Dr. Walter Bowman, M.D.
  Medical Advisor
 

TASKFORCE:

Sandy Bauer,
  Webmistress

Ed Hodges
Historian

Airport Noise Report Line - (408) 452-0707

The city of San Jose has a new Info line that is a 24/7 fax. The number is 408-277-8500 with four digit codes for the following:

• 1103 - Airport Acoustical Treatment Program
• 1106 - Airport Noise Monitoring Center
• 1109 - General Information

South Bay residents are encouraged to report intrusive aircraft overflight noise on San Francisco Airport's toll free citizen complaint number. Callers with a complaint should state the time, date, duration.

The toll free number is 1 (877) 206-8290

Do you Smell Noxious Aircraft Fumes?

Do the Fumes make you close your windows or run into your House?

Do you keep your kids from playing outside or stop working in your Yard  when the fumes are thick?  Are you or your children having any problems with Asthma?

Has Bay Area Air Quality Management (1-800-334-6367) told you that they have no "jurisdiction" over Air Craft Fumes? Have you been told by the Airport staff that these fumes are not Airport related; or that the Airport never receives any fume complaints?

We now have a  "Fumes" Complaint Line!

As a result of resident concerns, Jerry Hetnar, Environmental Department, of the San Jose Airport is logging dates, times, and addresses of people who are smelling Aircraft fumes.  His phone number is 408-501-7706.  You can even leave a message after working hours with your fumes complaint
date and time.

Don't hesitate to call and log your fume concern!  It is only by speaking up and raising our voices that we will get heard!  Many people calling will lead to some kind of investigation of those pungent fumes and perhaps something to monitor our most precious resource --- OUR AIR!!

Live Radar Flight Tracks allows you to watch the movement of flights and air traffic patterns currently in use within the Bay Area. This map will show flight tracks of aircraft arriving and departing from SFO, Oakland, and San Jose Airport and other nearby general aviation airports. Red plane icons are arrivals, green are departures, black are General Aviation or small propeller aircraft and helicopters. The white icons are aircraft   transiting the area and bypassing local airports. The icon sizes are uniform regardless of the actual size of the aircraft. 

Mapshowing the cummulative effect of 17 of Santa Clara County's leading 'High Tech' Hazardous Air Pollutants identified by SVTC that are contained in the CEP database and have an EPA Benchmark for cancer. The risk for cancer is much higher than the Clean Air Act goal of 1 in 1 million individualsanywhere in Santa Clara County. The cancer risk ranges from 18 to 876 additional cancer cases - a high of over 800 additional cancer cases per million individuals - resulting from exposure to the subset of High Tech chemicals that SVTC has identified.