Item 4E memoCITY OF
SOUTHLAK-E
MEMORANDUM
February 22, 2022
To: City Council
From: Ken Baker, AICP — Sr. Director of Planning & Development Services
Subject: Item 4E — Approve a License Agreement with the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW)
International Airport to allow the installation of noise monitoring equipment and
fencing on City owned property located at 100 E. Dove Road (Southlake Fire
Station #3 — North Park Vicinity).
Purpose: Approve a license agreement with the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to
place noise monitoring equipment on the City's property located at 100 E. Dove
Road in an area near the fence line located west of the North Park parking lot
area and north of the Fire Station #3 parking area (Attachment A - -proposed
location).
Background
Information: The DFW International Airport monitors sound from aircraft operations via a
series of permanently mounted noise monitor sites strategically located in nine
cities, and three counties which surround the airport. The measured noise data
is correlated with FAA radar data to determine the source attributable to aircraft
operations (arrivals and departures). The correlated noise data confirms
compliance with federal stipulations from the 1992 Final Environmental Impact
Statement (FEIS) and provides local communities and builders with baseline
aircraft and community sound exposure levels for building design and planning.
The DFW International Airport currently has a noise monitor located in the
vicinity of Highland and Carroll intersection but was unable to reach an
agreement with property owner to continue to utilize the property. As such, the
airport is looking for a new location in the vicinity and proposes to locate a
monitor on City's property located at 100 E. Dove Road in an area near the
fence line located west of the North Park parking lot area and north of the Fire
Station #3 parking area.
Vicinity Map — Proposed location of the equipment (see Attachment A)
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Vicinity map and site photo (see Attachment A)
The proposed location of the noise monitoring equipment is more than 450 feet
from the nearest residential property and includes the following: a concrete
base (approximately three -foot -by -three-foot), 20-foot above -ground tilt pole,
microphone, windscreen, bird spike, lightning arrestor, noise level analyzer,
weather station, spread -spectrum radio, transmitter antenna, sound card, solar
panel, battery storage, cellular modem, and associated enclosure cases. A
security fence surrounding the equipment and meeting the City's design
standards will be installed. The noise monitor will be solar powered.
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The DFW airport is requesting the license agreement be for a 20-year period.
The license agreement includes a provision that after 5 years the City can
terminate the license agreement upon one year written notice. Also, the DFW
airport agrees to relocate the noise monitor at its expense if the City determines
the premises is needed for public works, public health and safety or expansion
of park facilities. Because the noise monitoring equipment is a benefit to the
City and its residents, the staff is recommending a nominal yearly payment of
$10. (See Attachment D).
Attachment A — Location Map
Attachment B - Tilt Pole and Fence Installation Guidelines
Attachment C - Tilt Mast Installation — Concrete base specifications
Attachment D - License Agreement
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