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KENT INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE (K.I.A.C.C.) Friday 30th March at 7.15pm in the St Lawrence Parish Hall, High
Street, St Laurence, Ramsgate 1. Chairman’s welcome 2. Chairman’s report on latest developments concerning the Committee 3. Governance Issues: (a) composition & terms of reference of Committee (b) future meetings: frequency and public/private sessions 4. Discussion of Issues Paper” (February 2007) — attached — additions and deletions to list of items suggested in this paper 5. Next steps - prioritisation of issues and future work programme” 6. Any Other Business — notified to Chairman 3 days in advance of meeting NOTES OF 1. The Chairman welcomed members to the meeting,
explained the reasons for the delay in setting up the meeting, and was pleased
to welcome the new airport General Manager, Mr Matt Clarke together with Dr
Warren Mundy (Group General Manager Corporate Strategy) . A number of
papers were circulated from the Department of Transport, provided by Dr Stephen
Ladyman, setting out the background to KIACC's work. 2. In relation to the timing of future
meetings, the consensus was that the best arrangement would be to hold meetings
on Tuesday afternoons. It was also agreed that most meetings should
take place at the airport. 3. Mr Brian White from Thanet District Council
gave an account of the planning system as it applied to the airport, with
special reference Section 106 agreements. Members expressed concern about
the enforcement of the current agreement and the way in which any future
agreement would be negotiated. Mr White agreed to
provide a paper for discussion at the next meeting. 4. There was a discussion of the noise monitoring
arrangements; the use (or not) of "preferred routes" (with problems
identified for Ramsgate and Bishopsbourne); and the alleged failure to fine
operators (and the matter of the payments owed at the time of the failure
of the previous airport operator). 5. In response to the concerns raised, Mr White agreed
to provide a paper on environmental monitoring of the aiport's operations and Mr
Clarke agreed to arrange for the head of the airport's air traffic control to
make a presentation and answer questions at the next meeting. 6. The issue of water pollution was raised and it
appeared from what Mr White said that the situation around Cliffsend was
complicated (not least because it was possible that Kent Highways had tapped
in to one of the outlets). The issue was being investigated and a report
would be made to the Committee in due course. 7. Mr Clarke gave a brief account of his
career to date and his thoughts about the future of the airport. It was
agreed that Infratil would continue to provide the regular monitoring
reports that had been produced for the Committee hitherto and that, as far
as possible, given commercial confidentiality, etc, there would be reports at
future meetings on their existing activities and plans for the future. 8. There was a discussion of the Trust Fund
and the question of whether or not there was "missing money". Mr White
agreed to report further on this at the next meeting. 9. A date and time for the next meeting was
agreed but as a consequence of the local government elections it was
subsequently agreed to put the date back so that councils would have time to
sort out their representation. It was agreed that the next meeting
would take place at the airport.
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