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Invited by Coupeville attorney Ken Pickard to address the WISE meeting, [Seattle Attorney Michael] Gendler also discussed possible inverse condemnation litigation claiming devaluation of residential property by jet noise.
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The three prongs of the WISE’s approach are direct negotiations with the Navy, political action and litigation.
[WISE Legal Committee Chairman] Jones said the government might “recognize the problem and start doing something about it” when WISE gets “all three of those approaches going to parallel.”
Tom Punch, WISE’s Navy liaison committee chairman said direct negotiations were “going at a snail’s pace” but that he thought they could be productive. Punch, a Coupeville Realtor, asked noise zone residents to let him know how many flights per day they “can live with” for purposes of negotiating.
Political action committee chairman Dennis Argent said the state’s congressional delegation reported receiving “stacks of letters” and he urged members to keep writing their elected representatives.
If direct negotiation and political action aren’t enough, said Jones, a $100-million lawsuit “might get the attention of the government.” He said his rough estimate was based on an average $25,000 loss of property use, due to jet noise and accident potential, on some 4,000 lots in and around the Navy’s Coupeville Outlying Field (OLF).
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Jones is a member of the Coupeville Town Council, which in April unanimously adopted a resolution against Navy noise and accident-potential zones in town. NAS Whidbey commanding officer Capt. Dave Williams wrote the town in July saying the Navy can’t comply with the resolution, and urging town officials to cooperate in AICUZ planning efforts.
Under the WISE plan even as litigation would proceed, said Jones, attempts to “establish a dialogue with the Navy” for direct negotiations would continue, and pressure would continue to be put on local, state and federal elected officials to help solve the problem.
The problem WISE cites is that operations have increased drastically and are expected to continue to increase at the Coupeville OLF, and residents of some areas – such as Admiral's Cove – are regularly subjected to average noise levels of Ldn 75 to 85 or higher.
Ldn is a measure of the day-night average sound level in decibels, with night time noise weighted an extra 10 decibels because of its greater intrusiveness.
The rise of WISE...
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Invited by Coupeville attorney Ken Pickard to address the WISE meeting, [Seattle Attorney Michael] Gendler also discussed possible inverse condemnation litigation claiming devaluation of residential property by jet noise.
. . .
The three prongs of the WISE’s approach are direct negotiations with the Navy, political action and litigation.
[WISE Legal Committee Chairman] Jones said the government might “recognize the problem and start doing something about it” when WISE gets “all three of those approaches going to parallel.”
Tom Punch, WISE’s Navy liaison committee chairman said direct negotiations were “going at a snail’s pace” but that he thought they could be productive. Punch, a Coupeville Realtor, asked noise zone residents to let him know how many flights per day they “can live with” for purposes of negotiating.
Political action committee chairman Dennis Argent said the state’s congressional delegation reported receiving “stacks of letters” and he urged members to keep writing their elected representatives.
If direct negotiation and political action aren’t enough, said Jones, a $100-million lawsuit “might get the attention of the government.” He said his rough estimate was based on an average $25,000 loss of property use, due to jet noise and accident potential, on some 4,000 lots in and around the Navy’s Coupeville Outlying Field (OLF).
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Jones is a member of the Coupeville Town Council, which in April unanimously adopted a resolution against Navy noise and accident-potential zones in town. NAS Whidbey commanding officer Capt. Dave Williams wrote the town in July saying the Navy can’t comply with the resolution, and urging town officials to cooperate in AICUZ planning efforts.
Under the WISE plan even as litigation would proceed, said Jones, attempts to “establish a dialogue with the Navy” for direct negotiations would continue, and pressure would continue to be put on local, state and federal elected officials to help solve the problem.
The problem WISE cites is that operations have increased drastically and are expected to continue to increase at the Coupeville OLF, and residents of some areas – such as Admiral's Cove – are regularly subjected to average noise levels of Ldn 75 to 85 or higher.
Ldn is a measure of the day-night average sound level in decibels, with night time noise weighted an extra 10 decibels because of its greater intrusiveness.
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The rise of WISE...
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Invited by Coupeville attorney Ken Pickard to address the WISE meeting, [Seattle Attorney Michael] Gendler also discussed possible inverse condemnation litigation claiming devaluation of residential property by jet noise.
. . .
The three prongs of the WISE’s approach are direct negotiations with the Navy, political action and litigation.
[WISE Legal Committee Chairman] Jones said the government might “recognize the problem and start doing something about it” when WISE gets “all three of those approaches going to parallel.”
Tom Punch, WISE’s Navy liaison committee chairman said direct negotiations were “going at a snail’s pace” but that he thought they could be productive. Punch, a Coupeville Realtor, asked noise zone residents to let him know how many flights per day they “can live with” for purposes of negotiating.
Political action committee chairman Dennis Argent said the state’s congressional delegation reported receiving “stacks of letters” and he urged members to keep writing their elected representatives.
If direct negotiation and political action aren’t enough, said Jones, a $100-million lawsuit “might get the attention of the government.” He said his rough estimate was based on an average $25,000 loss of property use, due to jet noise and accident potential, on some 4,000 lots in and around the Navy’s Coupeville Outlying Field (OLF).
. . .
Jones is a member of the Coupeville Town Council, which in April unanimously adopted a resolution against Navy noise and accident-potential zones in town. NAS Whidbey commanding officer Capt. Dave Williams wrote the town in July saying the Navy can’t comply with the resolution, and urging town officials to cooperate in AICUZ planning efforts.
Under the WISE plan even as litigation would proceed, said Jones, attempts to “establish a dialogue with the Navy” for direct negotiations would continue, and pressure would continue to be put on local, state and federal elected officials to help solve the problem.
The problem WISE cites is that operations have increased drastically and are expected to continue to increase at the Coupeville OLF, and residents of some areas – such as Admiral's Cove – are regularly subjected to average noise levels of Ldn 75 to 85 or higher.
Ldn is a measure of the day-night average sound level in decibels, with night time noise weighted an extra 10 decibels because of its greater intrusiveness.
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WHIDBEY NEWS-TIMES &rving North and Central ll'hidbey Island
VOLUME N, NU11HR 11
Anti-noise group launches three-prong attack
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