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with Program Director Jeff Yarnell and his Deputy and Program Man agers in a leadership meeting. The three Program managers are all new in their roles so we reviewed a great deal of intern al processes and made some plan s for the programs future. We have an enormous workload for 2016 and it will be a constant strain to ensure that all areas are commu nicating and working together. Collaboration with the NATCA leads will be a key element to th e success of the program. Thus far TAMR has made every single Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) milestone on or ahead of schedule. That is unheard of for an FAA program of this magnitude. Between the three parts of TAMR it is a $1.5 Billi on dollar acquisi tion project. We were recently "re - baselined" because one Segment was approximately 6% over budget. Also a very small figure by comparison for such an enormous project. o Mr. Herrick and Mr . Yarnell met with Deputy Administrator for NextGen Ed Bolton on Th ursday morning to talk about prog ram accomplishments and goals. This was an extremely enlightening and rewarding meeting because we were able to highlight the level of collaboration taking place within the TAMR progr am and success it is bringing. o Section 804. Co - lead Don Chapman travelled to Bakersfield, CA (BFL) to begin the collection of data from the site as we begin the analysis of a potential move of the BFL TRACON functions to either Fresno (FAT) or Santa Barbara (SBA). As with all Section 804 activ ities this is simply data collec tion and it is pre - decisional. o CLE/AZO decisions. The recommendations as to what will happen with some of the facilities under analysis for potential realignment in both Michigan and Ohio are written and we are awaiting a briefing with the Administrator and President Rinaldi as well as PASS President Mike Perrone prior to a meeting with the involved facilities to give them the recommendations in person. We are hopeful those decisions will be made public by the end of Novemb er. · STARS/TAMR Phase 3 Segment 1 Update submitted by Doug Peterson - D10 o Southern California TRACON continues to be a high priority for segment 1. The R3a software delivery that was installed 2 weeks ago was a significant improvement, but it has no t solved all tracking problems. Tracking anomalies continue to be reported. Radar performance has also gotten significant attention and notable improvements have been made. The " easy stuff " has been done. The largest remaining improvements, which are criti cal to continued success, will likely come primarily through adaptation and additional software. o Kyle Ness (M98) and Doug Peterson (D10) visited Potomac TRACON for a Lessons Learned meeting. A great deal of useful information was exchanged and it was a s uccessful meeting. In a breakout session with Air Traffic, a software discrepancy that threatened the current IOC schedule was discussed at length and a plan was developed that would allow the facility to transition on schedule. · STARS/TAMR Phase 3 Segment 2 Update submitted by Scott Robillard - K90.