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o AC RP briefing to Co leads in Chicago on May 17 th . The rest of the month will be spent at ZNY modeling with ISIM to complete final design for ZBW, ZNY, ZDC, ZJX at the new ATAC ISIM lab. o Submitted by Jorge Rivera Article 48 Rep Na tional Route Structure Progra m/ ACRP Co - lead • Denver Metroplex Design & Implementation o April 4, 2016 marked the 90% milestone for the Denver D&I. o We began April meeting with the working group at Denver Center and con ducted our 90% validation week. This included a validation day for Indu stry and ATC and a second day that was an outreach briefing for our airports and RMNP ( Rocky Mountain National Park). We managed to accomplish all of our airports except for FNL who we will catch up at a later date. After the validation meeting the Core Te am had a detailed briefing and discussion from Jeff Davis and Dawn Ramirez o n Outreach planning activities. We also had an opportunity to meet with our ATAC EA contractor and OSG Environmental personnel. o In addition to the 90% validation meetings, the Core Team was asked by the Program Office to prepare a detailed presentation for an Industry m eeting that took place at Denver TRACON on Thursday, April 21 st . The primary focus for this meeting was to address concerns presented to FAA HQ concerning Southwest A irlines disapproval of the Denver Metroplex and the d esign work tha t has been completed thus far. This meeting was well attended by Industry to include representatives from Southwest, U nited, American, and Frontier. We also had very good participation from the Metroplex Program Office, as well as, representatives from FAA HQ, FSIDO, and facility POCs. This meeting had the potential of being very contentious, however, I believe the Denver Metroplex D&I Team did an excellent job presenting our design to South west and answering most of their concerns. o The Core Team did not meet the last week of April due to the FAA holding a FAA Management Leads meeting in D.C. o The Denver Team has begun preparation for upcoming Community Involvement meetings and is finalizing D esign Packages for signatures. We did get information this week that Bill Payne, a representative for the General Aviation community in the Denver area, is upset with the proposed s atellite airport arrivals th e Team designed from the north. Mark Phipps (FA A Co - Lead) has spoke to Bill about these issues and the Core Team plans to meet with Bill as soon as possible to listen to his concerns and help explain the designs. o Submitted by Chris Thomas , Article 48 Co - Lead Denver D&I • Charlotte Metroplex o The Charlotte Metroplex p roject continues to work post - implementation issues and prepare for the May and July 2016 implementations. The team worked at Atlanta Center (ZTL), Eastern Service Center (ESC), Charlotte TRACON , and Jacksonville Center (ZJX). We visited Fayett eville, Florence and Jacksonville t owers. o The team continues to work on a myriad of issues as the implementations approach. All facilities are on schedule for the May 26 chart date and May 31 implementation date and are working on the July 21 chart date. The POCs at all facilities continue to do the work at the local level and we work with the Plans & Procedures and Training departments as needed.