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A fairly last minute decision at headquarters level requiring a public outreach be conducted prior to May implementation caused many hours of preparation. The team normally uses this timeframe for upcom ing imp lementation preparation. A Public Outreach was held May 19th at the Mecklenburg Police and Fire Academy to inform the public of the upcoming May procedures. Approximately 130 community members attended. A high level presentation was conducted by the Southe rn Regional Administrator after which the Charlotte Metroplex Leads and Bob answered specific questions on the procedures at graphic boards located around the auditorium. The majority of attendees were from Southwest Charlotte neighborhoods ; these areas ar e being affected by the October 2015 implementation and most questions were about the noise concerns over their nei ghborhoods post implementation. The attendees from southeast neighborhoods that could be affected by upcoming procedures expressed concerns o ver the possibility of noise increase, however most expressed agreement that distributing the noise was a more equitable approach. CLT Metroplex team continues to work post - implementation and a myriad of issues for the May and July 2016 implementations. Th e team worked at Atlanta Center (ZTL), Eastern Service Center (ESC), and Charlotte TRACON, the leads also traveled to Chicago for a Metroplex leads meeting. Several ZTL Area One controllers expressed concerns that the sector 47 redesign , a shelf of airspac e which increases a portion of the sector to FL270 , was not receiving the proposed benefits. The original area subject matter experts anticipated reducing departure level offs, and expected several adjoining low sectors to raise their altitudes to align. T he other sectors did not raise their altitudes to align. The ZTL POC s decided to implement as designed and evaluate if the additional airspace will he lp reduce departure level offs. The May 26 th chart date , which included airspace changes and an up number of the LILLS RNAV SID , went without any issues. All facilities are on schedule for the May 31 implementation date and are work ing on the July 21 chart date. Facilities expressed concern about staffing shortages during summer months so it was agreed upon to hold post implementation review of May and July changes in mid - September. The FAST shop at ZTL continues to be under a heavy workload however with the new weekly telcons with Atlanta and Charlotte Metroplex teams as well as ZTL 530 shop appears to be mor e efficient in prioritizin g the work requested of FAST. May 31 st implementation is for the CHSLY STAR, replacing the IVANE, for CLT arrivals from the Northeast, as wel l as the KILNS and BARMY SIDs. KILNS and BARMY replace the MERRL for departures to the N ortheast and are city paired. Dual departure routes versus a single will provide benefit by reduced track miles and reduced in trail. Ron Myers CLT Metroplex Article 48 lead Florida Metroplex : Florida Metroplex continued to work the southern part of the project. Miami Approach, Miami Center and Palm Beach Approach continued to work the challenges of the complex airspace of south Florida. The preliminary work is complete and now we are planning a HITL to evaluate the designs.