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The Las Vegas Metroplex Study Team completed all of its conceptual design work by November 6 and then began work on the S tudy Team Final Report. The Study Team Final Report has now been edited by the team and the Metroplex Program Office Leads and has also finished going through the tech writing process. Also, for the first time in the Metroplex study team process, we establ ished direct communication with the local airport authority and the Airport District Office to discuss potential noise sensitive areas and environmental hot spots. The final report has been signed by the Director of Airspace Services , with a likely D&I ph ase kickoff sometime in the early 2017 timeframe after a determination of what the airport and community outreach will look like and finalizing funding issues. Also, the tower/TRACON move into their new facility this month. The study team analysis of the c onceptual designs has determined roughly $7.5M in potential annual benefits to the Las Vegas Valley with an $11M overall estimated cost to the agency. Pre - design coordination involving community involvement has already commenced. We continue to work with t he VOR MON program to determine the most efficient way to integrate the ongoing work being done by VOR MON with the need to replace procedures through the current PBN processes. We continue to work with AJV - 14 to add additional co - lead support in each of t he Service Centers to do this extra procedure design and development. We also continue to work with AJV - 14 to improve the PBN Dashboard by finding ways to validate the accuracy of the Dashboard data along with efforts to examine the consistency of the data . The PBN Dashboard is the main support tool used by the OSG PBN Co - Leads to produce the Baseline Analysis Reviews (BAR) for PBN project requests through the 7100.41A process. We are also engaged in the rewrite of the 8260.43 order that governs the schedul ing and prioritization of procedure development in AJV - 5 (Aeronautical Information Services) although work may soon commence on a prioritization plan with AJV - 14 in the near future. We are currently looking at meeting dates in early November for the 8260.4 3 re - write workgroup to continue working on the draft document. I am currently the NATCA POC for the SFO CAR (Corrective Action Report). The CAR is reference the DYAMD and SERFR STARs into SFO and an issue with the descent profile leaving the confines of t he Class B airspace with speeds higher than allowed in the FARs. The POCs have sent forth a final response to the Director of Airspace Services and VP of Mission Support. The ATSAP Analysis Team (AAT) has not concurred with the response at this time but w e are looking to start work in the very near future on the amendment to the SERFR (via the 7100.41A process) to bring the procedure back in to compliance. We are also re - examining the lead operator roles and responsibilities as it relates to the ongoing Me troplex teams and the single site OSG PBN work. We expect to have a telcon with A4A and other industry representatives in the near future to discuss. Submitted by Metroplex Study Team Lead Art. 48 Ed Hulsey National Design and I mplementation Rep (August) : Metroplex: The f unding issue for FY 17 and remainder of FY 16 appears to have been resolved. Community Outreach continues to be challenging in developing and implementing PBN in the NAS. Metroplex has developed Community Outreach plans for the sites and out reach has now begun at all sites. There has been some movement on getting plans in place for outreach for our .41a projects , however tho se plans are still disjointed. In addition, the Agency still has several groups working this issue with little or no coo rdination between them. It is hoped the SCT Metroplex record of decision (ROD)