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Jim Wil liams CLT NATCA Co - lead CSA PBN 20 17 - 09 - 07 Attended the CNS Taskforce and PARC Stee ring Group meetings in Seattle. This is a large group of aviation system manufacturers, airline and pilot representatives, numerous FAA offices, and other NAS and domesti c aviation interests. Future NAS stra tegies for navigation and surveillance were introduced and discussed. Numerous FAA programs, including Atlanta Metroplex briefed the group. Att ended meetings in Tucson, Ariz. for Josh Haviland (Eastern PBN NATCA Co - Lead). The Tucson Airport Authority (TAA ) received a procedural overview from the Western OSG. The Western Co - Leads and OSG worked with the TAA on the initial plans for the Community Engagement Plan for Tucson. Major work in Central this month continues to revolve around waivers to mitigate new criteria that is causing many problems with procedure design and managing high level of tasks and workload to support community engagement activities. We continue to discuss and develop strategies and tools to help prioritize and quanti fy costs for each PBN project. As demands from VORMON increase, some PBN projects might be put on hold. Obviously, facilities that discover safety concerns will continue to be high priority. The Austin - Be rgstrom Airport project has s lipped yet again to the Dec. 7, 2017 Cha rt Cycle. There are two procedures at Austin Executive Airport and the ZEEKK STAR (KIAH) that are a lso being worked for December. All procedures for the three airports have been flown by Flight Check and a ll were satisfactory (passed). The Waivers and Lett ers of Authorization have been reviewed by the Procedure Review Board, but several items have b een returned to us for rework. We met with AIS to fully understand what the PRB is looking for but Flight Standard s was not able to participate. We hope to have resolution on all items in tim e to not delay the publication. There are numerous items in the new criteria, which need to be re - evaluated, and until these items are corrected, PBN development at many sites will be more difficult. Our Industry partners hav e also expressed their concern with recent criteria changes. On a more positive note, Community Engagement activities for the Austin post - implementation amendments continue to meet the local needs and are on track to sup port the new publication date. More sites are starting the decom process under VORMON. ZKC and ZID will be briefed by several Operational Support Group perso nnel in September and October. For each facility, the existing waterfall of navaids impacted will be identified. We are currently prep aring for the following VOR decoms in FY17: BRD, BTL, DDD, E NW, HRK, HUW, RIS, STE, & SYO. ZMP is also participating in discussions regarding potential Q - Route development that may involve ZDV, ZMP, ZAU, and ZID in the future. Preparation for Community En gagement for the KSAT and KCMH projects is being planned and executed: In Central, the Community Involvement Team (CIT) has been stood up and includes the Co - Leads, OSG Environmental Specialists, and Airs pace Redesign Manager. This team is working with Gre at Lakes and Southwest Regional