1. Unique Challenges in the Guam Residential Sound Solutions Program
Presented by:
Frank F. Blas
Chairman of the Board

2. Guam is an unincorporated territory of the U.S.
Southernmost island in the Marianas island chain
230 square miles
Population of 170,000
Overview

3. Overview Over 2.5 million passenger movements per year
Largest airport in the Micronesia region
Over 2.5 million passenger movements per year
Gateway to Micronesia
Bridge from U.S. to Asia
Overview

4. First of its kind in our region
Education and Community Acceptance
Sound Solutions Program
Overview

5. Residential Sound Solutions Program
Approx. 500 homes
Approx. 200 multi-family
year program
Pilot Phase (40 homes)
$45K in treatments
Phase I (150 homes) in 2008
Residential Sound Solutions Program

6. Guam is located in “Typhoon Alley”
31 typhoons each year in the region
Impacted by 20 typhoons since 1970 and devastated by 6 since 1960
Designing for Typhoons

7. Designing for Typhoons
Aluminum windows must meet structural and windborne debris requirements.
Windborne Debris: Window shall conform to protocol requirements as they relate to a basic wind pressure of 60 psf (TAS-201, -202, and -203, or ASTM E1886 and ASTM E1996)
Water Leakage: None, when measured in accordance with ASTM E331.
Storm shutters shall be fabricated and reinforced to withstand a minimum wind load 115 pounds per square foot.
Designing for Typhoons

8. Designing for Typhoons
Doors shall meet structural and windborne debris requirements.
Wind Borne Debris, Large Missile Impact Test Procedures, Static Air Pressure, Cyclic Wind Pressure Loading (TAS-201, -202, and -203)
Storm shutters shall be fabricated and reinforced to withstand a minimum wind load 115 pounds per square foot.
Designing for Typhoons

9. Cultural Significance of Land
Strong cultural underpinning to land
Communal, “family owned,” and passed from generation to generation
Adapt our homeowner communication to focus on families
Common need for foreign language translation
Cultural Significance of Land

10. Guam Law - Administrative Adjudication Act
Guam law - Administrative Adjudication Act (“AAA”)
All forms, including the Avigation Easement must proceed through legislative approval prior to public use
Easements are not a mandatory AIP requirement, but are mandatory under Guam law
Guam Law - Administrative Adjudication Act

11. Challenging Land Use Issues
May 2000: airfield was converted from joint-use as NAS Agana to civilian use
Presence of former military housing units within DNL 65 dB
Government of Guam ancestral lands transfer
Challenging Land Use Issues

12. Conclusion Challenges of a new Program Designing for “Typhoon Alley”
Cultural sensitivities
Interplay of Federal regulations and Guam law
Military land transfers and resultant non-compatible residential land uses
Conclusion

13. Thank you
&
Si Yu’us Ma’ase!