Airport planners will outline the next steps for Lindbergh Field’s short-term developments during a community town hall meeting Wednesday, June 3 in the Corky McMillin Cos. Event Center, 2865 Dewey Road. The forum begins at 6 p.m. Keith Wilscheitz, director of airport planning for the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority (SDCRAA) board and retired Rear Adm. Bruce Boland, a board member of the SDCRAA, plan to present the next phases of the terminal development program. The plan includes the addition of 10 gates, an overnight aircraft apron and a dual-level curbfront near terminal 2. The meeting will be an opportunity for community leaders and residents to direct questions at representatives of multiple planning agencies involved in the airport’s future. “We speak with community groups all over the region and the Peninsula [community] groups have very specific issues and concerns …but we would like to hear what they have to say and we don’t expect any [problems] at all,” Wilschietz said. A panel will be made up of representatives from the SDCRAA, San Diego Association of Governments, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 (C3), the San Diego Union Tribune, the San Diego Business Journal and the city of San Diego. Audience members will be asked to submit questions on cards to forum moderator Suhail Khalil, who chairs the Peninsula Community Planning Board Airport Committee. “Land-use compatibility, noise mitigation and future expansion, those questions are really going to come forward in terms of the community’s concern and bring forth, hopefully, some real comments and possibly some solutions,” Khalil said. C3 president Steve Haase will also participate in the town hall meeting. C3 is an organization made up of about 350 San Diego residents and community members who meet about once a month to discuss long-term city planning. “I don’t want to get into a debate about where the airport should be [a possible relocation of Lindbergh Field],” Haase said. “We have to make decisions about our existing facilities that serve our region.” With the airport affecting traffic along North Harbor Drive and obstreperous aircraft flying over Peninsula communities, residents like Greg Finley have said they want a better long-term airport development plan that includes moving Lindbergh Field or building another airport. In 2006, San Diego voters rejected a plan to build another airport at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Finley said he is disappointed the U.S. military is not sending a representative to the town hall forum to discuss options and share viewpoints. For more information about the forum, speakers and format, visit www.pcpb.net.