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• Grant • Micco-Little Hollywood 9 Barefoot Bay • Sebastian • Felismere • Rosela
onsultants Start',Inter"ViewS
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B3 PATRICIA DILALLA
"It defines the tasks, the purpose, the direction of
it is it
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Sebastian Bureau Chief
the study. Depending on hou' written up,
4irport critics and supporters got their first
could either focus on the airport or the community.
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chance Thursday to tell Sebastian's consultants
The standstill agreement directs us to have balance
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what needs to be included in the airport/communitS •
between them."
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compatability study. —
Some of the options suggested for consideration in
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Linda Strutt and Jean West, community planners
the study include:
with Williams, Hatfield and Stoner, assured the 17
*Roseland Property Owners Association: move the
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individuals and -groups they talked to that the two
airport; close existing runways and reopen the
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days of interviews were only the first of many
east/west runway to lessen impact on residential
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opportunities for public input throughout the study
areas; build a runway strip west of I-95 for training
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process.
flights; curtail or severely limit night flights; estab-
"We don't want people to think that the 10 min-
lish and enforce noise limitations; set circulation
utes they have. now is their only chance," Ms. Strutt
patterns and altitude levels for aircraft.
said.
*Citizens Airport Watch: relocate the airport and
She said Williams, Hatfield and Stoner were con-
protect it by proper zoning; ban training flights;
sidering setting up workshop sessions to bring
reopen east/west runway and eliminate the two now
together divergent groups to iron out the issues, and
being used; mandate circulation patterns and sound
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solicited cooperation from the Roseland Property
limitations to reduce noise in residential areas; sell
Owners Association and Citizens Airport Watch of
excess airport land for city or other community
Sebastian.
uses; build a training strip to the west; avoid insta
The interviews will form part of the basis on
_ lling equipment. 1hat will encourage night oper
which Williams; Hatfield and Stoner will prepare a
ations or noisier operations; retain landing fees, but
scope of work for the compatibility study.
lessen impact on airport tenants; retain noise limits.
The scope of work is important, said Ilia A. Qui-
*Vice Mayor Robert McCarthy: reopen east/west
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nones-Flott, manager of plans and programs for the
runway to alleviate noise over residential areas;
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Federal Aviation Administration, which has to
have planes fly over uninhabited areas and industri-
approve it.
al parcels; don't expand airport, keep it small.
"It will be the basis of the study upon which we
*Robert Morrow, former chairman of the now -de-
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determine the eligibility of the work and the rea-
funct Airport Advisory Board: put in an industrial
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sonableness of the cost that they identify for the
park at the northwest part of the airport property
study," Mrs. Quinones-Flott said.
and use the money for infrastructure.