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U17 �i. Ms. Verla Insko: Representing the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education. Ms. Insko said the Board of Education took no position on Midway Airport, however, concerns about Horace Williams Airport and the question of safety for students and staff dated back to 1963 or late 150s. Ms. Insko read a resolution which the Board of Education passed and sent to the Chapel Hill Town Council on September 22, 1980, regarding Horace .Williams Airport. (A copy of that resolution..is on page •. of this book) -. Ms. Insko said-this - - documented the concerns about the airport and she asked the Boards i { to consider.those concerns. Mr. H. Stanley Bennett: a resident of Chapel Hill Township, i Mr. Bennett said he did not stand when Mr. Johnson asked those opposed to Midway to stand because he assumed that applied only i to Bingham Township residents; however, he is opposed to the air- port in Bingham Township too. He said this airport is a threat to the value of our property and to the County. He suggested the Boards examine the Airport Study done by the Planning Staff for alternative . to this location. He suggested sites along I--85 closer to Durham. He said that he was unconvinced by Mr. Mahler's assurances and he didn't know the Buck Mountain Development company and anything of its ability to deliver what it promised. He did say that wi_n the questions of safety, approaches and fire protection for the development that this is a "hazardous proposal." Mr. Gordon Rutherford: Representing UNC, said UNC planned to phase. out Horace Williams by 1989 if an acceptable alternative is provided. Mr. Rutherford enumerated several items which UNC considered essential for an alternative totHorace Williams: 1)ade- quate facilities, including maintenance, service, runway of same length; 2) adequate safety, runway lights; 3) proximity to UNC; 4) assurai of continued operation and financial stability. Mr. Rutherford said UNC asks that the Boards give careful consideration to the pro- posal. He added that the University had no interest in the proposed adjacent airpark and that the alternative airport must have instrument approach caphbility. (see page for this letter)