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1~7~ „, ., . ~ ~~ Z. 2. 3• • !~. Mr. Kaufman continued that if the Board wished to compensate those adjacent ~. property owners for the devalued amount of their land, it could zone all the b. property around the airport industrial and raise property values that way, whether -. 7• the land owner desired it or not. He said by permitting the airport one piece of 8. property will acquire enhanced value at the price of devaluation of all the sur- 9. rounding properties. 10• He summed up his comments: 1) airports do affect land value; 2) airports are 11. incompatible with residential use of land; 3) property an airport is located on 12. is increased in value; 4) and, surrounding property values are lowered by an air- 1 3. parts presence. 1l~. He suggested areas in northern Orange which were suitable for an airport and 15. where the property values would not be lowered but raised around it. Specifically, 16. north of 70 and I-85 where he feels there is an unanswered demand for industrial 17. development. 1 8. Mr. Bland Simpson, Bingham Township: Said he and his wife are opposed to the Z9. airport being located at this site. He submitted a letter from Mr. Eric Schop'-=- 20. a neighbor, who is also opposed to the airport's proposed location (that letter is 21 . on page$tJ of these minutes). /Clerk's note: Mr. Simpson submitted a ten> page 22. typed transcript of his comments which is reproduced fully on pages ~^S~rc of 2 3. this book. Following is a summarization of his comments.] Mr. Simpson cited the 2!}. zoning Ordinance Article 8.2.2.b as evidence of the Commissioners' discretionary 2s. powers to deny the permit; he cited the 1977 Oran a County 5oi1•Surve (published 26. by the US Department of Agriculture, The Soil Conservation Service in Cooperation 27. with the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station and the Orange County 2$. Board of Commissioners, Sheet 24, page 17, Tables 4=5) in refutation of the develop- 29. er's claim that the land was worthless for anything except an airport. He continued 30.. his citations with the Land Use Plan for Orange County, stating that the proposed 31. Midway Airport is in conflict with Goals Two, Five and Seven. Mr. Simpson asked 32•. ghat all "references in Buck Mountain's Application to 'University use of Midway 33• Airport' be stricken from the application and supporting documents" since the Univer- 3!}. sity is uncommitted. to Midway. He feels that even should Midway be developed the • 3~. University would not be under any obligation to close down HWA and the County may 36. then have two "unsatisfactory airports." He heels an airport should be in northern 37. Orange around I-85 where development is desired; He cited the County Airport Site 38. Study to support that contention. 39.