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301 <br /> He said there was no requirement that the runway be 5000' long and cited <br /> t an airport in the Chicago area where the runway was 4000' long and had 650 <br /> F <br /> :T <br /> based aircraft and some were jets. <br /> Commissioner Marshall : Asked if Mr. Matthews knew of any case in which <br /> r <br /> r <br /> an airport located in an agricultural/residential district .had begun a rash <br /> of rezoning requests "for industrial purposes" in the neighborhood. <br /> Mr. Matthews: Said that he didn't know of any such airports in the general <br /> aviation range although that had been the case at Raleigh/Durham because the <br /> owners saw the.land as more valuable in the Airport District. <br /> C <br /> Commissioner Marshall: Noted that the comprehensive Land Use Plan for the <br /> County did not see such development in that area as desirable; she had wondered <br /> if the pressure for development would be so strong as to force the Commi.ss" ,:::i <br /> to "let it happen." <br /> Mr. Matthews: Said he didn't really foresee that occuring with regard to <br /> Midway Airport; that there were so many different factors involved in an industry <br /> deciding to locate near an airport. There may, he continued, be an individual <br /> who decides that it would be a good idea since he was already located near the <br /> airport who .might want rezoning for a special purpose, but it would be a real <br /> special purpose. He noted that the same thing would occur in northern Orange if <br /> I-40 were built. <br /> In closing Mr. Matthews said his department saw the airport as a "much ne ,j,d <br /> facility" in Orange County and would much prefer that that County build the air- <br /> port but perceiving no interest on the part of the County to do that and with <br /> the developer willing to do it, they wanted to see it built. He offered any <br /> additional information the Board might need. <br /> Mr. John Northen an attorney, approached the lecturn, and told Chairman <br /> Whitted, that his firm had arrange for Thomas Heffn @r, a real estate appraiser, <br /> to give testimony at this public hearing regarding the previous testimony given <br /> at the July 8 hearing about the property values if the airport is located and <br /> developed as proposed. He said that while Mr. Heffner was unable to attend the <br /> previous meeting, and he, Mr. Northen ; .understood that the public hearing was <br /> coo,,^ hued to allow Mr. Matthews' testimony, he, Mr. Northen, now had a letter <br /> froo,Mr. Heffner stating his opinion on property values near HWA, and two other <br /> airports;_ he requested permiss=ion to introduce it into the record of this hearing. <br />