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488 2 examples of success they had with the State Association of County Commissioners taking the lead. Commissioner Whitted attended sessions on Children Services and Economic Development and received some good ideas on what the Economic Development Commission can do. Former Vice-President Mondale addressed the convention on Sunday night; Martin Feldstein, Chairman of the President's Economic Advisory Committee spoke on Monday morning; Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of Transportation spoke on Tuesday morning and Sandra Smoley, NACO President also spoke on Tuesday morning. Commissioner Whitted said the sessions were very timely, productive and worthwhile. E. S 1. ��1� �ip S_e_p_ejMj -Continnation of Public Hearing to receive Planning Board's Recommendation Susan Smith made the presentation. A request to delete or modify four (4) conditions placed on the approval of the Class A Special Use Permit granted to Buck Mountain Development for a general aviation airport was received. The developer is requesting approval of a 3800' runway with 500' safety-overrun on the south end and a 700' safety overrun on the north end. In addition, they request that condition #2 be modified to include a 1000' long approach-departure zone. The applicant has provided a specific list of uses which might take place in the Free Base Operator and maintenance hangers which are for the maintenance of aircraft and operation of the airport. Condition #3 which the developers requested to have deleted is the requirement for a fire access road from the airport property and Teer Road. The limit placed on training flights in Condition 07 is also requested to be deleted. At attorney Gledhill's recommendation, the Board accepted the Minutes of the Planning Board as their recommendation as follows: It has been the County's policy not to take a direct interest in the development of airport facilities either through specific regulations such as airport hazard zoning or through construction of a public facility. It has assumed the role of "permitting authority" establishing through the special use permit procedure necessary safeguards to secure the public health, safety and welfare. The Board needs to carefully review the evidence submitted to determine if the airport as proposed represents an identifiable health, safety and welfare problem and if the conditions imposed on the special use permit, as approved, address the problem. Buck Mountain Development Corporation submits that deletion or modification of the conditions would not remove the safeguards necessary to secure the public health, safety and welfare. The Board should consider this matter to determine if deletion or modification of the conditions impose significant and identifiable threats to the public health, safety and welfare and, if so, whether the conditions imposed represent reasonable solutions which satisfy the specific standards that must be met for issuance of the permit. The Planning Board made the following recommendations on July 18, 1983: (a) That the request of the applicant be denied and that the applicant be required to have control of the entire approach zone at each end of the runway, namely 5000 feet measured from a point 200 feet from the end of the runway. This zone is to be 500 feet wide at the point closest to the runway and is to flare to a width of 2000 feet at the end of the zone as shown in the diagram included with the original permit. The Planning Board further recommends strongly that the applicant be required to acquire by purchase or by easement the triangular piece of the