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ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS 002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No.jEdm <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT- <br /> Meeting Date: NOVEMBER 17, 1987 <br /> SUBJECT: AIRPORT ISSUES TASK FORCE REPORT <br /> DEPARTMENT: <br /> PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No <br /> COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> ATTACmNT(S) ; INFORMATION F51511TTaFT--------------- <br /> DON WILLHOIT, EXT 505 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBER: - <br /> UNDER SEPARATE COVER <br /> Hillsborough - 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill - 968-4501 <br /> Mebane - 227-2031 <br /> Durham - 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive the report of the Airport Issues Task Force and take <br /> action on their recommendations. <br /> • <br /> BACKGROUND: The Airport Issues Task Force was charged in January to investigate, <br /> among other issues, positive and negative features of Horace Williams <br /> Airport and determine if an alternate airport location would be <br /> feasible. The Task Force held a public hearing in May and received <br /> input from the NC Department of Transportation and the Director of <br /> the Raleigh-Durham Airport. The group concluded that the County <br /> should proceed with the development of a new airport facility, but <br /> deferred to a future task force the issue of site selection. The Task <br /> Force could not agree on recommendations for facility maintenance and/or <br /> improvements at Horace Williams Airport until such time as a new <br /> general aviation airfield is built. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S) : <br /> Request that County Administration proceed with the development of <br /> criteria by which to select an airport engineering firm to conduct <br /> a feasibility study for a new general aviation airport and request <br /> the County Planning Staff to update previous studies on potential <br /> airport Sites. <br /> .my <br />