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O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT 07b <br /> Meeting Date: January 20, 1987 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item it Ka <br /> SUBJECT: AIRPORTS TASK FORCE - CHARGE F <br /> *************************************************************************** <br /> DEPARTMENT: COUNTY MANAGER PUBLIC HEARING: Yes_X_No <br /> *************************************************************************** <br /> ATTACHMENTS: CONTACT: Manager' s Office <br /> X501 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 967-9251 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> *************************************************************************** <br /> PURPOSE: To consider for approval a charge to the Airports <br /> Task Force for preparing a report on issues <br /> associated with the relocation of Horace Williams <br /> Airport in Chapel Hill. <br /> NEED: Horace Williams Airport is located in the northern <br /> portion of Chapel Hill on N.C.Highway 86. The <br /> airport has a basic and general utility <br /> classification, serving general aviation needs as <br /> well as the UNC Medical School, the University of <br /> North Carolina, the N.C. Memorial Hospital and <br /> local businesses. <br /> Residential development over the past two decades, <br /> including the construction of two schools, Guy B. <br /> Phillips Junior High and Estes Hill Elementary, has <br /> encroached upon the airport. Two other schools - <br /> Seawell Elementary and Chapel Hill High School - <br /> are also nearby. Residents and school officials <br /> have complained about noise associated with airport <br /> operations and the threat to the safety of student. <br /> The Chair of the Board of Commissioners desires to <br /> appoint a Task Force for the purpose of finding <br /> another site for the airport. Advertisements have <br /> been placed in newspapers to attract persons <br /> interested in serving on the Task Force. The Task <br /> Force would include UNC and N.C. Memorial Hospital <br /> representatives as well as Town and County <br /> residents and officials. <br />