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IMPACT: Approval of a charge to the Task Force would enable <br /> . , • the group to focus immediately on issues related to <br /> 07brelocating Horace Williams Airport and reduce the <br /> length of time required to produce a report to the <br /> Board of Commissioners. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Approve a charge to the Task Force to include <br /> the following tasks: <br /> 1. Identify advantages. disadvantages and barriers <br /> to the relocation of Horace Williams Airport. <br /> 2. Solicit early public comment on the subject <br /> of possible relocation to clarify issues and <br /> identify special interests. <br /> 3. Compile an inventory of airport users together <br /> with their requirements for proximity to <br /> Carrboro. Chapel Hill. UNC and Memorial <br /> Hospital. <br /> 4. Determine the standards governing the location, <br /> size and operation of an airport. including FAA <br /> and NCDOT rules and regulations. natural <br /> constraints to airport development. and <br /> proximity to existing and proposed residential <br /> and business areas, and major traffic arteries. <br /> 5. Determine and put into place a division of <br /> responsibility in planning for airport <br /> relocation as done by the Task Force and <br /> planning for ownership and operation which <br /> should be done by the University of North <br /> Carolina. The latter responsibility should <br /> address: <br /> a. Funding for land acquisition and <br /> construction costs; and <br /> b. Current and anticipated costs involved in <br /> airport operations. <br /> 6. Identify any other considerations which the <br /> NCDOT and FAA would like taken into account in <br /> site relocation. <br /> 7. Solicit comments and involvement from Chatham <br /> County and Raleigh-Durham Airport. <br />