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298 <br /> by the way development is taking place around the airport; <br /> it seems that that's where all the development in Chapel Hill <br /> is taking place right now. If H14A had not adversely affected <br /> property values I'd hate to see what it would loot: like out <br /> € there today, <br /> i Commissioner Marshall: With regard to the Midway Airport project now <br /> before the Board we /-the Board of Commissioners7 must find whether or not <br /> it is legally "within our adopted Zoning Ordinance or not" and many citizens <br /> who live in the area of the proposed site have "perceptions" of the airport <br /> having a "nuisance value." She continued asking Mr. Matthews if in his dealings <br /> } with other communities the citizens there had similar perceptions. <br /> Mr. Matthews: Replied that from attending public hearings on airports, <br /> only those who "literally live on the runway" and he specified 1000' to 1500' <br /> from the runway were those who were mounting the "concerted effort" opposing <br /> the airports. He cited the Warren Field in Washington, N.C., as an airport <br /> in use twenty-four hours a day and as having an area of "exclusive housing" <br /> near it. He said that there were jets using that airport and as far as he knew <br /> there was no major effort to close it down although he was sure some landowners <br /> objected to it, they had not banded together to get relief, <br /> Commissioner Whitted: Noting that Mr. Matthews was responsible for HWA, <br /> asked if that airport conformed to the established criteria for approach, clear <br /> zones. <br /> Mr. Matthews: "No, sir." <br /> Commissioner Whitted: "There are violations?" <br /> Mr. Matthews: "Substantial violations." He referred to a diagram showing <br /> approach and clear zones and related it to the HWA situation. He said that the <br /> HUA runway was East-West and the University of North Carolina probably owned about <br /> 500' to NC 86 which runs North-South, and, on the other side of NC 86 trees which <br /> are about 100' tall are growing giving an approach of about 10:1. He said at <br /> the other end of the runway at HWA the University owned about 1500' but that trees <br /> were growing to such a height there that the approach was only about 5:1. The <br /> University had been told to trim the trees but had not done so. <br /> Commissioner Whitted: Does that "constitute a safety hazard?" <br /> Mr, Matthews: "I'm not qualified to make that statement." He did, however, <br /> continue that there had been no accidents at HWA due to the height of the trees . <br /> to his knowledge. <br /> Ms, Crawford: Asked if Mr. Matthews knew what the flight patterns of Midway <br /> would be. <br />