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y -DRAFT, Ball `hwrPes - Chapel Hin resident. -T'horpes requested consioeratibri of the Horace Williais problem and asked how many Planning Board m - bers ue;re present. Mary Penta I Chapel. HI11 resident. Penta indicated that citizens Air- port Plam .9g was a large, varied group with a comm mn concern and rec amr- erded the...p�;oposal as a solution. Franklin Ki.* - Bingham Township resident. Kirby indicated that on the SO plans for the proposal, drainage facilities along the eastern side were located o n* his family's property and not on property controlled by the 1.evelop�r. David Curl-- Bingham. Township resi dent. Curl indicated his house was on the mach zca"e, 1600 :feet from the southern end of the runway. He inquired as to who Buck Mountain Ca aany was. Gordon Ruth I� .ford,- University of North Carolina Director of Facili..tes P:Imuung. Rutherford cited two letters introduced at the March 8, 1982 Public Hear�g indicating that the University's position remains the saw': as outlier-d in the April 17, 1981 letter from John Temple to Mayor Nassif. Rutherford ecmpbsi.zed tht financial. viability should not be deter- mined onn, the, basis of UNC involvement ccmni tment. He added that UNC has rdt and cannot make a cxaroamitment to an alternative airprort until it as deter- mined that the airport meets the requirements of the university and fund- ing it avai.116ble to move university operations to another facility. He continued that UNC would phase out the norr-university use of Horace Williams by 145 based planes. Rutherford stated the University was not Keen on the a t business and that the proposal does have a chancre to meet the university's reeds. He re ed considerable discussion of the pro- posal. Kizer asked faw meny planes were university - cawraed. Rutherford responded. five. Kizer, wired if AHD required a facility within ten. miles. Ruther- ford noted that was an AHEC criteria. Kizer asked if Duke had the same requi.r at.j Rutherford responded he dad not know. Kizer inquci pd about the use of monies obtained form the sale of Horace Williams land. Rutherford responded that Temple has indicated in a letter to Richard Whitted that the University cannot d.West-itself of party to determine available funds, but that the University expressedd a willingness to work with the County. Kizer inquired about long range plans if Horace Williams cl'. Rutherford indicated there were no plans. Kizer noted the suggests o a satelite at ors at Horace Williams. Rutherford responded that there was a rough Ol?liwA"t cap presently and there were not indicatec ns that it would be lifted. He added that future decisi.cins may raise enrollment td be qecomrxlated through a satellite ccnzprus. Kizer expressed concern thati the County would indirectly be funding a new campus by approval of the project and that UNC could close Horace Williams and that the land would be fre4d up for another use. Rutherford indicated there was no inten- tion of selling the land as much of the land was restricted the to being obtained as a gift to the University or putdiwed with state funds. Monies obtained fort the land would revert back to the N.C. general fund. Kizer ixxquired about the University's authority to exercise the power of eminent domain axaun`i Horace Williams. Rutherford responded that the Ura vet:.�.ty could dry so in the nacre of the state. Kizer questioned why this power" not been exercised earlier to control the area around the runway. Roger Smith I Efland resident. Smith expressed concern than both Horar,,