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, -2- a reasonable and safe distance for the clear zone for an airport such as the one currently under consideration. The prpVisi0D of a rapid-access road for fire vehicles through private property not owned by the airport developers, while desirable in Very general terms, is another requirement that would be very likely to prevent the establishment of an airport anywhere in the County. If the Commissioners feel that such a road is of overriding importance, they should be pr Oared to institute condemnation proceedings (in favor of Mid- way or any o ther private airport in the County) in order to achieve this end. Otherwise, the objective is likely to be satisfied only by luck. It is reasonable to regulate flight training activities at an air- port. It is unreasonable, however, to set the level of such activity as a percentage of total activities. For instance, one of the first group of customers of apy nearby airport is likely to be the complex of users now operating out |-f Horace Williams Airport, and, depending upon the order in which these activities transferred, training flights might well exceed 50% in the early stages, even though only a handful of flights per day were involved. It would be more suitable to institute controls based upon numbers rather than percentages, and a reasonable basis for such numbers would be the activity levels now in effect at Horace Williams Airport. We believe that it is only a matter of time until an accident occurs in the vicinity of the Horace Williams Airport with consequences far greater than those of the recent four crashes. The dangers from such accidents in areas with very low population densities are far less than from 8ccfdeOt5, iM the fully built-up areas that surround Horace Williams Airport. We aSk the Commissioners to consider carefully the consequences Of such an event as they weigh the proposals before them. �.' kk� �� Julianne M. Andresen Mary Q. Penta John N. Drake