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Mr. Noble suggested the conditions that would impact the proposed property acquisitions were <br />currently compliance uses as agriculture land and aircraft use. He asked if that would allow time to <br />make the acquisition through a controlled process so that it did not become a non-compliant use. <br /> <br />Mr. Smith said the bulk of the Fiddlers’ Green property was a golf course, which generally <br />complied with airport activity because it did not have large concentrations of people, fuel storage <br />or other hazardous uses. However, there was a building that was heavily used by the public and <br />had a significant amount of activity, which could be interpreted as an incompatible use based on <br />FAA regulations. The FAA was familiar with the issue. The building was in operation when the <br />runway was built and the FAA chose not to require acquisition of the building at that time. He <br />noted the land would not become less expensive, and the airport did not have control over how the <br />land was used. It was up to the zoning and good will of the property owner to maintain activities <br />that were compliant with the airport. <br /> <br />Mr. Sullivan stated that Lane County was dealing with several UGB changes throughout the <br />county. He noted Junction City was about to undergo an expansion to accommodate a new state <br />hospital and prison, and asked if the Junction City Planning and Building Department had been an <br />integral part of the planning process for the Eugene Airport and understood how a ten mile fly zone <br />would impact the new uses and any UGB changes in the future. <br /> <br />Mr. Doll responded that staff had been in contact with Junction City on the hospital and prison <br />parcels, as well as water towers, in relation to air space issues. He assured commissioners that <br />Junction City would not be impacted by extension of the runway since that extension would be <br />south of the airport. <br /> <br />Mr. Belcher understood additional flights were anticipated in the future. He pointed out additional <br />flights were predicted in 1998, but there were 25 percent fewer flights today than in 1998. He had <br />seen no indication of what percentage of the current capacity was in use. He thought there was <br />plenty of room in the parking lot and the concourse, and questioned the need for expansion. <br /> <br />Mr. Doll said the FAA based facility requirements on capacity for peak travel times, and during <br />peak travel times, the airport had insufficient parking, requiring use of the overflow lot. When <br />looking at concourse expansion, he observed airlines were notorious for wanting to fly at the same <br />time to enable them to get into their hub and spoke systems to allow passengers to reach connecting <br />flights. Thus, the majority of the outgoing flights departed during a two hour period in the <br />morning. Under the current configuration, seven flights departed from six gates during that period, <br />and there was insufficient capacity for additional flights during that two hour period to meet <br />passenger demand. <br /> <br />Mr. Smith said an additional consideration was related to what type of experience the owner and <br />operator of the airport wanted to provide to its customers. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Mr. Belcher, Mr. Doll estimated the parking lot was full at least two <br />times per year. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES June 1, 2010 Page 4 <br />Joint Public Hearing of the <br />City of Eugene and Lane County Planning Commissions <br /> <br />