2001-03-19 Special Called Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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e e ~ page 1 of 3 YOUR IMMEDIA TE A TTENTION IS REQUESTED Jan. 3,2001 FROM: Bill Scott, Treasurer of the La Porte Citizens General Political Action Committee, "COMMOM SENSE GOVERNMENT" TO: Dr. John Sawyer, Superintendent; La Porte Independent School District Subject: Mike Clausen's Statements regarding the Farrington Rd. extension. Please find enclosed a video and video introduction; an audio tape, an RPZ map and associated information, and Institute of Transportation Engineers references. Dear Dr. Sawyer. Your Executive Director of Operations, Mike Clausen, spoke before the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission; encouraging them to vote in favor of extending Farrington Rd. Mr. Clausen was introduced to the P&Z as one who would "Give an objective overview of the pros and cons of the Farrington extension". I had spoken earlier to Mr. Clausen about most of the Cons of this extension and he was fully aware of them and yet he did not state one single con about the extension and we believe his sales job for the extension was full of misrepresentations and false statements. We believe Mr. Clausen completely failed in his responsibility for the safety of our children when he did not research the safety hazards of busing school children through the middle of an airport Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) as well as other airport safety areas. The FAA's design standards clearly state the safety concerns of being in an RPZ and strictly forbid places of assembly in an RPZ. TEXDOT aviation and the City confiscated and demolished a house where one elderly gentleman lived because it was dangerous for him to be there. Yet his home was located over 1,000 ft. out from the runway. Your Mr. Clausen wants to bus hundreds of children through the RPZ starting only 400 ft. out from the runway and going through an Object Free Area Extension and directly violating an Instrument Approach Threshold. Recently, a twin engine plane crashed on the West end of the Airport. This drives home the fact that the RPZ is a dangerous and unsafe area. Please read the enclosed associated information for details. When I first talked with Mr. Clausen about the Farrington Extension, I told him it was the first phase of a 4 lane highway to 225. He did his best to convince me that my statement "was not true" and he only backed off only after I told him I had hard evidence to prove it was true. Mr. Clausen gathered none of the pertinent facts before making his blanket statement which WAS COMPLETELY UNTRUE.