August
24th letter from David Zoll to John Luskin, regarding
an Advisory Election Ballot for voter opinion
on Cuyahoga County Airport issues.
July
30, 2007 Letter from Attorney David Zoll to Mayor
Lorenz
June
18, 2007 Letter from Attorney David Zoll to Jimmy
Dimora, President of Cuyahoga County Commissioners
May
3, 2007 Letter from Kirk Shaffer, Associate Administration
FAA, to Attorney David Zoll
Cleveland
Plain Dealer, Monday, April 23, 2007
Close underused county airport, move operations
to Burke, some say
Tuesday,
April 10, 2007:Airport Business website, General
Aviation News, reprinted from the Plain Dealer:
Willoughby Hills Fights Cuyahoga’s Expansion
Fax
from Lake County Board of Commissioners: Joint
news release, issued April 2, 2007, by Cuyahoga
County and Lake County: Commissioners agree airport
expansion entirely eastward into Willoughby Hills
not acceptable
Fax
from Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners:
Joint news release, issued April 2, 2007, by Cuyahoga
County and Lake County: Commissioners agree airport
expansion entirely eastward into Willoughby Hills
not acceptable
News
Herald March 31 article: Airport plan 'dead'
March
27, 2007 Letter from State Representative Lorraine
Fende to Mayor Kenneth Lorenz
March
21, 2007 News Herald Officials take stand
on Airport Expansion
March
14, 2007 Letter from State Representative Lorraine
Fende to the Federal Aviation Administration
Mar
14, 2007
Airport
expansion plans hit some turbulence in Portage
Longer runway could boost business, but
residents fear more traffic, noise
News-Herald
Article, March 1, 2007: Some argue runway already
long enough
News-Herald
Article, February 28, 2007: Turbulence in runway
expansion
Excerpt from Feb. 27, 2007 Highland Heights
Council Meeting:
Law Director Paluf reported at the request
of the Mayor and along with Council President
Murphy he attended a meeting today in Willoughby
Hills regarding the proposed airport expansion.
The expansion would entail tunneling Bishop
Road for about 800 feet. The people from
Richmond Heights and Willoughby hills who
were there were against it.
Council
President Murphy added that they have looked
at 36 different proposals. Several involve
different aspects of the tunneling under
Bishop Road in Highland Heights and Willoughby
hills. She advised this is a conceptual
state and is called the master plan stage.
There seems to be a lot of opposition. They
invited the County Representatives to come
to a Council Meeting and present their concept
to us. Mrs. Murphy stated it is important
that this community be a part of their planning.
Mr.
Hargate stated he did not support the expansion
proposal. He stated the city should coordinate
their efforts with the Cities of Willoughby
Hills and Richmond Heights and advised there
have been good results in the past when
they coordinated their efforts.
For
the complete Council minutes:
http://www.highlandhts.com/docs/city_council/minutes/2007/02-27-07_city_council_minutes.pdf
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Friday,
February 16, 2007 News Herald
City Council meets with Cuyahoga County Airport
Manager and Airport Engineers
Letter
to Mayor from David Zoll, Attorney who specializes
in Airport Noise/Nuisance
http://www.toledolaw.com/DavidWZoll.php
Mentor
residents invited for Lost Nation Airport discussion
Residents
oppose airport expansion
Feb.
7, 2007 Public Records Request to Federal Aviation
Administration
News
Herald, February 2, 2007: Officials opposed
to airport expansion
Sun
Messenger, February 1, 2007: Runway not cleared
for takeoff
News
Herald article, January 31, 2007: How will area
airports fare?
January
29, 2007 Letter to the News Herald Editor from
Mayor Lorenz
January
27, 2007 Letter to the Mayor from Algis Ruksenas
Cuyahoga
County Airport to Conduct Noise Abatement Study,
News Herald,
January 27, 2007 article
News
Herald article, January 26, 2007: Mayor wants
resolution to proposed runway expansion
Mayor
Kenneth Lorenz met Thursday, January 24th,
2007, with Kevin M. Delaney, appointed
as Cuyahoga County Airport Manager just
last Thursday, January 18th. Mayor Lorenz
recently received phone calls from concerned
Willoughby Hills residents on Tall Tree
Trail and Canterbury Court, and took the
initiative to meet with Delaney to discuss
airport news. Delaney indicated that airport
officials, Cuyahoga County Commissioners
and the FAA had been in discussion regarding
36 potential scenarios for the future
of the airport.
Delaney
indicated that all facts and figures point
towards airport expansion. Based on recommendations,
the airport will most likely increase
the length of the runway into Willoughby
Hills by 900 feet, and extend the safety
zone into Willoughby Hills by an additional
1000 feet. Expansion would go into the
Airport Greens Golf Course and beyond.
The FAA, Cuyahoga County and airport would
most likely have to purchase residential
property to accomplish this. No definite
plans have been undertaken, but it is
estimated that purchase of ten to fifteen
homes would be necessary to carry out
the expansion.
The
airport would also consider a Bishop Road
underpass, where road traffic would go
through a tunnel underpass, allowing the
runway traffic to go above ground.
Delaney
is quick to point out that all expansion
plans are subject to a lengthy process.
An environmental impact study could take
up to two years, followed by a noise abatement
study which could take well over a year.
Adding several years of planning phases
could push final construction off up to
ten into the future.
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Curtiss Wright Parkway, photo courtesy of
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Mentor residents invited for Lost Nation Airport
discussion
Residents
oppose airport expansion |
