[JYO] Here is ONE Letter to Board of Supervisors...
- From: FlyboyEd@xxxxxxx
- To: jyo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:59:13 EST
Here's the letter I sent to each member of the Board. Feel free to use as
much of it as you'd like if you decide to send them a note. Here's the
website that gives their emails and addresses.
http://www.loudoun.gov/bos/contact.htm
Jeff
Mr. Clem,
As a private pilot and frequent user of Leesburg Airport, I'd like to voice
my opinion on the proposed plan to swap parkland near the airport and
replace it with residential dwellings. I was dismayed with the previous
Leesburg Council decision to allow 326 houses at the northern end of the
runway and cannot stand by and watch while the County contemplates allowing
more housing at the southern end of the runway.
Airports generate a lot of noise and it is very important to keep houses as
far away as possible. The normal traffic pattern for aircraft departing on
Runway 17 brings them over the proposed Philip A. Bolen Park at
approximately 800 feet at full power. Not a problem for a county park or
commercial development, but potentially annoying for a residential area.
Leesburg Council has repeatedly voiced their desire to increase the number
of small commercial aircraft using our airport. Jets and commercial-size
twin turboprop aircraft are louder than the small single engine aircraft
that comprise most of today's traffic.
Lastly, the current General Plan policy 8, p. 12 specifically discourages
residential land uses around the Leesburg Airport.
I hope you will work diligently to protect our airport from those who do not
have the best interests of the Leesburg Airport at heart. Thank you for
your support. Please vote to reject CPAM 2004-0020 from further
consideration.
Jeff Van Etten
201 Magruder Place SE
Leesburg, VA 20175
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