Scenario 4: Decommission Airport and Create New Neighborhood
Scenario 4
Does this option involve the FAA? Whether it does or does not is not clear.
If a landing area remains the FAA may be involved. What does "landing area" mean? A runway? A helicopter pad? Helicopters can land nearly anywhere, such as in playing fields, parking lots, etc., so that are alternatives. Helicopters are extremely loud and polluting, so it's not clear that hosting a helicopter pad near residences makes sense.
A helicopter pad encourages helicopter activity. Who would use it? When and how? Who would pay for it? If the FAA participated in funding it, then there could no limits on who could use it and when. Imagine wealthy celebrities dropping in by helicopter to Boulder for recreation and entertainment - not many people would want to live near that.
While this option shows area locations in a graphic, it is not clear what the graphic actually represents. Perhaps we are to take it as a generalization of the listed categories, but we just don't know. Where did these categories come from? Are other categories of uses possible?
In this scenario, who decides what happens? It's not clear.
Does this option involve the FAA? Whether it does or does not is not clear.
If a landing area remains the FAA may be involved. What does "landing area" mean? A runway? A helicopter pad? Helicopters can land nearly anywhere, such as in playing fields, parking lots, etc., so that are alternatives. Helicopters are extremely loud and polluting, so it's not clear that hosting a helicopter pad near residences makes sense.
A helicopter pad encourages helicopter activity. Who would use it? When and how? Who would pay for it? If the FAA participated in funding it, then there could no limits on who could use it and when. Imagine wealthy celebrities dropping in by helicopter to Boulder for recreation and entertainment - not many people would want to live near that.
While this option shows area locations in a graphic, it is not clear what the graphic actually represents. Perhaps we are to take it as a generalization of the listed categories, but we just don't know. Where did these categories come from? Are other categories of uses possible?
In this scenario, who decides what happens? It's not clear.