[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Whitehouse Field (FL)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Landing strip rules fuel fire at meeting

By TIA MITCHELL,
Florida Times-Union
April 29, 2008

Jacksonville city leaders have apologized repeatedly for not doing 
enough to involve and inform residents living near Whitehouse Field 
about a city ordinance that restricts new construction around the 
landing strip.

But their apologies, and a proposed solution, weren't enough to placate 
angry home-owners Monday night during a meeting at Trinity Baptist 
Church. For nearly three hours, the mayor and the City Council were 
lambasted for the legislation and for attempting to revise it instead of 
pushing forward with a repeal.

The meeting - about 600 residents signed in and perhaps 400 more also 
were in attendance - was laced with shouting and angry words from 
Westside property owners who said the restrictions have lowered the 
value of their property. And they blamed a city government they said is 
self-serving, untrustworthy and doesn't listen to residents' concerns.

The ordinance, passed in March 2007, updated existing city law and 
addressed state requirements that local governments prevent encroachment 
near military installations. The Navy uses the 2,500-acre Whitehouse 
Field to simulate takeoffs and landings on an aircraft carrier deck.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/042908/met_273226616.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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