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Commissioner Fraley - To Appropriate Funding and Authorize Staff to Obtain a Topographic Survey, Repair Plan and Develop a Cost Estimate for Repair of the Gaston County Remote Control Flying Club Runway at the Lewis Brooks Airfield (Cost Not to Exceed $9,500)
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STAFF CONTACT
Ray Maxwell, Public Works - (704) 862-7551
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BUDGET IMPACT
Fund Balance Appropriation - $9,500
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BUDGET ORDINANCE IMPACT
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BACKGROUND
The Gaston County Remote Control Flying Club has used the old, closed Biggerstaff Landfill for remote control airplane operation since April of 1993. Currently, there is a paved runway and parking area that was constructed as a joint initiative between the Gaston County Remote Control Flying Club and Gaston County Parks and Recreation. The runway and associated amenities are officially known as the Lewis Brooks Airfield as Mr. Lewis Brooks of Belmont and WSOC headed up the model airplane group at the time. The existing runway is approximately 30 feet in width and 400 feet in length, paved with asphalt. Over time, the landfill cap and runway above has settled due to decomposition of the waste mass. The settlement has left a significant depression midway of the runway making it difficult to fly airplanes and creating long-term risks for landfill cap and waste mass degradation. The Lewis Brooks Airfield is included as part of the landfill closure permit issued by the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. As such, major maintenance, repair activities, and/or improvements must be reviewed and approved by the State. Approval of this Board Action and attached Budget Change Request authorizes staff to obtain a topographic survey of the site for design related purposes, to develop an engineering plan for approval of the landfill cap and runway repairs to restore the runway, and to prepare a formal cost estimate for consideration in the FY 17 budget process.
POLICY IMPACT
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ATTACHMENTS
Budget Change Request