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From: Mejia, Anthony
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 1:44 PM
To: Christian, Kevin
Subject: FW: Recent Airplane Accident in Maryland
PH 1 12/09/14
Anthony J. Mejia, MMC I City Clerk
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From: Marx, Jan
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 1:35 PM
To: Stephen Peck
Cc: Mejia, Anthony
Subject: RE: Recent Airplane Accident in Maryland
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From: Stephen Peck [mailto:Steve @PeckPlanninq com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2014 11:18 AM
To: Marx, Jan; driviore@slocit"
Subject: Fwd: Recent Airplane Accident in Maryland
See below, please.
Stephen J. Peck, AICP
Peck Planning and Development, LLC
Planning +Development +Economics
(559)731 -5778
StevekPeckPlanning com
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DEC 0 9 2011
You may have heard that there was an aircraft accident in the past few days in Gaithersberg,
Maryland. Three people were killed and the plane came down in a
residential neighborhood. These events [rightfully] require use to continually confirm whether
or not we are making prudent choices in our airport safety planning.
In this particular case, the accident occurred in a residential neighborhood that was
approximately 3,500 feet from the end of the runway and along the approximate centerline of the
main runway, within what we would call Caltrans Handbook Zone 2, an area where the Airport
Overlay Zone prohibits residential development of any kind. An equivalent area 3,500 feet
from the end of the main runway is just north of Tank Farm Road off the end of Runway 11, or
residential east of Esparanza Lane off Runway 7. A similar circumstance would occur in SLO if
there was residential development north of Tank Farm Road on the Chevron property, or in the
county area east Esparanza lane. By comparison, San Luis Ranch is approximately 9,500
northwest of Runway 11, and the residential portion of Avila Ranch is 4,250 east of Runway 7.
While this event is tragic, we cannot let it be used as an argument against what the city is
proposing to do, since the city's regulations would clearly prohibit a repeat of this type of land
use planning.
Stephen J. Peck, AICP
Peck Planning and Development
Planning /Development /Economics
StevegPeckPlanning corn
(559) 731 -5778