Jennison/Kalispell City Airport and Quiet Skies CommitteeHonorable Tammi fisher, Mayor
City Council
City of Kalispell
201 1" Avenue E.
Kalispell, MT 59901
Re: Kalispell City Airport and Quiet skies Committee
Dear Mayor Fisher and Council Members,
I am writing this letter to set the record straight on public statements made by members of the Quiet
Skies Committee at the City Council Workshop session on January 11, 2010. 1 have had an
Opportunity to review the audio transcript the January 11`h workshop and feel obligated to respond to
Some of the things stated during the public comment period. Mr. Scott Davis and Mr. Steve Eckels
With the Quiet Skies Committee made several inaccurate statements to the Council regarding
Telephone conversations between myself and Jeff Walla with Stelling Engineers and between myself
On Steve Eckels.
I was initially contacted by Mr. Steve Eckles to speak to the City of Kalispell on the topic of
Operations at the Polson Airport. I was originally under the impression that this was a public meeting
Sanctioned by the City of Kalispell and that City Council members would be in attendance. On
January 11th a local Pilot from Polson brought in an article from the Daily Interlake that the meeting I
was to be speaking at was being conducted by a group called Quiet Skies Committee. After reading the
article, I received a phone call from a person from the Daily Interlake informing me what type of
meeting this was to be, And who was behind the meeting, Mr. Jeff Walla of Stelling Engineers, Inc.
Mr. Walla also informed me that the meeting was not a City Council meeting but was being coordinated
by the Quiet Skies Committee. At no time to Mr. Walla recommends, advice, or direct me not attend or
speak at this meeting. By the time Mr. Walla called me, I had already changed my mind to speak at this
meeting. As the Airport Manager at Polson Airport, I am pro -aviation and did not want to get involved
with a group that was generally opposed to aviation.
I am intending on atteding the City Council meeting on February 1, 2010 and will be more than happy
to answer..ant direcgrquestions regarding either of these conversations.
Sincerely,
J&hnison
Airport Manager, Polson Airport