07/10 Davis LetterDonald Scott Davis
448 5��'. Avenue West
Kalispell, Montana 59901
406-752-1526
Dear Mayor and Council Members of Kalispell, Montana;
For the last several years we have had many disputes and disagreements over
the expansion of the Kalispell owned City Airport. A lot of my involvement in this
issue has been the spokesman of the Quiet Skies Committee, a fairly large group
of residents of this city that are apposed of any Expansion and Aviation Training,
or Aviation Activity there. But I'm writing this letter to make it clear to each one of
you of my personal standing on this matter. As it has been brought to my
attention that there are some that want to know where I personally stand on this
issue. I've done a lot of investigation and research in this matter for my own
information gathering and for a lot of others, i.e.: (QSC). I have spoke in-depth
with many departments of F.A.A. (Mr. Gary Gates, Pat Macquarie, Mike Morrison,
John Russell and a few others) and also brought a lot of concerns to the forefront
to the City Staff and Airport Manager and also to the Council, and City residents
on behalf of Quiet Skies and myself.
I hope that this does not come to you as a big surprise, but I would be in favor
of the Kalispell City Airport, I only wish it was in a different location, just a few
more miles south or east of town. And with F.A.A. grant money that could be
possible. I would be all for a grant to study that idea. It surly would be a Win/Win
for all involved. I'm not for any grants to study any forms of expansion at its
present location. As for the day to day running of the airport at its present
location, I'm for downsizing and limiting the type and size of aircraft to use this
airport, also the types of businesses to be based at this small intercity airport.
As you are all aware, and K.P.D., F.A.A., City Staff, City Airport Manager, Red
Eagle Aviation, and the Citizen of our City and locale News papers, and the Quiet
Skies Committee, and also the Flathead County Planning Board, knowing and
having a Flight Training Facility such as Red Eagle Aviation is not what the majority
of City residents and businesses want and that it's not healthy nor a good idea as
for the noise pollution and safety reasons and the inability of Red Eagle Aviation
to comply with fly neighborly. All the above had heard the hundreds of
complaints over and over by the residents.
City Staff say call City Airport manager or K.P.D. or F.A.A., K.P.D. says call
Airport manager or F.A.A, F.A.A. says call your airport manager, if he can't do
anything talk to your council members. Just today, Mr. Joe Russell of the flight
Standards Division said there is nothing more F.A.A can do about the nuisance of
Red Eagle Aviation on the residents of Kalispell; it was the choice of the city to
allow them (Red Eagle Aviation) to operate there, he advised me to contact you,
the council. Red Eagle has not cooperated with the flight path recommendations
of F.A.A. (Fly neighborly), nor the residents request not to fly over our schools or
the posted recommendation and request of our City Airport manager. In fact they
have blatantly disregarded the requests and recommendations.
They are the chief complaint of most residents and businesses of Kalispell over
the years. The aviation training community has out grown its home there, only
because of the location of our airport; with the numerous training flights taking
off and landing their daily now days, it has got to the point that they have become
a nuisance to all, including the K.P.D. and F.A.A.. They are tired of the complaints
coming in.
I respectfully ask the City Council to go into negotiations with Red Eagle
Aviation and any others out there that are into rudely obnoxious repetitious fly
over's of City residents and schools. And work a plan to relocate or give notice of
eviction on them or move the airport elsewhere. Or get a grant to study airport
relocation only. If you have to, request a review of the legalities of all lease
agreements on the City Airport Property. We all know they were not done right
according to the law.
Thank Yo-,JZ.4r L
Scott Davis
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