Monday, February 07, 2000
Boone County shaping its future
Airport noise still a concern
BY KRISTINA GOETZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
BURLINGTON — Boone Fiscal Court will give first reading today to an ordinance adopting the goals and objectives of the county's 2000 update of its comprehensive plan.
The goals and objectives section is the first one officials will look at in updating the plan, a document that helps county officials when making decisions about land use.
Boone County Judge-executive Gary Moore said there will be little if any discussion on the new objectives until the planning commission staff gives a presentation later this month.
“Discussion and public comment will be at that meeting,” Mr. Moore said. It will likely be scheduled at night so that more people can attend.
Commissioners are also expected to discuss today a resolution allowing the county to retain Cutler & Stanfield as special counsel, to help the county in its response to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport's latest noise-reduction plan.
Officials from Boone County and the city of Florence recently sent a joint letter responding to the airport's plan and voicing their concerns.
They want more planes taking off to the north. They also want to require planes taking off to the north from the proposed north- south runway to head over the Ohio River instead of neighborhoods in Boone County. Officials also want to restrict night arrivals over the city.
“Boone County in its entirety is a wonderful neighborhood,” Florence Mayor Diane Whalen said in a recent release. “We only ask that our richest neighbor, the airport, treat us with the equality and consideration that they offer our neighbors to the north of the river.”
In other considerations, commissioners will discuss going out for bid to replace an outdoor warning siren that was damaged in Florence.
The next fiscal court meeting will be 5 p.m. Feb. 14.
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