Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com by jr.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA219991044; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:37:24 -0700 Return-Path: <hangtime@lanina.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis> Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with ESMTP (1.37.109.24/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA227251033; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:37:13 -0700 Received: from sgi.com (sgi.SGI.COM [192.48.153.1]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.1a/HPL-PA Relay) with ESMTP id KAA17679 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:37:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id KAA09337 for <@external-mail-relay.sgi.com:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:33:02 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (hangtime@lanina.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis) Received: from lanina.engr.sgi.com (lanina.engr.sgi.com [198.29.104.70]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id KAA86865 for <@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com:wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:33:01 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (hangtime@lanina.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis) Received: (from hangtime@localhost) by lanina.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id KAA10814 for wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis; Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:33:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:33:01 -0700 (PDT) From: hangtime@lanina.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis (Chris Rowe) Message-Id: <9906171033.ZM10784@lanina.engr.sgi.com-DeleteThis> In-Reply-To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis "WIND_TALK digest 1186" (Jun 16, 5:16pm) References: <199906170016.AA135048590@jr.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> X-Mailer: Z-Mail-SGI (3.2S.3 08feb96 MediaMail) To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Re: SFO expansion meetings Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I went to a meeting about the runways which was run by a couple ecological
organizations. John Martin is the guy who runs SFO, and he was on the panel
along with the head of the BCDC, the head of the Bay Area Transportation
Committee, and the head of Save the Bay.
What's interesting to note is that windsurfers are not the only ones who have a
problem with the expansion. Most of the crowd of 200 were already pissed at
SFO about noise of planes passing over the South Bay, Palo Alto, Menlo Park.
There were environmentalists too who don't have practical issues with the
expansion. And all the folks who have boats at Coyote Point Marina.
Most interesting, Martin said that the law requires that there is a net benefit
for all affected parties. He said this in response to a windsurfer, John, who
asked how we can get involved. Martin went on to say that there then must be a
net benefit to windsurfers if the project goes through, so other sites would
have to be developed or something.
In general, the requirements of the law which created the BCDC are very strict
about what projects can be built, and all the officials present were skeptical
about the whole thing, especially considering the enormity of the engineering
task and the presense of under-utilized land and airstrips in the Bay Area.
-Chris.
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