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<br />7/19/83 <br /> <br />Page -11- <br /> <br />STAPLETON AIRPORT ISSUE <br />Councilman Leary <br /> <br />Commented the first issue, as stated by the <br />representatives from Commerce City, to be <br />resolved is really what will be done with <br />the Arsenal relating to contamination. Was <br />not certain if the costs would be more or less <br />if it was the airport expansion or something <br />else. Also felt that there was more to the <br />issue than presented by Commerce City repre- <br />sentatives. <br /> <br />ENDORSE ARSENAL EXPANSION <br /> <br />Councilman Leary moved, Councilman Cussen <br />seconded that our representative be directed <br />to cast at least the first vote for the Arsenal <br />site and use his good judgement if additional <br />votes are necessary. <br /> <br />Councilman Fauson <br /> <br />Commented that he concurred with one of the <br />statemets made by the representatives of <br />Commerce City that records were not kept of <br />dump sites. He had worked at the Rocky Mtn. <br />Arsenal during the productive years and the <br />hazardous materials were dumped haphazardly <br />throughout the area. It was mind boggling to <br />him to envision the costs involved in the <br />clean-uPr therefore could not in good faith <br />go with the Arsenal site. <br /> <br />Mayor Meier <br /> <br />Commented that he had been through a monumental <br />amount of reports and information on the issue <br />and the costs of the containment and clean-up <br />were discussed, as well as the runway patterns, <br />the asphalt pavement structures that would be <br />in place, the ground water problems could be <br />resolved, and had weighed both sides of the <br />issue, felt the best alternative was the Arsenal <br />site at this time. <br /> <br />Councilman Cummings <br /> <br />Commented he knew that the Arsenal was one <br />of the issues, but felt it was a sideliner <br />felt the main issue was a business matter. <br />The Arsenal must be cleaned up either by the <br />government or the people building the air- <br />port. As for the Bennett site causing urban <br />sprawl was true - then on the other side of <br />the issue nothing could be built on the east <br />side of the Arsenal; therefore did not feel <br />our City should become involved. Felt that <br />both presentations were very good. Did not <br />feel that anyone was that knowledgeable on <br />the issue - depended upon whose study was <br />read - felt that for intergovernmental re- <br />lations until it is worked out among the <br />