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<br />7/19/83 <br /> <br />Page -5- <br /> <br />many of the peripheral areas of the Arsenal. <br />But one fact is certain that 6 square miles <br />in the central core are heavily contaminated <br />and the cost will be approximately 1 billion <br />dollars. Wished to remind councilmembers <br />that no plan had been developed for airport <br />use of the Arsenal, including the one examined <br />in the met~o-airport study - the one backed <br />by the City and County of Denver even though <br />the site is too small for an airport. The <br />land area that ought to be occupied by a new <br />airport of this size and that can and would <br />be used at a usable sight is nearly half again <br />as big. Reiterated that the cost if built <br />on the Arsenal site would be much, much higher <br />than it should be , much higher than the metro <br />suggests and much higher than they would be <br />at any other better location. Stated it made <br />no sense to attempt to locate a 2 billion <br />dollar airport on a site that is too small, <br />too heavily contaminated and lies in the middle <br />of a populated urban and sub-urban area; in <br />a county which is committed to oppose it ad- <br />jacent to cities that will not abide by it. <br />Stated in terms of the capacity problems that <br />are now faced at Denver and the dream of ex- <br />panding Stapleton Airport onto the Rocky <br />Mountain Arsenal property likely will become <br />a nightmare. Asked council's consideration <br />when our representative votes at the DRCOG <br />hearing, that he be mindful of Adams County <br />concerns and be aware of the actions they <br />intend to take to make certain that the Arsenal <br />is never developed for an airport. and that <br />they would assist them in agreeing upon a <br />mutually acceptable alternative site. <br /> <br />Councilman Cummings <br /> <br />Inquired how many families would have to be <br />relocated and who will bear the costs? <br />Cutler replied 300-400 families based on <br />current population figures. Costs for noise <br />mitigation would be the responsibility of the <br />operator of the airport. (Did not speak <br />directly to relocation costs) . <br /> <br />Councilman Leary <br /> <br />Inquired - given the threats to ground water <br />contamination, etc. - what are the long range <br />plans of Adams County and the various cities <br />for the Arsenal should it not be developed <br />as an Airport? <br />Mr. Cutler replied the first most immediate <br />problem is to contain the problem on the <br />Arsenal. There has already been invested in <br />the neighborhood of 80 or 90 million dollars <br />