Connie Mack: “as an additional matter, I would like to bring to the chairman's attention another problem confronting the…”

“as an additional matter, I would like to bring to the chairman's attention another problem confronting the Gainesville-Alachua Regional Airport Authority and the surrounding areas and communities in finalizing their eligible FAA noise grant funding. I have been informed that as a result of judicial inverse condemnation proceedings, the city was forced to acquire certain properties and relocate former owners and occupants from certain sites covered by Federal Aviation Regulations, Part 150, Airport Noise Compatibility. This action required significant financial commitments from the local authorities, the city of Gainesville, and the Regional Airport Authority which these parties were apparently led to believe would be eligible for reimbursement through the AIP Noise Grant Program. Would you not concur, Mr. Chairman, that this matter warrants FAA consideration?”