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7. ~EPd~AS, on February 27, 1989, the Board, upon motion, <br /> moved to employ Talbert, Cox & Associates, Inc. (now Espey Huston <br /> Company by merger, but hereinafter referred to as "Espey <br /> Huston"), one of the five original respondents to the County <br /> Manager's June, 1985, invitation for airport study proposals, and <br /> a firm which had conducted an airport feasibility study <br /> authorized by the Board in 1979, to conduct an update of the <br /> Environmental Impact Report being prepared for the proposed <br /> County airport by Wilbur Smith and Associates in order to assist <br /> in addressing and curing concerns with regard to some aspects of <br /> the Report and to insure that the Report was as accurate and <br /> complete as possible; <br /> <br /> 8. W~EREAS, on Jply 13, 1989, the Board, upon motion, <br />ratified its prior selection of the Poplar Tent site but <br />authorized the rotation of the runway on the site by <br />approximately seven degrees, and further requested the Federal <br />Aviation Administration to proceed with processing the <br />Environmental Assessment for the proposed airport with Espey <br />Buston, to provide any updates to the Environmental Assessment <br />that may be required due to the rotation of the runway. <br /> <br /> 9. WHEREAS, the refinement of studies or design for the <br />proposed airport has entailed increasing requirements for studies <br />of economic an4 environmental feasibility, and compliance with <br />technical construction and operational guidelines of North <br />Carolina and federal aviation authorities; and W~ER~AS, the firm <br />of Espey Nuston has proved competent both to undertake directly <br /> <br /> 3, <br /> <br /> <br />