Rodney Martz, 53-yr pilot/50-yr tenant, Frederick, Md.
This is not a good location for a stadium because of the constant aircraft overflights at the minimum safe altitude (just 1,000 feet). On occasion for use of Runway 05, some landing aircraft may overfly the stadium at an even lower altitude (500-to-700 feet) that FAA does allow for take-offs and landings, either by judgement of the pilot or, by judgement of the FAA ATC control tower. We need to protect the long-term viability of the City Airport, as, this stadium would be directly in the flight path for most landing patterns. Pilots are concerned that all the bussed-in patrons from out-of-city/county and, out-of-state, will not be familiar with a busy general aviation airport's constant aircraft traffic directly overhead. We don't want complaints. We are not like Dulles, Reagan, or BWI : pilots train at the schools in Frederick to earn the jobs that fly the passengers into those so-called Big airports, but our traffic patterns are often more busy.

Allen Schaeffer Frederick MD.
The Council must reject the proposed Annexation because the Planning Commission recommendation is based on a faulty process; one that failed to provide due process to the community as guaranteed in the LMC.
a. On June 10, the parks and recreation council made a “favorable” recommendation on this case. This should be invalidated because the meeting in which that recommendation was made was held despite an “error in posting the meeting” a fact that the council acknowledges and includes in its minutes, along with the fact that two public members sought but were denied public opportunity to participate due to their failure.

b. Given the significance in this case of essentially trading annexation amendments for parkland, this failure to provide an open and accessible meeting to the public alone should have resulted in a deferral of action by the Planning Commission until which time the Parks and Recreation Committee correctly posts and holds a new meeting that is properly noticed and accessible to the public to participate. For the record there is no recorded version of this parks and rec meeting available.

The Council will not have benefit of basic analysis of the environmental and historic considerations for rezoning the property as these will not have been completed by the August 21 meeting date. Defer action on these decisions until after those are received and reviewed.

The City Council should reject the Special Events Center designation and force the applicant to undergo the more traditional and appropriate interjurisdictional analysis to properly consider the impacts of this significant project. The traffic impacts of a major event on the City and County at large could be significant and such coordination and review is in the best interest of all parties.

The proposed conditions offered by the applicant are unacceptable. If approved, the conditions of rezoning must include appropriate public notice via website, email and public posting of the schedule of all events regardless of size at least 1 month in advance to allow neighborhood residents to plan appropriately; public safety and bus transportation services should be required to be provided by Frederick City Police and Frederick Transit rather than private entities. Road improvements at Rt.144 and Quinn Orchard Rd. should be prioritized to occur prior to any Use or occupancy permits being issued.