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don't live in such a world. And I would not see the location of this building as adding mom stress to the departures and the arrivals of aircraft from San Carlos, given that them are other areas that aircraft can move through corridors." (6/19/96 Transcript, p. 372.) 3.10.18 ~: Project buildings over 100 feet tall pose a safety hazard to student pilots. F. iaOJl~: The City hereby makes finding (1). Facts in Support of"Findings: (a) For all of the reasons discussed in the Airport Study and in the Findings and Facts in Support of Findings in Section 3.10, the Project does not create a safety hazard. If some unforeseen emergency arose, an experienced flight instructor would also be present with the student pilot and could take over the controls. Therefore, the Project does not represent a hazard to student pilots. (b) The existing Provident, Paragon and DHL buildings already constitute greater constraints to short approaches and flights under SVFR conditions than would the Project. Student pilots also must recognize that they are ftying over populated residential areas. While aviation in general creates some risk to those on the ground and to those in airplanes, the Project would not significantly increase this risk. 3.10.19 ~: The Project would prevent the San Carlos Airport from adopting a Global Positioning system. F_ia0Jl~: The City hereby makes finding (1). Facts in Sup_non of Findings: (a) The City asked its consultant, P&D Aviation, to evaluate the effect of the Project on a potential GPS approach to runway 12. The consultant stated that, although some of the FAR Part 77 surfaces would change for such an approach, the horizontal surface would remain at an elevation of 152 feet MSL. This would have no effect on the Project site. (b) For a nonpmcision GPS approach, however, the radius of the horizontal surface would be increased to 10,000 feet from its current radius of 5,000 feet, The Oracle buildings over 152' MSL would be considered obstructions to aerial navigation. The consultant concluded that existing structures, in particular the Oracle complex, would have a greater effect on the feasibility of such an approach than would the Project. In any event, a nonprecision GPS approach probably is infeasible because of the proximity to San Francisco International Airport Class B airspace. -34- 7/I 1/96 9:56 AM