evidentiary appendix in support of plaintiffs' partial motion for ...

Franke, Deputy Commissioner Mary Rose Loney, and the DOA’s chief planning official, Kitty
Freidheim:
Yesterday, at their request, I met with Franke, Loney, and
Freidheim, here at EXO [United Executive Headquarters] to
discuss a potpourri of O’Hare Planning Issues. Attached is a list of
projects, developed by Kitty’s staff enumerating projects that
might be included in an ODP-II.
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We agreed that a Master Plan was necessary but Franke and
Freidheim are very concerned that a formal FAA sponsored Plan
would require significant public participation, (specifically
SOC). 81
To shorten the planning process I thought the airlines might agree
to fund the Master Plan without FAA money to limit outside
participation prior to preparing the E.I.S.
***
Assuming the airlines, particularly UA and AA, and the City are
anxious to expedite the Master Planning process, the issue of how
it might be accomplished was discussed. 82
Having publicly promised DuPage County that public participation and participation by
the impacted communities would be an integral part of the Master Plan process, Franke and his
fellow DOA senior officials were engaged in private discussions with the airlines as to how to
cut the public out of the process to “limit outside participation.”
Franke laid out this plan to mayoral advisor Kruesi in an August 10, 1990, memo:
A variant “master plan” program is contemplated. There will be
no traditional federally-funded and-regulated, lengthy “master
plan” process leading up to development of an Airport Layout Plan
(ALP) and EIS. The City will simply file a proposed ALP and
start the EIS process…. this is desirable because it will save time
and minimize public exposure.
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Some master plan elements are less likely to become part of the
public discussion process (e.g., collateral land development
programs). This is a distinct advantage.
81 The “SOC” referred to here is the “Suburban O’Hare Commission.”
82 Exhibit CBIN 4 (emphasis added).
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