Friday, April 6, 2001
Friday, April 6, 2001 |
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Taxiway easement dispute leads to altercation after PTC meeting
By JOHN
MUNFORD A dispute over plans to develop property adjacent to Falcon Field in Peachtree City nearly turned into parking-lot fisticuffs after last week's Planning Commission meeting, according to a police report. The dispute involves a proposal from Mike and David Rossetti to abandon a taxiway easement on property where they want to build an office building and warehouse with a hangar. The plans for the Jet Limo complex call for a retention pond to be built where the taxiway easement is currently located. Former Airport Authority Chairman David Good, who also owns property near the airport, has opposed abandoning the easement, stating that he wants to insure his property has access to Falcon Field in the future. After the Planning Commission tabled action on the Jet Limo plan at its meeting last week, Good exited City Hall when he was confronted by David Rossetti, according to the report. David Rossetti admitted to using several expletives during the exchange with Good, but denied that he raised his fist in a threatening manner towards Good. Good had told police that David Rossetti had pulled back his hand as if he was preparing to throw a punch. "I was legitimately concerned something was going to happen," Good told The Citizen when he was contacted about the incident. "So I reached for my cell phone and dialed 911." Good also said David Rossetti threatened to beat him up. David Rossetti could not be reached to comment for this article, although several messages to his office went unreturned. No arrests were made by police after interviewing both parties. The Planning Commission had tabled its action on the Jet Limo plans after reviewing an opinion on the taxiway easement dispute from City Attorney Rick Lindsey. Lindsey recommended that the commission should not approve the plans until all four property owners affected by losing that easement sign an agreement authorizing the development. Such an agreement is required if the property is to be developed, according to the original easement documents, Lindsey wrote in his opinion.
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