VCRC Official Business another case

[BUDDYonRC at aol.com]

Our field is located next to a marine oil terminal, this  terminal is the 
main terminal where crude oil is routed to two government  strategic oil reserve 
facilities, in June the management of that terminal  called a meeting to make 
us and our lessor the City aware of a Bulletin that  they received concerning 
Homeland Security specifically Model Aircraft/ UAV  etc.  we were given a copy 
of it and it stated their  concerns and also stated that it was an official 
HLS classified document  for our eyes only. The terminal was requesting our 
assistance in reporting any  unusual model activity by reporting it to them and 
HLS. In addition they also  informed us that flying over their facility was no 
an option and that any fly  overs or crossing their property line required 
that it be reported to HLS, if  not reported the new HLS rules impose a $25,000 
fine on them for each  violation.
Three days after the new rules went into effect one of our  members crashed 
inside their fence, he immediately went to their facility to  report it and try 
to recover his airplane, when he arrived they told him  that the new 
monitoring system installed there had recorded the exact location  where his airplane 
had entered there facility and where it was located in  the facility. 
They recovered his airplane and after filling out HLS  forms which requires 
forty-five minutes, it was returned to him, and he was told  to expect to be 
contacted by HLS or other law enforcement  people. 
We have since put in effect club procedures to try to  eliminate any future 
such accidents as we feel that violation of the rules now  in place could 
result in the loss of our flying field. 
In order to minimize crossing their fence which is on the  South end of our 
field we are considering relocating the direction of our  runway from NS to EW 
which will require  a considerable investment. I wonder if HLS will help pay 
for it? We  have been at this field for about fifteen years and would hate to 
loose it,  Anyone know where funds may be available for such a project.
Buddy      
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