COEUR d'ALENE — Localization of statewide guidelines could shed light on how to balance airport safety with ongoing community growth and development.

Coeur d'Alene Airport General Manager Greg Delavan will brief county leaders, and potentially officials from the city of Hayden, on a July 2016 update to the Idaho Transportation Department's Aeronautics Bureau's land use guide on Wednesday, Dec. 14. Delavan told The Press Tuesday the guide directly relates to how land around airports can be safely used, adding he has worked with an engineer to localize the models provided in the state report.

"We overlayed it (the models) with Kootenai County so our friends and neighbors can understand what that might mean to our future," Delavan told The Press. "It could have an impact."

Delavan, who told The Press he was not involved in the creation of the ITD guidelines but was involved in localization efforts, said there are no rule changes associated with the updated guide. Instead, according to Delavan the guidelines explain rules that have been in place for quite some time, which the airport manager described as less restrictive than similar information from other states airport officials have presented to community leaders in the past.

Although Delavan has stated the airport maintains a good working relationship with the city of Hayden, he has raised public safety concerns in recent months over two major proposals brought before the city. The first, a plan to extend Ramsey Road as an alternative north-south corridor between U.S. Highway 95 and Highway 41, raises concern that the new road will run too close to safety areas needed around airport runways, according to Delavan.

The second is a proposed housing development, Hayden Village, that would be clear of the airport's protection zone but be built underneath the runway approach where aircraft fly very low.

"I want everyone who attends to get a better understanding of the airport's relationship with the community," Delavan said, adding people will have a number of additional opportunities to hear the information at several public meetings planned while the airport updates its master plan.

Kootenai County Commissioner Dan Green said when the meeting was called for on Monday he was not aware of the purpose behind it. However, after being updated as to Delavan's intent, Green told The Press he is hopeful the meeting will continue the significant progress of the past two years between all of the jurisdictions involved.

"It's been a delicate situation since I got here in 2012," Green added. "Nobody disputes that the airport is a huge economic tool for the community. But with all of these entities involved, does one need trump someone else's? That's a very difficult question and it's something we all have to work together on answering."

As of Tuesday morning, Hayden Mayor Steve Griffitts told The Press, the city had not received an invitation to attend next week's meeting, and declined to provide additional comment.

The Dec. 14 meeting is scheduled to take place from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. in meeting room 1A and 1B of the county facility, which is located at 451 N. Government Way in Coeur d'Alene.