ANC Endorsed 
Mark Wallach is two-term incumbent on Council, retired from a long and varied career in law, real estate, and politics. Mark has been the biggest champion of the ANC on City Council. He consistently speaks loud and clear about repurposing the airport especially to obtain middle income housing that Boulder desperately needs. In fact, this is prominently featured on his campaign website. He has written about airport repurposing multiple times including this guest opinion for the Daily Camera and this one. Mark is our top recommendation for this race. You can read about Mark and his other policy positions at his campaign website.
Here are Mark's full questionnaire answers.
1. What do you think the city should do about its lawsuit against the FAA to clarify how long the city is legally obligated to run the airport?
▢ Drop the lawsuit indefinitely. Keep this site an airport no matter what.
✔ Keep our legal options open. Appeal or pursue legal clarification about who controls this land when the time is ripe. Don't accept any more grants that would extend our contractual obligations to the FAA past 2040. Find other ways to fund airport needs, which amount to a fraction of a percent of the city's annual budget.
▢ I’m not prepared to answer at this time.
▢ I can’t comment for legal reasons.
▢ Other
Elaboration: The arguments for decommissioning the airport are unchanged by the dismissal of the lawsuit against the FAA. This site is most appropriate for development as affordable and middle-income housing, as I have advocated for my 6 years on Council. My position has not changed. The decision on the FAA suit was entirely procedural and should not deter us from biding our time and being in a position in 2040 to engage the community on what is the highest and best use for the airport.
2. Assuming that the City of Boulder establishes local control over the future of the airport site, what do you personally think is the highest and best use of these 174 city-owned acres?
▢ Airport
▢ Primarily housing / mixed use neighborhoods
▢ Primarily open space / public park
▢ The people of Boulder should decide through a public process or vote
▢ I’m not prepared to answer at this time.
▢ I can’t comment for legal reasons.
✔ Other
Elaboration: This is an opportunity to develop affordable and middle-income housing due to our ownership of the land. I am less interested in mixed uses (although a few are fine), than increasing our negligible stock of middle-income housing.
3. In the event that Boulder keeps the airport (either because of judicial decision or city decision), what kind of airport should we have?
▢ About the same as we have now
✔ Smaller! There are already too many flights out of Boulder airport. Keep it safe but minimal.
▢ Bigger! We should expand the airport with more tenants and better facilities and attract more aviation activity to Boulder.
▢ I’m not prepared to answer at this time.
▢ I can’t comment for legal reasons.
▢ Other
Elaboration: Between the lead pollution and noise pollution created by the airport, I favor a smaller, less polluting facility.
4. Is there anything else you would like the ANC and the public to know about your policy positions regarding the airport and the future of the site?
I have been the leading advocate on the Council for conversion of the airport; it is an essentially useless facility, other than the heliport, creates virtually no revenue for the City, causes serious pollution and the benefits of conversion far outweigh any benefits to be gained by its continued operation. The pilots are in strong opposition to my position, and they are quite organized, but my position on this matter is firm.