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The city, Kemper and the helistop’s opponents have gone back and forth since 2008, with the issue escalating to multiple public meetings, appeals and lawsuits.

City planning officials have recommended a hearing examiner reject Tateuchi’s request to shut the helistop.

Now, it’s all coming back to a head as the city will decide whether to shut down the helistop after a hearing set for next Thursday.

And yet, despite all the skirmishes, one thing hasn’t changed: The helistop is never used.

“If not modified, the practical effect of the twin-engine restriction is the Helistop will not be used,” Kemper representatives wrote in their application to use the less-expensive and more common single-engine choppers, according to documents provided by the helistop’s opponents.