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associated with Runsey at that time. <br />Greg Patten - Stated that the touch and go operations at the facility <br />sound like hornets flying around. Inquired if the danger of air crashes <br />would increase with so many students using the facility. Inquired if the <br />cost of homeowner's insurance would increase because of the airport. <br />Mr. Otto - Replied that smaller, unimproved airport facilities tend to have <br />a greater amount of training operations than itinerant operations. With <br />airport improvements, the trend is towards more itinerant operations and a <br />decrease in training operations. There is a risk factor at the facility <br />now and the improvements and zoning would add an additional margin of <br />safety to what already exists at Gateway. <br />Greg Patten - Stated that a neighbor of his used to live by Crystal Airport <br />and sold his home for $5,000 less; there is an impact to property <br />valuation. <br />Mr. ar � e to that one of the problems with Crystal Airport is that <br />they airport safey zoning in place. <br />Joe Sentyrz - Inquired if there will be control towers at Gateway in the <br />future. <br />Mr. Bartley - Replied that typically, control towers are not found on <br />the type of airport facility Gateway will be and that he doesn't know of <br />any airport the size of Gateway that has a control tower. Control towers <br />are for controlling ground traffic. <br />Mr. Otto - Noted that there would have to be at least 200,000 annual <br />operations at an airport before it would even be considered to qualify for <br />a control tower. Because of limited federal funds, there has been a move <br />to deactivate control towers already in place. <br />Mr. Bartley noted that written comments regarding the proposed airport <br />zoning ordinance should be addressed to the Mayor of Ramsey and will be <br />received until 9 :00 a.m. on March 23, 1987. <br />The public hearing adjourned at 9:40 p.m. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Sylvia Frolik <br />Secretary <br />David Bartley <br />City Administrator <br />Airport Zoning Board/March 11, 1987 <br />Page 12 of 12 <br />