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March 18, 1987 <br />W kpwr -h <br />Mayor and Members of the City Council MAR 2 1 lQq <br />City of Ramsey <br />Ramsey Municipal Building AQSd.. <br />15153 Nowthen Boulevard N.W. ����"' <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />RE: Proposed Airport Zoning Ordinance - Gateway North Industrial <br />Airport <br />Ladies and Gentlemen: <br />The purpose of this letter is to provide further comments to <br />the proposed Ramsey Airport Zoning Ordinance which was the subject <br />of the hearing at the City Municipal Building on March 11, 1987. <br />Tom Thumb Food Markets, Inc. has owned and operated a convenience <br />store in Ramsey since 1974, as long as the City has been in exis- <br />tence. This convenience store provides gasoline service and con- <br />venience goods and services to the citizens of Ramsey. We believe <br />that the store has been a good thing for Ramsey, and citizens of <br />Ramsey have apparently appreciated our store, because they have <br />patronized it and the store has historically been profitable for <br />us. Your proposed ordinance puts our store directly into Safety <br />Zone A which we understand means that if the ordinance is adopted, <br />our store can no longer exist. <br />We are alarmed and very concerned. As you know, if we are <br />forced to try to relocate, we would have to acquire property which <br />is similar to that upon which our store is presently located. Pro <br />perty at Ramsey is now very very expensive. We would also have to <br />go to the additional expense of constructing a new store, restocking <br />it, and going through extensive advertising to inform the public <br />about the location of this store and its existence. That involves <br />more expense. As we understand it, the City of Ramsey at the pre- <br />sent time does not have a firm purchase agreement with the owners <br />of the existing airport for the purchase of that airport. We also <br />understand that the City has no definite financing lined up to <br />finance the airport or to finance any of the additional property <br />(including our store) which the City is going to have to acquire <br />if the proposed plan does go through. <br />From our viewpoint this whole situation is both worrisome and <br />110 EAST 17TH STREET - HASTINGS, MINNESOTA 55033 - (612) 437.9023 <br />