|
Patrick Kennedy
<br />7231 151st Avenue NW R E C E 1 V F n
<br />Ramsey, MN 55303
<br />MAR 1 6 1987
<br />March 12, 1987 '
<br />Ans'd.
<br />RE; Gateway Industrial North Airport Zoning Ordinance. ...........
<br />City of Ramsey
<br />Zoning Board/City Council
<br />I have attended your meetings, and studied your proposed airport plans, and I feel
<br />it is premature to begin a zoning ordinance, as the entire plan is not. a good one.
<br />Everything about this plan is either "minimum" or just enough to get by, and Ramsey
<br />deserves the best. (landfill proximity, Highway and railroad safety, residential
<br />safety, regard for the people of Ramsey, etc.)
<br />On the South end of proposed runway, you plan for the Air corridore to cross over
<br />Burlington Northern Railroad Mainline Track at an elevation of 22 feet, or is it
<br />23 feet ?, above Top of Rail. The State of Minnesota Statutory Vertical Clearance
<br />minimum is 22 feet above Top of Rail to Obstruction., for General, thru Bridges,
<br />Highway Bridges, Tunnels, and through Buildings and Doors. These are "Fixed Ob-
<br />structions ".
<br />I'm wondering if someone mistook Statutory Vertical Clearance for "Fixed Obstruct-
<br />ions" to mean, or include Airport Corridors.
<br />Burlington Northern operates Double -track Mainlines from Fridley Northtown Yard,
<br />to the West coast, and transports a multitude of Hazardous placarded, and Flammable
<br />placarded cars, as well as other dangerous commodities. Statutory clearance is
<br />minimum clearance, but not to be confused with the other requirements your airpot
<br />must meet under various Government Agency to safely operate near these hazards.
<br />A logical example would be the same as if your Airport were operating over an in-
<br />dustry with hazardous wastes, and or materials, or toxic chemicals. How high would
<br />your corridore need to be, to safely operate over them? What then is the closest
<br />you can fly over the same substanse, moving 60 MPH, over top of Railroad Cars. (not
<br />top of rail, as used for clearance, I already know that I am right on this.)
<br />If the City of Ramsey doesn't care to notice this error, and continues to attemt
<br />zoning, and building this Airport in the present unsafe plan, I feel compelled to
<br />notify the proper Agencys and enforcement, to protect my personal interests, and
<br />those of the residents of this community.
<br />To try to correct this error later, would mean at a 40;1 corridore ratio, that
<br />for every foot you must raise the corridore, you will need to move 40 feet North,
<br />and if for example just 30 more feet clearance are-required, the Airport would
<br />need to shift 1 feet additionally. Zone "A" would be extended, more property
<br />would need to be bought , County Road 56 wouldn't have proper overhead clearance,
<br />and would probably need to be moved nest, to obtain clearance. Most importantly
<br />the residents of Ramsey would be stuck with the added costs.
<br />For the City Council to get off the hook, they can place the airport issue before
<br />the people on a Ballot. (The Fair way, the Democratic way.) If the people through
<br />petition have to do this, the City Council will be identified as not being capable
<br />to use good judgement. The City Council should be spending their time protecting
<br />its residents from such ill - planned, ill - conceived plans.
<br />Sincerely,
<br />
|