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PRELIMINARY AIRPORT LAYOUTS Two (2) alternative sites have been selected for preliminary review as potential airport sites in the City of Ramsey. Site #1 is located immediately north of the Burlington Northern railroad tracks between County Road #83 (Armstrong Boulevard) and County Road #56 (Ramsey Boulevard) and is immediately west of the Gateway North Industrial Airport. The General Mills property, located in the southwest corner of Ramsey to the north and east of the Burlington Northern tracks, is the second site under consideration. The proximity of both sites to each other and the zoning of each site is shown in Figure 2. Site #1 is zoned entirely as industrial property whereas Site #2 is primarily zoned as a rural service area, but includes a sizeable tract of flood- way fringe around and between Eddy Lake and Lake Itasca. The floodway limits of County Ditch #51 - Trott Brook abut the northerly edge of Site #2. For convenience in preparing the preliminary airport layouts and due to a lack of existing topography at both sites, the elevations at the ends of the primary surfaces are assumed to be the same as the roads and railroad tracks which are crossed in the approach zones and where certain minimum clearances must be main- tained. In order. to provide the minimum vertical clearances of 15 feet above roadways and 23 feet above railroad tracks by utilizing the required 40:1 approach slope, the near end of the primary surfaces can be no closer than 600' and 900' respectively to these traverse ways. 12