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Charter; the City Council may or may not have the legal authority <br />to decide to build an airport but they can't bond the money for <br />it without asking the citizens first. Council is the only body <br />that can spend the public's money and they must follow certain <br />rules to do so. <br />Greg DuChene - 15951 Ramsey Blvd. - Stated that airport improve- <br />ment is a benefit that Ramsey could and does need; it would be <br />a good draw card for industry in Ramsey. <br />Jill Newman - Crystal - Pilot at Gateway - Inquired if any <br />studies have been done as to what would be at the Gateway <br />location if the airport was not there. Suggested that something <br />could be there that might be even more objectionable than noise <br />of airplanes. <br />Chairman Ippel stated that there was a study done by Waste <br />ManagementBoard addressing potential sites for three different <br />types of hazardous waste facilities (storage, incineration and <br />waste treatment). The entire industrial park area was recommended <br />on the initial study and one of the things brought up at the <br />hearings was that smoke stacks would interfere with airport <br />operation. The Hearing Examiner's Report recommended that the <br />area to the west be eliminated because of it's not easily <br />accessible to sewer and water and that the area to the east of <br />County Road #56 be totally eliminated because of the airport and <br />the final recommended area became a very small section. <br />The public meeting recessed at 9:38 p.m. <br />Chairman Ippel called the meeting back to order at 10;20 p,m. <br />Mary Larson - 14725 Ramsey Blvd. - Stated she would like to go <br />on -record as not being in favor of the airport project, especially <br />if it means she will have to`move. Her reasons were that she <br />likes where she lives, she doesn't want her children to have to <br />switch schools, she built her home 28 years ago and it would cost <br />more to replace today and taxes would be higher on a new home. <br />Chairman Ippel inquired of Mary Larson that if she felt she were <br />compensated equitably, would she change her mind regarding the <br />airport. <br />Mary Larson replied that she probably would not change her mind; <br />the fact still remains that she would have higher taxes on a <br />new home and she has 28 years invested in landscaping of her <br />current residence. <br />Jon Anderson - Comments have been made that Ramsey cannot afford <br />an airport and the airport would reduce property values; these <br />are all things that point towards getting some attraction into <br />Ramsey that would create revenue. Don't know of any community <br />in the metro area that is growing and doesn't have an airport <br />nearby. <br />Commissioner Greenberg sited Milaca and Princeton as an example <br />and noted the difference in the towns; even though Milaca is <br />AP/August 22, 1984 <br />