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4411. <br />Chairman I - mere is other regular business to discuss but this public <br />hearing will certainly be a topic of discussion; cannot say for sure if there <br />will be a recarmendation made at the special meeting. Keep in mind that this <br />public hearing was on the airport master plan; the reo:emendation from the <br />Airport Commission to City Council will regard whether or not to adopt this <br />airport master plan. Council then will make a decision to adopt the plan, as a <br />plan; not to start construction. If the plan is adopted and all subsequent <br />phases of the plan went like clockwork, the earliest construction could begin <br />would be 1989. <br />Sharon Mager - How long before the plan goes to Council for adoption? <br />Chairman Ippel - I really don't know but I hope the Airport Commission's <br />recarmendation would be on the next regular Council agenda; Council will want <br />time to review it and doubt they will act on it until October or November. <br />Commissioner Donovan - Thanked citizens for attending this hearing and raising <br />important questions. Regarding someone's earlier comment regarding 'too bad it <br />has gone this far', the citizens should be thankful that it has gone this far. <br />Important questions have been raised and we do not have the answers to sane of <br />these questions, i.e., being compensated for not being able to subdivide. I <br />was pessimistic to an airport but in the last two year process, ny pessimistic <br />attitude has ganged. I will try to look at the big picture and the benefits <br />to Ramsey. I live in the northeast pert of Ramsey and realize that to most of <br />the citizens present the big picture is right outside their windows; I have no <br />formula for weighing citizen input but I will certainly take it into <br />consideration. <br />Commissioner Stauffer - Live close to the runway and aware of low flying <br />planes. I am very impressed with sane of the people that have approached this <br />Commission at previous meetings, like small business owners for instance, and <br />the information I have gained from them. In regards to an earlier carment made <br />regarding why develop an airport that can't be expanded, I can live with the <br />present size airplanes being acccauodated at Gateway; I would be very happy <br />with an airport that cannot be expanded. <br />Commissioner Greenberg - I agreed to serve on this Commission because of ny <br />close involvement with the airport since it's inception. I will abstain fran <br />voting on the reoarmendation because I am so involved with the airport. <br />Commissioner Larsen - I agreed to serve on the Carmission because of ny broad <br />experience in project management and my interest in what's best for Ramsey. <br />Since being appointed to the Commission I moved from Ramsey and offered my <br />resignation. My resignation was not accepted because it was felt that my <br />expertise would ruin useful to the Commission; I agreed to remain on the <br />Commission. mere is a tough decision before us now and more to come. <br />Commissioner Erickson - The tough decisions are yet to cane. I am a resident <br />of Ramsey and an airport participant. Our decision cannot be based strictly on <br />a useage basis; it has to be a benefit to Ramsey, otherwise it does not benefit <br />the majority. This Commission has to take the opposition into consideration <br />and weight that against the overall benefit. With any city project there is <br />August 21, 1985 <br />Page 13 of 14 <br />