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Metropolitan Council Meeting 8-22-85 Bus. Item C-3 <br />_ M E T R O P O L I T A N C O U N C I L <br />~ Suite 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55107 <br />REPORT OF THE METROPOLITAN SYSTEMS COMMITTEE <br />REFERRAL REPORT N0. 85-81 <br />August 15, 1985 <br />T0: Metropolitan Council <br />SUBJECT: Draft Gateway North Industrial Airport Master Plan, Referral File <br />No. 12993-1, Council District 9 <br />~ BACKGROUND <br />1 <br />Improvements to Gateway North Industrial Airport, a privately-owned/ <br />~ public use Minor airport in the City of Ramsey are being proposed. The <br />~ improvements would involve assumption of ownership by Ramsey., and would cost <br />approximately $6 million. Two other sites were rejected in previous study <br />efforts. <br />The Council has been requested by Ramsey to submit comments as part of a <br />public hearing process involving the draft Airport Master Plan; these comments <br />are presently advisory in nature. The Council comments focus on five general <br />areas: <br />- The need for quantitative noise analysis, especially considering the <br />encroachment of the airport on existing residential development; <br />- The cost-effectiveness of making improvements at the existing airport site, <br />which has physical and environmental constraints, compared to other <br />sites; <br />- The aviation demand forecasts used in the study, which are high compared <br />to the recently revised regional forecasts; <br />- General Aviation Airport Search Area "A", with which the proposed <br />improvements would likely neither conflict with nor be able to replace; <br />- The need to amend the Ramsey Comprehensive Plan if the improvements are to <br />be made. <br />