Minutes - Council - 11/26/1985 - Laserfiche WebLink

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~ ~irnor~ Ma.~/:~r Plan/' Mr. Jack Ippel, Airport Commission Chairman, was present and stated that some new information has come to light since the initiation of the Airport Master Plan study. Prestress Concrete has filed bankruptcy and the property will be on the market. If this property were to be purchased and used for airport develouaent, the runway could be shifted slightly and would eliminate the need for Clear Zone A to the north to impact residences and Tom ~ht~nb; Clear Zone A to the south would include 3 additional properties to deal with. qlqis minor runway shift would not impact wind coverage at the site. ~he consulting engineers feel this new concept bears looking into and a preliminary layout would involve 20 hours of engineering time at $50/hour. ~he preliminary layout for the new runway concept would be sukmitted to FAA for determination of any airspace problems. Councilmember Cox stated that Ramsey does not have anything special to attract industrial tax base and an airport would give Ramsey that edge. ~he new concept would satisfy a lot of Council's concerns in that Ramsey would have to negotiate with less parcels, it would minimize the impact on residences, does not require raising the elevation at runway ends and some of the area to be a_cquir_ed~ll~~crcc~ '~-', ~here is a mobile home park that would be ?pacted but it might be to the owner's advantage to relocate to a larger rcel to provide the ability to be competitive with other parks that have the pg~ce to. acc~date larger mobile homest~ Mayor Beitman inquired if there would be other agency involvement in this additional engineering time and how the cost of the new concept compares to the proposal in the Airport Master Plan. Mr. Ippel stated that there may be a chance of obtaining outside agency funding participation; the study will not provide a cost comparison to the existing proposal. Mr. Ippel recommended that Council take the following course of action: 1) Give notice to proceed to pursue inclusion in the NAIPS system which is necessary to qualify for Federal funding, does not obligate the City to airport development and the cost of which is eligible for 80% reimbursement. 2) Give approval for additional engineering time to prepare a preliminary layout utilizing property presently occupied by Prestress; this layout would then be submitted to FAA for review and the cost may be eligible for some reimbursement. 3) Start in motion the consultant selection process for the environmental assessment with a cost that is eligible for 90% reimbursement. Mr. Goodrich stated that Council would still have the option to cease the project anywhere along the line. Motion by Councilmember Cox and seconded by Councilm~nber Reimann to authorize an expenditure, not to exceed $1,000.00, for additional engineering time required to prepare a preliminary layout plan for an alternate airport runway layout that would utilize Prestress Concrete property; for the Airport Commission to report back to Council with that alternate runway analysis and recommend a course of action. Further Discussion: Councilmember Sorteberg inquired if Council will get a November 26, 1985 Page 12 of 18