Minutes - Council - 08/19/1987 - Special

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From Barbara Green 7321 150 th in nw Aug. 25 1987 First of all I would like you to know that I have tried to keep up with the airport ~ssue for the last few years. With the orignial north-south plan, when it was decieded that an east-west runway might be better and when it changed back to north-~outh. I have attended meetings, and asked questions to be sure I knew what was going on. During these meetings and conversations certain reasons have been brought up regarding why we should have airport zoning and expansion. In the spring meeting it was announced that ~~ wanted to put an asphalt plant on Ramsey Blvd.. And we were asked. Would you rather have an asphalt plant or an airport? Although the site for this has changed, my answer is that wedon't have to have either. Our city council does not have to let this be built they can simply say NO. Another time we were told that with out airport zoning and expansion we would become a bedroom community. Are you telling me that cities like Golden Valley, Hopkins, New Hope, Osseo, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Champltn, Columbia Heights~ Edina, Fridley, Spring Lake Park, and Plymouth and the list. could go on h"t I don't believe these are all bedroom community and don't think you do either. When we asked about Crystal airport and all the accidents there. We were told that they didn't have proper zoning and our zoning was to protect us. Yet when I talked to Reps. of both Crystal airport and the Metro airport co~m~si°n they said that most of the accidents and deaths at crystal were due te pilot error. That can also happen here. Then we were told that with a runway size of 3300 ft. we would only have single ang!ne planes and a few twin engines, but no Jets. Why then does Crystal have a runway size of 3250 ft.. A full 50 feet shorter than our proposed rUnwayl, Yes they have single engine planes , twin engine, But they also have small Jets and they have accomadated up to a DC3. On a runway 50 ft. shorter than ours will be. Next we w~e told that the airport will stop the landfill, site P was mentioned. But according to a letter dated July 29 1987 from the Metro council to Mayor Rieman the airport cannot interfer with site selection according to state stature# ~. ~/70.~// ~d. ~ We were almo told that it would stop further expansion of the exsisting landf~ll- Yes it would- But in a recent conversation with Dave Hartley I asked"Is ~h~rs any other way to stop the landfill? Dares answer was YES, So we are not stuch with either the landfill or the airport. We don't have to have either.