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110 EAST 17TH STREET" HASTINGS, MINNESOTA 55033 ':' (612) 437-9023 <br /> August 25, 1987 <br /> <br />Mayor and Members of the City Council <br />City of Ramsey <br />Ramsey Municipal Building <br />15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W. <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br /> <br />Re: <br /> <br />Proposed Airport Zoning Ordinance <br />Gateway North Industrial Airport <br /> <br />Ladies and Gentlemen: <br /> <br />The purpose of this letter is to provide further comments to <br />the proposed Ramsey Airport Zoning Ordinance which is to be <br />the subject of the hearing at the City Municipal Building on <br />August 25, 1987. <br /> <br />Tom Thumb Food Markets, Inc. has owned and operated a <br />convenience store in Ramsey since 1974, as long as the City <br />has been in existence. This convenience store provides <br />gasoline service and convenience goods and services to the <br />citizens of Ramsey. We believe that the store has been a <br />good thing for Ramsey, and the citizens of Ramsey have <br />apparently appreciated our store because they have <br />patronized it and the store has historically been profitable <br />for us. Your proposed ordinance puts our store directly <br />into Safety Zone A which we understand means that if the <br />ordinance is adopted, our store can no longer exist. <br /> <br />We are alarmed and very concerned. As you know, if we are <br />forced to try to relocate, we would have to acquire property <br />which is similar to that upon which our store is presently <br />located. Property in Ramsey is now very, very expensive. <br />We would also have to go to the additional expense of <br />constructing a new store, restocking it and going through <br />extensive advertising to inform the public about the <br />location of this store and its existence. That involves <br />more expense. As we understand it, the City of Ramsey at <br />the present time does not have a firm purchase agreement <br />with the owners of the existing airport for the purchase of <br />that airport. We also understand that the City has no <br /> <br /> <br />