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costs. T~e ~ngineering firm is requesting a 15% profit percentage. Merland~CZtoarrived at this time. Mr. Otto noted that the contract does address liiability and workman's comp. Chairman ~pp~l suggested that some kind of recommendation regarding the contraC~'~e ~n the Council agenda for September 23. Commissio~eriSieber stated that he is reluctant to recommend approval of the contract ~ripr to having the opportunity to review it in it's entirety. Motion byi, co,mmissioner Seibert and seconded by Commissioner Greenberg directing City Admi~is~rator Hartley and Merland Otto of Hakanson/Anderson to negotiate and finalize}the proposed contract for the environmental assessment for Gateway North Ai~ort; to present the contract to City Council and MN/DoT for approval. Further~DiscUssion: Commissioner Sieber inquired if it should be specified ' that subcontract for appraisal and relocation estimates be sublet to William Goodrich !Or ~ill the contractor have the option to choose between C.R. Pelton and GoodS'ch? Commissioner Seibert stated that his motion is intending for Mr. Hartley &~d Mr. Otto to negotiate the final details of the contract and then present ~atlcontract to Council for action. Mr. Otto stated that C.R. Pelton also doeslith% appraisals themselves and that might be more of an advantage to have a Subcontractor working on related tasks from start to finish. Commzssxo~_er,Szeber stated he cannot approve something that he has not reviewed in it's fina! form. Mr. Otto stated that the contract is in a format approved by MN/D~ma~y times. Commissioners Greenberg and Seibert expressed confidence in Mr. H,a~tlgy's judgement to negotiate the final details of the contract. Commissi~er!Sieber~ ~ noted that the first sentence of the contract implies that improvements!will be made at the airport; approving the contract implies that the City ~il! be proceeding with the airport improvement project. Commissioner Seibert ~isa~reed and stated that all approvals and studies are not completed; the envi~0nm&ntal assessment is the next logical step towards making the final decision,i M~. Martley stated that this point the Commission is considering spendi~$ i$601000 for the environmental assessment and certain other plans; if there i$ ~nY;doubt as to whether or not to press on, it should be debated. Commissio~er~Sieber stated that entering into this contract is saying that unless a ~egAtive problem arises in funding or zoning, Ramsey is going ahead with the ~irPort. Mr. Hartley stated that at this point it is important that the Comm~s~on have a somewhat constant resolve to be seriously considering the air~d~t and not just proceeding to the environmental assessment simply to try it ~%. iCommissioner Seibert stated that it would be like making a decision ~efore all the facts are in; the directive from Council was to proceed with tasks utilizing the original runway alignment proposed; interpret that to mean tha~ unless a major stumbling block appears, the Commission is not to stop the project., Mr. Hartley noted that a coinciding step along with environmental assessment i~ zoning. Commissioner Donovan stated that when he was appointed to the A~r~ port Commission he doubted seriously that the City should own an airport ~aci!ity; since then he has seen other facilities like Lakeville and seen wha~ Ramsey could be; concerned that this community, council and staff can carry i~ iloff~ Commissioner Sieber noted that there is a certain group of resident~ that are not happy with the idea of an airport project; they have approached ah attorney. Commissioner Seibert stated that there will always be mixed feelings when it comes to airports; the Council and Commissions have said they don~t want a bedroom community; a decision has to be made. Commissioner September.10, 1986 Page 4 of 6