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Seibert ~ote~ that with the City Charter, the people will make the final decison~ ~r°~eeding with the environmental assessment is another step in eventual~ g~tting the iBsue to a vote of the community. Commissioner Sieber stated t~£s Commission has made every attempt to keep the public informed; citizens inotiattending the meetings means that the Commission was successful and ther~ is no concern or that the Commission is failing to reach the public. Mr. Hart~iey ~tated that Mr. Goodrich will make it clear to Council that should be sure.0.f what they are doing because now it will be getting into areas of public l~iability; if a recommendation is made to enter into the contract, it might be ~se to also forward a letter to Council stating the Commission's intenti°~s t~ press forward and support of Council in the same. Mr. Martley also not~ t~at MN/DoT would be funding 2/3 of the cost of the environmental assessment; if the airport project is approved, 90% of the cost of the enviromm~enta! assessment will be reimbursed to the City and MN/DoT. Motion c~rried. Voting Yes: Chairman Ippel, Commissioners Donovan, Sieber, Seibert~i.Gre~nberg and Chapman. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioners Erickson land~ Stauffer. ~ !; Discuss Options As They Exist Pertainin~ To Zoning; Mr. Otto ista~ed that he met with David Hartley, Bill Goodrich and Jack Ippel regardin~i how to initiate the zoning phase. State statutes says that when a municipa~ity~owns or controls an airport, they have the authority to create a joint zo~ingiboard or adopt zoning ordinances and request other affected muni¢ipa1;itigs to adopt similar ordinances. Ramsey does not own or control Gateway,at t~is time and according to MN/DoT Ramsey will be setting a precedent in proceeding with zoning. No private airport, to this point, is zoned; it wrll be ~e ~ommxssron s dec~szon as to whether Ramsey zones and ~f Ramsey has enough c~ntr01 over the airport to zone. One option would be for the City to establish control by leasing a portion of the existing airport. Another option is that ~he City does have the authority to adopt zoning ordinances just by virture of h~ving an airport within it's boundaries. Mr. Otto recommended that the City ~et!written documentation from the Attorney General's office stating whether Qr not the City has authority to zone and how much control has to be established prior to zoning. Commissi°nerSieber summarized the decision to be made as can a privately owned airport ~-orc~ zoning into the other affected communities; should it be done with a jOint:zoning board or by Ramsey alone with a request to other municipalities to do likewise. Commissioner Sieber stated that he doesn't think the affected communities will take the time and funds to oppose airspace zoning. Mr. Hartl~ey stated that Staff is gathering information. Motion by Commissioner Sieber and seconded by Commissioner Chapman to state to Counczl =hot'based on xnformatron currently available, the Airport Commission recommends t~at Ramsey take the necessary steps to acquire and develop Gateway North IndUstrial Airport according to Ramsey's current Airport Master Plan. Further Discussion: Commissioner Sieber stated that his motion is necessary to aid CounCil in their decision making. Commissioner Donovan inquired if the decision!is premature. Mr. Hartley replied that hearings will be held relative to zoning; those hearings will relate to technical issues -- not whether or not September 10, 1986 Page 5 of 6