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Chesterfiel~<~ounty Air~ort A Master Pla~ $~udy was prepared for this reliever airport. Among the high priori~ i~provement needs was extension of the primary Runway 15-33 to se~ ~e needs of area business aircraft. We prepared the environmental~ a~sessment for an 1100' extension and widening of the runway as wel~ ~s land acquisition. Additional assignments for pre- liminary separate preapplications land acquisition engineering and for and the conS~r~Otion work were prepared. A relatively small but well organized a~ vgCal residents adamantly opposed the planned airport upgrading. ~e!(environmental assessment and public hearing process specifically ~ddressed their concerns.and contained mitigative measures t°i~P~ement through the engineering and construction phases. The runway , ~te~sion wa~ completed in 1984. Park Rapids MU~'n~cipal Airport The city of ~ar~ Rapids desired to initiate development of a new arrival-depa.~tu~e building, apron expansion, connecting taxiways and new hangar d~e~opment. The City commissioned Larson Peterson Associates a~!~the prime engineer with Merland Otto of Ralph Burke Associates sm~rv~ng as airport consultant to develop facility requirements,I p~eliminary cost estimates, preliminary engineering report and a~i~t with the AIP grant applicat%on. A unique consideratt?.~.~ o~ facility requirements for thls basic transport airport is ~t:!3M operates a conference facility near Park Rapids. They regul&r~y ~perate two F-27's and a GII in a tight wave to transport a~ p~ck up conference attendees. The preliminary engineering ~p~rt and application was completed within three weeks enabling the iCily to proceed with design of the project. Princeton M~ic~al Airport Hakanson And~sOn Associates was commissioned' ' by the City to assist