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a potenti~l landfill site. 5he Metro Council is in the process of selling bonds which Will be used to do the EnvironTental Impact Study. Late this year, or in the early part of next year, the County will scope each of the 3 sites and assess, which one is to be recommended. Chairman Ippel stated that he has been told that the 3 sites are to be assessed fr~ the same level but it will be taken into consideration that Site P does have an airport in the vicinity. Cc~missio~r Siebert quoted excerpts frcm the following: 1. Aviation Adds $2 Billion To Econc~y, Metro Monitor, September 1985 - '~he facts ar~ figures ooze frc~ a Metropolitan Council study done this year in connection wi~h the updating of the Council's policy plan for the region's airport syste~. General aviation- business, private and pleasure flying - also oontrlb~es substantially to the economy of the region, the report said. Besides $4~ million in direct and indirect wages, it's estimated to bring about $55 millioD in other expenditures. While sc~e general aviation takes place at the Interr~tional Airport, most occurs at the region's ~aller airports. A 1984 stu~ ~f ?one of those - Flying Cloud Airport - shewed that the surrouning Eden Prairie area benefited directly frc~ the location of the airport. The airport ha~ 193 e~ployees with an annual payrol of $3.6 million. The purchase of local gO. paodstem]Sera services amounted to $632,000; taxes paid were $275,400. Another study was done earlier of the St. Paul Downtown Airport. It showed 328', e~l~ees with a payroll of $6.5 million, purchases of godds and services tOtal~ling $2.5 million, and taxes paid of about $223,000." 2. Article Gontained in Denver Business, September 1985 Issue - "One of the ~ost narrowly target-marketed projects underway in the area is the 280 acre F~ont Range Airport Park at 1-70 and Quail Run Road, 10 miles east of Aurora Business Center. The project, which is being put together by Boettcher Development Inc. is being built around the year-old Front Range Airport. The first [~hase, according to developer Harry Boettcher, is being marketed almost exclusively to a narrowly defined group of potential users whose businesses require ~ate access to an airport: high-tech firms who ship parts across the nation'and aircraft service companies, for example. The initial develoI~e~t phase of 50 acres is planned for build-out of 620,000 square feet. Almost all of that building space, according to Boettcher, will have taxiway access to the airport runways. Boettcher acknowledges the large-scale competitio~ in the corridor's industrial market, but says specifics are key. 'Sure, there's an awful lot of industrial ground between us and Montbell,' Boettcher saysw 'but it's very difficult to taxi an aircraft into any of those industrial ~parks.' Whatever the extent of change in the corridor, market observers say develo~ent is bound to continue." Chairman Ippel stated that he attended the last Economic Develo~ent Commission meeting and t~ey voted to recommend that City Council endorse the Airport Master P1an. APPROVAL OB AIRPORT (I)~4ISSION MEETING MINUTES Sept~ber 18, 1985 Page 3 of 4