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Mr. Otto -~ Whate~er I say is not binding; FAA has a policy that landfills are not co~pa~'ble with airports. Gateway's size of facility will acoommodate pisto~ air~craft and FAA guidelines are that any sanitary landfills within 5000' of an air~Prt would be deemed non-compatible land use. Because of AIP funds, the Federa/ ~6verr~ent would be p~rticipating $4,000,000 worth and they will not risk ~efr investment by having another agency mitigating it. Airports and landfillssre~ino0mpatible land uses but I would be doing a disservice to say that when an airport is there, the landfill is not going to be there. Ernie Larsen - 7220 153rd Lane Nw - Can Ramsey afford $535,000 or $1,310,000 for an afr~ort that would benefit 50-75 people - the majority of which may not live or work in Ramsey? IF we have the money, would we be wiser to spend it extending, the .sewer to that area to attract business and industry? Can the City affor~ ~o sustain and operate an airport if it becomes a reality? What economic be. n~ it will this be to the City and resident taxpayers? Who would do the Envi~tal Impact Statement? Can we obligate State funds for this develo~me~, or are we making an assumption based on past practice? If we really wa~ a~ airport, is this the pro~er location? Compliment the Commission on conduoting ~this public forum. fhairman Ippel - Whether Ramsey can afford this facility is something to be looked at.'. ~p until this study we did not know the cost of development and maintenano~. Businesses and pilots in the region were surveyed to determine potential ~ and use of this facility. It will take more than people from Ramsey utilizing the airport to make it financially feasible and self- supporting~ ~ere are Ramsey residents and businesses currently using the facility a~d ~ere have been businesses expressing a desire to come into Ramsey if they ~ k~ow that the facility will be upgraded and be there. ~his airport master pla~--pN:esented tonight, if adopted, will initiate additional phases of the studyWhich address these concerns. Cannot answer if it would be wiser to bring in .~_' er! and water rather than an airport to attract business. This Commission :s~e~similar airport facilities in the region and saw what those facilities attracted to their respective oc~munities. This Commission surveyed co~munitieS hosting airport facilities and the general response was that their airports did b~ing in development and employment. Attracting development is very oo~pe~itive in this region and it is hoped that an airport would set Ramsey apart from the other co~u~t~'.e.S..t _~ere is an increasing trend for ~mall busf.~esses to use corporate a~~ince deregulation. Airport facilities dol have revenue generators like hangars; hangars are developed as needed, p~, for themselves and produce revenue. Another way to produce revenue is lease the land to hangar de~elopers and those developers are taxed accordingly for the /mprovement. Mr. Otto -'~e! State subsidizes airport operating expenses; a facility the size of Gateway would be eligible for $5,000/year. fhaiman IP~el - With respect to economic benefit, it is hopeful that the airport wil, l attract industry, employment and additional tax base for the community. (~ercial establishments are taxed 4 times as much as a reside~tfal..~ ~t and the additional tax base brought into the .con~nunity should hold home~ler taxes down. Using tax increment to finance the airport would be a way of p~ing for the airport through revenues gained from development in August 21, 1985 Page 6 of 14