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1. Bage 2 - 7th Paragraph - 3rd line - Change the line to read as q '~1 <br /> follOWs: 'a Mississippi River bridge crossing. '. <br />Motion ca'ried. Voting Yes: Chairman Ippel, Commissioners Larsen, Stauffer, <br />Donovan, Soderholm, Erickson, Siebert, Sieber and Greenberg. Voting No: <br />None. <br /> <br />COMMISSION BUSINESS <br /> <br />presentation By_. Engineers Of Draft Of Final Airport Master <br /> Plan And Airport Layout Plan: <br /> <br />Chairman Zppel stated that this Airport Commission was formed almost two years <br />ago to study the feasibility of making Gateway North Industrial Airport into a <br />municipally ~wned and operated facility; the City engaged consultants from <br />Hakanson/And~.rson to prepare an Airport Master Plan. The Airport Commission <br />has con~u~te~{ two public meetings, an open house at the airport facility and <br />made a tour Of similar facilities in the Metro area. <br /> <br />Chairman Ippel stated that tonight the consulting engineers will be presenting <br />the final draft of the Airport Master Plan; on April 29, there will be another <br />public i~or~ational meeting regarding the Plan; a public hearing regarding <br />the AirpOrt Master Plan is tentatively scheduled for some time in August. <br /> <br />Mr. Larry K°shak of Hakanson/Anderson began by thanking the Airport Commission <br />and Anoka :.an~ Elk River Chambers of Commerce for their assistance in preparing <br />the Airport Master Plan. <br /> <br />Mr. Koshak stated that in 1978 there was a low budget study started to <br />determine !if it he Gateway North Airport could meet eligibility for Federal and <br />State fu~ingland at that time, it did not appear that it could; subsequent <br />studies o~%cl~ed the same as that 1978 study. The studies were supported by <br />Mn/DoT and! the results of the first two studies was to go to a site selection. <br />A number ~ sites were selected for an airport in Ramsey and that report came <br />to a con¢}usi~n on several sites. Another study was performed on the selected <br />site, the General Mills property. Those conclusions were presented to Council <br />and at that time, Council felt that a municipal airport on the General Mills <br />property was ~ot the way to go and dropped the issue. In 1983, the airport <br />issue ca~e ~p ~again and resulted in the forming of an Airport Commission and <br />the hiring, of Hakanson/Anderson as consultant engineering firm. <br /> <br />Mr. Koshak introduced Mr. Merland Otto. <br /> <br />Mr. Merlar~ Otto stated that the draft final Master Airport Plan is ready to <br />be submi~t~-~o Metro Council; Mn/DoT Department of Aeronautics; and FAA. The <br />preliminary review process will be initiated by these agencies and takes a <br />minimum of 30 days. <br /> <br />Mr. Otto discussed the role of Gateway North in the existing and future Metro <br />airport syste~. The Metropolitan Airport Commission has 7 general aviation and <br />one air Ga.zrier facilities that they own and operate. Gateway, Forest Lake, <br />Northport and Benson are recognized as serving a minor role in the Metro <br /> May 15, 1985 <br /> <br />Page 2 of 11 <br /> <br /> <br />