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,On Vid~o_,~kapinp Tour OfAirporks:~ ~Commissioners M~auffer <br /> <br />Commissioner Siebert stated that the soonest Group W's video equipment will be <br />available for use is the week-end of February 28. Commissioner Siebert stated <br />that he has a camera that can be used but he doesn't know if it is compatible <br />with Group W's equipment. <br /> <br />Commissioner Sieber stated that Group W has both Beta and VHS and 1/2" and <br />3/4" discs available. <br /> <br />Commiss]oner Siebert stated that Jerry Jurva has offered the use of his plane <br />for the video taping of the airport tour. <br /> <br />General. Discussion: <br /> <br />Chairman Ippel stated that general comments regarding the Airport Master Plan <br />have been received from Metro Council, the State Department of Transportation - <br />Aeronautieal Division, and the Federal Aviation Association. FAA is concerned <br />with: 1) lack of expandability of the Gateway site to become a larger <br />airport; 2) Gateway's proximity to a landfill (rule of thumb is that they <br />don't want an airport runway within 5000' of a landfill because of bird <br />problems). Chairman Ippel stated that FAA does realize there are differences <br />involved when it comes to landfill operations and they do review each case <br />individually when there is a landfill involved. Chairman Ippel stated another <br />concern as being that Gateway is not included on the National Air Systems Plan <br />nor the Metro Syst~ns Plan. <br /> <br />Chairman Ippel stated that he, Larry Koshak, Merland Otto and Lloyd Schnelle <br />met with Nigel Finney of the Metropolitan Airport Commission and they are <br />responding positively to the development of Gateway as Crystal Airport has the <br />potential to handle more air traffic but no capability to expand ground <br />services and Anoka County Airport cannot handle any more air traffic but has <br />capability to expand ground services. <br />capacity for expansion of ground services <br /> <br />Commissioner Sieber stated that he is not convinced Gateway will attract any <br />aircraft, other than recreational, to operate out of Gateway. <br /> <br />Commissioner Siebert pointed out that even if Gateway only attracted <br />recreational aircraft, those aircraft also need hangar space and would base at <br />Gateway. <br /> <br />Commissioner Sieber inquired as to how many based aircraft it would take to <br />have GateWay break even cost wise. <br /> <br />Commissioner Siebert stated that judging from Gateway's past history, it would <br />not be impossible to have 30 based aircraft at Gateway. Commissioner Siebert <br />noted that it could take 10 based aircraft or 100 based aircraft to support <br />the facility, depending on the amount of air traffic activity. <br /> <br />February 20, 1985 <br /> <br />Page 2 of 5 <br /> <br /> <br />