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Mr. Me=lMndl Otto then made a slide presentation. The first item shoWe~ the Metro Regional System Airport Plan that was developed in 1978 depicting publicly owned and operated airport facilities., this plan recognizes privately owned facilities as serving Use. in the overall system plan but does not assume that those pr%vately owned facilities will always be there. Mr. Otto stated that Gateway North is privately owned and backgroundi~ata on based aircraft is hard to come by~ He presented a slide of historic based aircraft data; 28 based aircraft in 1979, 33 in 1980 and 12 in 1984. Mr. Otto stated the decline' in based aircraft is due to economic climate and the fact that Gateway is a less than up to standard facility. Mr. Otto stated that if Gateway were to become a municipal airport, the earliest construction could begin would be 1989 and the facili~y~ would be closed during construction. Once Che facility is improved, you can expect to see a quick rebound to what the useage was iin 1980. In 1990-1991, 30 based aircraft are forecasted. From thgt p~oint on, Gateway would grow on it's own accord and according to the regional growth plan, the range is 3-5%. Mr. Ott~ stated that the types of aircraft that would be at Gateway Would be much the same as what is there current!y; there would be more multi-engine ·planes' coming in, but not until aCter the improvements are ~completed~ 10~121 of the aircraft would be light twin-engine and the rest would be single engine. Mr. Otto then discussed historic and forecast d~ta on local and itinerant operations. I~ 'is eStimated that total operations in 1979 was' 46,400 and total operations in 1982 was 21,430~ projecci~ns through the year 2000 show getting up to 36,000~ 40,000~otal operations annually, which is comparable to Mor~ and Princeton airport useage. Mr, Otto stated that local business ~nd pilots were ~surveyed and there wms an overwhe%mingresponse that paving the~zunway at Gateway was top p~iority. State and Federal criteria is for a minimum ~aGility that would accommodate a 3300': paved runway and the State 'also requires a non preCision approach surface, Mr, 0tt~ then presented an aerial view of the present facility and surrounding area and stated that the current layout provides excellent Wind coverage. There is not a lot of layout shifting that ca~ be done~ the facility layout is very restricted by the railroad tracks, County Road ~116 and County Road #56 and residential ar~a to the north. Three layout alternatives were explored: Alternative A ends up requiring 17' of fill in order to attain a 23'11 clearance over railroad tracks and 7' of fill in order to attain 15' clearance over Cty. Rd. #116; this alternative is very expensive. Alternative B involves shifting the runway to the north and relocating Cty. Rd. #116; it does achieve adequate ~learances AP/August 22, 1984 · August 22, 1984 ~ Page