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Patrick Kenned~ 7231 15]_~t Avel~ue NW March ]_9', 1987 ~' RE; Gateway i~dustrial North Airport Zoning Ordinance. City off Ramse~ ..~ Zoning Board/'O~ty Oouncil I have attend~ your meetings, and studied your proposed airport plans~ and I feel it is prematu~% to: begin a zonSng ordinance, as the entire plan is no~ a i~]verythSn~ abO~t t~is plan is either "minimum" or just enough to get by, and Ramsey deserw~s the ~st.~ (landfill proximity, Highway and railroad safety, residential ~for~ the people of R~nsey, etc.) safety, regard ~ On the South a~d o~ proposed runway, you plan for the Air corridore to cross over Burlin~ton No~herh Railroad Mainline Track at an elevation of 22 feet~ or is it 2~ feet?~ aboFd To~ of Rail. The State of Minnesota Statutory Vertical Clearance minimum i~ 22 ~eet~ above Top of Rail to Obstruction., for General~ thru Bridges~ Highway ~ridg~, T~nnels, and through Buildings and Doors. These are "Fixed Ob- structions'. ~ .~ I'm wondcrir~g ~f someone mistook Statutory Vertical Clearance for "Fixed Obstruct- ions" bo mean~ :~or ~nclude Airport Corridors~ Burlington No~her~ operates Double-track Mainlines from Fridley Northtown Yard~ to the West co~st~'~ and transports a multitude of Hazardous placarded~ and Flammable placarded c;~r~ as~ well as other dangerous commodities. Statutory clearance is ~inimum cleara~ce,~ but not to be confused with the other requirements your airpot must meet unde~ var~.ous Government Agency to safely operate near these nazards~ ~, logical ex~91e Would be the same as if your Airport were operating over an in- dustry with haSard~us wastes, and or materials~ or toxic chemicals~ How high would your corridor~nee~ to be~ to safely operate over them~~ What then is the closest you can fly o~r ~ e s~ae substance, moving 60 MPH~ over top of Railroad Cars. (not · top of rail~ a~ used for clearance~ I already know that I am right on this~) If Lhe C~.ty ofjR~ey doesn't care to notice this error, and continues to attemt zoning~ and b~g th~s Airport in the present unsafe plan, I feel compelled to notify the pr~o~er ~gencys ~d enforcement, to protec~ my personal interests~ and ~;hose of the rSsi~nts of this community. To try to cor:rect ~this error later, would mean at a 40;1 corridore ratio~ that for every foot ~yo~[ must raise the corridore~ you will need to move 40 feet North~ a.aa mf ~or e~ple~ Gust ~0 more feet clear.nee are-requzrea~ tn.e Alrport would need to shif~ i,2~ feet addit~.onally. Zone A would be exte~ded~ more property woul0 need ~m be ~ought , County Road 56 wouldn't have proper overhead clearance~ ant. would prob~bl~ need to be moved West~ to obtain clearance. Most importantly ~he residents Of ~amsey ~ ..... ~ ~ ~ '~ ~ould ce o uuck wroth ~he aaaed ~for t~.(~ (;:%_ty :C~uncil to get off the hook~ they can place the airport issue before the '~:,ople o~:~ ~ B~llot. (The Fair way, the Democratic way~) If the, people through petition havc~_ ~'o 4b this, the City Council will be identified as no~ being capable use good ju~geraent. The City Council should Be ~penaing their time protecting ~ ts resident~~ ~ro~ such ill-pl~ned, ill-conceived plans. Sincerely, ~ .~