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I <br />i <br />I <br /> <br />Jim Fortman - State money is tight also, they can fund bit by bit but they <br />cannot afford to do a $2,000,000 project all at once. Regarding land <br />acquisition, the City must technically acquire the land and the State will <br />reimburse the City 2/3 of the land cost as soon as City is in possession of <br />land titles. ~ne Federal government will reimburse the City 90% of land <br />cost, City repays State their 2/3 land cost investment and that leaves land <br />acquisition costing the City 10% of the total cost. Obtaining Federal monies <br />could take up to two years. Federal funds can also be used for certain <br />construction. State also participates in construction at a rate of 2/3. <br /> <br />i <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Harry Nemec - Land acquisition funds and construction funds may be applied <br />for separately. <br /> <br />Jim Fortman - If the City does not have a Federal grant up front, you will <br />not be reimbursed for any construction already done; they will pay for <br />upcoming phase development. They will reimburse land acquisition costs <br />prior to obtaining Federal grants. Development of the airport is going to <br />cost the City more than 10% of the total cost; State will help pay for <br />parking lots and comfort stations and offer interest free loans for use in <br />constructing hangers. <br /> <br />Commissioner Donovan inquired as to why Ramsey should acquire this airport. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Jim Fortman replied that municipalities build and maintain airports for <br />public betterment. <br /> <br />Commissioner Sieber inquired if there are any private airports in the State <br />simi. lar in size to Gateway North and how are they doing financially. <br /> <br />Jim Fortman replied that there are private airports similar in size and they <br />are going under financially. Paved runways and good fixed base operation <br />are important to the success of an airport. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />i <br /> <br />Jim Fortman then presented an example of an Airport Master Plan which was <br />recently prepared in St. James. The procedure would be to hire a consultant <br />to prepare a comprehensive report regarding the airport and that report <br />would be broken down'into: airport inventory, facility requirements, site <br />investigation and section (which would not apply in Ramsey's case), environ- <br />mental study, airport layout plan, cost estimate and recommendations for <br />phasing. Typically, there would be review meetings between the consultant <br />and Commission as each section is prepared and an information exchange <br />between consultant, Commission and landowners affected. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Jim Fortman also pointed out that Ramsey's Planning and Zoning Commission <br />cannot deny any building permits in the potentially airport affected a~eas <br />unless they have a zoning ordinance and you can't have a zoning ordinance <br />until all zones are clearly defined. <br /> <br />Chairman Ippel noted that the airspace zoning for Gateway North would go <br />into portions of Anoka and Dayton which would require some zoning cooperation. <br /> <br />Mr. Koshak stated that the Master Airport Plan to which Mr. Fortman is referring <br />would also be applicable for filing for Federal and State Grants and it would <br />keep the Federal government abreast of where Ramsey is with regards to airport <br />development. <br /> <br />Mr. Fort~.an stated that the State will participate at a rate of 80% in the <br />cost of a Master Plan. <br /> <br />Ag./Nover~k.er !f, 1983 <br /> <br /> <br />