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DEC-01-'94 THU 09:19 ID:METROPOLITAN COUNCIL TEL NO:612/291-6550 .~ . , J 1:t192 P12 e e . In the meantime, Ramsey is expected to fonow existing Council housing policies. The following poUclca in particular apply: rol~ 10 Bach city has a responsibility to plan for a variety of typea and costa of housing to meet the needs of people of all ages and income levels. polley 17 Alternative housing types at affordable prices should be provided throulhout the area but especially in developing communities that currently have mainly singlo family homes. The proposed Ramsey plan amendment is not consistent with Council housing policy. Coundlstaff proposes to work with the city of Ramsey to negotiate an acceptable regional plan designed to implement the Council"s regional policies providing for diversity of housing type and cost. Aviation (Chauncey Case) The city of Ramsey comprehensive plan has correctly removed all references to the former Gateway airport which has been abandoned. However, the city Is still part of the region'. general airspace which needs to be protected from potentia) obstructions to air navigation. The Aviation chapter of the Metropolitan Development Guide (MOD) included policies and text on protection of the region's airspace resource. The airspace policies support the need to Include both Federal and State safety standards, which must be a major consideration in the planning, desiaD, maintenan<:e and operation of air transportaLion facilities and services. A community has B responsibility to include airspace protection in its comprehensive plan. There are three types of communities involved in airspace protection: . Communities without any aviation faclUty within its Brea (Romsey)j . Communities partially within an airport zoning district; and, . Communities within which an airport is located. Communities without any aviation facility within its jurisdiction are affected by requirements to protect the region's eeneral airspace. Under Minnesota Statutes 360, the state regulates the hci&ht of structures; and they are defined and enforced under Aeronautics Rules and Regulations 8800.1200 Criteria for Determlmna Air Navigation ObstrucUons. Subpllragraph 4 identifies gencral aviation airspace obstructions; item B sta~ "objects more than 200 feet above the ground or more than 200 feet above the established airport elevation, whichever gives the higher elevation, within three nautical miles of the nearest runway of an airport, and increasing in height in the proportion or 100 feet for each additional nautical mile of distance from the airport but not exceeding SOO feet above ground", is a gcneral obstruction. 11