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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Mr Terry Hendriksen referred to Mr. Jack Johnson's comments about Crystal <br />Ai~port and stated that the reason Cry tal is closing down is because of the <br />proximity of the residential b:>mes to the airport; people don't like planes <br />flying into their homes; the reason it is happening in Crystal is because of <br />the 3300' runway. Crystal has two runways of 3300', a crosswind runway, paved <br />taxiways, hundreds of hangars and a flight tower;. and with all this, Crystal <br />is still closing because of it's close proximity to the houses~ Gateway is <br />being proposed to be constructed closer to homes than Crystal 1S. Mr . <br />Hendriksen stated that he would like to see an airport in Ramsey, but not at <br />the present location. <br /> <br />Mr. Ippel stated that the cause of accidents at Crystal in not fran the 3300' <br />runway; the problem is the close proximity of the runway to the housing. A <br />study was done at Crystal regarding the nmtber of accidents there; that study <br />showed that there was no common cause for the accidents occuring at Crystal. <br />What would exist at Gateway, that doesn't at Crystal, is clear zones. There <br />would be no high density musing backing up to the runway at Gateway; there is <br />no way in the world Gateway and Crystal can be compared. The Crystal airport <br />was grandfathered in; Gateway would be a new facility with up--to-the-minute <br />rules and regulations. r-t>st of the accidents at Crystal would have been on <br />airport ground had there been clear zones in existence. <br /> <br />Mr. otto explained Clear Zones A and B again. <br /> <br />Mr. Hendriksen stated that he dislikes presentations with contradictions; Mr. <br />otto stated that houses bull t prior to a certain date can remain; now Mr. otto <br />says they will be removed. <br /> <br />Mr. otto replied that everything in Zone A Clear Zone would be fee simple and <br />all structures ultimately would be ranoved. Nothing in Zone B would be <br />a<X;luired. The uses in Zone Bare non-conforming uses but a Zoning Act passed <br />in 1978 provides that residential developnent in existence prior to 1978 cannot <br />be determined non-COnforming. Zone B has certain land use and density <br />restrictions on it and the City would adopt an ordinance imposing land use <br />restrictions to conform with State statutes. Those home owners in Zone B would <br />not be able to subdivide their property and further develop. <br /> <br />Mr. Dennis Donvan stated that those homes prohibited fran subdividing should <br />receive compensation. <br /> <br />Mr. otto stated that compensation in Zone B would be up to the City; State and <br />Federal agencies would not likely F8rticipate in compensating those in Zone B. <br /> <br />Mr. otto brought up the subject of financing the local share and stated that if <br />construction were to begin, at the earliest, in 1989, the City should start <br />putting money away for that purpose. Sane type of bond issue may have to be <br />passed; General Obligation bonds are normally used for large expenditures like <br />this. The City could create a tax increment district to encomF8ss F8rt of the <br />industrial F8rk and use the tax increment dollars from that district to offset <br />the City's share of developnent costs. Another possibility would be joint <br />sponsorship with other cc:mnunities. <br /> <br />Mr. Terry Hendriksen referred to the trees at the north end of the airport and <br />May 15, 1985 <br /> <br />Page 8 of 11 <br />