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PROCEEDINGS OF THE <br />AIRPORT COMMISSION <br /> CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> ANOKA COUNTY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />A meeting of the Ramsey Airport Commission was held on Tuesday, August 30, <br />1983 at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W., Ramsey, <br />Minnesota. <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Mr. Don Greenberg, Acting Chairperson <br />Mr. Chuck Soderholm <br />Mr. Bill Morrow <br />Mr. John Siebert <br />Mr. Jack Ippel <br />Mr. Denny Donovan <br /> <br />Also Present: Mr. Lloyd Schnelle, City Administrator <br /> <br />Members Absent: Mr. Ken Patz <br /> <br />CALL TO 0~DER <br /> <br />Acting Chairperson, Don Greenberg, called the meeting to order at 7:38 p.m. <br /> <br />CITIZEN INPUT <br /> <br />Mr. Don Greenberg - Stated that Mr. Roger Buchanan did not accept appointment <br />to the Air~ort Commission because he couldn't fit it into his schedule and <br />Mr. Dick Martin did not accept his appointment because he is moving out of <br />State; Ramsey City Council will be appointing two more members to the Commission. <br /> <br />Mr. Greenberglthen went on to give a history of the airport and to describe the <br />purpose of this Airport Commission. Before Ramsey first became a city, <br />development came and areas were zonedlffor residential and industrial. There <br />was a feeIing of preserving industrial area because that area really met the <br />criteria for development -- soil conditions, two rivers, Burlington-Northern <br />Railroad and Hwy. ~10. It was felt that the only way that land could be held <br />for industrial was to own it, so several people pooled their funds and bought <br />the area df the airport and Council zoned this land industrial. One of the <br />first things accomplished by the owners of this Industrial Park was to develop <br />an airport with a dirt runway (Gateway North). Gateway North has served this <br />area for t2 years and it's primary reason for existence was to enhance industrial <br />development in Ramsey and nearly every company that has come into Ramsey came <br />because of the airport. The airport has accomplished part of it's intended use. <br />The VoTech moved into Ramsey in 1974 and they began instruction in FAA Flight <br />Control amd Airport Management and the flight school that was started is still <br />in operation. Taxes have gone up on the land to the point where it cannot be <br />held for an airport the way it exists and those that utilize the airport need <br />blacktop runways. The taxes and cost of upgrading is more than can be handled <br />privately owned. Those of us involved with the airport have looked into the <br />future of it and unless it becomes municipally owned with funding from the <br />State, it will probably be closed. About three years ago a study was made to <br />determine if the airport should be relocated and the site that looked most <br />promising was on the General Mills property. During that study, a petition <br /> <br />AP/August 30, 1983 <br /> Page 1 of 7 <br /> <br /> <br />