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AIRPORT ZONI~ BOARD <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> ANOKA O~mlfY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsey~, Airport Zoning Board conducted a public hearing on Wednesday, <br />March ll~ ~98~, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W., <br />Ramsey, .~ e~ota regarding the proposed Gateway North Industrial Airport <br />zoning <br /> <br />Members pr. ese~, t: <br /> <br />Also Pre <br /> <br />~,mbers ~nt: <br /> <br />Mayor Gary Reimann <br />Councilmember Steve DeLuca <br />Councilmember A1 Pearson <br /> <br />City Administrator David Hartley <br />Consulting Engineer Merland Otto <br /> <br />Councilmember A1 Sorteberg <br />Councilmember Arnie Cox <br /> <br />Mayor Re~icalled the public hearing to order at 7:34 p.m. and led in <br />the Pled~ of iAllegiance to the Flag. <br /> <br />Mr. Har~e~. -i Stated that the purpose of the hearing is to receive comments <br />regardin~ i..~aheiproposed airport zoning ordinance. The purpose of airport <br />zoning i$ %0 keep aircraft and people separated at a reasonable distance. <br /> <br />Merland ~_'~.to + Stated that Gateway Airport originated in 1972 and has been <br />in opera%~bn Since that time as a privately owned/publicly used facility <br />started ~ ar~a businessmen and serves the needs of area businesses and <br />resident$.~l M~re businesses and residents have expressed a desire to use <br />the airi~~ f~cility if improvc~aents are made. Previous studies have been <br />done to r.~ ie~. upgrading or relocating the facility; those reports met with <br />citizen ~i~ap~roval. In 1983, the City ordered the preparation of an <br />Airport ~.~.'~ te~Plan to consider the feasibility of upgrading the facility <br />at it's e~st~ng location. In 1985, the City adopted an Airport Master <br />Plan th~t'~!wo~ld upgrade the existing facility to State and Federal <br />criteriai Since then, an alternative runway layout was reviewed and <br />rejected~ ~ smccessful effort was made to be included in the National Plan <br />of Itegralt~d ~irport Systems in o.rder to enable the airport to qualify for <br />federal atirpo~t improvement funds, concurrently, steps are being taken to <br />get the ~n~ir~nmental assessment underway and accomplish airport zoning. <br />If airpd.'rt z~ning is adopted and there is a favorable environmental <br />assessmel~tl/~ tlie City can make preapplication for funds to initiate land <br />acquisit~, iIf the airport improvements are approved, land acquisition <br />could oCcUr in 1988 and construction beginning in 1989. There are <br />currently ~9 based aircraft at Gateway. Historically, there were 33 based <br />Airport Zoning Board/March 11, 1987 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 12 <br /> <br /> <br />