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AIRPORT ZONING BOARD <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br /> ANOKA COUNTY <br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />The Ramsay! Airport Zoning Board conducted a public hearing on Wednesday, <br />July 29, 1987.at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W., <br />Ramsey, MimneSota regarding the proposed Gateway North Industrial Airport <br />Zoning O=dlnance. <br /> <br />Members Present: <br /> <br />Mayor Gary Reimann <br />Councilmember Steve DeLuca <br />Councilmember Arnie Cox <br />Councilmember A1 Pearson <br /> <br />Also Present: <br /> <br />City Administrator David Hartley <br />Consultant Engineer Merland Otto <br /> <br />Members Absent: Councilmember A1 Sorteberg <br /> <br />CkLn TO OP, DEa <br /> <br />Mayor Raimann called the public hearing to order at 7:36 p.m. and led in <br />the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. <br /> <br />PRESENT4~ION <br /> <br />Mr. Hartley - Stated that the purpose of this hearing is to receive <br />comments relating to airport zoning. Many people are concerned about <br />improvemen, ts that might take place at the airport and at the landfill <br />located ~ear ~he airport; requesting that comments be restricted to the <br />impact of airport zoning. <br /> <br />Mr. Merland Otto - Stated that the schedule calls for airport zoning to be <br />adopted within the next month. Staff is currently working on the <br />environmental ~impact assessment report on the proposed improvements of the <br />airport itself. Concurrent with that, staff is also working on a <br />relocationI plan. There are at least a couple of businesses that would have <br />to be aaqu~red in addition to residences and how to best relocate those <br />places within!Ramsey, if they choose, will be looked at. Staff will also <br />be developing more refined cost estimates and filing application for <br />Federal funds ifor land acquisition of the airport itself. Assuming there <br />are funds available (Federal, State or local), land acquisition could begin <br />in 1988 and construction somewhere in 1988 or 1989, even extending to 1990. <br /> <br />An airport' master plan was commissioned by the City and adopted in 1985. <br />Since then~, there have been several looks at alternative alignments and <br />those havelbe~n discarded and the City's original alignment reconfirmed. <br />Gateway Northindustrial Airport has been entered into the National Airport <br />Systems Plan. Mr. Otto then presented a visual aid showing the current <br />layout of the'existing airport facility. The proposed improvements include <br />Airport Zoning Board/July 29, 1987 <br /> <br />Page 1 of 6 <br /> <br /> <br />