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Thomas A. Anderson November 25, 1996 • Page 3 • standard is in conflict with the Order which incorporates the 1983 Master Plan in that the Plan calls for design improvements of the Airport to service larger aircraft than the typical operating aircraft, f1Iss D and E aircraft at the Airport and as prescribed by the 1983 Master Plan. Exhibit 3-1 of the Plan clearly shows that the.use of ARC B-II standards are improper in that it allows for design aircraft greater than 12,500 lbs. gross takeoff weight The Plan must be amended on pages 3-8 and 3-31 and elsewhere to state that the Airport should continue to be designed in accordance with the 1983 Master Plan and Order and should follow an ARC A-I design standard to be consistent with the 1983 Master Plan and Order. Exhibit 3-1 should be removed or amended to reflect this change. 4. Recommendations in the Plan on pages 3-10,3-11 and 3-31 and elsewhere recommending that Runway 8R/26L be extended to a length of 5,000 feet should be removed. Such a recommendation is in conflict with the 1983 Master Plan which does not provide for such an extension and is in direct conflict with the Order which allows for an approximately 800 foot extension to then Runway 8126 to its current length of 4,000 feet In addition, there is no justification based on the data presented in the Plan to extend • runways beyond their current lengths. For example, on page 3-11 of the Plan, it states "according to the FAA runway Iength program, a runway length of 3,200 feet would support approximately 95% of all small aircraft." Since the Airport is to be designed to serve predominantly D and E (now A and B) type aircraft according to the 1983 Master Plan and Order, and since the Plan itself on pages 2-2 and 2-7, states that the FAA projects that there will be a decline in the number of active single-engine and multi- engine fleet of small aircraft, there is no evidence to support a showing of a lack of capacity at the Airport if the Airport continues to be developed in accordance with the 1983 Master Plan and Order which calls for it to be predominantly used by small type D and E aircraft. • Furthermore, to extend Runway SR/26L from 4,000 to 5,000 feet would cause major disruption to the surrounding community that has been built up around the Airport based on the Order which dictates a 4,000 foot length runway. Such a 5,000 foot runway would require a 1,660 foot long safety zone B (see page 3-23 of the Plan) which would be unacceptable to the City of Mounds View. 5. The recommendation that 8R26L should be widened from 75 feet to 100 feet should be deleted. Runway 8121261, should remain at its 75 foot width. As established above, an ARC B-II design standard is improper for this Airport and in conflict with the 1983 Master Plan and Order. Using an ARC A I standard instead, a 75 foot width on Runway • 8R/26L is appropriate. 6. The recommendation for the proposed parallel runway 17R/35L to be developed to a length of 5,000 feet "if it is politically feasible" should be removed from the Plan since R=.1.13340 :(CSl25-SI