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4-0 Pillsbury Center Kennedy 200 South Sixth Street Minneapolis MN 55402 (612) 337-9300 telephone &Graven ,612) 337-9310 fax e-mail: attvs@kennedv-graven.com CHARTERED ROBERT C. LONG Attorney at law Direct Dial (612)337-9202 July 10, 1997 Metropolitan Airports Commission Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport 6040 - 28th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55450-2799 RE: Mounds View Written Comments and Objections to Proposed Draft Long-Term Comprehensive Plan Update Dated July, 1996 Our File No. MU210-6 Dear Commission Members: . This letter will serve as the City of Mounds View's ("City") formal written comments and objections to the Proposed Draft July 1996 Long-Term Comprehensive Plan Update ("Plan") for the Anoka County/Blaine Airport ("Airport"). These comments are based on review, comments and final action by the Mounds View Airport Task Force and the Mounds View City Council. (Resolution attached as Exhibit A). The City requests that these written objections and the Resolution be made part of the official record being developed as part of the public hearing process for consideration of the Plan. The Metropolitan Airports Commission ("MAC") must prepare its Plan in full compliance with the Court Order dated July 28, 1986, Court File No. 4549M (Order). (Order attached as Exhibit El). MAC must also prepare its Plan in full compliance with Minnesota Statutes, sections 473.611, subd. 5, 473.641, subd. 4, and 473.655. The City's formal written objections stated herein are based on changes the City believes must be made to the Plan for it to be in compliance with the Order and the Minnesota Statutes referenced above. The Plan, as currently drafted, conflicts with the Order and the cited.Minnesota Statutes governing development at the Airport. Specifically, the capital improvements proposed by the Plan will have the effect of converting the Airport from a Minor Use to an Intermediate Use Airport in conflict with the Order, Minnesota Statutes, and the Aviation Chapter of the Metropolitan Development Guide. The City hereby respectfully requests MAC to make amendments to the Plan in accordance with the following written objections in an effort to ensure that the Plan is in compliance with the 411) Order and Minnesota Statutes to avoid the need for costly additional litigation regarding the Airport.