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MEMO TO: Mayor and City Council <br />FROM: Clerk-Administrat <br />DATE: November 30, 1982 <br />SUBJECT: ANOKA/BLAINE AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS <br />Attached is a copy of a letter received by this office from the <br />Metropolitan Council regarding an application for federal funding <br />from the Federal Aviation Administration for the installation of <br />runway identification lights on Runway 35 at the Anoka/Blaine <br />Airport. <br />The Metropolitan Council has requested that we advise them of our <br />position with respect to the proposed project and its effects upon <br />our community or any additional information we might require prior <br />to our taking a formal position on this project. <br />It would appear from the information received that the proposed <br />project has no relationship to an independent landing system or <br />the upgrading of the airport to intermediate status. It would <br />appear, however, that the proposed project is in contradiction to <br />Metropolitan Airports Commission plans for this runway which call <br />for the abandonment of the southerly 1,000 feet of this runway, thus, <br />making the runway and identification lights not in conformance with <br />the Metropolitan Airports Commission plans for the shortening of the <br />runway. Also, the runway identification lights are synchronized, <br />flashing lights to provide quick location for the end of the runway <br />for pilots using that runway and could possibly cause some visual <br />discomfort for residents bordering the southern end of the airport. <br />Staff would request Council direction in this matter. <br />DFP/pf <br />Attachment <br />J <br />