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Mr. Mackeben stated that he also understood earlier that the Steering Committee had
the expertise to make recommendations but they were now saying that they didn't have
it and that he now felt that they did not have the knowledge to make recommendations
on the moratorium, and that moratorium was basically being put together by lay people.
Mayor Pickar stated that it might be possible to employ an outside engineer if needed.
However, the Council has no plans to do so at the moment.
Administrator Achen reported that the Planning Commission is normally charged with the
responsibility of providing the City Council with recommendations on public improve-
ments and that the Task Force should at some time share their recommendations with
the Planning Commission so that the Planning Commission could make a recommendation
to the City Council. Mayor Pickar stated that he assumes the Planning Commission
will make a recommendation on this matter.
Mr. Mackeben stated that he was concerned that the citizens had been mislead into
believing that there were technical people on the Task Force. Mr. Loeding replied
that the Task Force's primary objection to the Short, Elliott, Hendrickson report
was not the technical data but rather some of the conclusions, and thus, they were
not rejecting the technical aspects. He added that the point was not whether the
Task Force consisted of civil engineers but rather deciding other issues, such as
who should pay for the project and so forth.
Mr. Mackeben stated that if the Task Force agreed that at least 80 percent of the
technical data in the report was correct, then the City did need a storm sewer
system of some sort.
ANOKA COUNTY AIRPORT - METROPOLITAN AIRPORT COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL
AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GRANT
Administrator Achen reported that the MAC has applied for a $150,000 FAA grant for
preparing a master plan for the Anoka County Airport as an intermediate airport.
He reported that the review process for granting federal funds involves a review
by the Metro Council, which would make a recommendation to the FAA, and that the
review process by the Metro Council was now underway.
Administrator Achen recommended that the Council take some type of position on the
application, either supporting the application with the rational that a portion
of the funds be for citizen input and citizen participation above and beyond what
has been done at other airports, or object to the granting of funds based upon
objection to the upgrading of the airport at all.
Administrator Achen added that if the City did approve the application, they should
be able to influence the type of planning that would be done.
Mayor Pickar stated that the Council had not had an opportunity to discuss the issue
as a group yet and asked if there was a time limit for getting the comments in.
Administrator Achen replied that the earlier the comments were in, the better and
that they would like all comments within the next two weeks.
MSP ( Pickar- Baumgartner) to direct the City Administrator to send a letter to MAC
expressing the Council's strong feeling of having the opportunity to have input into
the A -95 review process which is under consideration at the present time and a more
complete list of the thoughts and input will be following within the next few
weeks.
5 ayes