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272212 WHI7E - CITV CLERK PINK - FINANCE G I TY OF SA I NT PA U L Council �w�� l � CANARV - DEPARTMENT J 1 �J BLUE - MAVOR File NO. ■ ` ` � f RI �T•'.� Council Resolution Presented By G � Referred To Committee: Date Out of Committee By Date WHEREAS, a municipality may, pursuant to Minn. Stat. 462.353, carry on comprehensive and municipal planning activities for guiding the future development and improvement of the municipality; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of St. Paul may, pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 462.355, Subd. 3, adopt or amend a comprehensive plan or portion thereof after a recommendation by the Planning Corr�nni ssi on; and WHEREAS, the Mississippi River Corridor between the Cities of Anoka and Hastings has been declared a critical area under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 116G; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, Section 116G.07 required local units of government to adopt plans and regulations for critical areas within their jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, pursuant thereto, the St. Paul Planning Commission has prepared a final draft of a St. Paul Mississippi River Corridor Plan dated July 1978, amended by the Planning Commission October 13, 1978; and WHEREAS, the Planning Corr�nission has recommended adoption of the St. Paul Mississippi River Corridor Plan (as amended) as part of the city comprehensive plan and as that effort meeting Critical Area planning requirements; and WHEREAS, the following action by the Council of the City of St. Paul is not an implicit adoption of the Comprehensive Plan of 1963 or other portions thereof recommended by the Planning Commission; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of St. Paul adopts the River Corridor Plan as amended by the Planning Corrnnission, subject to such review by the Metropolitan Council and Minnesota Environmental Quality Board as may be required by law; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council express its concern about the environmental impact in the development of recomnended fleeting sites and that appropriate authorities address this concern during the review process. COU[VCILMEN Yeas Nays Requested by Department of: Butler 6 In Favor Hozza Hunt Levine _�___ Against BY — Me�elea Showalter TedesCO DEc � a f9T8 Form Approved by C ty Attorney Adopted by Coun � . Date � � Certified sse Counc.i Se retar�y BY tappro by iNavor: Dat DEC Z � �la Approved by Ma r for Submission to Council By _ — BY �uB��s�Efl oEC 3 0 �97a ._ . r ' � CI s Y OF SAINT PAUL � ,�v. � OF1��IGF OP' '1`AE CITY COIINCIL nl'1?AZ460�n� . ' 1'��rll4fiYl3�i0 4t?;.+jsa_iu�oe LEONARD W. LEVINE Councilman MEMORANDUM To: City Council Members From: Councilman Leonard We Levine Date: November 2, 1978 r „ At the November 2 meeting of the City Development and Transportation Committee the matter of the Mississippi River Corridor Plan was discussed. The Committee has asked that this matter be referred back to the City Council without recommendation so tF�at the matter can be heard by the entire Council. Enclosed are statements presented to the Comnittee by Mr. Erv Tirr�n, representing the Mississippi Wa�terway � Association, and Ms. Peggy Lynch, representing the � St. Pau1 League of Women Voters. Encl. cc: i ty Clerk Erv Timm _ _ _ __ ._ -- _ _ _ _.__ _ Peggy Lynch Rick Wiederhorn CITY HALL SEVENTH FLOOR SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA 55102 612l29&4�73 �O . .. . . . , . . . � t�: . , . _ � . . . � . . . . � . . . . . � . . � � . . . . . , i. , r ` I� I F . � � � , , . � _ , ^ , ' �: \ , _ . . . , � , � . , , ; , ; , � � , _ � . , ; , , � ' 1 ' � �71 � ' , � ,,, � , Qw�sr�l�r� L�a��i I�w . ; • ��y �� w�� , � , � '�,`� �,� �� Dw�w! +Qaa�asi3a�uas ! � - ' � ; � � !� �i'f� i��l �ada� a+vl�ss�+�d t� t�rie Gi�' �i�rnt i:'"�,'a��r�e�e�0�liee E9o�t� '�' ��i�r �!�' �n. . . . , , �t� �� .. � , , ' � , , , i r • 'Ci� C1+txlt , . , , , . � \., , , , . �� - , ; � - , � ' ', , ` ` �, . � . � a . _ �. - , - � . _ _ � , . , _ k . ' , ` , STATEMENT OF JAMES J. BELLUS, PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR TO SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL SUBJECT: MISSISSIPPI RIVER CORRIDOR PLAN 7, DECEMBER, 1978 I don't want to take the time to go into detail explaining the proposals . contained in the Mississippi River Corridor Plan. You've all had several opportunities to see our slide show on the sub�ect and review the plan, and I believe that you are all aware of the issues involved. Rick Wiederhorn of rr�y staff and I will be available to answer any questions you may have. By way of history, the Critical Areas Act was passed by the Legislature and signed by then Governor Anderson in 1976. The Act mandated that cities along the Mississippi River prepare a comprehensive plan for the river corridor within their corporate limits. Planning staff and the Planning Comnission have gone through a two-year process in developing the plan. This long period of time has been necessary in to attempt to solve the complex problems assoc�ated with the river corridor. Today, we are asking for the City Council to give preliminary approval to the River Corridor Plan as recomriended by the City Planning Commission. The plan will then be forwarded to state agencies and the Metropolitan Council for their review and comment before coming back to the City Council for final approval. I would like to point out that the plan that you have before you today is the first part of the River Corridor Plan. It deals with general policies and land use recomnendations. The second phase which will deai with specific regulatory recomnendations is now being developed and will come before the Council in late January or early February. What you will most likely hear about today is the one or two percent of the plan where there is till some disagreement. However, I think that what is most important is that on 98 or 99% of the River Corridor Plan consensus has �. . � been obtained on the issues. This has been no small task, believe me. On the issues that do remain, I feel there are clear recomnendations delineating a course of action for the City to pursue. In some cases, they were not easy decisions to make since there is no clear cut, black or white, answer. It has been very difficult to attempt to balance both the economic and environmental needs of the City. The plan has at the same time been critized as pro-environment and pro- development. The staff has been put into a damned if you do and damned if you don't position. This position has been uncomfortable at times, but necessary, I believe, if a rational approach to the river's problems were to be achieved. I think that this plan is an excellent plan. Perhaps the best and most detailed plan to ever come out of the city. The river has been a continual source of controversy and disagreement to decades. At last, we have a means through this plan to put this l,ong-term uncertainty and indec'rsion behind us, and get . on with the job of developing appropriate areas along the river and preserving appropriate areas along the river. With that I will end rr�y presentation. As I mentioned earlier, both myself and Rick Wiederhorn will be available to answer any questions that you may have. ' �, , -� / , ' �,:,C� ' �� '( � � cy � �� . � �" r� �r`,. � �;�� . � 1 ' � �'�; � a � � , � � ��.� _ � n r�! � 1 i �,� � r�1e ,Y �,��,�Y ti'� l.f;.. Y a 1 ; > 5'_ ;.i {i � x if �� , �C � r d i; �1� 0 4 �.+ � t��. �} `! l l� ' : - .. t y . �1�+��. '� �l f �� .,},, i �' �� . � � , � 1 � ` � r �� f� � ' � � ° �� ! ; ..- p�� 'd a{ �d } _ . � f-i � . / d � x�� S4 .�. �� '��' _ !" � � . �fi t . _ ' ..-., ' . . . .- � . . , ( . : . ..: . ' � . .. . _� � � ': � . . . � ` ,� ,' . �.y � . �. �:.. . ; , i . . '. , .• . � . t : .� " , __ ' ;�. ... : • �... . ' .. � . '� �h. $�,y�,k` . . " � � A - h :J� a.?r ' _ �� w � 7 �� , ,r - . . . d � ,,, � 3t�-�� } fS ' ,;�� 1 y: ` f' 1 � `+ l\ � � i!;a '1�.,. "t t� 1 s! `..* f i� �r 't�r � ��. .� � � L_' t ,f'., �� ! � d 1 i � Df�TA/C�' COM/I/IUN/TY � COUNC/L D�cembk�r 4, 1�78 � � �� A � � � � I E District 1 Community Council 1989 North Park Drive St. Paul, Minnesota 55119 St. Paul City Council T�T�mbers St. Faul City Hall St. Paul, i��inne:ota 5510?_ Dear Counc i.l i�feml�ers: On Novernber 27, 1��7�3 t��e Distr. ict 1 Community C;ouncil p��,ssE:d three .resolutions concernin� i�i,�si�sippi Riv�r. is�ues. The,y vrere : "Oppose �h� building of any additional fleeting slips in the Pigs L'ye P��r.ninsula�� (Vote 10 to 1 ) "Approve th� l�fissi�sippi xiver Corridor Plan a:� it wa, arnniend�:r� b;� the Pl��.nni.ng Commi;�:�ion V�ith the excer,tion ot the addi tion�j.l ��.r�;e slip is�ue" (vo+e un��ri:imou;s j "Oppose f'urther. development in Red Rock until all concerned l.ive up to their envionmenta.l re�ponsibilities" {vote 7 to 4) It is the hoPE o_f_ �he District Council that you will consider these resolutions when you make your decisions concerning the T�Zississippi River Corridor Plan. This river axea is one half of our geographical district anci it i.�a an ar.�a about w}li.ch �-�e have �;reat concer?Z. �incerely, . �3�.1.1 Dorgan, Pre;ic�nn�t ; D�i:��l;ri.ct; 1 C',�rnrruin�ii;,r r'rnrn�� ; 1 _ _____. _-�_ _ ---�—. , .T .: .,. - _ _ ---- _---�--, . . �"W c.�� . �:`�'�-'�G'ti/.� � ��•. _ _��y % . _ � �;%�J'lG:�'�� C�.i��.;�7c�t_�;� 0";2 CL�7yii Y�� ,�' -��, � � v �,-L i��z�rJ �� l'•-Gt/t� ��.�L�c?��--G c..,;?�>��`�-rr��`�i' �y lf-1�C,�%` �'Z�!/ � � � % �� j�C'� �/j„� �'�.> ��t�-> C�/`_�'�� v` • �� (�u/'l� ��--�u�7tr� ./;J CL�'1 .�C 17 c�?_.�'�ZlG'�r'� �{..�,e�Z1 �i��' /l�./L�LJ v i �� -� �� l'��! �� '' �`� �.�',.'`c' � ��%-�� = �:� �-_..�� • G � ��J�.�-?Zt� /`�l c'�Lc%�� . �y LC �G " ✓�-�"�=-�'—�'"?"�� r� � '� :i' �� C�E�'��1L�--�� -� �,. �� L%G�7��L�.�:;rLC.c'7�� /��G ..i�,�GZ-�''-��G�'��.,�:-{'-�� Y . REMARKS GTVEN on DECEMBER 7 , 1978 BEFORE THE SAINT PAUL CITY COUNCIL BY THOMAS W. MURRAY, CORPORATE COUNSEL � TWIN CITY BARGE $ TOWING C0. and on behalf of SAINT PAUL CHAMBER OF COMA4ERCE UPPER MISSISSIPPI WATERLVAY ASSOCATION THE AMERICAN WATERWAYS OPERATORS, INC. In the matter of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER CORRIDOR PLAN Supplemental � to� a�Presentation . by JOHN W. LAMBERT before the SAINT PAUL PLANNING COMMISSION on October 13, 1978 �1r. John �U. Lambert, President of Twin City Barge and Towing previously appeared before the Planning Commission on October 13, 1978 and presented his views on certain aspects of the River Corridor Plan at that timee His written presentation was submitted for the record and a copy of his presentation has been given to each of you today. My remarks will be supplemental to Mr. Lambert ' s . jVe concur generally in the recommendations of the Planning Commission regarding the River Corridor Plan. However, we do have an objection to the recommendation of the Commission that "with ' the exception of fleeting sites at miles 834 .0 and 835 . 5 , Saint � Paul will recommend against any additional fleeting in the City, including on-channel, replacement, or temporary permit reauest. " This is contained in the amendment, dated October 13, 1978 to the section in the original draft of the St. Paul Mississippi River Corridor Plan dealing with commercial navigation recommendations . We are , of course, fully aware that at the present time there . is very little space available which can be used for fleeting purposes . The utilization of the sites at river miles 834 .0 and 835 . 5 virtually exhausts the useable sites . Nevertheless , conditions and circumstances can and do change as time passes . The imposition of a complete ban on any additional future fleeting fails to recognize thatchanged conditions in the future may make it advisable, and perhaps even a necessity that additional fleeting sites be developed. Mr. Lambert pointed out in his remarks that a Minnesota Energy Agency study concludes that our state' s coal requirements will triple by 1995 . This increase Page 2 coupled with increases in the demand for the transportation by water of other commodities may make it imperative that additional fleeting be developed. However, if the Plan is adopted with this particular recommendation included, the changing needs o£ the Community could not even be considered until action was taken to remove the prohibition. . . The disapproval of this recommendation does not open the flood gate to a rash of additional fleets , but it will give those agencies which control the proliferation of fleeting sites the flexibility to evaluate the need, for or against, 'in the light o� changing circumstances , not those which existed when different value judgments prevailed. There is a second reason for our objection to this .particular recommendation. Little has been said about the constitutional � � limitations on the City in the use of its general police power, including the zoning gower, to regulate activities on navigable waters within its boundaries . In his remarks , Mr. Lambert cites a U. S. Supreme Court case which held that federally established harbor lines superceded the earlier harbor lines established by state authority as being relevant to the legal issues raised by the recommendation. This is not an appropriate time, or place , to give a lengthy discertation on the legal merits or demerits of this recommendation but it would surely invite sooner or later, a challenge on constitutional grounds . It would be an absolute pro- hibition on additional fleeting sites without regard to circum- stances. As such, it would be subject to attack on the basis � Fage 3 that it would constitute an impediment to commercial navigation and thus an unconstitutional burden on Interstate Commerce. Rejection of this recommendation does not mean that additional fleeting areas will automatically be developed in the future . It would, however, allow river oriented industries and planning agencies flexibility to deal with future needs and circumstances in a res- . ponsive and timely manner and it would avert the legal challenge that caauld surely follow i�Cs adoption - a process that would benefit neither the public nor the private in�Cerest. . � , A PRESENTATION BEFORE .THE � � ST. PAUL PLANNING COMMISSIOh' . � By . � JOHN W. LAMBERT, PRESIDE\T TtiVIN CITY BARGE F� TOWING C0. and on behalf of St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Upper Mississippi Water��ray Association The American tiVaterways Operators, Inc. � St. Paul, I�Iinnesota � October 13, 1978 • s - . , , • . River oriented industry is gratified with revisions from the first St. Paul River Corridor Plan, but we stil�l ' have an uneasy feeling about the direction of the revised draf t. We have reservations regarding the mood and tone of the study which seems to place near term restrictions on industrial growth, ca11s for a "go slow" position on barge fleeting, ' and seems to imply future restric�Cions on commerce. In order for the St . Paul Planning Commission to prioritize the needs of industry versus recreation or open space, we believe it is imperative that the Conunission reflect on three things : 1. . St . Paul ' s role in the regional and national economic structure, and . 2 . Federal laws relating to the authorization and intent behind the navigation system, and 3 . The Critical Areas Act itself and its protection � of prior vested rights. First of all, St. Paul is the transportation hub of the Midwest region. It is the focal point for the merging of rail , truck and barge commerce. tiVe have had this historic � role because of the uniaue geography of the area. It must also be recognized that this area ' s main business, by far, is agriculture : 400 of the State' s Gross Economic Product is Agriculture. . Gross agriculture income this year wil.l be near $S billion. _ � 1/3 of all State jobs axe agriculture oriented. The river moves over $1 billion wor�h of our agriculture � products to Gulf export elevators. This year at least 80% of total export grain movement f�om the region will be by barge . Near l00 of total Gulf export grain will come from : I�4innesota . iVith the railroads and trucks at maximum capacity, there is no reasonable alternative to river transportation. . �linnesota is also geographically displaced from the _ nation's gas , oil, and coal producing areas. The river . system moves over 300 of all regional petroleum with pipelines transporting virtually a11 of the remainder. Some 5 million . � tons of coal for public pot�rer plants in four states is transshipped largely through St . Paul . This constitutes near SO% of the fuel for 12 power plants serving over 6 million people. The Minnesota Energy Agency has just completed . a study for the Legislature which concludes that our state coa.l requirements will triple by 1995. � • It was Federal law passed in the 1920 's that authorized the construction of 26 navigation dams � and a 9 foot naviga�ion . channel. That $300 million project was designed and built � � for the specific purpose of giving Minnesota and the Midwest a reliable transportation link with the sea. A by-product of that project was the creation of 467 , 000 acres of valuable wetland. In time this wetland has come into use as a recreational area and a major habitat for waterfowl , fish . and other wildlife. �Vhile these benefits are impartant in any planning process that involves the river, they cannot be given priority over interstate commerce considerations . It is because of commerce that we have a multiple use resource to discuss. . -2- .. • . . h'e are submitting statistics with this statement -Co shotiv that river commerce in the region has increased approximately . 150% in the past 19 years,� an average annual growth rate of 7 . 8%. In the same period of time fleeting space, as determined by shoreline measurement, has increased by only 34% , or an average annual growth rate of 1 .80 . We have a shortage of mooring space right today, and any ''go slow" policy will only tend to further restrict the floia of essential commerce. � Looking into the future, a number of authoritative � � � studies b� st.ate and federal agencies as well as private research groups haye projected an increased demand for the transportation of basic commodities by river. These est�.mates vary somei�hat, but the most conservative estimates show a � "most likely" increase of about 4o per year for the next ten to twenty years. �Ve don't have a crystal ball lvith which to foresee taith : certainty the future demands of the public for the transpor�a- tion of essential commodities. Based on past trends, we can assume that current studies projecting an approximate 40 average annual . growth rate are the most reliable studied guesses. At that rate it wou].d take to approximately the year 2030 to saturate the autharized design capacity of the Upper hiississippi River lock and dam system. j�ihen that � point is reached the average number of 15 barge tows arriving � in St . Paul will have increased from the present 2 . 8 per day to only 8 . 5 per day in the year 2030. � -3- Section 8 of the Constitution esfiablished that "Congress shall have the power . . . to regulate commerce . . . among the several states . . ." and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 reaffirmed the interstate commercial nature of the � rivers by stating, "the navigable waters leading into the , Mississippi shall be common highi�ays and forever free". A11 of this legislation is still on the boo�s and in effect. Numerous Supreme Court cases have defined the limitations . � of local government to police or zone the river. Specifically pertinent to �these proceedings is the case af Philadelphia Company v. Secretary of �9ar, 223 U.S. Sec.605(19I2) . Here the Court clearly est�blished the power of the Federal � Government to protect the federal navigation project including adequate provisions �for fleeting and terminal areas. In further recognition of its authority aver the waterways , Congress w�ll pass HR8533 before the end of this week. This _ bill concerns Lock and Dam 26 and user charges. . Included in � the bill is a directive to the Upper Mississippi River Basin . � : Commission to make a comprehensive capacity study of the . navigation syst�em �or Congress.� : . The Critical Areas Act, the catalyst for this River � Corridor Plan, has presented a difficult study situation for - both staff planners, the Planning Commission, and the City Council . You are being asked to isolate a relatively small segment of a public resource that has regional and national significance. And to further complicate your task, you are . not being asked to review your segment as part of some new • -4- . . development, but you are directed to prepare plans for a federal system that has existed in one form or another for tiaell over a century. To prevent any unduly restrictive regulations or any lack of due process and to protect the rights of people who have previously relied on prior law, the State Legislature invoked a protective clause, 116G. 13, at the end of the � Critical Areas Act . �Ve believe that reliance on this portion of the statute, prior federal law, and existing federal reviews, clearly establish the prior claim of commercial � navigation to the movement of essential commodities on the - Mississippi and its navigable tributaries. There is a small but vocal local element that is attempting � to partition the river until every interest, commerce, recreation, fish, wildlife and open space have a piece. We submit that such an attempted apportionmen�C of I-94 or the - � � airways navigation system over St. Paul would be patently illegal . Therefore, we would caution this Commission and the City Council lest they endorse a river corridor plan that invites a cons�Citutional test over interference with interstate commerce. � �Vith all due respect to the difficult task of this Commission, we urge you to discard parochial considerations and accept that this is not St. Paul ' s river. It is a national highway from here through New Orleans . If a commission or planning group in that city attempted to restrict the passage of our export grain to world markets, it would elicit an immediate legal challenge from btinnesota.� Certainly this responsible Commission and City Council would not wish to fire the first shot, as it were, in a legal civil war over the use of the nation' s interstate waterway system. . _6_ _ � FLEETING SITE HISTORX - TWIN CITIES HARBOR � Segtember 28, 1978 - 1959 1976 197� � Footage Footage Footage Site . P�inn. River Port Cargill (L.B. ) � 2200' 2200' 2200' Minn. River Port Cargill (R.B. ) -0- 2850' 2$50' Minn. River Mouth Fleet-Pike Island 1000' -0- -0- . P�inn. River Mouth Fleet (R.B. ) 1600' 1600' 1150' Minn. River Mouth Fleet (L.B. ) 2000t -0- -0- Lexington Avenue Fleet 1000' -0- -0- NSP Pennisula Fleet 1000' -0- -0- Minn. Harbor Service - 900 900 900 �igh Bridge Fleet (L.B. ) . -o- 175ot 175fl' Rober� Street Fleet (R.B. ) � • 1100t � 1100' � 1100' State Street Fleet 1300t -0- . -0- N1id-America Fleet (L.B. ) -0- 213�' 213�' North Port Fleet (L.B. ) -�- �33�� 333�' Upper & Lorrrer Twin City Fleet 2400' 2�400� 2682' Hanger Fleet (R.B. ) -0- 1000' 1000' Pigs Eye Upper Fleet (L.B. ) 1000' , -0- -0- South Pacific FleEt (L.B. ) 1600t -0- � _ -0- Airport Fleet 6000' �153t- 4153' South Port Slip 1�400' 1400' • 140.0 t Dakota Barge -0- � 1400' 1400' Valley Line Fleet (L.B. ) 2100' 2100F 2100' Valley Line Fleet (R.B. ) 800' 800' 800' Packing House Fleet (L.B. ) . 12oot 2600� 2600' Mid-Amzrica Fleet (L.B. ) � 1200' -Q-- -0- North Star Fleet (L.B. ) -0- � 2400' 2400 ' � � Red Rock Fleet (L.B. ) ` � --Q- 1800' 1800' Pios Eye �Lake Fleet (R.B. ) -o- 3600' 3600� Pigs Eye Lake Fleet (L.B. ) -o- 1500� 683' Total 29,800� �42 ,0�3t 40,028' �� Reference - TCB . �X Represents a 3�+� increase over 1959. ��,� � , • A�ITLLIONS O� TONS - 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 IG 1? 18 I9 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 ' 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 I � 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 ].977 � 1978 1979 � i ST. PA�1L DISTRI�T T � NNAGE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Law Department STUART W. RIDER JR. 9��First National Bank Building Solicitor GENE F. BENNETT Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 WILLIAM T. EGAN December 5� �.978 (612) 339-1616 St. Paul City Council Seventh Floor City Hall St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 Re: Final Draft Plan of Mississippi River Corridor Task Force Dear Council Members: The Milwaukee Railroad actively participated on the Mississippi River Corridor Task Force and provided input into the final draf t plan. The Milwaukee Railroad approves the concept that the existing Railroad operation in Pig' s Eye vicinity be continued for Railroad related activities, such as possible TOFC, auto marshalling, repair facilities, etc. These Railroad operations have continued for many decades and will be used as such a.n the foreseeable future. We have indicated the following concerns during the course of the study, and wish to reiterate them at this time: 1) The Warner Road setback involves acquisition of Milwaukee Road property, some of which is sued for existing TOFC facilities. Relocation of these facili- ties is still in the preliminary stages; while land may be available at Pig' s Eye, many factors must be studied. There is a safety hazard by reconstructing Warner Road close to the Milwaukee Railroad tracks. A derailed car could encroach onto Warner Road impeding traffic f loc�. 2) One of the problems with relocating the TOFC facili- ties to Pig' s Eye is ingress and egress into the possible facilities. The C&NW tracks pose a definite problem, and truck and grain movement also presents a problem. 3) The open space in Pig' s Eye includes an interpretative center and passive nature trails. These additions would create additional security problems for protection St. Paul City Council -2 12/5/78 Final Draft Plan of Mississippi River Corridor Task Force of Railroad property and facilities. Security fences, installed and maintained by the City of St. Paul, would greatly alleviate this problem. 4) There will be difficulty in maintaining a full 100-foot setback for Railroad construction adjacent to open. space, particularly in the vicinity of the east edge of Pig` s Eye Lake. Some encroachment of 100 feet will be necessary to construct proper track alignment to serve the projected Railroad expansion in the Pig` s. Eye area. The Milwaukee Railroad is pleased that the Mississippi River Corridor Task Force has recognized in its final draft plan the necessity that the Milwauk�e Railroad be allowed to expand its. existing Railroad operations in the area of the Pig' s Eye prop- erty as the needs of the future mandate. Thank you for allowing the Milwaukee Railroad to participate in this most important project. Very truly yours, � � Solicitor SWR:cl , - • _ � . . . St. Paul League of Women t� Voters • Central Manor 26 E. Exchange Street St. Paul, MN 55101 • . (612)222-3178 ' Decenber 7, 1978 Tt3: ST. PAUL CITY COUPlCIL � FROM: ST. PAUL LEAGIi� OF 6•!Ot•tEN VOTERS SAILY PATTERSOtJ, PRESIOENT , The St. Paul League of b�omen Voters su;�;�orts the pro�er management of our finite tand resources and environment to ensure c�nsideration of nublic a�d orivate rights and resnonsibiiities. 4!e recognize that increased pressures for develo�ment in the entire Tt•�in Cities area indicate the need _ for a strong public voice in land use decisions. Therefore, �he League is uroing the City Councit to tal:e a hard loo!: at the long tern and metro;?olitan v�i�'e ir��lications of dredging a fleeting basin u�river frorn the existing basins. Th� City o�' St. Paul is pre�aring fhis t•tississip�i River Corridor Plan in res�onse to the Piississi�pi P,iver being dectared a Critical Area in 1975. This declaration indicated that the River is an area ti•rhere deveionnent could result in irreversibte damagP to its resources. Tt�us the League betieves ' that the i�t�act of any develo�nent on the totat P.iver resource must be considered before that develo;�ment is a?proved. The League urges the City Council to consider tne fleetinq issue as a senarat� issue indez�endent of the � of the developnent oi= r2ed RocE: Industriat Par�: or any other deveto;�r:ient. 1Je strongly betieve that fieeting is a r�tropolitan vride �robier� and that _ long range plans nust be r.�a�e by lool;ing at tl�e en�ire area. At the oresent time, St. Paul has ;'�J;� of the f�eeting areas above the Hastings Dam. It is estimated tl�at about b0% of the fieeting is for business done on the hlinnesota Ri�ter (Ed�,�ards Gnd Y.eisey) . It is anticipated that future barge traffic expansion will occur �rimarity because of ex?anded business on the tiinnesota River. At sone point ti�ere a�iil be no snace left for additionat fleeting areas on the River in St. Paul. It is imnerative that reqionat lonq ranqe ptans be fornu'ated for the handtin� o` bui4: cosnr,ioc�ities. . Also it is necessary to ba aware that barge fleeting arPas that are estimated to be lost �vithin the next five years, v1i11 be tost througli industrial develonment of the River Corridor. �Jith the exce�tion of the Crosby Lake area, ali of the fleeting areas iost in St. Pau] over the last 20 years have been for industrial and comr.iercial �levelo�ment. The Port Auth�rity T�olicy is . to develo� the land and disotace fleeting areas. "The City Council nay have to choose between industrial deveio;ament and iteeting areas. � . Decenber 7, 197� To: St. Paul City Council -2- Additional fleeting of barges is not the only use of the River which will ' stimutate the econony of St. Paul, the region, end the nation. Dredging of • the pronosed slins a�il1 bring to the St. Paut Port Authority apnroximatety $23,OfJ4 in tease arrangement, ($3.54 x 6uQ� lineal ft.), but it will increase the tax base of tne city by onty $2,3��3 a year and do very tittle to �rovide new jobs. Information brought out during the Pig�s Eye Coal Terninal hearings dicuss�d the oossibitity of extrerae degradation of the River from the dredging activity,� because of the iocation directiy do��rnstrear�� of the t�tetro 1�laste i�later Treatrient Plant discharge area. t•luch of the material ground up in the cutterhead would esca;:e the dredSe oi{�e and could go as far as 20-30 miies dov�rnstream. Hua�an contact �vith the vrater maybe virtually elirnihated as far as 5 or f0 niles downstream because of the l�igh b�cteriai load in the sediments dredged beloti•! the setivage outfall, during .the entire dredc�ing period. Pig�s Eye La!:e and adjoining land areas have�been designated as Urban Open Space under interim CriticaT Area Act regulations antl have besn dcsignated as a regional park. It is inporfiant �or the develo;�c�ent of St. Paul to have arttenities. A monetary value cannot be placed on oc�en space within a city. The League urges the City Council to op�ose t�is Planning Cos�mission ar�nd- r�ent reco„ending that a fieeting basin be develo�ed atong Pig�s Eye neninsula. tT1ETROPOLITASI , UJAITE C��ITROL COfhfYll!l10f1 Twin Cities Rrea October 12, 1978 Mr. Rick Wiederharn City of St. Paul Department of Planning and Economic Development 421 Wabasha St. St. Paul , Minnesota 55102 Re: St. Paul Mississippi River Corridor Plan Dear Mr. Wiederhorn: In a letter dated February 14, 1978, the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission transmitted its corrnnents concerning the subject plan for your February public hearing. The Commission has reviewed your revised draft of the subject plan and find no changes in regard to our previous comments. For this reason the comments to the final draft are the same as previously made and are as follows: 1 ) Section 2.2 Policies/Objectives, Subsection 2.2.1 Stormwater Management, encourages the use of stormwater ponding areas within the City of St. Paul . The Commission is presently conducting as part of our 201 Program, the Combined Sewer Overflow Study to determine what method of stormwater management to eliminate overflow to the river is cost effective. As an outcome this study may have a direct effect on the City's stormwater management. 2) It has been indicated that that portion of the Commission's property located east of the east levee wall is to become part of the Pig's Eye open space system. The Commission objects to this designation and request that the entire property owned by the Commission be so zoned as to permit any use necessary for the efficient and economic collection, treatment and disposal of sewage in the metropolitan area. Although no development program is presently anticipated for this area, the Corrrunnission desires the right to use this property as necessary. 350 f11ETRO/OUARE BLDG. 7TH 6 ROBERTlTREET! lAIf1T PAUL fl1f155101 GI2 222•8423 .�:_ recyded� fj2; Mr. Rick Wiederhorn Paqe Two October 12, 1978 3) On Paqe 161 , Subsection 5, Public Facilities, it is indicated that the MWCC will continue their secondar.v treatment physical expansion proqram all within the levee wall . Althouqh the construction work is primarilY within the levee wall , the remainin� property owned b.y the Commission is beinq used by the contractor for construction operations and stockpiling of materi-als. The existinq ash settlinq �onds located outside of the levee waYl will have to be continued to be used. until our new facilities are available sometime in the early 1980's. 4) The Commission has an interceptor which crosses the former landfill area and provides service to the east side of St. Paul and adjoininq vicinity. This interceptor is on an easement and ma.y have to be improved in the near future. We wish to have our options remain open to plan, design and provide the necessary facility to service your City and others without having to get involved requests for variances. Sincerely, Richard J. Doughert,y Chief Adminis trator RJD:DSB:mas � can3�� :,� . J � , �'�;��: }��` �� : , : � `7 %��-L��.�� , cor��l��fln d �� W � � �;� �` � �r.::;��.�`-`�_ � � � � �. x °r �r �� f�"�.} i VF"t. ; ' _ � �� . �f�'�� `��y�z�.� � . .. .. 1 ,V;y. kl . . . ; . .. �,�v r a _ , ,� . � • , • ' , . : ., . :: i s-�s ,, �c.� 4 February 14, 1978 ±� � �� ,,��,;� _ . ,,, , ., .. .. .:w,. . ,, . . ....�. , �.� . � fX� . ,,�xi ��., . , , -�� . ;, .. � .. �', .: � Yr�' Mr. Ri ck Wi ederh�rn ,� ��,�;; Ci ty of St. -Pai�1 , : � .- -:. - ��. ` , , '., , . _, " .. . :, �� . � � , � Dept. of Pl anni nq and Economi c Deve1 opment �, �>�`,� ��-� 1 : ��"�{ �, ! 42t. Wabasha Street ; s�., :v . ��.� . - � _ St. Paul, MM ' 55IO2 � �� - `� � � ��- �.;�°��' ..� ; , . � s,� ! Dear Mr: H!i ederhorn: `��?� .. . _ ; . -�: ; _. . . ; , . _. �: ��.,.' ! � � . 7he Metropo�itan Waste Con�rol Commissian has reviewed the draft I - p�an- for St. Paul's MississippY Rivew Corridor and have tne. fallowi�►,g� , � �commerrts: � r - ,, r`, "' , '�"r�, + . � 1�, Se�tior� 2'.� Policies/Objectives, Subsectian 2.2.2.8 Stormrvater ' � _ - , � �.: Maiaagement;� encourages the use af starmwater ponding areas withirt I .' the:Git�r,of.St. Paul . The Corr�tissian is presen�ly canducting ! ; :. ,R ==�as part��of Qur 241 Program, the Combined Sewer Overflow Study ' i : to. �fe�ermine what method of stormwater management to eliminate i =. overflow to"the river is cost effective. As an outcome this � studX may-�have' a di rect effect �n the Ci ty`s sta►�nwa�er manag�m ment: �� . 3* 'b � . y' . ' -. ��• y ,Y:� . � . � 2� It has been i�dicated that that :portion of the Carranission's _ � �' property located east' of the east levee wall is tQ become part . ` I ��. r` of�the Pig`s: Eye open space system. The Cor,�ni ssi on objects �.a < � �this`designa�ion and request tha� �he entire praperty own�d b,� ` � _ i , :,� . ; � $ ��the Commission be so zoned as ta permi t any use necessary far i �,�,�„ • � the effi ci ent and economi c cot l ection, treatmen� and d�s asal `F� • p 4 t . ��;��of sewage in the metropolitan area. Although no development ;: � �. lf~�, program is presently anticipated for this area, the Comnission ( �t:: � :"des��^es the right to use this prap�rty as necessary_ ` � ; y. .. ' , - , ' �, �� :T°- .. � -�� , � f � 3);�,On Page 1T6, Subsection 5, Publ�c Facilities, zt is �r�c��cated - � �=;�� ;;that the MWCC wi71 ' continue their�. secandary traatment :physica� i4��. , k expansion program a11 within the levee wa11 : Although the � constru�tion work is prim3rily within the levee wali ,'the � : t�emai ni ng- property owned by th2 t;omrni ssi cn i s bzi ng used by i the contractor for construct�o� o�eratiar,s and stockpiling of � .materials. The ex�sting ash se}t�i�g �ends IoLated o�tside of I the levee wall will have to be c�ntinue� �o �e used unt�l our new � facilities are available so��etime in �he e�riy T980's. , . � ; ; � ; 350(T1ETR0lOJ�1RE BLDG. ' 7TH 6 R03ERT/TREEF/ - IAIf17 P�iUL fTitt 55101 i 6!2 222•8A23 , _ i : : n ! .._. ��..2,yr.l�r!;,w . , . - . . . � � . . .. . ...-.. ...�.� . .. .._. _..._ -_.,-a.� . � .,,,, j .,� ._-.. �. - :d r �',+' � ,y"�w�.° ... 1`t�'�s: 4� � r � ik� '. x < x rt,-��.1� • .. •�� a��A . • � . . � 5m'y� . � � . . � _, . . . �� . - -'� , � � ,� , � . '. � . -' . ;. , �- . s . , . . .. • . ,. . . . f ' . . .. ' :.:� �. � . ,. .. ;. ' . :� . . . � �.,�: � Mr: Rick Wiederhorn " City of St. Paul `: - Dept. of PTanning and Economic Development � ` �:. Fe6ruary T4; 1978 : .. . Page Twa ; , �, . : _, : . � �� .� : � t � � �,� <,f .c ,��^� .. . . . . . - �,a�' . . . .. - w�+'`� s^' a� . • � ;, , '� .... .�.�. - , . ,, � , - �- �.. • ._ � � , Pw . _ . - . . . . r rZ ` 1}6 . . .. .. �� . . _ . . . . . - . .�f .': �_ - 3 _ .. '. ..'. . ...,. . .� . : . ; �� ." y s . The Corr�nissionk'has an interceptor which crosses the former landfill area and provides service to the east side of St. Paul and adjoining . vic�iRity. Th�is:interceptor is on an easement and may have ta be 7mproved in the near future. We wish ta have our optians remain open 'tri ptarr,: design and provide the necessary facility ta service your City ar►d others without having to get involved requests far - variances. �'. _. . _ - � . . _ - . � `-�.We thank yot� for the opportuni ty to revi ew and carrrnent on th�i s draft _ �: :;report. , ;� . �� - � � � �, .� ST ncerely�;:f�� ;�.�: _ � � �:.�.. `� ' f #- ., _ . . . . . ',y�` . � -:;. 'Anthony_�. Gne re � ` :� . �,� � 'De ut �; ..... `� P Y ,Chief Rdministrator = � : _ �;.: ;- ACG:QSB:bdw _ _..' - , _ ' ; , : . _ . . .,,' � r' �r ,�a A�.#ts,, •,�.�;� ?�, x� �„ ��, ` , � ' . , ; . _ 3 . � ', ± Y A + v. . k . . � . . _ '�` Y � _ . , - . . . . . ., . . . . , � ' . , .�-.. ' ' . .. . � _ . . . ' . . . . -"+s . �•"f. . i_: ., ..:�.� .:' . . ,,. . � . . .. � � - af : .. ,. . �. ., ,. � , � . ._ . . � .. .�� : :...�,. � � Wn, . .. � .. . . - yj . . . . . . . � ��R A :. �; � . . . . - -� �� 4��i �. . � .. . ' . - . � . � . . . . . . . � �io � . - . � . . .. . . � � � � . . . . . . . t ,�,:, , . . . . . . . . . ..,,,- . � .� � � .�� . � � � � . � . . � ..� -;_,�� . . . . . , ... . . �� -.. . . ... , � � . � . . . _ �� .. : . ' ... . . �.. . . � . . � . .. . �.A SOUTHWEST AREA DISTRICT COUnCIL ��__ y-�� _—. �_.�. � � '� i ;,..:.� i� ! i r-t--i-__-.-_-y_ ._.�_. i14i ��.�__ PRESI ' ___ BOA ' , , , �I�,A�MAG�: MI�E MC 1":: GUE ADMI -RA -��q MMUnIN David Hozza, City Council Pres. pR I �"€,-!� `� '„ RS Seventh Floor, City Hall �� ==�~-� -r%` ' St. Paul. Minnesota 55302 �. �,' ;',, ; 4 -;—/�f � , , a � �t §}/r . Dear Mr. Hozza: The executire committee of the Southwest Area District Co�ncil has looked at the Mississippi River Corridor Plsa as it relates to items in our district plans. We feel there is no conflict. Both the District 14 aad 15 plans request pedestrian and bike paths be improved alang the ri�rer and the River Corridor Pl�n ad.dresse� that point. In the District 1� plan, waterfront recreational use is requested which wonld follow the proposal for Upper s�d Lower Hidden Falls a�s well as the uses Por Crosby Park. Onr Pull board did Mot vote on accepting the River Corridor Pla� in total, but the exec�ative committee discussed the items which relate to our District and sre satisYied �rith them. 9ery Truly Yours, Gayle W. Summers cc Rick Wiederhorn 2258 GOODRICH AVEnUE,ST. PAUL, MIhnESOTA 55105 (612)698-7973 !4est Side Citizens ORganiiation 179 E. Robie St. St. Paul , Mn. 55107 Dec. 6, 1978 Office of the t�layor 25 4J. 4th St. St. Paul ,E�n. 55102 F�layor Latimer, Early this sur�mer, Mr. Rick Weidernorn made a presentation to the t;est Side Citizens Organization regarding the t�lississippi River Corridor Plan. 4Je appreciate the effort made to share information with !�Jest Siders and at this time we have no objections to the Plan. � As so much of our neighborhood baarders the htississippi , we have a great interest in the future of the river and the adjacent land. For this reason, we intend to monitor the implementation of the Plan and all other activities in the Corridor area. - Sincerely, �� Peggy Foster President-WSCO cc: City Councilmembers Rick ;�eiderhorn • ' PHONE 772-2075 �NITY C�� - G�-�NCIL �`, � - OF DAYTONS gL�, o �� (000 PACIFIC STREET • P. O. BOX 6528 • ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 55106 Mr. David Hozza December 5, 1978 City Council President Room 722 C i ty Ha I I St. Paul, Mn. 55102 Dear Mr. Hozza: After a lengthy discussion on the merits and implications of the Mississippi River Corridor Plan, the Dayton's Bluff Community Council's Executive Board voted unanimously to go on record as supporting the plan, with the proviso that meaningful continued citizen participation in 'its progress and implemen- tation be an essential part of the plan. Some concerns were raised in the discussion of the Mississippi River Corridor Plan which should be noted. Specifically, although the plan accepts the expansion of the Downtown Airport (Holman Field), the Dayton's Bluff Com- munity Council has already gone on record as opposing the expansion and will continue to oppose it as a detriment to our District. In addition, concern was expressed about the designation of the area around the Fish Hatchery Lake as Industrial and we question the type of development that this would mean there. We shall be monitoring the situation as development takes place, and feel that this is where effective citizen participation is essential. While supporting the overall Mississippi River Corridor Plan, we hope that the City Council bears our concerns in mind in its deliberations. Sincerely, t•. ;; � , '�� L'�. � Geor �. Hr new ch j� President 9 Y Y Dayton's Bluff Cornmunity Council cc: Rick Weiderhorn _ , i . . i , � �� ; - , � . , �. �. �.-�� ,;�� i . r . � � , . � � . . � -. ' , . + , . . ' . . ' . . �� . ' , ' . . . . , � . . � ' . . � . . , . . . . . ( . � . . � ' .. . . , . . . j . . � ' . „ . . � , . . � � .. � . ' . � ' � . ' . .. � . . . , i . � .. . , � . . , . i � . . . . ' . ' � � . . . � . � � � . � . � , . . . ' . ' . � � . . �� . � � ' . � . . I . � i . . . . . � • � � � I _, . . � , . I ' � � : _ , i • I . � . . . . . . � i . � \ , � '• . ' . . . ' Decaa�bar 7, 1978 ' - � , . � � . ._ I � 8uaaana Flinsch ; , i . ,- ' C�ty A'ttorn�Y i , R�ooroa 647, City H�11 : ' � � - , , i � Daar Ms. Fii�tch: +, � , � , i � F�'z�epsr�tioa o� s rqto�ution approvli►g th� Miesis�ippi_Rivar Corr'idor Plan se sub�itt�d' , , � - by tha 'napartment ot Citp Plan�iing sad with th� tipulstfen that tha rs�alution len�uegs � expreea the coae�rn of tbe City Couaci�. for tha viro�m�ental. impact td the a��a a� , a ccroseqc�eic►ce oP ths,Plan wao requssted by the C ty Counell at ita� Dac�+er T, I978 '��R� � i ' You�a trul�►, ✓ �, � � , _ , :., , , i � � �' ' Roeje �Iiac, . Ctt�► Clerk. ' . � . � . � �c:' Jim 13ellua i � � � , , . , , , � . � - � M3/cw ' ' � , . � � , j � � � I � �,� � � . - � i , . � i , �; � i , ; , , . , i � , � , i , _ �. , i - � ,. � ; , _ , � . {. � � _-�`_-'� C��tTX U�' �.�1.I�7�' P�.U� ;�-_ , . - � ,:•. -,�:-�`:�::,- ,:.•.�f : F� : `;�, i_� . +�� OFFICE Oy THF. CZ2'Y COU1''C�L ; . ".� � �._ � - �r . . ; � , -, ;, .� ��µ� C .T : � jry �`:�,1:'� Dd�e : Noverr�er 2, 1978 - �;�� C C3 I��1 �� !i'�L � � E P fl �� T � : Soin� Paul Ci��+ Council �R O N� � C O ffl iii t��£' O t7 CITY DEVELOPME�lT.ARD TRANSPORTATION . Leonard W. Levine � choirmon, makes the follar�ring _ . report on C.F. � 4rc�inancs . . [� Resotut�on . � - �X] Other ; - . � � - � Tt�'LE : � r�ississippi River Corridor P1an � : � - � �� The.Corrmittee has asked that this matter be referred � back to the.City Council for a public-hearing. . . The Corr�nittee makes no recorr�nendation. � - �CY HAI.L SEVENTH FLOOR SAIi�3T PAUL, Z�II\=i�'ESOTA 55IQ2 � .�,,.`;, • � ' . C � �- �7� �� ' � d � �'� , 0 r � �� ; � ��t� f *�°-�� 628 STRYKER AVE., ST.PAIII,MlNN.55107 � J / ��A ES _ � �--�- Cha.irperson: i�trs. Edward Van Poperin...225-�+�3�- EXCES��µtR�� To C%�airn�aa� and rnembers of St. Paul City C��neil: Testimony �iven at City Cauncil h�eeting, Th;zrsday Dec. 7� �g78, by Ralf Swanson, Secretary of Concerned Taxpayers of Minnesota, in opposition to tne p-roposed expansion c.�f Ao]n:an T`ield Airport, after Rick [�Tiederhorn of the Cit� Planning Dept. cenfirn�ed � that the Aixport Expansion Praject was inclzded in the Nississippi River Corridor I'lan which was before the Cauncil for adoption. ��i'?ie Lnvironrr�ental In.pact Assessment Report and Appendix prepaxed for P�etroppolztan Airpor�s Commission by Hoyl.e, Tanner and Associates, Inc. o£ Londonderry, New. Harr.p., consisting of some 300 ga,,es w�s care�ill.y reviewed, and f�nd to be more negative than positive. i•Te mention a few of the negatives relating to such issues ast T3oise Impac�, Traffic Capacit�r, Birds and Wildlife, Costs, Alternatives and Critical River Area. I. P�oise �npac� from Aircraft: i��e studsr snows that if the proposed ex�ended runway is buil� by the ye�:t� 1990� the pro�ected increase in jet operations wzll increase by a fac�;or o£ a]lrost 6 over the presen level, from $000 to a]r�os'� 1_�3�0�;` f:i i�h'.� �, ye�r. Sampl.e readings taken over a three day period, accordin� to the Report, sho;�r dUa rea3ings for location (P�Io�.inds Park) "altha.tgh q�.tieter than Loeation �+ (Smith Park do-vtntown had hi�'�er measured nozse levels than roost o�her locaLions sample�." Page 5-15. T'ne evening san�ple at location 6 was not any quie�ter than the average daytin?e sample. Tnere wa.s still some aircraft ac�tivi�y, Pa.ge 5-16. These waald cer�tainly be negative statements in view of the facf; that these readinas were taken on a Saturday, Sunday and Monday, when business �et flig'nts �aere very few � and freQiency of jets is to be 6 tin�es greater in 1��0 when extended runway is built. Sncreasing the flights o�at of Ho]�na:�� Field from present I27,600 to 250,000 in �.990 will m.a'_�ce Iivin� in Mo��nd Park-Daytons Bluff, Battle Creek, and the West Side unbearable and sorre real_�ors say these residential areas rnay become ghost town areas from aireraft noise. , Jet aircraft "noise i.s a nuisance when it already clearly appeaxs that the enjo;,m,�en�t of liie and property is materially lessened thereby, and the physica,]. comFort af persons in their homes is materia?Iy interfered with".....I��ssell vs. Norstra,nd Athletic Clu n, 212 App. Div. 'i'�:e late Atz�ie Iiansen, owner af Ca:rmercial. Electric Co., organized the St. Paa�l Noise � �batement Effort in the eaxly 1940;s when the Fede.ral Govern�rent rnoved their bo�cber modifi ca�ion pro�ram to Ho1man Field Airport and I��.W. Airlines t.nen took over the han�,ers located there for an aircraft repair base and testing the engines and a-� that tiil�ea the noise becazce unbesxable. The RTOise Abatement Committee coined the phra.se "Sa,nct�is Pailus Civitas ClamorisaS (St, Pa;a.l the Tdoisy City), and all aur mail was starr�ped with that phras Zti'iIl it be necessary to �et that cornmittee aa�, in action again, and so adv�rtis� our City� It ap�ears that s�ne oi o�ar 4ffici�,ts and their Co�rs�.ittees are not aware of Cttizen Particip�w�on, when the chairman of the P�13nnesota Environrcental f�iality Board said His 3oard had "no a�.zthority to reject these plans or project on the basis oi citizens o'o j ect ions. " � -"s� � �A � �� _ , . � �2��co _ � ;-`�� 628 ST�YK�R AVE. ST.PAUl.,MINN.55107 J / Chairperson: P�'ss. �d.waxd Van Poperin...225-463z NIGH ES �..,,. �AX EXCESS pµSP-��S 2. Traffic Capacit�. T'r.e report shows there were 285 aircraft listed by sorne 250 companies, organizations �overrsrent a�;encies and private o�ners, using Iiolman Field Airpart facilities in 1977. Qn Pabe 5-2�+, o�' the Report, we find this statement: '"In the fl�t�zre, (19}0) the projected pexiod demand exceeds the c�,pacity of one run��ay. Thus, tile onl;� way to sa�isfy the b>>sy perio3 demand is ta assign aircraft �to more than one runway. Fatr multi-runway modes o� operating the airport in busy periods were determined." T:�is certainly ha,s to be a ne�ative, and an adxnission that the longer runway is not the solution to the traffic problem. It on].y adds to the congestion by bringing in more aircraf�t �.nd creates the hazzaxd of r.iultiple take offs from 4 runways, which is the same situation th�.t has caused disasters at other airports. T��4C owns only 5�0 acres of land a�t Holman Field, so it is a Iand problem� as cxzr 2�:ayar has stated....land, or th� lack of it in St. Pazil. Is this a case of overero��rding I�olman F�:eld, airpor'c, wit.h too man;* aircral't, over its capaci�ty. 3. Birds azld FTildlife. S�udy chart in report sY?ows Herons and birds taking fli�ht and laa�ding overlag into the altitude of planes ta,king off and comin; down for 1.anding, and that hazzaxd is reco�zized by the Ts�:pact Stl�dy Report "suggestin,; tha�; l�a7din T 1.:i ;'�'.s o;: r��rc;��'" be u:��. to disca�r�.ge oi� frigllten the birds ataaJ irom planes loadin� o.r takin� orf,° fie.rons have r.?oved to the opposite side of �;he island, according the Ir-pact St�ldv C c�.�.n�., T�esting areas axe �ettin� less as you take awa�r more tretlands and wilcLtife areas. :: �+. Cost Fstir.:ate o�' Pra:iect. Cost of '�uildin� r�ew runways and some new l�uildings, s�zch as hangars is aba�at $7 million accordin� to the first estir;ate, F�hich ccnzld �;o up or down. We are told this projec does not req��ire �zblic tax resa_L.rces, beca��se it would be financed by User Fees to p�,y the debt service. Certai.nly the sin�le en�;ine prop and pleasure aircra�t do no� r.eed the lon;er runway for ta�ce oif and oar question is: Can the users oi ple�.s�ire type aircralt afPord to pay for the d.ebt se.rvice of the new longer Y^an*,aay?�� If the User Fees fail to provide the necessaxy f�inds, it will be �.ip to the ��.xpayers to pay, as alw�.ys, beca��se -�:�e .fr1.0 has tne power to t�. _5. Alternatives. P•'etropolitan Airports �ommission owns Iiolman rield of 5�+0 aeres, pl�.is 5 o�her airports in the 'i'win City area, including one a-t La,ke Elmo, which is about the san:e travel time on the Free��rays to 32? i�:ain office a,s Holma,n Field. We were told that an alterna,tive airport should have 2500 acrea. Certainl�,r there is much open space at Lake �:lma �,nd other sites. Since 25aa acres axe needed for the expa,�zsion of Holman Field Airport a,nd only 540 acres are availabZe, we feel i-� is a. waste of $7 mi7_lion to dred�e fill the wetlands for the new runway on the flooci p'��in and b�_tild a flood wa.11 to protect it. . All •ae will get is an overcrow�ed, noisy �.irport fzr.d rrore problems tha,n noT�r exist. 4 � O ��"l•C��r;Gp� �Q/X�l �d � �Q, �l �12G��►,e�o �.... � . , � �� MINN.55101 _J � ;�°�� 62� ST�YKER AVE., ST.PAUI, , H��H �,,, C h a i r p e r s o n. P x s. E d w a r d V a n P o p e r i n...2 2 5-4 0 3 1 SAXES EXCES�pµ'tp-��'S 6. Critical River Area :0_ir Governor has declaxed the P•Sississippi River, includin� the Ho1ma.�i Field do--mtown a3.rport area, as a Critical River Area. This subject has been more or less ignored or by-passed in the EIA Report. Only one man brieily mentioned it at tl�e A�gast lOth ir.eeting, but we axe sure there are restrictians that sho.ild be looked into, since it is now included in tne D�ississippi River Corridar Plan before ya�.. As Secretary of the Concerned Taxpayers of T�iiniieuota, and also as a r.-ember of the :�ecutive Boaxd of District �+, Da,ytons Bluff Comnranity Council, I C_AT� ASSURr� YOU BO�T OF THESE OR�ZIZATIONS PASSED RESOLUTIOTdS OBJ��TIT�iG TO TIi�E PIEtd RUTI��AY EXPAiVSION OF HOIu'�L4:1 FIELD D0,�1TOr�IN AIRPORT, and forwasded len;thy statements in opposition, whic� were included in P�.etropoli�tan Airports Commission�s �'inal draft. ' Considering all of this, Coz�cerned Taxpaye.rs of T�`iinnesota recor�rend the praject be rejected a.nd turiled dotm. Do nothing at this time� as yc�a ean always sell the property for inc�ustrial development, and there are satisfacto.ry alternatives. Respeetfully submitted, i� ��''""'�— � R �St�r son Secretar �- an � Y Concerned Taxpayers of Minnesata.