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Forest Lake Airport Commission backs MnDOT grants for runway, taxiway and apron despite local funding gap
Summary
The commission unanimously recommended City Council accept three MnDOT capital grants for apron expansion, taxiway extension and runway extension but acknowledged a local match shortfall after MnDOT reduced participation; staff proposed a 20-year, 0% interfund loan and warned hangar rents could be affected.
The Forest Lake City Airport Commission voted Dec. 3 to recommend that the City Council accept three Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) capital grants to fund an apron expansion, a main taxiway extension and a runway extension, while warning the airport lacks the cash on hand to cover the smaller local match created when MnDOT reduced participation midstream.
Administrator Stotts, Forest Lake City’s administrator, told commissioners the awards were for the three projects and that MnDOT’s reduction from the initially advertised 95% participation to 90% “means we do not have that money in the airport fund at this point in time.” He said staff has…
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