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03-10-1999 ARC MinutesCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MARCH 10, 1999 The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission was held on Wednesday, March 10, 1999 in the City Hall Large Conference Room, 1101 Victoria Curve. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. The following members were present: Beaty, Fitzer Leuman, May, Roszak and Stein. Commissioner Des Roches was absent. Also present was City Administrator Batchelder. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Roszak moved to approve the February 10, 1999 minutes. Commissioner Leuman seconded the motion. AYES: 6 NAYS: 0 PART 150 UPDATE j Administrator Batchelder stated that Mr. Roy Fuhrmann, of MAC, and Mr. Evan Futterman, HNTB, had provided a briefing to MASAC on the process that will be used to conduct the Part 150 Study update. He stated that the Part 150 Study Update has been begun by MAC and is expected to take 15 to 18 months before an application can be made to the Federal Aviation Administration for another Part 150 program. Batchelder stated that this Part 150 Study Update is considered MASAC's primary goal for 1999. Batchelder stated that the briefing at MASAC covered the following items: a. Part 150 Purpose and Description b. Noise Measurement and Analysis in the Part 150 Study Process C. History of MSP Part 150 Program (including 1987 and 1992 projects) d. Scope of the Currently Identified Issues e. Discussion of Additional Issues/Concerns to be Addressed in Part 150 Update f. MASAC Approval of Part 150 Work Scope g. Preliminary Schedule for the Part 150 Study Batchelder stated that MASAC had requested that each city respond within 30 days regarding the scope and schedule for the Part 150 Study. Batchelder stated the Commission should review our goals for Part 150 and respond to MASAC about additional issues and concerns that are not already included in the scope of the Part 150 Study Update. 1) Batchelder stated that MASAC's scheduled evaluation of the Mendota Heights/Eagan corridor will be folded into the Part 150 Study Update process and there will also be an evaluation of the Runway Use System due to the need to implement procedures for the new Runway 17-35. Batchelder stated that other operational considerations such as Non - Simultaneous Departures, Noise Abatement Departure Profiles, and Head -to -Head operations will be evaluated, as well. He stated a new Part 150 LDN 65 Noise Contour would be produced for the study update. Chair Scott Beaty stated he was concerned that MASAC's scheduled evaluation of the Mendota Heights/Eagan corridor might be "watered down" if it is included in the Part 150 Study Update process. Chair Beaty stated Mendota Heights should be on guard that the corridor analysis is not lost in the Part 150 Process. Chair Beaty stated that the Close - In departures should be included in the scope of the analysis. Batchelder stated that Mayor Mertensotto had requested that the Commission consider requesting that the night time hours restricted to Stage III aircraft be rolled back from the current 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. time period to 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. The Commission was of a consensus that this should be part of the Part 150 request. Chair Beaty stated our guiding principle on air noise was the equitable operations of the �- airport, that all airport communities share in the benefits of close proximity to MSP and that all communities should, therefore, share in the burden of air traffic over their communities. Beaty stated the Runway Use System should be fully implemented to include up to twenty percent (20%) departures off of Runway 4/22 to relieve the burden on the parallel runways, as called for in the Runway Use System, but never implemented. Chair Beaty also stated Runway 4/22 should be used to eliminate head-to-head operations late at night on the parallel runways. Commissioner John Roszak stated the Part 150 Study should rearm the runway percentages for the new Runway 17/35 that were used in the MSP 2010 Comprehensive Plan when the Dual Track decision was made at the Legislature. Roszak stated that these same runway use percentages were used in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Runway 17/35. The Commission was of a consensus that the Runway Use System should be updated to maintain and rearm the runway use percentages, as described in the MSP 2010 Comprehensive Plan and the FEIS. Commissioner Joe Leuman stated that the data generated by the MSP Airport Noise/Aviation Monitoring System (ANOMS) should be used to generate the new noise contour. Chair Beaty stated the existing Runway Use System should be revised to not have the Mendota Heights/Eagan corridor as the primary, preferred route of departure. The Commission discussed the RUS preference that is based on land use compatibility. 3 Batchelder stated that in conversations with Mayor Mertensotto they had discussed how land use compatibility is not equitable when an airport sits in the middle of a fully developed urban area and that the notion of land use compatibility from the 1980's had been destroyed by increased operations and capacities at MSP to the point that the corridor had been overrun and air traffic is now over long established residential areas of the city. Commissioner Stein stated the Part 150 Study Update should include the possible acquisition of severely impacted neighborhoods, as had the original study. The Commission discussed the use of incentives/disincentives for noisier airplanes after the implementation of the Stage III requirements on December 31, 1999. The Commission discussed higher landing fees, or sliding scale fees, for air carriers with true manufactured Stage III aircraft, as opposed to Stage III hush-kitted aircraft. The Commission also discussed Noise Abatement Departure profiles, Corridor definition and compliance issues, and Non -Simultaneous Departures. The Commission felt that the Low -Frequency Study being conducted for Richfield should have recommendations that encompass all airport communities. Commissioner Greg Fitzer stated the Part 150 Study Update should consider whether tower orders can be given in specific ground tracks instead of magnetic headings. Fitzer stated that this would be a benefit of the new Differential Global Positioning Satellites (DGPS) systems. Fitzer stated this would eliminate wind drift and would have the effect of keeping air traffic inside the designated corridor. The Commission felt the Study Update should consider whether the corridor can be narrowed if DGPS allows less than the currently required fifteen degrees (15 °) separation divergence. The Commission reviewed the Mendota Heights Airport Plan of Action for inclusion in possible comments on the scope of the Part 150 Study Update. The Commission directed staff to respond to MASAC by incorporating their discussion on the scope of the Part 150 Study Update into a letter. RUNWAY RECONSTRUCTION Batchelder stated that the construction scheduled for the South Parallel Runway, Runway 12W30L was to begin on April 5, 1999 and the primary difference in traffic patterns would be the increased use of Runway 4/22, the Crosswind Runway, for traffic that would normally use the southern parallel. NORTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY AIRPORT RELATIONS COALITION M Batchelder stated that the Northern Dakota County Airport Relations Coalition (NDCARC) would meet on March 23, 1999 at Mendota Heights City Hall. Batchelder stated this group would begin meeting on bi-monthly basis and that its primary goals are to continue dialogue between the airport communities in Dakota County, to host an annual meeting for Airport Relations Commissions and to act jointly on important airport issues that each community agrees on. Chair Beaty stated NDCARC would be most effective if it concentrated on something that it could achieve, as opposed to trying to react to every airport issue. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Commission acknowledged the following reports and correspondence: a. MASAC Agenda for February and January MASAC minutes b. MASAC Technical Advisors Report for January 1999 C. MASAC Corridor Gate Penetration Analysis for January 1999 d. MASAC Complaint Summary for January 1999 e. Airport Noise Report - Feb. 5, 1999 edition f. NOISE - Legislative Update g. Capitol NOISE Newsletter h. MASAC Schedule and Roster I. Article on Airport Competition 1: -Le111 zM �1 N li There being no further business, the Airport Relations Commission moved to adjourn its meeting at 9:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Kevin Batchelder City Administrator