10-11-2006 ARC Packet1
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CITY OF MEN.DCDTA I�CEIGHTS
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION
AGENDA
October 11, 2006 — Large Conference Room
Call to Order — 7:00 P.M.
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3. Approval of Minutes from the September 20, 2006 Airports Relations Commission
Meeting.
4. YJnfinished and New Business: �
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a. Runway 12L Deparhare Numbers. �
b. NOC Meeting Update ����r T�U��'S
c. Updates for Infiroduction Book i�+%�l�,'L� ��-- �;,ey,� ,� �(-1J
5. Acknowled�e Receipt of Various Reports/Correspondence: �,_nsv: (�� � X�,�„�a ��
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New MAC Representation K� �"� ,
Letter from MAC regarding Lemay Shores development.
Letter from MA.0 regarding 2007-2013 CIP
MAC Minutes of September Meeting of Finance, Developinent & Environment
Coinrnittee.
Airport Noise Report, September 20, 2006
Airport Noise Report, September 27, 2006
Airport Noise Report, Septeinber 13, 2006
N.O.I.S.E S/3/2006
Other Commissioner Commenis or Concerus
Upcomia�t� Meetin�s
City Council Meeting October 17, 2006 — 7:30 p.m.
NOC Meeting October 19, 2006 —1:30 p.in.
Public Input Meeting January 23, 2007 — 7:00 (MAC)
MA.0 Meeting Octobezl6, 2006 —1:00
8. Public Comments
9. Ad�onrn
Auxiliaty aids for persons with disabilities aare available upon request at least 120 hours in
advance. If a notice of less than 120 hours is received, the City of Mendota Heights will lnake
every attempt to provide the aids. This may not, however, be possible on short notice. Please
contact City Administration at 651-452-1850 with requests.
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September 30, 2006
Jim Danieison, Administrator
City of Mendota Heights
1101 Victoria Curve
Mendota Heights, MN 551 1 8-41 06
RE: 2007-2013 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION
Dear Mr. Danielson:
The Finance, Development, and Environment Committee will meet on Wednesday, October 4,
2006 at 10:00 a.m. As part of the ongoing discussion of the 2007 Capital Improvement
Program, there will be a presentation made by Steve Busch, Director of Finance, on the
proposed funding for the program.
Enclosed please find a copy of the meeting agenda and the memo regarding the program
funding.
Sincerely,
Robert J. Vorpahl, P.E.
Program Development Engineer
RJV/Irk
Enclosures
cc: Nigel Finney, MAC
Dennis Probst, MAC
Gary Warren, MAC
CIP File
P&E Packet File
Day File
The Metropolitan Airports Commission is an affirmative action employer.
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Reliever Airports: Ai12LAK� e ANOKA COUNTY/BLAINE e CRYSTAL e FLYING CLOUD e LAKE ELMO e SAINT PAUL DOWNTOWN
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Regular Monthly Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
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FINANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT COMMII�t'EE
Tammy McGee, Chair
Bert McKasy, Vice Chair
Dan Boivin '
Tom Foley
Robert Mars
Mo((y Sigel
John Wiiliams
Jack �anners, Commission Chair
Chair — M&O Committee � �
Chair — HR/AA Committee
METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSI.ON
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING
FINANCE, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITfEE
Wednesday, October 4, 2Q06, 10:00 a.m.
Room 3040, Lindbergh Terminat
Wold-Chamberlain F1eid
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport
AGENDA
CONSENT
REPORTS
a. Budget Variance Report — August 2006
b. Statements of Revenues and Expenses and Changes in Net Unrestricted Cash —
August 2006 .
c. Accounts Receivabie Summary .
d. Monthly and Year-to-Date MSP Passenger Activity Report and Industry Update
e. Budget Impack Report Regarding Management & Operations Cammittee Action ltems
f. Change Management Policy and Project Status Report
g. Bloomington Land Acquisition Status Report
h. Professional Service Authorizations (PSA) Quarterly Report
Steve Busch, Finance Director
Susan Warner-Dooley, Deputy Executive Director — Finance and Administrative Services
Nigel D. Finney, Deputy Executive Direcfor — Planning and Environment
Thomas W. Anderson, General Counsel
2. FINAL PAYMENTS — MAC CONTRACTS
a. Lindbergh Terminal Energy lmprovements — Phase 6(Dennis Kowalke, Landside
Project Manager)
b. Runway 17/35 South Field Maintenance �Center {Robert J. Vorpahl, Program
Development Engineer)
c. St. Paul Downtown Airport — Runway 9/27 L:ighting Upgrade (Allen Dye, Airside Project
Manager) .
d. 2005 Part 150 Sound Insulation Program (John Nelson, Part � 50 Program Manager)
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3. BIDS RECEIVED- MAC CONTRACTS
a. Spillway 040 Repairs
Gary G. Warren, Director — Airside Development
4. STATUS OF FEDERAL AND STATE GRANTS
Richard W. Biddle,.Project Manager— Contracts
5. 34ih AVENUE/1-494 TRAFFIC FORECASTING AND CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT
Dennis Probst, Director — Landside Development
6. XCE� ENERGY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
Gary G. Warren, Directar — Airside Development
7. T!E RACK INCORPORATED AUDIT REPORT
Michael Willis, Audit Manager �
DISCUSSION
8. PRELIMINARY CAPITAL. IMPR(?VEMENT PROGRAM FUNDlNG
Steve Busch, Finance Director
9. DRAFT 2007 OPERATING BUDGET
Steve Busch, Finance Director
10. ALLOCATION OF 2005 UNRESTRICTED NET REVENUES
Steve Busch, Finance Director
11. INTERNAL AUD1T ANNUAL PLAN UPDATE
Michaei Wiilis, Audit Manager
12. PROJECT UPDATES
a. Humphrey Parking Ramp
b. St. Paui Downtown Airpart — Flood Control Improvements
Nigel D. Finney, Deputy Executive Director — Planning and Environment
Materials for this meeting are available at the following websiie:
www.mspairport.com/mac/meetinas/fde.aspx
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Stop by the inforrnation booth near the tram station on the Tram Level. At the information booth, you
wili be asked to complete a security checkpoint access form and show valid, government-issued
photo identification, such as a driver's license. Take your completed access form with you up iwo
floors, to the Ticketing Levei security checkpoints. Show your approved access forrn ta security
checkpaint personnel. You will then be screened just as if you were traveling. Access forms are only
valid for the purpose of attending a public MAC meeting at a particular date and time.
Commission Chambers are located on the Mezzanine Level overlooking the airport's central shopping
area (above Chili's Restaurant), past the main securify checkpoints.
Allow yourself at least 30 minutes to park, complete the access form and get through the security
checkpoint prior to the meeting.
Parkinq will be validated; please brinq vour parkinq ticket to the meetinq:
Directions to the Tram Level Information Booth
From short-term parking: At the Lindbergh Terminal entrance, take the escalator or elevator down
to the Tram Level. The information booth is straight ahead, in the center of the room.
From general parking: If you park in the Blue or Red ramps, take the elevator down to the tram,
which will transport you directly to the Lindbergh Terminal's Tram Level. When you exit the tram, the
information booth is straight ahead, in the center of the room. If you park in the Green or Gold (
ramps, take the skyway to the Lindbergh TerminaPs Mezzanine Level. From there, take an elevator
or escalator to Tram Level. The information booth is straight ahead, in fhe center of #he room.
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Finance, Development and Environment Committee
Steve Busch, Director of Finance (612-726-8148)
PRE�IMINARY CAPITA� 1MPROVEMENT PROGRAM FIJNDING
September 25, 2006
The DRAFT 2007-2Q13 Capital Improvement Program wiil be funded from a variety of sources.
These include Passenger Facility Charges (PFCs), Federal Grants, MN/DOT Grants, Internally
Generated Funds, Bond Proceeds and Other Sources. Based on information presented, sufficient
funds will be available to fund the 2007-2013 Capital Improvement Program.
The table below shows the general funding sources for the 2007-2Q09 Capital Plan. Alsa
attached are detailed funding schedules by project for the individual years 2007, 2008 and 2009
as well as an additional summary.
Improvement Program Funding Summary 2007 - 2009
DRAFT
°/a Of Total
200T 2008 2009 2007 - 2009 2007 - 2Q09
Fundin Fundinu Fundina Fundina CIP
PFC Application #8 - Bonds (Issued 2005) 2010 Plan $15,600 $ - $ - $ 15,600
PFC Application #10 - Pay As You Go (20D7) 2010 Plan 5,90U 19,300 9,600 34,800
PFC Application #11 - Pay As You Go (2008) 2020 Plan - 50,598 - 50,598
PFC Applica6on #11 - Bonds (Issued 2008} 2020 Plan - - 72,408 72,408
PFC Application #12 - Pay As You Go (2009) 2010 Plan - 400 2,600 3.000
Total PFC Funding $21,500 $ 70,298 $ 84,608 $ 176,A06
Federal Entipement $ 4,900 $ 6,200 $ 6,000 $ 17,100
Federal Discretionary 7,90U 21,496 24,733 53,529
Federal Non PrimaryAid Relievers 7,321 675 875 2,871
MNDOT Grants 8,800 8,800
Total Federal & MNDOT Grants $ 22,921 $ 28,371 $ 31,008 $ 82,300 16.81
!mally Generated Funds $ 27,609 $ 16,645 $ 29,475 $ 73,729 15.06
mmercial Paper & Non PFC Garb Deb{
2005 Garbs $ 8,900 $ 3,500 $ 9,000 $ 21,400
20�8 Garbs 2010 Plan - 24,900 - 24,900 •
2008 Garbs 2020 Plan 36,463 24,983 61,446
Total Commercial Paper & Non PFC Garb Debt $ 8,900 $ 64,863 $ 33,983 $ 107,746 22_D1
Funding All Sources
Funding Sources
60-64 DNL - Funding To Be Determined
Totals 2007 - 2009
$ 80,930 $180,177 $179,074 $ 440,181 89.92%�
$ 6,800 $ 14,543 $ 10,876 $ 32,219
$ - $ 3,200 $ 13,900 $ 17,10�
$ 87,730 $197,920 $ 203,850 $ 489,500
All of the information presented here is subject to change based on further refinement of the
Capitai Impravement Plan.
If you have questions prior to the meeting, please call me at 612-726-8148.
THIS IS AN INFC7RMATIONAL ITEM �NLY; NO COMMITTEE ACTION IS REQUIRED.
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A weekly update on litigation, regulations, and technological developments
Volume 18, Number 29
Standards
NEW SAE STANDARD ESTABI.�ISHES
GUII)ELINES FOR NOISE, OPS MONTTORING
On Sept. 7, the Society of Automotive Engineers International (SAE) issued a
new voluntary standard that establishes guidelines for monitoring aircraft noise
and operations near airports.
St1E Aerospace Recommended Practice (ARP) 4721-1—Monitoring Aircraft
Noise and Operations in the Vicinity of Airports: System Description, Acquisition
and Operation," establishes standards for:
• Placementofmicrophones;
� Guidance on components;
• Installation and administration of permanent systems;
• Guidance on analysis of data coilected; and
• Testing methods and data validation for permanent or portable systems.
The document establishes guidelines for best engineering practice for airport
noise measurement programs and can be used to guide the installation or upgrad-
ing of systems, according to Vince Mestre, sponsor of the new standard and
president of the acoustical consulting firm Mestre Greve Associates in Laguna
Niguel, CA.
(Corrtinued on p. 114)
Minneapolis-St. Paul Int'Z
FAA ACCUSED OF `BAIT AND SWITCH'
ON I)EPARTURE PAT][� FOR NEW RUNWAY
O�cials of the City of Burnsville, MN, located under the departure path of the
new north-south runway at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, are
accusing the Federal Aviation Administration of using a"bait and switch" tactic
to lull them into believing that the noise impact over their city would not be
significant in environmental documents.
'They have asked Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the House
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and state politicians, to come to
their aid and have not ruled out taking legal action against the FAA.
"Years of analysis, reports, environmental studies, and public input preceded the
opening" of the new runway," Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth B. Kautz, told Oberstar
in a recent letter. "Local o�cials relied on the information in those reports to
prepare residents and businesses for a substantial increase in airplane noise in our
cities. Now that the runway has been in operation for eight months, we find that
the FAA, without notice to effected communities or input from citizens, unilater-
ally changed departure procedures contained in all relevant planning documents
to the detriment of our community and others south of the [Minnesota] River."
Specifically, she said, "the FAA has limited departures for the new runway to a
190 degree heading when arrival flow is in an easterly direction (roughly half of the
(Contirrued on p. 114)
113
September l3, 2006
In This Issue...
Standar•ds ... Long-needed
guidelines for airportnoise and
operations monitoring systems are
established in anewvoluntary
standard just issued by the
Society ofAutomotiveEngineers
International (SAE). It is intended
to serve as a guide for the installa-
tion of new systems or the up-
grade of existing systems - p.113
Minneapolis-St. Paullnt'l
... A city in the depariure path of
the new MSP runway accuses the
PAA ofusing'baitandswitch'
ta ctics by not fo llowing the
departure procedure defined in
environmental documents -p.113
Co�npatibility Planni�zg ...
Des Plaines, IL, becomes the
second local jurisdiction inthe
country to receive an AIP noise
compatibility grant under a new
FA.A program authorized by
Congress in 2003 - p. 115
News B�•iefs ... Reno Tahoe
AirportAuthority is seeking an
AirportNoise Analyst to assist
with its aircraftnoise and opera�
tions monitoringprogram ... Air
Francewill install Boeing's Class
3 Electronic FlightBag on its
entire 777 fleet. The EFB can
help planes fly inore precise noise
abateinent patl�s - p. 116
September 13, 2006 114
"Controlling noise continues to be an issue plaguing
airports throughout the world. SAE sought to establish
these standards to assist airport management in monitoring
noise," Mestre said. He added that noise monitoring
systems are widely used at airports and in the surrounding
communities, however, standards were necessary to assure
a consistent quality of ineasurement data.
Potential users of noise monitoring systems include
airport management, airport consultants, airport neighbors,
and governmental agencies.
"Managing the impact of aircraft noise on surrounding
communities is an ongoing and sometimes challenging task
for airports," SAE said in announcing its new standard.
"Increasing air traffic is causing some airports to expand
facilities, add flights, and extend operating times well into
the late evenings/early momings. To do this, airports and
policy makers need to understand how these airport
operations will impact the surrounding community."
Problem Areas for Older Systems
Mestre told ANR that it is important to note that the new
standard applies only to new or upgraded noise monitoring
systems and is not meant to be applied to older systems.
But he noted that there are several areas where an airport
with an older system is most likeiy to run afoul of the new
standard.
The first is locations for monitoring sites that do not meet
the new standard. "Even there the new standard is flexible in
that it recognizes that some sites are located in poor
locations because that is where the community wants the
monitor," Mestre said. "That does not mean the system is
substandard but the standard does caution that use of the
data from such sites should be done with care."
The second area where existing monitoring systems might
not meet the new SAE standard is the time interval between
calibrations. "And again, the standard has some flexibility
when there is a history of solid calibration results," Mestre
said."
And finatly, Mestre said, "there is the issue of tuning the
monitoring system to match noise events to particular
flights (if the system has radar tracking). Older systems that
were tuned to catch older noisier Stage 2 aircraft may not be
doing all that well with the newer quieter aircraft in the
fleet." Also, newly installed systems may have never been
tuned to optimize noise events to flight matching, he
explained.
The new standard, he said, "provides guidance and a
framework from which to measure how well the system
matches noise events to particular flight tracks. The intent is
that airports can use this guidance to tune the system for
better noise event-to-flight matching."
The new SAE standard, ARP4721-1, was written and
developed by SAE International's A-21 Aircraft Noise
Committee. For further information on the new standard,
contact SAE Corporate Communications via e-mail at
pr@sae.org.
To purchase the new standard, go to the SAE website
(www.sae.org) and search for ARP4721 (search box at top of
middle colurnn; use "Entire Site'). Two parts of the standard
will come up. Click on each one to purchase. Each part must
be purchased separately.
SAE describes itself as "a non-profit educational and
scientific organization dedicated to advancing mobility
technology to better serve humanity." Over 90,000 engineers
and scientisEs who are SAE members develop technical
information on all forms of self-propelled vehicles including
aircraft and aerospace vehicles.
MSP Int'C, from p. I X 3
time). Planning documents showed departures would fan out
to a 230 degree heading which includes the unpopulated
Minnesota River Valley. That has not happened and the
natural departure corridor over the river remains
underutilized."
The mayor said that this "surprise change in procedures"
has resulted in a concentrated stream of aircraft over several
Burnsville neighborhoods "wholly uncontemplated in the
pre-runway opening modeling." Based on cunent departure
procedures, neighborhoods in Burnsville will experience
roughly triple the percentage of overflights projected in the
studies and reports, she told Oberstar.
The Metropolitan Airports Commission's Noise Oversight
Committee, which includes airline representation, unani-
rr�ously approved a letter in July demanding an explanation
from the FAA regarding the change in procedure, Kautz said,
but told Oberstar that "FAA's vague response does not
address the underlying issues."
"Residents are understandably left with a`bait and switch'
impression of local and federal o�cials. They were promised
one thing and are experiencing something quite different. At
the very least, I believe FAA o�cials have a serious credibil-
ity issue at stake here. Local o�cials must be able to rely on
the statements and promises of the FAA or sacrifice any
trust and cooperation that presently exists. More seriously, if
the FAA has ignorad the law and the rules and regulations
under which they operate, then a legal issue is brought into
question," the mayor wrote.
New Environ mental Assessment Sought
At a minimum, Kautz wants the FAA to prepare a new
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the departure procedure
because of the significant changes in noise impact below
3,000 feet that have occuned over Burnsville.
The Noise Oversight Committee appears to agree that a new
EA is needed. In a May 19 letter to FAA, the committee
asked, "If the Final Environmental Impact Statement and the
Environmental Assessment [on a noise abatement depariure
procedure] were based on departure procedures from
Runway 17 that are significantly different from the proce-
dures actually being use, won't new environmental evalua-
tions be necessary inciuding a reevaluation of the DNL noise
contours resulting from the original modeling?"
Airport Noise Report
September 13, 2006 115
Section 401 of FAA Order l O50.1E on FAA policies and
procedures for complying with the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) lists actions normally re'quiring an
environmental assessment. One such action (401m) is "New
instrument approach procedures, departure procedures, en
route procedures, and modifications to currently approved
instrument procedures which routinely route aircraft over
noise sensitive areas at less than 3,000 feet AGL (Above
Ground Level).
The question at issue is whether FAA has to do another
EA in light of requiring the Metropolitan Airports Commis-
sion (MAC), the proprietor of MSP International, to prepare
one when it wanted to impose a noise abatement departure
procedure on the new runway prior to its opening, one
observer explained.
The City of Burnsville is in the process of asking the FAA
to provide the documents it relied on to make the decision to
change the departure procedure outlined in environmental
documents. That action follows a meeting between FAA, the
city, and the MA.0 in late August to try to resolve the city's
concerns. That meeting was considered unproductive by the
MA C and Burnsville officials.
FAA Response
FAA has tried to address the concerns of the city and the
Noise Oversight Committee by testing a departure procedure
with a 200 degree heading instead of the 190 degree heading
used now. But Burnsville residents said that slight change
has not improved the noise situation.
FAA contends that the 190 degree heading is needed for
safety reasons. The corridor accommodates aircraft that are
flying through the MSP arrspace from airports north and
south of MSP International. Without the 190 degree corridor,
transitioning aircraft would ha�e to be routed 20 to 25 miles
out of their way to avoid entering the MSP airspace.
Removingthe corridorwould increase complexity far
controllers managing this transitional air tra�c, the agency
argues.
A spokeswoman for Rep. Oberstar said the congressman
has forwarded Burnsville's concerns to local and federal
FAA officials and is awaiting a response.
Chicago O'Hare Inf'l
DES PLAINES AWARI)ED
LAND USE PLANNING GRANT
The City of Des Plaines, IL., has become only the second
local government in the country to receive a federal Airport
Improvement Program (AIP) grant for noi se compatibility
planning under a new program authorized in legislation to
reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration, which was
passed by Congress at the end of 2003.
The Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act included a
provision which, for the first time, allows state and govern-
ments to apply for AIP noise-set aside grants to fund
projects to improve compatible land use around large and
medium size airports where the land is outside the control of
the airport owner.
The program only applies in cases where the airport
operator has not submitted a noise compatibiiity program in
the preceding 10 years.
The FAA awarded the City of Des Plaines a$750,000 grant
for land vse planning related to compatibility with O'Hare
International Airport, the O'HareNoise Compatibility
Commission (ONCC) announced Sept. 13. Des Plaines is a
member ofthe commission.
The commission said it made its members aware of the new
grant program last May and Des Plaines was the first
member to qualify. The city is only the second municipality
in the nation to receive the new grant and it is the program's
largest grant award to date, according to ONCC.
San Mateo County, CA, located near San Francisco
International, was the first municipality to receive a grant for
noise compatibility planning under the new program.
"With the intent to mitigate the impact of aircraft noise, the
grant program announced earlier this year by the FAA is
intended to help communities near major airports to design
plans that reduce existing non-compatible land uses and
prevent the introduction of additional non-compatible land
uses," ONCC said.
The commission said that Des Plaines officials plan to use
the FAA grant money to upgrade zoning ordinances and
industrial design standards and .to conduct studies related to
compatible land use as the O'Hare Modernization Program
progresses. City officials said the projects will aid in
planning for the compatibility of industrial, residential,
commercial, and mixed-use redevelopment with O'Hare
Airport's future operations.
WillKeepNewConstruction Compatible
"The planned changes to O'Hare are already producing
changes in Des Plaines with increased construction activity
underway, especially industrial and hotel projects," said Des
Plaines Mayor Anthony Arredia. "This grant will be a
tremendous help as our city works to keep all new construc-
tion in the city compatible with the changing aircraft noise
contours. I'm grateful to the ONCC for bringing this grant
program to my attention."
"While the ONCC is focused on reducing aircraft noise at
the points of impact through sound insulation and at its
sources through technology, it's also extremely important
that the land around O'Hare is used appropriately for
purposes that are compatible with the noise contours," said
ONCC Chair Arlene Mulder who also serves as mayor of
Arlington Heights, IL. "This grant program is a tremendous
addition to all the efforts directed at aircraft noise issues."
The commission said it will continue to encourage and
assist its member to apply for the new grant program, which
expires at the end of fiscal 2007 when the FAA reauthoriza-
tion bill expires. However, FAA plans to retain the program
in the next reauthorization bill.
ONCC has detailed information about the grant program on
its web site at www.oharenoise.org.
Airport Noise Report
September 13, 2006 116
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John J. Corbett, Esq.
Spiege] & McDiarmid
Washington, DC
Carl E. $urleson
Director, Office of Environment and Energy
Federal Aviation Administration
John C. Freytag, P.E.
Director, Chartes M. Sa(ter Associates
San Francisco
Michaet Scott Gatzke, Esq.
Gatzke, Dillon & Ballance
Carlsbad, CA
Peter J. Kirsch, Esq.
Kaplan, Kirsch & Rockwell LLP
Denver
Suzanne C. McLean
Chief Development OFficer
Tucson Airport Authority
Vincent E. Mestre, P.E.
President, Mestre Greve Associates
Laguna Niguel, CA
Steven F. Pflaum, �sq.
McDermott, Wili & Emery
Chicago
MaryL. Vigilante
President, Synergy Consultants
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Reno-Tahoe Airport Seeks Noise Analyst
Airport Noise Analyst—Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority, Reno, NV. Salary
Range: $42,016 -$62,917. Assist in the development, implementation, and
management of a comprehensive aircraft noise and operations monitoring
program.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to: monitoring aircraft noise and
airlines' compliance with FAA, State, and Airport noise policies and regula-
tions; maintaining the Aircraft Noise and Operations Monitoring System
(ANOMS); retrieves and correlates data from Airport's remote noise monitor-
ing sites.
Minimum Qualifications: one year of program experience in noise abatement,
sound measurement monitoring, and/or in the use of commercial ANOMS;
Associate of Arts or Science in aviation, business, or public administration; a
valid driver's license is required at the time of appointment.
Excellent benefits package, including 100 percent Airport Authority-paid
retirement contribution, medical, dental, and vision insurance for the em-
ployee and dependents. Nevada has no state income tax. All employment
offers are subject to successful completion of a drug-screening test and a
fingerprint criminal history records check.
For a required RTAA. application and complete job announcement, please
visitwww.renoairport.com orcall (775) 328-6450. Apply by 10/6/06.
AirFrance Orders Boeing Flight Bag
In what it called a landmark endorsement of its strategy to transform the way
airlines fly and maintain their jets, The Boeing Company announced Sept. 7
that Air France will install the Boeing Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) on �
its entire fleet of 777 airplanes, including 42 currently in service and 13 to be
delivered.
Seattte The Class 3 EFB is a computer integrated into an airplane's avionics that is
becoming a must-have device for airlines looking to improve both the safety
and efFciency of their fleet, Boeing said. The EFB has the capability to run
advanced communications systems that improve a�iation safety both in the
air and on the ground.
Some carriers have successfully tested the EFB to help reduce fuel consump-
tion and the impact o£airplane noise pollution around airports. The technol-
ogy allows planes to rnore precisely follow noise abatement paths.
Boeing's EFB has recorded more than 850 total orders since it was intro-
duced for sale in 2002. It has been ordered for ne� generation 737s, 747s,
757s, 76'7s, 777s, and comes as standard equipment on 787s.
Air France is the eighth Boeing customer to order the EFB, following
Aeromexico, Air Canada, Singapore Airlines, UPS, SonAir, EtihadAirways,
and JetAirways.
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Panarna City
FAA APPROVES NEW PANAMA CITY AIRPORT
ON SITE OPPOSED BY ENVIRONMEN'I'I'ALISTS
On Sept. 15, the Federal Aviation Administration issued a Record of Decision
(ROD) approving a new $300 million airport that will be located on an environmen-
tally-sensitive greenfield site 30 miles north of Panama City in the Florida Pan-
handle.
Environmental groups strongly oppose the new airport, and may challenge its
approval, because construction will require the destruction of 2,000 acres of
wetlands and will hasten development in an area that is habitat to fragile animal
species, they contend.
The airport will be constructed on 4,000 acres of land donated by Florida's
largest development firm, the St. Joe Company, which views the new airport as
essential to developing resort communities on the 70,000 acres of land it owns in
the Panhandle.
Business analysts say that the FAA's decision to approve the new airport will
be a boon for the politically-connected company, which is beginning to lay off
employees because of the downturn in Florida real estate.
"There are no comparable land sales to point to in order to highlight the poten-
(Continued on p. 118)
Airspace
PA 12EP. SEEKS A.DDITIONAL HEARINGS
ON PROPOSEll FAA AIRSPACE REDESIGN
Pennsylvania State Rep. Tom Gannon (R-Deiaware County) recently introduced
a resolution in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives calling on the Federal
Aviation Administratian to conduct additional public hearings on its proposal to
restructure the airspace overNew York, New 7ersey, and Philadelphia meiropolitan
area, which would divert air traffic over Delaware County, PA.
"This airspace configuration plan, which would result in jumbo jet passenger
planes flying directly over most of Delaware County, would lead to noise decibel
levels in some portions of the county skyrocketing 600 percent to nearly 1,000
percent," Gannon said. The current flight path directs planes over the Delaware
River.
Delaware County, PA, is located north of Philadelphia lnternational Airport and
lies under the flight track to the airport. The proposed airspace change that FAA
appears to prefer would route aircraft coming south from Canada and the Chicago
area over the county. The county also would get additional overflights from
aircraft departing the airport that would be fanned under the airspace redesign.
House Resolution 836 calls on the FAA to conduct at least three public hearings
throughout Delaware County so that the agency can obtain additional inpnt and
to allow residents and local government officials an opportunity to comment on
(Continued on p. X 18)
117
Septernber 20, 2006
In 7'his Issue...
Panama City ... FAA ap-
proves anew $300 million airport
ataremote, environmentally-
sensitive greenfieidsite inthe
FloridaPanhandle. The state's
largest land developer donated
the 4,000 acre site and plans to
develop ali the land around it.
Enviroiunental groups call ita
boondoggle - p. l 17
Airspace Redesign ... A
Pennsylvania state representative
of community that wil l get sharp
noise increase from proposed
FAA airspace resiructuring seeks
additional public hearings - p.117
Tulsa I�it'l ... Airport awards
firstcontractforresidential sound
insulation sinceprogram came
under new management - p. l 19
Det�•oit Metro ... Airport
celebrates completion ofresiden-
tial sound insulationprogram
covering 2,400 homes and seven
schools - p. 119
News Briefs ... FAA. ap-
proves noise exposure maps for
Fort Worth, TX, Alliance Airport
andDanbury, CT, Municipal
Airport ... L.A. Board of Airport
Commissioners awards a contract
for sound insulation modifications
on 27 single-family homes near
LAX - p. 120
September 20, 2006 118
tial value of St. Joe's land around the airport, as it is
unprecedented for one landowner to own all the develop-
able acreage around a new airport," business analyst Sheila
McGrath of Ryan Beck & Co., told the St. St. Petersburg
Times.
St. Joe plans to construct homes, businesses, schools,
hotels, offices, and a barge port near the new the airport.
The company said it also plans to preserve thousands of
acres of land in the area from development. FAA said the
ROD places a conservation easement on 9,600 acres of land
for wetland and habitat protection.
The new airport will include an 8,400-foot primary runway
and a 5,000-foot crosswind runway. It will replace the
current Panama City-Bay Couniy Airport, which Florida
o�cials said is vulnerable to storm surges from hurricanes
and has runways that are too short to handle large jets.
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said that relocating the airport
"expands economic development and tourism in the region
and protects thousands of acres of environmentally-
sensitive lands in the Florida Panhandle."
`Corporate Weifare Scam'
The Clean Water Network of Florida called FAA's
decision to approve the new airport "one of the biggest
corporate welfare scams of the year." "We're going to
spend $300 million on an airport that's completely unneeded
just so St. Joe's land values will increase," said Linda
Young of the Network. "A majority of Bay County voters
rejected the airport proposal in 2004 in a non-binding
referendum," she said, "but St. Joe has a lot of friends in
high places. The company gave more than half a million
dollars to the state Republican Party over the past eight
years, and they control the statehouse."
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) said
FAA's decision "defied common sense." "The FAA plan
would fleece taxpayers to build an airport to nowhere," said
NRDC Attorney Melanie Shepherdson. "Given that tra�c at
the current airport has dropped dramatically, there's no
demand for this new one, which would destroy nearly 2,000
acres of wetlands that protect water quality and provide a
buffer against storms." An additiona17,000 acres of
wetlands would be lost to surrounding development, she
said.
NRUC said that tra�c at Panama City Airport has de-
creased over the Iast several years. Since the fall of 2001, the
number of daily flights in and out of the airport has dropped
in half, from 50 to approximately 24 arrivals and departures.
NRDC said the a local pilots group said that reasonably
foreseeable growth in demand could be met by expanding
the current airport.
"Regardless," said NRDC, "over the last few years, the
state legislature has spent tens of millions of dollars to pave
the way for the airport project, which would sit in the middle
of thousands of undeveloped acres of pine forest and
wetlands in Bay County, FL, more than 30 miles away from
PanamaCity."
Twelve Florida conservation organizations and NRDC
asked the FAA in mid-July to reassess its environmental
impact statement for the project. They charged that the
agency failed to fully evaluate the environmental threats
posed by building the new airport in Bay County and
redeveloping the site of the Panama City Airport, which
would include a 250-boat marina as well as commercial and
residential buildings. They said that the FAA did not
respond to their request.
Even with FAA's approvai of the new airport, the project
faces more hurdles before it becomes a reality, NRDC said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stili has to issue a Clean
Water Act permit allowing developers to destroy wetlands
and bury streams to build the new airport. "And given the
depressed real estate market in the region, it is unclear that
the airport authority will be able to command a high enough
selling price for the current airport site to finance the new
facility."
To finance the new airport, Bay County hopes to sell the
current airport site for at least $50 million. The remainder of
the $300 million cost of the new airport would come from
state and federal coffers.
AirportSupporters
The new Panama City Airport also has it supporters,
including the FloridaEconomic Development Ailiance,
Tourist Development Council, chambers of commerce, and
various state politicians.
"Those who say Bay County doesn't need a new airport
are simply wrong," said Airport Authority Chairman Joe
Taruiehill. "Planning for the airport has proceeded with
support from many local environmentalists, and our airport
project is nearing completion of one of the most rigorous
environmental permitting processes ever."
An electranic copy of the FAA's ROD for the new airport is
available at: http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtra�c/airports/
environmental/records_decision/. �
Airspace, fi�om p. I I7
the proposal. Specifically, the resolution asks that the
hearings address health, safety, and quality-of-life impacts
regarding the airspace changes.
Gannon has held four town meetings on the issue within
his legislative district, and over 300 residents have attended,
citing concerns with both air and�noise pollution, as well as
safety and decreased property values.
Gannon also has launched a petition drive and, to date, has
collected more than 4,000 signatures objecting to the FAA
plan.
"Residents are most concemed, in this day and age, abouf
an air catastrophe, and rightfully so," he said. "Because this
plan directly impacts residents, I believe they should be
allowed an opporiunity to speak out."
The state representative said that he also has spoken with
Rep. John Mica (R-FL), chairman of the U.S. House of
Airport Noise Report
September 20, 2006 119
Representatives' Aviation Subcommittee, regarding his
efforts to fight the FAA airspace change.
A copy of Gannon's resolution and the online�petition are
available on his web site at RepGannon.com.
An FAA spokesman said that 30 public meetings were held
on its proposed airspace change and that no additional
meetings will be heid because the public comment period is
closed. The FAA plans to publish the final environmental
impact statement on the project in December, followed 30
days later by its Record of Decision.
Last December, the FAA released for public comment a
Draft EIS on four plans it is considering to redesign the
airspace in the NY/NJ/Philadelphia metropolitan area to
improve safety, reduce delay, and handle growing traffic (18
ANR 1).
Tulsa Iiit'l
AIRPORT TRUSTEES AWARD
SOUND INSULATION CONTRACT
On Sept. 14, the Tulsa Airports Improvement Trustees.
awarded a$560,194 contract to Superior Insulation of
Wayne, Mi, to perform sound insulation constructior� on 16
homes south of Tulsa International Airport.
The firm's bid was one of four received on the proj ect and
was 7.5 percent below the $605,719 cost estimate by engi-
neers.
This is the first sound insulation program bid package put
out by C&S Companies, Inc. of Syracuse, NY, which took
over management of the program a year ago.
In July 2005, the airport board voted to reject an e�ension
of a contract with Tulsa-based Cinnabar Services Company
to manage the sound insulation program because of board
members' concerns about "excessive" administrative costs.
In response, Cinnabar filed a lawsuit against the board
seeking nearly $700,000 in unreimbursed costs. The firm had
managed the insulation program since it began in 2000.
Over the five years that Cinnabar managed the program,
administrative costs for the 492 homes it insulated averaged
approximately $14,000 per home and total costs per home
were approximately $35,000, according to JeffHough, deputy
airport director for engineerir�g and facilities.
He anticipates that C&S's administrative costs will be
$4,000 less per home and that the total cost per home will run
between $30,000 and $31,000 on aregular60-home bid
package.
The bid the Trustees accepted from Superior Insulation is
equivalent to $35,012 per home because it covers only 16
homes and includes additional wark needed to validate
sound attenuation m�asures, Hough explained. But that cost
is expected to come down as time goes on, he added.
A total of 1,700 homes are included in the Tulsa residential
sound insulation program. Cinnabar insulated less than 500
homes. C&S has done 45 homes so far with approximately
1,200 homes to go.
Detroit Metropvlitan
AIRPORT CELEBRATES
COMPLETIOIV OF INSULATION
On Sept. 14, the Wayne Couniy Airport Authority
celebrated the conclusion of its Residential Sound Insulation
Program, which provided sound reduction treatments for
more than 2,400 homes and seven schools in neighborhoods
near Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
The contract for sound insulating the final 43 homes in the
program in scheduled for consideration at the Sept. 28
Airport Authority Board meeting, which means the final
sound insulation activity should conclude before Thanks-
giving.
The sound insulation program is one element in a larger
Part 150 AirportNoise Compatibility Program forthe airport
which included the installation of noise berms arbund the
airport's perimeter, the acquisition of homes most impacted
by airport noise, modified airtra�c control procedures,
preferential runway use, and aircraft engine ground run-up
procedures.
"In just 14 years, more than $118 million has been pumped
into the footprint surrounding the airport as of the beginning
of this year," said Airport Authority CEO Lester Robinson.
"The goal is noise reduction but a side benefit of residential
sound insulation is home improvement and energy savings
for residents. In many cases, improveznents provided by the
program stimulated community pride and homeowners began
making other sorts of home and landscaping improvements,
which continue to benefit entire neighborhoods today."
The majority ofthe $118 million dedicated to the program,
nearly $76 million, was spent to insulate homes in the
communities around the airport. Insulation typically included
new acoustical windows, primary and secondary doors, attic
insulation, and other architectural treatments. In most
homes, it aiso included new heating, ventilation, and air-
conditioning systems, allowing homeowners to keep
windows closed to block noise infiltration, the airport
explained.
Seven schools in five communities also were insulated at a
cost of $5.4 million and 265 homes most impacted by aircraft
noise were acquired at appraised market value. Some
residents opted for the airport's purchase assurance
program which enabled homeowners to obtain fair market
value at the time of sale, according to the airport.
Average 7.7 dB Noise Reduction
Noise measurements conducted by Charles Salter Associ-
ates of San Francisco, CA, concluded that, on average,
homes achieved a 7.7 dB noise reduction, which is 2.7 dB
betterthan the Federal Aviation Administration's minimum.
In addition, 29 percent of the homes tested achieved a
greater than 10 dB reduction in noise. Homeowners reported
a 90 percent reduction in frequent noise-related disturbances
and 99 percent of homeowners would recommend the
program to others, the airport said.
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September 20, 2006 120
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John J. Corbett, Esq.
Spiege] & McDiarmid
Washington, DC
Carl E. Burteson
Director, O�ce of Environment and Energy
Federai Aviation Administration
John C. Freytag, P.E.
Director, Charies M. Salter Associates
San Francisco
Michaei Scett Gatzke, Esq.
Gatzke, Dillon & Ballance
Carlsbad, CA
Peter J. Kirsch, Esq.
Kaplan, Kirsch & Rockwell LLP
Denver
Suzanne C. McLean
Chief Development Officer
Tucson Airport Authority
Detroit Metro's Residential Sound Insulation Program began in 1997. More
than 20 contracting firms participated in the program. For the past five years,
the prime consultant on ttie program has been C&S Engineers, which estab-
lished a local o�ce in New Boston, MI.
The airport said that the o�cial noise exposure map for Detroit Metropolitan
Airport currently is being updated and new data indicates that the noise
contours surrounding the airport are shrinking. This is due, the airport said, to
the accelerated addition of more fuel-efficient (and quieter) aircraft by the
airlines, to more reliance on smaller and quieter regional jets, and to the
phaseout of noisier Stage 2 jets at the end of 1999.
In Brief .. �
Alliance Noise 1Vlaps Approved
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Sept. 14 that noise
exposure maps submitted by the City of Fort Worth, TX, for Fort Worth
Alliance Airport meet federal requirements.
For further information, contact Paul Blackford in FAA's Fort Worth ofFice;
tel: (817)222-5607.
Danbury Noise Maps Approved
Vincent E. Mestre, P.E. The FAA announced Sept. 19 that noise exposure maps submitted by the
President, Mestre Greve Associates City of Danbury, CT, for Danbury Municipal Airport meet federal require-
Laguna Niguel, CA ments.
Steven F. Pflaum, Esq. The agency also announced that it is reviewing a proposed Part 150 Airport
McDermott, Will & Emery Noise Compatibility program for the airport and that the review will be
Chicago completed by March 9, 2007.
For further information, contact John Silva in FAA's New England Region
MaryL. Vigilante AirportsDivision,ANE-600,12NewEnglandExecutivePark Burlington,MA
President, Synergy Consultants �
Seattte 01803 (no telephone number was provided).
LAX Soundproofing Contract
The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners announced Sept. 18 that
it awarded a contract to IIv�X Construction & Development, Inc. of Los
Angeies for a portion of the LAX Residential Soundproofing Program. The
$920,656 contract covers sound insulation modifcation on 27 single-family
dwelling units located in Los Angeles.
The 27 units bring the total units sound insulated to date, either completed
or under construction, to 5,148. The program includes over 8,200 residences.
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A weekty update on litigation, regulations, and technological devetopments
Volume 18, Number 31
Airct�aft
BOEING, GE ENGINE GROUND TESTING
VALIDATES QUIET TECHNOLOGY FOR 747-8
The Boeing Company and General Electric announced Sept. 20 that they have
successfully completed airplane engine ground testing on noise-reduction
improvements being incorporated into the new Boeing 747-5.
The tests indicate that the 747-8 will meet its targets for noise reduction and will
be 10 dB below current International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Chapter 4
standard.
The three-week ground tests of a GE90-115B engine were conducted at GE's test
facility in Peebles, Ohio. The testing focused on noise-reduction technologies
planned for incorporation into the engine case and nacelle of GE's GEnx-2B, which
will power the 747-8, the companies said. An elaborate array of monitoring
equipment and microphones recorded engine operating conditions and noise
levels at multiple locations in and around the engine.
The test results, combined with other noise-reduction technology applied to the
747-8, show projected noise levels on the order of 10 dB relative to the 747-400.
This noise reduction puts the 747-8 10 dB below ICAO Chapter 4 standards, the
companies said.
(Continued on p. 122)
Cargo
FEDEX REPLACING AGING �'LEET
OF 7275 WITH MUCH QUIETER 7575
Memphis-based cargo giant FedEx Corp. announced Sept. 25 that it will spend
$2.6 billion to replace 90 aging hushkitted Boeing 727-200s with significantly
quieter and more fuel efficientBoeing 757-200s.
That is very good news for communities near airports with FedEx service
because 757s aze dramatically quieter than 727s, especially on departure.
The move to quieter aircraft could significantly reduce noise contours at major
FedEx hubs, such as Memphis International Airport and Indianapolis International
Airport, or at the new FedEx hub under construction at Greensboro, NC, Piedmont
International Airport.
It is not yet clear what the impact of reduced contours would mean to noise
mitigation programs at these airports. But it is clear that 757s are much quieter than
hushkitted 727-200s.
The noise footprint created by a 757 (based on the Lmax arrival and departure
noise contours) is 13.6 square miles, compared to 59.6 square miles for the
hushkitted 727-200, according to the City of Chicago's Airport Noise Monitoring
System first quarter 2000 report using Version 5.2A ofthe Federal Aviation
Administration's Integrated Noise Model.
The new FedEx 757s will be put into service behueen 2008 and 2016.
The larger 757s can carry more cargo than the 727s they will replace and cost 25
(Co�vtinued on p. 122)
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September 27, 2006
In This Issue...
Ai�•cf�aft ... Boeing`s 747-8 will
be 10 dB quieter than ICAO
Chapter4 noise certification
standards and 10 dB quieterthan
the 747-400, recently completed
ground engine testing ofthe new
plane, whicll will be fitted with GE
engines, shows - p. 121
Cargo ... FedEx announces
that itwill replace 90 old, noisy
hushkitted 727-200 planes with
much quieter 757 aircraft, which
will shrinknoisecontours atthe
cargo giant's hubs - p. 121 .
Stockton Municipal ...
County Board of Supervisors
approves atwo-inile buffer
around the airport in which no
residential or commercial devel-
opment will be allowed - p.122
Fr�esno Yosemite Lzt'l ...
Installation ofan airportnoise
monitoring system isproposed in
an update to the airport's Part .
150 program - p. 123
News Briefs ... Aircraft
restrictions and environmenta l
management issues are on the
agenda of Basics ofAirportLaw
Workshop ... TRB workshop will
provide overview ofresearch
being conducted on aircraft
environmental impacts -p.124
September 2'7, 2006 122
"These results demonstrate our effort to design the 747-8
with the community and environment in mind," said Dan
Mooney, vice president of the 747/747-8 Program, $oeing
Commercial Airplanes. "The 747-8 will be the quietest in the
large airplane category. The GEnx engine will play a key role
in achieving a 30 percent smailer noise footprint than its
predecessor."
The GEnx engine nacelle will be fitted wath a one-piece,
sound-absorbent acoustic inlet liner, which will extend
approximately one foot into the forward fan case, Boeing
and GE explained. This liner, along with the larger 104-inch
fan diameter of the GEnx engine nearly doubies the noise
absorption area and reduces the weight compared to current
designs in production.
The engine nacelles, they said, also will incorporate
chevrons on both the hot-core- exhaust and fan-bypass
nozzles. Each fan chevron will have a different size and
shape to take into account the three-dimensional nature of
engine e�aust flow. The chevrons mix the air coming from
the engine's exhaust, reducing the turbulence and noise at
takeoff, as well as the low-frequency noise heard in the aft
cabin during climb and cruise.
"These new technologies are just part of noise-reduction
improvements being made to the 747-8," said Billy Glover,
director ofEnvironmental Strategy, Boeing Commercial
Airplanes. "The engine nacelle will work in concert with the
new GEnx engine, new wing design, and flight-management
computer to further reduce the 747-8 noise levels."
Meets London QC2 Metric
Boeing said it designed the 747-8 to meet the London
airports Quota Count (QC) 2 metric, which dictates operat-
ing hours both into, and out of, London-area airports based
on noise levels. The 747-8 will meet the noise requirements
for QC2 classification on both Arrivals and Departures, and
also has a significant chance of achieving the ne�ct lower
classification level (QC 1) forArrival. This will allow
operation at the major London airports without a noise-
imposed curfew, Boeing and GE said.
The London QC metric is considered the most stringent in
the worid for larger aircraft because the metric does not take
aircraft weight into account, explained Larry Craig, chief
engineer, Noise and Emissions Engineering, Boeing
Commercial Airplanes. There are other airport metrics that
would be more stringent, such as those imposed at John
Wayne Airport in Orange County, CA, but operations of
very lazge aircraft are not allowed at those airports, he said.
The 747-8 family of passenger and freighter airplanes
serves the market for airplanes of 400 seats and larger. The
747-8 intercontinental passenger airplane seats 450 passen-
gers in a typical three-class confguration and offers the
lowest seat-mile cost of any passenger airplane, Boeing
said. .
Since its launch in November 2005, four customers have
ordered 31 Boeing 747-8 airplanes, the company said.
The 747-8 Intercontinental is 15 percent more fuei efficient
tlian the 747-100 and 10 percent more fuel efficient than the
Airbus A380, Boeing said. Unlike the A380, which wi11 reGuire
special airport gates, Boeing said its 747-8 is the only large i'
plane that fits today's airport infrastructure, giving it the �.
flexibility to fly to more destinations.
FedEx, from p. 121
percent less to operate.
Compared to the 59.6 square mile noise footprint of the
hushskitted 727-200, other planes have the following noise
footprint size:
� B727-200Stage2:103.9squaremiles
• B727-100withTayre-engine:22.4squaremiles;
• B737-200Stage2:69.8squaremiles;
� B737-200Stage3hushkit:38.5squaremiles;
• DC9-30Stage2:65.8squaremiles;
• DC9-30 Stage 3 hushkit: 31.5 square miles;
• NID-82:34.8squaremiles;
• $747-200:71.Ssquaremiles;
• B777-200:18.7squaremiles;
• A320-200:15.4 square miles;
• CRJ-200 CanadaRegional Jet (50 seats): 6.8 square
miles;
ERJ-145 (EmbraerRegional Jet (50 seats): 6 square
miles.
Stockton Municipal
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The San Joaquin, CA, County Board of Supervisors voted
4-1 on Sept. 26 to amend the couniy's General Plan and
create a two-rnile buffer around Stockton Metropolitan
Airport in which no new residential or commercial develop-
ment can occur.
Board members said they were imposing the buffer to
protect the airport from future complaints about aircraft noise
and safety that new development would bring.
The idea of limiting developrnent around the airport was
proposed in July by the county Aviation Advisory Commit-
tee, Airport Director Barry Rondinella told ANR.
Asked why a two-mile buffer was chosen, he said it
coincides with a new California law that requires plans for
any new schooi located within two miles of an airport runway
to be submitted to the California Department of Transporta-
tion for approvaL
The state Airport Land Use Handbook also refers to various
zones around airports, including a two-mile "horizontal zone"
around runways, he said.
The county Aviation Advisory Committee conducted a
threat analysis for the airport and concluded that incompat-
ible land use was a major threat, Rondinella said. They do not
view the buffer zone as a noise contour issue but as a safety
and nuisance issue, he added.
"A family whose baby is awakened doesn't give a rip if
they are in the 60 or 65 contour; they are just mad and want
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to insist that something be done about the airport," he said.
If you get people in 2,400 houses with the same idea,
oftentimes cities will begin imposing curfews and other limits
on airports, he said.
The two-mile buffer zone around Stockton Municipal is not
so much about noise monitoring as it is about ]awsuits,
which generally come from residents outside the 55 CNEL
contour who sue to stop the airport from expanding,
Rondinella exp lained.
If you have a chance to protect an airport from encroach-
ment, then it is wise to do so, he added.
The buffer around Stockton Municipal is not unprec-
edented in California. Rondinella said that a similar, one-mile,
rectangular-shaped buffer was created around Livermore
Airport. That was imposed through a county land use
commission established by state law.
There is nothing magical about the buffer being two miles
rn distance or its shape, the airport director said. It may
change as the process of adopting it proceeds. "Nothing is
set in stone."
San Joaquin may be wise to impose a broad buffer around
its airport. It is now served by Allegiant airline, which has a
growing fleet of old, noisy MD-80 aircraft. The airport also is
trying to add night cargo operations. Also, Aeromexico
wants to begin serving the airport with late night and early
mornmg service.
Target ofBuffer
County Supervisor Leroy Ornellas, who cast the dissenting
vote, asserted that the buffer was being created to block
Stockton-based Arnaiz Development Company's Tidewater
Crossing project, under which more than 2,100 homes would
be built on 880 acres south and east of the airport, the
Stockton Record reported Sept. 27.
Ornellas contended that the buffer had no scientific basis
and urged the Board of Supervisors to conduct a study of
noise and other issues to determine how far from runways
houses can be built, the Record reported. "This has to be
made on sound science, not emotion," Ornellas said.
County Community Development Director Kerry Sullivan
said that, because imposition of the buffer requires a change
ih the county's General Plan, public hearings and environ-
mental studies must be conducted, which could cost
$300,000 and delay imposition of the buffer for more than a
year.
Sullivan said imposition of the development buffer by the
county may not stop development near the airport because
the City of Stockton and other cities within the county could
annex county properiy and allow residential and commercial
development within two miles of the airport, despite the
change in the county's General Plan.
Once the property is annexed by a city, the county's
jurisdiction ceases, he said.
There already is residential development within the two-
mile buffer zone around the airport. Some 905 homes are in
the buffer area but the county zoning change would make it
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very di�cult to build additions to those homes or to
construct new ones on those properties, Sullivan said,
according to the Record.
The paper reported that land developers and attorneys
representing property owners affected by the buffer said
that the Board's decision contradicts the existing land use
plan for the airport, which was adopted in 1993 by the San
Joaquin Council of Governments and was meant to act as a
blueprint for growth in the airport area.
But County Supervisor Victor Mow said that the plan was
intended to protect existing residents from the airport but
not to protect the airport from encroachment. He denied that
the bufFer was targeted at Arnaiz Development Company.
The existing land use plan does not do much to protect the
airport, Mow said. "If we don't take some action to protect
that airport, we'll lose as a community," the Record reported.
Fi�esno Yosemite Int'l
PART 150 UPDA7CE INCLUD]ES
NOISE MONITORYNG SYSTEM
Installation of an aircraft noise monitoring system is among
the proposals that will be included in an update to the Part
150 Airport Noise Compatibility Program forFresno
Yosemite International Airport.
Although noise complaints have been low at the largely
general a�iation airport, it is seeing an increase in commercial
operations, prompting the need for the noise monitoring
system.
The airport, which has not updated its Part 150 program
since 1988, already has a flight tracking system.
On Sept. 27, the Federal Aviation Administration an-
nounced that it was temporarily terminating its review of the
Part 150 program update at the request of the City of Fresno,
proprietor of the airport.
Matthew Takahashi, acoustic program coordinator for the
airport, said the airport withdrew the Part 150 update to make
minor changes to it. The updated program will retain existing
noise mitigation measures already in place, such as a
residential sound insulation program. The program, called
SMART (Sound Mitigation Acoustical Remedy Treatment),
includes 2,500 eligible homes, ofwhich 800 already have
been insulated.
Local contractors are doing the insulation work and Wyle
Laboratories is providing acoustical testing.
Acoustical treatments provided in the program include
replacement windows and doors, attic insulation, and baffles
in vents, Takahashi said.
He stressed that a large component of Fresno's noise
mitigation program is community relations.
The airport expects to soon resubmit its Part 150 update to
the FAA for formal review.
The FAA said that it determined on July 6, 2005, tl�at noise
exposure maps for the airport meet applicable federal
requirements.
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September 27, 2006
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John J. Corbett, Esq.
Spiegel & McDiarmid
Washington, DC
Carl �. Surleson
Director, Office of Environment and Energy
Federal Aviation Administration
John C. Freytag, P.E.
Director, Charles M. Salter Associates
Sa� Francisco
Michael Scott Gatzke, Esq.
Gatzke, Dillon & Ballance
Carlsbad, CA
Peter J. Kirsch, Esq.
Kaplan, Kirsch & Rockwell LLP
Denver
Suzanne C. McLean
Chief Development Officer
Tucson Airport Authority
Vincent E. Mestre, P.E.
President, Mestre Greve Associates
Laguna Niguel, CA
Steven F. Pflaum, Esq.
McDermott, Wiil & Emery
Chicago
MaryL. Vigilante
President, Synergy Consultants
Seattle
In Brief ... �
AirportLaw Workshop
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Aircraft restrictions and environmentai management legal issues are two of
the topics that will be addressed at the 22"d Annual Basics of Airport Law
Workshop, which wili be held Oct. 22-24 at the Doubletree Hotel in Memphis,
TN.
The conference is presented by the American Association of Airport
Executives and the law frm Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP. Tt is sponsored by
the law firm Bakerponelson, Federal Express, the International Municipal
Lawyers Association, and the American Bar Association.
You do not need to be a lawyer to benefit from the conference, its organizers
note. "This unique and comprehensive legal conference covers fundamental
laws and regulations for any airport. From developments in aviation security
rules and regulations, to the latest decisions on airport management and
regulatory compliance, this conference covers it all ... and without compli-
cated legal jargon," the conference brochure says.
For further information, contact Tom Zoeller or Tyler Setchell in the AAAE
Regulatory Affairs Dept at (703 ) 824-0504 or e-mail attom.zoeller@aaae.org or
tyler.setchell@aaae.org or Dan Reimer at Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP at
(303) 825-7000 or e-mail at dreimer@kaplankirsch.com.
TRB Workshop on Aviation EnvironmentResearch
As part of its upcoming Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, the Transpor-
tation Research Board is sponsoring a workshop entitled "Unscrambling the
Alphabet Soup: An Overview of the Who, What, When, and Where of
Research in Aviation and the Environment."
The workshop is being sponsored by the TRB Committee on Environmental
Impacts of Aviation and will be held on Jan. 21, 2007, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at
the Shoreham Hotel.
"The workshop will provide an overview of government, academic and
industry research programs addressing noise, emissions, and other environ-
mental impacts of aviation," TR.B notes in a preliminary conference program.
"In addition, the workshop participants will learn about opportunities to get
involved in research and where and how results are made available. The
workshop is designed to serve as an introduction to the field for students and
new practitioners as well as an update for those who have been involved in
this area for some time."
The full agenda of the workshop will be made available online shortly before
the TRB Annual Meeting get underway on Jan. 21, 2007. Information on the
conference is available at www.trb.org.
AIRPORT NOISE REPORT
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PRESII7ENT
Susan Lienesch
Councitmember
Centerville, OH
VICE-PRESIDENT
Skip L.owry
Councilmember
S� John, MO
SECOND
VICE-PRESIDENT
Mary Rose Evans
Commissioner
Parkway Village, KY
SECRETARY
George Nichols
Met. Washington
Council of Godts
1REASURER
Dennis Patten
Commissioner
Brook Park, OH.
L6GISLATIVE
COMMITTEE
co-chairs
Sandra Colvin-Roy
CounciUnember
��� Miuneapolis, MN
`—� � Conrad Bowers
Mayor
Bridgeron, MO
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San Mateo Cnty, CA
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"Anzerica's Conz»aunitv Voice on Aviation Noise Issues" o An Affiliate of the National League of Cities
WAS�I�NGTON NOISE WATCI�[ (8/3/2006)
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The 36 annual NOISE Cor�ference atzd Aviation Noise Synzposiuna will be held at the
DoubleTree Hotel, San Francisco Airport just minutes from San Francisco. Taking place
fzom September 20-22"d, the program will include a number of l�ey figures in government
noise policy, industry developznents and noise research. We are also arranging a number of
local events to showcase noise mitigation programs and other initiatives in the San
Francisco/Oakland Bay Area. Registration information and details on the conference
program is available at www.aviation-noise.org. Please contact our off'ice at (202) 544-9844
if you have any questions or require additional information.
NOISE BOARD MEMBER WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
Mary Rose Evans, a Louisville Regional Airport Authority board member and NOISE
Second Vice-President, received an Honorary Resident of the Year award from the City of
Minor Lane Heights/Heritage Creek. On June 27, the Mayor of Minor Lane
Heights/Heritage Creek presented Evans with the award highlighting her efforts in securing
funding for the airport relocation program. Evans has constantly worked to represent
concerns of airport neighbors since 1996.
The Louisville Regional Airport Authority was the 2005 recipient of the NOISE Airport of
the Year Award, presented during the annual conference in Eagan, MN, in recognition of its
exhaustive efforts to develop innovative measures to minimize airport noise exposure in
residential and other noise-sensitive areas of the community.
A.IRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (AIP) GAINS ����
EXECUTNE Both the House of Representatives and the Senate exceeded the Administration's funding
DII2ECTOR
DennisMcGrann request for the FY2007 Airport Improvement Program. The House allocated $3.7 billion and
Washingron,ne the Senate Appropriations Committee recommended $3S2 billion while the budget request
included $2.75 billion. NOISE President Susan Lienesch recently expressed concern to
Congressional leaders over cuts in funding to the AIl' and encouraged an increase in funding.
She said, "Perennial cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) �eativ inhibit the
AIl' and other �ro�rams which work to resolve issues in the aviation svstezn." It appears as
if there will be an increase in funding to the AIl' this year, which will help to address future
aviation noise issues.
The Airport Improvement Program has been providing federal grants for airport development
and planning since 1982. Funding usually benefits airport operations projects inclucling
noise �batement. The appropriations from Congress are drawn from the Airport and Airport
Trust Fund, which is funded by FY 2007 fees.
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PRESIDENT
Susan Lienesch
Counciimember
Centervilte, OH
VICE-PRESIDENT
Skip I.owry
CounciLnember
St. John, MO
SECOND
VICE-PRESIDENT
Mary Rose Evans
Commissioner
Parkway Village, KY
SECRETARY
George Nichots
Met. Washin�ton
Council of Godts
TREASURER
Dennis Patten
Comrnissionu
Brook Park, OH.
LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE
co-�n�
Sandra Colvin-Roy
Councilmember
Minneapolis, MN
Connd Bowers
Mayor
Bridgeton, MO
CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE
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Dave Cazbone
Senior Ptanner
San Mateo Cnty, CA
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Dennis McGrann
Washington, DC
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PAR'�NER DEVELOP�NTs
The Partnership for Air Transportation and Noise Emissions Reduction (PARTNER) is an
aviation cooperative research organization that encourages aviation advances to benefit the
environment. NOISE helped initiate PARTNER and build it into the influential organization
it has become today and currently chairs its advisory board, which rneets on a regular basis to
plan and prioritize future research projects.
Several new members have recently joined PA.RTNER including a new university member in
the Georgia lnstitute of Technology. Georgia Tech's Aerospace Systems Design and Air
Transportation laboratory is nationally-recognized for its expertise in development and
appiication of advanced design methods for complex systems. Another development
includes the addition of three new advisory board members. Several key industry off'icials
have also joined the Advisory Board including the Aerospace Industries Association
represented by Howard Aylesworth; Bay Area Air Quality Management District represented
by Marland Townsend; and Harris Miller Miller and Hanson, represented by Nick Miller.
Representative Townsend moved from his position with the San Francisco Community
Roundtable, which will continue its advisory board membership with NOISE Executive
Committee Member Dave Carbone as its representative.
�'12ANSI'ORTATION �.2ESJEARCgI BOAl� (7C�.2S)
The Transportation Research Board's Oversight Committee has chosen 21 research projects
for FY 2005-2006 with the majority focusing on air po�lution and emissions regulations.
One project in particular titled "Assessing the Impacts of Incompatible Land Uses Near
Airports" stands out regarding aviation noise issues. Its objective is to develop a definition
of incompatible use and produce a tool for state and local governments to use to assess
incompatible land developments and their impact on airport expansion. The projects are
selected each year to develop solutions %r issues facing airport-related agencies.
The TR.B is expected to announce its choices for FY 2007 Airport Cooperative Research
Program by the end of August. The 21 projects selected will be funded through a$10
million Congressional appropriation, which is an increase of $1 million from FY2006 levels.
The Transportation Appropriations bill (H.R. 5576) is expected to pass sometime later this
year, which will determine the final amount for the ACRP.
The TRB, under the supervision of the National Research Council (NRC), serves as an
independent advisor to the federai government on scientific and technical questions of
national importance. Speci�cally, TRB's mission within the NR.0 is to promote innovation
and progress in transportation through research. A primary objective of the Board is to
develop solutions for issues facing airport-related agencies. NOISE has advocated numerous
times for TRB because it seeks to make solutions to aviation noise problems.
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6040 - 28th Avenue South ^ Minneapolis, MN 55450-2799
Phone(612)726-8100
Jim Danielson, Administrator
City of Mendota Heights
1101 Victoria Curve
Mendota Heights, MN 55118-4106
RE: 2007-2013 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
METROPO�ITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION
Dear Mr. Danielson:
Enclosed you will find a copy of the minutes of the September meeting
-- Development, and Environment Committee which summarizes the action of
�.,_ ,� regarding the MACs preliminary 2007-2013 Capital Improvement Program
� agenda for the September Commission meeting.
Sincer ,
Robert J. Vorpahl, P.E.
Program Development Engineer
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REPORTS A
METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION
FINAPVCE, DEVELOPMENT & ENVIRONMENT COMMITI'EE
REGULAR MEETING
Wednesday, September 6, 2006, 10:00 a.m.
Room 3040, Lindbergh Terminal - Wold-Chamberlain Field
Minneapolis-St. Paul international Airport
"CONSENT ITEMS"
Call to Order
A regular meeting of the Finance, Development and Environment Committee, having been duly
called, was held Wednesday, September 6, 2006, in Room 3040, Charles Lindbergh Terminal
Building, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Wold-Chamberlain Field. Chair McGee
called the meeting to order at 10:03 a.m. The following were in attendance: •
Commissioners: McGee, McKasy, Boivin, Mars, Sigel, Landy, Rehkarnp, and Chair
�anners
Staff: J. Hamiel, N. Finney, T.W. Anderson, S. Warner-Dooley, S. Busch, D.
Probst, G. Warren, P. Hogan, R. Fuhrmann, C. Leqve, B. Rief, J. Nelson, �.- '
� S. Douma, E. Johnson, M. Kilian, S. Wareham, H. Vowels, D. Olson, S.
Skramstad, D. Bitner, M. Scrovonski, A. Frase, C. Sirois, D. Ruch, P.
Sichko, D. Mueller, J. Unruh
Others: K. Nelson, J. Davidman, Northwest Airlines; C. Rydeen, C. Greene, J.
Shadduck, MSP ATCT/FAA; G. Hoff, B. Johnson, MBAA; S. Psick,
McGrann Shea; S. Yanisch, RBC Capital Markets
A1. REPORTS — CF 226
a. Budqet Variance Report — July 2006
b. Statements .of Revenues and Expenses and Chanqes in Net Unrestricted Gash —
Jul rL2006
c. Accounts Receivable Summarv
d. Monthlv and Year-to-Date Passenqer Activitv and Terminal Concessions R�venues
Repart
e. Budqet Impact Report Reqardinq Manaqement & Operations Committee Action
Item's �
Chanqe Manaqement Policv and Proiect Status Report
g. Bloominqton Land Acquisition Status Report %•
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THESE REPORTS WERE INFORIUTATIONAL ONLY; NO COMMITTEE ACTION WAS
REQUESTED.
A2. FINAL PAYMENTS — MAC CONTRACTS — CF 227
The following final payments were submitted for consideration:
a. 2005 Part 150 Sound Insulation Program
Twenty-three (23) homes under the house-by-house construction method
pertaining to the August through October 2005 bid cycles are complete and
ready for final payment. Attachment 1(contained in the Committee package) .
lists the individual homes, final payment amounts, etc. The following is a
summary of Attachment 1:
Two contractors are involved as follows:
Crossroad Construction 9 homes $ 5,914.47`
Socon Construction 14 homes $28,159.53
COMMISSIONER BOIVIN MOVED AND COMMISSIONER MCKASY SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COMMISSION ACCEPTANCE OF THE WORK
%- COVERED BY THE CONTRACTS FOR THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNTS AS
� ) INDICATED AFVD THAT FINAL PAYMENT TO THE CONTRACTORS IN THE
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AMOUNTS INDICATED BE AUTHORIZED, SUBJECT TO THE CONSENT OF THE
CONTRACTORS' SURETY COMPANIES. THE MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS
VOTE. � �
A3. BIDS RECEIVED — MAC CONTRACTS — CF 228
The following bids were submitted to the Committee for consideration; see the
Committee package for details.
a. 2006-2007 Glvaol Recoverv Proqram
COMMtSS10PlER BOIVIN MOVED AND COMMISSIONER MCKASY SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND TO 7HE FULL COMMISSION ACCEPTANCE OF THE LOWEST
RESPONSIBLE BID FROM SEWERMAN, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $728,675.00.
FURTHER, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO
EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND ESTABUSH A PROJECT BUDGET
OF $775,000. THE MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
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b. �indberqh Terminal EnerqLr Project — Phase 7
COMMISSIONER BOIVIN MOVED AND COMMISSIONER IVICKASY SECC?NDED TO
RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COMMISSION:
1. THAT ALBERS MECHANiCAL BE A�LOWED TO WITHDRAW THEIR BID ON
THIS PROJECT; AND
2. ACCEPTANCE OF THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID FROIVI PIONEER POWER,
INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $498,000.00. FURTHER, AUTHORIZE THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTIOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY
DOCUIUIENTS AND ESTABI�ISH A PROJECT BUDGET OF $525,000.
THE MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIIViOUS VOTE.
c. Bloominqton Land Acauisition — Building Demolition
COMMISSIONER BOIVIN MOVED AND COMMISSIONER MCKASY SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COMMISSION ACCEPTA(�CE OF THE LOWEST
RESPONSIBLE BID FROM LANDWEHR CONSTRUCTION, tNC. IN THE AMOUNT
OF $342,824.00. FURTHER, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR HIS
DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND ESTABL.ISH A
PROJECT BUDGET OF $375,000. THE MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
d. St. Paul Downtown Airport Flood Protection Dike — Compensatorv Excavation
COMMISSIONER BOIVIN MOVED AND COMMISSIONER MCKASY SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND TO THE FULL COMNIISSION ACCEPTANCE OF THE LOWEST
RESPONSIBLE BID FROM RACHEL CONTRACTING, LLC, MAPLE GROVE, MN IN
THE AMOUNT OF $1,786,653.10. FURTHER, AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND
ESTABLISH A PROJECT BUDGET Of $2,000,000. THE MOTION CARRIED BY
UNANIIVlOUS VOTE.
A4. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH MnDOT FOR ALMAZ POND
MAINTENANCE — CF 229
COMMISSIONER BOIVIN MOVED AND COMMISSIONER MCKASY SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND TO THE FU�L COMMISSION THAT STAFF BE AUTHORIZED TO
NEGOTIATE AND GRANT A PERMANENT EASEMENT, A MAINTENANCE
AGREEMENT AND A TEMPORARY RIGHT-OF-EIVTRY TO THE MINNESOTA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THEIR ALMAZ POND LOCATED AT
THE MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, AND AUTHORIZE THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS. THE MOTION CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
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A5. AUTHORIZATION TO ACQUIRE A PERFORMANCE BOND FOR THE ST. PAUL
DOWNTOWN AIRPORT FLOOD CONTROL IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT— CF 230
CONIiVItSS10NER BOIVIN iVIOVED AND COiVIiVIISSIONER MCKASY SECONDED TO
RECOIViMEND TO THE FULL COii�fVI1SSION THAT STAFF BE AUTHORIZED TO
OBTAIN A$2,000,000.00 PERFORMANCE BOND TO PROVIDE TO THE CITY OF ST.
PAUL AS A CONDITION OF THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL FOR THE ST. PAUL
DOWNTOWN AIRPORT FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT. THE BOND WILL NEED TO
BE IN PLACE UNTIL THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE IN 2009. FURTHER AUTHORIZE
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR H�S DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS. THE M�TION CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
A6. PROJECT BUDGET ADJUSTMENT — CF 231
Gary Warren, Director — Airside Development, reviewed the following project that
requires a project budget adjustment:
MSP Taxiway C-D Complex Reconstruction
When this project was awarded in �February 2006, a project budget of $4,100,000 was
established that included a contingency of $193,405. This year's GD project, Phase 2,
- provides for the reconstruction of connectors adjacent to Runway 4-22 for Taxiways B, H
( �j and the new M-6.
Unrelated to this project, the south parallel runway center bituminous section has
deteriorated at an alarming rate due to this summer's extended periods of excessive
heat and high usage. Pavement grooves have collapsed, friction test results for braking
are low, and water ponds on the surface causing a hydroplane concern. After reviewing
this matter and discussing with FAA the only reasonable repair approach is to do a 2-
inch deep mill and overlay of the impacted area. A 50-foot wide, 2,600-foot long section
needs to be repaired. Once the paving is complete, it will be re-grooved to reestablish
good friction and eliminate the hydroplaning hazard.
This work needs to be accomplished immediately before the onset of winter. As a result,
staff solicited bids from two contractars currently working on MSP projects that are
capable of completing a large mill and overlay project such as this. Of the two bids
received, Max Steininger, the contractor for the C-D project, submitted the lowest bid of
$298,739. The work will be accomplished during nighttime hours over four consecutive
nights. The runway will be open for use each day.
A similar situation exists for the north parallel runway although not as severe. MAC Field
Maintenance will "skidabrate/shot blast" this area to see if it can be brought back to
satisfactory condition. If not, staff believes the existing pavements can be regrooved to
achieve the desired result. Staff therefore in the interest of time requests an additional
$120,000 (2.9% budget increase) for grooving of the north parallel runway should it be
necessarv.
The adjustment results in a revised total project budget of $4,350,000 for the project.
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In order to accomplish this work, the scope and construction budget for the Taxiway C-D
project must be amended to include the runway miii, overlay, and grooving for the South
Parallel and grooving for the North Parallel should it be needed. Some project
contingency is available, plus a few contract credits, so a budget adjustment for the full
amount of the repair work is not necessary. Staff therefore requests a project budget
adjustment of $250,000 (6.1 % budget increase) to accomplish these repairs.
These runway segments are scheduled for total reconstruction in 2007 and 2008.
Therefore these repairs will be funded from the respective Capitai improvement Program
budgets for Runway � 2R-30L Reconstruction and Runway 12L-30R Reconstruction.
Therefore, no CIP adjustment for the Taxiway C-D program is required.
Mr. Warren responded to questions from the Committee and clarified that the runways
are not unsafe. Discussion also followed regarding repavement of the center sections of
the runways scheduled for next summer and higher costs associated with this project as
compared with roadway projects. Mr. Warren noted that costs are higher due to the
work occurring during nighttime hours, haul and access routes to the project with special
traffic and security issues, and materials used for runways are different from those used
in highway projects.
COMMISSIf�NER BOIVIN MOVED AND COMMISSIONER MCKASY SECONDED TO
RECOMMEND TO THE FUL� COMMISSION THAT THE PROJECT BUDGET FOR
THE TAXIWAY C-D PHASE 2 RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT THE C
MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BE INCREASED BY
$250,000 TO A REVISED TOTAL BUDGET OF $4,350,000 AS OUTLIPIED ABOVE
AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR HIS DESIGNEE TO EXECiJTE
THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. THE MOTION CARRIED BY UNANINtOUS VOTE.
A7. PRELIMINARY 2007-2013 CAPIT�►L IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM — CF 232
Nigel Finney, Deputy Executive Director — Planning and Environment, reported that
Minnesota Statutes Chapter 473, revised in 1988, requires that the Cammission prepare
an Assessment of Environmental Effects (AOEE) which assesses the cumulative
environmental effects of its Capital Improvement Program (CIP) ai each of the seven
airports. In addition, Environmental Assessment Worksheets (EAWs) must be prepared
for individual projects in the program that meet certain criteria. Where State andlor
Federal Environmental assessments or impact statements have been prepared, that
information is included in the cumulative assessment. The law provides for public review
of the assessments in accordance with the rules of the Environmental Quality Board
(EQB). The EQB rules set forth mantlatory review (including holding a public hearing),
waiting and decision periods that must be coordinated with Commission and Committee
meetings of the MAC.
In addition, in 1998, legislation was passed (MS §473.621, subd. 6 as amended)
concerning local review of the CIP. The legislation requires the Commission to complete
a process to provide "affected municipalities" surrounding the airport the opportunity for
discussion and public participation in the Commission's CIP process. An "affected
municipality" is a municipality that is either adjacent to a MAC airport, is within the noise ;
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zone of a MAC airport as defined in the Metropolitan Development Guide, or has notifieci
the Commission that it considers itself an "affected municipality." The legislation
requires that the Commission provide adequate and timely notice including a description
of the projects in the CIP to each affected municipality. The notices must include
agendas and meeting minutes at which the proposed CIP is to be discussed or voted on
in order to provide the municipalities the opportunity to solicit public comment and
participate in the development of the CIP on an ongoing basis. Comments received
from the affected municipalities will be reviewed and a response developed.
Mr. Finney reviewed the schedule that staff has developecl that outlines the
dates/actions required for the development of the CIP, the environmental review process
and the local. review by "affected municipalities" process.
The proposed 7-year Gapital Improvement Program (CIP) relating to construction projects
on the Comrr�ission's Airport System consists of the following elements:
1. Capital Improvement Projects - These are projects that have been reasonably
defined for implementation in the upcoming calendar year (in this case 2007).
Staff will request authority to develop final plans and specifications and advertise
for bids for these projects.
2. Gapital Imqrovement Proqram - These are projects that have been identified as a
- need or potential need but require further study in order to properly deterrriine the
' � scope, feasibility, or costs of the project. Staff will request authority to develop
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plans and specifications for these projects to refine the projects for inclusion in ne�
year's program.
3. Capital Improvement Plan , This encompasses the last five years of the total
program and consists of projects that staff deems likely to be needed during the
period. This portion of the program assists in financial planning and meets the
r.equirements of the Metropolitan Council's Investment Framework. Staff will be
requesting authoriiy to study and prepare preliminary plans and specifications for
fihe projects. �
It is necessary for the Commission to adopt the preliminary CIP for purposes of initiating
the environmental review and to allow sufficient time for the "affected municipalities" to
review the CIP. The project listing is overly-inclusive to ensure that all potential projects
are subject to the environmental process. Staff will continue to review the 2007-2008
projects to develop a more concise list to recommend for implementatian.
Committee discussion followed with Commissioner Mars requesting a list of projects that
fall under the "new projects" category listing. Mr. Finney responded to questions from
Chair McGee regarding "funding to be provided by others" for projects at Airlake and
Lake Elmo airports and if there have been discussions regarding funding for the
proposed 2007 CIP.
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Steve Busch, Finance Director, responded to questions regarding funding of the 2007
CIP indicating that part of the funds will be provided through bond funds, PFC's and
Federal and State Aid. A breakdown of the funding will be provided at a future
Committee meeting.
Mr. Finney responded to questions from Commissioner Mars regarding naise mitigation.
COMMISSIONER BOIVIN MOVED, AND CHAIR LANNERS SECONDED, TO
RECOIVIiVIEND TO THE FULL COMMISSION ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRE�IMINARY
2007-2013 CAPITAL IiVIPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR PURPOSES OF
ENVIRONMENTAL. REVIEW. FURTHER, THAT STAFF BE AUTHORIZED TO
PROCEED WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS AND THAT THE
FINANCE, DEVE�OPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT CONiMITt'EE BE DESIGNATED
HEARING OFFICERS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING TO BE HELD AT THE NOVEtVIBER
FINANCE, DEVE�OPIVIENT AND ENVIRf?NMENT COMMITTEE MEETING. THE
MOT10N CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
A8. RU(VWAY 17190-DEGREE DEPARTURE HEADING IIPDATE — CF 233
Chad Leqve, Manager — Aviation Noise & Satellite Programs, reported that at the August
9�', FD&E Committee meeting, the City of Burnsville presented its concerns regarding
the use of a 190/200 degree departure heading off Runway 17 during southeast
operational flows at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airpbrt. Staff was directed to
continue working with the City and the FAA to ensu�e that the concerns and input are
considered in accordance with the applicable FAA regulations and environmental
documentation relative to Runway 17 departures.
MAC and City.of Burnsville staffs met with Carl Rydeen, Manager of the FAA Air TrafFic
Control Tower at MSP, to discuss possible options for addressing the City's concerns.
Mr. Rydeen extended an invitation to the City to a future FAA tower supervisors meeting
to express the City's concerns and he offered to address Burnsville residents on
operational issues:
Mr. Leqve introduced Mr. Rydeen who gave a presentation on the technical
considerations associated with the use of Runway 17. Mr. Rydeen commended the
MAC Noise Staff and noted the close working relationship with ATCT personnel over the
years. He discussed the airspace design process and indicated that the planning for the
runway has changed over the course of time due to changes in fleet mix, operational
procedures, and technological changes. He also reviewed the corridor associated with
transit traffic which has an impact on Runway 17 departures during southeast
operationa) flows.
Mr. Rydeen stated that he will continue to work with the City and MAC staff on this issue
and siaggested holding a summit to discuss overall tower procedures with the
Congressional delegation. He has also offered to meet with Burnsville residents to
address their concerns.
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Mr. Rydeen responded to questions from the Committee regarding the impact of reliever
airports operations on the transitional corridor and stressed the importance of
standardized procedures. He stated that he feels the Tower is in environmental
compliance with regard to operations off Runway 17/35.
Committee members thanked Mr. Rydeen for his presentation and appreciated his offer
to meet with Burnsville residents.
THIS WAS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM ONLY; NO COMMITTEE ACTION WAS
REQUESTED.
A9. DRAFT 2007 OPERATING BUDGET — CF 234
Chair McGee opened this item by commending the Finance Staff for their efforts. Steve
Busch, Finance Director, reviewed a memo regarding the Draft 2007 Operating Budget
that was distributed to the Cammittee. He noted that a complete package, including
Rates and Charges and Revenue Assumptions, would be provided to Commission
members in the near future.
Mr. Busch reviewed the following budget targets that were approved by the Commission
in June; three of the four targets were met:
1. Debt Coverage Ratio would be maintained at 1.4x (currently at 1.47 — Target met)
2. Maintain a 5-Month Reserve in the Operating Fund (The reserve will be increased
effective 1/1/07 - Target met)
3. Airline Cost/Enplaned Passenger will be in the lower half of Large Hub Airports
(Currently 16`h — Target not met)
4. Percentage increase in Operating Expense, Net of Depreciation, will be less than the
percentage increase in Operating Revenues (6.06% increase in revenue/5.91 %
increase in expense - Target met). .
The projected Operating Revenue for 2007 is $264,000,000, Operating Expenses are
estimated at $126,500,000 and Depreciation is estimated at $118,500,000. Ten
additional employees have been included in the 2007 budget as well as a 3% increase in
wages for all contract and non-union employees. Mr. Busch noted that the Draft 2007
Budget is extremely preliminary and is still undergoing review. A formal presentation of
the Budget will presented at the October Committee meeting. Final action on the budget
will be requested in December.
Committee discussion followed with Chair McGee commenting that the package will be
presented to the Legislature later this month and that the Draft budget assumes that the
Commission is operating under the current lease agreement until further notice. In
response to a question from Commissioner Mars regarding confirmation of the landing
weight numbers, Susan Warrier-Dooley, Deputy Executive Director — Finance and •
Administrative Services, stated that staff is exploring a program that is available to assist
in monitoring landing weights. Mr. Busch noted that the MAC uses the FAA's approved
gross maximum landing weight to calculate landing fees.
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Commissioner McKasy asked if the legal fees presented are realistic in light of the
number of lawsuits facing the Commission. Thomas Anderson, General Counsel, stated
the legai fees are very preliminary and will be revisited.
THIS WAS AtV INFORMATIONAL ITEM ONLY; NO COMMITfEE ACTION WAS
REQUESTED.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:17 a.m.
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FULL COMMISSION
Jack Lanners, Commission Chair
Bert McKasy, Commission Vice Chair
Kari Berman
Daniel Boivin, HR/AA Chair
Tom Foley
Pat Harris
Mike Landy, M&O Chair
Robert Mars
Tammy McGee, FD&E Chair
Paul Rehkamp
Moily Sigel
Sherry Stenerson
Greg Warner
John Wiiliams
METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION
NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE
FULL COMMISSION
Monday, September 18, 2006 1:00 p.m.
Room 3040, Lindbergh Terminal
Wold-Chamberlain Fieid
Minneapolis-S4. Paul International Airport
AGENDA
CONSENT
Approval of Minutes
a- Regular August 21, 2006
Lease Actions
a- Recommendation Re: Airport �eases
Accounts
a- Approval of Bills, Expenses, Payrolls, Transfers of Funds, etc.
Finance, Development and Environment Committee
A1 Reports
a. Budget Variance Report - July 2006
b. Statements of Revenues and Expenses and Changes in Net Unrestricted Cash -
July 2006
c: Accounts Receivable Summary
d. Monthly and Year-to-Date Passenger Activity and Terminal Concessions
Revenues Report �
e. Budget Impact Report Regarding Management & Operations Committee Action
Items
f. Change Management Policy and Project Status Report
g. Bloomington Land Acquisition Status Report
A2 Final Payments - MAC Contracts
a. 2005 Part 150 Sound Insulation Program
A3 Bids Received - MAC Contracts
a. 2006-200i Glycol Recovery Program
b. Lindbergh Terminal Energy Project - Phase 7
c. Bloomington Land Acquisition - Building Demolition �
d. St. Paul Dawntown Airport Flood Protection Dike - Compensatory Excavation
A4 Authority to Enter Into Agreements with MnDOT for Almaz Pond Maintenance
A5 Authorization To Acquire a PerFormance Bond for the St. Paul Downtown Airport Flood
Control Improvements f?roject
A6 Project Budget Adjustment
A7 Preliminary 2007-2013 Capital Improvement Program
A8 Runway 17190-Degree Departure Heading Update
A9 . Draft 2007 Operating Budget
Manaqement and Operations Committee
B1 Recommendation to Renew Agreement with ABM Janitorial Services
B2 Request for Qualifications - Continuing Corisultant, Air Service Business Development
B3 Credit Card and Check Card Transaction Processing Agreement Extension
B4 Vendor Selection Recommendation: Humphrey Terminal System Support
B5 Recommendation: Minimum Landing Fee
DISCUSSION
NEW BUSINESS
OLD BUSINESS .
1. Northwest Airlines Bankruptcy Update
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Materials for this meeting are available at the following website:
www.mspairport.comlMAC-Public Meetinqs/Full Commission
Stop by the information booth near the fram station on the T�am Level. At the information booth, you
will be asked to complete a security +checkpoint access form and show valid, government-issued
photo identification, such as a driver's license. Take your completed access form with you up fwo
floors, to the Ticketing Levei security checkpoints. Show your approved access form to securiiy
checkpoint personnel. You will then be screened just as if you were traveling. Access forms are only
valid for the purpose of attending a public MAC meeting at a particular date and time.
Commission Chambers are located on the Mezzanine Level overlooking the airporE's central shopping
area (above Chili's Restaurant}, past the rnain security checkpoints.
Apow yourself at least 30 minutes to park, complete the access form and get through the securit}t
checkpoint prior to the meeting.
Parkinq wiil be vaNdated; please brinq vour parkina ticket #o the meetina.
Directions to the Tram Level lnformation Booth
From short-term parking: At the Lindbe�gh Termina( entrance, take fhe escalator or elevator down
to the Tram Level. The inforrnatian booth is straight ahead, in the center of the �oom.
From generai parking: If you park in the Biue or Red ramps, take the elevator down to the tram,
- which will transport you directiy to the Lindbergh Temiinal's Tram Level. When you exit the tram, the
� ! information booth is � straight ahead, in the center af the room. If you park in the Green or Gotd
' ramps, take the skyway to the Lindbergh Terminai's Mezzanine Level. From there, take an elevator
or escalator to Tram Level. The information booth is straight ahead, in the cente� of the room.
To: Cities Members of NOC
Subject: New MAC Representation
Last night the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission (ARC) met with Senator Jiin
Metzen and Representative Rick Hansen, Mendota Heights' State Legislators. During the
meeting these legislators were asked if they would support new State legislation to add a new
inember to the MAC that would be appointed by the cities that axe within the DNL 65 air noise
contour that do not currently have representation (Bloomington, Eagan, Richfield and Mendota
Heights). These legislators told our ARC that they would be willing to carry such a bill to the
state legislature and they were optimistic about its possibility of passing.
At that meeting, the legislators recommended the foliowing steps:
1. Get the NOC Cities Group to agree on the proposed bill's language by December 1,
2006 or sooner.
2. Have each affected City Council approve the legislation of the proposed bill and
endorse it with a resolution by their first meeting in December, 2006 or sooner.
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� � 3. Give the approved legislation to Senator Metzen and Representative Hansen.
- They will work with us to establish a coalition of legislators of the affected cities (as
soon as possible, but before the next session) to present the proposed legislation to the
group and to form bi-partisan support for the legislation. That coalition would be the
driving force supporting our proposed legislation.
The Mendota Heights ARC feels very strongly that adding an additional seat to the MA.0 that
represents the DNL 65 air noise contour cities would be a good first step towards getting our
citizens better representation on the MAC. It is in this spirit that I request you to attend a 15
nninute meeting after the October 27 NOC xneeting to strategize and to begin crafting a complete
proposal for Senator Metzen and Representative Hansen to present. Please let me know by
return email if you are willing and able to attend this meeting. Thank you,
Ultan Duggan, NOC Cominissioner, Mendota Heights
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!/-1 Airport Noise Mi�ig�tion
AMM supports noise abateinent programs a.i1d expenditures designed io lnininzize ihe i�npacts �, ,
of ihe Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) operated facilities oii neighboriizg
coinrnunities. The MAC should deternline the design and geographic reach of these programs
oilly aftei a tlzorough �ubJ.ic input process that considers tl�:� priorities and concen�s of +.he
impacted cities and their r�sidents. The MAC and siaie si��:�.lci seek long-terin solutions to
fund the full mitigation pa�kage as adopted in 1996 for, all hoines rn the 64-60 DNL impact
area. Noise abaiement eff'orts should be paid for by fees a:id ch.arges collected from aarpori
users, as S;t.=ell as �t:ate aald iPderal fiuzds. "Furt��iermore imless rr;itiqation-funding is prov�ded.
propert« ��vners should nat be reauired to disclose .those prc�iertic�s that.lie,within airport�saFetv zones
or noise ��ntours." � � . � �
The AMM supports a change to the �overnance s�i-ucture �i �cne Meiropolita.n. Airpor��
Commissi�ii„(MAC�, which cw-rently consisis of 15 inenlbPrs, a:ll appointed by the Governor
excepi f�r. tw�, whom are appointed by the Mayors of Minr..Paz,�Iis and Si. Paul. .Althou�h, .
under stait�te,__the MAC is char�d to "reflect fa.irlv the var.igus �-e�ions and i.nterests aifected �
by t11e air�ort sy5tem," onlv two of the coinmwuties most at+ected by the Miiuieapolis/St. Paul
Interuational Airport (MSP�iave direct representaiioli o>>..tl�P commission and are �iven the
apportluity to select their disirict's represe�?t�iive. Acknowledgin� thai tlie corrLmunit�es
closesi to MSP a.re i�lore si�iificantiv im � acp ted bv i1oise, traffic, and other iiumerous
expansioll-related issues, the ANIM supports the broad ao�1 of providizlg MSP-im.pacted
coizununities g�eater represex�.taiion on the MA.0 Coininission. ` ,�.�-.; ��`°"'""� ,
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RECONFIGURING MAC?!
NOC Cities Group met yesterday and requested our thinking on MAC structure. Ultan Duggarastlloughts.
Airport Growth/Expansion ilnpacts all of us to some degree: traffic, economics, safety, congestion,
transportation, noise and quality of life. Corrununities most ixnpacted by airport presence are Apple Valley,
Blooinington, Burnsville, Duluth, Eagan, Edina, Eden Prairie, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Mendota
Heights, Minneapolis, Richfield, Rochester, St. Cloud, St. Louis Park and St. Paul... We can't live without
them! We must live twith them.
MAC Composition (Mn statutes 2002, sects. 473.604, subd. 1; 473.605 etc)
"to reflect fairly the various regions and interests... affected by...airport system..."
MAC is charged with many facets of Minnesota Airport Operations. The present MAC composiiion is
determined by the Governor and the Mayors of Minneapolis & St. Paul (2 seats). Are the rest of us fairly
represented on this body? Do we know who represents us and more important�y How? Are our views and
concerns well represented by this body? To whom do they report? And why not to our coirununities directly
as we are the most impacted by these airports.
"to reflect fairly the various regions and interests... affected by... airport system..."
We thinlc the word "affected" is lost... Well over 1 million people, almost (1/4 of our population) live close to
our auports.
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MAC Appointment
(Mn statutes 2002, sects. 473.604, subd. 1; 473.605 etc)
"Governor shall consult each m.ember of the legislature representing the municipality. .."
Accountability is the key. Cities rarely hear clearly from MAC unless fihe issue is controversial. Municipal
input is limited. Why is that?
Communication is the 2nd key. City Councils do not often hear froxn MAC. To whom does that MAC
representative (representing the municipality and recoinznended by the legislators) report to? How often? Is
there a hierarchy of issues? Who decides?
Met Council works with (190+ municipalities with long range plans including sewer, water and transportation.
That Council reviews those long range plans, approves, recommends changes, oversees and steps in as it deems
necessary to realign issues and ideas.
MAC has not had any directional changes since its inception. The economics of airports and airline operations
has changed drastically in that time.
We propose that a more proactive basis be established between MAC and the colrununities it serves.
Communities nearest airports should have a inore visible presence on MAC to better represent those
� �ommunities and to establish a stronger sense of true partnership between coininunity and the airport servin�
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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October 5, 2006
TO: ARC Commissioners
FROM: Linda Shipton, Senior Secretary
SUBJECT: Updates for Introduction Packet
Please replace the following pages in your ARC Introduction Packet
Table of Contents
The following should be replaced from your monthly ARC Meeting Agenda Packet.
# 7 Airport Noise Report — Put the latest issue of this in your Intro Packet
Section
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TABLE OF CON7['ENTS
Glossary
Historical Review Eagan-MH Corridor
Creation of ARC
Ordinance No. 290
ARC Brochure
2006 Airport Noise Plan of Action
Airport Noise Report,
NOC Bylaws
P&E Committee Regular Monthly Meeting Muiutes
MAC Approved 2005 Capital Improvement Program
What's New at the MAC Aviation Noise & Satellite Programs
ANOMS Monthly Reports
August 2006 Technical Advisor's Report
August 2006 Eagan Mendota Heights Corridor Report
Frequently Aslced Questiolzs
Contract Pertaining to Lilnits on Construction of a Third Parallel Runway
Crossing in the Corridor
Minneapolis Tower Operational Order
Runway Use
Nighttime Voluntary Noise Agreements
Maps
ARC DVD
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October 3, 2006
Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
6040 - 28th Avenue South ° MSnneapolis, MN 55450-2799
Phone (612) 72G-8100
City of Mendota Heights
Attn: City Council Members
1101 Victoria Curve
Mendota Heights, MN 55118
Mendota Heights City Council Members,
On January 31, 2006 I addressed the Mendota Heights Planning Comrnission regarding
the proposed PUD Concept Plan for the Lemay Shores development consisting of twin-
homes located south of the existing Augusta Shores development. My comments focused
on the number of aircraft operations from 1Vlinneapolis/St. Paul International Airport
(MSP) that fly over this property and associated concems with the proposed residential
development.
As I testified at the Planning Comrnission, during the month of December 2005 there
were 2,542 aircra$ departure operations from MSP that passed within one-half mile of
the Lemay Shores site; 1,554 of those flew directly over the property. Moreover, in
December 2005 there were 6,543 aircraft arriving MSP that passed within one-half mile
of the property. As a.irport operations and flight activity increase over the years these
numbers will also grow.
The Lemay Shores site is located in the Egai�/Mendota Heights Departure Corridor and
will experience regular aircra$ overflights during both daytime and nighttime periods.
Additionally, the Lemay Shores site is closer to the center of the Corridor than the
existing Augusta Shores development and as such has a higher probability of overflight
than Augusta Shores.
From an airport noise compatibility perspective conversion of compatible land use
designations to incompatible land use designations which may lead to the development of
residential structures on this property in the 64 to 60 DNL noise contour is contrary to the
preventative land use planning outlined in the recent MSP Part 150 Update which was
submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in November 2004.
The Metropolitan Airports Commission is an af6rmative action employer.
www.mspairport.com
Reliever Airports: AIRLAKE ' ANOKA COUNTY/BLAINE ' CRYSTAL • FLYING CLOUD ' LAKE ELMO ° SAINT PAUL DOWNTOWN
October 3, 2006
Mendota Heights City Council
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In closing, if the City approves this land use re-designation, through a Comprehensive
Plan Amendment, which leads to residential development on this property it is important
to note that per FAA direction in October 1998, these shuctures will not be eligible for
fu.tuxe noise mitigation under the FAA Part 150 program or MSP remedial mitigation
programs.
Sincere ,
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had E. Leqve
Manager — Aviation Noise and Satellite Programs
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
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October 5, 2006
TO: Airport Relations Commission
FROM: James E. Danielson, City Administ at
SUBJECT: 12L Departures
Attached is a memo on 12L departures from Chad Leqve. This memo will be used
as part of the discussion for this agenda item.
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Page 1 of 2
Jim Danielson
From: esiriusp@comcast.net
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 10:04 AM
To: Jim Danielson
Subject: FW: RE: Liz Petschel/Mendota Hts. ARC
Jim,
Could you forward this to the rest of the ARC members? This is an interesting explanation and in
complete disagreement with the EAS for runway 17I35. This needs to be on our agenda for the next
ARC meeting, and we rnay need to go to the City Council to get them to draft something to NOC and to
the Tower. I know Guy Heide already has designs on this trend , too, and speaking to the NOC about it.
Liz
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From: "Chad Leqve" <cleqve@macnoise.coin>
To: "esiriusp@comcast.net" <esiriusp@comcast.net>
Subject: RE: Liz PetschellMendota Hts. ARC
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:54:02 +0000
Liz,
i have received the below response from FAA regarding your Runway 12L use question. I hope you find
the information helpful.
Chad
Chad,
I discussed Ms. Petschel's question with staff and the consensus as to why Runway
12L departure numbers are higher than predicted is related to Runway 12R and also
Runway 17. As you are aware, a majority of the Runway 17 departures originate from
the main terminal (Lindbergh). Enroute to Runway 17 these aircraft have to cross
Runway 12R. I would estimate that there were about 3200 of these runway crossings
in the month of August.
Each of these crossings takes a"bite" out of the time that Runway 12R is available for
landings an d takeoffs. The controllers have learned that some of these aircraft can be
safely departed on Runway 12L without effecting capacity. It appears that this may
also be reflected on the Runway 12R departure percentages which is below the
predicted amount (14.7% vs. 16.2%). Additionally, the controllers at MSP are very
concerned about the possibility of runway incursions related to these crossings so they
make conscious efforts to avoid departures on Runway 12R when operationally
feasible.
It also appears that prevailing winds were favoring a southeast flow in the month of
Augusfi which is reflected by the higher numbers ofF Runways 12�, 12R and 17 (58.5%
9/2S/2006
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total August departures) vs. off Runway 30L and 30R (41.3% total August departures).
Based on the information that I learned from staff, I would anticipat e the Runway 12L
departure percentages to continue higher than the predicted amounts. As indicated on
the attached informatian, it's 19.5 % for that period.
I am not involved with any of the TSA inspection requirements so I can't comment on
that statement.
As for the question about nighttime Runway 12L departures, I believe the higher
number than predicted is related to the tower not needing to use Runway 17 for
departure. In August the tower departed only 3.2 % of the nighfitime departures off
Runway 17. I suspect that some of those departures that would have used Runway 17
were departed on Runway 12L and 12R. This is compliant with the Runway Use
System that give first preference to departures off Runway 12L and 12R.
I hope this adequately addresses Ms. Petschel's questions.
Carl Rydeen
Acting District Manager
Northern Lights Hub
From: esiriusp@comcast.net [mailto:esiriusp@comcast.net)
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 12:45 PM
�'o: cleqve@macnoise.com
Subject: Liz Petschel/Mendota Hts. ARC
Chad,
I don't know if you've seen the technical advisor's report for August, but the data for operations
off of 12L axe really puzzling. They show not only that we received no relief from 17/35 but
actually saw a significant increase in aircraft departures for the month. Also, look at the increase
in nighttime departures off 12L. I know Kathleen says some of this is due to TSA inspection
requirements, but this seems to be significant even allowing for that. Maybe I'm missing
something here, but any light you can shed on the subject I would appreciate. It will be a topic of
discussion at the ARC meeting tonight. We have Senator Metzen and Representative Hansen
coming to the meeting.
Liz Petschel
9/25/2006
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Mendota Heights Airport Relafions Commission
� Mr. Leqve stated that they have not implemented any new programs. He explained that
anytime a public use facility uses govermnent funds to improve the facility they are
required to provide and sign docurnents that outline the operation of the facility.
Chair Beaty asked if there was a way to apply additional charges to an airline that flies or
lands during the nighttime hours. Mr. Leqve explained that the FAA would view this as a
restriction. He stated that considering the economic environment the operators would
fight the issue tooth and nail.
Mr. Leqve reviewed the departure operations for the north parallel runway and provided
an overview of the revised runway system that incorporates Runway 17-35 to the
Commission. He stated that they received considerable input from MASAC throughout
the process and provided an overview of the study process to the Commission. He stated
that slight adjustments had been xnade within the process and reviewed the changes with
the Commission. He noted that the changes environmentally are not very significant.
Chair Seaty stated that the percentage of use was 8% adding that it has increased to 9%.
He expressed concerns stating that it is the Commission's hope that it does not continue
to increase. Mr. Leqve acknowledged the increase stating that they have given this issue
much thought and consideration. He stated that it is unfortunate that they cannot always
give each area what they want.
Chair Seaty asked what percentage would identify it as an environrnental concern. He
noted that the numbers would increase as operations at the airport increase adding that
they want to be sure it is kept at a reasonable level. Mr. Leqve acknowledged their
concerns and assured the Cormnission that this is an issue that they definitely keep at the
forefront. He further stated that it is a point well taken noting that they are doing the best
job possible to incorporate input on use from all affected Cities.
Commissioner Petschel asked what the original percentage was that they agreed to. She
also asked how far do they need to depart before environmental concerns becoine an
issue. Mr. Leqve explained that in a residential area it could increase to 1.Spb. He
explained that anything beyond that would require an environxnental impact study. He
stated that all of this had been done by the MASAC in order to utilize the highest degree
of uniformity.
Commissioner Petschel referenced the percentages and explained that the trust level is
very low in the community with respect to runway use and the implexnentation of the new
runway and how it would impact Mendota Heights. She stated that they are concerned
that agreelnents would not be kept and reviewed the issues with Mr. Leqve. She
explai �n d that their biggest concern is wlth the runway use not wrth the fleet inix and the
parameters that have been identified.
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Commission Meeting February 1.1, 2004
Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission
Coinmissioner Petschel clarified that Mr. Leqve is not this issue and that the ARC
Commission has never had issue with Mr. Leqve. She noted that the Commission has
been allowed to be .very frank and honest in their discussions with Mr. Leqve adding that
their issues are with respect to the Eagan Agreeinent and Tower Order Change. She
stated that this was what began their distrust and noted that Mr. Leqve has no control over
those issues. She explained that circumstances occurred that negatively impacted
Mendota Heights where they had a runway system iinplemented without an
environmental impact study and the MAC denied it. She stated that this has been their
issue a11 along, never with Mr. Leqve.
Mr. Leqve stated that he wants to make sure, throughout the process, that as many issues
as is possible, are address. He encouraged the Commission to continue, as they move
forwaxd, to be open and honest in their communications. He expressed his appreciation
for the open communication with the Corrnnissioners and provided an overview of the
runway use.
Council Member Krebsbach asked Mr. Leqve if he felt his personal integrity was on the
table. Mr. Leqve stated no that he did not feel his integrity was being questioned. Chair
Beaty and Comtnissioner Petschel agreed stating that this is a business issue, not a.n issue
with Mr. Leqve or his integrity.
Council Member Vitelli clarified that he understood the issue was not with Mr. Leqve
�' � noting that there are still problems to be addressed. He suggested that the Commiss�on
— work with Mr. Leqve to address these concems to the MAC.
Cominissioner Povolny asked Mr. Leqve to clarify the north boundaries noting that the
flights do not go south of the 12L.
Mr. Leqve reviewed the runway operations with the Commission. He acknowledged the
frustration and the move to get the north boundary traffic down. He explained that
Mendota Heights would go from the inid-twenty percent range down to nine percent after
the new runway opens. He noted that Mendota Heights would receive the biggest affect
and decrease of all communities surrounding the airport. He asked the Commissioners
what would be a reasonable way to move forward. He suggested an update of '07.
Commissioner Petschel stated that she would like to request a Percentages Report. She
stated that Augusta Shores is paying a lot of attention to this noting that the President of
the Association had written a letter asking when the 17-35 would be completed.
Mr. Leqve stated that the numbers have been updated and reviewed the 2002 Base Case
Noise Contours with the Commission. He also provided an overview of the 2007
Unmitigated Noise Contours, the 2007 Mitigated Noise Contours, the 2007 Mitigated
Noise Contours as compared to 2005 Mitigated Noise Contours and the table including
draft counts of units that would be added for the Corrunission.
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MTIVNESOTA
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES
Septemluer 20, 2006
The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission was held on
Wednesday, September 20, 2006, at 7:00 p.m., in the Large Conference Room at City
Hall, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights, Minnesota.
The following Corninissioners were present: Bill Dunn, Vern Edstrom, Robin Ehrlich,
Brian Linnihan, Liz Petschel, Dave Sloan and Ellsworth Stein, Council Member's Ultan
Duggan and Sandra Krebsbach, and Jiln Danielson. City Administrator Danielson took
the minutes.
UnfinishecUNew Business
A. Meet with Senator Metzen and Representative Hansen.
Chair Petschel asked for those present to introduce themselves, after which she informed
the legislators that the City of Eagan had moved ahead with a process to try and gain
= representation on the MAC for Communities lying within the DNL 65 contour. She
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_. asked the legislators what their feeling was on such legislation.
Senator Metzen said that Dakota County has 17 State legislators and that if they would
work together they could form a powerful alliance to support this initiative.
Representative Hansen said that he has seen the proposed legislation drafted by Eagan.
Chair Petschel informed the legislators that the Mendota Heights ARC and Eagan ARC
had had a joint meeting and that the DNL 65 conununities have formed a Cities Group of
the NOC to work together.
Senator Metzen suggested that a joint resolution supporting the proposed legislation be
adopted by �11 the affected Communities.
Chair Petschel said that we could work through the NOC Cities Group to get resolutions.
Representative Hansen asked about length of MA.0 Commissioner's terms.
Chair Petschel replied that the leai7�ing curve on airport issues is long, so terxns should be
longer and overlapped.
Commission Meeting August 9, 2006
Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission
Council Member Duggan said that he feli that MAC appointinents should be made by
someone other than the Governor.
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Senator Metzen agreed that he and Representative Hansen would introduce the
legislation; however, sorneone from the Cities Group should attempt to get Governor
Pawlenty on board with it.
Chair Petschel asked what the legislators felt would be the situation if Governor Pawlenty
is not re-elecied.
Representative Hansen stated that he felt that Attorney General Hatch would be more
willing to take on NWA. In his campaigning, Representaiive Hansen said that he is
finding that NWA employees are feeling differently about the company now and that
maybe what's good for NWA is not good for Minnesota. If Hatch is elected there will be
more questions about NWA.
Chair Petschel inforrned the legislators that the new 17/35 Runway's 190° departure
heading has negative impacts on Burnsville. She also said that Mendota Heights was told
to be supportive of this new runway because it would result in fewer take offs over
Mendota Heights and give us aircraft noise relief. The runway is operational, and we do
not have any relief, in fact in August we have had more takeoffs than ever before. She
has checked with Chad Leqve, MAC Noise about this problem, but has not yet heard
back.
Chair Petschel informed the legislators that MAC's 20/20 Plan is to move all non-NWA
carriers out of the Lindberg Terminal and into the Humphrey Terminal, all at an
extremely high cost. What did the legislators think of that?
Representative Hansen said that he felt that the Lindberg Terminal should have
competitors in it.
Senator Metzen said that he feels that we need a major carries here, we need NWA and
that MAC listens to NWA because they pay the bills. The State has put out a lot of
money to help keep them here. Hibbing/Chisholm and Duluth facilities are examples of
this.
Chair Petschel said that the Cities at the end of the runway need to work together on
drafting the legislation to add a DNL 65 member to the MA.C.
Senator Metzen promised to carry the legislation in the Senate.
Representative Hansen promised to carry the legislation in the House if the Democrats are
still in control after the election. If they are not, he will support it.
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Commission Meeting August 9, 2006
Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission
Senator Metzen told us to get our act together to be ready to go after election, and that he
is very confident that he can get it passed.
Guy Heidi updated the Comznission on his lawsuits against the FAA and MAC.
Representative Hansen told the ARC that the Cities need to get their part of the proposed
legislation cornpleted before the next session starts because things can happen before the
session starts.
Commissioner Ehrlich asked who appoints MAC members.
Chair Petschel responded that the Governor appoints all but two of the Commissioners
and the Mayors of Minneapolis and St. Paul appoint those two.
Council Member Duggan said the process should be as follows:
s NOC Cities draft and agree on language for the proposed legislation
� T'he affected Cities approve the draft legislation by Resolution
s Senator Metzen and Representative Hansen convene a meeting of all the Dakota
County Legislators to support legislation.
Commissioner Dunn stated that the goal is to have representaiives on the MAC for people
who do not now have it, lceep the message simple a.nd keep repeating it.
Commissioner Sloan suggested that an email be sent by Ultan Duggan, Mendota Heights'
NOC Representative to the NOC Cities Group inforrning them. that we have met with
State Senator Metzen and Representative Hansen and that they have encouraged us to
band together to draft the legislation giving the DNL 65 Cities a MAC representative and
that they are willing to carry this bill to the Minnesota Legislature. Senator Metzen was
very optimistic about being successful in getting this legislation passed.
Commissioner Edstrom moved to adjourn the ineeting at 8:50 p.m. seconded by
Commissioner Linnihan. All Ayes.
Respectfully submitted,
Jim Danielson
C.