2001-01-10 Airport Relations Commission MinutesCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES
JANUARY 10, 2001
The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission was held on
Wednesday, January 10, 2001, in the Large Conference Room at City Hall, 1101 Victoria
Curve. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
The following Commissioners were present: Chair Scott Beaty and Commissioners Joe
Leuman, John Roszak, Liz Petschel, George May, and Ellsworth Stein. Commissioner
Gregg Fitzer was excused from the meeting. Staff present were City Administrator Cari
Lindberg and Administrative Assistant Patrick C. Hollister. Mr. Hollister took the
minutes.
INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME TO CITY ADMINISTRATOR
Mr. Hollister introduced City Administrator Cari Lindberg to the Commission. The
Commission welcomed Ms. Lindberg to the City of Mendota Heights.
MINUTES
Commissioner Roszak moved to approve the December 13, 2000 Minutes with revisions.
Commissioner May seconded the motion.
AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
AIRPORT NOISE VIDEO
The Commission reviewed the draft scripts provided by Chair Beaty and Commissioners
Roszak, Leuman, Petschel and Stein covering various sections of the video. The
Commissioners agreed to e-mail their scripts to Ms. Lindberg in order that Mr. Hollister
can combine them and maintain the draft script on his computer.
Mr. Hollister reported that he had talked to Brown Institute about the possibility of one of
their broadcasting students providing the voice-over for the air noise video. Mr. Hollister
said that an instructor from the broadcasting department, Mr. Kevin Conner, had told him
that many students at the Institute would probably be happy to provide the voice-over for
free since it would both enhance their resume and help to fulfill the Institute's own
internship requirement for its students.
Commissioner Petschel said that she might be able to arrange for former WCCO reporter
Dave Nimmer to lend his voice to the video.
THIRD PARALLEL RUNWAY CONTRACT
Commissioners Roszak and May examined the draft Third Parallel Runway Contract
between the MAC and the City of Mendota Heights, modeled after the existing contract
between the MAC and the City of Minneapolis. Commissioner Roszak said that he
suspected that the draft provided in the agenda packet might not be the most recent draft
in existence. Mr. Hollister said that he would check with the Mayor and bring back the
most recent draft to the Commission's meeting in February.
ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF VARIOUS REPORTS/CORRESPONDENCE
The Commission briefly reviewed the following documents:
a. Letter from MASAC "Blue Ribbon Panel" dated December 11, 2000
b. December 2000 Planning and Environment Committee Minutes
c. MAC CIP Environmental Review Process
d. MAC Planning and Environment Committee January 2001 Agenda
e. Aviation Policy Plan Task Force Meeting Schedule
f. Meeting Alert: 2001 Legislative Issues
g. MASAC Operations Committee January 2001 Meeting Cancellation
Notice
h. Airport Noise Reports
OTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS
Commissioner Roszak suggested that if MASAC does not resume meeting, the City
should develop a contingency plan to deal directly with the FAA on air noise issues.
ADJOURN
Motion made to adjourn by Roszak and seconded by Leuman.
AYES: 6
NAYS: 0
The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.