Res 1994 - 57 Urging the State of MN & the Metropolitan Airports Commission to Negotiate a Rapid Conversion to an All Stafe III Quieter Aircraft Fleet at MSP Airportrt
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CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAROTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLIITION NO. 94- 57 "
A RESOLIITION IIRGING T$E STATE OF MINNESOTA AND THE METROPOLITAN
AIRPORTS CON�SISSION TO NEGOTIATE A RAPID CONVERSION TO AN ALL
STAGE III QIIIETER AIRCRAFT FLEET AT MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
WHEREAS, residents of the City of Mendota Heights and other
communities in close proximity to Minneapolis/ St. Paul Inter-
national Airport have witnessed a dramatic increase in the
frequency and overall noise level of aircraft traffic over the past
20 years, and
WHEREAS, the Federal government recently established a
ma.ndatory schedule for the phase out of noisier Stage II jet
aircraft in favor of quieter Stage III jet aircraft, and
�1SEREAS, the Federal phase out schedule requires all airlines
to be 100� Stage III by the year 2000, except for those airlines
which are at least 85% Stage III by the year 2000 which are
eligible for a three year time extension in which to complete the �
aircraft transition, and
WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota and the Metropolitan Airports
Commission (MAC) in 1992 entered into a contractual agreement wi�th
Northwest Airlines to finance a cash injection into the airline and
to finance the construction of a Heavy Maintenance Base in nort�ern
Minnesota, and
WHEREAS, as part of this agreement, Northwest Airlines
contractually agreed to various covenants including several re�lated
to aircraft noise mitigation, and %
h1iiEREAS, recent modifications in the scale and u.se of
Northwest Airline's Heavy Maintenance Base development plans have
necessitated the renegotiation of financing agreements with the
State of Minnesota and the MAC, and /
WHEREAS, Northwest Airlines has on several occasions publicly
stated they will comply with the 100� Stage III aircraft conversion
schedule by the year 2000 and that they will not request the
available three year time extension.
NO� THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Mendota Heights, Dakota County that the State of Minnesota and
the Metropolitan Airports Commission is encouraged to mandate as
part of their renegotiation of financing agreements with Northwest
Airlines that the airline contractually agree to meet the 100�
Stage III aircraft conversion schedule by the year 2000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Metropolitan Airports
Commission is encouraged to also adopt an ordinance which will
prohibit the operation of noisy Stage II aircraft at MSP effective
January 1, 2000.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this 6th
day of September, 1994.
� CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By �-�. '� G��,�•�--�
Charles E. Mertensotto
Mayor
ATTEST:
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K thleen M. Swanson �
City Clerk