Res 1987 - 39 Giving Qualified Support to Metropolitan Airports Commussion Part 150 Land Use Management PlanCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 87- 39
RESOLUTION GIVING QUALIFIED SUPPORT TO METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS
COMMISSION PART 150 LAND USE MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Mendota Heights is located at the
end of one of the busiest runways at Mpls/St. Paul
International Airport; and
WHEREAS, the impact of aircraft noise upon the
communities surrounding the airport, including Mendota
Heights, is an issue of utmost concern with existing
residential neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, part of the solution to the noise problem is
for the Metropolitan Airports Commission to achieve a
federally approved Part 150 Program; and
WHEREAS, one component of the Part 150 Program is a plan
for ameliorating conflict between aircraft overflight and
land use in surrounding communities; and
WHEREAS, the consultant working for the Airports
Commission has drawn up a draft Land Use Management Plan
working paper, dated March, 1987.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Mendota Heights, that the City Council hereby
expresses its general support for the draft working paper,
subject to the following qualifications:
1. Adoption of and compliance with the Land Use
Management Plan is contingent upon an operational
standard for aircraft flight patterns which is
acceptable to the communities of Mendota Heights and
Eagan, and diligent adherence to that approved
operational standard by the Federal Aviation
Administration.
2. That the Federal Aviation Administration, the
Metropolitan Airports Commission, and the
Metropolitan Council, remain active partners in the
noise abatement effort by taking the lead in
designing model programs and materials which are to
be implemented by the local communities.
3. That any program of property acquisition,
restriction, or modification be carried out in close
cooperation with the local communities.
Adopted by the Mendota Heights City Council this 22nd day of
April, 1987.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
By 4 . G7 `.C+- ...t -
Charles E. Mertensotto
Mayor
ATTEST:
een M. Swanson
ity Clerk