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2009-05-13 Airport Relations Commission MinutesCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES May 13, 2009 The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission was held on Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights, Minnesota. The following Commissioners were present: Liz Petschel, Chair; Robin Ehrlich, Vice Chair; Bill Dunn, Joe Hennessy, Sally Lorberbaum, Lyle Odland and Dave Sloan, Commissioners. Also present were: Jim Danielson, City Administrator; Jake Sedlacek, Assistant to the City Administrator; and Mary Heintz, Recorder. Not Present: None. Approval of Minutes Commission Sloan requested a correction to page 3, paragraph 3, to read “Mr. Bergman reported that FedEx, UPS and DHL are getting out of the freight business.” A motion was made by Commissioner Lorberbaum, seconded by Commission Sloan, to approve the minutes of the April 15, 2009, ARC meeting as amended. It was approved by majority, with Vice Chair Ehrlich and Commissioners Hennessy and Odland abstaining. Unfinished and New Business A. SFL Listening Meeting Update – Chair Petschel The main topic of the Sunfish Lake listening meeting was RNAV. Participation was poorly attended because of lack of publicity. Chair Petschel had brought up the issue of inequitable use of 12L at night and was recorded in that evening’s minutes. Commissioner Hennessey suggested that a more equitable use of 12L might be obtained if more gates on the Gold Concourse were used at night. It was Commission consensus that it would be worthwhile, as their operations are consolidated, to have a conversation with Delta about their plans and lease agreements and how decisions are made. It was also reported that Chad Leqve of MAC received confirmation that Dennis Mattson is the designated Inver Grove Heights NOC representative and Janelle Pepin is the alternate. Commission Meeting – May 13, 2009 Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission 2 B. 2030 MAC Comp Plan Update – Chair Petschel and the City Administrator The Long-Term Comprehensive Plan Update was distributed, which reflected passenger boardings increased at a 90% load capacity. HNTB was used for MAC forecasting. Commissioner Lorberbaum reported that the Plan is for Delta Airlines and its partners to utilize the Lindbergh Terminal and all other airlines the Humphrey Terminal and amenities should mirror each other. Parking is the largest income source for the terminals, followed by passenger facility charges. Discussion ensued regarding other projects, including the projected taxiway between the ends of runways 12R and 12L. Should the Humphrey Terminal be utilized more, there would be need to better navigate between the runways. It would be an engineering and financial challenge because the project would require reconstructing part of the freeway. Southwest Airlines has exceeded all expectations in coming to MSP, which took 15 years. Employees love to work there and jets turnaround much faster because pilots are not unionized and clean passenger cabins between flights. C. 2009 Plan of Action The Airport Noise Plan of Action was reviewed and revised. The Assistant to the City Administrator will make the Commissioners’ changes and bring back to the ARC for further review and changes. Page 2 • Heading – “High Priority Issues” changed to “High Priority Actions” • #6 – “Procedures” changed to lower case • #10 – “Develop a relationship” changed to “Strengthen a relationship” • #12 – Eliminated • #13 – “Observe ongoing changes in fleet mix” changed to “Monitor changes in fleet mix” • Change “Ongoing communications” to “Provide communications” • Heading – Change “Other issues that will require continued monitoring” to “Additional actions that will require continued monitoring” • Add “noise and operational concerns” to “Height awareness…” • Add wording to read: “Promote standard instrument departures and final approaches through the use of global positioning satellites to keep planes from flying over residential areas of the City to keep aircraft in the designated corridor” • Add separate bullet to read: “As City budget allows, send representative to participate in national noise conferences.” • Change to read: “Monitor use of continuous descent approach.” Commission Meeting – May 13, 2009 Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission 3 Page 3 • For page 3 and beyond, remove “Issue” from numbered headings and bold instead. • Combine (Issues) #2 and #10 and change to read: “Strengthen relationship with MAC, FAA and legislative leaders regarding airport issues.” • Remove all subheadings under #2 except #3 (“Testify as necessary on MAC/airport legislation”) and add: o “Annually invite State Senator and Representative to attend an ARC meeting.” o “Invite FAA Tower Operator to attend an ARC meeting” o “Invite MAC Commissioner to attend an ARC meeting.” o “Monitor MAC compliance with its commitments,” • Under #2 add #4 (“Offsite MAC meetings.”) o Keep C (“Offsite MAC meetings”) o Add D (“Face-to-face meetings between MAC and Cities representatives.”) • Under #2 add #5 (“Testify as necessary on MAC/airport legislation.”) Pages 3-5 • Change Headings from “Who” to “ARC – Staff” Page 3 • Under #3, Actions Steps: o 1) “Monitor all departure operations on 12L and 12R.” o 2) “Communicate variations to NOC and work with them to achieve solution.” o 3) “Invite Tower operations to discuss inequality of runway use.” o Subheadings 4-5 remain. o 5) “Involve elected representatives in adoption of RNAV.” Page 4 • Under (Issue) #7, add “/” so it reads “and/or” Page 5 • Under (Issue) #9, change “When” to “Annually” rather than “as appropriate” or “as available” and change “determine” to “monitor.” • Change all “2020” to “2030.” • Under (Issue) #13, change “Observe” to “Monitor.” • Add “Monitor NOC updates regarding fleet mix” and designate “When” as “Spring annually.” • Under (Issue) #14, add the noted Assistant to the City Administrator’s additions and “Provide annual report,” “Link to MACnoise.com,” “Proactively solicit feedback from the Community,” “Maintain list of meetings pertaining to airport,” and “Televise ARC meeting as agenda dictates.” All pages: Periods at end of all headings and subheadings. Commission Meeting – May 13, 2009 Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission 4 D. Updates for Introduction Book None. Acknowledge Receipt of Various Reports/Correspondence 70% of night-time operations were on 12L in April, which had not been the case when runway 17 was utilized, and Eagan noise complaints were down. It was recommended that residents be made aware of government program rebates for air conditioning and window replacements. A. March 2009 NOC Technical Advisor’s Report B. March 2009 Eagan/Mendota Heights Departure Corridor Analysis C. May 1, 2009, Airport Noise Report Other Commission Comments or Concerns None. Upcoming Meetings • MAC Full Commission Meeting – May 18, 2009 – 1:00 p.m. • City Council Meeting – May 19, 2009 – 7:00 p.m. • NOC Meeting – May 20, 2009 – 1:30 p.m. • Planning Commission – May 26, 2009 – 7:00 p.m. Public Comments None. Adjourn Commissioner Sloan made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Lorberbaum, to adjourn the meeting at 8:54 p.m. It was approved unanimously. Respectfully submitted, Mary Heintz TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.