2009-06-10 Airport Relations Commission MinutesCommission Meeting – June 10, 2009
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CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES June 10, 2009 The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission was held on
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., in the Large Conference Room at City Hall, 1101
Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights, Minnesota.
The following Commissioners were present: Robin Ehrlich, Acting Chair; Bill Dunn; Sally
Lorberbaum and Lyle Odland. Commissioners Liz Petschel, Joe Hennessy and Dave Sloan were
excused.
Also present were: Jim Danielson, City Administrator and Jake Sedlacek, Assistant to the City
Administrator.
Approval of Minutes
Commissioner Lorberbaum made the following corrections to the minutes:
• Page one, Unfinished and New Business, A: replace “participation” with “the meeting.”
• Page two, Unfinished and New Business, B: change the first sentence in the second paragraph to read: “…and all other airlines would use the Humphrey Terminal.
Amenities should mirror each other.”
• Page two, Unfinished and New Business, B: change the first sentence of the forth
paragraph to read: “Southwest Airline’s performance has exceeded all expectations, it took 15 years from the time they started the process for them to begin flying out of
MSP.”
• Page three: change last sent changed to read: “All pages: Place periods at end of all
headings and subheadings.”
Commissioner Dunn made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. Commissioner
Lorberbaum seconded the motion. The motion passed 4-0
Unfinished and New Business
The Commission reviewed the latest draft version of the 2009 Plan of Action, making the
following changes:
• Page two, High Priority Actions, number twelve – change “ongoing” to “provide.”
• Page three, Issue #2: change “who” to ARC/Staff for consistency with other issues.
• Page five, Issue #10: add “mix” to the end of “Monitor NOC updates on fleet.”
Staff will make the requested changes, and bring a final document to the next ARC meeting for
adoption.
ARC acknowledged the letter from the City of Eagan to the FAA requesting that flights be
dispersed broadly throughout the airspace off of the parallel runways while runway 12L/30R is
under construction this fall. ARC felt that the letter was appropriate, and was similar to our request during last year’s construction on runway 12R/30L.
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Neither Jim nor Jake attended the May Noise Oversight Committee (NOC) meeting, the NOC
update will be placed on the next agenda.
Acknowledge receipt of Various Reports/Correspondence
The listing of tracks crossing the northern boundary of the Eagan/Mendota Heights corridor was missing from the packet – staff will ensure that the July meeting will include this document.
ARC was generally pleased with the reports from MAC – the corridor compliance was down to
2.9% violations, and the departures off of runway 12L were a little lower than we’ve experienced
over the past few months.
Upcoming Meetings
Commissioner Erhlich asked to be signed up to attend the MAC Full Commission Meeting on
June 15, 2009.
• City Council Meeting 6-16-2009 7 p.m.
• Planning Commission Meeting 6-23-2009 7 p.m.
• MAC Full Commission Meeting 6-15-2009 1 p.m.
• NOC Meeting 7-15-2009 1:30 p.m.
Commissioners Odland and Dunn each reported that they would not be available for the July ARC meeting.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jake Sedlacek