2011-10-19 Airport Relations Commission Minutes2011-10-19 Airport Relations Commission Minutes.txt[1/25/2018 4:11:33 PM]
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES October 19, 2011 The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission was held on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at 1101 Victoria Curve, Mendota Heights, Minnesota.
The following commissioners were present: David Sloan, Sally Lorberbaum, Gina Norling, Jim
Neuharth, and Bill Dunn
Absent: Kevin Byrnes
Also present: John Mazzitello, Liz Petschel, and Gretchen Keenan Approval of Minutes A motion by Commissioner Dunn, seconded by Commissioner Lorberbaum to approve the minutes of the September 14, 2011 ARC meeting, with minor grammatical correction. Motion passed unanimously.
NOC Meeting Update
Commissioner Sloan and City Councilmember Petschel provided a summation of the September
21st NOC meeting. Items discussed are as follows:
- Delta Airlines Co-Chair of NOC is transferring to Atlanta: Delta to appoint replacement - Increase in noise occurrences was brought up: MAC & NOC aware of summer issues - Performance Based Navigation Update o Delta working details of an agreement with Southwest o Draft plan to be presented at Nov 16th NOC meeting followed by City open houses - MACNOISE web page redesign demo at Nov 16th NOC o Request made by Ms. Petschel for Runway notifications to be on new web page
o Request for adding an e-mail subscription for information updates
- West side cargo operations discussed – Complaint reduction due to operational changes
- Review items for 2012 NOC Work Plan
o Updates to 2020 Comprehensive Plan o Capital Improvement Projects may be on hold due to financial constraints 2011/2012 Work Plan Commissioners reviewed the Final Draft that was generated by comments and revisions from the September meeting and proposed additional updates for the 2012 plan. City staff will make the Commission’s corrections and bring the document back to the Commission at the November
meeting as a Re-Final Draft document. Once complete, it will be presented to the City Council.
2 Items of Interest Interim Administrator Mazzitello presented the MAC Noise News newsletter to the Commission. Commissioners discussed getting signed up for receipt of the document themselves. Commissioner Dunn presented a table he created from noise sensor data that compares the Mendota Heights sensors to the South Minneapolis and Richfield sensors. This table was first introduced at the September meeting and Commissioner Dunn has re-formatted the data and
presented the new data.
Commissioner Norling reviewed charts tracking specific noise events and the high number
associated with runway 12L in June. Charts were specific to noise sensor 23. Trends for noise
events at this sensor are down from the summer months. The commission will continue to track this item to see if the trends follow the annual pattern or not. Gretchen Keenan charts showing complainants by city and the trends that are evident. Complaint in Mendota Heights and Eagan are down from the summer months, which is consistent with other trend indicators. Commissioner Neuharth presented the new charts of runway 12L total and nighttime operations. The new chart shows the mean percent usage as well as the upper control limit for the data.
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Additionally a second chart was generated that shows the data in series rather than overlapping graphical lines for each year. Commissioner Neuharth will work with City staff on refining the charts for runway 12L total and night operations as well as for flights north of the corridor, and will begin developing charts for night operations and total operations for runway 12R. Articles provided by Commissioner Byrnes were distributed by Mr. Mazzitello.
Acknowledge Receipt of Various Reports/Correspondence
a. Monthly Statistical Review
b. September 2011 NOC Technical Advisors Report c. September 2011 Eagan/Mendota Heights Departure Corridor Analysis d. September 2011 Runway 17 Departure Analysis Report e. September 2011 Crossing in the Corridor Analysis Reports acknowledged. Upcoming Meetings
• Planning Commission 10-25-2011 7:00 p.m.
• City Council Meeting 11-1-2011 1:30 p.m.
• Next ARC Meeting 11-9-2011 7:00 p.m. • City Council Meeting 11-15-2011 7:00 p.m. • NOC Meeting 11-16-2011 1:30 p.m. • MAC Meeting 11-21-2011 1:00 p.m. 3
Public Comments
None.
Adjourn Motion by Commissioner Lorberbaum and seconded by Commissioner Neuharth to adjourn the meeting at 8:42 p.m. Motion passed unanimously.