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2017-11-08 ARC PacketCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS  AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION  November 8, 2017  7:00 p.m.   Somerset Elementary School  1355 Dodd Road, Mendota Heights  (NOTE:  If possible, please attend the Comp Plan Open House, beginning at 5:00 PM)  1. Call to Order    2. Roll Call    3. Approval of Minutes  a. Approval of Minutes of September 13, 2017 Meeting    4. Unfinished and New Business  a. Review of 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Open House  b. Review of Meeting with Councilor Miller regarding 12L Departure Noise Abatement Procedure  (Norling)  c. Status of NOC 2018 Work Plan with Mendota Heights Request  d. Discussion of Fair Skies Position Statement   e. Review of October Airport Operational Statistics (link:  https://www.macenvironment.org/reports/.   Monthly reports are typically published by the 10th of the each month).   i. Complaint Information   ii. Runway Use   iii. Noise Monitor Charts  iv. Turboprop Charts (if available)  f. 2018 Schedule of Meetings    6. Acknowledge Receipt of Various Reports/Correspondence:   a. October 16, 2017 MAC Board Meeting Review  b. September 20, 2017 NOC Meeting Summary (Minutes Provided)  c. News Articles    7. Upcoming Meetings  a. City Council Meeting    11/21/2017 7:00 p.m.  b. Planning Commission Meeting    11/28/2017 7:00 p.m.  c. City Council Meeting    12/5/2017 7:00 p.m.  d. Next ARC Meeting (?)    12/13/2017 7:00 p.m.  e. Noise Oversight Committee Meeting  11/15/2017 1:30 p.m.  (Agenda provided)    7. Public Comments    8. Commissioner Comments    9. Adjourn    Auxiliary aids for persons with disabilities are available upon request at least 120 hours in advance.  If a notice of  less than 120 hours is received, the City of Mendota Heights will make every attempt to provide the aids.  This  may not, however, be possible on short notice.  Please contact City Administration at 651‐452‐1850 with  requests.  CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS  DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA  AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES  September 13, 2017  The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission was held on  Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at Mendota Heights City Hall.    1.Call to Order Chair David Sloan called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.  2.Roll Call The following commissioners were present: David Sloan, Sally Lorberbaum, William Dunn,  Arvind Sharma, Jim Neuharth, Gina Norling and Kevin Byrnes.  Absent:  None  Guest Present:  Scott Norling  Also present:  City Administrator Mark McNeill, Assistant City Administrator Cheryl Jacobson  3.Approval of Agenda. There were no additions or corrections.  4.Approval of Minutes Approval of Minutes August 9, 2017 Meeting Motion by Norling/Second by Neuharth to approve the minutes of the August 9, 2017 ARC meeting, with a noted correction of the date in the heading.  Motion carried 6‐0; Lorberbaum abstained. 5.Unfinished and New Business a.Follow‐up from August Norling Presentation –12L Departure Noise Abatement Procedure Chair Sloan reported that he, Ms. Jacobson, and Mr. McNeill had met on September 8th with Chad Leqve and Dana Nelson to review the proposal which had been created by Scott and Commissioner Norling.   He reported that they were advised to have NOC Representative Jay Miller forward the information to Dana Nelson, and request that it be considered for the 2018 NOC Workplan.  Ms. Nelson said that there were 17 similar requests which were considered for the 2017 Workplan. It was determined that Councilor Miller would be invited to meet with the Norlings, City staff, and Chair Sloan to be informed about the proposal.  October 11th was suggested as a possible date. Item 3a Commissioner Lorberbaum noted a verbiage change needed on the second to the  last slide of the presentation…”this could lead to increased use of the existing flight  paths”.    Motion/second Norling/Dunn to bring the proposal to NOC Representative Miller,  with the change as noted.  Motion carried 7‐0.    b. Update on Meeting with MAC Staff of Sept 8, 2017  In addition to the above, it was reported that the Fairskies group of noise advocates  is pursuing a 55 dbl footprint to be designated by the MAC.    c.  Airport Operational Statistics  i. Operational Charts—Commissioner Sharma noted that operations in June  actually went down 1.5%, which was the first decline in months.   Commissioner Neuharth questions why 12L was above the Upper Control  Limit?  Chair Sloan suggested waiting until the NOC meeting the following  week, where an explanation might be heard.  ii. Complaint Information—Ms. Jacobson review on‐line information, and  compared the format to the previous line graphs.  It was determined that the  revised look was easier to follow, but that it would be better to have the  chart dates which the City could report in chronological order.  Ms. Jacobson  agreed to make the change.  iii. Turboprop Information. Turboprop charts were reviewed.  Commissioners  Sharma and Dunn questioned whether the reporting was the same—those  showed only 56 planes for the entire month.  Commissioner Neuharth  volunteered to follow‐up with Brad Juffer of MAC.  iv. Noise Monitor Charts  Review of the Noise Monitor charts was tabled until the next meeting.    6. Acknowledge Receipt of Various Reports/Correspondence  The August 21, 2017 MAC Board meeting; the July 19, 2017 NOC Meeting; the Technical  Advisors Report; the Eagan/MH Departure Corridor Analysis Report; and Crossing in the  Corridor Analysis were reviewed.      7. Upcoming Meeting  There was discussion about whether to go to a meeting every other month, or stay with the  monthly.  It was determined that keeping it monthly was easier to plan for.  Therefore,  approximately two weeks in advance of the meeting, a notice would be sent by staff to  inquire whether there was business to consider.  If there was nothing pressing, the Chair  and City Administrator could choose to cancel the ensuing meeting.    It was suggested that our state legislators should be invited to the January meeting.      8. Public Comments  There were no members of the public present.      9. Commissioner Comments  No additional comments were made.    10. Adjourn  Motion by Dunn/Second by Lorberbaum to adjourn at 8:37 PM.  Motion carried 5‐0          Minutes Taken By:  Cheryl Jacobson, Assistant City Administrator To: Airport Advisory Commission From: Mark McNeill, City Administrator Subject: November ARC Meeting—CHANGE OF LOCATION Date: November 8, 2017 COMMENT: As the business meeting for the ARC is rather routine this month, with the concurrence of Chair David Sloan, we would like to invite you to do something different for the November meeting. As is required of each city in the metropolitan region, the City of Mendota Heights is in the process of updating its Comprehensive Plan. This is done every ten years, with a twenty year “look-out”; in this case, through 2040. On the same evening as is scheduled the ARC meeting, the City is hosting one of three informal “Open Houses”, during which time residents and stakeholders of Mendota Heights are invited to attend, and give their thoughts on such things as land use, transportation, parks and open spaces, and other components of the City’s planning process. It is interesting to note that, at an earlier public input meeting when attendees were allowed to prioritize their feelings in a SWOT exercise (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats), airport noise ranked highly as one of the weaknesses of the City. The Open House to be held on Wednesday, November 8th will be from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at Somerset Elementary School. I would like to invite you to come early, perhaps 6:30 PM, to learn and provide input for the Comp Plan exercise. Then, at approximately 7 PM, the ARC could meet in a quiet corner of the facility and hold the November ARC meeting. The disadvantage of meeting off-site is that we will not have the technology that we have been able to experience over the past few meetings. However, hopefully that should not impact the quality of the discussion. Again, please plan to attend at Somerset Elementary at 6:30 PM if you would like to participate in the Open House for the Comprehensive Plan (and 7:00 PM if otherwise you can’t make it.) Please contact me with any questions. Thank you. Mark McNeill, City Administrator Item 4a MEMORANDUM TO: MSP Noise Oversight Committee (NOC) FROM: Dana Nelson, Manager – Noise, Environment & Planning SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF 2018 NOC WORK PLAN, MEETING DATES AND 2017 ACCOMPLISHMENTS DATE: November 1, 2017 In early October 2017, the NOC members were requested to forward – prior to the November 1 agenda mailing – to MAC staff any work plan elements that they would like to include on the 2018 Work Plan. Staff received one request from the City of Mendota Heights and their Airport Relations Commission. This item has been added to the 2018 Draft Work Plan included in this packet. Additionally, the NOC’s Fall Listening Session was held to receive a list of items that citizens would like the NOC to pursue in 2018. The attendees were instructed to come up with ideas for the Committees consideration to fill two open slots in the 2018 Work Plan. Both verbal and written comments were taken and compiled into the attached list for the Committee’s consideration in the finalization of the 2018 Work Plan. NOC members are encouraged to come to the November 15th Committee meeting prepared to finalize the work plan. In addition, the pages following the Draft 2018 Work Plan and the citizen input from the Fall Listening Session provide the 2018 meeting schedule and the 2017 NOC accomplishments summary. Following NOC approval, the 2018 Work Plan will be presented to the MAC Planning, Development and Environment (PD&E) Committee by the NOC Co-Chairs on December 4, 2017 at 10:30 AM in the Commission Chambers at Terminal 1-Lindbergh. REQUESTED ACTION APPROVE AND RECOMMEND TO THE MAC PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE THE FINAL 2018 MSP NOC WORK PLAN AND APPROVE THE LIST OF 2017 ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND 2018 MEETING DATES. ITEM 6 46 Item 4c Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) Noise Oversight Committee (NOC) Draft 2018 MSP NOC WORK PLAN 1. RESIDENTIAL NOISE MITIGATION PROGRAM a. Review Residential Noise Mitigation Program Implementation Status 2. MSP NOISE PROGRAM SPECIFIC EFFORTS a. 2017 Actual Noise Contour Report and Residential Noise Mitigation Program Eligibility b. Update on the MSP Long Term Comprehensive Plan and Associated Stakeholder Engagement c. Update on the FAA’s Survey to Re-Evaluate Noise Measurement Methods d. Improve MAC Noise and Operations Monitoring System (MACNOMS) for a Better User Experience e. MSP Fleet Mix and Nighttime Operations Assessment f. Status of FAA Center of Excellence/ASCENT, TRB, and FICAN Research Initiatives g. Update on Converging Runway Operations at MSP h. Evaluate Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission Runway 12L Departure Proposal 3. CONTINUE REVIEW OF PUBLIC INPUT a. Continue to Review Input Received from quarterly Listening Sessions as Possible Agenda Items 47 MEMORANDUM TO: MSP Noise Oversight Committee (NOC) FROM: Dianne Miller – NOC Co-Chair, City of Eagan Jeffrey Hart – NOC Co-Chair, Delta Air Lines SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO MSP FAIRSKIES REQUESTS DATE: November 1, 2017 At the September 20, 2017 NOC meeting, the co-founders of the MSP FairSkies Coalition made several requests to the Committee. The presentation slides containing these requests were sent to the Committee following the meeting and added to the meeting presentation deck at: www.macnoise.com/sites/www.macenvironment.org/files/pdf/noc- presentation-20170920.pdf. In summary, the following requests were made to the NOC: 1. Produce and publish a 55 dB DNL contour 2. Produce and publish an N65 contour 3.Establish a goal to reduce noise 4.Enhance the NOC with greater stakeholder (citizen) representation We have directed MAC staff to present at the November 15, 2017 NOC meeting on information for consideration with respect to each request so that the Committee can discuss and make an informed determination on its response to the requests. REQUESTED ACTION PROVIDE COMMITTEE RESPONSE TO MSP FAIRSKIES REQUESTS. ITEM 3 15 Item 4d Environment Maps Archive Date: 10/2017 Home Complaints By City Operations Complaints Sound Monitoring Abatement Search: CITY LOCATIONS COMPLAINTS MINNEAPOLIS 150 4777 EAGAN 40 3166 INVER GROVE HEIGHTS 7 1242 RICHFIELD 28 301 MENDOTA HEIGHTS 14 266 APPLE VALLEY 11 183 GOLDEN VALLEY 5 166 ST. LOUIS PARK 12 143 EDINA 16 135 EDEN PRAIRIE 5 62 MINNETONKA 1 53 COTTAGE GROVE 1 53 FALCON HEIGHTS 1 52 BURNSVILLE 11 52 SHOREWOOD 2 43 BLOOMINGTON 6 35 LAKEVILLE 3 25 NEW BRIGHTON 1 21 MOUNDS VIEW 1 16 PLYMOUTH 3 16 SAINT PAUL 4 13 SOUTH ST PAUL 1 5 GREY CLOUD ISLAND TWP 1 5 WEST ST PAUL 2 3 ORONO 1 2 LILYDALE 1 1 SPRING LAKE TWP.1 1 Page 1 of 4 11/3/2017https://www.macenvironment.org/reports/ Item 4.e.i Download the CSV CITY LOCATIONS COMPLAINTS CHANHASSEN 1 1 Page 2 of 4 11/3/2017https://www.macenvironment.org/reports/ Item 4.e.ii Item 4.e.iii Turboprop North October, 2017Item 4.e.iv. Turboprop South  October, 2017  MSP NOISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, 20th of September 2017 at 1:30pm MAC General Office Lindbergh Conference Room Call to Order A regularly-scheduled meeting of the MSP Noise Oversight Committee, having been duly called, was held Wednesday, 20th of September 2017, in the Lindbergh Conference Room at the MAC General Office. Chair Hart called the meeting to order at 1:38pm. The following were in attendance: Representatives: T. Link; J. Oleson; G. Goss; J. Hart; D. Miller; P. Dmytrenko; J. Miller; L. Olson; R. Barette; Staff: D. Nelson; B. Juffer, C. Leqve; A. Kolesar; J. Christenson; M. Baker; P. Hogan Others: J. Aul – City of Bloomington; D. Langer-FAA; M. Doran – City of Richfield; M. Brindle – City of Edina; K. Terrell – MSP Fair Skies; D. Ingraham – Northern Planes District, FAA; S. Nienhaus – City of Burnsville; S. Heegaard – City of Saint Paul; P. Litke – FAA; B. Donley – Plymouth; J. Winingar – FAA, MSP Tower; M. Sands – FAA, MSP Tower; J. Moore – Star Tribune; C. Carino – MSP Fair Skies; K. Mara – MSP FAA; M. Nolan – City of Edina; M. Doran – City of Richfield; M. McNeill – City of Mendota Heights; B. Hoffman –City of Saint Louis Park; R. Ditto – FAA, SYSUPS; L. Grotz – City of Edina; M. Brindle – City of Edina; S. Devich – City of Richfield Chair Hart, Delta, requested a motion to approve an agenda change to add an MSP FairSkies presentation to the second agenda item. Representative Oleson, Bloomington, moved the motion. Representative Olson, Minneapolis, seconded, and the motion was passed unanimously. 1.Review and Approval of the July 19 17, 2017 Meeting Minutes Chair Hart, Delta started the meeting by mentioning there was not a quorum and therefore July and September meeting minutes will be approved at the November NOC Meeting. 2.Presentation from MSP FairSkies Coalition Steve Kittleson, MSP FairSkies Coalition, introduced himself and Kevin Terrell and started the presentation by saying that MSP FairSkies Coalition would like to reduce noise and have no surprises with use of the airspace around MSP. Kittleson stated that MSP FairSkies has observed MSP airport noise increasing. Kittleson said that they send shape data from a 55dB DNL contour to the University of Minnesota to place on a population map. Based on this Item 1 8 Item 6b MSP Noise Oversight Committee 20 September 2017 2 information, he then presented a map on the power point presentation, comparing 2015-2017 and stated that noise has increased 30% in the last two years. Kittleson mentioned the recent ruling of the Washington D.C. US Court of Appeals and Circuit Judge Griffith’s statement at the hearing and said “The petitioners argue that the FAA’s approval of the new flight routes was arbitrary and capricious. We agree”. Kevin Terrell, MSP FairSkies Coalition reiterated that MSP FairSkies doesn’t want surprises from the FAA, that Phoenix Sky Harbor had surprises that resulted in a court case; that the Governor of Maryland wants to sue the FAA for airport noise; that the number of people exposed to noise near LaGuardia Airport has increased from 370,000 in 2010 to 774,000 in 2016. Terrell related all of these instances to the FAA’s implementation of NextGen and that MSP FairSkies doesn’t want to see that at MSP. Terrell believes that in order to succeed in the prevention of a similar situation occurring, that all parties need to agree on the problem. Then there needs to be baseline data, improvement goals need to be set, and then there needs to be collaboration to reach the goals. To start, Terrell believes the baseline measurement of 65 dB DNL needs to be lowered to 55 dB DNL as studies have shown a negative association at 55 dB DNL. He also states the other issue with the current baseline data, is that MSP doesn’t look at population counts but instead actual dwellings. He also suggested that the noise metrics be calculated by single events not averages, modeled noise, or daily averages. Terrell placed a list of things MSP FairSkies would like to see done in order to create baseline data and drive progress: a 55dB DNL contour produced annually by MAC staff, have that contour then turned into a noise exposure map, finally, use a single event metric with an N65 contour and also turn that into a noise exposure map. Terrell stated that MSP FairSkies came to what they think is a reasonable goal and a good airport for comparison is Amsterdam Schipol Airport. MSP FairSkies’ target is to reduce the population impacted by 55 dB DNL noise at MSP by 50% by 2025 and ensure it’s fairly distributed. In an effort to collaborate, MSP FairSkies listed a number of ways to collaborate with NOC which include changing Noise Oversight Committee to Noise Reduction committee; add representatives on the NOC that are from the school board, elected citizen groups, or an appointed Ombudsman. In conclusion, Terrell showed a list of the requests for the NOC’s consideration. Representative Olson, Minneapolis, stated that Minneapolis supports creating a 55 dB DNL and N65 style map. A national discussion surrounding the use of 55 dB DNL as a standard metric is occurring and as such, Minneapolis is advocating for that as well. She then asked MSP FairSkies if there was a certain way to have them produced or presented. Kittleson responded that both the Annual Report to the Legislature and the Annual Noise Contour Report are two opportunities for this report to be added. Terrell stated that MSP FairSkies is not advocating for additional mitigation to the 55 dB DNL. 3. Review of Monthly Operations Reports: July and August, 2017 Brad Juffer, Assistant Technical Advisor, started by reporting that 37,665 flights operated at MSP in July increasing to 38,511 operations in August. This represents a 1.2% decrease and a 9 MSP Noise Oversight Committee 20 September 2017 3 1.7% increase from 2016. Year to date operations at MSP are 279,774 which is currently 1.1% above the previous year. During night time hours, 2,346 flights operated at night in July accounting for a 21% drop from 2016. 2,213 operations occurred at night in August 2017 which was a 16% drop from 2016. For all of 2017, through September 19th, there have been 17,933 MSP nighttime flights which is 640 less flights or a 3.4% drop at night from 2016. The runway flow at MSP in July was 31% in the north flow, 54% in the south flow and 7% mixed flow. In August, those numbers changed to 32%, 42% and 16% of the time. While the north flow stayed consistent, south flows were reduced and in part replaced by hours in a mixed flow in August. The 2017 splits are similar to the same time period in 2016. In July 2017 the carrier jet splits were 37% regional jets, 60% narrow body aircraft, and 3% and wide body aircraft. That gap fell slightly in August to 38%, 59%, and 3%. The numbers for in 2016 for July and August were exactly the same at 41% regional jets, 56% narrow body aircraft, and 3% wide body aircraft. There were 16,293 complaints filed in July and an additional 16,727 complaints filed in August, collectively, this number is 44% higher than last year. In 2017, complaints were filed from 557 locations in July and 615 locations in August; in 2016 those numbers were 625 and 584. On average there were 2.3 operations for every complaint in both July and August in 2017. These numbers are lower than they were in 2016 as our complaint totals continue to rise and the operations numbers are very similar to 2016. In July each location filed 29 complaints, on average, and that dropped to 27 in August. Median complaints per household has held steady at 3 for every month in 2017. Using a map, Juffer showed the top 10 complaint locations which filed 52% of all complaints during the previous months. The Top 50 locations recorded 80% of the complaints and the top 100 locations recorded 88% of all complaints in July and August. Overall, there were 632 locations or 75% of all households shown to file 10 or less complaints. On monitoring, aircraft events occurred for just under 454.5 hours in July and roughly 507 hours in August. That time is the result of 94,434 aircraft sound events in July and 98,847 events in August. The total events are down from 2016. Time Above per Operation was 43 seconds July and 47 seconds in August. In 2016 those numbers were 46 and 48. The N65 count above per operation was 2.51 sound events per operation in July and 2.57 sound events per operation in August. This means that each operation triggered a sound event at 2.5 RMTs. These numbers are down from earlier this summer and are consistent with the same time last year. The average duration of events was 17 seconds in July and 18.5 seconds in August. Runway 17 procedure was consistently used for 99.8% of the time for both months. A total of 29 jets on R17 turned westbound early. The corridor procedure was used 94.7% of the time in July increasing to 94.3% of the time in August. In July, 95 jets were north of the corridor and 139 were south. In August, 86 jets were north of the corridor and 110 jets were south. 10 MSP Noise Oversight Committee 20 September 2017 4 Crossing Procedure was used during the day 37% (1532) of the time in July and in August it was used 37% (1211) of the time. During night time hours, the procedure was used only 37% (93 flights) of the time in July and 35% (52 flights) of the time in August. Finally on the runway use. High priority runways were used 52.1% of the time in July and 55.4% of the time in August. The August percentile of 55.4% is the second highest total since Juffer and his team began tracking its use. Juffer also said that the NOC requested a Help Video to navigate the new Noise website, it is complete and ready to be viewed. Representative Olson, Minneapolis, commented that the number of complaints looks very large. Juffer responded that while the number is high, numbers in 2011 were higher. Juffer also clarified that the number of complainants isn’t as high as his team has seen in the past. In 2015, there were over 1000 unique addresses associated with complaints. Olson followed up by asking if there was a map that showed the individual houses with the number of complaints. Juffer directed her to the map on the online reports section but Olson commented that she would like to see it in the report presented to the NOC. Representative Miller, Eagan, commented about scheduled night time operations, it appears that in August there were more scheduled night time flights, not just actual. Miller then asked if it was possible to obtain the data from the airlines as to why more night time flights were being scheduled. Juffer mentioned that in terms of data, Delta generally has a larger schedule in the summer months and that tends to reduce when school starts. However he said that he will look into the information and the data and try to understand the increase in scheduled night time flights. Chair Hart, Delta, asked about RUS and month over month the Mixed Flow seems to be doubling. Juffer said the same pattern occurred last year, that the Mixed Flow hours in August of 2016 were about 15% use and then again in 2017. 4. Update on Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport PBN Chad Leqve, MAC Director of Environment, stated that FAA implemented RNAV at Phoenix Sky Harbor International on September 18th, 2014. After that, the city became concerned and engaged in the actions occurring at the airport. The FAA responded that they would reconstitute a working group to see what could be done in terms of procedure modification and provide relief to the community. The community relied on those representations and at the end of a very long process, there were no changes presented to the community in order to modify any procedures. As a result, in June 2015, the city filed with the DC Circuit to review the FAA decision. This file alleged that the implementation was arbitrary and capricious. Litigation was filed and questions before the court were presented as part of this process, one being on the concept of timeliness. Challenges to FAA final decisions need to occur within 60 days of the final administrative decision. In this situation, the FAA alleged that the final decision occurred on September 18th, 2014; the three judge panel on the case agreed with that statement. The follow up question became, how can you hear a petition that is over 6 months beyond that final determination date? There is a narrow exception, as it relates to court precedent on relieving that 60 day appeal requirement. After looking at the case, two of the three judges on the panel decided in favor of the city; although they were beyond that 60 day window, the court ruled that they were reasonable in filing their expectation at a later date because they were trying to collaborate with the FAA. 11 MSP Noise Oversight Committee 20 September 2017 5 The court ruled that the FAA failed to adequately consult with the City of Phoenix under the NEPA Act, under the National Historic Preservation Act, and under Section 4(f). The court had a number of instances that substantiated their position. One was that the FAA unreasonably concluded a categorical exclusion was appropriate. FAA inappropriately applied DNL 65 standards under NHPA and Section 4(f). The FAA assumed that historic districts and parks were all urban and they also neglected to consult with city representatives and state historic preservation officers. Leqve then reminded the Committee on the situation at MSP and the fact that the NOC’s RNAV Resolution established MSP is an airport that has “Extraordinary Circumstances” and this impacts how the category exclusion is applied. MSP has a strong record of having that involvement from the community, as well as from the communities and the airlines. The NOC resolution also provides a strong message with all stakeholders aligned around a set of local expectations if the FAA considers implementing RNAV departure procedures at MSP. Leqve concluded with the fact that the FAA is reviewing a possible new noise metric. The expectation is that the report will be out before the end of 2017 and that will lead into what is called the “Three Policy Analyses”. These are evaluations on any new noise threshold recommendation, such as the possible 55 dB DNL instead of the 65 that’s used today. If there was to be a change, the FAA would need to review and evaluate all policies on how a new metric is implemented. 5. Evaluate and Enhance the Reporting of the Runway Use System (RUS) Dana Nelson, Technical Advisor, reminded the NOC members that an item on the 2017 work plan was to create a holistic view of the RUS and airport configurations. When discussing the topic of the RUS, the term “flow” is often mentioned and refers to various airport configurations at MSP. There is a North Flow, the FAA refers to this as arrivals and departures on the 30s and 35. A Straight North Flow refers to arrivals and departures on only the 30s. A South Flow refers to arrivals and departures on the 12s and 17 but a Straight South Flow refers to arrivals and departures on only the 12s. There is also a configuration called Mixed Flow A, arrivals on the 30s and departures are on 17. This configuration uses the RUS- established number one priority for arrivals, over the Eagan/Mendota Heights Corridor and the second priority for departures. Mixed Flow B refers to departures on the 12s and arrivals on 35. The FAA uses Mixed Flow B less often than Mixed A, but Nelson reported that as of late, they seem to be utilizing B more regularly. The two Mixed Flow configurations are an attempt to have optimal use of the RUS. The final configuration is called the Opposite Direction Flow but this is the most challenging configuration to follow. This flow is only utilized when winds are light, and when traffic demands are light. Nelson and her team are proposing to expand the interactive reports website, under abatement, the RUS by Flow information. This information will show the number of hours spent in a particular flow, by year and month. The data tables list percentage of time in each configuration, not the percentage of operations in each configuration. Representative Olson, Minneapolis, asked if nighttime RUS can skew the average numbers and percentage and as such, if you can view the data by daytime hours and nighttime hours only. Nelson responded that the data can filter to only show nighttime or all hours. Representative Miller, Eagan, asked why the data is showing percentage of time and not just operations. Nelson responded that percent of operations and exact operation are both shown in other reports and showing it again would be redundant. 12 MSP Noise Oversight Committee 20 September 2017 6 6. Investigate Noise-Reducing Landscaping Options Dana Nelson, Technical Advisor, reported that the 2017 work plan included a discussion on options for landscaping to reduce ground noise. Nelson reviewed landscaping done at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport. This airport is on over 6,800 acres of land, compared to MSP’s 3,400 acres. Schiphol Airport created ridges off an end of their newest runway to dampen low frequency ground noise and it has shown to reduce the noise by 2-3 dB. These options are not feasible at MSP due to the lack of airport property and the property surrounding the airport is controlled by municipalities. Nelson concluded that if communities were willing to develop their land with these landscaping options it would only provide noise reduction benefit if the landscaping was done close to the airport, as these options do not reduce overflight noise. 7. Status of FAA Center of Excellence/ASCENT, TRB and FICAN Research Initiatives Dana Nelson, Technical Advisor, stated that the agenda packet included a report of projects that were completed, active, initiated, or anticipated in 2017/2018 by the Transportation Research Board (TRB), FAA’s Center of Excellence/ASCENT, Federal Interagency Committee on Aviation Noise (FICAN), or recent studies concerning health related effects of aircraft noise. Representative Olson, Minneapolis, mentioned that she would like the group to review the abstracts for each study and discuss them as well as the outcomes and how to incorporate them into the regular NOC process. Nelson responded that this is a good time for the Committee members to review these initiatives and consider whether they’d like further review and discussion on any particular initiative be added to the 2018 NOC work plan. 8. Review of July 26, 2017 Listening Session Dana Nelson, Technical Advisor, reported that 9 residents attended the Summer Listening Session at the Apple Valley Municipal Center. The presentation slides from that meeting are available on the MAC Noise website. Representatives from Delta and the FAA were both in attendance, in addition to MAC staff and Apple Valley representatives. Most residents were from the south metro area and thus the questions asked revolved around runways 17 and 35, nighttime operations, noise monitoring, RUS, CRO, and components of the Federal Environmental Impact Study. All questions asked at the meeting were answered. Nelson added that MAC staff had a follow up meeting with an Inver Grove Heights resident and NOC representative, Tom Link. Nelson concluded with announcing the fall listening session scheduled for October 25th, 2017 at 7pm at the MAC General Office Building. 9. Public Comment Period - None 10. Announcements - None 11. Adjourn A motion to adjourn was requested by Chair Hart, Delta, moved by Representative Miller, Eagan, and seconded by Representative Oleson, Bloomington. The meeting adjourned at 3:03 p.m. The next meeting of the NOC is scheduled for Wednesday, 20 September 2017. Respectfully Submitted, Amie Kolesar, Recording Secretary 13 Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) NOC Committee Members Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) Noise Oversight Committee (NOC) MAC General Office Building Lindbergh Conference Room 6040 28th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55450 Dianne Miller – Co-Chair, City of Eagan Representative (Assistant City Administrator) Jeffrey Hart – Co-Chair (Delta Air Lines) Ryan Barette – Minnesota Business Aviation Association Representative Pam Dmytrenko – City of Richfield Representative (Assistant City Manager) Gordon Goss – Chief Pilot Representative (Delta Air Lines) Todd Lawrence – Charter/Scheduled Operator Representative (Sun Country Airlines) Tom Link – At-Large Community Representative (Inver Grove Heights City Staff) Jay Miller – City of Mendota Heights Representative (Mendota Heights City Council) Angie Moos – Cargo Carrier Representative (United Parcel Service) Jon Oleson – City of Bloomington Representative (Bloomington City Council) John Quincy – City of Minneapolis Representative (Minneapolis City Council) Kyle Bronowski – At-large Airport User Representative (Endeavor Air, Inc.) MEETING AGENDA November 15, 2017 at 1:30 pm MAC General Office Building Lindbergh Conference Room (Dianne Miller, City of Eagan, will be the acting Chairperson for the meeting) *Note: 1:00 to 1:30 – Committee Agenda Review Session (NOC members only in the Stapp Conference Room) 1.1:30 – 1:35 Review and Approval of the July 19 and September 20, 2017 Meeting Minutes 2.1:35 – 1:50 Review of Monthly Operations Reports: September and October, 2017 3.1:50 – 2:20 Response to MSP FairSkies Requests 4.2:20 – 2:35 Annual MSP Fleet Mix and Nighttime Operations Report 5.2:35 – 2:50 Vortex Generator Noise Monitoring Study 6.2:50 – 3:10 Approval of 2018 NOC Work Plan, Meeting Dates and 2017 Accomplishments 7.3:10 – 3:15 Review of October 25, 2017 Listening Session 8.3:15 Public Comment Period 9. Announcements 10. Adjourn 1 Item 7e