2018-04-18 ARC PacketCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION
April 18, 2018
7:00 p.m.
City of Mendota Heights- 1101 Victoria Curve
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes
a. Approval of Minutes of March 21, 2018 Meeting
4. Unfinished and New Business
a. May NOC Meeting—ARC Request
b. Review of Airport Operational Statistics (link: https://www.macenvironment.org/reports/)
i. Complaint Information
ii. Runway Use
iii. Noise Monitor Charts
iv. Turboprop Charts (Discussion)
5. Acknowledge Receipt of Various Reports/Correspondence:
a. News Articles
6. Upcoming Meetings
a. MAC Board Meeting 04/23/2018 1:00 pm
b. City Planning Commission Meeting 04/24/2018 7:00 pm
c. City Council Meeting 05/01/2018 7:00 pm
d. NOC Meeting 05/16/2018 1:30 pm
e. MAC Board Meeting 05/21/2018 1:00 pm
f. Joint ARC meeting with Eagan ARC 05/22/2018 6:00 pm (Airport Tour)
7. Public Comments
8. Commissioner Comments
9. Adjourn
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CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES
March 21, 2018
The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission was held on
Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 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, Jim
Neuharth, Gina Norling and Kevin Byrnes.
Absent: Arvind Sharma
Also present: City Administrator Mark McNeill, Assistant City Administrator Cheryl Jacobson
3.Approval of Minutes
Approval of Minutes January 17, 2018 Meeting
Neuharth asked to insert “total turboprop operations information” in the second paragraph
of the Airport Operations Statistics section. Motion by Neuharth/Second by Dunn to
approve the minutes of the January 17, 2018 ARC meeting, with the noted change. Motion
carried 6-0.
4.Unfinished and New Business
a.NOC Meeting
Sloan reviewed the results of the Noise Oversight Committee meeting which had been
held earlier in the day. He reported that the total operations were down in January
compared to the previous year, but that February was up, due to Super Bowl traffic.
However, because of MAC’s prior notification to neighbors of the amount of anticipated
increased air operations because of the game, overall complaints were down.
He reported that the requests of the Fair Skies Coalition had been discussed. Their
three requests were:
•A desire for greater citizen representation on the NOC
•The NOC should establish goals to reduce noise
•Publish 55 and 65 DNL and N65 contours
He said that the NOC had decided in January that it was very comfortable with the
current representation on the board, but that steps should be taken to enhance citizen
input during NOC meetings. It had also decided to set a goal to mitigate to the 60 dbl
contour limits by 2024.
Item 3a
Sloan said that that afternoon’s meeting had discussion on the publishing of the 55
contours. He said that some NOC representatives were concerned that publishing that
information by MAC might create unrealistic expectations on the part of some residents
that they were in an area to be mitigated, and that the information was available for
Fair Skies to use as it wished. For those reasons, a motion to publish the 55 DNL
contours by MAC had failed.
Sloan also reported that HMMH, a private airport noise consulting firm, has been hired
to do a benchmarkng study. NOC had set the scope of work.
Finally, he reported that the NOC had heard the Annual Noise Control Report, a report
on the vortex generator study, the winter listening session by NOC, and additional
information relating to the Super Bowl impact.
b.Airport Operational Statistics
i.Operational Charts—Neuharth led discussion on the Upper Control Limit, and
whether to change from using the four year base which had been started in
2009. Byrnes said he could modify the UCL, but cautioned that making too
many changes could impact the statistical accuracy. Neuharth agreed to look
at the older statistics, and then to meet with Byrnes to discuss possible
modifications.
ii.Complaint Information—There were no notable changes.
iii.Turboprop Information. Turboprop charts were reviewed. Neuharth
volunteered to do a spreadsheet with current information, and from that to
establish a control chart.
5.Acknowledge Receipt of Various Reports/Correspondence
The Annual Noise Control Report was reviewed and acknowledged.
Neuharth noted an article from the Wall Street Journal that Boston’s Logan Airport was
requiring a slower departure speed from airplanes, which reduces the overall noise.
However, that practice uses additional fuel.
Norling was informed that her proposal for keeping departing aircraft on a straight heading
for ten additional seconds before turning was on the NOC work plan for this year, and that
that would be reviewed in May.
6.Upcoming Meeting
The next regular meeting will be April 18th. Commissioners Norling and Lorberbaum
indicated that they would not be able to attend on that date. The Commission was also
reminded of the joint meeting with the Eagan ARC on May 22nd.
7.Public Comments
There were no members of the public present.
8.Commissioner Comments
No additional comments were made.
9. Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 7:57 PM
Minutes Taken By:
Mark McNeill
City Administrator
Complaints by Location—By Month
(2017, 2018)
2017 Mpls Eagan Edina MH Blmgtn
January 92 26 11 11 7
February 143 30 23 14 7
March 160 37 23 17 13
April 183 45 40 20 11
May 203 54 32 18 17
June 285 49 31 16 16
July 286 65 32 31 10
August 286 77 36 19 19
September 290 62 21 13 9
October 151 40 16 14 6
November 111 31 13 8 5
December 84 24 12 5 6
2018 Mpls Eagan Edina MH Blmgtn
January 84 21 10 7 5
February 86 21 18 7 3
March 102 27 16 10 5
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Location = Complainants
Percent of All Departures by Location
(2017, 2018)
2017
Mpls/
Richfield
30R
Eagan
12R
Edina
30L
MH
12L
Blmgtn
17
January 24% 6% 32% 10% 28%
February 25% 4% 33% 9% 30%
March 19% 8% 30% 14% 29%
April 23% 9% 29% 14% 25%
May 27% 6% 30% 12% 27%
June 26% 5% 28% 12% 29%
July 17% 7% 21% 19% 37%
August 24% 5% 23% 14% 34%
September 20% 7% 18% 16% 39%
October 23% 4% 26% 14% 33%
November 23% 4% 25% 12% 36%
December 29% 5% 33% 8% 26%
2018
Mpls/
Richfield
30R
Eagan
12R
Edina
30L
MH
12L
Blmgtn
17
January 26% 4% 30% 8% 31%
February 23% 5% 29% 10% 33%
March 18% 9% 24% 15% 35%
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Complaint Information Item 4b.i.
City March Complaints March Night Departures
2017 2018 2017 2018
Minneapolis 5,925 6,338 127 68
Eagan 1,614 1,703 192 271
Edina 101 128 154 161
Mendota Heights 315 178 143 114
Bloomington 366 48 0 39
Total 8,321 8,395 616 653
143 30 23
14 7
102
27
16 10 5
25%
4%
33%
9%
30%
18%
9%
24%
15%
35%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Mpls Eagan Edina MH Blmgtn Percent of All DeparturesNumber of LocationsLocation
March Complaints by Location and Departures By Location
2017 2018
Turboprop Data
Page 1
Year Month
12L Turbo
Count
12R Turbo
Count
12L &12R
South of
Corridor
12L & 12R
North of
Corridor In Corridor
2015 J 78 48 7 45 74
F 62 23 2 28 55
M 65 16 5 29 47
A 96 33 12 50 67
M 103 23 3 54 68
J 124 32 4 51 100
J 113 26 2 54 83
A 149 53 13 69 120
S 189 44 3 89 140
O 111 27 6 54 78
N 127 36 9 78 76
D 87 32 8 50 71
2016 J 108 20 3 56 69
F 73 17 3 42 45
M 129 32 8 60 93
A 160 33 10 75 108
M 93 16 8 55 45
J 126 13 2 80 57
J 99 26 4 80 41
A 129 30 4 76 80
S 180 25 6 98 101
O 172 29 9 115 77
N 111 18 10 69 47
D 79 20 12 51 36
2017 J 86 20 11 47 49
F 93 12 7 59 39
M 141 19 13 70 73
A 121 31 20 62 65
M 106 18 14 62 40
J 104 20 14 59 47
J 140 26 20 66 73
A 102 21 14 56 48
S 147 26 20 72 75
O 109 18 20 58 47
N 96 22 10 61 44
D 68 22 13 41 36
2018 J 76 7 13 48 21
F 74 15 12 30 47
M 111 27 17 63 58
Total 4337 976 371 2362 2540
Mean 108 24 9 59 64
Item 4b.iv.
Turbo Prop Jet Analysis
Departures
Runway 12L: 80%
Runway 12R: 20%
Corridor Compliance
North of the Corridor: 45%
South of the Corridor: 7%
Within the Corridor: 48%
Measurement (Control Charts)
●12 L Departures
●12 R Departures
●% North of the Corridor
●% South of the Corridor
●% Within the Corridor ??
Strategies for Noise Relief
●Enforce Corridor Compliance
●Delayed Turns on Take-Off
●More Parity Between 12L & 12R Departures
●Aircraft Noise Abatement Equipment??