2018-06-20 ARC PacketCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION
June 20, 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 the April 18, 2018 Meeting
b.Approval of Minutes of the May 22, 2018 Meeting
4.Unfinished and New Business
a.Follow‐up Discussion on 12L Departure proposal (Guests: Dana Nelson, NOC and Kurt Mara, FAA)
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
5.Acknowledge Receipt of Various Reports/Correspondence:
a.News Articles
6.Upcoming Meetings
a.City Planning Commission Meeting 06/26/2018 7:00 pm
b.City Council Meeting 07/02/2018 7:00 pm
c.Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting 07/10/2018 6:30 pm
d.City Council Meeting 07/17/2018 7:00 pm
e.NOC Meeting 07/18/2018 1:30 pm
f.Airport Relations Commission 07/18/2018 7:00 pm
7.Public Comments
8.Commissioner Comments
9.Adjourn
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CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES
April 18, 2018
The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission was held on
Wednesday, April 18, 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, Arvind Sharma, William Dunn, Jim
Neuharth, and Kevin Byrnes.
Absent: Sally Lorberbaum and Gina Norling
Also present: Assistant City Administrator Cheryl Jacobson
3.Approval of Minutes
Approval of Minutes from the March 21, 2018 Meeting
Motion by Neuharth/Second by Dunn to approve the minutes of the March 21, 2017 ARC
meeting, Motion carried 4‐0; Abstaining Sharma.
4.Unfinished and New Business
a.May NOC Meeting –ARC Request
Assistant City Admistrator Jacobson provided an overview of how the ARC’s proposal
to the NOC Committee will be presented at the May NOC meeting. Jacobson
reported that the item will be introduced and discussion lead by MAC Noise
Management Program staff. Followed by a presentation of the FAA’s findings.
b.Review of Airport Operational Statistics
i.Complaint Information. Complaint charts were reviewed. There were no
notable changes.
ii.Runway Use. Runway use charts were reviewed. There were no notable
changes.
iii.Noise Monitoring. Noise monitoring charts were not available for review.
iv.Turboprop. Neuharth provided additional historical data and analysis on
turboprop activity and reviewed the results. Discussion regarding what data
should be charted was had. Commission members concluded that 12L and
12R Departures and North of the Corridor data will be charted. Additional
departure data, which is not online, will be requested on an as needed basis,
from the MAC Noise Office.
Item 3a
5.Acknowledge Receipt of Various Reports/Correspondence
The Annual Noise Control Report was reviewed and acknowledged.
6.Upcoming Meetings
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 7:40 PM
Minutes Taken By:
Cheryl Jacobson
Assistant City Administrator
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MINUTES
JOINT MEETING WITH EAGAN ARC
May 22, 2018
A joint meeting of the Eagan and Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commissions was held on
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at the Metropolitan Airports Commission Building, 6040 28th Avenue
South, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1.Convene
The meeting convened at 6:00 PM
2.Roll Call
The participants introduced themselves.
The following Mendota Heights Commissioners were present: David Sloan, Sally Lorberbaum,
Arvind Sharma, Jim Neuharth, and Gina Norling.
Mendota Heights ARC Members Absent: Kevin Byrnes, William Dunn
Eagan Participants Present: Eagan ARC Members, Eagan Assistant City Administrator Dianne
Miller
Mendota Heights Staff present: Assistant City Administrator Cheryl Jacobson, City
Administrator Mark McNeill
MAC Staff: Executive Director/CEO Brian Ryks; Chad Leqve—Director of Environment; Dana
Nelson‐‐Manager of Noise, Environment and Planning; Roy Fuhrmann ‐‐Vice President of
Management and Operations
Guest Present: Scott Norling
3.Presentation
MAC Executive Director Brian Ryks gave the participants an update on Airport
improvements and operations. He discussed membership of the MAC Board of Directors;
the structure of MAC, including the main airport and six reliever airports; capital
improvements at the main airport from 2016 to 2022; MAC budget revenues and
expenditures; airport usage and airlines; and the preparations for and the impact of the
February Super Bowl on the airports.
Item 3b
4.Tour
Following the presentation by Mr. Ryks, Vice President of Management and Operations Roy
Fuhrmann took the participants on a field tour by bus of the MSP Airport.
5.Adjourn
The tour ended at 8:50 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 120 31 10 12 8 May 216 45 15 19 14 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 25% 6% 28% 11% 27% May 20% 5% 17% 17% 41% June July August September October November December Item 4b.i.
20354321817120311012823%9%29%14%25%25%6%28%11%27%0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%050100150200250Mpls Eagan Edina MH BlmgtnPercent of All DeparturesNumber of LocationsLocationApril Complaints by Location and Departures By Location 20172018City April Complaints April Night Departures 2017 2018 2017 2018 Minneapolis 5,396 3,934 127 105 Eagan 2,188 1,754 130 115 Edina 290 324 182 175 Mendota Heights 381 147 112 55 Bloomington 245 89 13 39 Total 8,500 6,248 564 489
City May Complaints May Night Departures 2017 2018 2017 2018 Minneapolis 3,957 6,820 151 61 Eagan 2,027 2,385 120 148 Edina 325 554 144 110 Mendota Heights 301 264 67 91 Bloomington 274 140 45 100 Total 6,884 10,163 527 510 203543218172164515191427%6%30%12%27%20%5%17%17%41%0%5%10%15%20%25%30%35%40%45%050100150200250Mpls Eagan Edina MH BlmgtnPercent of All DeparturesNumber of LocationsLocationMay Complaints by Location and Departures By Location 20172018
Data used for UCL calculation
January 2009 through December 2013
Mean: 12.4
St Dev: 3.06 16-Sep Winds from SE during month
UCL: 18.4
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%Jun-16Jul-16Aug-16Sep-16Oct-16Nov-16Dec-16Jan-17Feb-17Mar-17Apr-17May-17Jun-17Jul-17Aug-17Sep-17Oct-17Nov-17Dec-17Jan-18Feb-18Mar-18Apr-18May-18Percent OperationsMonth
12L Total Operations
Operations Mean UCL
Mean: Rolling 24/mo
17.4%
13.7%
18.4%
Item 4b.ii
Data used for UCL calculation
January 2009 through December 2013
Mean: 19.5
St Dev: 7
UCL: 33.5
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%Jun-16Jul-16Aug-16Sep-16Oct-16Nov-16Dec-16Jan-17Feb-17Mar-17Apr-17May-17Jun-17Jul-17Aug-17Sep-17Oct-17Nov-17Dec-17Jan-18Feb-18Mar-18Apr-18Percentage OperationsMonth
12L Night Operations
Operations Mean UCL
33.5%
16.6%
17.8%
Mean: Rolling 24/mo
Data used for UCL calculation
January 2009 through December 2013
Mean: 7.7
St Dev: 2.96
UCL: 13.4
0%
2%
4%
6%
8%
10%
12%
14%
16%Jul-16Aug-16Sep-16Oct-16Nov-16Dec-16Jan-17Feb-17Mar-17Apr-17May-17Jun-17Jul-17Aug-17Sep-17Oct-17Nov-17Dec-17Jan-18Feb-18Mar-18Apr-18May-18Percent OperationsMonth
12R Total Operations
Operations Mean UCL
Mean: Rolling 24/mo
13.4%
6.0%
5.1%
Data used for UCL calculation
January 2009 through December 2013
Mean: 28.9
St Dev: 8.82
UCL: 46.5
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%Jul-16Aug-16Sep-16Oct-16Nov-16Dec-16Jan-17Feb-17Mar-17Apr-17May-17Jun-17Jul-17Aug-17Sep-17Oct-17Nov-17Dec-17Jan-18Feb-18Mar-18Apr-18May-18Percent OperationsMonth
12R Night Operations
Operations Mean UCL
Mean: Rolling 24/mo
46.5%
28.3%
29.0%
Data used for UCL calculation
January 2009 through December 2013
Mean: 2.2
St Dev: 0.98
UCL: 4.2
0%
1%
1%
2%
2%
3%
3%
4%
4%
5%Jul-16Aug-16Sep-16Oct-16Nov-16Dec-16Jan-17Feb-17Mar-17Apr-17May-17Jun-17Jul-17Aug-17Sep-17Oct-17Nov-17Dec-17Jan-18Feb-18Mar-18Apr-18May-18Percent OperationsMonth
Departures North of Corridor
Operations Mean UCL
4.2%
2.1%
1.4%
Mean: Rolling 24/mo
6/14/18, 10)34 AMAirplane noise in La Jolla: Updates on the San Diego Airport/FAA, NextGen/SoCal Metroplex developments - La Jolla Light
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Airplane noise in La Jolla:
Updates on the San Diego
Airport/FAA, NextGen/SoCal
Metroplex developments
Anthony Stiegler of Quiet Skies La Jolla
Guest Commentary / Opinion / Our Readers Write:
Last month, we reported about the status of efforts to address the increased
commercial jet noise from San Diego airport caused by the FAA's new
NextGen SoCal Metroplex flight departure and landing paths. Our May
column covered the background facts, the March and April Citizen Advisory
and Technical Advisory meetings, the status of litigation filed by other parties
against the FAA over NextGen, and Representative Scott Peters' support for
Item 5a
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Quiet Skies La Jolla and other communities seeking a balanced compromise.
We also reported on the San Diego Regional County Airport Authority's
(SDCRAA) commencement of an accelerated "Part 150" study to analyze
noise impacts inside the 65 CNEL contour directly adjacent to the airport and
a parallel "Flight Procedures Study" to address noise abatement outside the
65 CNEL contour, which includes La Jolla. Several developments have
occurred since our last report, which we will address more fully at the La
Jolla Town Council meeting, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 14 at La
Jolla Rec Center.
• Technical Advisory Committee meeting
On Thursday, May 31, the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) held its
second meeting, where a presentation was made by the SDCRAA's consultant,
Ricondo & Associates. The preliminary draft report addresses the feasibility
of the recommendations made by the Airport Noise Advisory Committee
(ANAC) subcommittee, which proposed flight path and procedure changes to
mitigate noise in La Jolla, Point Loma and surrounding communities. The
Airport Noise Authority office distributed a preliminary draft design and
feasibility analysis to the TAC members for feedback, which will occur over
the next two weeks. Thereafter, the consultant's report will be made public at
the next Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting, 2 p.m.
Thursday, July 19 at the San Diego Airport Authority office, 2722
Truxtun Road. The public is invited to attend and we encourage you to be
there. Thereafter, the report will also be posted on the Airport Noise
Authority's website san.org/Airport-Noise
Based on public comments made at the TAC meeting, the consultant believes
that some of the ANAC subcommittee recommendations are feasible, subject
to significantly more vetting, diligence, comments — and the discretion of the
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FAA. The consultant emphasized that it would not be practical to advocate for
changes that the FAA will not implement based on safety and/or strong policy
reasons, such as shifting noise to other communities or flight procedures that
affect minimum descent gradients or required separation between aircraft.
• Recent FAA flight procedure changes
Our community advocacy efforts are working. On May 24, the FAA adopted
and implemented one of the ANAC subcommittee recommendations, raising
a key altitude on the COMIX2 arrival procedure back to its pre-NextGen
9,000 foot level from 8,000. This change should keep southbound arriving
aircraft 1,000 feet higher over La Jolla, which should be alleviating some of
the noise. If you live along UC San Diego, La Jolla Shores , The Cove and/or
the Muirlands we would be grateful for your feedback regarding whether
you've noticed a positive change.
• Culver City litigation challenge to FAA over Next
Gen
The FAA's opposition brief was filed on May 15, addressing Petitioner's
opening brief. The Department of Justice represents the FAA in the litigation
and made strong arguments attacking the Petitioner's standing to litigate and
their substantive arguments. The FAA's main arguments include that 1)
neither Congress or the courts have ever imposed noise reduction
requirements on the FAA's design of new air traffic procedures; 2) the FAA
thoroughly considered noise impacts during the environmental review
process; 3) the FAA complied with the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA); 4) the FAA disclosed all proposed flight path changes to the public in
meetings and publications; 5) and even if the court agrees with Culver City,
the remedy is not to require a new Environmental Impact Study or a return to
pre-NextGen flight paths and procedures.
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The FAA addressed the contention it used an incorrect noise model by noting
that the noise monitoring tool used by the FAA to support its FONSI (Finding
of No Significant Impact) was correct when the study was commenced and
that subsequent testing with the new tool confirmed the original results. The
FAA also emphasizes that the court must defer to the FAA's fact-finding and
conclusions where there is "substantial evidence" to support those findings,
unless they are "arbitrary and capricious."
The FAA's brief does concede that it "endeavored not to move aircraft out of
the historical flight tracks so that new neighborhoods would not experience
increases in noise that meet well-established significance thresholds." While
that refers to the 65 CNEL areas, the statement is marginally helpful to La
Jolla, which has experienced new noise impacts resulting from planes flying
closer to the coast on departures and lower over La Jolla Shores, The Cove
and the Muirlands on arrival. The Petitioner's reply brief will be filed on June
29 and the parties will file simultaneous summation briefs on July 20. Oral
arguments will likely be held in late 2018 or early 2019.
• What you can do
Please attend the June 14 La Jolla Town Council meeting and subsequent
meetings where we will present the SDCRAA's consultant's report and seek
community feedback. We need your views and input.
It is also important that your voice be heard and data collected regarding
Next Gen's impact in La Jolla. This can be done via the Airport Authority's
noise complaint form (flighttracker.casper.aero/san/complaint/) or much
more quickly and easily using the "Air Noise Complaint Button," which can be
acquired at airnoise.io
Please also visit the Quiet Skies La Jolla website at quietskieslajolla.org to
6/14/18, 10)38 AMFeds won't investigate profane Longmont airport noise complaints laced with calls for harm to pilots - Longmont Times-Call
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Feds won't investigate profane
Longmont airport noise
complaints laced with calls for
harm to pilots
Federal Aviation Administration was urged to take
action by California man concerned with pilot safety
The Federal Aviation Administration this month declined to intervene with
the Niwot man who was the source of more than 1,000 Vance Brand Airport
noise complaints, some of which contained vulgar language and calls for
harm to pilots.
After a California-based airport noise mitigation consultant urged the FAA's
Denver office to consider the situation a threat to pilot safety, the agency said
it had no reason to investigate John Palmer's profane gripes.
"We have found insufficient evidence that aviation safety has been
compromised by Mr. Palmer's complaints, and we consider this matter
closed," FAA Denver Flight Standards District Office safety official Luke
Collison said in a letter dated May 1 that was shared with the Times-Call by
Jon Rodgers, the California consultant.
Longmont spokesman Rigo Leal said Palmer has continued filing complaints
this year regarding overhead noise caused by Mile-Hi Skydiving flights out of
the airport after making 1,042 in 2017.
Since the start of this year, he has submitted 79 complaints — 20 of which
were not officially logged by the city due to them containing obscene and
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offensive language or wishes for harm to others, according to Leal. Last year,
217 of his quibbles were censored for the same reasons.
Rodgers requested the FAA take action against Palmer after reading a Times-
Call story detailing the contents of the objections.
"There is every reason to believe these complaints pose a hazard to aviation
safety and are not protected free speech within the meaning of the First
Amendment. Therefore, in the interests of aviation safety, please investigate
this matter and feel free to use my name," Rodgers wrote to the FAA last
month.
Vance Brand Airport Manager David Slayter said in March he had discussed
with the Longmont city attorney's office whether he could make his own
complaints about the treatment to which he was subjected by fielding
Palmer's messages, but was told Palmer was within his First Amendment
rights.
Rodgers believes Palmer's right to free speech should be limited from making
threats or calling for harm to pilots because the public disclosure of such
statements could alter the manner or route aviators would normally use to
operate aircraft.
"All I really wanted (the FAA) to do was show up at the guy's door. They're
claiming they don't have any jurisdiction over there, which is absolute
(expletive). They're responsible to ensure safety. The pilot is required to fly in
compliance with FAA regulations. You've got this guy over there trying to
influence what (the pilot) does," Rodgers said in a phone interview.
He referred to a mental phenomenon that he called "being stuck in the
middle" as a pilot, which he said occurs when an aviator changes his or her
standard route or control of an aircraft to avoid disturbing residents who
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quibble about noise.
Collison did not provide additional comment Thursday.
Palmer did not respond to messages sent to his Facebook profile requesting
an interview.
"The hazard is psychological. If there's an accident, they're not going to fault
the guy who complained, they're going to fault the pilot. I don't know that
Longmont as the airport proprietor really went after this guy and told him to
knock it off. In my opinion, he was way out of bounds," Rodgers said. "He
could be really impending — I've never seen anyone this extreme."
Slayter has made multiple invitations to Palmer to have a discussion to no
avail.
Rodgers, who said he has been involved in airport noise mitigation since
1987, criticized Longmont's decision to bring in aviation law attorney John
Putnam to hear the concerns and questions of residents who were upset with
airport noise caused by Mile-Hi Skydiving.
Rodgers had asked the city to hire him to work with residents about the
complaints in a June 2015 letter criticizing Putnam's work.
Citizens for Quiet Skies leader Kim Gibbs — who brought an unsuccessful
lawsuit against Mile-Hi that was eventually tossed out by the Colorado
Supreme Court — says Palmer's complaints are not the only criticisms related
to resident opposition to airport noise.
She points to testimony in the 2015 civil trial of her losing a lawsuit in which
a Mile-Hi pilot admitted the business's owner openly altered his flight route
so more noise from the plane would be audible at the Gibbs' residence.
6/14/18, 10)37 AMMen who live near airports are at greater risk of developing hypertension
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Men Who Live Near Airports Are
At Greater Risk Of Developing
Hypertension
The noise of aircraft would promote the risk of high blood pressure among
men living near an airport, but not among women, according to a new study
published Tuesday in France.
The results of the study confirm those of previous studies highlighting the
association between aircraft noise and risk of high blood pressure in men,
especially at night, write the authors in the latest Weekly Epidemiological
Bulletin (BEH ) published by the health agency.
Hypertension “being an established risk factor for cardiovascular disease, this
association supports the hypothesis that aircraft noise is also a risk factor for
cardiovascular disease,” add the authors, Marie Lefèvre (Claude-Bernard
University of Lyon / Umrestte / Ifsttar) and her colleagues.
Blood pressure was measured in 1,244 residents who live near the Paris-
Roissy, Lyon-Saint-Exupéry and Toulouse-Blagnac airports.
Information on potential risk factors for hypertension was collected, either
through face-to-face questions by an investigator or through objective
measurements by this investigator.
“A significant increase in the risk of hypertension is observed in men (…) but
not in women”, when the noise of aircraft increases by 10 decibels during the
night.
The decibel A or db A is a unit of measurement that takes into account the so-
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called A-weighting of the relative loudness perceived by the human ear.
This increased risk of hypertension in men may be a consequence of sleep
disturbances, which disrupt cardiovascular function.
“Observational and experimental studies have shown that nighttime noise
exposure alters the structure of sleep and causes an increase in blood
pressure, heart rate, stress hormone levels, and oxidative stress, all of which
could promote hypertension, according to the researchers.
6/14/18, 10)36 AMChad Leqve Named Vice President - Management and Operations at the Metropolitan Airports Commission
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Chad Leqve Named Vice
President - Management and
Operations at the Metropolitan
Airports Commission
Source: Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) Jun 6, 2018
As vice president, Leqve will oversee a division that includes the Field Maintenance and Airside Operations, Landside
Operations, Facilities, and Terminal 2 Operations departments at MSP.
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Chad Leqve, a 22-year veteran of the Metropolitan Airports Commission
(MAC), has been named its new vice president – management and
operations.
In that role, Leqve will oversee day-to-day operation of all seven MAC
Airports: Minneapolis-St. Paul International (MSP), Airlake, Anoka County-
Blaine, Crystal, Flying Cloud, Lake Elmo, and St. Paul Downtown.
Previously, Leqve was director of the MAC Environment Department, helping
the MAC earn a reputation as an industry leader in aircraft noise mitigation,
developing innovative approaches to noise measurement, data collection and
communication, and fostering collaboration among airlines, community
representatives and Federal Aviation Administration officials. Under Leqve’s
leadership, the department also created a tool to measure local impacts of
new aircraft arrival procedures, achieved Level 2 Airport Carbon
Accreditation from Airports Council International, and strengthened water
and air quality protections.
“Chad is uniquely qualified to lead the MAC’s Management and Operations
Division,” said MAC Chief Operating Officer Roy Fuhrmann. “Over the course
of the past two decades, Chad has focused on airfield runway use, capacity
and safety; environmental leadership; stakeholder engagement; and bringing
airlines, the Federal Aviation Administration and community leaders
together to address concerns collaboratively. A licensed pilot, Chad knows
airport operations from both a professional and user standpoint. And his
commitment to innovative problem solving will provide a competitive edge in
keeping our airport system among the nation’s best.”
As vice president, Leqve will oversee a division that includes the Field
Maintenance and Airside Operations, Landside Operations, Facilities, and
Terminal 2 Operations departments at MSP. The division also includes the
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Reliever Airports Department.
“The leaders and employees in the MAC’s Management and Operations
Division are a true testament to what makes this organization an industry
leader,” Leqve said. “I am honored and excited to partner with them and our
airline and federal partners in continuing the MAC’s tradition of excellence at
MSP and the reliever airport system.”
A graduate of St. Cloud University with a bachelor’s in aviation management,
Leqve has been involved in a variety of industry leadership roles and activities
through Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA), the
Transportation Research Board, Radio Technical Commission for
Aeronautics, NextGen Joint Planning and Development Office, University of
California Davis Annual Noise and Emission Symposium Coordinating
Committee, FAA Local Area Augmentation System Government and Industry
Partnership Benefits Advocacy Action Planning Group, and American
Association of Airport Executives (AAAE).
He has also received a number of prestigious awards, including: the AAAE
and ACI-NA Randy Jones Award for Excellence in Airport Noise Mitigation,
Abatement and Management; the Environmental Achievement Award –
Innovative and Special Projects from Airports Council International-North
America; Airport Business’ Top 40 Under 40 Award; and the Outstanding
Achievement Award for Community and Public Outreach from the Federal
Aviation Administration.
Leqve resides in Lakeville with his wife, two sons and daughter.
6/14/18, 10)40 AMNew art coming to MSP Airport; public invited to help shape it - StarTribune.com
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New art coming to MSP Airport;
public invited to help shape it
The airport wants the public's input on the 2019 art
project.
By Kerri Westenberg Star Tribune June 7, 2018 — 2:05pm
New artwork is coming to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, likely
to be installed in late 2019, and you’re invited to help shape it.
Jen Lewin, known for whimsical interactive sculptures, will create a piece to
span Terminal 1’s arrivals and departures levels (an opening in the floor will
accommodate the multilevel artwork). Light and sound, activated by sensors
when people approach, animate many of her pieces — and make the public
unwitting participants.
Now the artist is also asking the public to knowingly participate in her
upcoming work’s very creation.
Lewis and the Metropolitan Airports Commission will hold a trio of events in
which Minnesotans can share their ideas:
Thursday, June 7, 6 to 8 p.m., Weisman Art Museum, William Shepherd
Room, 333 E. River Road, Minneapolis
Friday, June 8, 6 to 8 p.m., also at the Weisman Art Museum
Saturday, June 9, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., University of Minnesota, Northrop
Best Buy Theater, 84 Church Street SE, Minneapolis
All the events are free and open to the public.
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People are also invited to fill out an online survey that will help guide and
inspire the artist. Find the survey at tinyurl.com/y8ex2vpj.
Anyone who has visited the Be the Match building near Target Field has seen
Lewin’s work. She is the mastermind behind the Sidewalk Harp, a wavy
protrusion along an exterior wall that lights up and plays musical notes with
the brush of a hand.
MAC expects the artwork to be designed by the end of this year and installed
in late 2019.
Lewis was selected by a committee, including Jay Coogan of the Minneapolis
College of Art and Design, Mohammed Lawal of Minneapolis-based LSE
Architects and Lyndel King of the Weisman Art Museum, who recently
announced her retirement.
Nearly 23 million travelers pass through MSP each year and will experience
this piece of art, according to Tom Anderson, chair of the Arts@MSP Steering
Committee.