Res 2012- 10 Support for MSP 2020 Improve EA/EAWCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
• RESOLUTION 2012 -10
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE NOISE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE'S
RECOMMENDATION REGARDING POTENTIAL CHANGES RELATED TO THE DRAFT
MSP 2020 IMPROVEMENTS EA/EAW
WHEREAS, The Noise Oversight Committee (NOC) is a group of stakeholders impacted by the
effects of airplane noise generated by air traffic at Minneapolis /St. Paul International Airport; and,
WHEREAS, at their January le meeting, the NOC received a report regarding proposed
improvements to the airport and the environmental impacts of such improvements, including changes to
existing airplane noise contours; and,
WHEREAS, the NOC approved a motion recommending that "the MAC Planning,
Development and Environment Committee recommend to the MAC Full Commission that noise
mitigation in the Draft MSP 2020 Improvements EA/EAW be provided in a manner consistent with the
provisions of the Consent Decree, offering the same mitigation, per noise impact level, with eligibility
defined by the 2020 Alternative 2- Airlines Relocate DNL noise contours, beginning when the threshold
of 484,897 total operations is reached or in the year 2020, whichever comes first." and;
WHEREAS, the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission (ARC), when learning of this
• action, recommended that the Mendota Heights City Council approve a resolution supporting the NOC's
actions;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Mendota Heights supports
the recent actions taken by the Noise Oversight Committee in asking the Metropolitan Airports
Commission to provide noise mitigation packages to homes impacted as projected in the Draft MSP
2020 Improvements EA/EAW.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights the eighth day of February 2012.
EST;
Sandie Thone, City Jerk
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