03-20-2024 ARC MinutesCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION
March 20, 2024 6:00 p.m.
City Hall 1101 Victoria Curve
A regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Airport Relations Commission was held on Wednesday, March 20,
2024 at Mendota Heights City Hall, 1101 Victoria Curve.
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Norling called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Commissioners present: Norling, Sharma, Sloan, Neuharth, Bobbitt. Commissioners absent: Dunn, Hamiel.
Staff present: City Administrator Jacobson and Administrative Coordinator Robertson.
2. ELECTION OF OFFICERS-CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
Commissioner Bobbitt nominated Gina Norling and Arvind Sharma as Chair and Vice Chair respectively. No
other nominations were made.
Motion to approve by Bobbitt, Second by Sloan. Motion Carried 5-0.
3. CONSENT AGENDA
a. Approve Minutes from the January 24, 2024 Meeting
b. Acknowledge Airport Operational Statistics Reports
1. Complaint Information
2. Runway Use Information
3. Noise Monitor Information
Chair Norling approved the consent agenda.
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS
NA
5. BUSINESS
a. ARC 2024 Workplan
City Administrator Jacobson commented that the workplan is valid for two years.
Chair Norling suggested moving the third action item, “Mitigating City’s Air Noise Exposure” to the top of the
workplan list.
Commissioner Bobbitt also suggested making a high priority to inform residents.
Commissioner Sharma noted this workplan still feels relevant and not time-bound, with ongoing action plan
items that are still valid. He asked if there was a report needed for City Council.
City Administrator Jacobson stated the report to Council can wait until the end of the two years workplan
period, and by the end of 2024 there may also me more information to report regarding RNAV procedures.
Commissioner Sloan suggested the end of the year report has historically worked well.
Commissioner Neuharth agreed that having more RNAV information would be good to include in the end of
the year report to Council.
City Administrator Jacobson noted the Council has been kept informed of RNAV proceedings and would
have the opportunity for a report in November or December.
Commissioner Bobbitt recommended leaving the workplan as is and noted that eight action items is a lot.
City Administrator Jacobson noted there will be a joint meeting with Eagan’s ARC in November; host site to
be determined. She also suggested hosting a MAC/NOC listening session open to residents this fall or
winter.
Commissioner Sharma suggested adding an “accomplishments” section to the workplan.
6. INFORMATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
City Administrator Jacobson reported that 12L will be closed from June to September for construction. She
stated this construction news will be shared on the City’s website and Friday News avenues. City
Administrator Jacobson also noted that 12R plans to be closed in two phases over the summer of 2025.
There are no other RNAV updates and no response yet from the FAA regarding the commission’s requests.
7. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMISSIONER COMMENTS
Chair Norling asked if commissioners had a chance to attend the open meeting law training.
Commissioner Bobbitt gave good feedback on the training and added he’d like to see something similar
done for budget work.
Commissioner Sharma asked if there was any news from the NOC meeting that was held today.
City Administrator Jacobson shared that the noise contour would be expanding a bit and there were
construction updates as discussed earlier.
8. ADJOURN
Motion by Neuharth and second by Sharma to adjourn the meeting.
Motion carried 5-0.
Chair Norling adjourned the meeting at 6:31pm.