03/12/2002 - Airport Relations Commission MINUTES OF THE EAGAN
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING
MARCH 12, 2002
A regular meeting of the Eagan Airport Relations Commission was held on Tuesday, March
12, 2002, at 7:00 p.m. Those present were Bruno DiNella, Joe Kinard, Mike Schlax, Lance Staricha,
Jerry Thompson and Michael Cook, Alternate. Absent were Eric Drenckhahn, Eric Pehle, Charles
Thorkildson and Michael Weller. Also present were Jamie Verbrugge, Assistant City Administrator
and Mary Swenson, Recording Secretary.
AGENDA
Upon motion by Schlax, seconded by Thompson, the agenda was approved as presented. All
members voted in favor.
MINUTES
Schlax made a motion to approve the minutes of the February 12, 2002 meeting; Thompson
seconded the motion. All members voted in favor.
VISITORS TO BE HEARD
There were no visitors to be heard.
MASAC BLUE RIBBON PANEL
Verbrugge gave background on MASAC and its disbanding along with an overview on the
MASAC Blue Ribbon Panel that was formed. He further discussed the development of a draft report
and framework of the MSP Airport Noise Oversight Committee (MANOC).
Verbrugge discussed several items of the draft recommended framework for the new
MANOC organization.
1.) Size of membership being reduced to ten members (5 community and 5 user members).
Community representation will be those communities within or touched by the 65 DNL contour
which would be Eagan, Minneapolis, Bloomington, Richfield and Mendota Heights.
2.) MAC does not hold a seat, but will act as a technical advisor to the Committee. A report will
be provided to MAC on an annual basis.
3.) The Committee will be co- chaired. It will alternate every other meeting between
user /community representation.
4.) Proxy vote.
There was discussion among Commission members regarding members of MASAC that will
no longer be members of the newly appointed organization MANOC because of location and the 65
DNL contour. The Commission members discussed the purpose of MASAC and what the purpose of
MANOC will be and the differences. There was further discussion as to the mix of user and
community representation and voting from either side. It was stated that MAC staff will sponsor
evening and quarterly informational and comment meetings for the general public.
Airport Relations Commission Minutes
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The Commission members discussed the pros and cons as to how beneficial the newly
formed Committee will be to our community. The majority of Commission members were in
agreement for the organization to move forward.
AIRPORT LEGISLATION
Verbrugge gave a brief overview of airport legislation that was provided to him by
Commissioner Schlax regarding Representative Wilkin's H.F. 2568 bill. He stated the bill would
make MAC a state agency and require legislative approval of the Metropolitan Airports
Commission's budget. Commissioner Kinard stated his support in a change of legislation to line 3.15
Sec. 3 per his memo to the Commission and, further, stating the need to employ a qualified
independent third -party. There was further discussion of an e-mail Verbrugge received from
Thorkildson, who could not be present, regarding his comments and concerns towards Northwest
Airlines and MAC relative to airport legislation.
Schlax made a motion to direct a letter to the City Council in support of Representative
Wilkin's H.F. 2568 in its entirety, plus one of the "at- large" positions to be assigned to the City of
Eagan. Kinard seconded. Aye: 5 Nay: 1
ARC WORKSHOP
It was decided among Commission members to hold a Goals Workshop for Thursday, March
21, at 6:30 p.m. in the Municipal Center lunchroom.
ADJOURNMENT
Upon motion by Schlax, seconded by Kinard, the Commission members adjourned the
meeting at 8:30 p.m.
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