05/08/2001 - Airport Relations Commission MINUTES OF THE EAGAN
AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING
MAY 8, 2001
A regular meeting of the Eagan Airport Relations Commission was held on Tuesday, May 8,
2001, at 7:00 p.m. Those present were Eric Drenckhahn, Ted Gladhill, Steve Soderling, Lance
Staricha, Charles Thorkildson, and Bruno DiNella. Absent were John Clark, Joe Kinard, Mike
Schlax and Michael Weller. Also present were Jamie Verbrugge, Assistant City Administrator and
Mary Swenson, Recording Secretary.
AGENDA
Upon motion by Gladhill, seconded by Soderling, the agenda was approved as presented. All
members voted in favor.
MINUTES
Soderling made a motion to approve the minutes of the April 10, 2001 Regular Commission
Meeting; Thorkildson seconded the motion. All members voted in favor.
Gladhill made a motion to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting held on March 22,
2001; Staricha seconded the motion. All members voted in favor.
Gladhill made a motion to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting held on April 30,
2001; Thorkildson seconded the motion. All members voted in favor.
VISITORS TO BE HEARD
There were no visitors to be heard.
RMT SITE SELECTION
Verbrugge gave an overview of the ANOMS remote towers. Verbrugge and Commission
members discussed the importance of site selection of the new RMT's because Runway 17/35 is
under construction at this time and proposed to be operational December 2003. It was stated that 4
new RMT's would be installed by spring of 2002, which would give the City of Eagan 12 to 15
months of monitoring data and a good baseline prior to the opening of the new runway. Verbrugge
displayed a map of Runway 17/35 showing the projected 5 flight tracks and the areas these flight
paths would impact.
Verbrugge stated that Eagan now has 4 RMT's and the sites are 1.) McKee and First Street,
2.) Jurdy Road, 3.) Chapel and Wren Lanes, and 4.) Avalon and Vilas. Verbrugge displayed photos
of the proposed locations of the 4 new RMT's to be installed in Eagan. There was discussion
regarding the location of RMT's in the neighboring communities in relationship to Eagan.
Airport Relations Commission Minutes
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Drenckhahn made a motion to ask the City Council to approve the recommendation of the
Airport Relations Commission regarding site selection of the ANOMS Remote Monitoring Towers.
Soderling seconded the motion. All members voted in favor.
There was further discussion regarding the monitoring towers. It was agreed upon by the
Commission members, to stay informed on the progress of the RMT installations and also
verification of the data received. Commission members also discussed notification letters that would
be sent to property owners and surrounding residential owners of the proposed RMT site locations.
2001 WORK PLAN
Verbrugge presented minutes and a draft timeline of the ARC 2001 Goals from the April 30
workshop. He stated the top four goals designated by the Commission at the April 30th workshop
are as follows: 1.) Educate and inform the public, 2.) Develop relationship with City Council, 3.)
Noise attorney, and 4.) Explore other resources.
There was a motion by Drenckhahn to approve the draft schedule of the 2001 Airport
Relations Commission Goals. Gladhill seconded the motion. All members voted in favor.
There was discussion relative to the scheduling of additional ARC workshops. The
consensus among Commission members was to schedule special work sessions only if additional
time was needed for completion of an airport issue according to the proposed timeline.
STAFF REPORT
Verbrugge gave a brief overview of the Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 2001. He stated
this report is put together by the FAA and the Department of Transportation and gives a good
understanding on how airports operate as a nationwide system. Verbrugge gave out
www.macaysat.org as a web site for information on the Aviation Noise and Satellite Programs,
ANOMS and maps.
Verbrugge stated he received a letter from Commissioner John Clark offering to resign from
the ARC Commission because of personal commitments. He stated he would contact Clark to find
out if it is in fact his intention to resign from the Commission and will report back to the ARC at the
June meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
Upon motion by Soderling, seconded by Drenckhahn the Commission members adjourned
the meeting at 8:00 p.m.
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