10/10/1985 - Airport Relations Commission MINUTES OF THE EAGAN AIRPORT NOISE COMMITTEE
EAGAN, MINNESOTA
OCTOBER 10, 1985
A regular meeting of the Eagan Airport Noise Committee was held at the
Eagan Municipal Center at 4:30 p.m. at which the following were present:
Chairman Tom Baker, John Gustin, Joe Harrison, Carolyn Braun; Mayor Bea
Blomquist, and City Councilman Tom Egan; and guest - Otto Leightner. Also
present were City Administrative Intern John Hohenstein, City Administrator
Tom Hedges and City Attorney Paul Hauge.
MINUTES
Gustin moved, Harrison seconded the motion to approve the minutes of the
previous meeting of September 19, 1985. All voted yes.
CAROLYN BRAUN
City Council has approved the appointment of Carolyn Braun as a member of
the Eagan Airport Noise Committee and it was noted that the ADHOC Committee
has unspecified lengths of terms.
MAC PART 150 STUDY
A letter from the City Administrator to Walter Rockenstein, the Chairman
of the MASAC dated September 20, 1985 responding to the request for
recommendation for the Part 150 Study was reviewed. Three recommendations
were made and it was understood that no specific action had been taken.
STAGE III INCENTIVES - METRO TAX
The recommendation of Jan DelCalzo for a metropolitan area tax to provide
air carriers with incentives to purchase Stage III aircraft in the amount of
$100,000,000.00 was discussed. The issue stirred significant metro -wide
debate and no action is expected to be taken on the recommendation. There had
been opposition to the proposal to add monetary supplements to airlines.
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NORTH EAGAN SUBDIVISIONS
The concept providing targeted relief to the residential subdivisions in
northern Eagan was proposed at the Airport Noise Committee meeting on June 27,
1985. In particular, the McKee Addition is an additional recipient of a
substantial amount of airport noise and a suggestion was made by one resident
that the City Council should encourage the conversion of residential
properties in the area to residential use. One alternate would be to provide
tax increment financing. It was noted that the City Council may not be
favorable toward that approach and Joe Harrison suggested a broker be engaged
by the property owners or by the City to consider the sale of all the
residential parcels for industrial use on a private basis.
After discussion, Harrison moved, Gustin seconded the motion to recommend
to the City Council that the staff be directed to review alternates for the
sale of residential parcels and conversion to higher density uses, such as
industrial, and to submit the findings to the City Council and the Airport
Noise Committee. It was noted that the proposal would allow a clear corridor
for traffic from the parallel runways but there was concern that carriers
would not comply with the 105 degree corridor pattern. It was suggested,
however, that pressure be continued to be placed on all applicable agencies to
follow the corridor and to explore the alternates, including tax increment
financing, private brokerage acquisition and to further determine which owners
would be interested in selling property for ultimate conversion to industrial
use. All voted yes.
REQUEST FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Gustin moved, Harrison seconded the motion to direct the staff to review
all correspondence relating to requests of the Committee for legislative and
agency action and submit the information to the City Council for further
action. All voted yea.
JOINT METRO AREA NOISE COMMISSION
The members of the Committee discussed the issue of a joint Metro Area
Noise Committee and recommended that the City Council strongly encourage such
an organization to be formulated along the lines proposed by Mayor Blomquist
at the October 4, 1985 Noise Committee meeting.
MAC INITIATIVES TO REDUCE OPERATIONS
The Metropolitan Airports Commission went on record at its September
meeting supporting the introduction of regulatory curbs on operations and the
Committee discussed recent news articles concerning MAC initiatives to
reinstitute a form of regulation to reduce the volume of airport traffic.
Members expressed concern that a reduction of flights does not address the
issue of keeping all flights within approved corridors. No official action
was taken.
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180 DEGREE HEADING STATUS
Chairman Baker and Administrative Assistant Hohenstein reported on the
status of the 180 degree heading procedure recommendation. Chairman Baker
indicated that the recommendation had been forwarded by MAC to the FAA and
that the FAA will begin review in the near future. Mr. Hohenstein reported
that Burnsville Mayor Morrison's proposal for a 180 degree heading diverting
traffic along the Minnesota River Valley was reported unfavorably from MASAC's
operations committee and would not be proposed as part of the procedure.
RUN -UP SUPPRESSOR
Administrative Assistant Hohenstein reported that the MAC has authorized a
report be prepared to indicate the lack of need for run -up suppressor. There
was brief discussion concerning the issue, and the Committee members were
concerned about bringing the issue to public notice.
CONTINUATION
Harrison moved, Gustin seconded the motion, all members voted yes, to
continue the Agenda items on Noise Monitoring Equipment until the next regular
meeting. All voted yes.
ADJOURNMENT
Upon motion duly made and seconded, the motion was adjourned at 6:05 p.m.
All voted in favor.
PHH
Secretary
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