02/12/1985 - Airport Relations Commission MINUTES OF THE EAGAN NOISE COMMITTEE
EAGAN, MINNESOTA
FEBRUARY 12, 1985
The Eagan Noise Committee met at the City Hall on February 12, 1985 at
4:30 p.m. Those present were Chairman Tom Baker, Members Joe Harrison and
John Gustin. Also present were City Administrator Thomas Hedges,
Administrative Intern John Hohenstein, City Planner Dale Runkle, and City
Attorney Paul Hauge.
MEETING OPENING
Chairman Baker convened the meeting and Tom Hedges reviewed the proposed
agenda for the meeting. He indicated that there had been no response to the
November 28, 1984 letter to Lawrence McCabe, the Chairman of the Metropolitan
Airports Commission regarding the City Council's request for action in the
general area of air noise over the City. After discussion, Mr. Gustin moved,
Mr. Harrison seconded the motion to request that the Committee recommend to
the City Council that the Administrator forward a letter to Mr. McCabe
requesting that action be taken based upon the Administrator's November 28,
1984 letter. All members voted yes.
LEGISLATIVE REPORT
Paul Hauge, the City Attorney, reported on his contact with representative
Art Seiben, concerning proposed legislation before the 1985 Minnesota
Legislature. He indicated that no specific legislation had been drafted and
submitted at the present time, but that Mr. Seiben would be receptive to
reviewing such legislation if recommended by the Committee and the City
Council. Areas suggested for review included recommending that legislation be
adopted requiring that standards of flight noise be implemented by the
respective agencies. This would include the right to cite violations against
airlines, that the Cities would have the right to do so, or individuals who
have been damaged, be offered the opportunity to do so. Areas here included
excessive noise from overflights, violation of traffic patterns, including
preferential runway, the respect for nighttime hours and runups.
JOINT NOISE COMMITTEE
It had been recommended by the Eagan City Council that Mendota Heights and
Burnsville representatives be invited to assist the Eagan Noise Committee in
formulating a multi - community committee dealing with air noise in the northern
Dakota County area. It was therefore recommended that the three chairpersons
of each of the City's meet, together with staff people and prepare a list of
suggestions, primarily for submission to the 1985 legislature. It was
suggested that a meeting be held at 12:00 noon on February 26, 1985 and the
City Administrator be requested to organize the meeting.
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MASAC'S 2 -YEAR EXPERIMENT
There was considerable discussion relating to the effect of the two -year
experiment implemented by the FAA and MAC concerning diverting flights from
over the Eagan /Burnsville /Mendota Heights areas, and it was noted that MASAC
is now studying the experiment and at its next meeting, there will be further
findings regarding the project. The staff was requested to acquire as much
information concerning the background, the findings of MASAC regarding the
two -year experiment, the recommendation of MAC, whether an EIS is necessary to
continue the experiment, and whether hearings will be held regarding its
continuance.
GENERAL
It was suggested that Congressman Frenzel be contacted and invited to a
committee meeting to discuss any existing or potential Federal legislation and
assistance from the federal level that could be acquired for alleviating the
noise over Eagan. In addition, Representative Wes Skogland from Minneapolis,
should be contacted regarding air noise in the Minneapolis area, and any
legislation or other information that would be helpful to the Eagan committee.
AIRPORT RUN -UPS
Committee members discussed the infractions of the rules that were
supposedly implemented by MAC and MASAC regarding reducing run -up noise,
including berms and baffles. Serious violations had taken place according to
Committee members.
1985 LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS
After lengthy discussion, Gustin moved, Harrison seconded the motion that
the Committee recommend to the City Council that it study and draft and submit
legislation to the 1985 legislature regarding air noise, covering the
following topics:
1. Legislation to require that specific measures be taken to reduce the
impact from run -up noise, including berms and other noise reduction devices,
and further, that other steps be taken to reduce run -up noise, including use
of run -up pads 24 hours a day and that such legislation provide for fines and
penalties for violations.
2. Restructuring of MASAC into a Wold - Chamberlain Noise Authority (WCHNA)
to provide for representatives from the surrounding Cities, citizens from each
of the communities, agencies, including MAC, PCA, MnDOT, and Metro Council,
etc., but that no airline representatives be included, with enforcement either
by the Noise Authority or the Pollution Control Administration.
3. A two -year experiment or moratorium be implemented extending the two -
year diversionary flight experiment to determine whether any adverse
environment impact has been created during the past two years, and further
that the airlines be required to follow the 180 degree departure heading from
Runway 22 until a final decision as to whether the experiment should be
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4. Legislation that all aircraft be required to follow the prescribed
preferential runway pattern for departures and landings over Mendota Heights
and Eagan.
5. The Council should invite direct input from Representative Frenzel and
other Minnesota Congressmen and Senators to assist in implementing strict
adherence to noise guidelines within the general area.
All members voted in favor.
NOISE CORRIDORS
Mr. Gustin moved, and Mr. Harrison seconded the motion to recommend to the
City Council that all necessary steps be taken to require that aircraft
utilizing 11L and 11R arrivals and departures, stay within the noise corridors
pursuant to the agreed upon traffic pattern along the general I -494 corridor
for a distance of 5 miles from the end of the runway, and that no turns be
permitted beyond the 105 degree heading, with the understanding the MAC will
be responsible for enforcement of such restrictions. All members voted yes.
NEXT MEETING
The net meeting was scheduled for February 28, 1985 at 4:30 p.m. at the
City Hall.
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