04/08/2003 - Airport Relations CommissionAGENDA
REGULAR MEETING
EAGAN AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION
EAGAN, MINNESOTA
EAGAN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2003
7:00 PM
I. ROLL CALL AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
III. VISITORS TO BE HEARD
IV. OLD BUSINESS
A. Communications Plan
B. Recommendation for a Representative to the Noise Oversight Committee
V. NEW BUSINESS
A. Review 2003 ARC Goals for Recommendation to the City Council
B. Realtor's Forum —May 21, 2003
VI. STAFF /COMMISSION REPORT
A. MAC Meeting Recap —March 7, 2003
B. MAC Commissioner Appointment Process
C. MAC's Response to the ARC's Corridor Inquiry
D. Correspondence to MAC re: ARC's request for Televised MAC
Meetings
E. MSP Joint Airport Zoning Board Meeting Recap —March 6, 2003 and
March 27, 2003
VII. COMMISSION DISCUSSION (Per the request of the Coimnission at the
March 3 Goals setting workshop, this agenda item has been added so that
commissioners have the opportunity to ask questions or make requests for
future agenda items.)
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
MEMO
city of eagan
TO: CHAIR STARICHA AND THE EAGAN AIRPORT RELATIONS
COMMISSION
FROM: DIANNE LORD, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR
DATE: APRIL 3, 2003
SUBJECT: AIRPORT RELATIONS COMMISSION MEETING OF APRIL S, 2003
A regular meeting of the Eagan Airport Relations Commission will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2003
at 7:00 p.m. in the Eagan City Council Chambers. Please contact Maly Swenson at 651- 681 -4605, if
you are unable to attend this meeting.
I. ROLL CALL AND ADOPTION OF AGENDA
The agenda, as presented or modified, is in order for adoption by the Commission.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of February 11, 2003 are attached on pages through . These minutes, as
presented or modified, are in order for adoption by the Commission.
IV. VISITORS TO BE HEARD
The Eagan City Council and its Commissions set aside up to ten minutes at the beginning of public
meetings to permit visitors to address items of interest to the meeting that are not on the regular
agenda. Items that will take more than ten minutes or that require specific action can be scheduled
for future agenda.
IV. OLD BUSINESS
A. Communications Plan
The ARC has spent considerable time forniulating an ARC communications plan over the past few
years. At the March 3 ARC goals setting meeting, the committee listed the communications plan as
the number one priority for 2003. ARC Chair, Lance Staricha, has prepared a one -page
Communications Plan guide, enclosed on page , for the connnittee's comment and review. Chair
Staricha will lead a discussion on April 8 as to how the Committee would like to proceed on the
Communications Plan.
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B. Recommendation for a Representative to the Noise Oversight Committee
Per the direction of the ARC at their March 3 goals setting retreat, and per the request of the
MAC, the commission is asked to recommend a representative to serve on the MSP Noise
Oversight Committee (NOC).
The NOC was formulated by the MSP Aviation Noise Blue Ribbon Panel, which met between
December 2001 and June 2002. Panel members included: Barret Lane - Minneapolis City
Council Member, Jamie Verbrugge - Assistant City Administrator for the City of Eagan, Jill
Smith - fonmer Mendota Heights City Council Member, Bob Johnson - representing the
Mimlesota Business Aircraft Association, John DeCoster - Northwest Airlines, and Pete
Levermore - United Parcel Service.
The panel concluded its deliberations in June 2002 and submitted a final recommendation to the
MAC Planning and Enviromnent Committee at its August 2002 meeting, at which the
Commission established the new MSP Noise Oversight Committee (NOC). It is anticipated that
the first meeting of the MSP NOC will occur sometime this month (April 2003), once all
members have been appointed.
MAC is recommiending that an elected official serve as Eagan's representative on the NOC, as that is
the current practice in the other municipalities being represented. The Commission is asked to
discuss and make a recommendation to the City Council as to whom should serve as Eagan's
representative on the NOC.
V. NEW BUSINESS
A. Review 2003 ARC Goals for Recommendation to the City Council
Enclosed on pages _ through _ are the issues and priorities established at the March 3 ARC goal
setting meeting. The Commission is asked to discuss and formalize the goals for 2003. The goals
will then be forwarded to the City Council for the consideration. It is the practice of the City Council
to review Commissions' goals and then formally accept the goals at a regularly scheduled City
Council meeting.
B. Realtor's Forum —May 21, 2003
On May 21, 2003, the City will be hosting their annual Realtor's Forum. Included in the forum is an
opportunity for staff and /or Commissioners to speak to the realtors about the North -South Runway
scheduled to open in late 2005. The Commission is asked to discuss key items and issues that they
would like to have included in the presentation to the realtors, as well as discuss who they would like
to have address the realtors.
VI. STAFF / COMMISSIONERS REPORT
A. MAC Meeting Recap —March 7, 2003
Staff will provide a brief update on the most recent MAC meeting of the full commission.
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B. MAC Commissioner Appointment Process
Per the request of the Commission, staff will provide a brief presentation as to how MAC
Connnissioners are appointed. For the Commission's information, attached on page _ is e -mail
correspondence from Pat Hogan, Public Relations Director at the MAC, regarding Governor
Pawlenty's recent MAC appointments.
C. MAC's Response to the ARC's Corridor Inquiry
Per the inquiry of the Connnission, enclosed on page _ is correspondence from Chad Leqve, MAC
Manager of Aviation Noise & Satellite Programs, regarding the MSP Airport's compliance with the
Eagan/Mendota Heights corridor.
D. Correspondence to MAC re: ARC'S request for Televised MAC
Meetings
Enclosed on page _ is correspondence from Mayor Geagan to the MAC asking that MAC videotape
their meetings in order that Eagan and other communities could broadcast the MAC meetings via
local cable access stations.
E. MSP Joint Airport Zoning Board Meeting Recap —March 6, 2003 and
March 27, 2003
Commissioner Mike Schlax and Planner Dudziak will provide a brief update on the two most recent
MSP Joint Airport Zoning Board meetings. Enclosed on pages through is a draft copy of the
(fill in title of attachment from Pain.).
VII. COMMISSION DISCUSSION
Per the request of the Commission at the March 3 Goals setting workshop, this agenda item has
been added so that conmlissioners have the opportunity to ask questions or make requests for
future agenda items.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
Commission meetings will go no later than 8:30 p.m. unless agreed upon by the Conunission.
Assistant to the City Administrator
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