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Home My WebLink About9.a. Airport Search Process Update3 CITY OF ROSEMOUNT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JULY 16, 1991 AGENDA ITEM: AIRPORT SEARCH PROCESS UPDATE AGENDA SECTION: ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT PREPARED BY: STEPHAN JILK, CITY ADMINISTRATOR AGENDA REM tiY! # 9A - ATTACHMENTS: OUTLINE OF MTG. OF 7-9-91, NOTICE APP yED Y:f� OF 7-19-91 MTG., SEARCH AREA SCHEDULE, MAC PUB This will be a verbal presentation regarding: v 1. The meeting with Mary Anderson, Chair of the Metropolitan Council, on Tuesday, July 9th. 2. The position taken regarding the airport site search process taken by Dakota County. 3. Review of the schedule for the completion of the search selection process. RECOMMENDED ACTION: NONE REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: F DAKOTA COUNTY COMMUNITIES AT METROPOLITAN COUNCIL WITH MARY ANDERSON, CHAIR METROLPOLITAN COUNCIL JULY 9, 1991 1:30 P.M. Opening Comments - Sheila Klassen Council Member, Rosemount Introduction of Community Representatives Purpose of the Meeting - Sheila Klassen Concerns of the Communities Comments by Mary Anderson, Chair, Metropolitan Council Wrap Up Adj ourn AIRPORT SEARCH AREA PROCESS METROPOLITAN COUNCIL - MARY ANDERSON, CHAIR JULY 9, 1991 AT 1:30 P.M. I. Opening Comments Process, Process, Process Perception v.s. Reality Criteria to Determine the Outcome Credibility of the Process Process is Flawed II. Process A. Community Involvement One way communication - comments not communicated Communities feel left out - not working Perception - Decision made long ago Technical & Financial assistance - when? Are we working together - good planning - poor results Too long. B. Criteria, Data, Decisions Criteria: Criteria on selection based only on what's good for the airport - not communities (socio economic) criteria chosen obviously determine outcome. Data is in error: How important? Environmental Land Use - Existing - Pine Bend - Control - U of M Decisions: will be made using provided data; If Data is in error? Communications on issues: Highway System U of M Confirmation of Data III. Future Community Decisions/Planning Planning - Technical Assistance - Financial Assistance Track A - complete first AIRPORT SEARCH AREA PROCESS I!:' . ? METROPOLITAN COUNCIL - MARY ANDERSON, CHAIR JULY 9, 1991 AT 1:30 P.M. I. Opening Comments Process, Process, Process Perception v.s. Reality Criteria to Determine the Outcome Credibility of the Process Process is Flawed II. Process A. Community Involvement One way communication - comments not communicated Communities feel left out - not working Perception - Decision made long ago Technical & Financial assistance - when? Are we working together - good planning - poor results Too long. B. Criteria, Data, Decisions Criteria: Criteria on selection based only on what's good for the airport - not communities (socio economic) criteria chosen obviously determine outcome. Data is in error: How important? Environmental Land Use - Existing - Pine Bend - Control - U of M Decisions: will be made using provided data; If Data is in error? Communications on issues: Highway SJstem U of M Confirmation of Data III. Future Community Decisions/Planning t Planning - Technical Assistance - Financial Assistance Track A - complete first METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Mears Park Centre, 230 East Fifth Stieet, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 612 291-6359 TDD 612 291-0904 DATE: July 9, 1991 TO: Government Contacts in Airport Search Area Communities and Adjacent Communities cc: Jo Nunn, Dick Beens, Task Force Co-chairs FROM: Donna Mattson, Community Services Department (612/291-6493) John Kari, Transportation Division (612/291-6548) SUBJECT: Sign Up for Public Comment Meeting On Friday, July 19, the New -Airport Search Area Advisory Task Force will hold a public meeting to hear comments on Selecting a Search Area for a New Major Airport, Part Two: Draft Data Analysis and Appendices from county and local officials and citizens from each search area. This meeting will be held in the Metropolitan Council Chambers, 230 E. Fifth St., in downtown St. Paul. To ensure that each search area receives equal time, we have established the following schedule for this meeting: Anoka-Isanti-Chisago Search Area Officials (Search Area and Adjacent Communities) 8:30-9:30 a.m. Citizens 9:30-9:45 a.m. Dakota Search Area Officials (Search Area and Adjacent Communities) 10-11 a.m. Citizens 11-11:15 a.m. Dakota -Scott Search Area Officials (Search Area and Adjacent Communities) 11:30-12:30 a.m. Citizens 12:30-12:45 p.m. Additional Comments Officials (Search Area and 1 P.M. Adjacent Communities) Citizens RECEIVEC 4L 10 1.991 CL&" K -S OFFICE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT If you or a representative from your unit of government plan to make comments at this meeting, please call either of us by Thursday, July 18, so that we may prepare a schedule of speakers. The task force will also take written comments on the report through July 29. Send comments to: Airport Search Process, Metropolitan Council, Mears Park Centre, 230 E. Fifth St., St. Paul, MN 55101. Airport Search Area News A newsletter from the Metropolitan Council on choosing a search July 1991 area for a possible new major airport for the Twin Cities Area. Number Two What's the 'dual -track' process It's a plan to ensure adequate airport facilities for the Twin Cities Area. One track focuses on a new airport option and the other focuses on improvements at the existing airport. A choice will be made when eco- nomic, operational, environmental and cost -benefit studies are completed by 1996. The Metropolitan Council is to iden- tify by the end of 1991 a large por- tion of land (a search area) within which a major airport could be located. • The Metropolitan Airports Commis- sion (MAC) is to de- termine by the end of 1991 a long- range plan to in- crease capacity at Minneapolis -St. Paul International Airport. The MAC also must identify by the end of 1995 a specific airport site within the search area. • In 1996 both the Council and the MAC must prepare recommendations on major airport long-term develop- ment for considera- tion by the legisla- ture. New Data Report Compares Features In Three Search Areas for Possible New Airport New data about the three search areas un- der consideration for a possible new airport has been published by the Metropolitan Council. The data is con- tained in a new report discussed at public meet- ings during the week of June 2428. It will be reviewed in a second round of meetings in the latter part of July (see schedule}. The lengthy report paints a picture of acces- sibility, environmental features, land use, safety considerations and other factors in the three search areas. The infor- mation is important in selecting one search area -then a site -for a possible new major air- port for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area and the state. One search area, the Anoka-Isanti-Chisago area, is located north of the Twin Cities, primar- ily in Isanti County. The other two, the Dakota and the Dakota -Scott search areas, are located south of Minneapolis and St. Paul in central and southern Dakota County. What follows is a summaryof some of the accessibility and environ- mental characteristics of each search area. Anoka-isanti-Chisago Search Area Access -The average travel time for residents of the seven- county area to get to an airport in the search area in the year 2010 would be 60- 62 minutes in the after- noon rush hour. This compares to an average of 35 minutes to get to Minneapolis -St. Paul International Airport (MSP) that same year. Want to send us comments? (over) If you can't attend one of the public meet- ings, you can send us written comments for task force consideration through July 29. Send them to the Council and use the following address: Airport Search Process Metropolitan Council Mears Park Centre 230 E. Fifth St. St. Paul, MN 55101 SEARCH AREA SCHEDULE July 17 Task force holds public me]hea with regional organizations, ness groups and citizens to comments on Part Two Draft Analysis and Appendices. 1 Metropolitan Council Chambe July 17 Task force meeting, a continuation of the earlier session that day. 7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Council Cham- bers. July 19 Task force holds public meeting to hear comments on Part Two Draft Data Analysis and Appendices from county and local officials and citi- zens from each search area. Anoka- Isanti-Chisago: officials -8:30-9:30 a.m., citizens -9:30-9:45 a.m. Dakota officials -10-11 a.m., citizens -11- 11:15 a.m. Dakota -Scott: officials - 11:30 -12:30 a.m., citizens 12:30-12:45 p.m. Citizens, others wishing to speak -1 p.m. Metropolitan Council Chambers. Aug. 16 Task force announces recommen- dation for a single search area and sets public meetings. 10 a.m., Coun- cil Chambers. Sept. 5, Task force holds public meetings on recommendation, report. Sept. 5: 7 p.m., in recommended search area. Sept. 6: 9 a.m., Council Chambers. Sept. 20 Task force adopts recommenda- tions, report, and submits them to Metropolitan Council. 10 a.m., Council Chambers. Oct. 30 Metropolitan Council holds public hearing on task force recommenda- tions, report, in Council Chambers, 9 a.m., and in recommended search area, 7 p.m. Dec, 19 Metropolitan Council selects one search area, adopts report. Time and place to be announced. Based on distance, this search area would be, on average, 29 to 32 miles farther than MSP. The current airport is, on average, a 16 -mile trip today. Some 15 to 22 percent of the re- gion's population lives within a 45 -minute rush- hour drive of the search area. About 9 to 14 percent of the region's workers could reach the area from their place of work within 45 minutes. Environment -Some 25 percent of the search area is in wetlands. The search area sits on top of an aquifer that is a significant source of drinking water for the metropolitan area. About 24 percent of the area is either for- ested or forested wet- lands. Agricultural lands make up about 62 per- cent. The crop equiva- lency rating, which as- sesses the economic return from the soil is, on average, 48. The rat- ing includes a 0 to 100 scale, with 100 being the best. Approximately one third of the area is cov- ered with peat soils. Peat would need to be re- moved for airport con- structicn because it is not stable enough to support development. Residential use oc- cupies about three per- cent of the land. Some 5,153 people live in the search area. There are 1,757 housing units, or about one housing unit per 35 acres. Dakota Search Area Access -The average travel time would be 43 to 65 minutes in the afternoon rush hour. The area would be, on aver- age, from 12 to 17 miles fartherthan MSP for the average user, or an aver- age total distance rang- ing from 28 to 33 miles. The search area could be reached by 40 to 61 percent of people from their homes within 45 minutes. It could be reached by 39 to 74 percent from their place of employment within the same 45 minutes. Environment -About three percent of the search area is in wet- lands, and four percent is forested. Some 89 percent of the land is in agricultural use, and the average crop equivalency rating for the search area is 66. One percent is of the area is residential. Some 4,442 people live there. There are 1,432 housing units, or one housing unit per 52 acres. Dakota -Scott Search Area Access -Average travel time would be from 50 to 57 minutes. Airport users would re- quire, on average, a 36 - to 38 -mile trip to get there. It could be reached by 33 to 35 percent of the population from their homes within 45 min- utes, and from 35 to 36 percent of job locations within the same amount of time. Environment -About 11 percent of the search area is in wetlands, and six percent is forested. Some 84 percent is in agricultural use and the average crop equivalency rating for the search area is 81. About three per- cent of the area is resi- dential. Some 3,951 people live there. There are 1,217 housing units, or one housing unit per 60 acres. How Big Would the New Airport Be? At the recent meetings, there was some confusion over the size of the proposed new airport. The task force is using a conceptual plan for a possible new airport that was developed by the Metropolitan Airports Commission. The new facility would have six runways. When all necessary facilities are added in, including safety zones at the ends of the runways, the MAC design results in a requirement for 15,300 acres of land for the airport property. Runways and their safety zones extend considerable distances in all four directions. Runways need buffer land along their sides due to safety and noise considerations. The MAC has also estimated the LdN 65 for the new airport design. The 15,300 acres estimated to be required for the airport includes all of the LdN 65. LdN is a technical way to measure noise decibels. At LdN 65, there is annoying aircraft noise. People should also be aware that the state airport development act will alivlJ land use controls in an area three to five miles 'eyoi d the airport boundaries. The purpose of the legislation is to protect the airport from incompatible adjacent development and to protect people from noise or reduce risks from low flying aircraft. This land could be in private ownership. The legislation takes effect after site selection. Newspaper Story Misleading A headline in the Star -Tribune on June 22 was in error when it stated that the Council's New -Airport Search Area Advisory Task Force had picked the Dakota Search Area as the location for a possible new airport. The task force, which will be making recommendations to the Council, has not picked a search area and will not recommend one until Aug. 16. The report, Selecting a Search Area for a New Major Airport: Part Two Draft Data Analysis, does not recommend one of the search areas. Instead, the task force is currently holding many meetings with search area residents and other interested parties. The process will put the task force into a position to make a recommendation on August 16. Want to Get A If" Oyy of the Report? Copies of Select- ing a Search Area for a New Major Airport: Part Two Draft Data Analy- sis and its A en - dices are available at public libraries in or near the search areas. They are also available at no charge through the Coun- cil's data center by calling 291-8140. Got a question? If you live in a search area, you may contact your local officials or "community contacts" -liaisons between search -area residents and the task force. Call us for the names of your community contacts. For answers to technical questions about the search areas, call Council planners john Kari (291-6548), Chauncey Case (291-6342), or Mark Filipi (291-6339). If you have questions about meetings or the schedule, or want to get on our air- ports mailing list, call Donna Mattson of the Council staff at 291-6493. REcr--wP-D JUL 11 1991 3{i ► A newsletter by the � r Metropolitan Airports Commission F containing information on the /Long Term Comprehensive Plan f6e'the--- _ dC 3 Minneapolis -St Paul )nternational.A►rporL_ Number Three Noise Colours Developed for Three New Runway Options Under Shady at Minneapolis -St. Paul Intepuational Airport Noise contours have been developed for affected by each new runway option in mix. The Ldn methodology adds a 10 the three new runway options under the year 2000. The contour is developed decibel penalty to nighttime operations study for possible development at MSP by computer, based on measured aircraft (10 p.m. to 7 a.m.), since these International Airport. The runway noise data, and is superimposed on a operations are generally more intrusive options are part of six concepts - three map of the airport vicinity. than daytime events. different runway configurations and two "Noise is one of the off-site Ldn contours have been developed different passenger terminal impacts being studied by the MSP for each of the new runway schemes, and arrangements - which are being reviewed Airport Interactive Planning Group," have been compared to a base case noise as part of the Long Term Comprehensive says Walter Rockenstein, who is chair- footprint that assumed no new runways Plan for the existing airport. man of the Group. "We are identifying were developed. The noise contours show the area the noise impact each runway option The noise contour shown is the would have on the "Ldn 65 Contour." The Ldn 65 noise communities adjacent level is the threshold that the Federal to the airport." Aviation Administration uses to One type of distinguish between land uses that are contour being utilized generally compatible with airport is the Ldn (for Level operations, and ones which are Day -Night), which incompatible. presents contours of "We are using the year 2000 for equal noise levels as a these contours," says Rockenstein, result of aiport opera- "because that is considered the earliest tions for a full year, that a new runway could be in place at averaged to a 24-hour MSP. And that depends on whether the period. The levels are Minnesota Legislature decides in 1996 based on actual or to expand the existing airport. In projected runway use addition, the year 2000 represents the data and aircraft fleet highest noise impact in the future." Ldn 65 noise contour for Concepts I and 2. uhich would add a new north parallel runu ay. The solid contour line assumes no new runuay. Ldn 65 noise contourfm- Concepts 3 and 4. which would include a neu - south parallel runway. The solid contour line assumes no neu, runway. Ldn 65 noise contour for Concepts 5 and 6. uhich would include a new north -south runway. The solid contour line assumes no neu, runway. Additional Runway Development Being Studied for Beyond Year 2020 at MSP Airport Additional runway development for The post-2020 work was requested it is anticipated that airport needs will beyond the year 2020 is now being this spring by the Metropolitan Airports continue to increase beyond any studied as part of the Long Term Commission in an effort to look at long- specified planning horizon," says Finney. Comprehensive Plan for Minneapolis-St. range development potential for the According to Finney, there are only Paul International Airport. existing airport. two runway combinations which i "The represent the post-2020 expansion Commissioners felt capabilities of all six concepts. These that the dual-track two combinations would result in four � } _. planning process parallel runways at the existingairport should look farther or a combination north parallel and into the future than north-south runways. 30 years, which is the "The off-site impacts - including time frame we have noise and overflights - associated with been using for the six the development of these additional development concepts post-2020 runways are being studied by currently proposed," the MSP Airport Interactive Planning says Nigel Finney, Group and by the MSP Airport =.1 — MAC Deputy Planning Task Force," Finney says. Director, Planning and Environment. "The 30-year planning Post 2020 runway development could add a fourth parallel runway, period was specified in the 1989 -- Metropolitan Airport y. Planning Act." The six concepts \� currently under study include three runway 3 = ✓Update is published monthly by the options and two C' terminal Metropolitan Airports rports Commission in an arrangements. "The effort to provide information on the Long Commissioners Term Comprehensive Plan for the requested that each Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. concept provide for future expansion A brochure is available which describes p nsion beyond the forecast the six concepts currently under study for period of 2020, since the Plan. To request a copy or if you have Post 2020 runway development could include a north parallel and a north- any questions or comments, please call south runway. Jenn Unruh at 726-8189. QOt=5 Snit,' F� * Metropolitan Airports Commission BULK RATE 6040 28th Avenue South U.S. POSTAGE r Minneapolis, Minnesota 55450 PAID PERMIT NO. 1941 2` MPLS, MN a JUL 11 1991 STEPHEN JILK 36626 C�`; 2875 145TH ST W ,TK S ROSEMOUNT MN 55068 OF ROSE�jo:lt4T Printed on Recycled Paper