90-7644RRESOLUTION NO. 7644
RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR
COLLABORATIVE COMMUNITY
AIRPORT PLANNING PROCESS
WHEREAS, by Laws 1989, Chapter 279 (the Act), the
Legislature directed the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC)
to adopt a long-term comprehensive plan for the Minneapolis-St.
Paul International Airport (MSP) at its existing location; and
WHEREAS, said plan must satisfy air transportation needs for
a prospective 20 year period and must be accompanied by a concept
plan for MSP, including an estimate of facilities requirements,
to satisfy the air transportation needs for an additional ten
year period; and
WHEREAS the Act requires that such plan must describe: (1)
aviation demand and air transportation needs, (2) airport
capacity limits and potential, (3) facilities requirements, (4) a
plan for physical development, (5) airport operational
characteristics, (6) compatibility with metropolitan and local
physical facility systems, (7) environmental effects, (8) safety,
and (9) the effect on the neighboring communities; and
WHEREAS, current operations at MSP and future operations as
they may be altered by future airport capacity enhancements have
adverse environmental impacts on the neighboring communities of
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, Richfield, Mendota Heights
and Eagan, which effects must be identified and considered in the
planning process; and
WHEREAS, measures to mitigate such environmental impacts
such as sound insulation, sound abatement, redevelopment and
clearance should be identified and considered in the planning
process; and
WHEREAS, cities adjacent to MSP may either facilitate or
impede appropriate airport improvements by such activities as
development, redevelopment, construction of capital improvements
and regulation of land use; and
WHEREAS, such activities by adjacent communities may also be
frustrated by decisions made. by MAC and about MSP improvements;
and
WHEREAS, it is therefore not sound public policy to
undertake planning for capacity enhancements at MSP or
identification of adverse impacts and means of mitigating them
without participation by the communities most effected; and
WHEREAS, there is no process in place for effective exchange
of such information between MAC and neighboring communities.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the. City of
Richfield, Minnesota as fol~ows:
1. That the Metropolitan Airports Commission initiate a
collaborative community airport planning process; and
2. That the planning ~rocess include the cities of
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Richfield, Bloomington,
Mendota Heights and Eagan; and
3. That the purpose of the collaborative interactive
planning process be to identify airport adverse
environmental impacts on communities surrounding
the airport and identify mutually agreeable measures
to mitigate these adverse impacts; and
4. That this information be considered as part of the
MAC capital improvement planning process and
documents; and
5. That this process be initiated as soon as possible; and
6. That the information gathered as part of the interactive
planning process be forwarded together with the MAC
capital improvement) plan to the legislature; and
7. That the state legislative deadline for receipt of the
MAC capital improvement plan be extended to at least
June 30, 1991, in order to provide sufficient time
to complete this process.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Richfield,