HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2004-91 - Support Amending Introduced State Legislation Relating To Airports - 06/01/2004 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY,NIINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO.2004-91
A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT AMENDING LEGISLATION INTRODUCED IN THE
MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE RELATING TO AIRPORTS
WHEREAS,during the 2003-2004 Minnesota Legislative session,House File 2143,and its companion
legislation, Senate File 2709,were introduced as bills for legislation relating to airports; expanding scope
of airport zoning provisions to include control of uses incompatible with present and future airport use;
requiring a chapter on aviation planning in the state transportation plan; creating an advisory council on
aviation planning; amending Minnesota Statutes 2002,chapters 174 and 360; and
WHEREAS,the State of Minnesota oversees aviation system planning for airports in the state,including
the Metropolitan Airports Commission's(MAC)system of airports which include:Minneapolis-St.Paul
International Airport and its associated reliever airports,including St.Paul-Downtown Airport,Flying
Cloud Airport in Eden Prairie,Anoka County/Blaine Airport in Blaine,Airlake Airport in Lakeville,
Crystal Airport in Crystal, and Lake Elmo Airport in Lake Elmo; and
WHEREAS,this MAC system of airports accommodates over 1 million aircraft operations annually
within the Twin Cities metropolitan area,of which over 628,000 of these operations occur at the reliever
airports,placing an ever increasing impact on land use and noise on the host communities for this system
of airports; and
WHEREAS,such legislation currently does not provide for direct input from elected officials that
represent the host communities for these reliever airports that are playing a role in the region's
transportation needs; and
WHEREAS,Flying Cloud Airport,located in the city of Eden Prairie,is the busiest of the reliever
airports.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Eden Prairie that this City
Council supports amending the proposed legislation,as a host community of a reliever airport,in the
discussion concerning airport zoning provisions that include control of uses incompatible with present
and future airport use; and to have direct participation by appointment by the State of Minnesota
Transportation Commissioner for an Eden Prairie elected official to be a member of the Advisory Council
to be created and;to have direct participation as a member of the Advisory Council that will be charged in
the revision of the state aviation plan that will analyze the projected aviation needs of the state for the
next 20 years.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie on this 1"day of June,2004.
*acuke ,Ma
ATTEST: SEAL
Kat leen Porta, City Clerk