HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 77-150 - Supporting the Classification of Flying Cloud Airport as a General Utility (MinorSystem) Airport by the Metropolitan Council and Opposing the Adoption of Ordinance #51 by the Metropolitan Airport Commission - 11/01/1977 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 77-150 ,
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CLASSIFICATION OF
FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT AS A GENERAL UTILITY (MINOR
SYSTEM) AIRPORT BY THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL AND
OPPOSING THE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE #51 BY THE
METROPOLITAN AIRPORTS COMMISSION
WHEREAS, an overwhelming number of citizens and residents of the City of
Eden Prairie have requested the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie to take-
all necessary steps to preserve the status of Flying Cloud Airport as a general
utility or minor system airport, and
WHEREAS, a series of public hearings have been held in 1975 and again in
1977 at which residents and citizens appeared in opposition to any use of Flying
Cloud Airport that was not consistent with its existing classification as a general
• utility airport, restricting aircraft to 12.500 pounds in weight, twin or single
engine propeller planes, and
WHEREAS, the City Council acted on behalf of requests from the residents
and citizens of Eden Prairie to 'intervene in an existing law suit in Hennepin
County District Court and to commence legal action on behalf of the City of Eden
Prairie to prevent the use of Flying Cloud Airport by jet aircraft; and
WHEREAS, the Honorable Jonathan Lebedoff, Judge of Hennepin County District
Court, has issued his order enjoining the use of Flying Cloud Airport by jet
aircraft,
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved as follows:
1. That the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie is opposed
to any expansion of Flying Cloud Airport to permit its use
except as a general utility or minor service airport for the
functions of recreation, training and light business with a
restriction on aircraft to a 12,500 pound weight, propeller
driven, single or twin engine, aircraft.
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2. That the Metropolitan Airports Commission not adopt proposed
Ordinance #51 or any ordinance that would permit the use of
Flying Cloud Airport for any function or by any aircraft
inconsistent with the Airports policy plan entitled Aviation Chapter
of the Metropolitan Development Guide which proposes a
classification of Flying Cloud Airport as a minor system
airport.
3. The Eden Prairie City Council supports the 1977 Airports policy
plan that has been drafted and urges the Metropolitan Council
to adopt the classification of Flying Cloud as a minor system
airport in accordance with the 1977 Airports policy plan as
proposed.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie this ist day
of November 1977.
fgXr,6 Penze , Mayor
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