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APPENDIX D: DRAFT MSP 2030 LTCP COMMENTS AND RESPONSES
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Gen
eral
Com
men
ts a
nd R
espo
nses
In
dex
Gen
eral
Top
ic
Gen
eral
Res
pons
e GR
-1
The
Draft
MS
P 20
30
LTCP
for
ecas
ts inc
reas
ed n
oise
levels
ar
ound
MSP
in 2
030.
As s
uch,
the
LTCP
sh
ould
spec
ify
the
plann
ed
mitig
ation
for
ne
wly-
impa
cted
prop
ertie
s, inc
luding
tho
se lo
cated
in th
e 64
-60
DNL
noise
conto
urs.
NEPA
/MEP
A en
viron
menta
l revie
w do
cume
ntatio
n will
prec
ede i
mplem
entat
ion of
any p
rojec
t that
may
arise
from
the
Draft
MSP
203
0 LT
CP.
Such
env
ironm
ental
rev
iew is
the
appr
opria
te me
chan
ism f
or e
valua
ting
any
envir
onme
ntal i
mpac
t of
the p
rojec
t an
d po
ssibl
e mi
tigati
on
meas
ures
. In
the c
ase
of air
port
noise
, mitig
ation
may
inclu
de a
nois
e an
alysis
und
er 1
4 C.
F.R.
Pa
rt 150
. Th
e MA
C is
curre
ntly
imple
menti
ng a
n ag
gres
sive
resid
entia
l nois
e mi
tigati
on p
rogr
am p
rovid
ing
mitig
ation
to ho
mes l
ocate
d in t
he 20
05 an
d 200
7 60 D
NL no
ise co
ntour
s. T
he F
AA an
d the
MAC
de
velop
ed th
ese
noise
con
tours
base
d on
a fo
reca
sted
annu
al op
erati
ons
level
of 58
2,366
. The
MA
C wi
ll com
plete
the on
going
mitig
ation
effor
t in 20
14.
Base
d on
the
forec
ast c
ontai
ned
in the
Dra
ft MS
P 20
30 L
TCP,
ope
ratio
nal le
vels
at MS
P ar
e no
t anti
cipate
d to r
each
the a
nnua
l leve
ls pr
esen
tly be
ing m
itigate
d (tha
t is, th
e 200
5 and
2007
60
DNL
nois
e co
ntour
s de
velop
ed b
ased
on
a for
ecas
ted a
nnua
l ope
ratio
ns le
vel o
f 582
,366)
un
til ap
prox
imate
ly 20
20.
GR-2
Th
e Dr
aft
MSP
2030
LT
CP
forec
asts
annu
al op
erati
ons
to re
ach
630,0
00
by
2030
. As
su
ch, t
he L
TCP
shou
ld ad
dres
s the
nee
d for
ong
oing
plann
ing
for
capa
city
and/o
r a
supp
lemen
tal
airpo
rt.
Airp
ort
plann
ing g
uideli
nes
(FAA
Ord
er
5090
.3c) s
tate
that a
n ad
dition
al ru
nway
or s
upple
menta
l airp
ort
plann
ing p
roce
ss b
egins
whe
n the
airfi
eld r
each
es 6
0-75
% o
f an
nual
capa
city.
The
Draft
MSP
203
0 LT
CP e
valua
ted th
e pla
nning
and
cap
acity
nee
ds fo
r both
land
side
and
airsid
e fac
ilities
dur
ing t
he p
lannin
g pe
riod
throu
gh 2
030.
MSP
is an
ticipa
ted t
o re
ach
appr
oxim
ately
630,8
37 o
pera
tions
by
2030
. Bas
ed o
n thi
s for
ecas
t, no
add
itiona
l run
way
capa
city i
s nec
essa
ry to
meet
the fo
reca
sted g
rowt
h.
The
1993
Minn
eapo
lis-S
t. Pa
ul Int
erna
tiona
l Airp
ort C
apac
ity E
nhan
ceme
nt Pl
an e
valua
ted
vario
us c
apac
ity le
vels
and
deve
loped
dela
y cu
rves
for th
e ex
isting
airp
ort c
onfig
urati
on w
ith
alter
nativ
e air
field
impr
ovem
ents,
fac
ilities
and
equ
ipmen
t im
prov
emen
ts an
d op
erati
onal
impr
ovem
ents.
The
se d
elay c
urve
s did
not e
stabli
sh a
max
imum
airfi
eld ca
pacit
y, bu
t pro
vided
an
ticipa
ted de
lay w
ith a
given
oper
ation
al lev
el.
Addit
ional
airfie
ld op
erati
onal
level
analy
sis w
as a
lso re
porte
d in
the 2
015
Term
inal E
xpan
sion
Proje
ct Dr
aft E
nviro
nmen
tal A
sses
smen
t. In t
his st
udy,
oper
ation
al lev
els up
to 72
3,000
annu
al op
erati
ons
were
eva
luated
with
an
aver
age
antic
ipated
dela
y of
12.7
minu
tes p
er o
pera
tion.
Again
, this
leve
l of d
elay d
oes n
ot es
tablis
h an
airfi
eld ca
pacit
y lim
it, bu
t a le
vel o
f dela
y tha
t is
cons
idere
d to
be t
he m
axim
um le
vel t
olera
ble b
ased
on
a re
view
of the
nati
on’s
most
cong
ested
airp
orts.
16
In 20
04, p
rior t
o the
ope
ning
of Ru
nway
17-
35, M
SP re
cord
ed o
ver 5
41,00
0 an
nual
oper
ation
s wi
th an
app
roxim
ate d
elay
of se
ven
minu
tes p
er a
ircra
ft. An
nual
oper
ation
al lev
els h
ave
decli
ned e
very
year
sinc
e this
peak
and d
eclin
ed to
432,6
04 op
erati
ons i
n 200
9.
The 1
998 F
EIS
estim
ated t
hat th
e con
struc
tion o
f Run
way 1
7-35
could
add a
ppro
ximate
ly 25
%
airfie
ld ca
pacit
y at
MSP.
Add
itiona
l ca
pacit
y en
hanc
emen
ts ar
e als
o ex
pecte
d wi
th the
im
pleme
ntatio
n of
eleme
nts o
f the
FAA
’s Ne
xtGen
Air
Traff
ic Co
ntrol
syste
m. Im
prov
emen
ts in
the N
extG
en A
ir Tr
affic
Contr
ol sy
stem
includ
e: (1
) adv
ance
d Tr
affic
Mana
geme
nt Ad
visor
(T
MA) t
o all
ow c
ontro
llers
to se
quen
ce a
ircra
ft mo
re e
fficien
tly; (
2) C
ockp
it Di
splay
of T
raffic
Inf
orma
tion
(CDI
T) –
Enh
ance
d Fli
ght r
ules
which
will
enab
le sp
ecial
ly-eq
uippe
d air
craft
to ma
intain
visu
al ap
proa
ches
eve
n in
marg
inal w
eathe
r con
dition
s; an
d (3
) RNA
V an
d Re
quire
d Na
vigati
on P
erfor
manc
e (R
NP) p
roce
dure
s tha
t will
enab
le air
craft
to fly
pre
cision
dep
artur
e an
d app
roac
h path
s.
The
Draft
MSP
203
0 LT
CP a
nticip
ates
oper
ation
al lev
el re
cove
ry to
the 2
004
level
of ap
prox
imate
ly 54
1,000
ann
ual o
pera
tions
to o
ccur
in 2
019
to 20
20 ti
me p
eriod
. An
FAA
Capa
city
Stud
y ma
y be
app
ropr
iate
when
the
oper
ation
s lev
els r
ecov
er to
pre
vious
high
his
torica
l leve
ls of
appr
oxim
ately
540,0
00 o
pera
tions
and
a cl
ear u
pwar
d tre
nd is
esta
blish
ed.
The
FAA’
s pla
nning
guid
eline
s wi
ll be
con
sider
ed a
s pa
rt of
the M
AC’s
futur
e pla
nning
pr
oces
s. F
inally
, the
MAC
will
conti
nue
to co
nduc
t per
iodic
upda
tes o
f the
LTC
P, w
hich
will
includ
e upd
ated f
orec
asts
for op
erati
ons a
nd de
lay, a
nd th
roug
h this
proc
ess w
ill ide
ntify
futur
e air
field
capa
city n
eeds
and p
otenti
al so
lution
s.
17
Com
men
ts a
nd R
espo
nses
Co
mm
ente
r ID
Su
bjec
t Re
spon
se
Mayo
r Gen
e Wins
tead
City
of Bl
oomi
ngton
18
00 W
Old
Shak
opee
Rd
Bloo
ming
ton M
N 55
431-
3027
1 Th
e dr
aft L
TCP
antic
ipates
exp
andin
g the
Hu
mphr
ey T
ermi
nal i
n tw
o ph
ases
fro
m 10
ga
tes to
27
gates
in 2
015
and
again
to 3
7 ga
tes b
y 20
25.
All n
on-S
ky T
eam
airlin
es a
re
prop
osed
to
move
fro
m the
Lin
dber
gh
Term
inal t
o the
Hum
phre
y Te
rmina
l in
2015
. Th
is Hu
mphr
ey
Term
inal
expa
nsion
wi
ll inc
reas
e tra
ffic v
olume
s on
34th
Aven
ue a
nd
Post
Road
an
d re
quire
sig
nifica
nt im
prov
emen
ts to
the 3
4th Av
enue
inter
chan
ges
with
I-494
. T
he d
raft
LTCP
anti
cipate
s the
Me
tropo
litan
Airp
orts
Comm
ission
(M
AC)
fundin
g $3
1 mi
llion
in im
prov
emen
ts for
34th
Aven
ue a
nd $
95 m
illion
in im
prov
emen
ts for
Po
st Ro
ad.
Base
d on
infor
matio
n pr
esen
ted in
the
2015
MS
P Te
rmina
l Ex
pans
ion
Proje
ct En
viron
menta
l As
sess
ment,
Bl
oomi
ngton
un
derst
ands
tha
t co
mplet
ing t
he H
umph
rey
Term
inal
expa
nsion
pr
ior
to ma
jor
impr
ovem
ents
at the
34
th Av
enue
/I-49
4 int
erch
ange
wo
uld
lead
to “u
nacc
eptab
le”
traffic
co
nditio
ns
at the
int
erch
ange
. Bl
oomi
ngton
ther
efore
comm
ends
the
MAC
for
incor
pora
ting
plans
and
pro
pose
d fun
ding
to im
prov
e the
int
erch
ange
.
Give
n the
ch
allen
ges
of ha
ving
the i
mpro
veme
nts i
n pla
ce b
y 20
15,
the C
ity i
s re
ady
to wo
rk qu
ickly
and
coop
erati
vely
with
the M
AC a
nd
Mn/D
OT t
o de
sign
the i
mpro
veme
nts a
nd
agre
e on a
n ove
rall f
undin
g pac
kage
.
In the
pas
t, the
MAC
wor
ked
coop
erati
vely
with
the C
ity o
f Bl
oomi
ngton
and
MnD
OT t
o pr
oacti
vely
addr
ess
road
way
cong
estio
n on
34th
Aven
ue a
nd th
e I-4
94 In
terch
ange
. A tr
i-ag
ency
an
alysis
wa
s co
mplet
ed
in Ju
ne
2008
wh
ich
incor
pora
ted th
e tra
ffic d
eman
d ex
pecte
d fro
m the
airp
ort,
the
Bloo
ming
ton S
outh
Loop
dev
elopm
ent, i
nclud
ing th
e Ma
ll of
Amer
ica e
xpan
sion,
and
MnDO
T's m
ainlin
e de
mand
s. Se
vera
l op
tions
wer
e ide
ntifie
d tha
t cou
ld be
und
ertak
en to
impr
ove
the s
ituati
on. S
ince
the c
omple
tion
of the
201
5 Dr
aft E
A the
re
has b
een a
softe
ning
in the
34th
Aven
ue tr
affic
dema
nd b
ased
on
the
dep
ress
ed e
cono
my,
airlin
e ba
nkru
ptcy
and
out-
sour
cing,
etc.
The
MAC
looks
for
ward
to
conti
nuing
its
coop
erati
ve r
elatio
nship
to
find
fundin
g so
lution
s for
all
of the
se m
ainlin
e ch
allen
ges i
n co
ncer
t with
the
dema
nd. A
s with
the
Sou
th Lo
op d
evelo
pmen
t, the
Ter
mina
l 2-
Hump
hrey
ex
pans
ion in
clude
s gr
owth
capa
city
for th
e fut
ure
so th
e tot
al de
mand
will
likely
not
be p
rese
nt un
til so
metim
e aft
er 2
015.
Neve
r the
less
, the
MAC
und
ersta
nds t
hat th
ese s
olutio
ns ta
ke
signif
icant
plann
ing a
nd im
pleme
ntatio
n re
sour
ces
and
will
requ
ire i
nter-g
over
nmen
tal c
oope
ratio
n an
d su
ppor
t to
be
acco
mplis
hed.
The
MAC
look
s for
ward
to w
orkin
g wi
th all
be
nefiti
ng p
artne
rs to
prov
ide t
ime-
sens
itive
trans
porta
tion
solut
ions i
n syn
c with
dema
nd re
quire
ments
. Th
e MA
C ha
s ide
ntifie
d co
sts in
the
Draft
MSP
203
0 LT
CP in
an
attem
pt to
identi
fy the
mag
nitud
e of r
esou
rces t
hat li
kely
will
be
requ
ired,
not
the
sour
ce
of fun
ding.
Certa
inly
the
reas
onab
le ex
pecta
tion
is tha
t all
ben
efitin
g pa
rties
will
contr
ibute
in pr
opor
tion
to the
ben
efit r
eceiv
ed. S
imila
rly a
ll Fe
dera
l, St
ate a
nd lo
cal t
rans
porta
tion
fundin
g so
urce
s mu
st be
pursu
ed.
18
2
The
draft
LTC
P for
ecas
ts 40
% g
rowt
h in
annu
al air
craft
oper
ation
s by
20
30,
from
450,0
00 to
630
,000.
Bas
ed o
n the
incre
ased
op
erati
ons,
the
draft
pla
n inc
ludes
20
30
proje
cted
noise
con
tours
(Figu
re 5
-4).
The
se
proje
cted
60 D
NL n
oise
conto
urs
depic
t nois
e lev
els in
por
tions
of
Bloo
ming
ton a
nd o
ther
comm
unitie
s ex
tendin
g be
yond
bloc
ks t
hat
quali
fied f
or no
ise m
itigati
on fu
nds i
n the
past.
Th
e MA
C ha
s a
histor
y of
proa
ctive
ly ad
dres
sing
noise
impa
cts o
n re
siden
tial a
reas
thr
ough
nois
e mi
tigati
ons p
rogr
ams.
How
ever
, the
dra
ft LT
CP d
oes
not
discu
ss a
dditio
nal
resid
entia
l nois
e mi
tigati
on, n
or d
oes i
t call
out
any
MAC
expe
nditu
res
for n
oise
mitig
ation
thr
ough
203
0. B
loomi
ngton
beli
eves
tha
t inc
reas
ed n
oise
impa
cts n
eed
to be
mitig
ated
and s
trong
ly re
comm
ends
that
the fin
al ve
rsion
of
the
LTCP
ou
tline
a no
ise
mitig
ation
ap
proa
ch th
at wo
uld a
pply
to ne
wly
impa
cted
block
s.
See G
R-1.
3
The
first t
hree
stat
ed g
oals
of the
dra
ft LT
CP
discu
ss
envir
onme
ntally
frie
ndly
activ
ities,
impr
oved
ene
rgy
effici
encie
s an
d inc
reas
ed
use
of pu
blic
trans
porta
tion,
all o
f whic
h the
Ci
ty of
Bloo
ming
ton s
trong
ly su
ppor
ts. A
s we
ha
ve p
revio
usly
discu
ssed
, Bl
oomi
ngton
is
curre
ntly
prep
aring
plan
s for
the
South
Loo
p Di
strict
on
MSP’
s sou
thern
bor
der.
The
Sou
th Lo
op D
istric
t Plan
will
focus
on
a va
riety
of su
staina
bility
initia
tives
. G
iven
our
mutua
lly
shar
ed g
oals,
adja
cent
sites
and
simi
lar p
lans,
there
are
opp
ortun
ities
to wo
rk co
oper
ative
ly
The
MAC
conc
urs
with
the c
omme
nts a
nd lo
oks
forwa
rd to
ad
dition
al dis
cuss
ion on
thes
e top
ics.
19
on v
ariou
s su
staina
bility
initia
tives
, inc
luding
dis
trict e
nerg
y and
shar
ed p
arkin
g du
ring
peak
de
mand
per
iods.
Bloo
ming
ton lo
oks
forwa
rd
to ad
dition
al dis
cuss
ion o
n the
se a
nd o
ther
mutua
lly be
nefic
ial pr
ojects
.
Mayo
r Joh
n Hub
er
City
of Me
ndota
Heig
hts
1101
Vict
oria
Curve
Me
ndota
Heig
hts M
N 55
118
4 Th
e LT
CP fo
reca
sts o
pera
tions
up
to 98
.5% o
f es
timate
d air
field
capa
city.
Airp
ort p
lannin
g gu
idelin
es
sugg
est
that
plann
ing
for
an
addit
ional
runw
ay
or
supp
lemen
tal
airpo
rt sh
ould
occu
r whe
n an
airp
ort r
each
es 6
0-75
%
of ca
pacit
y. T
he C
ity o
f Me
ndota
Heig
hts
requ
ests
that
the
LTCP
inc
lude
some
fra
mewo
rk for
wha
t the
ong
oing
proc
ess
for
capa
city p
lannin
g wou
ld loo
k like
.
See G
R-2.
5
The
City
of Me
ndota
He
ights
ques
tions
inv
estin
g up
to $
2.4 b
illion
(on
top o
f $3
billio
n inv
ested
in th
e 20
10 p
rogr
am) a
s the
bes
t use
of
reso
urce
s. A
t bes
t, the
outc
ome
can
only
be a
n air
port
functi
oning
at f
ull c
apac
ity w
ith
no p
lan o
r vis
ion to
add
ress
the
cong
estio
n thi
s will
create
.
Capit
al ex
pend
iture
s to
cons
truct
the fa
cilitie
s ide
ntifie
d in
the
Draft
MSP
203
0 LT
CP a
re p
aid w
ith a
irpor
t rev
enue
s. Th
e Dr
aft
LTCP
alt
erna
tives
ar
e de
signe
d to
maxim
ize
the
utiliz
ation
of t
he e
xistin
g fac
ilities
to th
e ful
lest e
xtent
poss
ible
and
to en
hanc
e air
craft
oper
ation
al sa
fety a
nd e
fficien
cy w
hile
prov
iding
suff
icien
t, en
viron
menta
lly-fr
iendly
facil
ities
to se
rve
exist
ing an
d futu
re de
mand
thro
ugh t
he ye
ar 20
30.
6
The
noise
con
tour
pres
ented
in th
e Ja
nuar
y 20
, 201
0 No
ise O
versi
ght C
ommi
ttee
meeti
ng
show
s sig
nifica
nt ch
ange
s fro
m the
cur
rent
noise
con
tour.
We
regr
et the
fact
that t
his
conto
ur
was
not
pres
ented
at
the
MAC
pres
entat
ion to
our
City
Cou
ncil.
The
City
of
Mend
ota H
eights
enc
oura
ges
the re
gular
and
ac
cura
te re
view
of the
noise
conto
urs.
As th
e MAC
expla
ined o
n Apr
il 28,
2009
, and
Aug
ust 2
6, 20
09,
in me
eting
s wi
th Me
ndota
Heig
hts C
ity R
epre
senta
tives
, and
to
the M
endo
ta Ci
ty He
ights
Coun
cil o
n Oc
tober
6, 2
009,
the
MAC
cond
ucted
the
noise
con
tour
deve
lopme
nt pr
oces
s in
para
llel w
ith th
e Dr
aft M
SP 2
030
LTCP
doc
umen
t plan
ning
activ
ities.
Noise
con
tours
were
not
avail
able
at the
time
of the
MA
C’s m
eetin
gs w
ith th
e Ci
ty of
Mend
ota H
eight.
How
ever
, as
soon
as t
he co
ntour
s wer
e av
ailab
le, th
e MA
C pr
esen
ted th
em
to the
City
of M
endo
ta He
ights
and o
ther in
teres
ted ci
ties.
The
MA
C als
o ma
de a
deta
iled
pres
entat
ion o
n the
nois
e co
ntour
s at
the Ja
nuar
y 20,
2010
, Nois
e Ov
ersig
ht Co
mmitte
e me
eting
.
20
7 Th
e LT
CP d
oes
not a
ddre
ss re
giona
l impa
cts
upon
inf
rastr
uctur
e.
The
plan
forec
asts
incre
ases
in
airpo
rt us
age,
but
make
s no
me
ntion
of t
raffic
volum
es fo
r roa
dway
s in
and
out
of the
airp
ort.
The
City
of
Mend
ota
Heigh
ts re
ques
ts tha
t cur
rent
and
forec
asted
tra
ffic vo
lumes
on
road
ways
be
includ
ed in
the
plan.
As n
oted,
the D
raft
MSP
2030
LTC
P is
a ph
ased
plan
of
deve
lopme
nt po
sition
ed to
resp
ond
on a
pha
sed
basis
to fu
ture
dema
nds.
Regio
nal
infra
struc
ture
impa
cts w
ill be
ass
esse
d mo
ving f
orwa
rd on
a ph
ased
basis
, in co
ncer
t with
the r
espe
ctive
re
giona
l ag
encie
s to
prov
ide t
hem
input
for t
heir
use
in re
spon
ding t
o the
total
need
s of th
e reg
ional
syste
m.
8
The
City
of Me
ndota
Heig
hts w
ould
like
to tak
e thi
s op
portu
nity
to re
state
our
stron
g op
posit
ion t
o an
y co
nside
ratio
n of
a thi
rd
para
llel
runw
ay
at MS
P Ai
rpor
t.
Our
comm
unity
has
bee
n gu
ided
and
deve
loped
ar
ound
the
curre
nt co
nfigu
ratio
n of
the a
irpor
t. A
thir
d pa
ralle
l ru
nway
wou
ld be
in
direc
t co
nflict
to th
e lon
g he
ld an
d we
ll es
tablis
hed
vision
of th
is co
mmun
ity.
The
Draft
MSP
203
0 LT
CP d
oes
not
identi
fy a
need
for
ad
dition
al ru
nway
cap
acity
to m
eet t
he fo
reca
sted
grow
th at
MSP
throu
gh 20
30.
Mayo
r Mike
Mag
uire,
City
of Ea
gan
3830
Pilo
t Kno
b Roa
d Ea
gan M
N 55
122-
1810
9 Th
e dr
aft L
TCP
forec
asts
40%
gro
wth
in an
nual
aircra
ft op
erati
ons
by
2030
, fro
m 45
0,000
to 6
30,00
0 op
erati
ons.
Bas
ed o
n the
inc
reas
e in
oper
ation
s, the
dra
ft pla
n inc
ludes
20
30 p
rojec
ted n
oise
conto
urs
(Figu
re 5
-4).
Th
ese
proje
cted
60 D
NL n
oise
conto
urs d
epict
no
ise le
vels
in po
rtions
of E
agan
and
othe
r co
mmun
ities
exten
ding
well
beyo
nd b
locks
tha
t ha
ve
prev
iously
qu
alifie
d for
no
ise
mitig
ation
fund
s.
Comm
ent n
oted.
See a
lso G
R-1.
10
Gi
ven
the d
rama
tic i
ncre
ase
to the
nois
e co
ntour
s ov
er s
outhw
est
Eaga
n, wh
ich i
s ma
de u
p of
pred
omina
tely
resid
entia
l hom
es
See G
R-1.
21
that w
ere
built
well
befor
e the
dec
ision
was
ma
de t
o bu
ild R
unwa
y 17
/35,
the C
ity o
f Ea
gan
stron
gly r
ecom
mend
s tha
t the
fina
l ve
rsion
of t
he L
TCP
outlin
e a
noise
mitig
ation
ap
proa
ch
that
would
ap
ply
to all
ne
wly
impa
cted
block
s.
Spec
ificall
y, the
Ci
ty ad
voca
tes th
at tho
se h
omes
bein
g ad
ded
to the
60-
64 D
NL c
ontou
rs re
ceive
, at m
inimu
m,
the s
ame
level
of no
ise m
itigati
on a
s tho
se
home
s tha
t rec
eived
mitig
ation
und
er th
e 20
07
legal
settle
ment
(with
an
adjus
ted f
undin
g all
ocati
on pe
r the
CPI
).
11
Ho
w an
d wh
y is
it tha
t the
con
tour “
lobe”
is
prop
osed
to in
creas
e dr
amati
cally
off
of 17
/35,
while
decre
asing
over
the C
orrid
or?
Base
d on
the
ove
rall
incre
ase
in op
erati
ons
forec
asted
to
occu
r by 2
030,
the u
se o
f Run
way 1
7 for
dep
artur
e op
erati
ons
is pr
edict
ed to
incre
ase
to 30
.3% b
y 20
30, f
rom
18.2%
in
2009
; and
arri
vals
on R
unwa
y 35
are
pre
dicted
to in
creas
e to
28.1%
by 2
030,
from
22.8%
in 2
009.
This
is la
rgely
due
to th
e an
ticipa
ted o
pera
tiona
l leve
ls for
ecas
t at M
SP b
y 20
30. W
hile
runw
ay u
se p
erce
ntage
s ar
e for
ecas
ted t
o inc
reas
e on
Ru
nway
17-
35, t
he d
epar
ture
perce
ntage
s to
the s
outhe
ast i
n the
Ea
gan/M
endo
ta He
ights
Depa
rture
Co
rrido
r re
main
relat
ively
cons
isten
t wi
th pr
esen
t lev
els.
Addit
ionall
y, the
op
erati
ons
to the
sou
theas
t of M
SP a
re d
istrib
uted
on tw
o ru
nway
s wi
th va
rying
hea
dings
cau
sing
the c
ontou
r in
that
area
to b
e mu
ch w
ider a
nd le
ss e
longa
ted th
an is
the
case
to
the so
uth of
Run
way 1
7-35
.
12
Is
the
prop
osed
co
ntour
ex
tensio
n ov
er
south
west
Eaga
n a
direc
t res
ult o
f add
itiona
l ga
tes be
ing ad
ded t
o the
Hum
phre
y Ter
mina
l?
No. T
he c
ontou
r exte
nsion
is p
rimar
ily a
resu
lt of
an o
vera
ll inc
reas
e in
forec
asted
airc
raft
oper
ation
s at
MSP
throu
gh
2030
. See
also
resp
onse
to co
mmen
t #11
abov
e.
13
Fig
ure
5-9
show
s tha
t pro
jected
runw
ay u
se in
20
30 ca
lls fo
r Run
way 1
7 to b
e use
d for
30.3%
of
all d
epar
tures
, the
high
est p
erce
ntage
of a
ll
The
Runw
ay U
se S
ystem
(RUS
) at M
SP d
etails
runw
ay u
se
prefe
renc
e in
orde
r of
prior
ity f
or d
epar
ture
and
arriv
al op
erati
ons
to re
duce
nois
e im
pacts
. The
re is
no
prop
osed
22
runw
ays.
Fu
rther
more
, Ru
nway
17
is
prop
osed
to b
e us
ed fo
r 25.6
% o
f all n
ighttim
e de
partu
res,
which
well
exc
eeds
the
forec
asted
us
e of
both
12L
and
12R.
The
se p
rojec
tions
dir
ectly
confl
ict w
ith th
e ap
prov
ed R
unwa
y Use
Sy
stem
(RUS
) at
MSP,
whic
h ca
lls f
or t
he
para
llel ru
nway
s to s
erve
as th
e firs
t prio
rity fo
r bo
th da
y an
d ev
ening
dep
artur
e op
erati
ons.
Ho
w wi
ll the
MA
C ad
dres
s thi
s co
nflict
be
twee
n the
203
0 ru
nway
use
pro
jectio
ns a
nd
the ap
prov
ed R
US?
chan
ge to
the
RUS.
Dep
artur
e op
erati
ons t
o the
south
east
off
eithe
r Run
way 1
2L o
r Run
way 1
2R w
ill co
ntinu
e to
be th
e firs
t pr
iority
for
ru
nway
se
lectio
n fro
m a
noise
ab
ateme
nt pe
rspec
tive.
Howe
ver,
the fin
al de
cision
on ru
nway
selec
tion i
s the
res
pons
ibility
and
pro
vince
of
FAA
Air
Traff
ic Co
ntrol,
re
gard
less
of the
RUS
. Fac
tors
such
as
capa
city
and
safet
y tak
e pr
iority
ove
r the
RUS
whe
n the
FAA
is m
aking
runw
ay
use d
eterm
inatio
ns.
The
NEPA
/MEP
A en
viron
menta
l re
view
docu
menta
tion
will
prec
ede
imple
menta
tion
of an
y pr
oject
that m
ay a
rise
from
the
Draft
203
0 MS
P LT
CP.
Such
env
ironm
ental
revie
w wi
ll pro
vide
more
deta
iled
analy
sis o
f for
ecas
ted ru
nway
use
. Bas
ed o
n thi
s an
alysis
, if
conc
erns
rem
ain r
elated
to
the R
US a
nd t
he
asso
ciated
ru
nway
us
e pe
rcenta
ges
in the
co
ntext
of en
viron
menta
l imp
acts,
add
itiona
l disc
ussio
n an
d an
alysis
may
be
requ
ired.
In the
case
of ai
rpor
t nois
e, thi
s may
inclu
de a
noise
an
alysis
unde
r 14 C
.F.R
. Par
t 150
.
14
Ea
gan
stron
gly e
ncou
rage
s the
MAC
to w
ork
with
the F
AA in
the
comi
ng y
ears
to en
sure
tha
t the
RUS
is a
dher
ed to
and
the
Corri
dor i
s us
ed to
the
grea
test e
xtend
pos
sible
so a
s not
to pla
ce u
ndue
bur
den
on th
e pr
edom
inatel
y re
siden
tial
area
s of
Eaga
n, inc
luding
tho
se
home
s und
er th
e flig
ht pa
ths of
17/35
.
Comm
ent n
oted.
The
MAC
will c
ontin
ue to
wor
k with
the
cities
loc
ated
arou
nd M
SP a
nd th
e FA
A to
addr
ess
noise
con
cern
s. Th
e MS
P No
ise O
versi
ght C
ommi
ttee
will
conti
nue
to be
a
critic
al ele
ment
in thi
s ong
oing e
ffort
into t
he fu
ture.
15
Th
e Ci
ty of
Eaga
n re
cogn
izes
that f
orec
asts
are
diffic
ult d
uring
this
tim
e of
econ
omic
uphe
aval,
and w
ill an
ticipa
te a t
horo
ugh r
eview
of
the o
pera
tions
and
conto
urs i
n fiv
e ye
ars,
or
as s
oon
as th
e ec
onom
y an
d air
line
indus
try
stabil
ize.
The M
AC co
ncur
s with
this
comm
ent.
16
On
ce th
at sta
biliza
tion
has
occu
rred,
the C
ity
See G
R-1.
23
asks
that
the M
AC u
nder
go a
form
al Pa
rt 15
0 pr
oces
s to
ensu
re th
at the
nois
e en
viron
ment
and
corre
spon
ding
noise
mitig
ation
pro
gram
ca
n be e
valua
ted ac
cord
ingly.
17
Th
e Ci
ty of
Eaga
n ha
s ad
opted
lan
d us
e po
licies
thro
ugh i
ts Co
mpre
hens
ive G
uide P
lan
and
cons
tructi
on re
gulat
ions t
hrou
gh its
zonin
g co
de
to mi
nimize
the
int
rodu
ction
of
subs
tantia
l new
are
as o
f nois
e se
nsitiv
e us
es
withi
n the
200
8 Po
licy C
ontou
rs an
d to
requ
ire
soun
d att
enua
tion
cons
tructi
on
prac
tices
wh
ere
appr
opria
te.
Th
e Ci
ty ca
nnot
imple
ment
modif
icatio
ns
of the
Po
licy
Conto
urs
unles
s an
d un
til the
Metr
opoli
tan
Coun
cil ta
kes
actio
n in
that r
egar
d. T
he C
ity
will m
onito
r the
Met
Coun
cil re
view
of the
MSP
LT
CP a
nd r
evisi
t the
se t
opics
as
may
be
nece
ssar
y on
ce
that
revie
w ha
s be
en
comp
leted
.
Comm
ent n
oted.
18
Th
e LT
CP s
tates
that
the e
xistin
g fou
r-run
way
airfie
ld co
nfigu
ratio
n is
expe
cted
to be
able
to
conti
nue
oper
ating
in
a sa
fe an
d eff
icien
t ma
nner
wi
thout
the
need
for
ad
dition
al ru
nway
s. Ac
cord
ing to
the
oper
ation
pro
jectio
ns in
the
LTCP
, the
re w
ere
over
450
,000
oper
ation
s in
2008
. Ai
rpor
t plan
ning
guide
lines
(FAA
Ord
er
5090
.3c)
state
that
an a
dditio
nal r
unwa
y or
su
pplem
ental
airp
ort p
lannin
g pr
oces
s be
gins
when
the
airfie
ld re
ache
s 60
-75%
of a
nnua
l ca
pacit
y, wh
ich is
a th
resh
old th
at wo
uld b
e re
ache
d at
MSP
when
ope
ratio
ns e
xcee
d
See G
R-2.
24
480,0
00 o
pera
tions
per
yea
r. A
dditio
nally
, sta
temen
ts ha
ve
been
ma
de
to lea
d co
mmun
ities
to be
lieve
that
cong
estio
n lev
els
at MS
P Ai
rpor
t are
on
track
to e
xcee
d de
lay
levels
of 1
0 mi
nutes
per
ope
ratio
n. In
light
of the
ope
ratio
n lev
els b
eing
pred
icted
for M
SP
out
to 20
30,
at wh
at po
int w
ill the
MAC
ad
dres
s air
field
capa
city
conc
erns
, an
d is
there
an
optim
um s
ize o
r ac
tivity
lev
el for
MS
P?
19
Addit
ionall
y, wh
at co
nside
ratio
ns h
ave
been
ma
de i
n the
lon
g ter
m pla
nning
pro
cess
re
gard
ing th
e po
ssibi
lity fo
r the
cons
tructi
on o
f a 3
rd pa
ralle
l runw
ay?
The
Draft
MSP
203
0 LT
CP d
oes
not
identi
fy a
need
for
ad
dition
al ru
nway
cap
acity
to m
eet t
he fo
reca
sted
grow
th at
MSP
throu
gh 20
30.
20
Th
e Ci
ty of
Eaga
n ve
ry mu
ch a
ppre
ciates
the
ongo
ing c
ommi
tmen
t the
MAC
has
mad
e to
impr
ove
the i
nfras
tructu
re a
t MS
P Ai
rpor
t. Ea
gan
conti
nues
to s
uppo
rt the
effo
rts o
f the
MA
C to
stren
gthen
the
pre
senc
e of
MSP
Airp
ort t
hrou
gh im
prov
emen
ts to
its fa
cilitie
s, pa
rkin g
stru
cture
s an
d tra
nspo
rtatio
n sy
stem.
As
an
emplo
ymen
t an
d tra
nspo
rtatio
n hu
b, Ea
gan
stand
s to
bene
fit sig
nifica
ntly
from
an
econ
omic
deve
lopme
nt sta
ndpo
int,
and
enco
urag
es th
e MAC
to co
ntinu
e rein
vesti
ng in
MS
P Ai
rpor
t.
Furth
ermo
re,
as
the
City
prom
otes
its g
oal
of re
ducin
g en
ergy
and
pr
omoti
ng
envir
onme
ntal
susta
inabil
ity,
we
enco
urag
e the
MAC
to c
ontin
ue it
s eff
orts
to uti
lize
susta
inable
bu
ilding
pr
actic
es
as
expa
nsion
and
rein
vestm
ent
plans
for
MSP
tak
e sha
pe.
Comm
ent
noted
. Th
e MA
C wi
ll co
ntinu
e to
incor
pora
te su
staina
ble bu
ilding
prac
tices
into
futur
e fac
ilities
.
25
Mr. S
teven
Dev
ich
City
Mana
ger
City
of Ri
chfie
ld 67
00 P
ortla
nd A
venu
e Ri
chfie
ld MN
5542
3
21
The
draft
LTC
P for
ecas
ts a
40%
gro
wth
in an
nual
aircra
ft op
erati
ons b
y 203
0, wh
ich is
an
incre
ase
from
450,0
00 i
n 20
08 t
o 63
0,000
pr
ojecte
d op
erati
ons
in 20
30.
As p
art o
f the
inc
reas
e in
oper
ation
s, the
dra
ft LT
CP a
lso
includ
es
proje
cted
2030
no
ise
conto
urs
(Figu
re 5
-4) i
n wh
ich th
e pr
ojecte
d 60
-64
DNL
noise
con
tour e
xtend
s we
ll bey
ond
portio
ns o
f Ri
chfie
ld tha
t had
pre
vious
ly qu
alifie
d for
nois
e mi
tigati
on fu
nds.
The
City
of Ri
chfie
ld is
extre
mely
conc
erne
d tha
t the
dra
ft LT
CP d
oes
not a
ddre
ss fu
ture
noise
mitig
ation
to th
e im
pacte
d re
siden
ts of
the p
rojec
ted 2
030
noise
con
tour…
the C
ity o
f Ri
chfie
ld wa
nts to
see
the
final
versi
on o
f the
LT
CP p
rovid
e a
plan
for n
oise
mitig
ation
for
those
hom
es p
rojec
ted to
be
impa
cted
in the
20
30 n
oise
conto
urs.
At a
mini
mum,
the
same
lev
el of
noise
mitig
ation
as th
e hom
es re
ceive
d un
der
the 2
007
legal
settle
ment
shou
ld be
pr
ovide
d.
See G
R-1.
22
Th
e LT
CP in
dicate
s tha
t in
2008
ther
e we
re
over
450
,000
oper
ation
s at
MSP.
Ai
rpor
t pla
nning
gu
idelin
es
(FAA
Or
der
5090
.3c)
sugg
est
that
addit
ional
runw
ay
or
supp
lemen
tal a
irpor
t plan
ning
proc
ess
shou
ld be
gin w
hen
an a
irfield
rea
ches
60%
-75%
of
annu
al ca
pacit
y, wh
ich w
ould
be re
ache
d by
MS
P wh
en
oper
ation
s ex
ceed
48
0,000
op
erati
ons
a ye
ar.
Tab
le 2.1
6 sh
ows
that
MSP
will
exce
ed o
pera
tions
by
at lea
st 20
15,
well b
efore
the L
TCP
is re
quire
d to b
e upd
ated
again
by th
e Metr
opoli
tan C
ounc
il.
See G
R-2.
26
Addit
ionall
y, the
dra
ft LT
CP s
tates
tha
t by
20
30,
when
the
an
nual
oper
ation
s re
ach
630,0
00, a
n av
erag
e de
lay o
f 10
minu
tes p
er
oper
ation
is
acce
ptable
. C
omme
nts h
ave
been
mad
e to
the C
ity o
f Rich
field
and
the
surro
undin
g co
mmun
ities
of MS
P tha
t a d
elay
rang
ing fr
om 9
to 1
2 mi
nutes
per
ope
ratio
n is
cons
idere
d co
nges
ted to
sev
erely
-con g
ested
. Ba
sed
on a
ll the
info
rmati
on g
iven
to the
co
mmun
ities,
a nu
mber
of
ques
tions
aris
e.
Why
doe
sn’t
the L
TCP
addr
ess
the n
eed
for
ongo
ing p
lannin
g for
cap
acity
? S
hould
n’t th
e LT
CP fo
r MSP
add
ress
the
optim
um s
ize a
nd
capa
city
for le
vels
out t
o 20
30?
Sinc
e the
LT
CP i
s for
futu
re d
evelo
pmen
t go
als a
nd
polic
ies w
hat is
the f
uture
plan
?
23
Si
nce
the d
raft
LTCP
pro
pose
s an
add
itiona
l $2
-2.4.
billi
on in
inve
stmen
t for
the
sugg
ested
air
port
expa
nsion
impr
ovem
ent o
n top
of t
he
rece
nt $3
billi
on in
veste
d in
the 2
010
prog
ram,
the
City
of
Rich
field
ques
tions
whe
ther
this
sets
the s
tage
for d
iscus
sions
on
the p
otenti
al pla
nning
pro
cess
for t
he co
nstru
ction
of a
third
pa
ralle
l run
way.
If a
n ad
dition
al ru
nway
is a
po
tentia
l viab
ility
in the
futur
e, tha
n thi
s is
the
settin
g in
which
it s
hould
be
discu
ssed
and
pla
nned
.
The
Draft
MSP
203
0 LT
CP d
oes
not
identi
fy a
need
for
ad
dition
al ru
nway
cap
acity
to m
eet t
he fo
reca
sted
grow
th at
MSP
throu
gh 20
30.
24
Th
e Ci
ty of
Rich
field
reali
zes
that f
orec
astin
g is
a diffi
cult t
ask,
espe
cially
whe
n atte
mptin
g to
forec
ast o
ver a
n ex
tende
d pe
riod
of tim
e. A
t the
Ja
nuar
y 20
, 20
10
Noise
Ov
ersig
ht Co
mmitte
e mee
ting,
MAC
staff s
tated
that
they
Comm
ent n
oted.
27
would
rev
iew o
pera
tion
forec
asts
and
noise
co
ntour
s ev
ery
five
year
s to
ensu
re th
ey a
re
as a
ccur
ate a
s pos
sible
for a
ll futu
re p
lannin
g. W
e loo
k for
ward
to
rece
iving
con
tinuo
us
upda
tes.
25
The
reco
mmen
datio
ns in
the
dra
ft LT
CP t
o us
e the
Metr
opoli
tan B
uilde
rs Gu
ide in
airp
ort
impa
ct ar
eas f
or co
nstru
ction
that
is co
nsist
ent
with
the M
PS P
art 1
50 p
rogr
am g
oals
need
s cla
rifica
tion.
The
con
cern
for
the
City
of
Rich
field
is tha
t the
Buil
ders
Guide
is fo
r only
ne
w re
siden
tial
cons
tructi
on.
The
Buil
ders
Guide
do
es
not
addr
ess
addit
ions
and
alter
ation
s wh
ich a
re a
larg
e pe
rcenta
ge o
f ho
me im
prov
emen
ts for
resid
entia
l pro
pertie
s loc
ated
in air
port
noise
imp
acted
are
as i
n Ri
chfie
ld.
Also
, the
Buil
ders
Guide
pro
vides
ex
ample
s of
wall
cons
tructi
on
for
noise
mi
tigati
on,
but
there
are
no
exam
ples
for
roof/
ceilin
g co
nstru
ction
whic
h wo
uld a
ssist
in
noise
red
uctio
n. I
f thi
s is
to be
a v
iable
docu
ment
that t
he C
ity o
f Rich
field
would
feel
comf
ortab
le ha
nding
out
to ho
meow
ners
and
contr
actor
s tha
n it n
eeds
to ad
dres
s res
identi
al ad
dition
s/alte
ratio
ns,
includ
e ro
of/ce
iling
exam
ples,
and
be u
pdate
d an
d/or
revie
wed
more
ofte
n, sin
ce t
he m
ost
rece
nt Bu
ilder
s Gu
ide is
dated
Mar
ch 20
06.
Comm
ent n
oted.
The
MAC
does
not
have
con
trol o
ver
the
deve
lopme
nt of,
or
upda
tes t
o, the
Metr
opoli
tan C
ounc
il’s
Build
ers’
Guide
. The
Dra
ft MS
P 20
30 L
TCP
does
not
limit t
he
City
of Ri
chfie
ld fro
m ad
optin
g co
nstru
ction
stan
dard
s to
addr
ess
addit
ions
and
alter
ation
s co
nsist
ent
with
the n
ew
resid
entia
l con
struc
tion s
tanda
rds i
n the
Buil
ders
Guide
.
26
…
the d
raft
LTCP
refe
renc
es t
hat
there
are
thr
ee a
dditio
nal a
irline
main
tenan
ce h
anga
rs on
the
wes
tern
edge
of
the a
irfield
with
ap
prox
imate
ly 24
7,000
sq
uare
fee
t for
ha
ngar
s, sh
ops
and
office
s. T
he C
ity o
f
The
MAC
rema
ins c
ommi
tted
to the
ong
oing
use
of the
wes
t sid
e air
craft
engin
e sta
rt pr
oced
ure
that
was
deve
loped
in
cons
ultati
on w
ith th
e No
ise O
versi
ght C
ommi
ttee
and
the C
ity
of Ri
chfie
ld. T
he p
roce
dure
was
imple
mente
d in
2007
via
agre
emen
ts wi
th we
st sid
e ten
ants
at MS
P. T
he M
AC in
tends
28
Rich
field
would
lik
e to
draw
the
MA
C’s
atten
tion
to a
conc
ern
with
the h
anga
rs in
2007
tha
t re
sulte
d in
a re
ducti
on o
n no
ise
impa
cts th
at the
City
wou
ld ho
pe fu
ture
user
s wo
uld c
onsid
er.
In
2007
, the
City
wor
ked
close
ly wi
th MA
C sta
ff an
d the
NOC
to m
onito
r the
nois
e im
pacts
that
were
affe
cting
resid
ents
direc
tly w
est
of the
han
gers
in Ri
chfie
ld.
Proc
edur
es
were
de
velop
ed
with
the
busin
esse
s at t
he tim
e to
chan
ge th
e wa
y and
dir
ectio
n in
which
airc
raft
wher
e re
move
d fro
m the
han
gers.
Th
e ch
ange
s in
oper
ation
pr
oduc
ed n
o me
asur
able
noise
impa
cts w
est
of Ce
dar A
venu
e in
Rich
field
durin
g the
late
night/
early
mor
ning
time
perio
d, thu
s so
lving
op
erati
onal
noise
pro
blems
. Th
e Ci
ty re
alize
s tha
t at t
he ti
me th
ese
prac
tices
wer
e pu
t into
pla
ce th
e ha
nger
s we
re b
eing
used
and
mos
t of
the a
ircra
ft we
re S
tage
3 hu
shkit
ted a
ircra
ft. Y
et it i
s hop
ed th
at wh
en fu
ture
user
s occ
upy
these
han
gers
that
they
cons
ider
the s
ame
prac
tices
for
aircra
ft op
erati
ons
on th
e we
st sid
e.
to en
act t
hat s
ame
agre
emen
t in si
milar
case
s with
futur
e ne
w ten
ants
on th
e wes
t side
.
27
…
Figur
e 1-
9 de
picts
the i
nven
tory
of the
we
tland
s wi
thin
airpo
rt pr
oper
ty. T
he fi
gure
is
very
diffic
ult to
dist
inguis
h wh
ere
the b
orde
r of
the C
ity o
f Rich
field
is loc
ated.
The
City
wou
ld re
ques
t tha
t you
rev
ise th
e ma
p to
indica
te tha
t the
bor
der o
f Rich
field
is we
st of
Trun
k Hi
ghwa
y 77
(TH
77),
but in
clude
s the
Rich
field
Publi
c W
orks
Main
tenan
ce F
acilit
y wh
ich is
loc
ated
east
of the
nor
thbou
nd o
n-ra
mp o
nto
66th
Stre
et.
And,
the n
orthe
rn b
orde
r of
Rich
field
is fro
m 62
nd S
treet
south
, whil
e no
rth
The
map
was
revis
ed to
bett
er d
isting
uish
the M
SP a
irpor
t pr
oper
ty bo
unda
ry as
origi
nally
inten
ded.
29
of 62
nd S
treet
is the
City
of M
innea
polis
. W
e wo
uld l
ike t
o se
e thi
s ar
ea m
ore
clear
ly de
fined
as R
ichfie
ld pr
oper
ty.
Mr
. Pau
l Sab
ourin
19
17 F
airmo
unt A
venu
e St
Pau
l MN
5510
5-15
39
28
…tra
ffic m
ovem
ent o
n Ea
stbou
nd H
ighwa
y 5,
and
the w
eavin
g pr
oblem
s cu
rrentl
y re
sultin
g fro
m the
left-
side
entra
nce
to an
d ex
it fro
m Gl
umac
k Dr
ive to
this
High
way
5, es
pecia
lly
when
co
mbine
d wi
th the
clo
se
spac
ing
betw
een
inter
chan
ges
in thi
s ar
ea.
Base
d on
the
dis
cuss
ion
in Ch
apter
4
of the
Co
mpre
hens
ive P
lan U
pdate
, and
as
depic
ted
on F
igure
4-1
2, the
plan
app
aren
tly e
nvisi
ons
a ma
jor re
cons
tructi
on o
f this
inter
chan
ge, b
ut ma
intain
s the
se n
onsta
ndar
d en
tranc
es a
nd
exits
from
High
way 5
. …
the
left-e
xit fr
om H
ighwa
y 5
caus
es tr
affic
flow
prob
lems.
…A
simila
r pr
oblem
ex
ists
with
vehic
les
enter
ing
eastb
ound
on
Hi
ghwa
y 5
from
Glum
ack D
rive.
… G
iven
the p
rojec
tions
for i
ncre
ased
traff
ic at
the a
irpor
t con
taine
d in
the d
raft
plan,
it see
ms
clear
that
if the
inter
chan
ge b
etwee
n Gl
umac
k Dr
ive a
nd H
ighwa
y 5
is to
be c
omple
tely
reco
nstru
cted,
I beli
eve
that M
AC s
hould
use
thi
s op
portu
nity
to re
locate
the
exit
from
and
entra
nce
to ea
stbou
nd H
ighwa
y 5
to the
righ
t-ha
nd s
ide a
nd im
prov
e tra
ffic fl
ow a
nd s
afety
in thi
s are
a.
Futur
e plan
ning p
hase
s of th
e gen
eral
impr
ovem
ents
identi
fied i
n the
Dra
ft MS
P 20
30 L
TCP
will t
ake
into
cons
idera
tion
a nu
mber
of
key
criter
ia. T
hese
crite
ria in
clude
total
dail
y an
d pe
ak h
our
traffic
volum
es, r
oadw
ay ca
pacit
y ana
lysis,
wea
ving
move
ments
, me
rge
and
diver
ge c
ondit
ions,
and
nume
rous
othe
r tra
ffic
oper
ation
s crite
ria im
porta
nt to
impr
oved
road
way o
pera
tions
and
safet
y. T
o the
exte
nt po
ssibl
e an
d wi
thin
the c
onstr
aints
of av
ailab
le rig
ht of
way,
natur
al re
sour
ces,
fundin
g, an
d oth
er
cons
idera
tions
, des
ign g
eome
trics f
or the
road
way i
tself w
ill als
o be
criti
cal a
nd w
ill me
et the
des
ign c
riteria
as
set f
orth
in the
Mn
/DOT
Roa
d De
sign
Manu
al, a
nd in
the
Road
side
Desig
n Gu
ide a
nd A
Poli
cy o
n Ge
ometr
ic De
sign
of Hi
ghwa
ys a
nd
Stre
ets p
ublis
hed
by th
e Am
erica
n As
socia
tion
of St
ate H
ighwa
y an
d Tra
nspo
rtatio
n Offic
ials.
Mayo
r R.T
. Ryb
ak
29
The
City
rema
ins c
once
rned
, how
ever
, abo
ut Se
e GR-
2.
30
City
of Mi
nnea
polis
Of
fice o
f the M
ayor
35
0 Sou
th 5th S
t – R
oom
331
Minn
eapo
lis M
N 55
415-
1393
the in
tegra
lly re
lated
issu
es o
f airp
ort c
apac
ity,
delay
and
infra
struc
ture
inves
tmen
t. A
s we
ex
pres
sed
in ou
r Octo
ber 2
009
letter
fore
cast
oper
ation
al ac
tivity
is e
xpec
ted to
be
98.5%
of
airfie
ld ca
pacit
y in
2030
, virtu
ally
assu
ring
a co
nges
ted a
irpor
t. T
he L
TCP
upda
te pr
ojects
an
ave
rage
dela
y of
10 m
inutes
per
ope
ratio
n wh
ile th
e 20
30 re
giona
l ben
chma
rk for
airc
raft
delay
is 7
.1 mi
nutes
for
203
0. T
he L
CTP
proje
ction
is t
hus
more
tha
n 40
% o
ver
the
regio
nal b
ench
mark
for 20
30.
MAC’
s Ja
nuar
y 15
, 20
10 r
espo
nse
to the
Ci
ty’s i
nitial
comm
ent s
tates
, “…
the an
ticipa
ted
bene
fits fr
om im
pleme
nting
the
NextG
en A
ir Tr
affic
Contr
ol sy
stem,
we
belie
ve t
hat
the
airfie
ld ca
pacit
y at
MSP
will
actua
lly in
creas
e by
20
30.”
Ou
r un
derst
andin
g is
that
imple
menta
tion o
f Nex
tGen
wou
ld, ho
weve
r, at
best
resu
lt in
poss
ibly u
p to
a 15
% in
creas
e in
capa
city.
If th
is we
re a
ctuall
y the
cas
e, MS
P wo
uld s
till b
e op
erati
ng a
t ov
er 8
5% o
f ca
pacit
y, sig
nifica
ntly
abov
e the
thre
shold
of
when
plan
ning
shou
ld be
add
ress
ing t
his
cons
traint
. Th
e 19
93 M
SP C
apac
ity E
nhan
cem
ent P
lan
reco
mmen
ded
actio
n wa
s to
add
both
new
ru
nway
s 17
/35 a
nd 1
1N/29
N (n
ow 1
2N/30
N)
at “F
uture
2”
oper
ation
al lev
els o
f 60
0,000
an
nual
oper
ation
s. H
ow o
r wh
y ha
s thi
s ch
ange
d?
Know
ing t
hat
the f
uture
airfi
eld
(eve
n un
der f
airly
cons
erva
tive
forec
asts)
will
be
signif
icantl
y co
nstra
ined,
it be
gs
the
ques
tion
how
much
ad
dition
al inv
estm
ent
31
shou
ld be
mad
e in
MSP.
It
seem
s pr
uden
t tha
t the
MAC
kno
wing
that
this
is go
ing to
be
an is
sue
withi
n thi
s plan
ning
horiz
on sh
ould
be
addr
essin
g tha
t pa
rticula
r pr
oblem
in
this
upda
te.
30
As e
lected
stew
ards
of o
ur co
mmun
ity, w
e ar
e so
rely
disap
point
ed th
at on
ce a
gain
MSP
is pr
opos
ed
to be
ex
pand
ed
incre
asing
the
im
pacts
on
ne
ighbo
ring
comm
unitie
s an
d ma
king
no a
ttemp
t to
addr
ess m
itigati
ng n
oise
impa
cts.
We
are
quite
awa
re th
at the
FAA
’s thr
esho
ld for
sign
ifican
t no
ise im
pacts
is a
t no
ise le
vels
abov
e 65
DNL
. Ho
weve
r, thi
s re
giona
l co
mmun
ity
set
its
airpo
rt no
ise
thres
hold
at 60
DNL
in 1
998
by a
ction
of t
he
Noise
Mitig
ation
Com
mitte
e an
d su
bseq
uentl
y by
MA
C ac
tion.
The
expa
nsion
of
MSP
appr
oved
for
the
20
10
prog
ram
was
pred
icated
on
addr
essin
g no
ise i
mpac
ts in
neigh
borin
g co
mmun
ities.
Why
wou
ld thi
s ne
w ex
pans
ion p
lan b
e pr
opos
ed w
ithou
t ad
dres
sing m
itigati
on of
noise
impa
cts?
See
GR-1
. Th
e MA
C dis
agre
es
with
the
comm
entor
’s as
sertio
n tha
t the
MAC
has
esta
blish
ed a
n air
port
noise
thr
esho
ld of
signif
icanc
e of 6
0 DNL
.
31
Th
e tre
nd t
owar
d ad
dres
sing
airpo
rt no
ise
levels
beyo
nd 65
DNL
is in
creas
ing an
d is v
ery
likely
to ch
ange
with
in thi
s plan
ning
timefr
ame.
The
rec
ent
Euro
pean
HYE
NA s
tudies
are
be
ing d
iscus
sed
at FA
A’s
Aviat
ion R
esea
rch
Road
map
Wor
ksho
ps in
ter
ms o
f iss
ues
of an
noya
nce
and
sleep
int
erfer
ence
.
The
Inter
natio
nal S
tanda
rds
Orga
nizati
on is
like
ly to
adop
t a
dose
/resp
onse
cur
ve p
redic
ting
comm
unity
ann
oyan
ce t
o air
craft
noise
will
show
that
twice
as
many
peo
ple a
re h
ighly
Comm
ent n
oted.
32
anno
yed
than
with
the S
chult
z no
ise c
urve
. Th
e po
int a
t whic
h 12
.3 pe
rcent
of pe
ople
are
highly
an
noye
d (F
AA’s
curre
nt 65
DN
L thr
esho
ld) w
ould
be p
ushe
d ou
t to
the 5
5 DN
L lev
el.
Quoti
ng f
rom
the a
rticle
in Ai
rpor
t No
ise
Repo
rt, “T
he F
eder
al Int
erag
ency
Com
mitte
e on
Avia
tion
Noise
(FI
CAN)
, wh
ich F
ICON
ev
olved
into,
will
be u
nder
pre
ssur
e to
adop
t the
revis
ed IS
O sta
ndar
d, wh
ich is
volu
ntary
but r
epre
sents
the c
onse
nsus
of w
orld
expe
rts,
and
FAA
will
be u
nder
pre
ssur
e to
reco
gnize
the
revis
ion as
a sig
nifica
nt ch
ange
”.
32
As
MAC
conti
nues
to g
row
the a
irpor
t and
with
the
like
lihoo
d tha
t nois
e im
pacts
are
goin
g to
conti
nue
to be
a s
ignific
ant
anno
yanc
e to
resid
ents,
the
LTC
P up
dated
mus
t ad
dres
s ho
w no
ise a
ssoc
iated
with
the
exp
ande
d air
port
would
be
mitig
ated
and
includ
e a
budg
et re
cogn
izing
the c
osts.
See G
R-1.