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Item No: 11B Meeting Date: May 14, 2012 Type of Business: Reports City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: James Ericson, City Administrator Item Title/Subject: Administrative Updates & Report AC/B Airport Advisory Commission I attended the Anoka County / Blaine Airport Advisory Commission meeting in Blaine on May 9th, held at Blaine City Hall. Attending with me was Commissioner Barb Haake. The east/west runway is scheduled to be resurfaced (not lengthened!) sometime this summer at which time ALL traffic will be diverted to the north/south runway. This will naturally increase aircraft activity (operations) over Mounds View. Joe Harris, AC/B Airport manager, will keep us informed when this will be occurring so we can communicate to our residents regarding the short term “disruptions”. He also indicated willingness to speak to the Council about this project or any other concerns you may have. Aviation Days Speaking of the Airport, the "Discover Aviation Days" event is scheduled at the AC/Blaine Airport on June 2 & 3. There will be airplane rides, museum, specialty and vintage aircraft, a replica of the Vietnam Wall Memorial (80% scale), pancake breakfast, daily military fly- overs, kids’ activities and the ever-popular “Hangar Dance” Saturday night, June 2. For more information about Aviation Days, check out their webpage at http://www.discoveraviationdays.org or their Facebook page “DiscoverAviationDays”. Residents living near the airport may notice increased flight activity during this event. Spring Clean-Up Event The Spring Clean-Up event took place May 5 at the public works facility on Bronson Drive. Recycling Coordinator Springer reports that Veolia Environmental Services saw 153 customers, who dropped off appliances, batteries, tires, mixed trash and electronics. If you missed the Spring Clean-Up Day, we’ll be conducting a Fall Clean-Up Day in September. Stay tuned for more information. The clean-up events are paid for with SCORE Grant Funds from the State of Minnesota and Ramsey County. Red Oak Estates Dirt Piles Work to level the dirt piles at the Red Oak Estates townhome community at the SW corner of Long Lake Road and County Road H2 should be underway. According to Marty Harstad, they will be bringing in a bulldozer and spreading out the dirt piles across the Red Oak Estates site, laying some topsoil over the spread dirt and then seeding it. They would then mow the seeded areas once the vegetation has been established. This will eliminate the erosion and sand on the driveway issue, and will greatly enhance the aesthetics of the site. They do NOT plan at this time to relocate any of the dirt be any trucking of dirt to the Longview site. This plan, approved by the Rice Creek Watershed District, would satisfactorily address the issues on the Red Oak site.