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Duane McCarty 4 780-7356 17114110/97 09:31 PM D212 <br /> Subject: Anoka County Airport <br /> IIIDate: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 21: 14:25 +0000 <br /> From: Duane McCarty <duanem@infi.net> <br /> To: rep.Geri.Evans@house. leg.state.mn.us <br /> Dear Representative Evans: <br /> The Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) is currently working on a <br /> Long Term Comprehensive Plan Update (Plan) for the Anoka County <br /> Airport. The Mounds View City Council and a citizens committee have <br /> been tracking this process. The City Council directed the City <br /> Attorney, Mr. Bob Long of Kennedy & Graven, to notify the MAC of our <br /> written objections to the Plan. Mounds View filed those objections with <br /> the MAC on November 25, 1996. We did not receive a response from MAC <br /> until Mr. Long contacted MAC again in early March of this year, and <br /> reiterated our concerns to Mr. Mark J. Ryan Airport Planner for MAC on <br /> March 14, 1997. <br /> As you know, the Metropolitan Airports Commission is obligated under a <br /> Court Order and Stipulation to abide by certain planning criteria at the <br /> airport. The Court Order resulted from a complaint brought by Mounds <br /> View against the MAC in 1984 and contains agreements regarding future <br /> airport improvements. <br /> However, our difficulty in communicating with MAC staff and a delay in <br /> public hearings on the Anoka Airport Comp Plan until May or June, leaves <br /> IIIIIus wondering if the new hearing schedule has anything to do with the <br /> Legislature session. Mr. Ryan has again agreed to meet with us this <br /> coming Monday April 14, 1997. Hopefully this meeting will actually take <br /> place. <br /> Please be alert to any legislative proposals this session that repeal <br /> existing laws, or implement new laws, that counter statutes protecting <br /> cities surrounding the Anoka County Airport. Be especially aware of <br /> protections written into MSA 473. 641 Subd. 4 as it applies to upgrading <br /> minor status airports under the Metropolitan Development Guide. The <br /> Metropolitan Development Guide has been changed in some respects since <br /> this law was authored by then Representative Paul McCarron. <br /> Nonetheless, the intent of the court order stands untouched. <br /> Thank you in advance for your attention to this matter. The airport is <br /> constantly expanding with escalating off-site impacts from aircraft <br /> overflight of populated areas. I look forward to our earliest <br /> opportunity to review this issue with you. I have requested our City <br /> Administrator, Chuck Whiting to contact you with an update. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Duane McCarty, Mayor <br /> City of Mounds View <br /> • <br />