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July 10, 1996 letter. Response to Letter 6(City of Mounds View) A general comment is that many of the City's comments are related to an out-of-date draft LTCP Update (July 1996 rather than the most up-to-date May 1997 version). The May 1997 draft was the one released for public review prior to the hearing. 1. Page 1-5 of the May 1997 draft LTCP Update contains a history and description of the Stipulation Agreement (a.k.a. Order) as referenced. A copy of the Stipulation Agreement/Order will be added to the final document. 2. The May 1997 draft LTCP Update contains a copy of the August 1996 Draft Noise Abatement Plan for the airport. The plan is summarized on pages 4-7 and 4-8. Prior to the draft noise abatement plan, a Field Order was in place that outlined acceptable airport operation procedures. The City's position is noted. 3. The City of Mounds View alleges that the LTCP "improperly uses" the FAA's Airport Reference Code (ARC), Approach Category B., Design Group II standard (ARC B-II) for defining design standards for capital improvements at the Anoka County-Blaine Airport. The City contends that an out-of-date method of describing the types of aircraft using the Airport, i.e., Class D & E, is more appropriate. MAC's position is that the Anoka County-Blaine Airport, like other Minor airports, such as Flying Cloud, Airlake and Lake Elmo, is designed in accordance with FAA's current ARC B-II standards. By way of background it must be noted that in 1978 the Metropolitan Council uncal developed its first Aviation Systems Plan. In that Plan it attempted to describe various types of airports needed to support aviation demand within the metropolitan area. In an effort to describe the typical characteristics of various airports, the Council categorized aircraft as type "E", to reflect the single engine propeller aircraft and type "D", twin engine aircraft. Type "C" aircraft were depicted as the large corporate jets. The "AA, A and B" categories reflected the larger commercial airliners. By the Council's definition, MSP was the Region's Major Airport, St. Paul Downtown as the Intermediate and the remaining MAC airports as Minor. At that time, circa, 1977/1978, FAA classified airports as Basic and General Utility, Basic Transport, General Transport and Air Carrier. The FAA category for the Anoka County- Blaine Airport was a General Utility. In 1989, FAA did a major overhaul of its planning and design guidelines and established the "ARC" system to define airports using a combination of aircraft operating characteristics (approach speed) and aircraft dimensions (wingspan). For the Anoka County-Blaine Airport,the design aircraft characteristics included aircraft having approach speeds up to 121 knots and wingspans up to 79 feet. Within the regional system, all Minor airports, except Crystal Airport, are classified as ARC B-II. The ARC B-II design • category doesn't set any maximum aircraft weight limits. For MAC airports, however, all Minor airports, except Crystal, have a single wheel design strength of 30,000 pounds.