HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 160-21 - Resolution - RST Master Plan and Airport Layout Plan
RESOLUTION
Adopting the Airport Master Plan and Airport Layout Plan for Rochester
International Airport.
WHEREAS, Rochester International Airport is owned by the City of Rochester and
operated by the Rochester Airport Company under an operating agreement with the
City; and
WHEREAS, the City received a grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
to fund 90 percent of the cost of the new Airport Master Plan and Airport Layout Plan
for the Rochester International Airport, with the City and Minnesota Department of
Transportation (MnDOT) sharing the remaining expense; and
WHEREAS, the Airport began the project in 2018 with the assistance of consultant
Mead & Hunt, and since 2018, Airport staff and its consultant have conducted three
stakeholder input committee meetings, two public outreach meetings, and other
extensive outreach efforts throughout the process of updating the Master Plan to
receive input from affected stakeholders and the public; and
WHEREAS, the Airport Master Plan and Airport Layout Plan provide guidance for
future infrastructure development of Airport facilities and must be approved and signed
by the City, the FAA, and MnDOT for the Rochester International Airport to obtain
federal and/or state financial assistance for projects contemplated therein; and
WHEREAS, the Rochester International Airport Commission, in its regular meeting on
April 6, 2021, reviewed and concurred with the findings and recommendations of the
updated Airport Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Rochester, in its study session on
April 26, 2021, reviewed and concurred with findings and recommendations of the
updated Airport Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Rochester desires to officially adopt
the Airport Master Plan and Airport Layout Plan as being in the best interests of the
City, its citizens, the Airport, and its stakeholders.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester that the Rochester City Council hereby approves the findings and
recommendations of the updated Airport Master Plan and Airport Layout Plan and
authorizes the Rochester International Airport Commission to sign the Plans.
Appropriate staff are authorized to take all other actions reasonable or necessary to
carry out the purpose of the plans.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2021.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2021.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)