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Approving the Mayor’s appointment of Kevin Gallatin to a two-year term on the MSP International Airport Noise Oversight Committee.
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WHEREAS, the MSP Noise Oversight Committee (NOC) was established in August 2002 as an advisory board appointed to address aircraft noise issues associated with MSP; and
WHEREAS, the MSP Noise Oversight Committee is a 12-member committee made up of six community representatives and six aviation industry representatives that provide airport noise-related policy recommendations to the Metropolitan Airports Commission; and
WHEREAS, the MSP Noise Oversight Committee is made of members respectively representing the cities of Saint Paul, Apple Valley, Burnsville, Edina, Inver Grove Heights, Sunfish Lake and St. Louis Park; and
WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul appoints one representative who participates in the at-large community representative election process and acts as the primary contact on behalf of Saint Paul with the at-large community representative group; and
WHEREAS, Saint Paul has a vacancy on the MSP Noise Oversight Committee; and
WHEREAS, Kevin Gallatin applied to for membership on the MSP International Airport Noise Oversight Committee; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Carter wishes to appoint Kevin Gallatin as an at-large Community Representative on the MSP International Airport Noise Oversight Committee for a two-year term ending on June 25, 2023; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council approves the appointment of Kevin Gallatin to a two-year term ending June 25, 2023, as a member of the MSP International Airport Noise Oversight Committee.