The undersigned friends of Edina, who live, work, play, study, shop or worship in the City of Edina, hereby petition the Edina City Council to respond at its next meeting to the serious threat to our community posed by the FAA's RNAV flight path consolidation strategy at Minneapolis St. Paul Airport.

Specifically, we request the City Council resolve to implement a concurrent dual track approach, as follows:

1) To continue amicable discussions between representatives and staff of the City, the Metropolitan Airport Commission, and the Governor’s Office, with the explicit objective that the Metropolitan Airport Commission formally voice unmitigated opposition to the FAA's RNAV flight path consolidation strategy at Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport.

2) To establish and formally earmark, immediately, a $250,000 RNAV Consolidated Flight Path Litigation Expense Reserve Fund, to enable the City to take prompt legal action, if necessary, to stop the implementation of the FAA's RNAV flight path consolidation strategy over any part of the City on any basis (permanent, temporary, test or trial period).

We believe that this concurrent dual track action is most prudent, courteous and balanced approach in that it “hopes for the best, yet prepares for the worst” before it is too late.