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need to be selected for the Search Area "A" airport. This sponsor • <br />would assume the responsibility for future follow-on analysis. <br />In 1986, the FAA funded a study to determine the feasibility, general <br />location, and requirements of a new general aviation reliever airport. <br />While the study has not been completed, preliminary results indicate <br />that the project is feasible according to the FAA. <br />Intrasystem Diversion <br />This step encourages maximttm use of the existing system. MAC, as <br />the owner/operator of most relievers, along with the City of South St. <br />Paul, would have the responsibility for these updates. To enrnurage <br />diversion to Lake Elmo, a rumvay extension has been recommended <br />for this airport. The comprehensive airport development plan currently <br />underway for Lake . Elmo will probably address this issue; an <br />environmental assessment may be required. MAC should continue its <br />plans to implement its existing capital program for the reliever airports. <br />MAC should undertake a rates anti charges analysis for the reliever <br />airport system to determine how fees in the reliever system can best <br />be structured to encourage demand to move from overutilized airports <br />to underutilized facilities.. <br />Finally, additional landside and airside capacity could be "freed-up" at • <br />St. Paul Downtown if the military is relocated. The desirability and <br />the feasibility of relocating the military to another regional airport may <br />warrant review during the continuous planning process, if it proves <br />impossible to implement other study recommendations. While many <br />of the military operations at St. Paul Downtown are performed by <br />helicopters that do not utilize a significant portion of the field's <br />operational capacity, the relocation of military activities from St. Paul <br />Downtown would provide additional landside expansion potential. <br />(2) Monitoring and Trackine <br />Many of the recommendations ofthe Regional System Reliever Airports Study <br />are based on projected operations for the reliever system. In the absence of control <br />towers at several of the relievers, existing operational levels are actually demand <br />estimates. To verify actual demand within the continuous planning effort, it is <br />recommended that MAC and/or the Metropolitan Council, through FAA <br />participation, acquire and implement an aircraft counting program. This program. <br />would allow a comparison of actual annual demand levels with those forecast in the <br />V-17 <br />