The Port of Seattle's 2021 Preliminary Budget document was prepared by the Finance and Budget Departments and covers the organization's financial plans for the coming year. The Port previously received a Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its 2020 Annual Budget, recognizing it as an effective policy document, financial plan, operations guide, and communications tool. Note: this document does not appear to contain specific Sea-Tac Airport noise policy content.

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This is the Port of Seattle’s 2021 Preliminary Budget document, prepared by the Finance and Budget Departments. It includes a note that the Port received the Government Finance Officers Association Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its 2020 Annual Budget, and that the 2021 budget is being submitted for the same recognition.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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