This document is the agenda for the Port of Seattle Commission Regular Meeting held on March 11, 2025, covering general port business including consent agenda items related to capital improvement projects, financial consulting contracts, and labor agreements. While the meeting addresses a broad range of port operations, it does not contain specific discussion of Sea-Tac Airport noise policy. Members of the public could participate in the meeting in person, by phone, or via Microsoft Teams.

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Agenda for the Port of Seattle Commission Regular Meeting held on March 11, 2025, conducted both virtually via MS Teams and in person at Port of Seattle Headquarters. The agenda includes consent items covering capital improvements, consulting contracts, collective bargaining agreements, corrosion protection projects, and adoption of 2025 local and regional government policy priorities. Public comment procedures and meeting access information are also outlined.

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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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