September 9, 2025July 31, 2026

Order No. 2025-09: An order of the Port Of Seattle Commission to rename the South King County Community Impact Fund as the South King and Port Communities Fund

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This Port of Seattle Commission order directs the Executive Director to rename the South King County Community Impact Fund (SKCCIF) to the ‘South King and Port Communities Fund’ to reflect its expanded geographic reach across King County areas identified by the Equity Index as having the greatest need. The order also reduces the required advance notification period for recommended projects from 14 days to 7 days to streamline contract execution with community partners. The reauthorized fund is allocated $14 million over 2025-2029 to support community-based organizations with economic and environmental programs.

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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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