5.8 Community Attitudes Survey Port of Seattle

The Social Impact of the Seattle-Tacoma Airport on the Community r By Fred E. Fiedler University of Washington and Judith Fiedler, Principal Investigator Battelle Memorial Institute Pacific Northwest Division Human Affairs Research Centers March 1974 The prc~arntion of this report was financed in part through an Airport !·laster Planning Grant from the Federal Avitttion Admin- istration under the provisions of Section 13 of the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970. POS 807573 ] INTRODUC'flON This study investigates the imp~ct of the Sea-Tac International Airport on the life of the surrounding conununity. It examimes hmV" the residents of an airport conununity and of appropriate comparable areas cope with various environmental problems. Sea-Tac is the 15th largest airport in the United States. During the year 1973 it handled 5,300,000 passengers and 375 flights per day. It covers over 2,000 acres and is clearly the dominant fea- ture of the surrounding area. The airport is staffed by 7,000 employ- ees, and managed by the Port of Seattle, a regional governmental body headed by five elected Port Commissioners whose responsibility also encompasses the harbor and shipping facilities. This partic•lar study was commissioned by the Port of Seattle and King County, ~ashington as part of the Sea-T~c Intern~tional Airport Vicinity Master Plan ~tudy. A section of the report deals with qu~~- tions of concern to the Metropolitan Municipality of Seattle (".M.E:tro") which has a direct interest in the drainage problems surrounding Sea- Tac. The more general questions concerning the public's stance on related ecological…

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