This is the meeting agenda for the Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) held on February 27, 2019, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The meeting covered key topics including a recap of the Aviation Noise Working Group, a presentation on glide slope analysis, and an airfield taxiing noise reduction initiative. The session also included discussion of StART's 2019 priorities, with the goal of enhancing cooperation between the Port of Seattle and neighboring communities affected by airport noise.

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Meeting agenda for the Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) held on February 27, 2019 at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Conference Center. The meeting covers recaps and previews of Aviation Noise and Federal Policy Working Group meetings, a glide slope analysis presentation, an airfield taxiing noise reduction initiative, and development of 2019 priorities. The next meeting is scheduled for April 24, 2019.

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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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