The Highline Forum met on September 28, 2022, hosted by the Highline School District, to discuss two main topics: an update on the South King County Community Impact Fund and an update on the Port of Seattle's noise program. The hybrid meeting, held both in person and via Microsoft Teams, also included a StART update from Port of Seattle's Lance Lyttle and roundtable discussions from community members. This was the fifth of six scheduled 2022 Forum meetings, with the final session set for November 16, 2022, hosted by the City of SeaTac.

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Agenda for the September 28, 2022 Highline Forum meeting hosted by Highline School District, held as a hybrid event at ERAC and via Microsoft Teams. The meeting featured updates on the South King County Community Impact Fund, the Port of Seattle Noise Program, and StART, along with public comment instructions and the 2022 meeting schedule.

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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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