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An email chain between Ann Kenny and Michael Cheyne, forwarding a July 2001 message from David Masters of King County, regarding the need to amend a contract for Kelly Whiting’s review services to the Washington State Department of Ecology. The contract had exceeded its $95,000 limit by $23,695, and Masters proposed increasing the budget by $170,000 to a new total of $265,000 to cover anticipated appeal preparation and expert witness testimony. The amendment would expand the scope of work to include briefing materials, appeal hearing preparation, depositions, and testimony.

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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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