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A ItZSOLOTZON of the Port Commlsslon of the Port of Seattle, King County, Washlngton, reaffirming adoptlon of a Master Plan Update for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, authorizzng construction of a new dependent air carrier runway, an expanslon of the existing parking garage, and a new north employee parking lot in accordance with the Master Plan Update, and reaffirming commitments to fulfill additional noise reduction measures In accordance with Puget Sound Regional Council Resolution A-96-02. W_, the number of passengers and aircraft operatlons served by Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) have grown substantially in the last several decades and are propecteO to continue to increase significantly in the future; and W]_EI_F_%S, in the mid-1980's, the Port completed the Airpor: Comprehensive Planning Review & Airspace Update Study which concluded that the existing runway system at STIA would not be capable of serving efficiently the increasing demand past the year 2000, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) initiated an Airport Capacity Enhancement Study which concluded that there was extensive delay primarily in poor weather conditions as a result of the close spacing of the two existing runways; and, in 1995, the FAA conducted a Capacity Enhancement Update Study which confirmed the results of the earlier capacity study; and •T_ERF._%S, in 1989, the Port of Seattle and the Puget Sound Council of Governments - forerunner to the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) - appointed the Puget Sound Air Transportation Committee (PSATC) and initiated the Flight Plan Project to study a wide range of alternatives for resolving…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]