A September 2017 Port of Seattle Commission memorandum outlining the preliminary 2018 Corporate Budget briefing, prepared by the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Finance Director for presentation to the Commission on September 26, 2017. The document describes the Port's overall budget preparation process, including system setup, department reviews, and public comment periods, leading to final budget adoption and filing with King County. Note: this memo covers internal corporate budget planning and does not directly address Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

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A Commission agenda memorandum from the Port of Seattle’s Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Finance Director briefing the Commission on the 2018 preliminary Corporate budget. The document outlines the budget preparation process and references previous Commission actions including a June 2017 budget work session and August 2017 budget assumptions memo.

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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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