The Burien City Council Regular Meeting agenda for March 24, 2025 includes an interview and appointment process for candidates to the Burien Airport Committee, which is relevant to local oversight of Sea-Tac Airport impacts. The meeting also features a Green Burien and Urban Forestry update, consent agenda items covering over $4.2 million in vouchers and payroll, and a quarterly review of the City Council Work Plan. The meeting was held both in person at Burien City Hall and virtually via Zoom.

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Agenda for the Burien City Council regular meeting on March 24, 2025, held both in person at Burien City Hall and virtually via Zoom. The agenda includes presentations on Green Burien and Urban Forestry, consent agenda items for voucher and minutes approval, and business items including Burien Airport Committee candidate interviews and appointments and a quarterly review of the City Council Work Plan.

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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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