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Letter dated August 13, 2019 from the City of Des Moines to Lance Lyttle, Director of Aviation at Sea-Tac International Airport, notifying him that the Des Moines City Council voted unanimously on August 8, 2019 to temporarily suspend participation in the Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Roundtable (StART) Committee. The suspension follows the Port of Seattle Commission’s July 23, 2019 off-site meeting in Kirkland, where $10 million was approved on consent agenda for design of Near-Term Projects under the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), without prior notice to stakeholders and in alleged violation of state SEPA requirements. The letter also references the Des Moines Aviation Advisory Committee, City SEPA official Susan Cezar, Port of Seattle Aviation Environment and Sustainability Director Arlyn Purcell, the Concourse D Hardstand Holdroom DNS issued without local city notice, contradictory Port staff statements on baseline analysis periods (2014–2018), and disproportionate noise and health impacts on Des Moines, Burien, SeaTac, and Normandy Park residents.