Sea-Tac Communities Plan Newsletter and Air Transportation Committee Minutes, September 1973

This September 1973 newsletter from the Sea-Tac Communities Plan covers community committee meetings, Port of Seattle land acquisition plans, and neighborhood engagement initiatives related to Sea-Tac Airport. The Port of Seattle proposed acquiring approximately 475 acres of land north and south of the airport following FAA approach zone guidelines, while citizen committees worked on noise, water quality, and land use concerns. Community outreach efforts included a memory sketch mapping project, a concerns survey, and a series of TV-based neighborhood classes aimed at building consensus on planning guidelines.

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Sea-Tac Communities Plan (STCP) newsletter dated September 1973 covering upcoming committee meetings including the Citizens’ Air Transportation Committee (Sept. 20), Citizens’ Urban Development Committee (Sept. 26), Water Quality and Drainage Task Force (Sept. 19), Technical Advisory Committee (Oct. 2), and Policy Advisory Committee (Oct. 2). Includes Port Of Seattle staff recommendation to acquire approximately 475 acres north and south of Sea-Tac Airport per FAA expanded approach zone guidelines, from the north airport boundary to So. 136th and from the south boundary to Des Moines Creek Canyon. Also contains minutes from the Air Transportation Committee meeting of August 2, 1973, chaired by Jan Charnell, held at 253 South 152nd Street, Burien. Minutes cover reports from Near Term Project Committee (Virginia Dana), Survey Committee (Howard Olsen), and University of Washington Department of Community Development collaboration. EDC Community Office, Burien, WA 98148.

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