Notes
We recognize that a healthy environment is essential to the quality of life in Des
Moines. To ensure that we have a healthy environment, the Committee will
advocate for adding a nationally recognized toxicologist(s) to the team responding to
the Port of Seattle’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). The Committee will
network with similar advocacy groups in the other airport communities to explore
funding avenues for this extra effort.
We believe that the recommendations that come out of the Part 150 Study currently
underway will determine changes to the area impacted by sound from the Airport’s
operations could shift the burden of mitigating the noise impacts to the surrounding
communities by de-emphasizing sound insulation packages and recommending
significant changes to land use designations that can tolerate higher noise volumes.
The Committee will endeavor to start discussions in the City about how this will
impact our community.
The Committee is concerned that the completion of the Highway 509 project will not
decrease traffic on Marine View Drive and 16th Avenue, but has the potential to
increase traffic congestion by turning an improved 24th Avenue into another
corridor thru the City that puts more traffic on Kent-Des Moines Road and 16th
Avenue. The Committee will advocate for a more comprehensive traffic analysis in
the SEPA process for the SAMP