On October 10, 2023, the Port of Seattle Commission held a special study session to review the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) Aviation Division's preliminary 2024 operating and capital improvement budgets. The briefing, presented by Aviation Managing Director Lance Lyttle and Finance Director Hiedi Popochock, sought commissioner feedback ahead of formal budget approvals planned for November 2023. This session was part of a broader series of budget briefings that began in July 2023.

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This document contains the agenda, briefing memo, and opening presentation slide for a Port of Seattle Commission special meeting held on October 10, 2023. The study session focuses on the 2024 preliminary operating and Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budgets for the Aviation Division. Staff sought Commission feedback on the preliminary budgets as part of a broader series of budget briefings leading to formal approval in November 2023.

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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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