Slimmed down version loses Overburdened Community provision In a vote mostly along party lines the committee passed HB1303-1st Substitute bill. The key change was removal of the original requirement that pollution overburdened communities, those ranked highest on a standardized Environmental Justice scale, would automatically be subject to a new layer of environmental review specifically targeted
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Commission passes state tourism agreement
Last minute amendment to limit cruise marketing fails 2025 01 28 Agenda Packet Item 9a: Authorization for the Executive Director to Execute a Joint Marketing Agreement with State of Washington Tourism (SWT), a State Government Agency, to Promote International Tourism to Seattle and Washington State in Selected International Markets for Three Years at the Rate
SAMP Call to action: Sign in Pro for HB 1303
Please Sign in pro to support HB1303-2025 First hearing in the House Environment Committee Thursday January 23 8:00AM. This is the most important airport legislation of the year you don’t know about. It is exactly what was missing from the Sustainable Airport Master Plan Draft EA. It will require a supplemental environmental impact statement on
Federal Way City Council December 3, 2024 SAMP presentation
Every city near the Sea-Tac Airport has its own, and very different, approach to airport issues. To illustrate this we encourage you to watch this five minute video segment and read the official Federal Way comments on the SAMP (starting on pg #299). Bill Vadino is the Strategic Advisor to Mayor Jim Ferrell, and one
Happy New Year!
The SAMP and opportunities for change in the next three months Happy New Year to everyone who has followed and supported us since 2016. The coming year is going to be big and we’re changing in a few ways to try to keep up. The first thing you’ll notice is more frequent communications, which we’ll
Federal Way City Council Special Meeting July 17, 2018
Now that the SAMP Public Comment period is closed, we decided to start posting some important milestones for how we got here. When local governments claim they were blindsided by the 2024 Draft EA, that is not true. This is a Federal Way City Council presentation on the SAMP from 2018 that was better than any information we saw this year. We can make progress, but we have to use the information we already have!
SAMP Draft EA Comment Period closed (2)
Decision likely to come much earlier than expected! The Sustainable Airport Master Plan Draft EA comment period is now closed. We want to thank everybody who participated. We know the process was short and highly fraught. Nevertheless, we read some very good material. Thank you. The Port registered approximately 230 participants at their four Open
Records Request
Every so often we remind people that we want any documents, newspapers, web page links, sound recordings, VHS Tapes, Pan Am cocktail napkins, etc. Literally anything which has anything to do with the airport. For all intents and purposes, information you cannot find does not exist. (What’s that old line about the tree falling in