Article Summary:
Item 2. StART MEETING UPDATE
Item 3. SAMP UPDATE
Item 4. COMPLAINTS/COMMUNICATIONS
Item 5. COMMITTEE WORKPLAN/FORMAT
As representatives of the residents of Des Moines, the Citizen’s Airport Committee commits to the following action plan:
• 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.
The Committee will advance these objectives by engaging our citizens through one-on-one conversations, social media, and public meetings that are not attended by Port of Seattle or Airport Staff.