A City of SeaTac budget amendment presentation slide for Port ILA Fund 105, recorded November 12, 2025, detailing a $350,000 total estimated expenditure for outside legal counsel shared among multiple jurisdictions. SeaTac, representing 28% of the population, bears approximately $96,000 in costs and anticipates up to $253,000 in reimbursement revenues from other jurisdictions.

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Budget amendment presentation for Port ILA Fund 105 detailing legal counsel engagement costs. Shows total estimated expenditure of $350,000 for cities, with SeaTac coordinating invoicing and being reimbursed by other jurisdictions based on proportionate population. SeaTac represents 28% of population for approximately $96,000 cost.

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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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