The Burien Airport Committee held a meeting on February 21, 2023, to discuss local airport-related policy matters, including the future structure and staggered terms of committee membership, and a U.S. Senate Commerce Committee request for policy priorities related to aviation. Draft minutes from the December 20, 2022, and January 17, 2023, meetings were also reviewed, noting that a committee member had resigned and another was absent. Public comment was accepted in person, via Zoom, or by email before the meeting.

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Agenda for the Burien Airport Committee meeting held on February 21, 2023, covering approval of minutes from December 2022 and January 2023 meetings. Business items include discussion of future committee makeup and staggered terms, and a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation request for policy priorities by February 24, 2023. The document also includes draft minutes from the December 20, 2022 meeting.

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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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