The Burien Airport Committee held a virtual meeting on November 17, 2020, to review research on airport roundtables from other cities and discuss a draft letter to the Port of Seattle regarding COVID mitigation measures. The committee was tasked by the Burien City Council to examine successful airport roundtables nationwide and propose structural changes to improve community participation by December 31, 2020. Meeting materials included a comparison chart of other roundtables and the Reagan D.C. Airport Working Group Charter as potential models for reform.

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Agenda for the Burien Airport Committee (BAC) virtual meeting held via Zoom Webinar on November 17, 2020. Business items include follow-up research on other airport roundtables with a comparison chart, and review of a draft letter to the Port of Seattle regarding COVID mitigation. Instructions for public comment via email, text, or online are provided.

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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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