Understanding the program and how we can help Issue #1 Print version If you own a home in Burien, Des Moines, Kent or SeaTac, and have a sound insulation system (called a Port Package), you may be experiencing problems such as mold and water damage to your windows, doors and ceilings. You may also have
Port Package Update Program Outreach!
Understanding the new program and how we can continue to help If you own a home in Burien, Des Moines, Kent or SeaTac, and have a sound insulation system (called a Port Package), you may be experiencing problems such as mold and water damage to your windows, doors and ceilings. You may also have just
Re. Draft Order Item 10b
Commissioners. Regarding Item #10b on the February 13, 2024 meeting agenda. Please read the attached. A little more than a year ago, we asked the State Auditor’s Office to review the Port of Seattle’s noise remedy ‘programs after receiving numerous complaints from constituents. —Sen. Julia Patterson, Rep. Karen Keiser: June 10, 1998 Spoiler alert. It
Why did the City of Des Moines rescind its sound code in 2012?
At their April 26, 2012 meeting, the Des Moines City Council voted to remove any sound reduction requirements from its building code via (Ordinance #1539). This is exceptional given the fact that the two other cities in the area which had similar building code did not follow suit. At the time, the City Council would
Port of Seattle Commission Meeting January 23, 2024: No line jumping
Commissioners express Port’s true feelings on Port Package Update programs and HB2103/SB5955 I understand that there are failed packages out there. I don’t doubt it. But the reality is that they don’t get to jump the line if there are houses out there that never got packages to begin with. So before we address the
For Port of Seattle Commission, vote Todd Curtis
Aviation Town Hall Mount Rainier High School 06/10/2023
I attended this event hosted by Congressman Adam Smith, State Senator Karen Keiser, Representative Tina Orwall, Port Commissioner Hamdi Mohamed. I counted about 50 people in attendance. It provided a short overview of the current state of legislation at the Federal, State and Port level on aviation issues and then moved into about a 90
No Data, No Problem
We wrote an article called Anatomy of An Air Quality Monitoring Network. This article explains why building that system is so important to the future of Sea-Tac Airport Communities. It also describes a far more generalized problem in obtaining environmental mitigation. History In the world of engineering there is an expression: “No data, no problem.”
Four nodes in 400 words
What we have now This is one portion of the current Puget Sound Clean Air Agency air quality monitoring network map. The stars belong to PSCAA. The dots are rando PurpleAirs that belong to members of the public, they are irrelevant to this discussion. Airport Scroll down on that map to the airport. Notice something
Under The Flight Path: A community history of Sea-Tac Airport
This is our successful 2023 grant application from 4Culture.org Under The Flight Path: A community history of Sea-Tac Airport A documentary of the Airport Communities of Sea-Tac from 1959 until today: Tukwila, Normandy Park, Des Moines, Federal Way, SeaTac and Burien. This will be the first modern history of South King County and also the