Category : History(243)
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1984-01-09Letter to TRC Airport Noise Remedy Community Attitude Survey
A January 1984 Port of Seattle memo from Project Manager Jody Yamanaka to the Technical Working Committee announces the completion of a Community Attitude Survey related to the Airport Noise Remedy Program at Henry M. Jackson International Airport. The survey, conducted by McClure Research Company, included a self-administered survey of neighborhood workshop attendees and two telephone surveys. The findings were to be used to evaluate specific noise remedies, improve community involvement, and ensure the Noise Remedy Program reflected local community attitudes. -
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1983-02-04Airport Noise Remedy Update Work Program: Phase and Task Descriptions
This 1983 work program outlines a study to evaluate and update Sea-Tac International Airport's aircraft noise remedy program, originally established in the 1970 Sea-Tac/Communities Plan. The study, conducted by the Port of Seattle alongside Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. and McClure Research Company, addresses updated noise projections, progress on existing remedies, and current financial conditions. Key tasks include study design, federal funding coordination, and a Community Involvement Program to keep the public informed and engaged in noise abatement planning. -
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Student Scores Rise After Nearby Subway Is Quieted
By Ari L. Goldman April 26, 1982 Fifteen times during each school day, an IRT subway train would rumble and screech past Public School 98, near the northern tip of Manhattan. In classrooms facing the elevated tracks, all work would stop until the train barreled by. After years of complaints about the disruption, the Transit Authority -
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Westside Hilltop v. King County
Westside Hilltop v. King County 96 Wn.2d 171 (1981) 634 P.2d 862 WESTSIDE HILLTOP SURVIVAL COMMITTEE, ET AL, Appellants, v. KING COUNTY, ET AL, Respondents. No. 46982-2. The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc. October 8, 1981. *172 Roger M. Leed and Jeffrey M. Eustis, for appellants. Norm Maleng, Prosecuting Attorney, and Susan R. Agid, -
1981-09-13Letter to Editor about North Sea-Tac Park Land Use Guidelines
A letter to the editor of Highline Times discussing the Port of Seattle’s acquisition of land north of Sea-Tac Airport for safety purposes and defending FAA density guidelines for the proposed North SeaTac Park. The author argues that the land was purchased to remove residents from an environmentally unacceptable area and should be restricted to -
1981-08-03Ronald Reagan Press Conference PATCO 1981 at White House
Three men stand at a presidential podium bearing the Presidential Seal in what appears to be the White House Rose Garden. The setting includes American flags, white columns, and a gathered audience of officials and press in the background, consistent with an official White House announcement or press conference. -
1981-06-12Letter from Zone 3 residents to FAA Director Charles Foster regarding Noise Density Guidelines
In a June 1981 letter to the FAA's Northwest Regional Director, Zone 3 citizen group representative Virginia E. Dana expresses qualified support for the FAA's recommended people-per-acre density guidelines for recreational use of North Sea-Tac Park, while raising concerns about safety and population exposure under flight paths. The letter highlights that the proposed recreational density of 40 people per acre across 53 acres could allow up to 2,120 people in an area from which only roughly 1,000 residents were displaced through the airport's land buyout program. Dana urges continued attention to airport safety criteria and environmental protection for communities living adjacent to Sea-Tac Airport.