Category : History

The STCP is the PLAN adopted by the Port of Seattle and King County. The major th1~st of that PLAN addresses the airport and its noise impacted areas. The Policy Advisory Committee is the group that monitors the PLAN. It is critical that the Port of Seattle and King County understand the needs of those most affected by the PLAN - therefore I would urge that the citizen representatives in that committee come from the noise impacted areas. Sincerely, &J~~~~-tv-JL John Jovanovich State Representative 31st District cc: Virginia Davis JJ:lm FOaTY -S1XTI1 LEG1SlA TURE 1979-10 l.J

al proposal to reorganize or restructure the contra versial Port of Seattle Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) was bypassed last week as members decided to continue quarterly sessions for another year. PAC, born in 1973 to put together the Sea-Tac Communities Plan, was reorganized about 18 months ago as a continuing body that would oversee carrying out the plan. The group is made up of representatives from the airport, the airlines, the Federal Aviation Admin- istration, King County, the Highline School District, businesses, cities and the neighborh(xxi. Thi latter has been a stickler. The idea was to have four community representatives selected by the Highline Community Council to represent the' com' munities east, west, south and north. But some airport-area residents have complained they weren’t represented on the committee. Calling themselves the “Zone 3 Committee” (their neighbor- h(xxi is in an area designated that by F.A.A.-mandat- ed noise standards surrounding the airport), last Jan- uary they convinced the Policy Advisory Committee to add a community member from their group. But even that didn’t satisfy them. “We’re the people most affected by the airport,” Jean Pihlman, a Zone 3 member, has said at meeting after meeting. “But we have the least say. We aren’t fairly represented on PAC. and we must be.” As a group, PAC has had little time to “oversee implementation of the Sea-Tac plan,” as its mandate nquires. Instead, its nreetings have repeatedly disin' tegrated into heated discussions with Zone 3 mem- tnrs and with other special-interest groups. The…

HIGHLINE COMMUNITIES PLAN Goals, Objectives, Policies February, 1976 The Highline Communities Plan is the second portion of c0mmunity planning activities in Highline. The initial phase, the Sea-Tac Communities Plan (STCP), is currently being considered for adoption by the Port of Seattle Commission and the King County Council (see the enclosed Sea-Tac Communities Plan hearing notice).

a joir,i-. effori of. tho . pOrt of: ocattlc ancL king cuur,ty.. . . - .. : __ ...:_, .. ..;.: _~ ..... ~-- -.:;;..; ,.,_.:.·_- ... -_ .. _ .. :.~ :;,.. . .. -. · _, . l.J: POLICY ADVISORY CONMITTE.E liEMr·ERS . fr~: Ed Parks, Technical Co-ordinator r I ~ lf:CT: ..: PAC Heet-ing -- Tuesday~ December 16, : 19i·5, -i :o·o .P.M. . At Port of Seattle Sea-Tac ConfeJ:enr:e Roo::r1 . , II_ _ -~ _ ---1---A>- fo ~ ' J~/1/V. ·r L~ -~- . · . . ~ ~ u . . . ~GENDA .. ---- -· 1. Dbcussion of EIS draft and response to comments. (Review a; .. c~ Con:::nents on the draft E:J.virorur.ental Impact Statcme;-~ t are du~ 011 December 15, 1975). 2. Discussion of adoption and icplementation actions to be pre~cnt~c to the Port Co~ission an~ Coun~y Co~ncil 3. Review of Post-Plan Administration including a rolicy coordination and a program implementation vehicle '~ . . Other :f.tems · t-.". further information contact Ed Park~, 587-4630 ·- • -- .. ··-: : ·--·-~· .:. ~- ....... .. r:xxt of seattle • p.o. box 1209 ° seattle washington 98111 ~ tel: (206) 587- 4630 :

·occ HE T ____ c __ LA .- AND . ·., DIRECTOR HISTORY 1942-1962 •' TilE HISTORY OF B0·7 LAKE AIRPORT The first part of this article was furnished me by Chet Clausen, Port of Seattle (retired) Office Engineer who recorded the Informa- tion of the beginning of Bow Lake Airport in February, 1962-63. In the early forties, Seattle, like most of the nation's air-minded communities, who Here suffering. from an acute case of "Airportitis". Airliners carrying passengers and cargo eased carefully in~o Boeing Field, a landing strip built by Xing County in 1928 on drained land, close to sea level, where the Duwamish River flows into Puget Sound. If fog settled anywhere in the area, it could be counted on to sulk at the croHded Boeing Field. At that time, the ..ZI.irpo:ct ,.1as not con- sidered adaptable for instr~~ent landings because of meterological conditions and surrounding natural and man-made hazzards. The volume of co!:lmercial air traffic vas increasing. As airplanes grew faster, larger areas were needed to accommodate them. In view of the grm-;ing world tension, the Boeing Aircraft Factory was expanding rapidly and needed the :adjoining Boeing Field facilitie for its own use and for Army Air Force experimental and technical purposes. source: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport: Reports on operations, 1953-1960 Sundry newspapers and magazine reports and articles. Donald G. Shay: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport As early as January, 1941, the aviation committee of the Seattle Chamber of Cor.u-:1erce concei•ed the idea of another major airport, for Seattle, and ir:1mediatelv…