Category : Correspondence(182)

A April 3, 1974 letter from FAA Northwest Region Chief of Airports Planning George L. Buley responds to Seattle resident Mrs. Virginia Dana regarding the possible closure of Sunset Junior High School. The letter acknowledges that the school falls within an area the Port of Seattle proposed to acquire under the FAA's Airport Development Aid Program, and confirms the FAA was actively working with the Port on an environmental impact statement covering the proposed acquisition. Both Sunset Junior High School and Maywood Elementary School were being considered in that environmental review process.

In early 1973, Washington State Representative King Lysen introduced House Bill 519 to reform the Port of Seattle's commission structure, partly in response to jet noise from Seattle-Tacoma Airport exceeding 100 decibels in some Highline school classrooms. The bill proposed expanding the Port Commission from five to nine members elected by district rather than county-wide, aiming to give affected communities like Highline more direct representation. The bill passed the House 74-20 but stalled in the Senate Constitution and Elections Committee, where Chairman Senator Gary Grant pledged to continue pushing for its passage.