2025-06-25
StART’s Priority Framework
5:30 pm Identifying StART 2025/26 Priorities
6:30 pm Policy Working Group Activities
6:40 pm Aviation Noise Working Group
Arif Ghouse, Interim Airport Managing Director, POS
Andrés Mantilla, Uncommon Bridges
John Flanagan, State Government Relations Manager, POS
Tom Fagerstrom, Noise Programs Manager, POS
2025-06-25
Distractions for us. But a good summary of all the Port has on its plate. Full Meeting Packet Item #11b Memo on 2025 State Legislative Session Review Item #11b Presentation on 2025 State Legislative Session Review The June 24 meeting featured a lengthy briefing on the Port’s view of the 2025 legislative session in Olympia.
2025-06-19
Airport group makes important recommendation to Burien City Council At their June 17 meeting the BAC voted 5-0 to make the following recommendation to their City Council. Port package program revamp (resolution) The City of Burien believes that, as currently structured, the Port of Seattle’s “Port Package” replacement program is a failure. Hundreds of homeowners,
2025-06-17
Reports: BAC Priorities, Economic Impact Assessments (Possible UW Project)
Port Package Program
Community Engagement
Burien Collective Meeting
Why Fly Quiet programs are not great. And the magic of DNL Sleep disruption, specifically from aircraft, is very unhealthy, creating both acute and chronic illnesses. The FAA recognizes this and takes night time flights into account when establishing the noise boundary (DNL) determining which homes get sound insulation. But there is a lot more
2025-06-14
By Lauren Girgis and Paige Cornwell Seattle Times staff reporters The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Saturday afternoon because of a security threat on a plane bound for Walla Walla. Around 1 p.m., flights scheduled to arrive at Sea-Tac were circling or being diverted to other airports, according
2025-06-12
Our last post on funding Port Package updates (Three Votes. Three Dollars.) got many more letters than most. The reactions were everything from enthusiasm to sarcasm and in this year of the SAMP we think it’s time for a reality check. We recently picked up a new volunteer. That in itself is unusual these days.
2025-06-12
By: Steven M. Taber, Esq. In Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado (May 29, 2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) complied with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it declined to evaluate environmental impacts from increased oil drilling and refining that could result from a newly approved railway
2025-06-12
Americans appear to be bracing for economic uncertainty, and the demand for leisure travel is tracking the decline in consumer confidence. Getty Images | Izabela Habur By Joanne Drilling – National Data Reporter, The Business Journals Jun 12, 2025 Listen to this article5 min Story Highlights Airlines trim summer schedules because of economic uncertainty. Spirit, JetBlue, WestJet
2025-06-11
By SARA CLINE and MELISSA GOLDIN BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As Louisiana Rep. Kimberly Landry Coates stood before her colleagues in the state’s Legislature she warned that the bill she was presenting might “seem strange” or even crazy. Some lawmakers laughed with disbelief and others listened intently, as Coates described situations that are often noted in
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