This is the agenda for the Port of Seattle Commission Regular Meeting held on January 23, 2024, covering administrative and governance matters. Key items included the formal adoption of a Governance Standing Committee (Resolution No. 3818), updates to the Commission's Bylaws (Resolution No. 3817), and approval of the Port's 2024 Federal Legislative Agenda. The meeting also included briefings on Tourism Development and 2024 Local, Regional, and Community Engagement Policy Priorities.

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Agenda for the Port of Seattle Commission Regular Meeting held on January 23, 2024, conducted both virtually via MS Teams and in person at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The agenda includes consent items such as adoption of Resolution No. 3818 establishing a Governance Standing Committee and approval of the 2024 Federal Legislative Agenda, as well as new business items including amendments to Commission Bylaws and updates to Diversity in Contracting Goals.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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