The Des Moines City Council held a regular meeting on June 23, 2022, during which staff presented updates on several topics relevant to the SeaTac Airport area, including a Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) overview delivered by Chief Strategic Officer Susan Cezar. The council also conducted a public hearing on the city's 2023-2042 Transportation Improvement Plan, which passed unanimously, and received a Marina Redevelopment update. Additional agenda items included routine consent calendar approvals and community presentations on small business development and summer parks events.

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Minutes from the Des Moines City Council regular meeting held June 23, 2022, via Zoom. The meeting included presentations on small business development, summer events, the Sustainable Airport Master Plan, and marina redevelopment. Council approved vouchers, meeting minutes, a lodging tax advisory committee appointment, and the 2023-2042 Transportation Improvement Plan.

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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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