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Des Moines update 2022

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Highline Forum 2022

The Des Moines Update 2022 is a municipal progress report for Des Moines, Washington, a waterfront city near Sea-Tac Airport, highlighting redevelopment of its Marina District. Key completed and ongoing projects include marina dredging, a north bulkhead construction, selection of a developer for a boutique hotel and retail complex, and a new pedestrian corridor along 223rd Street. Additional initiatives include a passenger ferry pilot program, downtown theatre construction, and new park acquisitions and improvements along the waterfront.

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A 2022 update presentation on the Des Moines Marina District, highlighting completed and ongoing development projects. Key progress items include completed marina dredging, ongoing north marina bulkhead construction, selection of a developer for boutique hotel/retail/restaurant development, and state-funded pedestrian corridor improvements. Additional updates cover a passenger ferry pilot program, new downtown construction, and park acquisitions.

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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