A presentation slide titled 'Port Taxpayer Impact' showing tax levy scenarios (Flat Levy, 3% Increase, and Maximum) projected from 2019 to 2023, with a table comparing 2018 and 2019 levy amounts, millage rates, and median taxpayer costs based on King County home values. Key findings note that a 3% levy increase adds $1.39 to the median homeowner's 2019 tax compared to 2018, with an estimated $79 cost by 2023.

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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