EXH1056037736

A Resolution of the General Assembly of the Puget Sound Regional Council Amending the 1995 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) and Related Planning Doeumenls to Provide for the Long-Term Commercial Air Transportation Capacity Needs of the Central Puget Sound Region. WI_.REAS, the Puget Sound Regional Council, designated under federal and state laws as the Metropolitan Planning Organization and Regional Transportation Planning Organ;ratlon for the central Puget Sound region, is responsible for adopting and maintaining regional growth management and mmspormtion strategies and the Metropolitan Transportation Plan for the region; and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Plan includes an aviation component; and WHEREAS, the region's air transportation needs have been studied and planned for years as chronicled in a Summary of the Regional Council's Decision Process Related to Amending the Metropolitan Transportation Plan to Include a Third Runway with Additional Noise Reduction Measures;, and WHF_REAS, the region is again confronted with a need to plan for the expansion of air transportation capacity;and WHEREAS, in determining whether to amend the 1995 Metropolitan Tnmsportation Plan to include plans for a third runway at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport with additional noise reduction measures, the Regional Council considered a number of factors including: I) the need for additional ah-portcapacity or other actions to address the region's growing demand for commercial air transportation services; 2) the impact of poor weather on Sea-Tac Airport's current operating capabilities; 3) the alternatives for meeting air travel demand including the feasibility of a major supplemental airport and demand/system management actions: 4) the environmental impacts…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]