EXH1073040029

REsoLUTION of the Port commission of the Port of Seattle, King County, washington, adopting a Mas_er Plan Update for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport;, approving development of a new dependent air carrier runway, authorizing certain actions relating _0 _he new runway and other improvements in t.he Mas_-r Plan Update, and committing uo fulfill additional noase reduction measures in accordance with Puget Sound Regional Council Resolution A-96-02. WHEREAS, the number of passengers served by Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) increased from approximately 4.T million in 1970 to approximately 22.8 million in 1995, an increase of 385%, and the Master Plan Update forecast prepared in 1994 projects that the number of passengers will continue to increase significantly in the future; and WHEREAS, the number of aircraft operations and the amount of cargo tonnage at STIA increased from 150,676 operations in 1970 to 386,500 operations in 1995 and from 130,171 metric tons of cargo in 1970 to 408,200 metric tons in 1995, and the Master Plan Update Forecast prepared in 1994 projects that the number of aircraft operations and the amount of cargo tonnage will increase significantly in the future; and WHEREAS, in the mid-1980's, the Port completed the Airport Comprehensive Planning Review & Airspace Update Study which concluded t/_at _e existing runway system at STIA would not be capable of serving efficiently the increasing demand past the year 2000, and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) initiated an Airport Capacity Enhancement Study which concluded that there was extensive delay primarily in poor weather conditions as a…

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