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! Airport have been met. PSRC made this decision as a result of the three year "'Flight Plan" study which evaluatedarangeofpotentialoptionsforaddressingtheregion'slong-termairtravelneedsandbasedon asubsequentsixmonthreviewprocess. The firstconditionforPSRC runwayapprovalwas fulfilledon October27, 1994 withthePSRC ExecutiveBoardadoptionofResolutionEB-94-01whichconcludedthat"thereareno feasiblesitesfora majorsupplementalairportwithinthefour-countyregion."Thisfindingwas basedon PSRC evaluation and publicreviewof twenty-sixexistingand potentialnew airportsites. A number of technical documentsthatwerepreparedaspartofthiseffortwillbesuppliedtotheArmy CorpsofEngineersin Seattle-Tacoma InternationalAn'port PO.Box68727 Seattle WA 98168 U.S.A TEL_ 703433 FAX _06) 431.._12 ® AR 040435 1075 .... i support of this determination. Included in these studies were consideration of the wetland and natural resource impacts associated with a supplemental or replacement airport. The studies indicated that a supplemental or replacement airport would result m greater wetland impacts than would occur through k development of a third runway at Sca-Tac AL-pon. The secondconditionwas fulfilledm 1995 when aftera yearof review,the independentPSRC Expert I Panel(Panel)determinedthata range of demand and system management measures would neither obviatenor deferthe need forthethirdrunway. The Panel'sspociflcfindingsarediscussedinwritten documentsitreleasedonJuly27, 1995 and December 8,1995. The thirdconditionwas fulfilledin1996 | when the PSRC General Assembly adopted ResolutionA-96-02 which amends the Metropolitan III TransportationPlan (MTP) to includea thirdrunway with additionalnoisereductionmeasures. The PSRC GeneralAssembly adoptedthisresolutionby a voteof84% m favor. I 2. EnvironmentalImpact Statement | In February 1996, the Federal Aviation Administration {'FAA) and the Port of Seattle issued a joint | National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Sham Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) Final EIS for theproposedimprovements.The U.S.Army Corps ofEngineerswas a cooperatingagency on theF_.IS. | The FinalEIS presentedtheimpactsof theproposedMasterPlan Update improvements by examining I impactsto24 environmentaland socialconditions. The following four purpose and need stamnmnts were defined in the Final Environmental Impact…

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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 [...]