On June 12, 1979, Port Commissioner Paul S. Friedlander sent a telegram from New York to Dick Ford at the Port of Seattle, Terminal 66, casting his vote in favor of Resolution 2761. The message, addressed to arrive before 2 PM, was submitted as an exhibit for a Commission Meeting held on the same date. The document appears as duplicate telegraph transmissions confirming the commissioner's affirmative vote on the resolution.

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This document contains exhibits from a Port of Seattle Commission meeting held on June 12, 1979. The primary exhibit is a Western Union telegram from Port Commissioner Paul S. Friedlander voting in favor of Resolution 2761, sent to Dick Ford at Terminal 66 in Seattle. The telegram appears in duplicate copies.

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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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