Fact Sheet No. 3: Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

This April 1973 fact sheet describes the formation of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), a group of representatives from local, state, and federal agencies organized as part of the Sea-Tac International Airport & Vicinity Master Plan Project. The TAC was established to exchange technical information, coordinate planning activities, and serve as a review forum for proposals and recommendations developed by the study team. The committee, chaired by project manager Art Yoshioka, included representatives from the FAA, EPA, Boeing, King County, the City of Seattle, and several other regional agencies and organizations, meeting monthly at the community study office in Burien, Washington.

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Fact Sheet No. 3 from the Sea-Tac Communities Plan (STCP), dated April 20, 1973, describing the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) established for the Sea-Tac International Airport & Vicinity Master Plan Project. Details the TAC’s four purposes: exchanging technical information with the Port of Seattle/King County consultant study team, providing liaison between member groups and the study team, coordinating with local/state/federal planning activities, and serving as a review forum for alternatives and plan recommendations. TAC meets at 10:30 a.m. on the first Tuesday of each month at 253 South 152nd Street, Burien. Arthur Yoshioka named as Project Manager and TAC Chairman. Members include representatives from City of Normandy Park (Merrill Kuehn), City of Des Moines (Robert K. Williams), Highline Public Schools (James Jennings), Federal Way School District (William Collins), Airlines Pilots Association (Capt. Donald Leonard), Washington State Dept. of Highways (John Kriete), METRO (Don Benson), EPA (Anita Frankel), City of Seattle (Bob Hintz), FAA (George Buley, Stan Anderson), Boeing Aircraft Co. (Roy Strandberg), King County Public Works Dept. (Al Coffelt), King County Program Planning (Mike Smith), Port of Seattle Engineering (Vern Ljungren), and The Richardson Associates (Ted McCagg). Community office located at 253 South 152nd Street, Burien, WA 98148.

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