The Highline Forum held a meeting on November 28, 2018, at the Highline School District's Educational Resource Activity Center in Burien, WA, focusing on education impacts and regional aviation capacity. Key agenda items included a StART Working Group update from the Port of Seattle, a Highline School District update, and a presentation on the PSRC Regional Aviation Baseline Study by Puget Sound Regional Council Executive Director Josh Brown. The document also outlines six bimonthly Highline Forum meeting dates scheduled throughout 2019, all running from 2:30pm to 4:30pm.

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Agenda for the November 28, 2018 Highline Forum meeting hosted by Highline School District, covering topics including education, the StART Working Group update, and the PSRC Regional Aviation Baseline Study. Also includes the 2019 Highline Forum meeting schedule with six bimonthly meetings planned.

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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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