The Highline Forum met on November 16, 2022, hosted by the Highline School District at SeaTac City Hall, with a focus on the South King County Community Impact Fund and Port Noise Program updates. The agenda included presentations from the Port of Seattle, Sound Transit, and the Washington Department of Transportation, alongside public comment opportunities offered both in-person and virtually via Microsoft Teams. The document also lists six bimonthly Highline Forum meeting dates scheduled throughout 2023, each running from 2:30pm to 4:30pm.

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Agenda for the November 16, 2022 Highline Forum meeting hosted by the Highline School District, held as a hybrid event at SeaTac City Hall and via Microsoft Teams. The meeting covered updates on the South King County Community Impact Fund, Port Noise Program, WSDOT/SR 509, Sound Transit, and StART. The document also includes 2023 meeting dates for the Highline Forum.

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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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