ILA for UW School Air Quality Study Oct20

Bug-fen City Council Regular Business Meeting - 19 Oct 2020 Department Staff Contact City Manager Brian Wilson, City Manager Agenda BillTitle Funding of Phase I of a University of Washington Study in partnership with the Cities of Des Moines, Federal Way, Normandy Park, and SeaTac — School Resilience to Air Pollution Summary Specific Aims of the Study — School Resilience to Air Pollution Increasing evidence has highlighted outdoor impacts of ultrafine particles on communities living in proximity to aircraft descent paths, both within the United States and internationally. The recently completed MOV—UPstudy in WA State identified a clear, aircraft associated footprint of ultrafine particles associates with aircraft activities. Elevated concentrations of ultrafine particles have been consistently observed in Boston, Los Angeles, and other international airport locations including London, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, and Frankfurt. Evidence is emerging that exposure to aircraft emissions is associated with negative health impacts.A recent 10-year retrospective popu|ation—based study in Los Angeles found a significant increase of pre- term births in women exposed to aircraft related pollution during gestation, and this effect was found to be independent of the effect of roadway traffic pollution. This, as well as previous work demonstrating short—term increases in inflammation in adults exposed to community air pollution in aircraft impacted locations, demonstrates the need to implement measures to increase resilience in communities. Resiliency in a community is improved when vulnerable members are provided with interventions designed to mitigate or remove their sources of exposure. In partnership with MOV—UPadvisory board members, researchers at…

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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 [...]