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Letter from A. Brown to City of Burien: Comments on South King County Impact Assistance and Mitigation Studies Team Draft

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A Normandy Park resident and aerospace engineering manager submitted detailed comments in November 1996 criticizing a draft impact study related to Sea-Tac Airport's proposed Third Runway, arguing that the analysis underestimated real estate value losses, air pollution risks, and traffic disruptions caused by the project. The letter contends that home values in Normandy Park stagnated or declined after the Third Runway was publicly announced, and that any valid property value assessment must use baseline figures from before negative publicity began. The author also challenges the study's air quality modeling assumptions and traffic analysis, warning that the Port of Seattle would selectively cite favorable findings while ignoring methodological flaws.

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Letter dated 25 November 1996 from A. Brown (239 SW 189 Pl, Seattle, WA 98166) to Frederick C. Stouder, City Manager, City of Burien, forwarding comments to the South King County Impact Assistance and Mitigation Studies Team regarding their draft study. Brown, an aerospace and engineering manager affiliated with Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE), critiques the draft’s property value analysis as too conservative, citing Normandy Park real estate data showing home appreciation stopped when Sea-Tac Third Runway plans were announced, with 1996 Q3 averages dropping to $229,000 coincident with the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Third Runway approval vote. Comments also address air pollution modeling (EDMS model, particulates, FEIS page R-112), traffic analysis errors related to double haul trucks, and concerns that Port of Seattle will selectively cite methodology approvals while ignoring flawed parameters. Includes enclosures on Normandy Park real estate data, haul truck mitigation, and references.

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