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Letter dated November 27, 2019 from City of SeaTac Mayor Erin Sitterley to Mark Barkley, Assistant Director of the Local Government Division at the Washington State Department of Commerce, regarding the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Study conducted under ESSB 6032 (2018 session). The City of SeaTac, funding $150,000 (50% of participating cities’ share, 25% of overall $600,000 project cost), expresses concerns about Stantec consultant’s scope of work, travel expenses from Dallas, monitoring stations outside the defined study area (SeaTac, Burien, Des Moines, Tukwila, Federal Way, Normandy Park), and the June 1, 2020 study deadline. Requests budget status report, full accounting of Stantec travel expenses, and assurances the study will be completed on time. Also addresses Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) process, proposed community expert interviews in January 2020, and the proper sequencing of public input after draft publication. Response requested by 2 p.m. December 10, 2019. CC’d to City Council, City Manager, Airport Advisory Committee, Representative Tina Orwall, Senator Karen Keiser, Representative Mike Pellicciotti, and Gary Idleburg of Department of Commerce.