Minutes from the Des Moines City Council regular meeting held on March 22, 2012, covering routine municipal business including approval of vouchers totaling over $1 million, right-of-way acquisitions for transportation projects, and a culvert replacement contract award. The council also heard a presentation on the Healthy Des Moines public health initiative and took a first reading on a bond refinancing ordinance expected to save the city approximately $20,000 annually in interest and debt service costs.

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Minutes from the March 22, 2012 regular meeting of the Des Moines City Council, covering public comments, board and committee reports, and consent calendar items including right-of-way acquisitions for the Transportation Gateway Project and a Barnes Creek culvert contract award. The meeting also included an Executive Session regarding a litigation settlement and a first reading of a bond ordinance for LTGO Refunding Bonds 2012.

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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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