RCAA Truth in Aviation – Summer 1999

The Newsletter of the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs Vol.5, No. 4 Summer 1999 INININININ BRIEFBRIEFBRIEFBRIEFBRIEF Third Runway Costs Jump Another 31% “Our Clueless Port Commission ” –An editorial view page 5 Seattle Okays Downtown Float Planes On 17 June, two Downtown condo- minium associations and the State ferry system filed appeals against a permit granted on 27 May by the City to Kenmore Air for a float plan base at Pier (Ivar’s) on the Downtown Seattle waterfront. Operations are limited to flights by certain non-piston aircraft, with a tem- porary ban on sight-seeing flights. Only on Sunday is there a night-time curfew. Day-time take-offs must occur at least 2000 feet off-shore. Evening take-offs must occur 3000 feet off shore. No float planes may land closer than 1000 feet. The ferry system is concerned about safety hazards, and the condo-owners, about noise. Boeing Field Choppers Although it has yet to present its Master Plan to the King County Council, KCIA management proposed in June to sign a 29-year lease with Classic Helicopters to expand their facilities at Boeing Field. “They are doing this backwards,” pro- tested Seattle Commission on Airport Affairs President Mike Rees. “They are signing the long-term leases, then mak- ing the plan, and finally studying the noise and pollution. This effectively cuts citizen participation out of the planning process.” Nevertheless, the lease was pushed through the King County Council’s Commerce, Trade and Eco- nomic Development Committee by its chair Dwight Pelz and later adopted by the full…

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