This document is the agenda for the Port of Seattle Regular Commission Meeting held on December 9, 2025, covering general port business including consent agenda items related to construction contracts, labor agreements, and cruise terminal shore power projects. It does not contain content specifically related to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy. The meeting was held both in person at Port of Seattle Headquarters and virtually via Microsoft Teams.

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Agenda for the Port of Seattle Regular Commission Meeting scheduled for December 9, 2025. The meeting includes executive session, public comment periods, committee reports, and multiple consent agenda items covering construction contracts, labor agreements, and cruise terminal equipment purchases.

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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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