This document is the agenda for the Port of Seattle Regular Commission Meeting held on November 18, 2025, covering routine administrative and operational matters such as claims approvals, lease amendments, and salary resolutions. The meeting was held both in person at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and virtually via Microsoft Teams. No noise policy items are specifically addressed in this agenda; the document primarily concerns Port facility management, budget authorizations, and employee compensation.

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Port of Seattle Commission meeting agenda for November 18, 2025, including executive session, public comment procedures, consent agenda items covering various airport and port operations including baggage control services, lease amendments, elevator modernization, and salary resolutions.

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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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