Port Of Seattle Sea-Tac Airport: Zone Three Committee Q&A Newsletter, August 29, 1979

A 1979 letter from Sea-Tac International Airport Manager Oris Dunham, Jr. to the Zone Three Committee accompanies a newsletter addressing community questions about airport operations and noise impact. The document explains key programs including the Interim Land Acquisition Program (approved 1974) to purchase properties within FAA-established flight path zones, and the federally funded Airport Development Assistance Program (ADAP), which draws from airline ticket taxes to fund noise remedy efforts. It also references the Sunset Recreational Plan, a coordinated initiative between the Port of Seattle and King County to address land use in the airport's north clear zone.

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Letter dated August 29, 1979 from Oris Dunham Jr., Airport Manager, Port Of Seattle Sea-Tac International Airport, to the Zone Three Committee at ERAC Building, 156th and Ambaum, enclosing a newsletter responding to questions raised at the July 24, 1979 Zone Three Committee meeting. The newsletter addresses: land purchases under flight paths, the Interim Land Acquisition Program (approved 1974, FAA extended clear zone boundary requirements), ADAP (Airport Development Assistance Program, Airport and Airway Trust Fund, over four billion dollars held by federal government), and the Sunset Recreational Plan (also called Sea-Tac North Park or North Clear Zone Acquisition Area Recreational Plan), established through the Sea-Tac/Communities Plan and Highline Community Plan formulated by King County and the Highline Community. Topics include noise remedy program, noise-impacted residential property acquisition, and federal funding for Sea-Tac noise mitigation.

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