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• As the Seattle Times reports, when the second Sea-Tac runway was built in 1973, “The Port promised to buy or insu- late the noisiest homes over the next two decades” • The Highlinc Times-Federal Way News documented how the Port has utter- ly failed to live up to its 1973 mitigation promises: “From 1985 to 1991, the average rate of insulation was 80 homes per year. At that rate, it would have taken 125 years to insulate the 10,000 homes within the noise boundaries” • Now, the Port of Seattle wants to spend $500 million to build a new third runway at Sea-Tac – with interest costs, the total price tag could come to a whop- ping $1.2 billion • “But while air traffic has increased dramatically, only 700 of the 10,000 homes in the noise-impacted area have been insulated,” the Times said. “The first home was not insulated until 1986” • However, the Port has yet to meet obligations for the second runway built at Sea-Tac 20 years ago • “Since 1988 the Port has recognized an obligation to insulate public buildings within the noise remedy program area,” the Highline Times-Federal Way News reported, “yet the Port has never insulated any public buildings” • if the Port wouldn’t pay for the mid- gation they promised in 1973, how can we trust the promises they make today?• The Times likened the cities surrounding Sea-Tac to “a wronged spouse who ain’t gonna take it any more ... lashing out at…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]