START June 26 2019 Meeting Recap

StART enhances cooperation between the Port of Seattle and the neighboring communities of Sea-Tac Airport June 26, 2019 Recap The Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) meeting took place on June 26, 2019 with a focus on recapping the Aviation Noise Working Group and the Federal Policy Working Group meetings, receiving an update on and discussing the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Aircraft Noise and Emissions Research, and discussing the Port of Seattle’s South King County Fund. This voluntary, advisory roundtable, convened by Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Managing Director Lance Lyttle, is a venue for the Port of Seattle to engage with the communities of SeaTac, Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, Tukwila and Federal Way. Representatives from Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines, and Lynden Transport are also members. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) participates as a non-member. The Port of Seattle Director of Aviation Environmental Services, Arlyn Purcell, convened the meeting in the absence of Lance Lyttle. StART welcomed Bill Vadino, the new city representative from Federal Way, and Steve Edmiston, the new community representative from Des Moines. The Aviation Noise Working Group (Working Group) reported on their May 13 and June 10 meetings. The summary, provided by Stan Shepherd, Port of Seattle, focused on the status of several of the Working Group’s recommended efforts as well as reviewing information about the FAA Ombudsman positions. Highlights included: • Eight FAA community engagement positions nationwide have been hired. They will work as a team nationwide, but there will be two positions located 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 [...]