This document is the meeting agenda for the SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) held on August 26, 2020, via video conference. The meeting covered topics including community engagement strategies, updates on the Federal Policy Working Group Advocacy Plan, the Aviation Noise Working Group, and monthly noise complaint reports. Also on the agenda was a discussion of the updated timeline for the Sustainable Airport Master Plan, with the next meeting scheduled for October 28, 2020.

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Meeting agenda for the SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) held via video conference on August 26, 2020. The agenda covers community engagement discussion, updates on the Federal Policy Working Group Advocacy Plan and Aviation Noise Working Group, review of noise comment monthly reports, and discussion of the updated Sustainable Airport Master Plan timeline. The meeting was facilitated by Phyllis Shulman and opened by Lance Lyttle, SEA Airport Managing Director.

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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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