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2018 ILA Between the City of SeaTac and the Port of Seattle
Please click on the links below to read the desired historical documents. 2018 City/Port ILA Approved – Joint News Release 12.13.17 ILA Executive Summary 2018 City/Port ILA -
2017-12-08
Aviation Fuel Tax Action Plans and Status
The 3-year transition period for state and local governments to come into compliance with the FAA’s Policy Concerning the Use of Airport Revenues; Proceeds from Taxes on Aviation Fuel; expired on December 8, 2017. The FAA will consider extension of the compliance date on a case by case basis for good cause. Read the Reminder of -
2017-11-10
Port of Seattle & SeaTac reach proposed new 10-year ‘Interlocal’ agreement
By Jack Mayne After weeks of discussion, haggling and worry over the continuing and growing effects of the increasing impacts of Sea-Tac Airport on the thousands of SeaTac city residents who live next to and under the runways, the City and Port of Seattle have reached an agreement (download PDF here). Both SeaTac City Manager Joe Scorcio and -
Maryland AG chooses firm to pursue lawsuit against FAA over NextGen
The attorney general of Maryland announced Tuesday that Kaplan Kirsch and Rockwell has been chosen to pursue action against the Federal Aviation Administration over its NextGen flight paths over Baltimore-Washington International, Thurgood Marshall Airport and Reagan National Airport. -
Port of Seattle emails re. Hillgrove Cemetery
From: Milanese, Marco Sent: Friday, September 29, 2017 1:08 PM To: Collins, Julie Cc: Gallagher, Clare; Halse, Katie; del Fierro, Sally; Wessels, Ralph; St. Louis, Stephen; Duffner, Bob; Maney, Chipper; Lyttle, Lance; Munden, Heather Subject: Hillgrove Cemetery Update for Commissioners Julie – Below is an update on the recent conversations Port staff and Commissioner Felleman -
Mark Reis: Western Washington University College of The Environment
Mr. Reis currently a Board member for the Foundation of WWU. https://foundation.wwu.edu/foundation-board-directors -
2017-09-04
Records Request
Every so often we remind people that we want any documents, newspapers, web page links, sound recordings, VHS Tapes, Pan Am cocktail napkins, etc. Literally anything which has anything to do with the airport. For all intents and purposes, information you cannot find does not exist. (What’s that old line about the tree falling in -
2017-08-24Talking Toxics | Part 1: Funding in Crisis
Educating Voters Environmental Priorities Coalition Lobby & Advocacy A series on protecting all communities from dangerous pollution. For 50 years, Washington Environmental Council has set our sights on a cleaner, brighter future and charted a path to get there. In 1988, WEC campaigned to pass Initiative 97 (commonly called the Model Toxics Control Act or -
2017-06-24Major logistics center opens new facility near the airport
City of Burien and Port of Seattle officials joined executives of Western Distribution Services at a ribbon cutting last week for the new facility near the airport. A Ribbon Cutting & Grand Opening was held today welcoming Western Distribution Services, LLC at their new 241,140 square foot cold storage facility located in the Northeast Redevelopment -
2017-06-22Port of Seattle launches Airport Community Ecology (ACE) Fund, joins with Forterra for Green City Partnerships
By Lindsay Peyton The Port of Seattle selected the Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden as the site to make a special announcement, launching a $1 million program to fund environmental projects in communities around the Sea-Tac Airport, on the morning of Tuesday, June 20. The public green space, located at 13735 24th Ave S, was created