TagAirport Expansion(34)

+Senator Karen Keiser: new 33rd District Senator 7:05pm - A State Senate Transportation Committee hearing will be held on July 18th. On the agenda is consideration of the need for a second regional airport. This is the first step of many to get the legislature to approve the study and proceed to site a new airport. Meeting to be held in neutral Wenatchee. + Welcome comments by CASE President Brett Fish 7:10 pm In the News: The Port is shooting Canadian Geese across from Sunnydale grade school. The Port does the FAA requirement & the Fish & Wildlife permits to keep birds away from the airport. Brett contacted KOMO & KING TV and South and East County Journal picked it up along with Tacoma News Tribune ... all talking abut the geese. Brett then showed a recording of the KOMO TV New article questioning the use of firearms around homes, business and schools. The Port needs to disperse information to the schools before shooting. The Highline Times ran an advertisement "10 Reasons for a Conveyor Belt". The Westcot Co. must be desperate to be running these ads. They are also running TV adds on CNN, History Channel, Cable News & Fox. For all of this media advertising blitz, as of this date, only 2 favorable e-mail responses to the Des Moines City Hall for the conveyor and close to 100 negative against. .. Westcot's media campaign is falling way short of their goal to get the Des Moines City Council…

A financial analysis report prepared by Economic Consulting Services for the City of Burien regarding the redevelopment of the Northeast Burien Special Plan Area. The report was completed in May 2002 and includes economic analysis and consulting services for the redevelopment project.

On February 3rd and 4th, Seattle television station KIRO aired an expose titled "Exposed Hidden Dangers at Sea-Tac Airport". Their investigation ofthe NASA AMES files documented hundreds of near misses, close incursions, and mechanical problems in the very crowded airspace near Sea-Tac airport. The fact that these incidents are not reported (by the pilots, the airlines, or the aircraft controllers) to the FAA and then to the decision making local public officials is very serious. The FAA is the public lead ~gency responsible for protecting public safety in aviation matters. The KIRO report uncovered very disturbing information that may be only the tip of the iceberg. 'Ihe investigation indicated that there could be other agencies keeping information about safety issues at Sea-Tac Airport. The combined airspace of the Sea-Tac, Boeing Field, Renton, and Auburn airports now produces more than one million (1,000,000) aircraft operations a year. It should be a cause for concern that in addition to this very large number of current operations the Port of Seattle's Master Plan includes a major expansion with a 3rd runway to increase the number of operations. Would the FAA and our local officials support this expansion had they been aware of the dangers to public safety that the KIRO documentary has revealed? We are requesting that you initiate an investigation of the public safety issues that this very limited expose has uncovered. We suggest that the investigation should also cover any additional safety issues that come to light as it progresses. From…

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.

Technical analysis of airspace interactions between Sea-Tac Airport and Boeing Field, examining runway capacity models, aircraft delay calculations, and the effects of airspace interactions on airport operations. The document presents detailed capacity and delay calculations using computerized models.

Letter from Port of Seattle Director of Aviation Oris Dunham to King County Council Chairman Paul Barden regarding a Memo of Understanding for Boeing Headquarters project at Sea-Tac International Airport. Includes discussion of rezoning approval following favorable Washington State Supreme Court ruling.

Committee recommendation from June 5, 1979 meeting approving early acquisition of Mrs. Carrie Cochrane’s property (Parcel A-447) under special hardship criteria. The committee unanimously agreed that her physical and financial condition could be further aggravated if she continues to live in her present location until the scheduled acquisition 2 years later.