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2020-12-15
Burien Airport Committee agenda – December 15, 2020

The Burien Airport Committee held a virtual meeting on December 15, 2020, to address several issues related to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including finalizing a letter to the Port of Seattle regarding a controversial 250-degree flight turn, discussing improvements to the SeaTac Airport Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART), and reviewing a letter concerning the Port's COVID-19 response. The committee also reviewed draft minutes from its November 17, 2020 meeting, during which members discussed adding more community representatives from areas such as Beacon Hill, Shoreline, and Vashon to improve StART's reach. All meetings were conducted remotely via Zoom in compliance with Governor Inslee's COVID-19 public gathering restrictions.

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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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