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Burien Airport Committee Feb 16, 2021

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2021-02-16
Burien Airport Committee agenda, February 16, 2021

The Burien Airport Committee held a virtual meeting on February 16, 2021, to discuss topics including the committee's purpose, chair selection for 2021, and updates on the SeaTac Airport Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART), a body focused on airport noise and community impact issues. The agenda also covered federal airport-related legislation, recruitment of new committee members, and selection of StART representatives, following the December 2020 resignations of several committee members amid disagreements over the committee's direction. Draft minutes from the December 15, 2020 meeting were presented for approval, documenting a committee vote to send a letter to the Port of Seattle regarding a 250-degree flight turn affecting Burien neighborhoods.

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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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