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Burien Airport Committee Aug 16, 2022

2022-08-16
Burien Airport Committee agenda and draft minutes, August 16, 2022

The Burien Airport Committee held a meeting on August 16, 2022, via Zoom to discuss issues related to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and its impact on the Burien community. Agenda items included feedback from a public education booth at a local block party, updates on the SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART), the Inflation Reduction Act's grants to reduce air pollution at ports, and federal legislative updates. The committee also reviewed draft minutes from its July 19, 2022 meeting, where members had discussed public education initiatives and airport-related environmental concerns.

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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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Burien Airport Committee agenda and draft minutes, August 16, 2022

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