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Burien Airport Committee Jan 17, 2023

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2023-01-17
Burien Airport Committee agenda, January 17, 2023

The Burien Airport Committee held a meeting on January 17, 2023, to review and update its 2023 work plan priorities, discuss committee resolutions governing its structure, and address logistics such as in-person meeting frequency and member applications. Draft minutes from the December 20, 2022 meeting were also presented for approval, noting that committee member Steven Wydick had resigned and that Representative Tina Orwall had previously presented findings from the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission. The committee, which focuses on airport-related impacts including noise and air quality affecting the Burien community near Sea-Tac Airport, accepts public comment via email or Zoom.

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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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