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This contract amendment adds the City of Burien as fiscal agent for a collaborative review of the Sea-Tac International Airport Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), with Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP serving as consultant. The cities of Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, and SeaTac are jointly funding the $175,000 engagement, with Burien responsible for processing invoices and payments on behalf of all participating cities. The amendment, effective July 17, 2018, clarifies billing procedures and financial management responsibilities under the interlocal agreement originally signed in March 2018.

In September 2018, the cities of SeaTac, Burien, Normandy Park, and Des Moines jointly wrote to the Port of Seattle urging a broader environmental review of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The cities expressed concern that limiting the review to only near-term construction projects would ignore the cumulative noise, air quality, and traffic impacts already burdening their communities. They called on the Port to assess impacts from 2012 onward, include the full long-term SAMP in the environmental analysis, and consider alternative airport sites as part of the review.

In September 2018, the cities of SeaTac, Burien, Normandy Park, and Des Moines jointly submitted scoping comments on the Port of Seattle's Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, raising concerns about the growing impacts of airport expansion on their communities. The cities argued that the environmental review must cover the entire SAMP—not just near-term construction projects—to fully account for cumulative impacts including increased aircraft noise, air emissions, and traffic congestion in nearby residential neighborhoods. They also called for a baseline assessment stretching back to 2012 to capture significant growth that has already occurred without adequate environmental review.

This is a legal billing statement dated September 1, 2018, from Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., a Minneapolis law firm, submitted to the City of Burien, Washington, totaling $62,685.58. The invoice covers attorney and staff time from July through September 2018 related to work on Sea-Tac Airport noise and airspace policy issues, including review of the airport's Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP), SEPA/NEPA research, and strategy meetings with city officials. Work tasks included document review, legal research on airport procedures and noise impacts, teleconferences with clients and consultants, and preparation of planning documents in support of Burien's advocacy goals regarding Sea-Tac Airport operations.

This document details billing records from Lockridge Grindal Nauen P.L.L.P., a law firm hired jointly by the cities of Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, and SeaTac to review the Sea-Tac Airport Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). Under an Interlocal Agreement executed March 6, 2018, the cities shared a $175,000 contract based on per-capita funding rates, with the first invoice (covering July 23–September 25, 2018) totaling $62,685.58. The billing backup includes itemized legal services such as research, teleconferences, document review, and SAMP analysis performed by firm attorneys.