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The environmental issues analysis of the City of Burien Seattle-Tacoma Airport Master Plan Update Studies focused on the following areas: noise and vibration; air quality; water resources: water quality and hydrology; wetlands; and floodplains; and aesthetics and visual. Appropriate EIS sections for each of these areas were reviewed for the following: 1. Evaluate the adequacy of the EIS studies; 2. Establish a baseline for potential project impacts; 3. Assess the impacts for both project construction and operation; and 4. Identify issues in the EIS and recommend methodologies to enhance the analysis. Following the Environmental Analysis, mitigation measures will be developed and recommended to minimize potential project impacts and to address the issues raised in the environmental analysis. The mitigation measures will be developed as part of a separate task and report (Mitigation Plan). ckwiWORDIOENNISIBURIENST .DOC ES-1 The results of the environmental analysis are summarized below. Noise and Vibration The EIS included information on both noise and vibration. The noise study used accepted models and methods of analysis to develop information on existing and future conditions. The study looked at aircraft and surface noise effects. Additional issues which will be addressed in the Mitigation Plan include the following : 1. Aircraft Noise Effects re-evaluation of data using the Integrated Noise Model, Version 5.1 when released because of additional features such as noise data for Boeing 777; additional information should be provided on the sound exposure levels (SEL) and the relationship to the day-night average sound level (DNL) , and health problems…

The Airport Community Ecology (ACE) Fund, authorized by the Port of Seattle Commission in November 2016, recognizes that neighboring communities that experience more impacts from airport operations should also experience more benefits. The Port of Seattle provided seed funding to launch the Green Burien Partnership, a partnership between the Port, the City of Burien, and Forterra to evaluate the health of Burien’s urban forests and take action. Burien now joins Seattle, Tacoma, Snoqualmie, Kent, Redmond, Snohomish County, Kirkland, Everett, Puyallup, Tukwila, Issaquah, Shoreline, Des Moines, and SeaTac as members of the Green Cities Network. These 15 Green Cities in the Puget Sound region represent three counties (King, Pierce, and Snohomish), collectively serve over 3 million people, and aim to restore and steward more than 13,000 acres of land. As part of this robust network of resources and expertise, the Green Burien Partnership will help ensure a livable and healthy community. Forterra Ali Yeates Lakehart, Green Cities Senior Program Manager Christopher Walter, GIS Director Joanna Nelson de Flores, Stewardship Director Jessica Vu, Project Associate City of Burien Niomi Montes de Oca, City Planner Brandi Eyerly, City Planner Casey Stanley, Interim Director Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Emily Inlow-Hood, Communications Port of Seattle Andy Gregory, Environmental Engagement Program Manager American Forest Management Jesse Saunders, Inventory Forester Global to Local Justin DeVine, Illustration and Graphic Design Diane Sepanski, Copy Editor ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Photo: Edward Landreth Forterra..........................................................................................................................................................................................34 Highline Public Schools...............................................................................................................................................................34 Nonprofit Organizations.............................................................................................................................................................34 Volunteers and the Community at Large..................................................................................................................................35 Commercial and Nonprofit Field Crews...................................................................................................................................35 Potential Sponsors.......................................................................................................................................................................36…

City of Burien payments to RCAA from 2002 to 2008

Capital improvement program budget document for surface water management projects in the City of Burien for 2021-2026. Shows $2.65 million in funding sources and details for 10 specific projects including residential drainage improvements, stormwater projects, and infrastructure repairs.

Tuesday, December 18, 2018 – 6:00 p.m. Burien City Hall, Multipurpose Room on 1st Floor, 400 SW 152nd St, Burien, WA 98166 Page # 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. APPROVE DRAFT MINUTES 2.1 Approve minutes from October 16, 2018 and November 15, 2018 Burien Airport Committee meetings. BAC Draft minutes - October 16, 2018 BAC Draft minutes - November 15, 2018 - 6 3. BUSINESS AGENDA 3.1 Review of 3 Draft Airport Related Resolutions. (All) A - Draft Resolution on Airport Growth B - Draft Resolution on Airport Noise C - Draft Resolution on Airport Health Impacts Talking Points for Resolutions - 18 3.2 Discussion on Burien Airport Committee Composition and Purpose. (All) Resolution No. 384 Establishing BAC - 20 3.3 Update on Applications for Burien Airport Committee. (Lori Fleming) 3.4 Other Updates/Other Business. (All) 4. PUBLIC COMMENT 5. NEXT MEETING TIME 5.1 Burien Airport Committee Interviews and Appointments are scheduled for Monday, January 7, 2019.

Port of Seattle presentation regarding a City of Burien project to replace failing culverts blocking fish passage on Miller Creek with new fish-passable culverts and stream habitat restoration. The project has a funding shortfall and requires interlocal agreement and funding authorization.

Before: IKUTA and BENNETT, Circuit Judges, and RAKOFF,** District Judge. Petitioner, the City of Burien (“Burien”), is a town located to the west of the Seattle-Tacoma Airport (“Sea-Tac”). Burien challenges the FAA’s decision to approve a procedure for turning southbound turboprops to the west in certain wind FILED NOV 27 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. * * The Honorable Jed S. Rakoff, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. conditions (“the Procedure”). The Procedure automates a formerly manual process of assigning headings to such turboprops, and has the effect of concentrating low- flying planes over Burien after takeoff. Burien argues that the FAA failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321 et seq., when it approved the Procedure. We agree in part. NEPA requires agencies such as the FAA to consider and document the environmental impacts of their actions prior to implementing them. 42 U.S.C. § 4332(2)(c). Although NEPA usually requires agencies to conduct some form of environmental analysis before they act, an agency may identify certain actions as “categorical exclusions” (“CATEXs”) that are exempt from environmental review. CATEXs are reserved for actions that do not “individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment.” 40 C.F.R. § 1508.4. While agencies promulgate their own rules for identifying and applying CATEXs, all…

Fact sheet describing the Green Cities Partnership funded by the Port of Seattle to support urban forest restoration in SeaTac, Burien and Des Moines. The project includes forest assessment, community engagement, and implementation of Forest Steward and Neighborhood Tree programs.