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The cities of Burien, Des Moines, and SeaTac have jointly hired the law firm Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl to challenge the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of the Port of Seattle's Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). The firm will file a Petition for Review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, naming the FAA as the respondent. Under the agreement, SeaTac will receive and pay all legal invoices on behalf of the three cities, with legal fees starting with a $10,000 retainer and billed at $540 per hour for the lead attorney.

This is an agenda for a Burien City Council Regular Meeting scheduled for November 3, 2025, covering local municipal business such as a public hearing on the 2026 Mid-Biennium Budget Update, approval of vouchers and meeting minutes, and a proposed tax assessment settlement agreement. The meeting was held both in person at Burien City Hall and virtually via Zoom, with public comment and language access provisions available. Note: this document does not contain content specifically related to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

The Des Moines, Washington City Council held a regular meeting on October 23, 2025, covering several local government matters including a discussion of a City of Burien letter to the Port of Seattle, which relates to regional aviation and airport policy concerns affecting the area surrounding Sea-Tac Airport. Additional agenda items included a warehouse tax collections update, a 2026 property tax levy hearing, and new business items such as the Marina Steps construction contract and franchise agreements. The meeting also addressed a Memorandum of Understanding with King County Metro Transit and an update to the B&O Tax Model Ordinance.

The City of Burien sent this October 2025 letter to Port of Seattle Commissioners demanding a new, Port-funded program to repair or replace failed noise insulation packages installed in roughly 9,400 homes near Sea-Tac Airport since the mid-1980s. The city criticizes the Port's existing pilot program (SIRRPP) as inadequate, noting that none of the 30 homes evaluated qualified for repair or replacement and that many affected homes fall outside the boundary eligible for federal funding. Burien urges the Port to stop relying on federal or state dollars and instead model a solution after San Francisco International Airport's locally funded approach.

The Burien City Council Regular Meeting agenda for October 6, 2025 includes an update from the Burien Airport Committee, presented by City Manager Adolfo Bailon and committee members Brian Davis and Jeff Harbaugh, which is relevant to ongoing airport-related policy discussions in the Sea-Tac area. The meeting also covers a range of other local government business, including proclamations, a Critical Areas Ordinance briefing, a mid-biennium revenue update, and consent agenda items such as voucher approvals and meeting minutes. The airport committee update spans pages 13–16 of the 387-page agenda packet and represents Burien's continued civic engagement on airport impact issues.

A staff memorandum to the Burien City Council introducing the North of NERA Rezone Project, which proposes to rezone approximately 158 acres currently designated RS 7,200 (single-family residential) to industrial land use consistent with the Burien 2044 Comprehensive Plan. The project area is located north of the Northeast Redevelopment Area (NERA) between S 128th Street