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  • 2025-05-08

    Des Moines City Council gets update on closed StART meeting

    There’s no consensus on consensus At their May 8, 2025 meeting, the Des Moines City Council heard a briefing from the City Manager and one Stakeholder Advisory Roundtable (StART) community member regarding the April 23 closed StART meeting – the first meeting closed to the public since 2019 after three cities temporarily left the group.
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  • 2025-04-17

    2025-2026 Port of Seattle Economic Development City Partnership Application & Instructions

    Application guidelines and instructions for the Port of Seattle’s Economic Development City Partnership Program, which provides funding to King County cities for economic development projects. The document outlines funding eligibility, match requirements, eligible project types, and maximum award amounts by city based on population.
    TagsCity Of Des Moines, Economic Development Division, Port Of Seattle
  • 2025-03-29

    Des Moines City Council punts on restoring sound code

    City describes aircraft noise as a nuisance Read machine-generated transcript At its March 27, 2025 Economic Development Committee meeting, Des Moines councilmembers declined to recommend that the City hire a consultant to re-establish a sound code to mitigate aircraft noise. Originally, the FAA and Port of Seattle provided free insulation for thousands of existing homes
    CategoriesNews Stories TagsCity Of Des Moines, Sound Insulation
  • 2025-03-17

    Analysis and Recommendations for Updating Des Moines’ Sound Transmission Code and Possible Future Adoption

    Memorandum from Des Moines Building Official to the Economic Development Committee providing recommendations for updating the city’s sound transmission code. The memo outlines the need to engage a sound engineering consultant and proposes approaches for modernizing noise mitigation requirements following the repeal of the original 2007 ordinance.
    TagsCity Of Des Moines, Noise
  • 2024-12-03

    City of Des Moines Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP Draft EA) Community Meeting

    For Des Moines: City Manager Katherine Caffrey, Planning Director Rebecca Deming Shared Consultants for Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, SeaTac: Jim Allerdice (Vianair), Jason Schwartz, Emily Tranter (N.O.I.S.E.) Presentation and Transcript Read our SAMP Draft EA Public Comment Explainer …and send in your public comment by December 13, 2024!
    CategoriesMeetings TagsCity Of Des Moines, SAMP Draft EA
  • 2024-12-03

    City of Des Moines SAMP Community Meeting Q&A

    This is a machine-generated transcript. We do not guarantee spelling or accuracy. [Meeting Moderator/Rebecca Deming]: Hello everyone. I want to let everyone know that we are recording this and we have the media here. Once this is recorded it is going to go on our website so that it can be watched. I know the
    CategoriesMeetings, Transcripts TagsCity Of Des Moines, SAMP Draft EA
  • 2024-12-03

    City of Des Moines SAMP Town Hall

    The City of Des Moines will be hosting a SAMP Town Hall meeting on the Tuesday Dec. 3, 2024, from 6 – 7 p.m. at City Hall. The meeting will be recorded and available online as well. The aim of the meeting is to equip residents to know how to make meaningful and relevant comments
    CategoriesEvents TagsCity Of Des Moines, SAMP Draft EA
  • 2024-12-02

    Des Moines to host public meeting on airport plan feedback before Dec. 13 deadline

    by Joel Moreno, KOMO News Reporter TOPICS: DES MOINES, Wash. — Four open houses have been held already, but city officials in Des Moines are hosting one more opportunity for the public to give feedback on the Port of Seattle’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP). The SAMP outlines the growth strategy for the airport and
    CategoriesFrom The Web TagsCity Of Des Moines, KOMO, SAMP Draft EA
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  • The SAMP Four City Consultant ILA 2018

    Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, SeaTac environmental response Although the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) was announced in 2012, it only moved towards public environmental review in 2017. We covered where we’re at now in the SAMP Public Comment Explainer To help them navigate the process, in 2018 four cities (Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park,
    TagsCity of Burien, City Of Des Moines, City of Normandy Park, City Of SeaTac, SAMP, Sustainable Airport Master Plan

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  • SAMP/SEPA Draft EIS Town Hall Des Moines
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    The Port of Seattle is sponsoring four open houses to answer your questions about the SAMP/SEPA Draft EIS. There will be a reporter to take your comments in-person. Tuesday, June 23: 6–8pm Mount Rainier High School Cafeteria space 22450 19th Ave S Des Moines, WA 98198

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    Overview of (SEPA) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) (SAMP) Near-Term Projects, Part 150 update

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    Add to CalendarMThursday Jun 25, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
    2405 S 300th St Federal Way, WA 98003
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    The Port of Seattle is sponsoring four open houses to answer your questions about the SAMP/SEPA Draft EIS. There will be a reporter to take your comments in-person. Wildwood Elementary School Multipurpose room 2405 S 300th St Federal Way, WA 98003

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