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Online Open House and Virtual Public Meeting report PREPARED SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 | P a g e Executive Summary Overview Learning more about what is important to communities across Washington state is a crucial step for the CACC. To help learn about aviation priorities, the CACC held an online open house from August 15 to September 11, 2022. The online open house was available in English, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional), French, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Tigrinya, and Vietnamese languages. Additionally, there was a call-in option for people who wanted the open house read to them, and two virtual public meetings held via Zoom on August 23 and 31, 2022. Promotion The primary audience for notification of the online open house was Washington residents west of the Cascades. The intent was to reach communities around the 10 greenfield locations as well as Bremerton National and Paine Field. Residents in the rest of the state were a secondary statewide audience. To promote the online open house, WSDOT distributed a press release in English and Spanish to statewide media; distributed partner toolkits to CACC members and CBOs who requested copies; and published organic and paid social media posts. Input The online open house received nearly 60,000 page views from an estimated 20,000 users. Of users, 1,121 provided their zip codes. Most users were from Washington state, with one participant from outside of Washington. The highest number of participants was from King County (392), followed by Thurston (209), Skagit…

In October 2019, the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission (CACC) convened to begin the process of developing recommendations for a new primary commercial aviation facility in Washington. The commission was created by the Washington State Legislature because of concerns that Sea-Tac International Airport is nearing its capacity limits. Several studies released over the span of several years corroborate the persistent challenge of commercial aviation capacity in the Puget Sound region. In addition, the Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC) Aviation Baseline Study currently underway confirms these findings. Aviation demand is multi-faceted and includes many types of passenger demand (international, interstate and regional) as well as air cargo and general aviation. Each type of demand has differing facility needs, such as runway lengths and aircraft storage. While part of the capacity solution could be a new commercial facility, there may also be opportunities for current airports to accommodate some passenger and air cargo demand. In addition, emerging technologies such as electric-powered and other alternate propulsion aircraft may change the equation of air transportation demand in the years to come. Adding additional complexity to the decisions at hand is the uncertainty around the long-term impacts of the COVID19 pandemic on future aviation demand. The Commission has adopted a three-phase methodology. For Phase One, the Legislature has charged CACC to develop a short list of six airports by January 1, 2021. During Phase Two, it will identify the top two airports by September 1, 2021. During Phase Three, the CACC is required to choose, by…