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At the 2023 ANE Symposium, Darlene Yaplee of the Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance presented the FAA Community Engagement Scorecard (FAACES), a project designed to gather and analyze feedback from community groups on their experiences with FAA community engagement between 2020 and 2022 compared to before 2020. The scorecard examines whether FAA initiatives—such as the Community Involvement Manual, Chief Engagement Officers, noise portals, and roundtables—have led to meaningful improvements from the perspective of affected communities. The findings aim to identify recurring themes in community responses and offer recommendations for improving FAA outreach and engagement practices.

A November 2022 WSDOT presentation by Construction Manager Andrey Chepel outlines progress on the SR 509 Completion Project, part of the broader Puget Sound Gateway Program in King County. The project aims to improve freight and passenger connections to the Port of Seattle and Sea-Tac Airport area by completing a long-planned highway extension. The presentation covers construction stages 1a and 1b, upcoming Stage 2 procurement, and community engagement efforts.

This November 2022 City of SeaTac presentation to the Highline Forum provides a snapshot of the city's key statistics, highlighting its diverse community of approximately 32,000 residents who speak more than 85 languages. The city also serves as a major regional hub, with around 6,000 hotel rooms, roughly 35,000 employees working within city boundaries, and more than 140,000 people passing through daily.

The Port of Seattle's South King County Community Impact Fund, presented at the Highline Forum on September 28, 2022, is a grant program launched in 2020 to build equity-based partnerships with communities near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The fund offers three programs—Economic Recovery, Environmental Grants, and WMBE Small Business support—with a focus on engaging and building capacity within BIPOC communities. Multi-year funding options were introduced in the program's second round.

This is an application form from the Washington State Office of the Governor, inviting citizens to apply for appointment to one of over 200 state boards and commissions. Applicants are asked to submit personal and contact information, employment history, references, and a current résumé to be considered for advisory or policy-setting roles in state government. The form was issued under Governor Christine O. Gregoire and can be submitted by mail or fax to the Governor's Olympia office.

This is a nomination form from the Washington State Office of the Governor used to recommend individuals for appointment to state boards and commissions. It collects the nominee's contact information, background, education, and demographic details, as well as a statement from the nominator explaining why the person should be considered. Completed forms can be submitted by mail, fax, or email to the Governor's Office in Olympia.

This draft report from the King County Policy Development Commission's Land Use Committee outlines the planning process for the Sea-Tac Communities Plan, a joint effort between King County and the Port of Seattle funded by a $640,000 FAA grant awarded in 1972. The plan aimed to concurrently develop a master plan for Sea-Tac International Airport and a companion land-use plan for surrounding communities most affected by airport noise and operations. A Policy Advisory Committee representing government agencies, consultants, and community groups oversaw the process, which moved through four phases covering data collection, site analysis, alternative plan development, and final recommendations for adoption by both the King County Council and the Seattle Port Commission.

This paper by Edward P. Gorski examines how local governments can achieve noise-compatible land use planning through two main approaches: administrative techniques that officials and planners can use to require or encourage noise compatibility, and physical methods available to architects, designers, and builders to reduce noise impacts. By considering noise at the source, along its path, and at the point of reception, planners can integrate noise control into broader environmental and community planning goals. The paper argues that this integrated approach can improve quality of life in communities affected by noise sources such as airports.