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Des Moines City Council’s legislative priorities for the 2026 state legislative session, covering public safety funding, airport impact mitigation, historic preservation, ferry development, and local government financial resources. The city is not requesting earmarks for public works projects due to the challenging state budget.

The City of Burien’s 2026 state legislative agenda outlining priorities across three main areas: Healthy and Thriving Communities, Quality of Life and Economic Development, and Behavioral Health. The agenda includes requests for housing funding, migrant assistance, property tax cap revisions, infrastructure investments, and behavioral health workforce development.

Presentation about employee commuting at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, showing badge distribution data across different employer categories including airlines, airline services, construction/temporary, government, and ADR employers. Presented by David Tomporowski at the Highline Forum.

Aviation legislative agenda adopted by the Port of Seattle covering aviation fuel tax amendments, sustainable aviation fuel incentives, and StART committee policy priorities. Also lists bills not included in the Port’s adopted agenda.

WSDOT presentation on the Puget Sound Gateway Program, focusing on the SR 509 Completion Project. The program includes two projects (SR 167 and SR 509) to provide essential connections to the ports of Tacoma and Seattle, with various stages of construction progress.

Email from Sandy Hunt of Defenders of Highline Forest to Dave Kaplan proposing the Miyawaki method for tree canopy reforestation as a Highline Forum topic. Includes links to local Miyawaki forest projects and criticism of airport mitigation policies.

Background: In recent years, some communities have come to experience an increased and disproportionate share of noise and other environmental impacts stemming from commercial aviation. The concerns of residents of these increasingly impacted areas are not being adequately addressed. The Aviation Impacted Communities Act seeks to help localities, neighborhoods, and community members to more effectively and productively engage with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This legislation would require that the FAA interface directly with and be responsive to residents and locally nominated leaders on issues of aviation noise and environmental impacts. Through the creation of community boards, affected areas will be empowered to effectively work toward achieving relief from the impacts of civil and commercial aviation. The Aviation Impacted Communities Act will: • Establish a new “aviation impacted communities” designation for areas suffering from excessive noise or environmental impacts • Establish a process to bring together airport operators, designated community leaders, public health and environmental experts, and the FAA to discuss solutions • Require that appropriate FAA representatives attend community board meetings and respond to community questions and concerns about issues involving aviation or the FAA when requested • Allow communities to petition the FAA for comprehensive impact studies and require that the FAA develop action plans to respond to communities’ concerns and the recommendations for mitigation provided in the impact studies • Expand the availability of mitigation funding for aviation impacted communities outside of the current 65 day-night average sound level (DNL) contours • Provides grants for noise mitigation…