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This document contains progress reports prepared for the Air Transportation 4th Annual Progress Workshop, held on October 26, 2000, at the Puget Sound Regional Council offices in Seattle, Washington. The workshop brought together key regional stakeholders including the Puget Sound Regional Council, Port of Seattle, Highline School District, Washington State Department of Transportation, and King County International Airport to review air transportation planning efforts in the region.

This 1998 newsletter from the Regional Commission on Airport Affairs covers several controversies surrounding Sea-Tac Airport's expansion, including a 24% cost overrun on the new parking garage, Port staff admitting they lack the capacity to manage over 100 simultaneous expansion projects, and the Highline School District launching an independent study of airport noise impacts on classrooms after failed negotiations with the Port. Additional issues covered include a proposed wetlands destruction permit for the third runway site, plans to extend King County International Airport's runway closer to Georgetown neighborhoods, and legal battles over city comprehensive plans that opposed airport expansion.

This 1997 intergovernmental agreement, signed by the Highline School District and several cities in the Sea-Tac Airport vicinity — including Des Moines, Normandy Park, Burien, Federal Way, and Tukwila — establishes a coordinated framework for addressing airport noise impacts and related funding for schools. The agreement supersedes earlier agreements from February 1992 and June 1996 between the same parties. It outlines provisions for settlement authority, dispute resolution, and the role of the Airport Communities Coalition (ACC) Executive Committee in approving any claims or compromises.

Internal memo from Highline Public Schools documenting the history of asbestos identification at the former Sunset Jr. High School, including friable ceiling materials in classrooms and shop buildings. The document outlines the chronology from 1973-1979 showing that while friable materials were identified, no samples were tested for asbestos content before the school was transferred to

King County Zoning Adjustor report and decision approving a conditional use permit for a former high school facility to be used as a private school, with conditions for parking lot improvements and community recreation facility access. The permit was ordered on November 25, 1980, and transmitted to various parties including James C. Scott and Dr.

A July 1980 letter from King County's Building and Land Development division acknowledges a complaint filed by Virginia E. Dana, assigning it case numbers 80-547, 80-548, and 80-549, and outlines the county's process for investigating code violations. The letter explains that resolving complaints may involve researching property ownership, contacting the owner, and conducting field inspections for serious hazards. A related newspaper article covers conditional use permit hearings for tenants of closed Highline School District schools, noting that the county had recently discovered many such tenants lacked required permits.

Letter from Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Frank B. Brouillet to Mrs. Virginia Dana responding to her request for assistance in developing legislation to close public schools located in F.A.A. cleared zones. The superintendent suggests working directly through legislators and promises cooperation in seeking passage of such a proposal.

A April 3, 1974 letter from FAA Northwest Region Chief of Airports Planning George L. Buley responds to Seattle resident Mrs. Virginia Dana regarding the possible closure of Sunset Junior High School. The letter acknowledges that the school falls within an area the Port of Seattle proposed to acquire under the FAA's Airport Development Aid Program, and confirms the FAA was actively working with the Port on an environmental impact statement covering the proposed acquisition. Both Sunset Junior High School and Maywood Elementary School were being considered in that environmental review process.