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Prepared under a grant from the State of Washingon by: Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc. Dallas, Texas Raytheon Infrastruction Services, Inc. Denver and Philadelphia APPENDIX A EQUITY ISSUES AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS A.01 - INTRODUCTION Equity issues related to the geographic distribution of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's benefits and costs underpin the requirement for socioeconomic impact mitigation. Although a source of contention, it is arguable that socioeconomic benefits such as increased economic activity (jobs, income, and output) and social/cultural events (family visits, traveling performance companies and ease of recreational travel) generated by commercial aviation services taking place at Sea-Tac International Airport exceed the Airport's socioeconomic costs (noise, traffic congestion, a degraded environment for human habitat, adversely affected educational and social services, and a reduced tax base). However, the benefits are distributed over western Washington and the Puget Sound Region while the costs are localized in a small number of communities immediately surrounding the Airport. Consequently, there is a need for mitigation that redirects some of the Airport's benefits back to the communities that disproportionately bear its costs. Appendix A looks at the geographic area adversely affected by Sea-Tac International Airport's impacts and compares it to the places of origin of persons initiating commercial air service travel at Sea-Tac International Airport. It also analyses the Airport's economic benefits and how they affect the five impacted communities that are the focus of this study. The data base for the origin of enplaning passengers at Sea-Tac International Airport comes from a 1991 Origin/ Destination (O/D)…

The Helmuth, Obata Kassabaum study, referred to as ‘HOK’, began as an individual community grant application by the City of Burien. Understandably it became associated with the ACC (plaintiffs in lawsuits attempting to stop the Third Runway) and a response to the defects of the Third Runway EIS. However, this was an independent effort, put

To: Mr. Frederick C. Stouder, City Manager City of Burien 415 SW 150th St. Burien WA 98166-1973 Subject: Draft prepared by South King County Impact Assistance and Mitigation Studies Team (Enclosed in your October 21, 1996 letter to City Council) Please forward this to South King County Impact Assistance and Mitigation Studies Team. As an engineering manager, I appreciate how constrained the team's task is by budget and schedule so please take these comments as a desire to help. Having spent over 1000 hours studying the Environmental Impact Statements, regulations, and related text books, I hope there is time to consider my comments. I apologize being so late but I was unaware of your Open Houses until the last one that Citizens Against Sea-Tac Expansion (CASE) called me about. No copies of the report were available that night. Please contact me if you would like any data or information. As an aerospace manager, it would be inappropriate for me to take your calls at my office. You may leave a message at my home and I will return your call. If you call between AM and 8 AM you will probably find me at home. Sincerely, CL~0 A. Brown 239 SW 189 PI Seattle, WA 98166 (206) 431-8693 Enclosures: Enclosure 1 : Comments on Draft Study Enclosure 2 : Normandy Park Real Estate Data Summary Enclosure 3 : Normandy Park Third Quarter 1996 real estate data Enclosure 4 : Current and Planned Haul Truck Mitigation Enclosure 5 : References and…

A technical review document from Debi DesMarais providing comments on a draft mitigation cost analysis for the City of Burien Impact Assistance Team. The review covers social impacts, property values, noise data, and various technical aspects of airport-related community impacts.

Washington State operating budget bill for fiscal biennium 1995-1997, establishing appropriations for state agencies including $47.5 million for House of Representatives operations. The bill was passed by both chambers and signed by Governor Mike Lowry with partial vetoes of specific sections.