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In March 1979, the Citizens Advisory Committee recommended that the Port pay an additional $3,760 to Marian Berdan (Parcel Z-296) in connection with the acquisition of her property near Sea-Tac Airport. The committee determined that the Port had caused a 20-month delay in settling the sale, and that a fair 1977 value of $39,500, adjusted upward by 25% to account for that delay, yielded a total property value of $51,250 — exceeding the $47,500 already paid. The remaining items in the appellant's proposal were dismissed as relying on extraordinary interpretations of federal, state, and FAA regulations.

Washington State House Bill 1191, introduced in 1979, amends laws governing port district commissioners in the state, covering how candidates file for office and how commissioner positions are numbered and assigned. The bill updates rules for port districts in Class AA counties, including provisions for expanding commissions from three to five members, with some commissioners elected by district and others chosen at large. While this bill governs port district governance structure, it does not directly address airport noise policy.

House Bill 1191, introduced in Washington State's 46th Legislature in 1979, proposed changes to how Port of Seattle commissioners are elected. The bill would put before voters a measure to elect three port commissioners from geographic commissioner districts and two additional commissioners chosen at large from the port district as a whole. It also established that in class AA counties with nine councilmanic districts, like Seattle, there would be three port commissioner districts each containing three councilmanic districts.

A memorandum from research analyst Jay Holman to Representatives Barnes and Rohrbach proposing legislative language to allow counties to reorganize port districts and change how port commissioners are selected. The proposal includes provisions for separating port functions and modifying commissioner election methods.

This 1979 Washington State legislative act amends the definition of an 'impacted area' for aircraft noise abatement purposes near airports. It expands the eligible zone from three to six miles beyond the paved end of any runway, and from fifteen hundred to thirty-three hundred feet from the runway centerline, within which port districts may undertake noise mitigation programs. Areas meeting these geographic criteria are officially designated as 'impacted areas' subject to noise investigation and abatement efforts.

This is an index of Port resolutions from 1979 (Volume 13) relating to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) and other Port of Seattle operations. Key airport-related actions include modifications to rates and regulations, authorization of federal grant agreements for runway improvements and clear zone land acquisition, and amendments clarifying the Port's land-use intentions under the Sea-Tac/Communities Plan. Additional resolutions addressed administrative authority, travel expense policies, and surplus property disposal.

A 1978 internal memo from Ed Parks to Policy Advisory Committee Members announces a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 6, 1978, at 2:00 p.m. in the Airport Conference Room at Sea-Tac International Airport. The meeting, organized as a joint effort of the Port of Seattle and King County, covers four agenda items: an update on Policy Advisory Committee Reorganization, Sea-Tac Westside Developments, the King County Capital Improvement Program for 1979, and Noise Remedy Programs.

In this September 1977 letter, Port of Seattle Executive Director Richard D. Ford responds to a community member's concerns about the Concorde supersonic jet, expressing alarm that the Federal Government amended its noise regulations to allow a noisier aircraft to operate at U.S. airports. Ford warns this decision undermines the Sea-Tac/Communities Plan, which was built on the expectation that aircraft would become progressively quieter over time. He calls on the federal government, airlines, and aircraft manufacturers to aggressively pursue quieter engine technology as a necessary solution to airport noise problems.

In this May 26, 1977 letter, Port of Seattle Chairman Donald G. Shay responds to a request from the Westside Hilltop Survival Committee to make Barbara Summers a full voting member of the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC). Shay explains that Summers currently serves as an alternate representative for the Westside area and expresses his personal opposition to expanding PAC membership solely to add another Westside representative. He agrees, however, to place the matter on the next PAC meeting agenda for consideration by the full membership.