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The Des Moines, Washington City Council held a regular meeting on October 23, 2025, covering several local government matters including a discussion of a City of Burien letter to the Port of Seattle, which relates to regional aviation and airport policy concerns affecting the area surrounding Sea-Tac Airport. Additional agenda items included a warehouse tax collections update, a 2026 property tax levy hearing, and new business items such as the Marina Steps construction contract and franchise agreements. The meeting also addressed a Memorandum of Understanding with King County Metro Transit and an update to the B&O Tax Model Ordinance.

The Port of Seattle held a Special Commission Study Session on October 14, 2025, focused on the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) Aviation Division's proposed operating and capital budgets for 2026. The meeting, open to the public at Port of Seattle Headquarters and available remotely, was attended by five commissioners and ran from 9:00 to 10:15 a.m. The session provided an overview of planned financial and infrastructure investments for the aviation division in the coming year.

This document is the agenda for the Port of Seattle Regular Commission Meeting held on October 14, 2025, covering routine administrative and business items such as lease agreements, labor contracts, and environmental remediation funding. It does not contain specific Sea-Tac Airport noise policy content, though it includes an item authorizing a ten-year cargo building lease with Amazon.com Services at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The meeting was held both in person at Port headquarters and virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Port of Seattle presentation updating on the FAA’s completion of NEPA Environmental Assessment for 31 proposed SAMP projects, finding no significant environmental impact. Covers regional growth driving air travel demand, project details, and next steps including Port-led environmental review and public engagement.

The City of Burien sent this October 2025 letter to Port of Seattle Commissioners demanding a new, Port-funded program to repair or replace failed noise insulation packages installed in roughly 9,400 homes near Sea-Tac Airport since the mid-1980s. The city criticizes the Port's existing pilot program (SIRRPP) as inadequate, noting that none of the 30 homes evaluated qualified for repair or replacement and that many affected homes fall outside the boundary eligible for federal funding. Burien urges the Port to stop relying on federal or state dollars and instead model a solution after San Francisco International Airport's locally funded approach.