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  • Seattle Times: Taxpayers need transparency for big investments in Port of Seattle

    The Port of Seattle wants a tax increase to help fund a new cruise-ship terminal, but it’s not saying where it will be built. Taxpayers in King County are facing a tax increase to fund investments in Seattle’s industrial waterfront, potentially including a new cruise-ship terminal near Pioneer Square. The investments should be worthwhile as

  • SAMP Public Comments Due!

    On-line form E-Mail US Postal: Mr. Steve Rybolt Port of Seattle Aviation Environment and Sustainability P.O. Box 68727 Seattle, WA 98168

  • A reply from Fred Felleman re. the Budget Proviso (2)

    A letter I received this morning from Port Commissioner Fred Felleman in reply to my letter to the Port Commissioners yesterday. >JC — if the legislators want independence from the Port, they don’t have to take its recommendations. I’ll look into the history of the issue, but like I said, I’m committed to having the

  • A reply from Fred Felleman re. the Budget Proviso

    A letter I received today from Port Commissioner Fred Felleman in reply to my letter to the Port Commissioners yesterday. And my reply (cc’ed to the Commissioner) follows. On 9/13/2018 2:24 PM, Felleman, Fred wrote: > > JC I have only heard of claims of port “interference” with the bill’s development from members of the

  • A Reply From Pearse Edwards on behalf of Peter Steinbrueck

    A letter I received this morning from Pearse Edwards at the Port Of Seattle in reply to my letter to the Port Commissioners yesterday. And my reply (cc’ed to the Commissioners) follows. On 9/13/2018 6:56 AM, Edwards, Pearse wrote: > > JC – > > Good morning. Commissioner Steinbrueck asked me to respond to your

  • A Letter To Port Of Seattle Commissioners

    Yesterday, I made the following public comment at the Port Of Seattle regular commission meeting (Start @ 22:30) Sorry to digress, but my opening remark had to do with an award given at the beginning of the meeting to a Port employee for his good work in helping to clean up the Duwamish River. The

  • Port Of Seattle – Airport Statistics

    Operated by the Port of Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA, KSEA) is ranked as the 8th busiest U.S. airport, serving 49.8 million passengers and more than 432,315 metric tons of air cargo in 2018. With a regional economic impact of more than $22.5 billion in business revenue, Sea-Tac generates more than 151,400 jobs (87,300 direct

  • Port of Seattle won’t explain ouster of top lawyer, who gets $500,000 plus a paycheck through August

    Craig Watson (Port of Seattle)  The Port again declined to provide any information about the original complaint against its chief counsel or the investigation of him, and indicated it will not provide the public with any further details. By Mike Rosenberg  Seattle Times real estate reporter The Port of Seattle’s top lawyer, ousted this week

  • Port Of Seattle – Resolution No 3212

    A RESOLUTION of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle, King County, Washington, adopting a Master Plan Update for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, approving development of a new dependent air carrier runway, authorizing certain actions relating to the new runway and other improvements in the Master Plan Update, and committing to fulfill additional noise reduction measures in accordance with Puget Sound Regional Council Resolution A-96-02. WEBEREAS, the number of passengers served by Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (STIA) increased from approximately 4.7 million in 1970 to approximately 2 2 . 8 million in 1995, an increase of 385%, and the Master Plan Update forecast prepared in 1994 projects that the number of passengers will continue to increase significantly in the future; and VHEREAS, the number of airctaft operations and the amount of cargo tonnage at STIA increased from 150,676 operations in 1970 to 386,500 operations in 1995 and from 130,171 metric tons of cargo in 1970 to 408,200 metric tons in 1995, and the Master Plan Update Forecast prepared in 1994 projects that the number of aircraft operations and the amount of cargo tonnage will increase significantly in the future; and WHEREAS* in the mid-1980rs, the Port completed the Airport Comprehensive Planning Review 6 Airspace Update Study which concluded that the existing runway system at STIA would not be capable of serving efficiently the increasing demand past the year 0 0 , and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) initiated an Airport Capacity Enhancement StUdy which concluded that. there was extensive d'.lay primarily…
  • 2018-05-23 00:00

    Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Aircraft Arrival Altitude Analysis

    A presentation analyzing aircraft arrival altitudes at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, examining changes between 2013, 2015, and 2017. The analysis covers the relationship between aircraft altitude and noise exposure, runway usage patterns, and fleet mix changes.