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tIe and the city of Des Moines formerly bitter adversaries in the third-runway fight – now are working together and may hire a developer to build a 75-acre business park south of Sea.Tac Airport. Yesterday the port Commission approved the first in a series of agreements that could lead to building the park for indus- trial and other uses. That vote followed a similar one Thursday by the City Council. Both were unanimous. “It is a new dax” said Diane Summerhays, the port’s director of Aviation Community Develop- ment. “It’s a pretty big deal for that city and it’s a huge deal for the relationship” between the port and Des Moines. The J,eite stretches northwest from{he intersection of 24th Ave- nue S6uth and South 216th Street. It was a residential neighborhood until the late 1980s when port offi- cials, who operate Sea-Tac, began buying and removing homes in the flight path as part of a noise mitigation program. Several years later the port and J' / /R city sought to develop a techno[ ogy campus on the property But that proposal noundered in part because the two sides were locked in a protracted legal fight over the port’s plans to build the third runway Last summer. Des Moines and other airport-area cities dropped their lawsuits to block construc- tion of the runway which began an era of cooperation. Now Des Moines and the port plan to hire a consultant to write a conceptual master plan for Des Moines Creek Business…

A Port of Seattle resolution authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to execute version two of an Interlocal Agreement with the Cities of Des Moines and SeaTac, Washington State Department of Transportation and King County to fund, construct, operate and maintain capital projects necessary to implement the Des Moines Creek Basin Plan. The projects include construction

Legislative memorandum analyzing a striking amendment to HB 2276 that establishes aviation mitigation zones for large regional airports. The amendment requires qualifying port districts to levy $10 million annually for four years (2004-2007) for mitigation purposes and creates an advisory board to assist with grant distribution.

1. Create a more detailed report about compliance with Sea-Tac’s noise reduc- tion programs and broadly disseminate it to the public. 2. Implement an incentive program that will encourage airline compliance with noise abatement programs. 3. Research and develop new programs to communicate more effectively with key groups. 4. Analyze and invest in facilities and technologies that will decrease impacts from ground run-up noise. 5. Increase fines for ground run-up violations. 6. Encourage voluntary compliance with ground run-up restrictions on week- end mornings. 7. Implement new programs for airline mechanics that will increase their awareness and provide incentives to decrease ground run-up noise. The Port of Seattle has created a Fly Quiet Committee. This committee is a result of previous studies and recom- mendations. The goal of the Commit- tee is to find innovative ways to fur- ther reduce the impacts from aircraft noise. While significant progress has already been made through insula- tion, acquisition and noise abatement programs, there is always room for improvement. The Committee is mostly made up of citizens and city staff members from local communities. A list of members is shown on Page 2. Representatives from the Federal Aviation Administra- tion, Puget Sound Regional Council, pilots and mechanics also attend the meetings. Since its inception in July, the committee met in September, All future reports will be available online quarterly. Don’t miss your chance to be informed of the Fly Quiet Committee’s latest developments! Visit our website to register for an automatic electronic version when…

Legal memorandum analyzing King County’s role in proposed Des Moines Beach Park conveyor belt operation, including property rights and park use restrictions. Includes Department of Ecology letter clarifying fill material certification requirements for Port of Seattle’s third runway construction.

PROJECT: Des Moines Creek Basin Restoration Projects APPLICANT: Des Moines Creek Basin Cornmittee (city of SeaTac, city of Des Moines, Port of Seattle, King County, Washington State Department of Transportation) CONTACT: City of SeaTac: Michael Scarey, Senior Planner at (206) 241-1893/TDD (206) 241-0091 . Corbin Loch, Planning Manager for the City of Des Moines at (206) 870-7576 David Masters, Project Coordinator at (206) 354-9749 [E-mail: mikes(@seatac.wa.gov City of Des Moines: Basin Committee: LOCATION: Des Moines Creek Corridor, and Wetlands South of Sea-Tac Airport Runways, East of Des Moines Memorial Drive, (see attached map). PROPOSAL: The proposal involves the construction of several coordinated surface water management facilities to improve existing water quality conditions and to reduce existing flooding conditions within the Des Moines Creek basin. The irnprovements were identified in the Des Moines Creek Basin Plan which was published in 1997. More specifically, the proposal includes improvement of in-stream conditions by reduction of high flows, reduction in stream erosion, improvement of water quality, and improvement of in-stream fish habitat. The proposal includes numerous mitigation measures recommended by state, regional and local agencies to prevent and/or minimize potential adverse impacts. Projects include a new detention facility near the headwaters of Des Moines Creek, a high flow bypass pipe along Des Moines Creek, improving fish habitat conditions within Des Moines Creek, and low-flow augmentation to maintain fish-friendly water flows during dry summer months. These improvements are inter-related and operate in a coordinated fashion to reduce existing impacts to Des Moines (-"reek. The projects…