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Memorandum from George Sutter regarding Tom Fest’s hardship acquisition application for property that will likely be purchased by the Port within 2-3 years. The Fest family faces additional costs of $5,400 for mandatory sewer hook-up plus $500 for contractor fees, prompting the hardship request.

Citizens Advisory Committee recommendation supporting hardship early acquisition status for property Z-685 owned by Tom Fest. The Committee recommends the Port quickly establish value and reach an agreed price for mutual benefit of both parties.

Port of Seattle memorandum from Airport Acquisition Manager George Sutter to Citizens Advisory Committee for Hardship regarding a meeting about Tom Fest family’s hardship application for parcel Z-685. The memo schedules a meeting for April 10, 1979 and mentions enclosed documentation supporting the case.

Citizens Advisory Committee recommendation regarding a property valuation appeal hearing for Marian Berdan’s parcel Z-296. The committee determined that delays caused by the Port resulted in additional compensation owed, recommending a total additional payment of $3,760 based on time adjustments and comparable property values.

Letter from Deputy Ombudsman Rella E. Foldy regarding Mr. Fest’s sewer connection issue with the DesMoines Sewer District. The letter discusses Mr. Fest’s financial hardship and request for temporary sewer connection while the Port of Seattle plans to acquire his property.

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.

Letter from Washington State Representative John Jovanovich to Jean Pihlman discussing the STCP (Sea-Tac Communities Plan) adopted by the Port of Seattle and King County. Jovanovich urges that citizen representatives on the Policy Advisory Committee should come from noise impacted areas around the airport.

Washington State legislation (H-602/79) amending aircraft noise abatement laws. The act modifies distance restrictions for port district noise mitigation programs, changing limits from three miles to six miles beyond runway ends and from fifteen hundred to thirty-three hundred feet from runway centerlines for defining ‘impacted areas’.

Meeting agenda for the Policy Advisory Committee of the Sea-Tac/Communities Plan, a joint effort between the Port of Seattle and King County. The meeting covers committee reorganization, Sea-Tac Westside developments, King County capital improvement projects, and noise remedy programs.

Letter from Port of Seattle Executive Director Richard D. Ford to Virginia E. Dana expressing concerns about the Concorde aircraft (supersonic) and federal regulations permitting noisier aircraft operations. Ford discusses how this undermines the Sea-Tac Communities Plan’s cornerstone principle that aircraft should become quieter, not noisier.