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Port of Seattle Regular Meeting Jan 9, 2024

2024-01-09
Commission regular meeting agenda – January 9, 2024

This is the agenda for the Port of Seattle Commission Regular Meeting held on January 9, 2024, covering routine business items such as approval of meeting minutes, claims and obligations, and various contract authorizations. Key items include a $37 million elevator and escalator maintenance contract for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, a $7.5 million increase for an airline realignment project at Sea-Tac with a total estimated cost of up to $140 million, and adoption of the Port's 2024 state and federal legislative agendas. The meeting was held both in person at Pier 69 and virtually via Microsoft Teams.

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As the source for federal transportation grants, the Puget Sound Regional Council was charged with developing a system to meet the growing need for commercial aviation. When the search for a second airport failed, they authorized the Port of Seattle to build the Third Runway, with a mandate to develop a noise abatement and mitigation program. In their effort to stop the Third Runway, the ACC argued over every detail of the Port's efforts--including property buyouts and sound insulation. The dispute was meant to be settled by a three member Expert Arbitration Panel. This is their final report. It finds 2-1, that the Port's program was insufficient in several respects. Despite that, funding for the Third Runway was approved by the PSRC, and the 'Port Package' program, proceeded largely unchanged. Expert Arbitration Panel's final decision finding that the Port of Seattle had not shown sufficient reduction in real on-the-ground noise impacts to satisfy noise reduction conditions required for approval of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport. The majority decision concluded the Port's noise abatement programs were insufficient despite being impressive in scope.

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Commission regular meeting agenda – January 9, 2024

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