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Port of Seattle Regular Meeting May 14, 2024

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Commission regular meeting agenda, May 14, 2024

The Port of Seattle Commission held a regular meeting on May 14, 2024, covering a broad range of airport and waterfront business items. Among the agenda items relevant to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport operations was the 2023 Annual Report from the SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table and the presentation of Sustainable Century and Fly Quiet Awards, both of which address noise management and environmental performance at Sea-Tac Airport. The meeting also included authorizations for major airport construction and infrastructure projects totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.

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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, May 14, 2024

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