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Port of Seattle Regular Meeting Jun 11, 2024

2024-06-11
Commission regular meeting agenda, June 11, 2024

This is the agenda for the Port of Seattle Commission Regular Meeting held on June 11, 2024, covering a range of port business items including approval of financial claims totaling over $116 million, LED lighting upgrades at Terminal 91, and environmental cleanup work at Terminal 115. The meeting also addressed an order requiring all cruise ships to use shore power at Port facilities by 2027, along with the introduction of a resolution to issue up to $850 million in revenue bonds for aviation facility improvements. No items on this agenda specifically address Sea-Tac Airport noise policy.

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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, June 11, 2024

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