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This Port of Seattle document describes a 4.9-acre parcel of undeveloped land located at I Street and 277th Street in North Auburn, Washington, currently consisting of wetland and raw land available for development. The property, identified by four King County parcel numbers, carries no bond or Airport Improvement Project (AIP) funding restrictions, but does have a mitigated wetland requirement tied to its history as airport property. Any proposed changes to the land's use require coordination with Port of Seattle Corporate Finance & Budget and Airport Finance & Budget offices.

Clean Energy Fuels Corporation leases a 31,153 square-foot parcel (Lease #001655) located south of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at 19425 28th Ave South, SeaTac, WA, used as a Compressed Natural Gas ground lease site. The lease expired January 31, 2015, with renewal options extending until 2017 and two one-year extensions available. The property carries no bond funding restrictions, though Airport Improvement Project (AIP) funding details require direct contact with Airport Finance & Budget.

BT Property, LLC holds a ground lease (Lease #001269) at 2625 S 161st Street in SeaTac, WA, covering approximately 61,073 square feet of commercial property at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The lease, which expired on December 31, 2018, and converted to a month-to-month holdover, covers Building 13 (East Side), a landside cargo terminal owned by the Port of Seattle and historically used by UPS and Emery. The property is subject to bond and Airport Improvement Project (AIP) funding restrictions, and any changes to its use require consultation with Port of Seattle finance departments.

A study commissioned by the Puget Sound Regional Council to assess the financial feasibility of establishing a funding mechanism for acquiring and redeveloping properties adversely impacted by regionally significant essential public facilities. The study examines case study areas near the Auburn Rail Yard, Sea-Tac International Airport, and the proposed Everett 112th Street SE HOV Lanes

A 1979 Port of Seattle memo from Airport Acquisition Manager George Sutter to the Citizens Advisory Committee for Hardship outlines Tom Fest's application for hardship acquisition of his property (Parcel Z-685), prompted by unexpected sewer hook-up costs totaling approximately $5,900. The Port expected to purchase the property within two to three years, but the Fest family sought an immediate buyout due to financial strain. As an alternative, Mr. Fest threatened to subdivide the property via short plat — a move that would increase the Port's eventual acquisition costs — but indicated he would abandon that plan if hardship acquisition was approved.

In April 1979, the Citizens Advisory Committee recommended that the Port of Seattle pursue early acquisition of a property owned by Tom Fest (parcel Z-685) under hardship status. The Committee determined that a quick purchase would benefit both parties, urging the Port to promptly establish a fair price and the owner to sell the property as a single parcel rather than subdividing it into three lots. The recommendation also specified that the owner should not be required to pay sewer hook-up costs before the sale unless the Port agreed to them.

A March 1979 letter from Deputy Ombudsman Rella E. Foley to Messrs. Stockdale and Sutter details the financial hardship of a Mr. Fest, whose annual income of approximately $6,000 makes it impossible for him to afford sewer connection payments. Foley recommends that the DesMoines Sewer District allow Mr. Fest a temporary sewer connection while the Port of Seattle moves quickly to acquire his property, noting that delays forcing him to pursue a short plat subdivision would ultimately cost taxpayers more. The letter was copied to legal counsel for both the DesMoines Sewer District and the Port of Seattle.

In March 1976, Virginia Dana wrote to Donald G. Shay, Director of Aviation at Sea-Tac International Airport, questioning why the Port of Seattle had not updated its relocation boundaries for airport-acquired homes to reflect new high-noise zones identified in the Sea-Tac Communities Plan. She argued that using Highway 99 as an eastern boundary was inadequate and that vacant lots east of the airport, between the airport and South 126th, could accommodate relocated homes while boosting the local tax base. Shay responded that the Port would review her suggestion and consider whether to revise its existing relocation directives.

A August 26, 1975 letter from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, James A. Morrill, to U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson of Washington responds to an inquiry about FHA mortgage insurance eligibility for homes in areas where local communities have established noise boundaries. The letter explains that HUD's basic policy, outlined in Circular 1390.2, is to avoid endorsing undesirable living environments, but that FHA does not automatically exclude existing housing in noise-affected areas from mortgage insurance. Individual applications may still be rejected if noise levels are particularly high and the property lacks sufficient soundproofing.