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  • 2025-05-27

    SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) Annual Report

    The Port of Seattle's SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) brings together representatives from neighboring cities like SeaTac, Burien, and Des Moines, along with airlines, the FAA, and Port staff to address community concerns about Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. In 2024–2025, the group focused on noise reduction efforts including promoting single-engine taxiing, launching a residential sound re-insulation pilot program, and advancing a federally required Part 150 Noise and Land Use Compatibility Study. StART operates through two working groups—the Aviation Noise Working Group and the Policy Working Group—making decisions by consensus to ensure neighboring communities have a meaningful voice in airport-related policies.
  • 2025-05-08

    Des Moines City Council gets update on closed StART meeting

    There’s no consensus on consensus At their May 8, 2025 meeting, the Des Moines City Council heard a briefing from the City Manager and one Stakeholder Advisory Roundtable (StART) community member regarding the April 23 closed StART meeting – the first meeting closed to the public since 2019 after three cities temporarily left the group.
  • 2025-04-23

    StART Meeting Agenda April 23 2025

    Agenda for the StART (SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table) meeting scheduled April 23, 2025, 5:00–8:00 PM at The Conference Center at SEA, Amsterdam Conference Room. The meeting, facilitated by Andrés Mantilla of Uncommon Bridges, aimed to build round table cohesion and determine StART's 2025 priorities, with a tentative follow-up meeting noted for June 25, 2025 via Zoom.
  • 2025-04-19

    Upcoming StART meeting first to be closed to the public

    Announcement comes on the heels of Airport Director’s exit In a move that has caught community advocates and city representatives off guard, the Port of Seattle has closed the upcoming StART (SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table) meeting to the public — a first for the advisory body since its creation in 2018. This meeting, scheduled
  • 2025-04-15

    Burien Airport Committee agenda, April 15, 2025

    The Burien Airport Committee held a meeting on April 15, 2025, to welcome new members, discuss the committee's workplan and legislative agenda, and review updates from the StART Committee and Highline Forum regarding Sea-Tac Airport issues. Draft minutes from the March 18, 2025 meeting were also presented for approval, noting outgoing member thanks and a recap of a presentation made to Des Moines City Council on forming their own airport committee. Public comments could be submitted by email or in person via Zoom or City Hall attendance.
  • 2025-03-18

    Burien Airport Committee agenda, March 18, 2025

    The Burien Airport Committee met on January 21, 2025, and was scheduled to meet again on March 18, 2025, to discuss issues related to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's impact on the surrounding community. Key topics included updates on the Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) and potential FAA appeals, state legislative developments such as SB-5652 and a proposed airport mitigation bill, and efforts to encourage neighboring Des Moines to form its own airport committee. The committee also worked on developing a workplan to guide its ongoing advocacy around airport noise, environmental concerns, and community mitigation measures.
  • 2025-03-10

    Airport and Nearby Communities Partner on Taking Shared Policy Priorities to First-Ever Olympia Day on the Hill

    SEA StART members met with state legislators and Executive Branch staff on new approaches to meeting aviation demand while addressing community concerns March 10, 2025 OLYMPIA, WA — Members of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART), elected officials and staff from nearby cities, and Port staff traveled to the state capital

  • StART SIRRPP Update_2.26.2025_15

    A presentation slide from a Sea-Tac Airport noise insulation program briefing explaining Expected Useful Life (EUL) of windows and doors for homes, based on four studies. The slide lists EUL ranges for aluminum window frames (15–20 yrs), vinyl window frames (20–30 yrs), glass/glazing (8–20 yrs), storm/window screens (10–15 yrs), storm doors (7–10 yrs), sliding doors (20 yrs), and entry door slabs (20–30 yrs), and notes that EULs do not account for acoustic performance.
  • 2025-02-26

    StART SIRRPP Update: Interior DNL Eligibility Threshold and Acoustic Testing Results — Slide 14 (February 26, 2025)

    Slide 14 of a presentation on acoustic testing for a Sea-Tac Airport noise insulation program, explaining that interior DNL (calculated as Exterior DNL minus Noise Level Reduction) is the eligibility metric, with a threshold of 45dB DNL. All 30 homes tested fell below the FAA's 45dB DNL interior noise threshold, including five Pre-1993 homes evaluated under the FAA re-insulation program.
  • 2025-02-26

    StART SIRRPP Update — Pilot Program Schedule Timeline (February 2024–2025) — Slide 3

    A timeline slide detailing the Pilot Program Schedule spanning February 2024 through early 2025, including key milestones such as a Commission Order (Feb 27), survey mailings (Jun–Aug 2024), Part 150 Meetings (Jun 5, 6, and 8), acoustic testing (Aug 19/30), a Draft Technical Report (Nov 22), a Final Report Approval (Dec 23), a Commission Report (January 2025), and a Design/Construction Kickoff in 2025. The slide appears to be page 3 of a presentation related to Sea-Tac Airport noise policy under FAA Part 150 procedures.