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Your 2¢ Worth, Meeting #1: Silence Is Golden — Community Noise Survey Responses

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This document summarizes community meeting responses collected under the 'Silence Is Golden' initiative, in which residents from neighborhoods near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport identified their biggest noise concerns and discussed the airport's value to the region. Across multiple community groups, Sea-Tac aircraft noise was consistently ranked as the top disturbance, alongside motorcycles, freeways, and household appliances. Participants also offered suggestions for making the airport a greater community asset, including better landscaping, viewing areas, quieter aircraft engines, fair property buyout programs for heavily impacted zones, and improved amenities such as restaurants and cultural exhibits.

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Community meeting responses compiled from neighborhood groups including Valley View, Marvista, Riverton Heights, Des Moines, North Hill, Shorewood, Normandy Park United Church of Christ, Air Transportation & Urban Development Meeting, and Highline Community College. Meeting #1 titled ‘Silence Is Golden’ asked residents to identify the noisiest things in their neighborhoods and assess the importance of Sea-Tac Airport to the community. Respondents identified Sea-Tac aircraft, motorcycles, freeways, trucks, and home appliances as top noise sources. Airport importance discussed across economic, aesthetic, and cultural dimensions; suggestions included green belt buffer zones, noise abatement baffles, fair market value assurance for Zone 3 homeowners, landscaping, viewing areas, quieter engines, and a public ‘trouble number’ for port operations complaints. DC-10 cited as noise standard reference.

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