Exhibit A
Minutes ExhibitA Port Commission Special- Meeting of January 30. 2018 EPISODE 1 THE BRIEFING YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD January 30, 2018 Steve Edmiston, Des Moines resident Nine months ago, this commission asked for briefings from the FAA, and from your staff. These briefings were supposed to address questions about "the impacts of NextGen flight procedures on local communities". And questions about the FAA's role" in "addressing aircraft noise and other community impacts." And how these issues impact our "quality of life." But you never actually got the briefings you asked for. Now, it is true that on April 25'", the FAA and your staff did each make presentations. They lasted 43 minutes. But these presentations - if we measure them by the topics they chose to omit were misleading. They spoke about the benefits of NextGen, but they failed to brief you on the developing scientific record about the harm to human health from increased aircraft noise and emissions. They failed to brief you on the rebellions underway in communities across the country because of NextGen. They failed to brief you on the nationwide lawsuits against the FAA over NextGen. And they failed to brief you on pending state and federal legislation seeking to address the danger to human health and the environment from NextGen's increased aircraft operations. In light of these omissions, I think it is fair to conclude that the April 25th presentations were incomplete. And inadequate. I've come here to give you the briefing that you actually asked for. The full- story, no sugar-coating, fact-based briefing that you should have had. Of course, this is public comment. 80 my briefing will come to you in two- minute public comment segments. I commit I will spend the no more time 43 minutes than you provided the FAA and staff. I expect it will take 10 months to complete. My briefing will continue at the next public comment. Thank you. HOLD FOR RELEASE: Please do not publish until January 30, 2018, after 2:00 pm. PST Contact: Steve Edmiston 206-372-6647 steveedmistonQ45@gmail.com Local Filmmaker to Challenge Port of Seattle on Environment Media project to be created in public comment segments over ten months SEATAC AIRPORT, SEATAC, WA Des Moines resident Steve Edmiston today launched a new project to provide a "briefing" to the Port of Seattle that will challenge the Port to abandon "selective environmentalism" and address the substantial harms to airport neighbor communities resulting from aircraft noise and emissions resulting from increased flights at SeaTac Airport. The Port Commissioners requested a briefing on these topics from the Federal Aviation Administration last Spring. Edmiston, a local attorney and filmmaker, contends his briefing is now necessary because the FAA failed to disclose to the Port the facts that the Commissioners need to know about the harms being caused to humans and the environment. "The FAA's presentation was astounding for what it omitted," said Edmiston. "In purporting to brief the Port about NextGen flight operations here at SeaTac, the FAA failed to disclose how NextGen has caused community rebellions across the country, led to litigation against the FAA in nearly every city it has been tried, triggered State and Federal legislation designed to reign NextGen in, and worst of all, in a briefing to address the impacts of increased flights, the FAA failed to present the growing body of science associating increased the noise and emissions flight operations with all manner of harm to humans and the environment." The twist and challenge is that Edmiston must provide his briefing in two-minute public-comment segments, as provided by Port rules. Edmiston has committed to spend no more time than the Commissioners provided to the FAA and Port staff 43 minutes. Based upon the Port Commission's schedule, Edmiston estimates the project will take 9 to 12 months to complete. Edmiston seeks to provide the briefing the Port asked for, with "the full story, no sugar-coating, and fact-based." He hopes to arm the Commissioners with information they are not being provided in order to allow them to think much more deeply and make better decisions about the human and environmental costs associated with the dreams of untethered growth at SeaTac. "I'm a local citizen with no budget, no sponsors, and two minutes to talk every two weeks. The Port has annual revenues of $670.5 million. Despite their resources, it seems no one wants to shoot straight with the Commissioners not SeaTac, not the FAA, not industry, and not the Port staff. I hope to remedy the situation." Edmiston plans to film and distribute the "briefing" public comments to regional aviation advocacy groups as well as aviation advocacy organizations around the country. About Steve Edmiston Steve is a business and entertainment lawyer, screenwriter, and independent film producer. He has written and produced many feature-length and short films which have won festival awards and accolades (including "Crimes of the Past," "The Day My Parents Became Cool," and most recently "The Maury Island Incident"). ### 0U lllllllll
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