Minutes Exhibit A
Minutes Exhibit A Port Commission Special Meeting of November 13, 2018 THE BRIEFING PROJECT EPISODE 13 The Lost Cause November 13, 2018 Thank you. I'm Steve Edmiston for The Briefing Project. Today's commentis inspired by the "lost cause" speech from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, for two reasons. First, no surprise, I'm often told this projectis a lost cause because of the Port's economic growth ambitions and the disparity in our respective level of influence. Second, in film- speak, today reveals the list of actual project quests, meaning, here,the specific actions that will, "lost cause" or not, quantify success. I've titled these actions the "Port of Seattle Airport Neighbor Community Accords." The Accords are designed to providecities and citizens a simple, ongoing, public measurement a gradebook, or scorecard,if you will, of how each of you act, orfail to act, respond orfail to respond,to the information provided and the actions requested. Any one of you can introduce these actions as policy, to be advocated for and implemented to the extent permitted by law,just as you did on immigration, and on climate change. They are legal. They are within your authority. They reflect choices.| have the full text for the Clerk; I'll read the Accord headings now. First: The Health of Humans and the Environment is a Paramount Duty and Pre- Condition to Increased Frequency of Aircraft Operations (requiring reversal of the Port's 2018 bylaw amendment deleting the commitment to community quality oflife). Second: Transparency Is a Core Value Requiring Independent Audit of Historical Mitigation Expenditures. Third: Trust is a Core Value Requiring Non-Interference with Independent Health and Environmental Studies. Fourth: Tax Levy Funds Shall Be Prioritized for Airport Neighbor Community Mitigation. Fifth: Establishing a Nighttime Curfew to Protect Human Health Shall Be a Policy Priority Supported by Port Resources. Sixth: Fully Remediating the Failed Commitments for 3" Runway Usage Shall be a Policy Priority. Seventh: Establishing Increased Glide Slopes for All Runways to Reduce Noise and Protect Human Health Shall Be a Policy Priority Supported by Port Resources. Eighth: Establishing a Regional Airport to Preserve Statewide Economic Growth and Simultaneously Reduce the Unfair Burden on Airport Neighbor Communities Shall be a Policy Priority Supported by Port Resources. Ninth: Citizen Complaint Processes Shall be Reformed to Provide Meaningful Engagement and Solutions. Tenth: A Moratorium Shall be Placed on Capital Projects That Expand Aircraft Operation Capacity Until a Comprehensive Plan Developed in Collaboration with Airport Neighbor Communities to Protect Health and the Environmentis Achieved. It's a big list. Perhaps certainly, a "lost cause"list. But as Jimmy Stewart's Mr. Smith said, "they're the only causes worth fighting for." PORT OF SEATTLE AIRPORT NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY ACCORDS [PROPOSED] November 13, 2018 RECOGNIZING: That the Sea-Tac International Airport neighbor communities have been, and want to and collaboration with be, proud hosts and partners, working,living, and playing in harmony the Port of Seattle; remain That human health and the environment in the airport neighbor communities unfairly burdened byaircraft operations when compared to the benefits these same operations and that this disparity has not been generate for the entire region and State of Washington, compensated; recommend That the World Health Organization 2018 Environmental Noise Guidelines immediate substantial policy action reducing aircraft noise and providing increased mitigation for airport neighbor communities; That the Port of Seattle Long Range Plan Century Agenda does not include reducing communities as an the impact on human health or the environment of the airport neighbor objective, strategy, or priority; That the Port of Seattle in 2018 deleted the requirementthat it would "ensure a sustainable quality of life" for King County residents from its bylaws and mission statement; That the Port of Seattle in 2018 amended its bylaws such thatits missionis no longer to a dependent upon environmental stewardship, instead reducing environmental stewardship "commitment" to be "advanced;" thatits That the Port of Seattle in 2018 amended its bylaws to remove the requirement instead reducing mission is dependent upon collaboration with neighboring communities, and collaboration to a "commitment" to be "advanced;" That trust must be restored with the airport neighbor communities negatively impacted by historic and current Port of Seattle airport operations; of Seattle That restored trust must be secured by adopting measures to restore Port accountability to the citizens negatively impacted by Port of Seattle airport operations; PORT OF SEATTLE AIRPORT NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY ACCORDS [PROPOSED] That the Port of Seattle culture must be reformed to (i) provide the citizens impacted by to or greater than other industry and airport operations stakeholder status that is fully to equal government stakeholders, and (ii) demonstrate a respect for preserving the quality oflife, in the impacted communities. safety, and health of the families and the environment and reform, there must be specific, That to achieve transparency, trust, accountability, be objectively quantified and measurable, and achievable actions, the completion of which can assessed; and to all airport neighbor Now therefore,a citizen offers to the Port of Seattle, communities, for adoption and implementation, these, ACCORDS is a Paramount Duty and Pre- First: The Health and Welfare of Humans and the Environment Condition to Increasing Frequency of Aircraft Operations. current and future Port of Protecting the health of humans and the environment impacted by of Seattle airport operations is a paramount duty and pre-condition to the increased frequency aircraft operations, and must be reflected in (i) the Port of Seattle mission statement (which commitment to quality of life, shall require reversing 2018 bylaw amendments deleting the and diluting the commitment to diluting the commitment to humans and the environment, collaboration with the communities); (ii) inclusion in the Century Agenda; and (iii) inclusion in the Port of Seattle's 2019 federal and statelegislative agendas. Audit of Historical Mitigation second: Transparency Is a Core Value Requiring Independent Expenditures. the health of humans and the Transparency must be a core value in relation to protecting an independent audit environment; this shall initially be manifested by the Port commissioning of the over $400 million historically claimed as Port-funded airport mitigation expenditures Port funds from federal funds; since 1985. The audit shall, among otherthings, segregate etc.); segregate identify the purpose of claimed expenditures (buy out, mitigation package, FAA acquired avigation mitigation expenditures from transactions in which the Port or statements for the reduction in claimed easements; and identify the basis in recent public mitigation expenditures to $300 million. PORT OF SEATTLE AIRPORT NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY ACCORDS [PROPOSED] with Independent Health and Third: Trust is a Core Value Requiring Non-interference Environmental Studies. for meaningful engagement and In order to establish and maintain the trust required and except in the context of a public meeting, collaboration with airport neighbor communities, influence the scope, oversight, or the Port shall cease actions intended, or appearing, to studies relating to the human health and the outcomes of pending independent scientific limited to, the pending Ultrafine environmental impacts of airport operations, including but not Particle Study, and Department of Commerce Airport Mitigation Study. Community Mitigation. Fourth: Tax Levy Funds Shall Be Prioritized for Airport Neighbor of Seattle airport impacts requires Protecting human health and the environment from Port authorized by compliance with increased mitigation now, beyond the lesser mitigation tethered to federal funding. Accordingly, the minimum federal regulatory requirements or must be revised to prioritize Port's existing policy relating to usage of annual tax levy money with respect to applying World mitigation as the paramount usage of levy funds, particularly aircraft noise. Health Organization 2018 recommendations relating to Health Shall Be a Policy Priority and Fifth: Establishing a Nighttime Curfew to Protect Human established increased risk of harm to Supported by Port Resources. Recognizing the newly the World Health human health from night time operations, as most recently reported by all available options underthe law, Organization, the Port of Seattle shall commit undertake but notlimited to (i) a and provide Port financial resources, to establish a curfew, including airline and other necessary stakeholders, and/or (ii) permanent curfew executed voluntarily by FAA guidelines for curfew relief. a full, formal application under 3" Runway Usage Shall Sixth: Fully Remediating the Failed Historical Commitments Regarding Resources. Be a Policy Priority and Supported by Port relating to usage of Recognizing in both the historical commitments and voluntary agreements not contemplated at the time of the 3" Runway, that full-time usage of the 3" Runway was that the recent full-time usage places development, construction or thereafter, and recognizing the Port shall adopt as policy and undertake a new significant burdens on new neighborhoods, reduction of usage of the 3" Runway to preall available options under the law to cause the commitments set forth herein are achieved. 2012 levels, unless and until the mitigation PORT OF SEATTLE AIRPORT NEIGHBOR COMMUNITY ACCORDS [PROPOSED] and Protect Seventh: Establishing Increased Glide Slopes for All Runways to Reduce Noise Human Health Shall Be a Policy Priority Supported by Port Resources. recommended by Recognizing the need for noise relief to protect human health, including as all available the World Health Organization, the Port shall adopt as policy and undertake forall runway usagesto at options underthe law to cause the increase in landing glide slopes minimum of 3.0 degrees, and to the maximum safe angle above 3.0 degrees. Growth While Eighth: Establishing a Regional Airport to Preserve Statewide Economic be a Simultaneously Reducing the Unfair Burden on Airport Neighbor Communities Shall Policy Priority Supported by Port Resources. the siting a The Port shall adopt as policy, and as a state and federal legislative priority goal, needs of the entire State regional airport to ensure that the economic growth and development human of Washington can be met, while reducing the historic burdens and costs placed upon health and the environment in the airport neighbor cities. and Ninth: Reforming Citizen Complaint Processes to Provide Meaningful Engagement Solutions. be addressed, The Port recognizes that citizen frustration, anger, and disenfranchisement must and that the current methodology to accept, track, and take action on citizen complaints will relating to aircraft operationsis inadequate and must be improved. The Port (i) commission of complaints to accurately assess the efficacy an independentaudit the Port's historic handling of the current system, including a review of tangible Port actions taken in response to and complaints; (ii) commission an independent study of communityattitudes, perceptions, complaints about relating to aircraft operations; (iii) develop a complaint system and process intended to provide relief. that provides the community with useful and actionable responses Aircraft Operation Tenth: A Moratorium Shall be Placed on Capital Projects That Expand Capacity Until a Comprehensive Plan Developed in Collaboration with Airport Neighbor Communities to Protect Health and the Environmentis Achieved. the commitments above are Because it is critical to human health and the environment that achieved, particularly before exacerbating the risks of harm by adding more community the overflights, the Port will prepare and implement an enforceable remedial plan and, to that have, as their full or extent permitted by law, place a moratorium on capital projects partial purpose, expansion of capacity for adding additional aircraft overflights. THE BRIEFING THE BRIEFING YOU ASKED FOR BUT DID NOT RECEIVE - IN TWO MINUTE PUBLIC COMMENTS PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 13, 2018 STEVE EDMISTON WWW.QUADRANT45.COM/#/THEBRIEFINGPROJECT/ STEVEEDMISTONQ45@GMAIL.COM Episode 13 - The Lost Cause 1. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and the "Lost Cause" speech. 2. Film theory - the "quest" is to compel Port Commissioner action. 3. Port of Seattle Airport Neighbor Community Accords [PROPOSED] First: Health of Humans and Protecting Environment a Paramount Duty Second: Audit of Historical Mitigation Expenditures. Third: Non-Interference with Independent Health and Environmental Studies. Fourth: Tax Levy Funds Prioritized for Mitigation. Fifth: Nighttime Curfew to Protect Human Health. Sixth: Fully Remediate Failed Commitments for 3@ Runway. Seventh: Establishing Increased Glide Slopes - All Runways. Eighth: Regional Airport to Reduce the Unfair Burden. Ninth: Citizen Complaint Processes Reformed. Tenth: Moratorium on Capital Projects Expanding Aircraft Operations Until Comprehensive Plan to Meet Paramount Duty to Protect Health and the Environment.
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