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

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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.