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HOLD FOR RELEASE: Please do not publish until January 30, 2018, after 2:00 pm.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").
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