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WHEREAS, on October 27, 1994, the PSRC Board voted to adopt Resolution A-93-03, calling for development and construction of a third runway at Sea-Tac while at the same time establishing a process to mitigate the expansion by assisting the communities most heavily impacted by the expansion; and WHEREAS, the aformentioned mitigation efforts are well underway -- including acquisition of 1,300 of the most noise-impacted homes and relocation of residents in those homes; sound insulation for an additional 3,100 homes; and total noise reduction/sound insulation program on the order of$300 million; and WHEREAS, an independent and outside three-person expert panel concluded in a report issued March 27, 1996, that while the Port of Seattle has made significant strides in reducing and mitigating noise impacts from Sea-Tac, it had not fully met the threshold for noise reduction to satisfy the Puget Sound Regional Council's conditional approval of a third-runway as spelled out in Resolution A-93-03. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVERETT: 1) The City Council of the City of Everett lends its support to the proposed amendment of Resolution A-93-03 to come before the PSRC Board Thursday, an amendment which will provide for additional noise reduction measures. 2) The City Council of the City of Everett urges the region to continue to move forward with development of a third runway at Sea-Tac International Aiport while these added noise reduction measures are undertaken. 3) The City Council of the City of Everett maintains its strong belief, along with the overwhelming majority of elected officials and citizens in the Puget Sound region, that a third runway at Sea-Tac International Airport is the only viable, cost-effective, and prudent response at this time to addressing our growing region's long-term air capacity needs. Councilperson Introducing Resolution ti PASSED AND APPROVED this a'r� day oft./}4.4.:e.„,- fJ , 1996. Council President