Item No. 11b supp
Meeting Date: June 9, 2026

SEA Stakeholder Advisory Round Table
2025/26 Annual Report
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Andres Mantilla, StART's facilitator and Partner at Uncommon Bridges
Marco Milanese, Community Engagement Manager
Eric Schinfeld, Federal and Intl. Government Relations Manager
John Flanagan, State Government Relations Manager

StART 2025/26 Annual Report Presentation
• Overview
• Current Assessment
• Focus Areas
- Aviation Noise Working
Group
- Policy Working Group

• Q&A
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StART Overview
• StART provides the Port with a dedicated forum intended
to enhance cooperation and tackle the airport-related
issues of most relevance to SEA's neighboring cities
• StART brings together all the relevant parties with a
common purpose to share information, collaborate and
achieve results

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StART Overview
• Developed in consultation with the
Highline Forum-member cities
- Burien, Des Moines, Federal
Way, Normandy Park, SeaTac &
Tukwila
• Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines and
FAA all play key roles
• Uncommon Bridges serves as
facilitator
• StART's Steering Committee
provides strategic direction
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Current Assessment
• In 2025, StART completed its Strategic Priorities Framework to
focus on areas where StART could place disproportionate
interest over the next two years
- Airport Growth and Capacity
- Reduce Noise Impacts
- Environmental Justice/Air Quality

• 100% consensus in the operating agreement is a high bar to
make structural changes, including changes to membership,
policies, and advocacy.
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Aviation Noise Working Group

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Aviation Noise Working Group
Focus Areas:
• Lessening late night
noise
• Tracking operational
and community
response trends
• Implementing
voluntary air carrier
guidance
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Aviation Noise Working Group
Focus in 2025/26:
• Aviation Near-term
Noise Action Agenda
• Sound Insulation
• Part 150 Noise Study

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Vashon Island Update
• Ongoing analysis of
flight paths over
Vashon to see if any
opportunities for noise
reduction.

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Policy Working Group

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Policy Working Group
Focus Areas at the
Federal & State Level:
• Implement approved
legislative policies
• Find opportunities to
advance new
legislative priorities

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Federal Policy Accomplishments

• In 2024 FAA Reauthorization, passed "reauthorization" of 2018
FAA Environmental Mitigation Pilot Program
- Worked with U.S. Senator Patty Murray to secure $3M in FAA funding
dedicated to "study effectiveness of previously installed noise insulation
packages"
- FAA released NOFO in March 2026 to award this funding to "at least two
projects"

• In December 2025, Congress approved Senator Murray &
Representative Smith's legislation allowing federal funding for
secondary noise insulation for homes insulated pre-2001
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State Policy Accomplishments & Next Steps
• 2026 State Legislative Session
- Aircraft noise / repair & replace
grants
- Airport siting (CAWG)
- Air quality
- Decarbonizing ground
transportation and reducing
emissions

• Interim 2026 & 2027 Session
- Diverted aviation fuel tax
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QUESTIONS ?

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