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SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING and MANAGEMENT STRATEGY Seattle-Tacoma International Airport In association with Synergy Consultants, Inc. TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM No.9 FINAL SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Prepared for Port of Seattle Seattle, Washington May 2018 In association with Synergy Consultants, Inc. TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM No.9 FINAL SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGY Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Prepared for Port of Seattle Seattle, Washington May 2018 CONTENTS Page Introduction and Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 1-1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Strategic Framework ................................................................................................................................. 1-2 1.3 FAA Support .................................................................................................................................................. 1-3 1.4 Defining Sustainability.............................................................................................................................. 1-4 1.4.1 Brundtland Definition ............................................................................................................... 1-4 1.4.2 FAA Sustainability Goals and Objectives ........................................................................... 1-4 1.4.3 Port of Seattle Sustainability Goals and Objectives ....................................................... 1-5 1.5 Applying FAA Guidance ............................................................................................................................ 1-10 1.5.1 Port Mission Statement and Vision ...................................................................................... 1-11 1.5.2 Sustainability Categories/Focus Areas .............................................................................. 1-11 1.5.3 Goals and Objectives .................................................................................................................. 1-12 1.6 Integrating Sustainability into Screening Alternatives ............................................................... 1-12 1.7 Baseline Inventory ..................................................................................................................................... 1-12 1.7.1 Developing Financial and Operational Baselines .......................................................... 1-13 1.7.2 Developing Social and Community Outreach Baselines.............................................. 1-15 1.8 Sustainability Initiatives, Opportunities, and Actions ................................................................. 1-15 1.8.1 Financial and Operational Efficiency .................................................................................. 1-16 1.8.2 Environmental .............................................................................................................................. 1-16 1.8.3 Social and Community Outreach .......................................................................................... 1-18 1.9 Climate Change Research and Sea-Tac Airport Facility Risk .................................................... 1-19 1.10 SAMP Near-Term Projects/Development Recommendation ................................................... 1-20 1.11 Sustainability Implementation Plan .................................................................................................... 1-21 1.12 Lessons Learned from the SAMP Process ......................................................................................... 1-23 Sustainability Vision and Goals/Objectives ............................................................................................................. 2-1 2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 Port of Seattle Mission, Vision, and Sustainability Commitment ............................................ 2-1 2.3 Sustainability Goals, Objectives, and Metrics .................................................................................. 2-2 2.3.1 Sustainability Goals .................................................................................................................... 2-2 2.3.2 Sustainability Objectives .......................................................................................................... 2-3 2.3.3 Sustainability Focus Areas ...................................................................................................... 2-6 2.3.4 Sustainability Metrics ................................................................................................................ 2-6 SUSTAINABLE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. 9 i CONTENTS (continued) Page Sustainability Baseline Inventory ................................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 Financial and Operational Efficiency Baseline ............................................................................... 3-1 3.2.1 Airport Activity Metrics ............................................................................................................ 3-2 3.2.2 Financial Report Metrics .......................................................................................................... 3-4 3.2.3 Facility Space and Condition Metrics .................................................................................. 3-4 3.2.4 Operational Efficiency Metrics .............................................................................................. 3-6 3.2.5 Survey Results .............................................................................................................................. 3-9 3.2.6 Derivative Conditions ................................................................................................................ 3-9 3.3 Environmental Baseline ........................................................................................................................... 3-10 3.3.1 Range of Metrics .......................................................................................................................... 3-10 3.3.2 Baseline Conditions .................................................................................................................... 3-10 3.4 Social and Community Outreach Baseline ........................................................................................ 3-31 3.4.1 Existing Social and Community Outreach Baseline ...................................................... 3-32 Sustainability Initiatives, Opportunities, and Actions ......................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Overview of the SAMP Initiatives, Opportunities, and Actions ................................................ 4-1 4.1.1 IOA Sources.................................................................................................................................... 4-2 4.1.2 Identifying the Gap to be Filled ............................................................................................. 4-2 4.1.3 Identifying the Near-Term Projects to Meet Airport Facility Needs ...................... 4-3 4.2 Evaluating IOAs to Address Financial and Operational Goals and Objectives ................... 4-9 4.2.1 Gaps to be Filled to Address Financial-Operational Efficiency Goals and Objectives ....................................................................................................................................... 4-9 4.2.2 Specific Financial-Operational Efficiency IOAs ............................................................... 4-11 4.3 Evaluating IOAs to Address Environmental Goals and Objectives ......................................... 4-13 4.3.1 Gaps to be Filled to Address Environmental Goals and Objectives ........................ 4-13 4.3.2 Specific Environmental IOAs .................................................................................................. 4-19 4.4 Evaluating IOAs to Address Social and Community Outreach Goals and Objectives ....................................................................................................................................................... 4-31 4.4.1 Gaps to be Filled to Address Social and Community Outreach Goals and Objectives ....................................................................................................................................... 4-31 4.4.2 Specific Social and Community Outreach IOAs ............................................................... 4-32 4.5 Sustainability Tradeoffs ........................................................................................................................... 4-34 SUSTAINABLE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN, TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. 9 ii CONTENTS (continued) Page SAMP Sustainability Implementation Process and Plan .................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Implementation Approach .....................................................................................................................
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