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SNOHOMISH COUNTY PAINE FIELD REPORT ON MEDIATED ROLE DETERMINATION FOR PAINE FIELD MAY 16, 2007 PETER CAMP Executive Director Office of County Executive Aaron Reardon TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................3 MRD ...................................................................................................................................................................5 CHANGES ........................................................................................................................................................8 Milestones since 1978..........................................................................................................................9 Additional Runway .................................................................................................................9 Airport Master Planning......................................................................................................10 Other Changes ......................................................................................................................10 2002 Economic Stimulus Action Plan ............................................................................................10 UPDATING THE MRD DOCUMENT ...................................................................................................12 1978 MRD DOCUMENT.............................................................................................................................15 1979 MRD DOCUMENT.............................................................................................................................22 UPDATED 1978 MRD DOCUMENT (Legislative Format)..................................................................32 UPDATED 1979 MRD DOCUMENT (Legislative Format)..................................................................39 UPDATED 1978 MRD DOCUMENT ......................................................................................................44 UPDATED 1979 MRD DOCUMENT .....................................................................................................49 KAPLAN KIRSCH ROCKWELL MEMORANDUM ...........................................................................51 COUNTY COUNCIL ACTIONS ...............................................................................................................83 Motion 89-059 (February 21, 1989).................................................................................................84 Joint Resolution 92-010 (March 18, 1992)......................................................................................88 Joint Resolution 94-013 (September 21, 1994)..............................................................................90 Motion 01-255 (2001)........................................................................................................................92 Motion 02-453 (2002)........................................................................................................................94 COMMUNITY PANEL ............................................................................................................................. 108 MEETINGS.................................................................................................................................................. 109 COMMUNITY PANEL MEMBERS’ VIEWS....................................................................................... 110 AJ Chase ........................................................................................................................................... 110 Don Doran....................................................................................................................................... 110 Tom Gaffney ................................................................................................................................... 110 Gary Haakenson.............................................................................................................................. 110 Tom Hoban...................................................................................................................................... 111 Lori Kaiser........................................................................................................................................ 111 Kevin Laverty................................................................................................................................... 112 Michelle Robles ............................................................................................................................... 113 John Shaw......................................................................................................................................... 113 1 of 188 Ray Stephanson ............................................................................................................................... 114 Hugh Townsend.............................................................................................................................. 114 Mark Wolken ................................................................................................................................... 115 COMMUNITY PANEL MEETING MINUTES.................................................................................. 116 November, 1 2005........................................................................................................................... 116 March 2, 2006 .................................................................................................................................. 120 April 6, 2006..................................................................................................................................... 125 April 20, 2006................................................................................................................................... 129 May 4, 2006 ...................................................................................................................................... 133 May 18, 2006.................................................................................................................................... 140 June 1, 2006...................................................................................................................................... 147 June 15, 2006.................................................................................................................................... 152 October 18, 2006............................................................................................................................. 158 November 9, 2006........................................................................................................................... 159 November 30, 2006 ........................................................................................................................ 163 December 14, 2006 ......................................................................................................................... 168 DORAN PROPOSAL................................................................................................................................. 174 SHAW/WOLKEN/TOWNSEND PROPOSAL.................................................................................. 185 2 of 188 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In 1978, the University Of Washington Office Of Environmental Mediation convened a panel to recommend the future role of the Snohomish County Airport (Paine Field). The “mediated role determination” (MRD) panel suggested that general aviation and commercial aeronautical work (such as Boeing’s Everett plant) be the dominant uses of Paine Field. The MRD Panel recommended encouraging those uses, and discouraged any usages incompatible with community harmony. In late 1978 and early 1979, the Snohomish County Planning Commission adopted the recommendations and forwarded them to the County Commissioners who adopted the recommendations with few changes. These two documents are colloquially known as the “MRD Document”. The community and aviation business changed dramatically in the past quarter century. Population zoomed. Aeronautical technologies improved, with larger jets becoming quieter. Environmental and land use and planning laws became ever more stringent. The form of County government changed from a commission system (in which the commissioners handle both the legislative and executive functions of government) to an executive/council form of government (in which the executive leads, provides policy direction, and operates the government while an elected council decides overarching policy issues and approves the budget). The 1980s saw many fights around the country between local jurisdictions and the aviation industry over noise and other impacts from a burgeoning scheduled passenger air service industry. Those fights led the federal government to pre-empt local attempts to control the type, frequency, and noise of scheduled passenger air service. After booming through the 1990s, the economy saw a downturn with the dawn of the 21st century. The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City exacerbated the economic problems. Boeing laid off thousands. The County Council and then County Executive Bob Drewel formed a task force to develop methods of stimulating the local economy. The task force