PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.       7a 
STAFF BRIEFING             Date of Meeting    May 28, 2013 

DATE:    May 17, 2013 
TO:     Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Linda Styrk, Managing Director, Seaport 
Geri Poor, Regional Transportation Manager 
SUBJECT:  Duwamish Transportation Management Association - SoDo
Transportation Project  interim status briefing 
SYNOPSIS: 
Dave Gering, the Executive Director of the Duwamish Transportation Management
Association (TMA), will brief the Commission on the SoDo Transportation Project as it
approaches its concluding public forum on June 12, 2013. 
BACKGROUND: 
The Port of Seattle joined other partners and neighbors in the Duwamish Manufacturing
Industrial Council to sponsor and help fund business and community outreach to assess
the transportation and mitigation needs of the Port's container terminals and Duwamish
Manufacturing Industrial Center (Duwamish MIC) freight and traffic management issues
and concerns. The work began in early 2013. A public forum presenting interim
outreach results and soliciting input from participants was held April 16 at the Stanford
Center. The project will culminate with a public forum on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at
2-4 p.m. with community presenters at the Colin Auditorium at the Georgetown Campus
of South Seattle Community College. Members from the city and county councils, the 
Port Commission, and the state legislature have been invited and at least one
representative for each of those groups has responded with their attendance. 
This research informs the Port, regional decision-makers, and the general public about
long-standing Port, maritime sector, and Duwamish MIC transportation assets, needs and
concerns, and their linkages to the Port's, the City of Seattle's, and King County's
continued economic success. The final report will present findings and recommendations
from two door-to-door surveys of businesses in the Duwamish. It will list freight and
traffic improvements that will be necessary to support the continued vitality of the Port
and the manufacturing and industrial sectors, which support thousands of jobs in our
region. 
OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BRIEFING: 
Duwamish TMA PowerPoint.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
May 17, 2013 
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PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS: 
November 6, 2012  The Port of Seattle Commission authorized the Port to
contribute $50,000 to the Duwamish Transportation Management Association
for a community and business outreach program. 
December 11, 2012  Dave Gering, the Duwamish TMA Executive Director, 
briefed the Commission on prior TMA activities and studies, as well as the
plans for this study.