Exhibit B
Port Commission Regular Meeting
of May 14, 2019


Statement by Rear Admiral John W Lockwood, USCG, ret. on behalf of
the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington.

Port of Seattle Commission Meeting 14 May 2019

Good afternoon, members of the Port Commission. My name is John
Lockwood. | am a former Coast Guard Admiral and District Commander
here in Seattle.  | am here today representing the Applied Physics
Laboratory at the University of WA, of which | am a board member and
an Affiliate. The Applied Physics Lab at UW has a storied history
covering 76 years of research project leadership in its core areas of the
Dynamics of Ocean and Ice Environments, Acoustic and
Electromagnetic Sensing and Applications, Environmental and
Information Systems, and Electronic and Photonic Systems. The 300
scientists, engineers, and students at APL annually work on research
projects totaling $75 or more millions in grants and contracts for the
Navy, a customer since 1943, DARPA, the Office of Naval Research,
NOAA, the National Science Foundation, and other DOD and federal
agencies.
The Applied Physics Lab has been a partner and a strong supporter of
the Port’s Initiative to establish a Maritime Innovation Center or District
since the very first meetings on the subject. APL remains fully on
board. We believe the success of the Innovation Center depends on a
strong partnership between the Port, academia, industry, and Olympia.
Standing up a Maritime Innovation Center in Seattle will strengthen and
broaden the critically important maritime economic engine that already
exists here in Seattle and Puget Sound. We urge the Port to continue
its leadership and funding for this issue.

Thank you very much.