Minutes

P.O. Box 1209 
Seattle, Washington 98111 
www.portseattle.org 
206.787.3000 
APPROVED MINUTES 
COMMISSION SPECIAL ROUNDTABLE MEETING APRIL 27, 2016 
SUSTAINABLE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN ROUNDTABLE WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS  
WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY 
The Port of Seattle Commission held a special meeting Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at the Highline
School District Educational Resource and Administrative Center, 15675 Ambaum Boulevard
Southwest, Burien, Washington. Commissioners Albro, Creighton, and Felleman were present. 
The meeting convened at 7:08 p.m. Commission President John Creighton welcomed guests and
introduced the topic of the Airport's relationships with surrounding communities. 
SUSTAINABLE MASTER PLAN OVERVIEW 
Elizabeth Leavitt, Director, Aviation Planning and Environmental Services, provided an overview of
the Sustainable Airport Master Planning process, including major plan elements of expansion
Concept 4. Concept 4 would extend the terminal to the north, providing three piers of gates and
aircraft hold positions at the north end of the Airport site and relocating cargo and maintenance
facilities to the south. Key stakeholder feedback and a schedule of next steps were provided. 
PANEL ONE: CITY REPRESENTATIVES 
The following participants joined Commissioners for the first roundtable panel discussion: 
Burien Deputy Mayor Bob Edgar 
Burien City Manager Kamuron Gurol 
Des Moines Mayor Matt Pina 
Des Moines City Manager Tony Piasecki 
Federal Way Chief of Staff Brian Wilson 
Normandy Park Mayor Jonathan Chicquette 
Normandy Park City Manager Mark Hoppen 
City of SeaTac Mayor Michael Siefkes 
City of SeaTac Acting City Manager Joe Scorcio 
Tukwila Councilmember Kathy Hougardy
Tukwila Business Relationships Manager Brandon Miles 
Participants responded to the following questions for discussion: 
1.    What elements of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan are of most interest to your
community? 
2.    How can we work together to take advantage of the Airport's economic development
opportunities? 
3.    How can we work together to mitigate the impacts of the Airport's growth? 

Digital recordings of the meeting proceedings and meeting materials are available online  www.portseattle.org.

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Major discussion themes included opportunities for economic development planning tailored to the
needs of Airport communities, promotion of amenities, lodging, and tourism opportunities available
in the nearby communities, effects of current and future traffic and ground transportation parking
impacts that accompany Airport growth, interest in having the Airport focus economic development
opportunities for the communities most affected by its presence, options for workforce development
efforts unique to the Airport communities, the role of the Port of Seattle as a convener between
communities and the Federal Aviation Administration regarding economic and environmental
impacts of the Greener Skies Initiative, and whether Airport operations disparately affect the City of
SeaTac in comparison to other Airport communities. 
PANEL TWO: BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES 
The following participants joined Commissioners for the second roundtable panel discussion: 
Dan Mathews  Kidder Mathews 
Donnie Belk  Panattoni Development Company 
Tom O'Keefe  O'Keefe Development Corporation 
Roger McCracken  McCracken Properties 
Genevieve Christensen  Westfield Southcenter 
Katherine Kertzman  Seattle Southside 
Dena Guttridge  Southwest King County Chamber of Commerce 
Participants responded to the following questions for discussion: 
1.    What elements of the Sustainable Airport Master Plan are of most interest to the
business community? 
2.    How can we work together to take advantage of the Airport's economic development
opportunities? 
3.    How can we work together to mitigate the impacts of the Airport's growth? 
Major discussion themes included the need to better involve the business community in identifying
unintended consequences of Airport development decisions, the need for better pedestrian
connection between the Airport and nearby business districts and hotels, the necessity of improved
wayfinding for passengers, improved promotion to travelers to spend layover time in the nearby
communities, improvement of access for shuttles to the Airport, interest in the Port's role in
workforce development and vocational education in the Airport communities, the importance of
identifying  and  capitalizing  on  real  estate  development  cycles  as  the  Airport  develops  its
commercial assets, and the interests of commercial tenants in locating near the Airport and the
kinds of services and facilities they are interested in. 
Commissioners provided summary remarks and thanked the community stakeholders for their
participation. 
There was no further business, and the meeting concluded at 9:27 p.m. 
Courtney Gregoire 
Assistant Secretary 
Minutes approved: May 24, 2016. 

Minutes of May 20, 2015, town hall proposed for approval on February 9, 2016.

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