Minutes Exhibit H
Commission-Public-Records From: Mills, Pete Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 1:14 PM To: Smith, Lauren (Commission); Dressler, Amy Subject: Berkowitz Public Input on Commission item Categories: Public Comment Lauren/Amy Below is an email received regarding an item on the commission agenda last week. I will leave it to your judgement if this constitutes public input for the meeting. Pete From: Rich BerkowitzSent: Monday, March 23, 2020 2:45 PM To: Calkins, Ryan ; Bowman, Stephanie ; Steinbrueck, Peter ; Felleman, Fred ; Cho, Sam Subject: [EXTERNAL] Interlocal Agreements to support Smith Cove Blue Carbon Monitoring Study to be discussed in POS March 24 Meeting WARNING: This is an external email. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and expect the content of this email to be safe. Commissioners: It has come to my attention that funding and approval of an inter-local agreement for the monitoring of kelp and eelgrass production in Smith Cove will be on tomorrow's agenda for the POS Commission. I would encourage you to support this effort and expenditure as a number of studies focused on the potential for such production to reduce waterway acidification, increase carbon capture, improve fish habitat, increasing food production, and impact the release of methane from livestock by up to 90+ percent by using seaweed as an additive to their feed. I am particularly interested in the potential for the latter as it could be a way to foster increased southbound trade and improve the imbalance in trade to/from Alaska. At a time when Alaska is suffering from a severe threat to its economy due to CV-19, low oil prices, disruptions to its ability to sustain its fish harvesting and processing, a large state budget deficit, and an anticipated dearth of tourism, finding new export products would be increasingly important to the Alaskan economy. Having some positive data from the Smith Cove study may be of assistance to their interest in expanding Alaskan mariculture. Furthermore, we could also possibly help to reduce the impact of methane as a threat to the environment and global warming. If the Smith Cove Blue Carbon project moves forward I trust the POS would be willing to share its data and research with our neighbors in Alaska. Thanks for your consideration. Best wishes and stay safe! Rich Richard Berkowitz VP, Pacific Coast Operations Transportation Institute World Trade Center - West 1 2200 Alaskan Way #110 Seattle WA 98121 206-443-1738 www.transportationinstitute.org 2
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