The Regular Meeting meeting scheduled for 2024-06-11 at Pier 69

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The Regular Meeting meeting scheduled for 2024-06-11 at Pier 69

THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT HAMDI MOHAMMED CONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 11, 2024
THE TIME IS NOW 10:30 A.M
WE'RE MEETING IN PERSON TODAY AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, COMMISSION CHAMBERS, AND VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONERS CALKINS, CHO, FELLEMAN, AND HASEGAWA, WHO ARE CURRENTLY GATHERED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM AWAITING THE OPENING OF THE PUBLIC MEETING
WE'LL NOW RECESS INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS TWO ITEMS REGARDING LITIGATION, POTENTIAL LITIGATION, LITIGATION OR LEGAL RISK PER RCW 4231
TEN SECTION ONE I
THE SESSION IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR ABOUT 35 MINUTES AND WILL RECONVENE INTO PUBLIC SESSION AT 12:00 P.M
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME
THANK YOU
WE ARE IN RECESS
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE
THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT HAMDI MOHAMMED, RECONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 11, 2024
THE TIME IS NOW 1202
WE'RE MEETING IN PERSON TODAY AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE HEADQUARTER BUILDING, COMMISSION CHAMBERS, AND VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE OF ALL COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE
THANK YOU
MADAM COMMISSION PRESIDENT, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS HERE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
PRESENT
THANK YOU
AND COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
PRESENT
THANK YOU
WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM ESTABLISHED HERE TODAY
WONDERFUL
A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS BEFORE WE BEGIN
FOR EVERYONE IN THE MEETING ROOM, PLEASE TURN YOUR CELL PHONES TOO SILENT FOR ANYONE PARTICIPATING ON MICROSOFT TEAMS PLEASE MUTE YOUR SPEAKERS WHEN NOT ACTIVELY SPEAKING OR PRESENTING
PLEASE KEEP YOUR CAMERAS OFF UNLESS YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY OR YOU ARE A MEMBER
PLEASE KEEP YOUR CAMERAS OFF UNLESS YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, OR YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE STAFF IN PRESENTATION AND ARE ACTIVELY ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION DURING PUBLIC COMMENT MAY TURN ON THEIR CAMERAS WHEN THEY ARE NAMED TO SPEAK, AND WE'LL TURN THEM BACK OFF AGAIN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR REMARKS
FOR ANYONE AT THE DAIS TODAY, PLEASE TURN OFF THESE SPEAKERS ON ANY COMPUTER OR SILENCE YOUR DEVICES
PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER TO ADDRESS YOUR REQUEST TO BE RECOGNIZED, TO SPEAK THROUGH THE CHAIR, AND PLEASE WAIT TO SPEAK UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED
YOU'LL TURN YOUR MICROPHONES ON AND OFF AS NEEDED
ALL OF THESE ITEMS NOTED HERE WILL ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A SMOOTHER MEETING
THANK YOU ALL
ALL VOTES TODAY WILL BE TAKEN BY THE ROLL CALL METHOD SO IT IS CLEAR FOR ANYONE PARTICIPATING, VIRTUALLY HOW VOTES ARE CASTED
COMMISSIONERS WILL SAY AYE OR NAY WHEN THEIR NAMES ARE CALLED
WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE MEETING TODAY ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS AND WATERS OF THE COAST SALISH PEOPLE WHOM WE SHARE A COMMITMENT TO STEWARD THESE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
THIS MEETING IS BEING DIGITALLY RECORDED AND MAY BE VIEWED OR HEARD AT ANY TIME ON THE PORT'S WEBSITE OR MAY BE REBROADCASTED BY KING COUNTY TELEVISION
NOW PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
FOR ALL YOU ALL SO MUCH
THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
AS A REMINDER, IF A COMMISSIONER WISHES TO MAKE A GENERAL COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO POOL THE ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
RATHER, A COMMISSIONER MAY OFFER SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING COMMENTS LATER IN THE MEETING ONCE WE GET TO THAT PART OF THE AGENDA, THESE COMMENTS ARE IN ORDER
ONCE THE MOTION IS APPROVED AND THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MADE, HOWEVER, IT IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME IF A COMMISSIONER WANTS TO ASK A QUESTION OF STAFF OR WISHES TO HAVE A DIALOGUE ON A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM TO REQUEST THE ITEM BE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION
COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR MOTIONS TO REARRANGE THE ORDER OF THE DAY HEARING? NONE
COMMISSIONERS, THE QUESTION IS NOW ON APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED
THANK YOU
GREAT
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED
IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVING THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? HEARING? NONE
THE AGENDA IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED
THANK YOU ALL
THE NEXT ITEM IS SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIAL ORDER FOR TODAY
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK IN SEATTLE AFTER A RELATIVELY SHORT TRIP TO AUSTRALIA AT THE END OF LAST MONTH IN SUPPORT OF THE ASPEN INSTITUTE PROGRAM ON ENERGY AND SECURITY
I APPRECIATE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR KAREN GOON FOR STEPPING IN FOR ME AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH I WAS SORRY TO MISS
HOWEVER, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO LEARN NEW INFORMATION THAT CAN INFORM OUR I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT OUR SHARE THAT OUR PORT'S DECARBONIZATION
I WAS PLEASED TO SHARE AT THIS WORK OUR DECARBONIZATION WORK AND EMPHASIZE WHERE WE NEED FEDERAL SUPPORT TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THE SUSTAINABLE FUELS OF THE FUTURE
THIS IS OUR FIRST MEETING OF JUNE, WHICH MEANS WE ARE UNDERWAY WITH THE BUSY SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON
NOW I WANT TO SHARE A FEW METRICS THAT WE'LL PUT INTO CONTEXT THE DEMAND AT OUR AIRPORT RIGHT NOW
THERE'S NO PUN THERE WITH THE LAST NAME
DURING OUR FOUR DAY MEMORIAL DAY TRAVEL PERIOD LAST MONTH, TSA SCREENED APPROXIMATELY 224,000 PEOPLE A YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE OF 9%, AND WE CONTINUE TO WELCOME NEW SERVICES AT SEA
ON MAY 31, THE AIRPORT WELCOMED LUFTHANSA'S NEW SERVICE TO MUNICH, GERMANY, THE CAPITAL OF BAVARIA AND A LEADING BUSINESS AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR EUROPE
ON JUNE 6, OUR AIRPORT WELCOMED DELTA AIRLINES FIRST NONSTOP FLIGHT TO TAIPEI, MAKING IT THE SECOND AIRLINE TO SERVE THIS DYNAMIC DESTINATION
THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA FOR REPRESENTING THE PORT AT THE CELEBRATION EVENT
DELTA'S FLIGHT TO TAIPEI IS THE FOURTH NEW INTERNATIONAL SERVICE TO BEGIN IN 2024
SEA NOW OFFERS 51 SERVICES TO 33 INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS ON 25 DIFFERENT AIRLINES
THESE NEW SERVICES ARE VERY WELCOME SINCE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL RECOVERY HAS BEEN SLOWER TO MATERIALIZE THAN OUR DOMESTIC SERVICE AND SO IT'S VERY WELCOMED
THESE NEW SERVICES PROVIDE IMPORTANT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, EXPAND OPTIONS FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY LOOKING TO REACH NEW MARKETS, AND DEMONSTRATE THE STRONG DEMAND FOR ACCESS TO SEA
LAST WEEK, I WAS ALSO HONORED TO JOIN WITH COMMISSIONER SAM CHO TO ATTEND THE GREENTECH BUSINESS CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY COSME
COSME, THE KOREA SOUTH SMALL, MEDIUM ENTERPRISE AND STARTUPS AGENCY
AT THE CONFERENCE ASSIGNED A MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PORT AND COSME TO FACILITATE THE ATTRACTION OF KOREAN SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES, INCLUDING STARTUPS, TO THE REGION, AND AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE REGION'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN INNOVATION
THIS IS A COLLABORATION AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE RECENT REGIONAL LEADERSHIP MISSION TO SOUTH KOREA THAT THE PORT, LED BY COMMISSIONER CHO, PARTICIPATED IN TO CONCLUDE OUR OPERATIONAL UPDATES
I WANTED TO SHARE THAT I RECENTLY SENT A LETTER TO GOVERNOR INSLEE'S OFFICE ON BEHALF OF THE PORT ENDORSING THE APPOINTMENT OF CHAD SI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE FRASER LONG LINE COALITION, AN INTERIM SEAT ON THE NORTH PACIFIC FISHERY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
IT'S A BITTERSWEET MOMENT AS I'M PLEASED TO SUPPORT CHAD'S APPOINTMENT, BUT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE MARITIME INDUSTRY IS STILL MOURNING THE LOSS OF KENNY DOWN, WHO FORMERLY HELD THE SEAT KENNY WAS WHO FORMALLY HELD THAT SEAT ON THE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
KENNY WAS A LEGEND IN THE COMMERCIAL FISHING COMMUNITY, MOST RECENTLY THROUGH AYE
ROLE AS THE CEO OF BLUE NORTH
OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH KENNY'S FAMILY AND FRIENDS
THE COMMUNITY IS A BIG PART OF OUR MISSION AT THE PORT, AND JUNE IS FULL OF COMMUNITY WORK AS WE CELEBRATE BOTH PRIDE AND JUNETEENTH THIS MONTH
THE PORT WILL HOST MULTIPLE JUNETEENTH EVENTS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION OF BLACK RESILIENCE ON JUNE 17 AND TWO ANTI OPPRESSION WORKSHOPS ON JUNE 18 AND 24TH
ON SUNDAY, JUNE 30, PORT EMPLOYEES WILL JOIN THE 50TH ANNUAL ANNUAL SEATTLE PRIDE PARADE
I LOOK FORWARD TO US GATHERING AS THE PORT AT THESE TWO EVENTS THAT DEMONSTRATE OUR VALUES IN ACTION
MOVING TO TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING, I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS MANY OF THE ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY RELATE TO THE PORT'S INVESTMENTS AND LEADERSHIP IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
ITEM 8D HELPS THE PORT REACH ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY GOALS BY CONVERTING 75% OF PORT MANAGED SPACES AT TERMINAL 91 TO LED LIGHTING
ITEM EIGHT F ALSO SUPPORTS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, PARTICULARLY HABITAT RESTORATION, BY APPROVING THE FIRST TRANSACTION FROM THE PORT'S NEW HABITAT MITIGATION BANK
ITEM NINE A IS THE ADOPTION OF THE PORT'S SALARY AND BENEFITS RESOLUTION
COMMISSIONERS THIS ITEM WAS POSTPONED FROM THE MAY 28 MEETING TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME FOR ANSWERING QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONERS HAD
I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY AS WE GET TO THIS AGENDA ITEM
FINALLY, ON THE NEW BUSINESS AGENDA, YOU WILL CONSIDER AN ORDER SETTING AN ACCELERATED TIMELINE FOR ALL HOME PORTED CRUISE SHIPS TO USE SHORE POWER AT OUR CRUISE BERTHS
I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADERSHIP BY COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN ON THIS ORDER AND SHARE THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE PORT STAFF IN MEETING THIS ACCELERATED TIMELINE
AND IF ADOPTED, I LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING THIS ORDER VIA VIA OUR VIA NEW OR REVISED LONG TERM BIRTHING AGREEMENTS, TARIFFS, LEASES, RENEWALS, EXTENSIONS AND HOME PORTED CRUISE LINES
I HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU CONSIDER THIS ITEM
COMMISSIONERS, THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS
THANK YOU
THANK YOU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, FOR THAT REPORT
AL NEXT ON OUR BUSINESS AGENDA IS COMMITTEE REPORTS
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME ERICA CHUNG, OUR STRATEGIC ADVISOR WHO WILL PROVIDE THAT REPORT
YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, ERICA
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSION PRESIDENT MOHAMED COMMISSIONER'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK I HAVE THREE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR YOU TODAY
ON MAY 28, COMMISSION PRESIDENT MOHAMMED AND COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA CONVENED THE AV WORKFORCE CONDITIONS AD HOC COMMITTEE WHERE THEY HEARD ABOUT HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF SEA WORKERS AND DISCUSSED POTENTIAL PATHS FOR FOR THE PORT
ON MAY 31, COMMISSIONERS CHO AND FELLEMAN CONVENED THE SUSTAINABILITY ENVIRONMENT CLIMATE COMMITTEE, WHERE THEY WERE BRIEFED ON BUILDING ENERGY, WASTE REDUCTION, STORMWATER QUALITY AND EQUITY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MARITIME C 15 MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK
THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE 2020 1ST PUGET SOUND MARITIME AIR EMISSION INVENTORY, A MULTI STAKEHOLDER REGIONAL STUDY TO QUANTIFY AIR POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM ALL MARITIME RELATED SOURCES IN PUGET SOUND AND CONDUCTED EVERY FIVE YEARS
STAFF WILL BE SHARING THEIR FINDINGS LATER TODAY DURING THE 2023 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY ANNUAL REPORT BRIEFING THAT DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTERS FROM MARITIME SOURCES ACROSS THE PUGET SOUND REGION DECLINED 82% IN 2021 COMPARED TO 2025 AND GREENHOUSE GAS DECLINED 10%
PORT OF SEATTLE EMISSION ALSO DECLINED IN 2021 COMPARED TO 2005, DUE IN PART TO COVID-19 A SUPPLEMENTAL INVENTORY OF CRUISE SHIP IN 2022 SHOWED A REBOUND IN CRUISE AND ASSOCIATED EMISSIONS
ON JUNE 6, COMMISSIONERS HASEGAWA AND CHO CONVENED THE AID AVIATION COMMITTEE
THE COMMITTEE RECEIVED A MID YEAR UPDATE ON THE 2024 GROUND TRANSPORTATION ACCESS PLAN WORK TRANSPORTATION ACCESS PLAN WORK PROGRAM DELIVERABLES, INCLUDING WORK TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING AN SEA COMMUTE ACTION STRATEGY
COMMISSIONERS DISCUSSED A POTENTIAL ORCA PASS PROGRAM FOR SEA WORKERS AND HEARD THAT THE PORT IS CURRENTLY INSTALLING TEN DC FAST CHARGERS AT AT THE SEA TAXI AND DNC HOLDING LOT WITH BELOW MARKET PRICING FOR CHARGING
STAFF MENTIONED THAT FUTURE EXPANSIONS OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE AIRPORT REQUIRE GREATER POWER SUPPLY AT THE AIRPORT
COMMISSIONERS ALSO RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON TAXI ORDER IMPLEMENTATION AND HEARD THAT DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISCUSSIONS ARE ONGOING
COMMISSIONERS AGREE TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK TO THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING FOR A MORE IN DEPTH DISCUSSION, INCLUDING ON HOW TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS A NEUTRAL ARBITER IN ANY DISPUTE RESOLUTION APPEAL PROCESS
THIS CONCLUDES MY COMMITTEE REPORT
THANK YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ERIKA, FOR THAT REPORT OUT
ARE THERE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS REGARDING COMMITTEES HEARING? NONE
THANK YOU AGAIN
I'LL MOVE US ALONG TO PUBLIC COMMENT
WE'RE NOW AT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SECTION OF OUR AGENDA
COMMISSION WELCOMES PUBLIC COMMENTS AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS
COMMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION AND ITS DELIBERATIONS
BEFORE WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS, LET'S REVIEW OUR RULES FOR IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT
CLERK HART PLEASE PLAY THE RECORDING
THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION WELCOMES YOU TO OUR MEETING TODAY
AS NOTED, PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS, AND THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION THANKS YOU FOR JOINING US
BEFORE PROCEEDING
FOR SOME REASON, THE CHAMBERS DOESN'T LIKE THIS VIDEO, THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION WELCOMES YOU TO OUR MEETING TODAY
AS NOTED, PUBLIC COMMENT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS, AND THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION THANKS YOU FOR JOINING US
BEFORE PROCEEDING, WE WILL OVERVIEW THE RULES GOVERNING PUBLIC COMMENT
FOR YOUR GENERAL INFORMATION, EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK UNLESS OTHERWISE REVISED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER FOR THE PURPOSES OF MEETING EFFICIENCY, AND THE SPEAKER SHALL KEEP THEIR REMARKS WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME, PROVIDED A TIMER WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN AND A BUZZER WILL SOUND AT THE END OF THE SPEAKER'S COMMENT PERIOD
THE COMMISSION ACCEPTS COMMENTS ON ITEMS APPEARING ON ITS AGENDA AND ITEMS RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF PORT BUSINESS
PRESIDING OFFICER WILL ASK SPEAKERS TO LIMIT THEIR COMMENTS TO THESE TOPICS
THIS RULE APPLIES TO BOTH INTRODUCTORY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS
DISRUPTIONS OF COMMISSIONED PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE PROHIBITED
GENERAL DISRUPTIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE SPEAKING BEFORE BEING RECOGNIZED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER HOLDING OR PLACING BANNERS AND SIGNS IN THE MEETING ROOM IN A WAY THAT ENDANGERS OTHERS OR OBSTRUCTS THE FLOW OF PEOPLE OR VIEW OF OTHERS AT THE MEETING INTENTIONALLY DISRUPTING, DISTURBING, OR OTHERWISE IMPEDING ATTENDANCE OR PARTICIPATION AT A MEETING REFUSING TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR SECURITY PERSONNEL ATTEMPTING TO USE THE COMMENT TIME FOR PURPOSEFUL DELAY WITHOUT CONVEYING A DISCERNIBLE MESSAGE USING THE COMMENT PERIOD TO ASSIST IN THE CAMPAIGN FOR ELECTION OF ANY PERSON TO ANY OFFICE OR FOR THE PROMOTION OF OR OPPOSITION TO ANY BALLOT PROPOSITION, EXCEPT WHEN ADDRESSING ACTION BEING TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION ON A BALLOT PROPOSITION APPEARING ON ITS AGENDA DIRECTING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE AUDIENCE ENGAGING IN ABUSIVE OR HARASSING BEHAVIOR, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DEROGATORY REMARKS BASED ON AGE, RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, RELIGION, DISABILITY, PREGNANCY, SEX, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, TRANSGENDER STATUS, MARITAL STATUS, OR ANY OTHER CATEGORY PROTECTED BY LAW THE USE OF OBSCENE OR PROFANE LANGUAGE IN GESTURES, ASSAULTS OR OTHER THREATENING BEHAVIOR AND SEXUAL MISCONDUCT OR SEXUAL HARASSMENT
FOR SAFETY PURPOSES
INDIVIDUALS ARE ASKED NOT TO PHYSICALLY APPROACH COMMISSIONERS OR STAFF AT THE MEETING TABLE
DURING THE MEETING
INDIVIDUALS MAY PROVIDE WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE OR AFTER THE MEETING AND IN ADDITION, SPEAKERS MAY OFFER WRITTEN MATERIALS TO THE COMMISSION CLERK FOR DISTRIBUTION DURING THEIR TESTIMONY TO THE COMMISSION
A DETAILED LIST OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT RULES IS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COMMISSION CLERK
IF A MEETING IS DISRUPTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL IN ATTENDANCE IN THE MEETING ROOM OR BY AN INDIVIDUAL PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY, THE PORT WILL IMPOSE PROGRESSIVE CONSEQUENCES THAT MAY RESULT IN EXCLUSION FROM FUTURE MEETINGS
WRITTEN MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE CLERK WILL BE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S MEETING RECORD
THE CLERK HAS A LIST OF THOSE PREPARED TO SPEAK WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, PLEASE COME TO THE TESTIMONY TABLE OR UNMUTE YOURSELF
IF JOINING VIRTUALLY, REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND STATE YOUR TOPIC RELATED TO AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF PORT BUSINESS
FOR THOSE JOINING VIRTUALLY WHEN YOU HAVE CONCLUDED YOUR REMARKS, PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA AND MUTE YOUR MICROPHONE
OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL NOW COMMENCE
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JOINING US TODAY
THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL OUR FIRST SPEAKER
THANK YOU
LET ME GO AHEAD AND GET THE TIMER UP HERE
AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER JOINING US VIRTUALLY IS AMY WILSON
AMY, IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR AGENDA ITEM OR TOPIC RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF PORT BUSINESS, PLEASE
THANK YOU
AMY WILSON
I'M HERE TO DISCUSS ITEM EIGHT E ON THE AGENDA
PLEASE PROCEED
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY
MY NAME IS AMY WILSON
I WORK FOR TRC ENVIRONMENTAL CORPORATION, AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF OPERATIONS FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
I'M HERE TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM EIGHT E, FOR WHICH WE ALSO SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS VIA EMAIL
ITEM EIGHT E REQUESTS THE PORT IN PART TO AMEND AN EXISTING IDIQ CONTRACT WITH FLOYD SNYDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING WORK FOR TERMINAL 115, PLANT ONE ECOLOGY AGREED ORDER CLEANUP SITE AS DETAILED IN OUR WRITTEN COMMENTS, THE CONTRACT FOR PLANT ONE IS HELD BY TRC, WHICH WE WERE AWARDED IN A COMPETITIVE PUBLIC BIDDING PROCESS IN 2020
OUR CONTRACT IS IN FULL FORCE IN EFFECT, AND THE SCOPE OF WORK DISCUSSED IN AGENDA ITEM EIGHT E IS WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN IT
FROM APRIL 2021 THROUGH MARCH 2024, TRC PERFORMED TASK ONE, SUCCESSFULLY ACHIEVING ECOLOGY APPROVAL OF THE WORK PLAN IN FEBRUARY 2024
THE SIGNIFICANT PROJECT MILESTONE WAS ACHIEVED DUE IN PART TO TRCS REPUTATION WITH ECOLOGY
AS A HIGHLY QUALIFIED CONSULTANT AND OUR TRUSTED RELATIONSHIPS WITH ECOLOGY STAFF
TRC DID NOT RECEIVE NOTICE FROM THE PORT REGARDING ITEM EIGHT E
WE FOUND OUT THROUGH THE COMMISSION MEETING PUBLIC NOTICE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF OUR WORK SINCE APRIL 2021, WE'VE RECEIVED NO INDICATION FROM THE PORT, WRITTEN OR OTHERWISE, OF INADEQUATE PERFORMANCE
WE'RE MEETING OUR CONTRACT DIVERSITY SUPPLIER GOALS, AND DIVERSITY PARTICIPATION WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE DURING THE NEXT SCOPES OF WORK
TRC OBJECTS TO THE REQUEST TO TRANSFER OUR CONTRACT SCOPE TO FLOYD SNYDER, AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW SUCH A TRANSFER IS POSSIBLE UNDER THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT PROCESS
GRC WAS AWARDED THE WORK IN A PUBLIC BIDDING PROCESS, AND WE HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY AND COOPERATIVELY WITH PORT STAFF TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE TASK ONE OF OUR CONTRACT
WE REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSIONERS DENY THE REQUEST TO TRANSFER THE REMAINING SCOPE TO FLOYD SNYDER
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
THANK YOU, AMY, FOR YOUR COMMENTS
CLERK HART, PLEASE
PLEASE CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER
THANK YOU
OUR NEXT SPEAKER FROM THE ROOM IS PATRICK MCKEE
PATRICK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR AGENDA ITEM OR TOPIC RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF PORT BUSINESS
THANK YOU
MY NAME IS PATRICK MCKEE, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SHORE POWER AND ORDER 20 2408
THE COMMISSION VOTES TODAY ON ORDER 20240 EIGHT, ACCELERATING THE TIMELINE FOR ALL CRUISE SHIPS TO UTILIZE SHORE POWER BY 2027
WE SUPPORT SHORE POWER NOT JUST FOR CRUISE, BUT AT EVERY TERMINAL IN THE PORT
DIESEL PARTICULATE POLLUTION IS A CRITICAL HEALTH CONCERN, BUT LET'S DO SOME MATH
CRUISE SHIPS PLUG INTO SHORE POWER FOR 7 HOURS OUT OF A SEVEN DAY CRUISE
ABOUT 4% OF THE TIME
BY THE PORT'S ESTIMATES, SHORE POWER REDUCES GHG OUTPUT AT BERTH BY 66%, MEANING IT'LL CUT TOTAL CRUISE GHG EMISSIONS BY 2.75%
BUT THE ORDER SAYS THAT 2025 CRUISE CALLS WILL EXCEED 300, AN INCREASE OF OVER 9%
SO EVEN IF EVERY CRUISE SHIP HOOKS UP TO SHORE POWER IN 2025, AND YOU'RE NOWHERE CLOSE TO THAT, THE PORT WOULD STILL BE LOOKING AT A 6.25% INCREASE IN CRUISE GHG EMISSIONS INCREASING, NOT REDUCING, THE CLIMATE IMPACTS IT PURPORTS TO ADDRESS
IN PHOENIX THIS AFTERNOON, 110 DEGREES
DELHI LAST WEEK AYE
120 FOR DAYS IN A ROW
CLOSER TO HOME, OXYGEN DEPLETED DEAD ZONES OFF THE WASHINGTON COAST ARE EXPANDING EVERY YEAR
SCIENTISTS SAY THERE'S NO MITIGATION SHORT OF REDUCING ATMOSPHERIC CO2
THE DUNGENESS CRAB INDUSTRY THERE ACCOUNTS FOR $45 MILLION ANNUALLY, ONLY ONE SECTOR OF AN OVERALL FISHERIES ECONOMY FACING RUIN
NOW ADD FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE, OUTDOOR RECREATION
THOSE ALL HAVE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ATTACHED
NOW ADD MORTALITY, IMPACTS OF HEAT AND SMOKE AND FLOOD
NOW ADD BIODIVERSITY, CRASH, AND MASS EXTINCTION
YOU ALL KNOW THIS
INCREASING DEPARTURES AND PASSENGERS MEANS INCREASING CARBON OUTPUT, ACCELERATING CATASTROPHE
NOBODY IMAGINES THAT CAPPING AND REDUCING SEATTLE HOME PORT CALLS IS BY ITSELF GOING TO BEND THE ARC OF GLOBAL GHG EMISSIONS GROWTH
THAT'S NOT HOW THIS WORKS, BUT A JUG, THE BUDDHA TELLS US, FILLS DROP BY DROP
COURAGEOUS FIRST STEPS MATTER MAYBE MATTER MOST
YOU COULD COMMIT TODAY IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT SEATTLE BASED ALASKA CRUISE WILL NEVER INCREASE ITS CLIMATE WRECKING CARBON EMISSIONS BEYOND THIS YEAR'S LEVELS
NOT IN OUR WATERS, NOT ON YOUR WATCH
THEN YOU BEGIN TO MAKE IT BETTER
THANKS VERY MUCH
THANK YOU, PATRICK, FOR YOUR COMMENTS
CLARK CARTON, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SIGN UPS FOR TODAY? WE DO NOT, MADAM
WE DO NOT, MADAM COMMISSION PRESIDENT
THANK YOU CLERK HART IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT ON THE TEAM'S CALL OR PRESENT IN THE ROOM TODAY WHO DID NOT SIGN UP BUT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? IF SO, PLEASE STATE AND SPELL YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE AGENDA ITEM OR TOPIC RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF THE PORT THAT YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT FOR THE RECORD HEARING
NONE AT THIS TIME
CLERK HART, COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US A SYNOPSIS OF ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED? YES
THANK YOU, MADAM COMMISSION PRESIDENT
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, WE HAVE RECEIVED THREE WRITTEN COMMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE MEETING TODAY
THESE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED TO YOU AND WILL BECOME A PART OF THE MEETING RECORD
STACY X HAS SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENT URGING THE PORT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CRUISE SHIP SAILINGS UNTIL THERE IS NO MORE AIR, WATER AND CLIMATE POLLUTION TO LOBBY THE WASHINGTON AND STATE LEGISLATURE TO EXPAND THE MISSION OF WASHINGTON PORTS TO INCLUDE STEWARDSHIP TO SUPPORT THE US CLEAN SHIPPING ACT, TO SPEAK OUT PUBLICLY ABOUT THE NEED FOR SOLUTIONS, AND TO WORK IN COLLABORATION TO SUPPORT REGIONAL SOLUTIONS THAT COULD REDUCE HARM IMMEDIATELY
THIS COMMENT HAS A LIST OF APPROXIMATELY 60 NAMES, WHICH, OF COURSE, I WON'T READ INTO THE RECORD TODAY BECAUSE THAT IS TOO MANY THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH IT
SO, AGAIN, THESE HAVE ALL BEEN SENT TO YOU IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AND WILL BECOME A PART OF THE MEETING RECORD
STACEY OAKS ALSO SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENT REGARDING THE RIGHT OF ALL AIRPORT WORKERS TO ORGANIZE FOR BETTER PAY AND CONDITIONS WITHOUT FEAR OF INTIMIDATION OR INTERFERENCE
AND WITH RESPECT TO THESE CAP CRUISE CORRESPONDENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION THAT THEY ARE COMING INTO TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
THEY'RE COMING THROUGH THIS LOCATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE COURSE OF MEETINGS, AND THEY'RE ALSO COMING THROUGH THE COMMISSION CORRESPONDENCE SYSTEM
SO I DO KNOW THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE RECEIVING THOSE, AND I JUST WANT TO ASSURE THE PEOPLE SUBMITTING WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE ALL RECEIVING THOSE CORRESPONDENCE
SO THANK YOU
THAT CONCLUDES THE WRITTEN COMMENTS TODAY
THANK YOU SO MUCH, CLERK HART
HEARING NO FURTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONIES, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ADOPTED BY ONE MOTION
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADOPTION OF THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA
ITEMS AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA
ITEMS COVERING EIGHT A, EIGHT B, EIGHT C
IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? SO MOVED
SECOND
GREAT
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED
COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY I OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAMES ARE CALLED FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
CLERK HART
THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
AYE
THANK YOU
FIVE AYES, ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM
THE ITEM PASSES, MOVING US ALONG TO THE NEXT ITEM
WE HAVE ONE UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM TODAY
THE MAIN MOTION FOR THIS ITEM IS ON THE FLOOR FROM THE MAY 28 MEETING
CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND THEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM
COMMISSIONERS, YOU RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING
THIS IS THE FIRST TRANSACTION FOR THE PORTS
NO, ACTUALLY, I HAVE THE WRONG ONE THERE
HANG ON
AND STEVE, IF YOU COULD LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THAT INTO THE RECORD REALLY QUICKLY
THIS IS ITEM NINE, A ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 3823, A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE POLICY DIRECTIVE FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES NOT COVERED BY A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 3820 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR ALL AMENDMENTS AS OF JUNE 1, 2024
THANK YOU MR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
THANK YOU CLERK HART
THAT ALLOWED ME TO GET THE CORRECT ITEM BEFORE ME
SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, YOU RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM AT THE LAST MEETING
THE SALARY AND BENEFIT RESOLUTION ESTABLISHES PAY RANGES AND GRADES FOR NON REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES AT THE PORT THIS YEAR
THE SALARY, SALARY AND BENEFITS RESOLUTION INCLUDES MORE CHANGES THAN USUAL AS WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF A MULTI YEAR UPDATE TO OUR COMPENSATION PROGRAM
IN ADDITION TO ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM TODAY, WE PROPOSE RETURNING TO THE COMMISSION IN THE FALL TO BRIEF YOU ON AN ANALYSIS OF THE FINAL PHASE OF THE COMPENSATION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH INCLUDES FINALIZATION OF PAY EQUITY METHODOLOGY AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS
AT THAT TIME YOU'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE AN ACTION ENDORSING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINAL PHASE OF THE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
AT THAT TIME
I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR INTEREST IN STAYING INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT YOU CONTINUE TO SHOW FOR OUR HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM AS THEY MODERNIZE THE PORTS COMPENSATION PROGRAM, MAKING IT MORE TRANSPARENT, MORE UNDERSTANDABLE AND MORE EQUITABLE
SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN RESOURCES KATIE GIRARD IS HERE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE TIMELINE AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE
THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON
THANKS EVERYONE
KATIE GIRARD, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES WE DO HAVE A FEW UPDATES BASED ON THE ORIGINAL SUBMITTAL OF DOCUMENTS
WE HAVE CHANGED THE EFFECTIVE DATE TO 616 2024, WHICH IS THE START OF THE NEXT PAY PERIOD TO MAKE THE SYSTEM CHANGES THAT ARE NECESSARY
THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN A FEW CHANGES TO THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT ARE BELOW THE MINIMUM OF THE NEW SALARY RATE RANGES FOR THE JOBS THAT THEY ARE IN
SO THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL NINE EMPLOYEES FOR A TOTAL OF 52 EMPLOYEES THAT WILL RECEIVE AN INCREASE AS OF THE 616 DATE
AND THAT INCREASE IN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS UP TO 234,732
SO SOME NEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HIRED
THEY NEED TO GET FOLDED INTO THIS TRANSITION AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE AWARE OF THOSE CHANGES MADE
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE SELF BENEFITS RESOLUTION
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRICK, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? NO OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME
I WANT TO THANK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE HR TEAM DIRECTOR KATIE GIRARD FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN HELPING MOVE THIS ITEM ALONG
I KNOW YOUR TEAM HAS WORKED REALLY HARD TO BRING US TO WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY
I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION AND THE HARD WORK OF THE HR TEAM TO REALLY CENTER TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY IN THIS PROCESS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE ENTIRE STAFF WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS PROCESS
AND ALSO JUST RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED PROCESS
AND SO THERE ARE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE COME ALONG THE WAY AND SOME UNFORESEEN ISSUES THAT HAVE RISEN
BUT I DO HAVE HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THE ENTIRE HR TEAM AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT IN TO BRING US TO THIS POINT THAT WE'RE AT TODAY
AND SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR THAT HARD WORK
AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO SPEAK TO OR SAY I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS FOR MANY PORT EMPLOYEES
AND I KNOW THERE'S MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY THE CHANGES
AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO FEEL LIKE THAT THEY WILL BE IMPACTED IN A NEGATIVE WAY
AND I ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH HR, TO CONTINUE TO ASK QUESTIONS
AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT THE HR TEAM WILL WORK WITH YOU ALL IN HELPING ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS
AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE PHASE TWO WHEN YOU ALL COME BACK AND BRIEF US AND SHARE EVEN SOME OF THE RACIAL EQUITY ANALYSIS THAT COME OUT OF THAT
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THOSE BRIEFINGS
WITH THAT SAID, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM TODAY
I WANT TO PAUSE AND SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE HR TEAM AT THIS TIME
GREAT
SO, COMMISSIONERS, AS STATED, THE MAIN MOTION TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION IS ON THE FLOOR
I'D LIKE TO OFFER AN AMENDMENT TO READ AS FOLLOWS
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SALARY BENEFIT RESOLUTION WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RETURNS TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPENSATION PLAN
IS THERE A SECOND TO THIS AMENDMENT? I'LL SECOND
GREAT
THE AMENDMENT IS MOVED AND SECONDED, AND I'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO THE AMENDMENT
SO, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS OR DEBATES ON THE PRIMARY AMENDMENT HEARING? NONE
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE ON THE PRIMARY AMENDMENT
COMMISSIONER'S, PLEASE SAY AYE OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAMES ARE CALLED
THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
AYE
THANK YOU
FIVE AYES, ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM
GREAT
THE PRIMARY AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION
THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND NOW THE VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED
ONE MORE THING
NOT QUITE YET
COMMISSIONERS
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED? OKAY, HEARING, NONE
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY AYE OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAMES ARE CALLED
ONE MORE TIME
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
AYE
THANK YOU
FIVE AYES, ZERO AND NAYS
OKAY
THE MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 3823 AS AMENDED, PASSES
THANK YOU AGAIN
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT
GREAT
CONTINUING ON, WE HAVE TWO NEW BUSINESS ITEMS FOR TODAY
CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM INTO THE RECORD, AND THEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK WILL THEN INTRODUCE THE ITEM
CLERK HART, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE SPEEDING THROUGH THIS MEETING
OKAY
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM TEN A, INTRODUCTION OF OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 3826, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF INTERMEDIATE LIEN REVENUE AND REFUNDING BONDS IN ONE OR MORE SERIES
THIS IS ENTITLED THE 2024 REVENUE BONDS IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $850 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSES OF FINANCING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO AVIATION FACILITIES AND REFUNDING CERTAIN OUTSTANDING REVENUE BONDS OF THE PORT, SETTING FORTH CERTAIN BOND TERMS AND COVENANTS AND DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO APPROVE FINAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THE SALE OF THE BONDS
COMMISSIONERS
THIS RESOLUTION PROVIDES ME THE DELEGATION TO APPROVE A BOND SALE FOR DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS, AS WELL AS FINANCING OF SEVERAL MAJOR PROJECTS AT OUR AIRPORT
AND THE PRESENTER THIS AFTERNOON IS SCOTT BERTRAM, MANAGER, CORPORATE FINANCE ANALYSIS
SCOTT, GOOD AFTERNOON
I'M HERE TO REQUEST THE INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION 3826 FOR THE SALE AND ISSUANCE OF OF INTERMEDIATE LIEN REVENUE BONDS
THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOND ISSUE IS TWOFOLD
FIRST, IT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR ONGOING CAPITAL INVESTMENTS AT SEATAC, AND SECOND, IT WILL REFUND CERTAIN OUTSTANDING BONDS FOR DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS, AND WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAILS IN SOME LATER SLIDES
THE BONDS WILL BE ISSUED IN MULTIPLE SERIES BASED ON THEIR UNDERLYING TAX STATUS, WHICH IS DRIVEN BY THE ACTUAL USE OF THE BOND PROCEEDS
THE STATUS, EXCUSE ME, THE TAX STATUS REFLECTS WHAT AN INVESTOR WOULD PAY ON THE INTEREST EARNED ON THE BONDS AND THUS WOULD IMPACT THE RATE FOR THE PORT
ONE SERIES WOULD BE TAX EXEMPT GOVERNMENTAL BONDS THAT ARE NOT SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL INCOME TAX
THESE BONDS ARE TYPICALLY USED BY GENERAL PURPOSE GOVERNMENTS FOR ROAD AND OTHER PUBLIC USES
FOR SEATAC AIRPORT, COMMON USES OF GOVERNMENTAL BONDS INCLUDE RUNWAYS AND ROADWAYS AS WELL AS PUBLIC PARKING
FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRANSACTION, WE DO EXPECT TO USE GOVERNMENTAL BONDS ONLY FOR THE REFUNDING PORTION OF THE TRANSACTION
SECOND SERIES OF BONDS WILL BE ISSUED TAX EXEMPT PRIVATE ACTIVITY BONDS, WHICH ARE NOT SUBJECT TO REGULAR FEDERAL INCOME TAX BUT ARE SUBJECT TO THE ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX
MOST PORT BONDS, ESPECIALLY AT THE AIRPORT, ARE PRIVATE ACTIVITY BECAUSE THE PROCEEDS ARE USED FOR FACILITIES THAT WE IN TURN LEASE TO PRIVATE COMPANIES, BUT BECAUSE THEY FALL WITHIN THE AIRPORT'S DOCKS AND WHARVES EXEMPTION OF THE IR'S CODE
WE ARE ABLE TO ISSUE THEM ON A TAX EXEMPT BASIS, BUT SUBJECT TO AMT
SEATAC TERMINAL BUILDING PROJECTS ARE THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS TYPE OF BOND AND FOR THE 2024 BONDS
WE EXPECT ALL OF THE NEW MONEY PROCEEDS TO BE ISSUED AS PRIVATE ACTIVITY AS WELL AS A PORTION OF THE REFUNDING
A FINAL THIRD SERIES WOULD BE TAXABLE BONDS, WHICH ARE USED BY THE PORT FOR THINGS THAT DON'T QUALIFY FOR TAX EXEMPT DEBT
FOR TAXABLE BONDS, INVESTORS PAY FEDERAL INCOME TAX LIKE WITH ANY OTHER INTEREST BEARING INSTRUMENT
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT CURRENTLY EXPECT TO ISSUE TAXABLE BONDS WITH THIS ISSUANCE, BUT HAVE INCLUDED A TAXABLE SERIES IN THE RESOLUTION TO RETAIN SOME FLEXIBILITY AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE SALE DATE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE SO THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF THE PRIMARY USES OF THE 2024 BONDS
ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE 272 MILLION OF CALLABLE BONDS THAT WE EXPECT TO REFUND FOR DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS
THOSE REVENUE BONDS WERE ISSUED BACK IN 2013 AND 2015, AND WE FORECAST DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS IN THE $9 MILLION RANGE
WE ARE ALSO EXPECTING THE ISSUE 535 MILLION OF NEW BONDS TO PROVIDE FOR CONTINUED FUNDING OF THE AIRPORTS EXCUSE ME AIRPORT'S ONGOING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THE COMMISSION WAS BRIEFED ON THE AIRPORT CIP AND THE ASSOCIATED FUNDING PLAN AS PART OF THE DRAFT PLAN OF FINANCE AND TAX LEVY BRIEFING BACK IN OCTOBER
THE PLAN OF FINANCE HAD 5 BILLION IN THE AIRPORT CIP OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WITH 3.6 BILLION OF THAT FUNDING COMING FROM FUTURE REVENUE BONDS
THESE 2024 BONDS WOULD BE THE FIRST PORTION OF THAT FUNDING
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE AS NOTED ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THE PORT EXPECTS TO ISSUE 535 MILLION OF NEW BONDS TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING CAPITAL PROJECTS AT THE AIRPORT
WE DO EXPECT PROCEEDS TO BE USED ON VARIOUS ELIGIBLE CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE SEATTLE GATEWAY PROJECT ON THE NORTH END OF MAIN TERMINAL, VARIOUS CONCORD EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS, AS WELL AS THE CONTINUATION OF THE BAGGAGE OPTIMIZATION PROJECT AND AIRFIELD PAVEMENT EFFORTS
THE PORT DOES HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO REALLOCATE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO REALLOCATE BOND PROCEEDS TO OTHER PROJECTS SUBJECT TO MEETING FEDERAL TAX ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
AND AS WITH ANY PROJECT SPENDING, THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES DO REQUIRE COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION BEFORE THEY CAN PROCEED, AND THE ISSUANCE OF THESE BONDS DOES NOT IN ANY WAY CHANGE THAT REQUIREMENT
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
RESOLUTION 3826 IS SIMILAR IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS WITH OTHER INTERMEDIATE LIEN REVENUE BOND RESOLUTIONS
THEY ARE ALL PURSUANT TO A MASTER RESOLUTION THAT WAS INITIATED BACK IN 2005, AND THEY DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO EITHER THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER WITH THE ABILITY TO APPROVE THE BOND SALE WITHIN THE FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED PARAMETERS MAXIMUM PAR OF 850 MILLION MAXIMUM INTEREST RATES OF 6% FOR THE TAX EXEMPT BOND 7% FOR THE TAXABLE IF NEEDED
THE BONDS MUST BE SOLD WITHIN THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS BY JUNE 25, 2025
AND IF IT APPEARS THAT THESE DELEGATION LIMITS WILL BE EXCEEDED, WE WILL NEED TO COME BACK FOR ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONS AUTHORIZATION
THE BONDS WILL BE SOLD BY THE PORT'S UNDERWRITING TEAM THAT IS SELECTED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS EVERY FEW YEARS, MOST RECENTLY LAST YEAR, WITH BANK OF AMERICA TAKING THE LEADS AS SENIOR MANAGER
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
FINALLY, THE NEXT STEPS INCLUDE ADOPTION OF THIS RESOLUTION ON JUNE 25
WE ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MEET WITH THE RATING AGENCIES ON JUNE 24 AND JUNE 25, WITH THE BOND SALE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 1 AND EXPECTING TO CLOSE A FEW WEEKS AFTER ON AUGUST 15
SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER CALKINS? THE ESTIMATE OF ROUGHLY 9 MILLION IN SAVINGS NET PRESENT VALUE IS THAT'S NOT ANNUALLY, BUT OVER THE WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE LIFE OF THE LOAN OR BOND WE'RE REFUNDING, CORRECT? CORRECT
IT'S A NET PRESENT VALUE CALCULATION SO THAT 9 MILLION IS BASED ON US MEETING OUR SAVINGS TARGETS, WHICH WE HOPE AND EXPECT TO DO ON THIS PARTICULAR REFUNDING
YEAH
GREAT
THANKS
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM
IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TEN? A SOLE MOVED SECOND
GREAT
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED
COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSIONS OR DEBATE ON THIS ITEM? HEARING? NONE
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE
COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY I OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAMES ARE CALLED
THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
AYE
THANK YOU
FIVE AYES, ZERO AND NAYS FOR THIS ITEM
GREAT
THE MOTION PASSES
THANK YOU
AGAIN
THE NEXT ITEM IS TEN C
CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND THEN COMMISSION CHIEF OF STAFF AARON PRITCHARD, WE'LL INTRODUCE THE ITEM
THANK YOU
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM TEN C, ORDER NUMBER 20240
EIGHT
AN ORDER SETTING AN ACCELERATED TIMELINE FOR ALL CRUISE SHIPS TO UTILIZE SHORE POWER AT ALL PORT FACILITIES BY 2027
THANK YOU
COMMISSION PRESIDENT MOHAMED AND COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PLEASED TO BE HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY
TODAY I'M PRESENTING AN ORDER OF THE PORT OF THE SEATTLE COMMISSION SETTING AN ACCELERATED TIMELINE FOR ALL SHIPS TO UTILIZE SHORE POWER AT PORT FACILITIES BY 2027
THE IMPORTANCE OF CRUISE OPERATIONS TO THE PORT'S MARITIME DIVISION HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE THE FIRST CALL IN 2000, WHERE THE PORT HAD ABOUT 120,000 REVENUE PASSENGERS AND 36 CRUISE CALLS
IN 2024
THE PORT IS ANTICIPATING 275 CRUISE CALLS WITH ONE 1.7 MILLION REVENUE PASSENGERS FOR AN ESTIMATED $900 MILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE REGION
WHILE THE GROWTH OF THIS INDUSTRY WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS TO THE REGION WITHOUT THE ADOPTION OF ZERO AND LOW CARBON ENERGY ALTERNATIVES, IT ALSO LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN DIESEL, PARTICULATE MATTER AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IMPACTING HUMAN HEALTH AND CLIMATE
INCREASING CRUISE SHIPS USE OF SHORE POWER IS ESSENTIAL TO MEET OUR GOAL TO BE THE GREEN PORT IN NORTH AMERICA BECAUSE CRUISE SHIPS ARE BY FAR THE LARGEST SOURCE OF THE PORT'S MARITIME, AIR AND GHG SCOPE
THREE EMISSIONS SHORE POWER USE OVER THE 2023 SEASON AVOIDED 2700 METRUCK TONS OF GHG AND SEVEN METRUCK 75 METRUCK TONS OF DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER
WITH 35% OF ALL CRUISE SHIPS
WITH ONLY 35% OF CRUISE SHIPS PLUGGING IN, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO 650 PASSENGER CARS DRIVING FOR A YEAR
THE PORT OF SEATTLE HAS SET A GOAL IN ITS MARITIME CLIMATE AND AIR ACTION PLAN TO HAVE 100% OF HOME PORTED CRUISE SHIPS UTILIZING SHORE POWER ON EVERY CALL BY 2030
THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION TODAY IS DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE TO CREATE AN ENFORCEABLE MANDATE TO ACCELERATE THIS GOAL TO 2027
I WILL NOW GO INTO THE TEXT OF THE ORDER AND SUMMARIZE WHAT THE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THIS ORDER ARE
FIRST IS THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL ENSURE 100% OF ALL HOME PORTED CRUISE VESSELS ARE SHORE POWER CAPABLE AND PLUG INTO SHORE POWER AT THE START OF THE 2027 CRUISE SEASON
NEXT, HE WILL USE THE MECHANISMS FOR ACHIEVING THIS ENFORCEABLE MANDATE OF 100% SHORE POWER USAGE BY 2027 SHALL BE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION PER THE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
WITHIN THAT, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL ALSO BRING FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION BY THE TIME FOR THE 2025 BUDGET ANY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO MEET THIS MANDATE
AND FINALLY, ALL HOME PORTED CRUISE VESSELS SUBJECT TO THE SHORE POWER MANDATE SHALL NOTIFY THE PORT OF THE DURATION OF THE SHORE POWER USAGE FOLLOWING EACH CALL AND WITHOUT, AND IF THE SHORE POWER IS NOT UTILIZED, CRUISE LINES WILL PROVIDE A WRITTEN EXPLANATION TO THE PORT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT UNAVOIDABLE CHALLENGES MAY OCCASIONALLY OCCUR
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO COMMISSION PRESIDENT MOHAMMED GREAT
THANK YOU CHIEF OF STAFF PRITCHARD FOR THAT OVERVIEW
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK DIRECTOR JONES STEBBINS, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE? PRESIDENT MOHAMMED, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ORDERED BEFORE YOU THAT IS CHAMPIONED BY COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
VESSELS UTILIZING SHORE POWER, AS CHIEF OF STAFF PRITCHARD HAS DESCRIBED, IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT ACHIEVE OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, AND IT TAKES THREE THINGS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE SHORE POWER AVAILABLE, AND WE'RE MAKING THOSE, BOTH THE CRUISE LINES AND OURSELVES ARE MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE
WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS UNDERWAY THAT ARE, ARE GOING TO PUT THAT IN PLACE SO IT WILL BE AVAILABLE IN OUR THREE BERTHS
AND DIRECTOR JOAN STEBBINS WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND
AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO HAVE SHIPS, SHIPS THAT ARE CAPABLE OF CONNECTING TO SHORE POWER, AND THE CRUISE LINES ARE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL
SOME OF THEM HAVE, AND SOME OF THEM, ADDITIONAL ONES, WILL HAVE IT TO DO THAT
AND THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE THEM CONNECT
YOU KNOW, IF THEY JUST SIT THERE AND ARE NOT CONNECTED, THAT'S COMMON SENSE
BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALL THAT HAPPEN
AND SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, AND TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN TOGETHER
THIS ORDER IS THE DIRECTION THAT MAKES IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN
AND WE'RE DOING IT ON AN ACCELERATED TIMELINE FROM OUR ORIGINAL TIMELINES SO THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING OUR GOALS, SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND EARLIER THAN ANTICIPATED
THIS IS BOTH GOOD FOR BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS, IF IT'S ADOPTED, THAT THIS ORDER SERVE AS A GUIDE AS WE HAVE OUR DISCUSSIONS, AND IT REALLY DIRECTS US TO DO THIS IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR HOME PORTED CRUISE LINES HERE AND MOVES US FORWARD
SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO PASS THE MICROPHONE TO OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR MARITIME, STEPHANIE JONES STEBBINS, TO SAY A FEW WORDS AS WELL
STEPHANIE AND OUR MARITIME DIVISION HAVE WORKED FOR A LONG TIME ON THIS TO MAKE THIS TIMELINE ACHIEVABLE, AND I THANK THEM FOR THAT WORK
STEPHANIE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
METRUCK STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK TO MAKE THIS DIRECTIVE WITHIN OUR REACH FOR MANY YEARS
OF COURSE, WE HAVE HAD SHORE POWER HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS
AND MORE RECENTLY, WE'RE BRINGING FORTH PROJECTS TO THE COMMISSION WHICH WILL MAKE ALL OF OUR CRUISE BERTHS NOT ONLY HAVE SHORE POWER, BUT MAKE THAT SHORE POWER ACCESSIBLE FOR A MUCH WIDER RANGE OF VESSELS
AS WE BRING MORE VESSELS AND ASK THEM TO PLUG IN, WE FIND THAT VESSELS HAVE THEIR SHIPSIDE EQUIPMENT IN VARIOUS PLACES AND INVESTMENTS ARE NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT RANGE OF CONFIGURATIONS
SO THIS GOAL, AS LAID OUT, GIVES US TIME TO COMPLETE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO, TO MAKE FOR THINGS LIKE SHORE POWER EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS LIKE MORE FLEXIBLE GANGWAYS, WHICH WILL BE IMPORTANT
SO WE WILL BE BRINGING FORWARD PROJECTS TO YOU TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN
ADDITIONALLY, CRUISE LINES HAVE BEEN MAKING INVESTMENTS IN SHORE POWER CAPABILITY
IN FACT, AS OF THIS TIME, ABOUT 30% OF CRUISE VESSELS WORLDWIDE HAVE SHORE POWER CAPABILITY, BUT ONLY 2% OF PORTS
AND WE DO EXPECT THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE NUMBER OF CRUISE VESSELS WITH SHORE POWER CAPABILITY IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE
AND I KNOW PORTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE SCRAMBLING TO KEEP UP AS WELL BECAUSE WE'RE ALL COMPETING FOR THE SAME EQUIPMENT
THE PORT HAS BEEN A LEADER DRIVING THIS, AND THIS ORDER WILL FURTHER POSITION US AS THAT LEADER
THIS ORDER WILL GIVE US CLARITY ON WHERE WE ARE AIMING AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DELIVERING
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU SO MUCH
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND DIRECTOR JOAN STEBBINS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD TO MOVE A LOT OF THIS WORK FORWARD AND SO APPRECIATE YOU
WE'LL NOW TAKE COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSION
MY COLLEAGUES HERE, I'D LIKE TO START, START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE WORK THAT STEPHANIE JONES STEBBINS HAS BEEN DOING OVER THE YEARS
LONG BEFORE I WAS A COMMISSIONER, WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER, AND THIS IS REALLY ONLY POSSIBLE DUE TO THE WORKING RELATIONSHIP SHE'S MAINTAINED WITH THE CRUISE INDUSTRY AND HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE ENVIRONMENT
SO TRULY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT
AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT FROM LEADERSHIP LIKE STEVE METRUCK
AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS INITIATIVE
AND OBVIOUSLY, HAVING COMMISSIONED PRESIDENT MOHAMMED, CHIEF OF STAFF AARON PRITCHARD AND MY STRATEGIC ADVISOR AARON ASH, ALL MAKES THESE THINGS COME TO FRUITION
AND THANK YOU FOR THE HELP
SO MOVING FORWARD, THOUGH, IN PASSING THIS ORDER, WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING A 2030 GOAL AND TURNING IT INTO A 2027 REQUIREMENT
AND THAT'S UNIQUE AMONGST PORTS, WHILE CALIFORNIA HAS A STATE REQUIREMENT FOR SHUTTING OFF AT THE DOCK OR THEY HAVE THESE ALTERNATIVES
YOU CAN GO INTO A SMOKESTACK, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A PORT, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, HAS ACTUALLY INITIATED ITS, LEVERAGED ITS COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CRUISE LINE, PUTTING IT IN TARIFFS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF DOING IN OTHER VENUES, WHETHER IT BE DISCHARGE ZONES OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT THE PORT HAS REALLY LEVERAGED ITS ROLE IN AN UNREGULATORY FASHION, BUT IN A COMMERCIAL WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO BE A GREEN PORT, WHICH I THINK WILL BE INCREASINGLY APPEALING TO FOLKS THAT CHOOSE TO GO TO ALASKA, WHICH IS NOT LIKE YOUR TYPICAL BOOZE CRUISE
SO THE FACT THAT YOU SAID WE'VE HAD SHORT POWER BECAUSE OF CARNIVALS INVESTMENT IN 20,004 2004, AND OUR WORK HAS ALSO MADE THAT VERY IMPORTANT
BUT CLEARLY WE STILL HAVE MORE TO DO
AND I APPRECIATE WE'RE PUTTING IN THE BUDGET ANY ADDITIONAL WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE 2023 THOUGH WE HAD 66% OF OUR SHIPS WERE SHORE POWER CAPABLE, BUT ONLY 35% OF THEM WERE ABLE TO PLUG IN
THIS WAS DUE IN PART
WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FACILITY AT 66 OR THE MOBILE ABILITY TO MOVE THE UMBILICUS
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF MOST OF THAT PROBLEM THIS YEAR
AND BY CALLING ON CRUISE SHIPS TO BRING THEIR CREWS, THEIR SHORE POWER CAPABLE VESSELS, THIS SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM, GIVING THEM TWO YEARS TO DO THAT
FOREWARNING THEY CAN ADVERTISE HOW THEY PLAN
PLEASE
BUT CLEARLY, THIS IS A GROWING PART OF OUR PORTFOLIO, AS MENTIONED, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES SINCE WE STARTED IN 2000
BUT IT ALSO GENERATES A LOT OF REVENUE THAT WE THEN REINVEST INTO OTHER PROGRAMS ENVIRONMENTAL, COMMUNITY, AND RELATED
HOWEVER, IT'S NOT WITHOUT IMPACT
AND SO, I GUESS IF IT WAS THIS YEAR, IF WE ALL PLUGGED IN, THAT WOULD BE 13% OF THE EMISSIONS IN THE ENTIRE AIRSHIP, WHICH IS ALL OF JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT, WHICH IS A LARGE AIRSHIP, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE ENTIRE CRUISE
SO IT'S IMPERATIVE ON US THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON ALTERNATIVE FUELS, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO SEE IS GOING ON
GREEN CORRIDOR AND OTHER INITIATIVES ARE BEING TAKEN PLACE
SO THIS IS A STEP
IT IS NOT THE ONLY STEP, BUT IT'S NOT THE LAST STEP
WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THIS CAUSE, BUT REALLY, THE GREATEST IRREFUTABLE, ARE TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
YOU KNOW, JUAN DE FUCA DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT WE STILL ARE PROTECTING THEM
BUT THESE COMMUNITIES, THESE SHORESIDE COMMUNITIES, ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED
AND THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT WAY, IRREFUTABLY, TO DO THAT
AND THEN FINALLY, IN EFFORTS OF TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPARENCY
I'VE ALSO BEEN ADVANCING EFFORTS TO
WE HAVE A REPORT CARD RELEASED AS WELL
AND SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND THE INITIATIVES THAT WE TAKE, BOTH ECONOMIC AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL
AND WE'RE WORKING ON ADDITIONAL KPI'S TO LOOK AT
AND IF THE COMMUNITY HAS THOUGHTS ABOUT THINGS THAT WE MIGHT INCLUDE IN THAT DASHBOARD, I WELCOME THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR EXPERTISE AND FOR MOVING THIS ORDER FORWARD
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES? COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA, THANK YOU SO MUCH
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADERSHIP OF COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN ON THIS ORDER
IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO TO TRANSFORM OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THE EXPERTISE FROM STAFF
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO GET THIS ORDER TO
TO WHERE IT IS TODAY
SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE CRUISE INDUSTRY EXCITES ME BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE CRUISE LINES IN TRANSFORMING THEIR FLEETS, THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THE PORT, IN CONSULTATION WITH CLIA, IS REALLY GROUNDBREAKING IN THAT IT IS A BLUEPRINT FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES TO FOLLOW
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING SIMILAR BE ABLE TO HAPPEN FOR OUR CONTAINER AND CARGO SHIPS
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO MAKE ADVANCEMENTS AND TRANSFORM THE WAY THAT, THE WAY THAT SHIPS COMING INTO OUR HARBOR ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO HOOK UP, THE WAY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE INCENTIVIZED TO TRANSFORM THEIR FLEETS
AND SO I ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AS JUST A POSITIVE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALSO, THOUGH, THAT NO MATTER HOW QUICKLY WE TRANSFORM OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, THE GROWTH OF THE NUMBER OF CRUISE CALLS AND THE INCREASE IN THE NET OUTPUT OF GREENHOUSE GAS MISSIONS OUTPACES THE REDUCTIONS THAT ARE ACHIEVED THROUGH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE ADVANCEMENTS
AND SO, DIRECTOR STEPHANIE JONES STEBBINS, CAN YOU TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR HOLISTIC STRATEGY TO NET ZERO AND MEET OUR CENTURY AGENDA GOALS WHEN WE KNOW THIS ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE INDUSTRY AND THE PACE OF OUR OWN TRANSITION HERE AT HOME? YEAH
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION
SO, AS I THINK COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN MENTIONED, THIS IS ONLY ONE OF MANY EFFORTS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE
THIS IS SOMETHING WE KNOW HOW TO DO NOW, AND ACCELERATING OUR GOAL TO MAKE IT HAPPEN MAKES TOTAL SENSE
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT MULTIPLE THINGS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR CRUISE PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY CONTROL WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE WATER
SO ONE IS CERTAINLY EMISSION REDUCTION EFFICIENCY
WE HAVE TO USE LESS FUEL, WHATEVER IT IS, WE HAVE TO USE LESS FUEL AND WE HAVE TO TRANSITION TO ZERO CARBON FUELS
SO WE ARE PARTNERING IN A GREEN CORRIDOR EFFORT AS WELL AS SUSTAINABLE MARITIME FUELS EFFORT OUTSIDE OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY TO LOOK AT WHAT THOSE ZERO CARBON FUELS WILL BE
THIS IS NOT THE CRUISE INDUSTRY ALONE, OR EVEN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
OUR ENTIRE ECONOMY HAS TO TRANSITION
SO WE ARE INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS PARTNERSHIPS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, INCLUDING THE GREEN CORRIDOR
BUT THAT IS ONLY ONE THING
IS THERE A TRANSPARENCY FUNCTION THAT DEMONSTRATES TO ANY INTERESTED PARTY WHO WANTED ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY ABOUT, ABOUT OUR PROGRESS? IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FOLKS WE'RE CALLING IN OUR HARBOR IN HOOKING UP, IN REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
HOW ARE WE CONVEYING THAT INFORMATION PUBLICLY? WE ARE LAUNCHING A CRUISE DASHBOARD WHICH WILL HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CRUISE CALLS, NUMBER OF CRUISE VESSELS THAT PLUGGED IN, VARIETY OF OTHER PIECES OF INFORMATION AS WELL THAT GIVES TRANSPARENCY IN TERMS OF WHAT WE WILL UPDATE IT THROUGHOUT THE CRUISE SEASON THIS YEAR, ONCE WE LAUNCH IT, TO GIVE VISIBILITY TO THOSE VERY THINGS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
SORRY, COMMISSIONER, I DIDN'T MEAN TO STOP YOU, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO SOME THINGS THAT DIRECTOR JOAN STEBBINS HAS SAID IS, YOU KNOW, ON THE, ON THE FUEL SIDE, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH THE CRUISE LINES BECAUSE THE CRUISE LINES ARE DOING THREE THINGS
THEY'RE DOING THE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES THAT DIRECTOR JOAN STEBBINS WAS SAYING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKES IT SLOW STEAMING AND OTHER OPERATIONAL THINGS YOU CAN DO TO INCREASE EFFICIENCIES
THEY'RE ALSO DOING ENGINEERING THE NEWER THE SHIPS ARE, OR RETROFITTING ONTO SHIPS CAN MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT AS WELL, REDUCING THEIR NEED FOR FUEL AS WELL
SO THEY'RE REDUCING IT FROM THAT SIDE AS WELL
SO THEN THAT THIRD LEG IS THOSE ALTERNATIVE FUELS, AND THOSE FUELS WHICH WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM THROUGH OUR GREEN CORRIDOR EFFORT TO LOOK AT EITHER ALTERNATIVES, THAT WHICH WE WANT TO, WE'RE RELATING THE EFFORT ON THAT
AND SO IT'S REALLY THE ALTERNATIVE FUELS OF THE FUTURE AS WELL
SO IT'S A THREE LEGGED STOOL THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON
AND I THINK THAT WORKING WITH THEM TO HAVE THEM TELL, TELL THEIR OWN STORY ABOUT THE CRUISE LINES, OF HOW THEY'RE WORKING AND TO DO THAT CONTINUOUSLY AS PART OF THE EFFORT, AS WELL AS WELL AS OUR OWN DASHBOARDS TO MEASURE THAT OUTPUT
I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT TO THE CONVERSATION AS WELL
AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE HAVE LED AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE IN CONVENING THE GREEN CORRIDOR AND SO FOR CRUISING
AND SO I WONDER IF THERE ARE OTHER PUBLIC PARTICIPANTS IN THAT CIRCLE AND LIKE THE PORTS OF VANCOUVER OR IN ALASKA, FOR EXAMPLE
AND IS THIS A MODEL LANGUAGE THAT WE COULD PERHAPS BRING THERE FOR OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO CONSIDER FOR THEIR OWN ADOPTION? YEAH
YEAH
DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT, STEVE? I WOULD LIKE TO SAY YES
THAT COULD BE PART OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE SHARE WITH THEM AT THE NEXT, WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEM
A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S COMING UP PRETTY SOON AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR
AND WE'LL SHARE THEM WITH OUR INITIATIVE HERE OF THE COMMISSION HERE AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THAT
IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE MATCHING ONES
AND WE DO ACTIONS TAKEN
THERE IS THEIR APPLICABILITY TO US AS WELL, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO
THE IDEA IS THAT THIS COULD INCENTIVIZE DEVELOPMENT IN DIFFERENT CRUISE LINES FLEETS
RIGHT
SO THE IDEA IS THAT THEY WOULDN'T EVEN END UP SENDING VESSELS THAT AREN'T SHORT POWER CAPABLE
IF THEY'RE GOING PLACES LIKE HERE, AND THEN THEY GO PLACE AND THEY LEAVE FROM HERE TOWARDS ALASKA, WOULD THIS PERHAPS BE ABLE TO BE SOME SORT OF A BENEFIT FOR THE DESTINATION CITIES AND POPULATIONS AS WELL? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY
WHERE COMMUNITIES HAVE SHORE POWER INFRASTRUCTURE
AND ACTUALLY, THROUGH OUR GREEN CORRIDOR PARTNERSHIPS, WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING OTHER COMMUNITIES GETTING THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE IT'S FEASIBLE
SOME OF YOU KNOW, THE ELECTRICAL GRID MAY OR MAY NOT SUPPORT THAT IN EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER IN THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES
AND ONCE A VESSEL, I MEAN, IF A VESSEL IS GOING ROUND TRIP TO ALASKA, IT'S LEAVING FROM HERE OR FROM VANCOUVER
AND THEN WHY ARE CRUISE LINES DOING THIS? AND I DON'T WANT TO HEAR, LIKE, IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS, LIKE, ARE THEY, WHAT DO THEIR RIDERSHIP DO? THEIR, YOU KNOW, DO THEIR CUSTOMERS CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS? ARE THEY HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC? LIKE, WHY ARE CRUISE LINES, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE DEEP CONSULTATION WITH THEM TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WOULD ACTUALLY GO INTO EFFECT
LIKE WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN THEIR FEEDBACK ON THIS? I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS
I THINK WHAT YOU WERE TAUGHT THE RIDERSHIP CARES
AND I THINK, AS COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAS MENTIONED, THESE CRUISES ARE GOING TO A PLACE THAT THIS IS ECOTOURISM
I ALSO THINK THESE ARE COMPANIES THAT WORK AROUND THE WORLD, AND THIS IS A BUSINESS NECESSITY TO GET TO ZERO CARBON
THIS ISN'T
SO IN ADDITION TO, IT'S WHAT I THINK I'VE HEARD COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN CALLED ENLIGHTENED SELF INTEREST, THIS IS ALSO WHERE THE WORLD IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL
WE NEED TO GET TO ZERO CARBON
AND I THINK THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT IN THE LONG RUN
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONING THERE? THANK YOU
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA, COMMISSIONER CALKINS, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION
A FEW THOUGHTS
I THINK THE BIG OUTSTANDING QUESTION FOR ME AFTER WE PASS THIS ORDER, IF WE DO, IS WHAT ARE THE PARTNER PORTS GOING TO DO? ARE THEY GOING TO RESPOND IN KIND AND STEP UP, KNOWING THAT THIS REQUIREMENT WILL MEAN THAT ALL THE SHIPS COMING IN 2027 ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT CAPACITY
SO VICTORIA AND VANCOUVER AND ALL THE ALASKA PORTS COULD THEN TAKE ADVANTAGE, THE SHIPS ALL BEING SHORT POWER CAPABLE
SO MAYBE YOU CAN START WITH THAT
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE VERY INTERESTING THINGS ABOUT FORMING THE GREEN CORRIDOR IS WE'RE WORKING WITH SUCH A RANGE OF PORTS, AND THERE ARE PORTS IN ALASKA THAT SAID TO US WHEN THEY JOINED OUR COALITION, WE'RE NOT ONLY OFF THE ROAD, WE'RE OFF THE GRID ANYWAY
THEY'RE OFF BOTH THE ROAD AND THE GRID
SO THESE MAY BE COMMUNICATION COMMUNITIES THAT ARE AGAIN, SO SMALL THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY WHERE THERE IS THE CAPACITY
AGAIN, WE'VE SUPPORTED OTHER PORTS
JUNEAU HAS SHORE POWER
IT'S COMING TO VICTORIA
WE'VE JUST WRITTEN A LETTER SUPPORTING ANOTHER PORT
I CAN'T RECALL WHICH ONE
SO I ABSOLUTELY SEE THAT AS WE HAVE TAKEN LEADERSHIP, OTHER PORTS FOLLOW
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT FORM THAT WILL BE IN, BUT I THINK THIS DOES ABSOLUTELY PAVE THE WAY FOR OTHER PORTS TO DO THE SAME
AND AS STEVE SAID, WE'LL SHARE THIS IN OUR GREEN CORRIDOR MEETINGS
YEAH, AND SANDY KILROY, SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY
I WOULD JUST ADD THAT, YES, WE'RE SUPPORTING SHORE POWER IN THESE OTHER PORTS
VANCOUVER PORT OF VANCOUVER HAS SHORE POWER
THEY DO NOT REQUIRE IT
THEIR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY
IT'S FEDERALLY MANAGED
BUT THE PORT OF VANCOUVER DOES HAVE AN INCENTIVE PROGRAM WHERE THEY PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO SHIPS THAT COME AT SHORE POWER CAPABLE AND PLUG IN
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY GET AT THAT
THE SECOND THING IS JUST TO THE MR MCKEE'S COMMENTS EARLIER TODAY, WHICH I ALWAYS FIND INCREDIBLY ELOQUENT AND HELPFUL, SO PLEASE RETURN OFTEN WITH YOUR THOUGHTS
THIS IS BUT A DROP IN THE JUG
BUT THANKFULLY, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, IT ISN'T OUR SOLE EFFORT AT GREENING THIS INDUSTRY
AND I THINK WE ARE LEADING BECAUSE WE ARE SINCERE ABOUT OUR INTENT TO MAKE A GLOBAL IMPACT ON THE CRUISE INDUSTRY AND REDUCING IT
AND I THINK IN PARTICULAR, THE GREEN CRUISE CORRIDOR IS OUR MOST EFFECTIVE MECHANISM FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE OF, I THINK I ALWAYS ATTRIBUTE IT TO MELISSA, BUT
MELISSA PARK
BUT I THINK IT'S KIND OF A TEAM EFFORT
THIS IDEA THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL LOCALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE SOME INFLUENCE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, AND WE CAN SUGGEST THINGS ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, BUT VERY LITTLE ACTUAL CONTROL OVER THAT
WHEREAS IF WE PUT TOGETHER A COALITION LIKE THE GREEN CRUISE CORRIDOR, WE CAN HAVE AN IMPACT THAT NOT ONLY ADDRESSES THAT PARTICULAR ROUTE, BUT MANY OTHER ROUTES AROUND THE WORLD
AND SO I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY WORTH OUR TIME AND EFFORT TO DO THAT
AND WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT AN IDEA THAT PATRICK BROUGHT UP AND THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY IS WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT AN ABSOLUTE CAST AND REDUCTION STRATEGY
AND SO I WANT TO KNOW WHEN CAN WE SET A CEILING AND BEGIN WORKING DOWN FOR THE INDUSTRY? AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THAT METRUCK WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW HARD THAT WOULD BE TO MEASURE OR WHAT IS THE ENTIRE ZONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER
BUT I WANT US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION
I THINK PROBABLY THE GREEN CRUISE QUARTER GROUP IS, IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO HAVE IT, BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A DELIVERABLE SOON
WHAT IS THAT CAP? WHEN IS IT SET AND WHEN CAN WE START REDUCING FROM THAT ABSOLUTELY LEVEL? FINAL COMMENT IS, I JUST, I REALLY WANT TO THANK FRED
HE, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY WHO HAS THE, WHO HAS DONE MORE TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF CRUISE, THE ALASKA CRUISE CORRIDOR THAN YOU
I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S, YOU HAVE BEEN AT IT SINCE CRUISE CAME TO SEATTLE 25 YEARS AGO
YOU ARE DOGGED IN PURSUING THIS
I THINK THIS REMINDED ME WHEN YOU CAME FORWARD WITH THIS, IT REMINDED ME THAT THE WORK IS IN THE DETAILS
I OFTEN AM OFTEN IN THE CLOUD, SOMETIMES THINKING ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE STUFF
BUT THE REAL WORK HAPPENS WHEN YOU PUT TOGETHER THINGS LIKE THIS THAT CHANGE THINGS NOW AND HAVE RIPPLES THAT REALLY IMPACT
SO I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID ON THIS, AND I LOVE TO WATCH YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS STUFF, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU AS YOU COME UP WITH OTHER GREAT IDEAS
SO THANK YOU, BRITTANY
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS, FOR THOSE COMMENTS
AND I GUESS IT GOES BACK TO THE DAYS THAT YOU USED TO WEAR SUSPENDERS AND COME IN FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, RIGHT? SHOULD BUST THOSE SUSPENDERS OUT AGAIN
THANKS SO MUCH
YEAH
I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PER SE, BUT I FIRST AND FOREMOST WANT TO THANK YOU, STEPHANIE AND SANDY, FOR WORKING WITH US ON GETTING TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY
I ALSO WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, FOR AYE
LEADERSHIP ON THIS, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE TEAMWORK
BUT ALSO I WANT TO THANK OUR PARTNERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO'VE ALSO COME TO THE TABLE TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE
YOU KNOW, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GO OUT AND MEET A LOT OF POETS
STEPHANIE, YOU AND I WERE AT IAPH LAST YEAR
I WAS MOST RECENTLY AT THE UN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN FORUM, AND THIS WAS A HUGE TOPIC OF INTEREST FOR MANY PORTS ACROSS THE WORLD
AND IT FILLED ME WITH SO MUCH PRIDE TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT ALL THAT WE DO HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO GET TO THOSE 2030 AND 2040 GOALS
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF TALKING POINTS WHEN I HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS
BUT THIS REALLY IS ANOTHER FEATHER IN THE CAT FOR US TO BE THE FIRST SUPPORT IN THE NATION, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, TO HAVE THIS KIND OF STANDARD AT A LOCAL LEVEL
I KNOW CALIFORNIA IS DOING THINGS ON A STATE LEVEL, AND THEY'VE APPROACHED IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT I DO THINK WE ARE SETTING A PRECEDENCE HERE FOR OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT ALSO ACROSS THE WORLD TO FOLLOW SUIT
AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS THAT I GET WHEN I'M OUT THERE IS HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THIS STUFF? I ALWAYS MAKE THE POINT WE'RE NOT A REGULATORY BODY, WHICH IS ALL STILL TRUE
BUT I THINK WE'RE VERY BLESSED IN OUR REGION TO HAVE PARTNERS, THE CRUISE INDUSTRY, WHO ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US ON THESE THINGS
WE ALL AGREE, BASED ON OUR VALUES ON WHERE WE SHOULD BE GOING AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE ARRIVED TO THIS POINT AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS MAYBE NOT A GROUNDBREAKING SHIFT, BUT A PRESIDENT'S SETTING SHIFT FOR THE INDUSTRY THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE OTHER PARTNER PORTS LIKE THE VICTORIAS AND THE VANCOUVERS AND THE ALASKAN PORTS FOLLOW SUIT
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TERRIFIC WORK
THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
AND THIS, AGAIN, IS JUST ONE STEP IN THE MANY STEPS THAT WILL FOLLOW TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE
AS I LIKE TO SAY, POLICIES ARE GREAT WITHOUT EXECUTION
THEY MADE NOTHING
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO US BEING ABLE TO EXECUTE THIS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
YEAH, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT COMMISSIONER CALKINS SAID, AND I'VE ASKED STAFF, AND I JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THE, AS TO STAFF TO UNDERSTAND IF WE'VE RECEIVED MULTIPLE PRESENTATIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE THAT WE'VE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF CRUISE CALLS, RECORD NUMBER OF SAILINGS, RECORD NUMBER OF PASSENGERS AND RIDERSHIP, INCLUDING RECORD NUMBERS OF ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO ADJACENT COMMUNITIES
AND IF, AND WE HAVE SURPASSED WHAT WE WERE AT, AT OUR PEAKS PRE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR THE INDUSTRY, WE'RE WONDERING IF WE WERE TO DO A HARD CAP AT THESE PEAK HIGHS, AT THESE TOP LEVELS, WHAT WOULD THIS, WHAT IS THE MATH EQUATION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MEANINGFULLY ACTUALLY REDUCE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS? AND SO WE'VE ASKED FOR THAT IN COMMITTEE, AND I JUST LIKE TO REITERATE THAT, ASK AND EMPHASIZE WHAT COMMISSIONER CALKINS WAS ASKING
THANK YOU
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER
MR FELLEMAN, OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT CAPPING THE NUMBER OF SHIPS IS THE GOAL IN A REDUCING OF THE NUMBER OF SHIPS
AND WHAT WE'VE UNDERSTOOD THIS VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH EFFICIENCY OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE SHIP JUST BY SPEED, THE DESIGN OF SHIPS, CHANGING THE H VAC, OR IS A BIG ONE, AS WELL AS THEN CHANGING FUEL
THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN REDUCE MAINTAINING OR POTENTIAL SOME GROWTH
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CAPPING OR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SHIPS VERSUS THE AMOUNT OF EMISSIONS
AND I MEAN, IDEALLY WE COULD ACHIEVE
THIS IS THE CONUNDRUM OF BEING A COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO HAVE THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT WHILE REDUCING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
THAT IS THE EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGE OF BEING A COMMISSIONER
AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, AND I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL SEE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES
I'M WATCHING AND I READ THE BUSINESS JOURNALS AND STUFF
THERE ARE WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN MAKE SHIPS SLIP THROUGH THE WATER BETTER
AND AGAIN, IT'S ALL ABOUT FUEL EFFICIENCY, AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S IN THEIR ELEVATED SELF INTEREST
STEPHANIE JONES EVANS SO THAT'S NOT JUST THE EXISTENTIAL ISSUE FOR COMMISSION, BUT FOR ALL OF US, RIGHT? WE HAVE A CENTURY AGENDA
WE HAVE GOALS THAT INCLUDE CREATING MORE FAMILY WAGE JOBS, MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WHILE WE'RE REDUCING OUR CARBON EMISSIONS EVENTUALLY TO ZERO
AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON EVERY DAY
IT'S EASY TO DO ONE OR THE OTHER
IT'S HARD TO DO THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME
WE DO KNOW THAT, FOR INSTANCE, SINCE ONE CRUISE LINE WE WORK WITH HAS REDUCED THEIR PER PASSENGER CARBON EMISSIONS BY 40% SINCE 2008
SO WE KNOW THAT'S POSSIBLE AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT WE ARE AIMING FOR
YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GETTING BETTER AT MEASURING OUR EMISSIONS
AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR OUR VERY EXCITING ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT, WHICH DETAILS ALL THE DIFFERENT METRICS AND HOW WE'RE ACHIEVING THEM
SO I BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO BOTH CREATING MORE JOBS, MORE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES WHILE REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS AT THE SAME TIME
BUT THAT IS THE CHALLENGE
AND I HEAR YOUR POINT ABOUT CAPPING EMISSIONS
ABSOLUTELY
AND HOW TO DO THAT, I THINK IS A BIG QUESTION FOR ANOTHER DAY
BUT WE'VE HEARD YOU
THANK YOU
GREAT
OH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK, GO AHEAD
THANKS COMMISSIONERS FOR THOSE THOUGHTS ON THAT
LET ME ALSO SAY THAT AS WE, AS THE WHOLE TEAM LOOKS AT THAT, AS WE LOOK AT MARITIME SHIPPING, AND IT'S THE SAME WITH AVIATION, THESE ARE GLOBAL INDUSTRIES, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, THERE'S MUCH MORE ANALYSIS OF SAYING, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BUT TO THROW THE TERMS AROUND LIKE CAPS HERE, LOCAL CAPS, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A GLOBAL ISSUE, IT'S, IT'S, WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AS THE GLOBAL ADDRESS TO DO THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS OF THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T DRIVE IN A GLOBAL INDUSTRY IF THERE'S A FUEL IS NOT AVAILABLE YET, WHICH IS, IT'S COMING AND THERE'S LOTS OF EFFORTS, AND WE'RE IN THE FRONT END OF THAT ON A GLOBAL INDUSTRY
SHIPS AREN'T BUILT TO COME HERE TO SEATTLE, AND SHIPS AREN'T BUILT FOR CONTAINER SHIPS OR CRUISE SHIPS TO OPERATE HERE
THEY GO ELSEWHERE AND THEY OPERATE ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A GLOBAL SYSTEM AND WE NEED TO THINK GLOBALLY AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND DRIVING THE CHANGE ON THAT
AND WE ARE DRIVING CHANGE IN THIS, I THINK IS FOR US, FOR THE PORT SAYING IT'S A COMPLEX ISSUE TO LOOK AT
I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE SAYING
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS PROPER ANALYSIS OF THAT TO BALANCE ALL THOSE ISSUES
THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK COMMISSIONER CALKINS
COMMISSIONER, JUST TO BE CLEAR AND SORT OF ANSWER COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN'S QUESTIONS, FOR ME, IT IS A CAP ON ADMISSIONS
AND PART OF THAT IS TO ADDRESS WHAT STEVE'S CONCERN IS, WHICH IS THAT IF WE GET TOO PRESCRIPTIVE IN HOW IT'S DONE, WE'RE LIKELY TO CREATE, WE'RE GOING TO CONSTRAIN THE ABILITY FOR CONSTITUENTS IN THE RESOLUTION OF IT
THEY'LL BE FORCED INTO PATHWAYS THAT MAY BE LESS EFFICIENT OR PREVENT THEM FROM DOING THINGS THAT COULD BE EVEN MORE BENEFICIAL
AND WE'VE SEEN THAT CERTAINLY ON THE AVIATION SIDE AS WELL
AND SO YOU WANT TO BE TECHNOLOGY OR SOLUTION AGNOSTIC
HERE IS THE GOAL
GET THERE IN THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER POSSIBLE
AND SO I'M CAUTIOUS ABOUT PUTTING CAPS ON PASSENGER NUMBERS OR VESSEL CALLS
WHAT I WANT IS EMISSIONS REDUCTION OF GHG AND LOCAL PARTICULATE EMISSIONS
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS, FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? HEARING NONE
I JUST ALSO WANT TO PILE ON A LITTLE BIT TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THESE ISSUES FOR MANY YEARS, AND I AM PROUD TO CO SPONSOR THIS ORDER WITH YOU
I THINK WE WERE ON A CALL WITH THE SEATTLE TIMES BOTH BEING INTERVIEWED, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS MAKING IN SHORE POWER AND HOW WE'RE GETTING DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WE'RE GOING AFTER STATE DOLLARS
WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR OWN BUDGET TO ACCELERATE ONSHORE POWER
AND I THINK THE HARD QUESTION WAS, WELL, THEN, HOW DO YOU HOLD THE CRUISE LINES ACCOUNTABLE IN ENSURING THAT THEY'RE PLUGGING INTO WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING? AND COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN SPOKE A LOT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF USING THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLBOX AND TALKING ABOUT BEING A SPECIAL PURPOSE GOVERNMENT AND BEING REGULATED BY ALL OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, BUT THAT WE ALSO DON'T LACK TOOLS AND THAT WE CAN LEAN INTO THOSE WHAT WE DO HAVE
AND I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE DO THAT, BEING CLEAR ABOUT THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE CAN PUT POLICIES IN PLACE THAT CAN DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO ACCOUNTABILITY, OUR COMMITMENT TO OVERSIGHT
IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THESE BIG INVESTMENTS, WE OUGHT TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MANDATE, TO REQUIRE THAT THESE SHIPS ARE PLUGGING IN
AND SO I REALLY JUST APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THIS ORDER
YOU'VE EDITED IT SIGNIFICANTLY
YOU DID THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STAFF
AND SO IT WAS VERY THOUGHT OUT, THOUGHTFUL PROCESS THAT WENT INTO THIS
AND I REALLY DO THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS OUR ENTIRE COMMISSION'S STEADFAST COMMITMENT ON FOCUSING ON ADVANCING SHORE POWER AS A CRITICAL STRATEGY FOR US SLASHING EMISSIONS IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE
I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC, YOU COULD HEAR THAT FROM THE DISCUSSION FROM THE DAIS TODAY
THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE ARE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO AND LOOKING AT OUR TOOLS AND HELPING FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE ADVANCE THAT
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR COLLEAGUES SUPPORTING THIS ITEM TODAY
HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSIONS
IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO ADOPT ORDER NUMBER 22,408? SO MOVED
SECONDED
GREAT
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED
CLARK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL AND COMMISSIONERS
PLEASE SAY AYE OR NAME WHEN YOUR NAMES ARE CALLED
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
AYE
MOHAMMED
AYE
THANK YOU
FIVE AYES AND ZERO KNEES
WONDERFUL
THE MOTION PASSES
ORDER NUMBER 20240
EIGHT IS ADOPTED
THANK YOU ALL
OKAY, MOVING US ALONG TO ITEM NUMBER ELEVEN
ACTUALLY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS AGENDA FOR THE DAY
SO WE ARE NOW AT PRESENTATION AND STAFF REPORTS
CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD, AND THEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM
THANK YOU, MADAM COMMISSIONER, PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, IF I CAN JUST TAKE A MOMENT
I WAS REMISS IN NOTING BACK ON WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT PATRICK MCKEE AND AMY WILSON ALSO SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS SUPPORTING THEIR SPOKEN COMMENTS
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO GET THAT INTO THE RECORD
THANK YOU, CLERK HART
AND THEN ITEM NUMBER ELEVEN A IS THE 2023 ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY ANNUAL REPORT
COMMISSIONERS, THIS NEW REPORT WAS REQUESTED DURING A COMMISSION RETREAT EARLIER THIS YEAR
STAFF ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THE PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE TOWARDS BECOMING THE GREENEST AND MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT PORT IN NORTH AMERICA, AS WELL AS SHARE THE NEXT STEPS IN OUR WORK PLAN
OKAY, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTERS HERE, BUT WE HAVE SANDRA KILROY, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
WE HAVE SARAH COX, DIRECTOR OF AVIATION, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
SARAH AUGER, DIRECTOR OF MARITIME ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY AND MALLORY HAUSER, SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING AND COMMUNITY PROGRAM MANAGER
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO SANDY TO KICK US OFF
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
THANK YOU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK
I AM SANDY KILROY, SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TO PRESENT, REALLY, THE FIRST COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL REPORT OF PORT WIDE PROGRESS IN SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
PROTECTION
AND THE CONVERSATION THAT JUST OCCURRED ON THIS LAST ITEM IS REALLY EXACTLY WHY THIS TYPE OF REPORTING IS IMPORTANT
WE'RE NOT JUST REPORTING ON
WHAT YOU'LL HEAR TODAY IS NOT JUST REPORTING ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT REALLY BRINGING FORWARD A SET OF PERFORMANCE METRICS AND DATA THAT SHOWS TRENDS OVER TIME SO THAT YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS ON FUTURE POLICY
SO I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY TODAY AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE LOTS OF QUESTIONS
NEXT SLIDE SO SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING AS A TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE ORGANIZATION MEANS CREATING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, EXPANDING EQUITY, AND INCREASING SUSTAINABILITY
AND THIS SUSTAINABILITY REPORT SHOWCASES OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO THE BOLD INNOVATION, TANGIBLE PROGRESS, AND THE PROACTIVE PARTNERSHIPS IN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP
WE OFTEN PRESENT INFORMATION TO YOU ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS, OR MAYBE IT'S JUST AVIATION OR JUST MARITIME, BUT TODAY THIS REPORTING IS PORT WIDE
YOU WILL SEE A ONE PORT PERSPECTIVE ON OUR PROGRESS ON THE INVESTMENTS AND ACTIONS THAT DRIVE US US TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY VISION
SO THE BEAUTY OF A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT IS YOU WILL SEE THE BIG PICTURE AND THE BIG SCOPE OF WORK
AND THE CHALLENGE, I THINK, FOR TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO COVER WITH YOU AND WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO ANY ONE ISSUE
NEXT WEEK WE WILL BE PUBLISHING A FULL WRITTEN SUSTAINABILITY REPORT THAT WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND OF COURSE, ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BETWEEN MEETINGS AND AT FUTURE MEETINGS ON ANY TOPIC
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SO THE PORT HAS ESTABLISHED ROBUST GOALS AND ACTIONS TO DRIVE OUR PROGRESS ON ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
WE HAVE A SUSTAINABILITY VISION
WE KNOW WHERE WE WANT TO GO
WE WANT TO TRANSFORM TO A ZERO EMISSION PORT TO CATALYZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLIMATE CLEAN FUELS TO RESTORE OUR SHORELINES AND HABITAT
WE WANT TO RUN OUR OPERATIONS AND BUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE SMALLEST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND IN A RESILIENT MANNER THAT WE'LL BE READY TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE
AND WE WANT TO GET THERE IN A JUST TRANSITION WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH OUR EMPLOYEES
OUR GOALS ARE GROUNDED IN THE CENTURY AGENDA
THEY'RE DEMONSTRATED IN OUR LONG TERM STRATEGY, STRATEGIC PLANS AND IN OUR ANNUAL BUSINESS PLANS
AND THEY'RE NESTED IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT OF THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SO BUILDING A GREEN AND RESILIENT PORT REQUIRES INITIATIVES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION, AND IT REQUIRES PARTNERSHIPS WITH EMPLOYEES WHO SHARE THAT VISION
AND WE HAVE THAT HERE AT THE PORT
FROM OUR LEADERSHIP AT THE COMMISSION DOWN THROUGH THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION, WE DO HAVE A SHARED VISION FOR SUSTAINABILITY
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OF COURSE, IT'S NOT EASY, AND YOU WERE TOUCHING ON THIS IN YOUR LAST CONVERSATION
WE ARE TACKLING DIFFICULT, COMPLEX AND COMPLICATED ISSUES, AND WE DO THIS WORK IN THE CONTEXT OF THE REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL PICTURE
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DRIVERS AND TRENDS THAT INFLUENCE HOW WE DO OUR WORK AND WHAT WE DO DECIDE A NEED TO DO TO ENSURE SUCCESS
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, SOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IS GETTING INCREASINGLY MORE COMPLEX
IT'S JUST GETTING TOUGHER AND TOUGHER
STRICTER REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, COMPLEX, INTERCONNECTED ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
THE FAST PACE OF TECHNOLOGY IS CREATING AN EXPECTATION THAT INFORMATION IS QUICKLY AVAILABLE AND ACCESSIBLE
ENGAGING COMMUNITIES AND A FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS CRITICAL FOR HOW WE DO OUR BUSINESS
AND THIS COMPLEXITY DRIVES THE NEED FOR LEVERAGING MORE AND MORE PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH TAKES TIME
BUT THEN CLIMATE CHANGE IS AN URGENT ISSUE THAT DEMANDS ACTION NOW
SO THESE DRIVERS AND TRENDS INFLUENCE OUR STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS AND KIND OF CREATES A BALANCING RIGHT OF HOW WE MOVE STRATEGICALLY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PROGRAMS NEXT SLIDE
SO THE PORT, OVER TIME, HAS CREATED A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM AND INITIATIVES THAT REALLY COVER AIR, WATER, LAND AND COMMUNITY
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THE PORT AS A LEADER, AND WE AIM TO DEMONSTRATE ACTIONS THAT DRIVE THE TRANSFORMATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE AVIATION AND MARITIME SECTORS
2023 WAS ANOTHER BIG YEAR OF ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROGRESS, FROM THE PASSAGE OF THE LAND STEWARDSHIP PRINCIPLES TO MEETING OUR SCOPE ONE AND TWO EMISSIONS REDUCTION GOALS
THERE IS A LOT TO CELEBRATE
I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS WORK REFLECTS THE EFFORTS AND TEAMS ACROSS THE WHOLE PORT
WE DO HAVE A STELLAR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM, BOTH ON AVIATION AND MARITIME, BUT WE DON'T DO IT ALONE
SUSTAINABILITY DONE RIGHT, TOUCHES EVERY DEPARTMENT AND EVERY EMPLOYEE, AND WE ARE PROUD AND GRATEFUL OF THE WORK FROM THE TEAMS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION FOR HELPING US MOVE ON THESE GOALS AND FROM OUR TENANTS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO PASS THE MIC TO MALLORY HOOSER
SHE'S OUR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATIONS AND REPORTING, AND SHE HAS BEEN A BIG FORCE BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PERFORMANCE METRICS AND THIS ANNUAL REPORTING
THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON
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SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION HAS TWO OBJECTIVES, OF COURSE
WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST YEAR AND CELEBRATE ALL THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN DONE
YOU'LL NOTICE A PATTERN IN THE SLIDES
WE'LL START WITH AN OVERARCHING GOAL, LIKE A CENTURY AGENDA GOAL
AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WORK THAT WENT INTO MAKING THAT PROGRESS HAPPEN, AS WELL AS ANOTHER OF OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
SECONDLY, WE ARE INTRODUCING A NEW WAY TO TRACK AND REPORT AGAINST OUR LONG TERM GOALS
HISTORICALLY, WE'VE DONE SCORECARDS OR WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW ACHIEVEMENTS ON A BLOG, BUT THIS IS A MUCH MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND ADAPTIVE REPORT
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THESE SAME METRICS YEAR AFTER YEAR, AND WE'LL BE ALSO ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR REPORTING AND MAKING ADJUSTMENTS AS WE MAKE THAT PROGRESS
AS DIRECTOR KILROY MENTIONED, WE WILL HAVE A MUCH MORE DETAILED ANNUAL REPORT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE NEXT WEEK
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WE DIVIDED THESE METRICS INTO NINE CATEGORIES RANGING FROM HABITAT AND CLIMATE TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND COMMUNITY
SO WE'LL DIVE INTO EACH OF THOSE NOW
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GREAT
AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE I STEP IN
MIKE IS LIVE
YES
OKAY
HI, SARAH AUGER AND I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR MARITIME ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU TODAY, COMMISSIONERS, AND TELL YOU ABOUT OUR PROGRESS IN 2023
WE'RE GOING TO AYE
SOME OF THE FIRST THREE ON THE LIST THAT MALLORY JUST SHOWED YOU
AND WE'RE STARTING WITH STEWARDING HEALTHY LANDS
WE'VE SET A GOAL OF RESTORING 40 ACRES IN THE GREEN DUWAMISH WATERSHED AND WE'VE EFFECTIVELY RESTORED 14 ACRES AND WE HAVE ELEVEN ACRES IN PLANNING OR CONSTRUCTION AND SO WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO OUR 40 ACRE GOAL
I THINK
THEN I CAN TAKE THE NEXT SLIDE
PLEASE
ALSO, RELATED TO STEWARDING HEALTHY LANDS, HERE'S A LIST OF SEVERAL ASPECTS
THERE'S SO MANY ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT STEWARDING HEALTHY LANDS
ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING NEWS WAS AT OUR DUWAMISH RIVER PEOPLE'S PARK, FINDING FISH COMING INTO THE NEWLY CREATED HABITAT THAT WE PUT THERE
2500 CHUM AND CHINOOK SALMON WERE OBSERVED AT THIS PARK
IT WAS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT YEAR FOR US RELATED TO LAND STEWARDSHIP WITH THE COMMISSION'S ADOPTION OF NEW LAND STEWARDSHIP PRINCIPLES
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT AS WELL
AND THEN WE RELEASED DRAFTS OF THE LAND STEWARDSHIP PLAN AND TREE REPLACEMENT STANDARDS FOR THE SEATTLE FOR THE SEA AIRPORT THAT WENT OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND THANKS TO YOUR ACTION, ADOPTED EARLIER THIS YEAR
ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH OUR LAND STEWARDSHIP WORK ACROSS THE PORT, OVER 13,000 SHRUBS AND TREES WERE PLANTED LAST YEAR
ANOTHER TIDBIT HERE, THE PORT MANAGES OVER 15 MILES OF SHORELINE AND LAST YEAR ALONE WE RESTORED OVER 2000 SHORELINE AT CENTENNIAL PARK, REMOVING HARDENED BANKS AND RECONNECTING LAND AND WATER
WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO SHARE PRELIMINARY PARTICIPATION NUMBERS FOR QUIET SOUND
71% OF LARGE COMMERCIAL VESSELS PARTICIPATED IN 2023 AND 85% OF CRUISE VESSELS PARTICIPATED
THIS WAS OUR FIRST YEAR TO GET THE CREWS SHIPPED ON PARTICIPATING
REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT
MEANWHILE, AT THE AIRPORT, THEY'RE WORKING ON A JOINT PROJECT WITH BURIEN AND SEATAC TO RESTORE 450FT OF MILLER CREEK, THUS RESTORING STREAMSIDE FORESTS AND REPLACING A FISH BARRIER WITH A PASSABLE STRUCTURE
CONSTRUCTION IS STILL UNDERWAY
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR KELP RESEARCH CONTINUES
WE COMPLETED SUMMER SURVEYS AT ALL OF OUR KELP SITES AND WE COMPLETED KELP BULB COUNTS AT ALL OF THE SITES
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NEXT, I'D LIKE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT ANOTHER ASPECT OF STEWARDSHIP, CLEANING UP CONTAMINATED SITES
WE HAVE 16 SITES
IF YOU ADD UP THE TOTALS IN THAT ARROW GRAPHIC, WE HAVE 16 ACTIVE REMEDIATION SITES IN PROGRESS
SEVEN ARE IN THE INVESTIGATION PHASE, ONE IN DESIGN, ONE IN CLEANUP AND SEVEN IN LONG TERM MONITORING
NINE OF THESE PROPERTIES OR MARITIME LOCATIONS ARE IN PROGRESS
WE TALK ABOUT THE UNITED CONTINENTAL FARM, EXCUSE ME, FUEL FARM CLEANUP
THAT'S
WE COMPLETED THAT WORK IN 2023 AND NOW IT JOINS SIX OTHER PROJECTS
IN THE LONG TERM, MONITORING PFAS AT THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN A CONCERN, AS YOU KNOW, AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN PREPARED, PREPARING FOR THE TRANSITION FROM THEIR CURRENT MANDATED FIRE FIGHTING FOAM TO A FLUORINE
FLUORINE FREE FOAM
YAY
THIS WAS A BIG LIFT
NOT JUST TO SAY IT, BUT ACTUALLY TO DO IT
THAT WAS A BIG EFFORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE TRANSITION STARTED LAST WEEK
WE ALSO CONTINUED TO SEEK COST RECOVERY FOR THESE ACTIONS AND IN 2023, COLLECTED OVER $6 MILLION FOR COST RECOVERY FOR REMEDIATION SITES
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NEXT, I'LL TALK ABOUT PROTECTING WATER QUALITY
WE HAVE MET
THIS IS A GOAL AND WE SUCCEED EVERY YEAR
AS FAR AS I'VE BEEN HERE AND TRACKING, WE'VE MET ALL OUR STORMWATER AND WASTEWATER PERMIT REQUIREMENTS, AND THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR CENTURY AGENDA
OBJECTIVE TEN
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WELL ON OUR WAY AND ON TRACK FOR MEETING OUR MARITIME STORMWATER SYSTEM REHABILITATION GOAL, WHERE WE AIM TO REHABILITATE 75% OF THE SYSTEM BY 2035
AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, THE AIRPORT HAS ALREADY COMPLETED THEIR RETROFIT
SO KUDOS TO THEM ON THAT
LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE
SOME ADDITIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2023 FOR WATER QUALITY, WE DID AN OYSTER SHELL REFRESH AND FOUR, THE BIORETENTION SWALES AT THE AIRPORT
WE SUCCEEDED WITH OUR SALMON SAFE CERTIFICATION FOR THE AIRPORT
WE'RE WORKING ON THE MARITIME ONE THIS YEAR
OUR MARITIME
LET'S SEE
WHOOPS
WE SECURED THE WASTEWATER KEY APPROVALS FROM KING COUNTY
ALSO ON DERELICT VESSELS, WE HAD 13 CUSTODY ACTIONS AND ALL HAVE BEEN RESOLVED
ELEVEN OF THOSE VESSELS WERE DEMOLISHED AND SENT TO THE LANDFILL AND THERE WAS OVER 70,000 IN REIMBURSEMENTS TO THE PORT FOR THIS WORK
BOTH OF OUR TEAMS ON MARITIME AND AVIATION SIDE RESPOND TO SPILLS EVERY YEAR AND WE ENSURE OUR TENANTS ARE EQUIPPED TO PROPERLY RESPOND TO SPILLS ON PORT GROUNDS
LASTLY, IN 2023, WE INITIATED THE 8TH AMENDMENT TO THE CRUISE MOU THAT ALSO PERTAINS TO WATER QUALITY AND THAT WAS COMPLETED AND SIGNED THIS YEAR IN 24
NEXT SLIDE, I THINK I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE TO TALK ABOUT REDUCING WASTE
GREAT
THANK YOU, SARAH
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS
I'M SARAH COX, THE DIRECTOR OF AVIATION ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY AND I AM REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE THE HEADWAY THAT WE ARE MAKING AT OUR FACILITIES TOWARDS OUR 60% WASTE DIVERSION GOAL
AND NOT ONLY IS IT AT OUR FACILITIES, OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL AND IS EXCEEDING OUR DIVERSION GOAL AND HAS BEEN FOR MANY YEARS
AS YOU CAN SEE, BOTH DIVISIONS, WE'RE ALMOST AT 100% AND THESE WASTE DIVERSION GOALS ARE ACHIEVED VIA OUR ROBUST RECYCLING, COMPOSTING AND MANY OTHER INNOVATIONS
INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AT OUR MARITIME FACILITIES, WE ACHIEVED A 56.5 DIVERSION RATE, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 1800 TONS OF WASTE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS
AND THEN AT THE AIRPORT WE REACHED A 48% DIVERSION RATE, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 4100 TONS OF WASTE DIVERTED
AND THEN FOR OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, AS I NOTED, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE EXCEEDINGLY OUR CONSTRUCTION WASTE DIVERSION GOAL AND THIS DIVERSION PROGRAM HAS REALLY BECOME A PART OF THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS
IT'S INTEGRATED INTO OUR DESIGN CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS AS WELL AS OUR CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS
AND I REALLY JUST CANNOT THANK OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT TEAMS FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THEY PROVIDE IN INTEGRATING AND IMPLEMENTING THESE PROGRAMS AS YOU CAN SEE, BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP
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AND NOW I WANT TO JUST SHARE A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WASTE DIVERSION EFFORTS
FOR 2023, THE AIRPORT COLLECTED AND DONATED ALMOST 35,000 MEALS TO LOCAL FOOD BANKS IN THE DES MOINES AREA
AND WE ARE JUST SHY OF 19,000 GALLONS OF COOKING OIL RECYCLED INTO RENEWABLE DIESEL AND SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL
ON THE MARITIME SIDE
AT TERMINAL 91, THE TENANT LED NET YEAR PROBLEM PROGRAM RECYCLED 86,000 POUNDS OF NET AND GHOST GEAR
THIS ORGANIZATION HELPS SET UP AND IMPROVE SORTING FACILITIES THAT GENERATES HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT THAT'S CONVERTED INTO PHONE CASES, KAYAKS, SUNGLASSES AND MANY OTHER PRODUCTS
AT SEA, WE CREATED A NEW OPERATIONAL CONDITION AND PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL PARTNERS TO UTILIZE REUSABLE OR COMPOSTABLE SERVICEWARE OPTIONS AT ALL OF OUR FOOD SERVICE LOCATIONS
THIS OPERATING CONDITION BECOMES EFFECTIVE NEXT MONTH AND WILL GREATLY REDUCE FUTURE WASTE GENERATION
IN ADDITION, WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
WE INSTALLED FOUR AI WASTE SORTING STATE MACHINES, THREE AT THE AIRPORT AND ONE AT BELL HARBOR
I REALLY, YOU KNOW, AS I NOTED PREVIOUSLY, THE SUCCESS OF THESE WASTE DIVERSION EFFORTS ARE DONE BY EVERYONE AT OUR FACILITIES, FROM OUR OPERATION TEAMS, MAINTENANCE, JANITORIAL, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, POOR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAMS AND I JUST AS SANDY NOTED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION, IT TAKES ALL OF US TO MOVE OUR INITIATIVES FORWARD
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SO NOW JUMPING INTO AS WE MOVE TOWARDS CHARTING OUR COURSE TO ZERO, FIRST I'M GOING TO SHARE AN UPDATE ON OUR SCOPE ONE AND TWO
THE PORT CONTROLLED GHD EMISSIONS AND I'M REALLY, I'M THRILLED
WE HAD JUST A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT THIS YEAR PORTWIDE
WE REACHED OUR GOAL OF REDUCING OUR SCOPE ONE AND TWO EMISSIONS BY 50% FROM OUR BASELINE, AND THAT INCLUDES A 7% REDUCTION FROM 2022
AND THIS WAS PRIMARILY ACHIEVED VIA THE PURCHASE OF RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, OR RNG
AND SPECIFICALLY AT SEA WE SAW A 48% REDUCTION FROM BASELINE
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR EMISSION TOTALS WERE BELOW THAT OF 2022
AND AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE FORECAST OUT WHAT OUR USAGES WILL BE
AND FOR 2023, OUR DIESEL ALTERNATIVE GENERATORS, EMERGENCY GENERATORS WERE INSTALLING A NEW SOFTWARE INTERFACE THAT REQUIRED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RUNTIME THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE
AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS WHY WE DIDN'T AYE
OUR 50%
THIS YEAR AT MARITIME ACHIEVED A 65% REDUCTION, WOOHOO
FROM BASELINE WITH 100% DECREASE IN FOSSIL NATURAL GAS GAS EMISSIONS
AND AS I NOTED, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ACHIEVEMENT, BUT IT DOES TAKE ONGOING EFFORT TO CONTINUE MEETING THE 50% REDUCTION GOAL AND OUR ANNUAL EMISSION REDUCTIONS
AND WHILE RNG HAS BEEN THE APPROACH TO MEET OUR 50% REDUCTION TARGETS, I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS IS AN INTERIM SOLUTION AS WE WORK TO ELECTRIFY AND FIND LONGER TERM EMISSION SOLUTIONS
CAN I ADD A POINT HERE? SO AT THIS POINT, THE AIRPORT TERMINALS AND ALL THE WATERFRONT PROPERTIES ARE UTILIZING RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS AND THAT IS REALLY A BIG DEAL
I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ANY OTHER AIRPORTS OR FACILITIES USING THAT
WHEN WE GO AND AT CONFERENCES AND DIFFERENT PLACES AND BRING THIS UP, FOLKS ARE PRETTY SURPRISED AND INTERESTED AND AMAZED
SO IT IS A POINT OF PRIDE THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION, EVEN AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE, UNTIL WE GET ELECTRIFICATION
THANK YOU
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AND JUMPING INTO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PAST YEAR, 96% OF ELECTRICITY IS FROM ZERO CARBON SOURCES SUCH AS HIGHER HYDRO, SOLAR, WIND
50% OF OUR BUILDING ENERGY USE WAS FROM RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, AND FOR OUR FLEET, 74% UTILIZED FUELS FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES AND 9% OF MARITIME FLEET HAS CONVERTED OVER TO EV AND 4% ON THE AVIATION SIDE
WE ALSO COMPLETED A CHARGING STUDY TO UNDERSTAND BEST LOCATIONS AND DEMANDS FOR FULL CONVERSION OF OUR FLEET OVER TO EV AND TERMINAL 91 RECEIVED A $800,000 GRANT FOR TWO EV FORKLIFTS
THANK YOU
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AND NOW I WILL SHARE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS
THESE ARE THE EMISSIONS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF PORT CONTROL
THEY'RE GENERATED BY OUR TENANTS AND CUSTOMERS
AND FOR THE SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS, WE'RE GOING TO REPORT SEPARATELY FOR AVIATION AND MARITIME
AND SO, STARTING WITH AVIATION, YOU'LL NOTE THE MOST RECENT YEAR IN THIS GRAPH IS 2022
WE JUST RECEIVED OUR 2023 OUTCOMES THIS PAST WEEK AFTER THIS PRESENTATION WAS FINALIZED, BUT WE DO KNOW HOW THAT INFORMATION IS NOW AVAILABLE
AND JUST FOR YOUR INTEREST, THE 2023 TOTALS ARE JUST BELOW THE PEAK OF 2019, SO IT'S POSITIVE NEWS
AND WHILE THIS GRAPH ISN'T BROKEN DOWN BY EMISSION SOURCE, AIRCRAFT RELATED EMISSIONS IS 72% OF OUR SCOPE
THREE EMISSIONS, GRAND TRANSPORTATION IS 27% AND TENANTS ARE 1% BECAUSE OF THE POWERFUL SIGNAL DOMINATED BY AIRCRAFT
WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE ARE SOME OF THE SUCCESSES IN EMISSION REDUCTIONS ON A PER CATEGORY BASIS BETWEEN 2019 AND 2023
FOR EXAMPLE, AFTER COMPLETING A PRECONDITIONED AIR STUDY AND DOING SOME OPERATIONAL AND TEMPERATURE SET POINT IMPROVEMENTS, APU EMISSIONS REDUCED BY 2% DESPITE AN INCREASE IN OPERATIONS FROM 2022 TO 2023, AND THANKS TO EV AND INCENTIVES, AS WELL AS BROADER INDUSTRY TRENDS, WE NOW HAVE A 15% ELECTRICAL VEHICLE ACTIVITY RATE FOR OUR TNCS AND EMISSIONS REDUCED BY 24% BETWEEN 2019 AND 2023 IN THAT CATEGORY
THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION
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AND SO, FOR THE AVIATION REDUCTIONS, AS I NOTED, 42% OF OUR AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS CONNECTED TO PRECONDITIONED AIR WE COMPLETED OUR PRECONDITIONED AIR SYSTEM ASSESSMENT
SO WE WERE LOOKING AT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE OR HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THESE CONNECTIONS
THE OUTCOME OF THAT STUDY DETERMINES SOME ARE VERY SIMPLE OPERATIONAL CHANGES, WHILE OTHERS WILL REQUIRE MORE INVESTMENT, INCLUDING CHANGING OUT SOME OF THE HOSE TYPES AND SOME OF THE OTHER CONNECTION INFRASTRUCTURE
COULD I JUST ALSO NOTE THAT THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF A COMPARABLE TO THE MARITIME SHIP TO SHORE POWER CONNECTION? WE CONNECT THE PLANES TO PRECONDITIONED AIR AT THE TERMINAL SO THEY CAN TURN OFF THEIR AUXILIARY POWER UNITS AND NOT BURN FUEL WHILE THEY'RE AT THE GATE
SO IT'S A VERY COMPARABLE PROGRAM
THANK YOU
AND THEN FOR ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL PRODUCTION, STAFF IN COORDINATION WITH KING COUNTY COMPLETED THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE TO SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL STUDY
THIS STUDY IDENTIFIED FEASIBILITY OF USING STATE GENERATED MSW AS A FEEDSTOCK FOR SAF AND FOUND THAT THERE'S ENOUGH WASTE GOING TO LARGE LANDFILLS IN THE REGION TO SUPPORT ONE OR MORE SAF PRODUCTION FACILITIES
THE STUDY ALSO EVALUATED CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES AND ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS AND THEN FOR PASSENGER TRAVEL TO THE AIRPORT
WE COMPLETED A MODE CHOICE MODEL TO EVALUATE CARBON BENEFITS OF PASSENGER GROUND TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIES
SO THAT WOULD LOOK AT LIKE, IF WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A TYPE OF INCENTIVE AND WHAT WOULD, HOW WOULD THAT SHIFT? DIFFERENT MODE CHOICES
AND SO WE CAN UTILIZE THAT WITH OUR TRADITIONAL MODELS TO COME UP WITH CARBON REDUCTION BENEFITS AND HELP DETERMINE WHAT STRATEGIES WE SHOULD FOCUS ON AND FOR OUR GROUND TRANSFER TRANSPORTATION EMISSION REDUCTION STRATEGY
WE DEVELOPED OUR STRATEGIES FOR PROGRAMS TO ELECTRIFY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES, AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH OUR EMPLOYEES AND PASSENGERS TO ACCESS BOTH ON THE MARITIME AND AIRPORT FACILITIES
SO NOW I'M EXCITED TO HAND IT OVER TO SARAH AUGER, WHO WILL UPDATE YOU ON THE MARITIME EMISSION REDUCTION PROGRAMS THANKS, SARAH
AND I ALSO JUST GOING TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND EMPHASIZE SOMETHING THAT BOTH MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED, HOW MUCH THIS IS A TEAM SPORT, WHETHER I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE STORMWATER WORK OR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW WITH EMISSIONS REDUCTION AND ENERGY CONSERVATION
THIS IS A TEAM EFFORT AND WE'VE GOT GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUR FACILITY, OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT, OUR MAINTENANCE FOLKS, MARITIME DIVISION
YOU KNOW, WE WORK HAND IN HAND ON ALL OF THIS, AND I JUST CAN'T UNDERSCORE HOW IMPORTANT AND WONDERFUL THAT COLLABORATION IS
SO, AS WE TURN NOW TO TALK ABOUT EMISSIONS, WE ALREADY HEARD FROM SARAH COX ABOUT ON MARITIME THAT OUR SCOPE ONE AND TWO, WE SAW A 65% REDUCTION
VERY PLEASED WITH THAT
BUT NOW I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT OUR SCOPE THREE AND SCOPE THREE RESOURCES OF EMISSIONS FOR THE MARITIME SECTOR COULD INCLUDE CRUISE SHIPS, HARBOR VESSELS, RECREATIONAL VESSELS, PORT OWNED MARINAS, RAIL LOCOMOTIVES, TERMINAL EQUIPMENT NOT OWNED BY THE PORT, CRUISE SHUTTLE BUSES, AND PROVISIONING TRUCKS AND VEHICLES THAT ACCESS THE PORT OF SEATTLE TERMINAL
SO ALL OF THOSE ARE BUNDLED INTO THIS ANALYSIS
AND AS OF 2022, WE SEE THAT OUR SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS HAVE INCREASED 31% FROM THE BASELINE
THIS INCREASE IS LARGELY A RESULT OF INCREASING OCEAN GOING VESSEL ACTIVITY AND HARBOR VESSEL ACTIVITY
THE EMISSIONS FROM CRUISE SHIPS ALONE INCREASED 60% OVER BASELINE AS OF 2022, AS THE PORT EXPERIENCED A RECORD CRUISE SEASON WITH NEARLY 300 CRUISE CALLS
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE METHODOLOGY WE USED FOR 21 AND 22 HAS BEEN MODIFIED
AND I THINK TO MAKE IT MORE ACCURATE, WE'RE USING THE AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, THE AI'S, TO TRACK VESSELS
AND SO WE HAVE VERY PRECISE ACCOUNTING OF SPEED AND DISTANCE
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW THAT MIGHT ADJUST OUR BASELINE AS WELL
BUT EXCITED TO HAVE THAT NEW, REFINED METHODOLOGY
I ALSO GOING TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND REMIND YOU AND EVERYONE LISTENING THAT WE DO HAVE GOALS FOR REDUCTION HERE
AND THIS IS OUR PROGRESS
WE'RE SHOWING OUR PROGRESS, AND PROGRESS ISN'T ALWAYS LINEAR, RIGHT? SO FOR OUR MCAP GOAL SAYS FOR SCOPE ONE AND TWO, WE WANT TO SEE 50% REDUCTION BY 2030
WE'VE MADE THAT WE NEED TO BE VIGILANT IN MAINTAINING IT IT
FOR SCOPE THREE, WE WANTED TO ACHIEVE 50% BELOW 2007 BY 2030
WE'RE UP AND DOWN STRUGGLING TO MEET THAT, BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BEST AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO DO THAT
AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PARTNERS, I CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND TELL YOU A LITTLE MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE MARITIME ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING TO HELP REDUCE EMISSIONS, AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED
TODAY WE'RE WORKING ON THE GREEN CORRIDOR WITH PARTNERS AND WE SIGNED A CHARTER AND WE'VE DEVELOPED A SCOPE FOR GREEN METHANOL STUDY
VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROSPECT OF THAT IN THIS YEAR AS WE MOVE FORWARD
WE COMPLETED YEAR ONE OF THE HYDROGEN STORAGE RISK ASSESSMENT
WE ALSO INITIATED A SUSTAINABLE MARITIME FUELS COLLABORATIVE, AND OUR PARTNERS THERE INCLUDED MARITIME BLUE NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE AND CHARGE
SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH THOSE PARTIES AND OTHERS TO LOOK AT WHAT FUELS, WHAT OTHER FUELS CAN WE BRING TO MARKET TO HELP MEET THESE AMBITIOUS GOALS WE HAVE
AND PIER 66 SHORE POWER, THE UNDERWATER CABLE WAS DELIVERED
WE HOPE AND EXPECT THIS TO BE COMPLETED AND FUNCTIONAL MID YEAR
YEAR THIS YEAR, AND BE ABLE TO START USING IT FOR SHORE POWER AT PIER 66
AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY SECTION ON THE ADMISSIONS
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
SARAH COX FOR OUR SUSTAINABLE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK, WE'RE FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD OVER 260 PROJECTS
PROJECTS THAT WENT THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL AND BUILDING PERMITTING, 140 CAPITAL PROJECTS INITIATED THE SUSTAINABLE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK PROCESS, AND THREE OF THOSE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STRATEGIES WERE COMPLETED
AND THEN WE HAD SEVEN PROJECTS TOTALING OVER 1 MILLION SQFT, TARGETING, THIRD PARTY CERTIFICATION, SUCH AS LEED
WELL, AND THEN AT THE AIRPORT, WE HIGHLIGHTED OUR C CONCOURSE EXPANSION PROJECT THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE FRAMEWORK, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PROJECTS SO FAR TO GO THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRAMEWORK PROCESS AND IDENTIFIED MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT WHILE WE'RE EXPANDING THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY
AND THEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE ADAPTSEA SEATTLE WATERFRONT RESILIENCE PARTNERSHIP
THANK YOU
NEXT SLIDE AND FOR THE AIRPORT, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN REDUCE THE IMPACT OF AIRCRAFT NOISE IN 2023 WE HAD NINE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS WHICH IS 320 UNITS IN FINAL DESIGN
THOSE ARE OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION BID NOW AS WELL AS THREE PLACES OF WORSHIP IN FINAL DESIGN
WE COMPLETED THE VILLA ENSEIN CONDOMINIUM SOUND INSULATION AT THOSE UNITS AND THEN FOR THE HIGH LINE SCHOOL DISTRICT
WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH FAA TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDING AS THE SCHOOLS GO THROUGH REDEVELOPMENT OR RENOVATION TO INSTALL SOUND INSULATION INTO THOSE FACILITIES
AND PACIFIC MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THE NEXT IN LINE
AND THE LEVY PASSED IN NOVEMBER, SO THAT PROJECT IS NOW UNDER DESIGN
WE HELD 50 START MEETINGS
THAT'S A SEATAC ADVISORY ROUNDTABLE AND THAT IS WITH OUR SIX LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AT THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT ACTIONS WE CAN DO TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF THE AIRPORT FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES
AND THAT INCLUDES THE NOISE WORKING GROUP AS WELL AS THE POLICY ADVOCACY GROUP
AND WE HAD THREE AIRLINES THIS YEAR RECOGNIZED FOR OUR FLY QUIET AWARDS
THANK YOU
I WILL PASS IT ON TO MALLORY
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OTHER FOUR TEAMS WHO HELP MAKE THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES POSSIBLE
THAT'S OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, OUR EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAMS ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS ARE DELIVERED WITH EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN MIND
WE UTILIZE THE PORT'S EQUITY INDEX
A COUPLE EXAMPLES FROM LAST YEAR INCLUDE THE AIRPORT'S ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH USED IT DURING ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT
MANY OF THE COMMUNITIES NEAR THE AIRPORT COULD BENEFIT FROM ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT RANK HIGHLY ON THE PORTS EQUITY INDEX
THESE COMMUNITIES ARE ALSO HOME TO MANY PEOPLE WHO WORK AT THE AIRPORT
THE SEA LAND STEWARDSHIP PLAN USES EQUITY CRITERIA AND PRIORITIZING SITES FOR PLANTING
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS YEAR INCLUDE THE GREEN JOBS COALITION ADULT TRAINING PROGRAM, WHICH TAUGHT ELEVEN PAID TRAINEES AND IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH
$100,000 WAS INVESTED IN THE COALITION FOR CLIMATE CAREERS AND ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ JOINED THE PORT AS OUR NEW ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM MANAGER, WHICH IS THE FIRST FOR THE PORT, AND HE WILL SPEARHEAD THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PORT'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM, ENSURING IT ALIGNS WITH OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERNAL MARITIME ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORKGROUP WHO CONTINUE TO MEET MONTHLY AND LAST YEAR FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING THEIR SMART EQUITY GOALS
NEXT SLIDE PORT TEAM MEMBERS PARTICIPATED OR LED OVER 60 STEWARDSHIP AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
THAT IS A CONSERVATIVE NUMBER
THERE ARE MANY, MANY TOURS AND RESTORATION EVENTS AND FAIRS THAT OUR STAFF ATTEND TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND EDUCATE AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AROUND OUR WORK FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS
$150,000 IN FUNDING WAS AWARDED TO OUR SOUTH KING COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL GRANT RECIPIENTS
WE HOSTED 17 INTERNSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS ON OUR STAFF LAST YEAR AND WE BOTH HOSTED AN ATTENDANCE YOUTH PROGRAMS AND RESTORATION ACTIVITIES PLANNED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MUCKLESHOOT INDIAN TRIBE AND SUQUAMISH TRIBE
WE ALSO ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOME COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS
WE DISTRIBUTED SPILL PREVENTION BEST PRACTICES TO OUR MARITIME TENANTS IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES
NEXT SLIDE
WELL, THAT'S BACK TO ME
THANK YOU
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE OTHER PRESENTERS
I KNOW WE COVERED QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION
LOOKING AHEAD, JUST TO GIVE A PREVIEW
MUCH OF OUR WORK IS AMBITIOUS AND IT TAKES TIME
SEEING SOME OF THE LARGE SCALE CHANGE, ESPECIALLY IN THE CLIMATE ARENAS, BUT ALSO HABITAT RESTORATION AND CONTAMINATED SITE CLEANUPS DOES TAKE TIME
AND LOOKING AHEAD, WE WANT TO BUILD ON THAT
WE HAVE ALREADY LAUNCHED NUMEROUS KEY INITIATIVES THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS WILL BE OUR PRIORITY
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THOSE
AND SO I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT YOU'LL SEE THEM HERE
SO WE'RE BUILDING ON THAT STRONG FOUNDATION
NEXT SLIDE
AND I JUST WANT TO CLOSE IN RECOGNIZING PORT LEADERS AND WE HAVE REALLY LEANED IN ON SOME VERY DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
THE TRACKING AND THIS REPORTING OF BEING ABLE TO HONE IN AND TRACK CONSISTENT METRICS OVER TIME WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO LEARN AND ADAPT AND IMPROVE AS WE GO ALONG
WE ARE COMMITTED TO BUILDING ON THE MOMENTUM THAT HAS BEEN STARTED HERE AT THE PORT AND REALLY TO POSITION THE PORT FOR TOMORROW'S OPPORTUNITIES AND THE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS THAT WE KNOW WILL COME ALONG WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AMBITIONS
SO THAT WRAPS UP OUR PRESENTATION
WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS
THANK AGAIN, COMMISSION AND PORT LEADERSHIP FOR YOUR VISION AND SUPPORT OF THESE PROGRAMS THANK YOU, DIRECTOR KILROYD, AND THANK YOU TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION
I'LL NOW OPEN IT UP FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
WELL, IT'S PRETTY GREAT TO SEE IT ALL WRAPPED UP IN A BOW LIKE THIS
IT'S VERY EXCITING AND PROUD TO BE PART OF IT
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I JUST NOTICED IN READING THE MEMO VERSUS LOOKING AT THE SPREADSHEET, THE POWERPOINT, THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE NOT IN THE MEMO THAT ARE IN THE POWERPOINT, WHICH IS USUALLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND
USUALLY THE MEMO IS MORE DETAILED, BUT ALSO FOR EASE OF CONSUMPTION
IT SHOULD BE LIKE IN DASHBOARD FORM, SO THAT WE CAN SORT OF SEE MORE SYNOPTICALLY ALL THESE GOALS
AND SO I ASSUME YOU'RE TRANSLATING THAT INTO SOMETHING, RIGHT? YEAH
GREAT
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT
WE FIGURED THE MEMO WOULD BE VERY, VERY LONG IF WE TRIED TO NARRATE WHAT WE SHOWED GRAPHICALLY
WE ARE PUBLISHING A WRITTEN SUSTAINABILITY REPORT THAT WILL, I THINK, ANSWER YOUR QUESTION OF JUST BETTER CONNECTING KIND OF THE OVERARCHING GOALS WE HAVE AND THE METRICS AND THE NARRATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SO WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT DONE BY NEXT WEEK
AND WITH REGARDS TO MEETING OUR CLIMATE GOALS, I KNOW WE ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT 2005 AS THE BASELINE YEAR, BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S PRETTY CRITICAL
IT'S LIKE HOW DID WE DO IT VERSUS LAST YEAR? AND YOU DO PUT IT IN VARIETY, BUT I MEAN OFTENTIMES WE'RE 50% OF OUR GOAL AND A LOT OF THAT STUFF LIKE THE ECO AND THINGS LIKE THAT
I KIND OF WANT TO SAY, OKAY, GET OVER IT
AND NOW HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS COMMISSION, HOW MUCH DO WE NEED TO, HOW WELL ARE WE DOING? WHAT MORE INVESTMENTS DO WE WANT TO GIVE YOU TO GO FORWARD? SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE TRACK OF THE NEAR TERM
WHAT'S OUR CURRENT SLOPE
RIGHT
AND IT'S THERE
I MEAN IT'S JUST THAT OFTENTIMES WE DON'T SORT OF REPORT ON IT AS MUCH, BUT SO THAT I THINK IS KIND OF KEY JUST TO KEEP THE HEAT ON
AND I'M ALWAYS LOOKING ON THE SAF STUFF
SO WE DID A REPORT
SO WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? RIGHT
SO ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE REPORT THAT WAS DISAPPOINTING, WE DIDN'T HAVE METHANE AS ONE OF THE ISSUES AND THAT'S LIKE THE MOTHER LOAD THAT COMES OUT OF CEDAR, CEDAR, CEDAR HILLS
AND SO I'M JUST WONDERING IN THE, LOOKING AT SOURCES FOR SAF IT WOULD BE REALLY, I KIND OF WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT
AND I KNOW ALASKA AIRLINES HAS CHANGED THEIR GOOD TRAVELER PROGRAM INVESTMENT INTO A THING THAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT WHAT DO WE CALL IT, SWOOSH OR BOOST OR CHOOSE
WHAT IS IT? CHOOSE
CHOOSE AS I KNOW IT HAD TWO OF
SO YOU KNOW, THE WAY IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY CAN MAKE INVESTMENTS AND WORKING WITH THE CORPORATE TRAVELER, I THINK IT'S REALLY WE CAN, IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY WANT TO DO, SOMETHING AS MUCH BENEFICIAL TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES
I WANTED TO NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, PLANT THE TREE IN SOME RAINFOREST, WHICH I APPRECIATE, BUT I'D LIKE TO PLANT THE TREE IN SEATAC
RIGHT
AND SO TO THE DEGREE WE ARE ABLE TO USE A PROGRAM THAT CAN CHANNEL BENEFITS TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES THAT'S REALLY PREFERENTIAL TO ME
AND I THINK I JUST HAD MAYBE ONE OTHER ONE I NEVER HEARD OF
THE COALITION FOR CLIMATE CAREERS
IS THAT SOMETHING, IS THAT A NATIONAL THING? IT'S A KING COUNTY PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH AND THAT IS THROUGH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
SO IT'S BASED OUT OF IN KING COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND WE PARTNER WITH THEM AND CONTRIBUTE DOLLARS SO THAT IT'S A MORE COLLECTIVE APPROACH
AND WE DON'T HAVE THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ALL DEVELOPING THEIR OWN SIMILAR PROGRAMS SO IT'S TO LEVERAGE
AND JUST ONE LAST THING
WHILE THE ABSOLUTE EMISSION REDUCTIONS ARE WHAT THE CLIMATE AND COMMUNITIES CARE ABOUT, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES, WE SHOULD SEE IT IN TERMS OF FLIGHTS OR CALLS
WE HAD THIS HUGE REDUCTION IN CRUISE SHIP EMISSIONS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A CRUISE SEASON
I MEAN, JUST TO SHOW A ZERO, THAT'S NO REFLECTION ON OUR WORK
AND THERE ARE OTHER OBVIOUSLY PANDEMIC RELATED EMISSION REDUCTIONS
SO THE GOAL, AS WE SPOKE OF BEFORE, IS MORE WITH LESS
AND SO TO THE DEGREE WE CAN SHOW, YOU KNOW, TWO LINES
RIGHT, TRANSITS AND EMISSIONS FOR WHATEVER THE TRANSIT IS, THAT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW OUR PROGRESS IS MAKING IN LIGHT OF OUR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT, AND WE CERTAINLY CAN DO THAT
AND I THINK YOU AYE
ON IT, YOU KNOW, ONE INDIVIDUAL YEAR OR EVEN TWO DOESN'T CREATE A TREND
RIGHT
AND SO THAT IS THE VALUE OF SHARE, SHOWING IT OVER TIME AND REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED IN ANY GIVEN YEAR
ON THE AIRPORT SIDE, WE ARE ABLE TO COLLECT MISSIONS DATA ANNUALLY
ON THE MARITIME SIDE, WE'VE BEEN DOING IT ONLY EVERY FIVE YEARS, BUT WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO START DOING IT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
AND WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT DIRECTION OF, OF HOPEFULLY GETTING THAT SCOPE, THREE DATA ANNUALLY, WHICH WILL HELP, I THINK, WITH THE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DETAILED UPS AND DOWNS THAT HAPPEN IN A TREND OVER TIME
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
COMMISSIONER CONFIDENCE
ONE OF THE AREAS I THINK WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT AT THE SEAPORT ALLIANCE, AND MAYBE A LITTLE AVAILABILITY OF FEDERAL MONEY TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY OR POLLUTION CLEANUP INITIATIVES
AND SO MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT WE SEE IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL SOURCES OF FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS IN THE COMING YEARS THAT MAYBE WEREN'T AVAILABLE IN THE PAST BUT ARE NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES
YEAH, I'LL START AND THEN I'LL, I'LL LET MY COLLEAGUES START
WELL, WE DID JUST SUBMIT A JOINT APPLICATION WITH THE SEAPORT ALLIANCE TO THE FEDERAL DOLLARS, THE CLEAN PORTS PROGRAM AND THE CPRG
I THINK OUR SHARE WAS ABOUT 50, ROUGHLY LOOKED AT SARAH, BUT ABOUT $50 MILLION TO DO OUR SPECIFIC PORT OF SEATTLE AS
SO, OBVIOUSLY, THAT PROGRAM AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IS A BIG INFLUX OF DOLLARS TO THE MARITIME PORT COMMUNITY IN THE COUNTRY
AND SO WE WILL CROSS OUR FINGERS
WE ALSO HAVE AN APPLICATION IN FOR THE FAST, IF I GET IT RIGHT, THE FASTSAF GRANT FOR UPDATING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UPDATING THE STUDY THAT WE DID TO LOOK AT INFRASTRUCTURE ACROSS THE STATE FOR PRODUCING AND MOVING SAF
AND ARE THERE OTHER
YEAH, WE RECEIVED A GRANT THIS PAST YEAR, 800, $900,000, TO EVALUATE OUR CENTRAL MECHANICAL PLANT AT THE AIRPORT, HOW TO CONVERT THAT TO ELECTRICITY, WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE
SO THAT STUDY IS UNDERWAY NOW, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR PLANNING TEAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OUR FLEET VEHICLES, HOW TO MOVE OUR PLANNING EFFORTS FAR ENOUGH ALONG SO WHEN GRANT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE, WE ARE ALREADY THERE AND CAN KIND OF BASICALLY PLOP IT IN OR TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHEN WE, OTHER CAPITAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, FOR EXAMPLE, A ROADWAY REPLACEMENT, WHERE WE WANT TO ADD IN SIDEWALKS, THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT PLANNING EFFORT UNDERWAY SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT IN THERE AND BE ELIGIBLE FOR GRANT FUNDING
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE, AND WE'RE COORDINATING WITH ROBERT GIACOPETTI IN FINANCE AND BUDGET TO SET OURSELVES UP FOR FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
WE DID ON THE MARITIME SIDE JUST IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS, COMPLETED FOUR FEDERAL GRANTS
I BELIEVE WE ARE DEFINITELY TRYING TO TAP THOSE RESOURCES AND CROSSING OUR FINGERS THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL AND SECURING
I KNOW IT'S A COMPETITIVE PLATFORM OUT THERE
YEAH
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
JUST VERY BRIEFLY, WHEN I ASKED THE QUESTION, THE LAST PRESENTATION ABOUT THE HOLISTIC STRATEGY TO REDUCE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, THIS IS THAT
THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THIS ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY THOROUGH, VERY THOUGHTFUL, AND ALSO VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THIS WORK
I THINK MY QUESTION IS, WHAT COMES NEXT IN MAKING NEW GOALS, REASSESSING PROGRESS ON OUR GOALS, ESTABLISHING FUTURE GOALS, THINKING ABOUT THE CENTURY AGENDA, AND WHAT CAN YOU GUYS TELL ME ABOUT A TIMELINE FOR HOW WE'RE DECIDING AND MONITORING PROGRESS? YEAH, I THINK WE ARE ANTICIPATING AND HOPE THAT, THAT THIS STRUCTURE THAT WE'RE SETTING UP THIS YEAR WITH THESE METRICS WILL HELP US GATHER IMPORTANT DATA TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS
ARE WE ABLE TO MOVE FASTER IN SOME GOALS AND WE CAN ACCELERATE, OR ARE WE STRUGGLING TO MAKE THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS? SO YOU SEE ON THE WASTE REDUCTION WHERE WE'VE EITHER MET OR ARE CONSISTENTLY PRETTY CLOSE TO MEETING THOSE GOALS ON ANY GIVEN YEAR, AND, YOU KNOW, SO, BUT ON OTHER AREAS, WE AREN'T RIGHT CLOSE TO MEETING THOSE GOALS
SO WE CAN USE THAT
THE COMMISSION HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ACCELERATE GOALS IN THE PAST
YOU VOTED TO ACCELERATE OUR SCOPE, ONE AND TWO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION GOALS FROM 2050 TO 2040
YOU ACCELERATED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THE NOISE INSULATION PROGRAM TO BE FULLY COMPLETED BY 2026
SO I THINK THERE ARE, AND YOU JUST PASSED THE ACCELERATION OF THE SHORE POWER
SO THOSE, I THINK, SERVE IMPORTANT PURPOSES TO KIND OF JUMPSTART AND MOVE AND HAVE THE INVESTMENTS FROM THE ORGANIZATION TO MAKE THAT TYPE OF PROGRESS
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO JUST LOOK AT THE DATA, LOOK AT THE INFORMATION, LEARN, ADAPT AND BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU SO YOU CAN HELP MAKE THOSE DECISIONS ON THOSE FUTURE GOALS
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK AND THEN WELCOME, DAVE
PRESIDENT MOHAMED I'M JUST GOING TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER HAS DONE
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TOO, IS LIKE SAYING IF WE FAIL TO MEET REGIONAL GOALS, WHAT ARE OUR ADJUSTMENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR THAT? I THINK, I'M THINKING THAT WAS PART OF YOUR QUESTION
I THINK SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT SAYING, WELL, WHAT ADJUSTMENTS DO WE NEED TO GO TO MEET OUR EXISTING GOALS OR WHETHER OUR EXISTING GOALS ARE THE ONES WE WANT TO MEET? I HEAR THAT QUESTION HERE
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK CHECK
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN I'M SETTING SOME OF THE GOALS HAS BEEN WHERE DID 40 ACRES COME FROM? I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD NUMBER
I MEAN, DID IT COME FROM, IT'S IN THE CENTURY AGENDA
I REMEMBER BEING IN THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE, BUT LIKE 40 ACRES? I MEAN, ANYWAY, I DON'T REALLY NEED AN ANSWER FOR THAT
WELL, WE CAN GET IT FOR YOU
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK BACK
I HAVE JOHN SLOAN HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR AYE
RESPONSE TO THE 40 ACRES
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WAS FEASIBLE? YES
ALL RIGHT
IT WAS LIKE A FEASIBLE GOAL AND THAT'S FINE
I MEAN, I'M SURE IT WAS INFORMED
IT JUST WAS NEVER DEFINED
OKAY
AND REALLY THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WE'RE DATA RICH IN SOME PLACES, LIKE IN THE MARITIME INVENTORY
RIGHT
YOU CAN, CAN SLICE AND DICE THAT DATABASE A THOUSAND DIFFERENT WAYS
AND SO, AND THE SEAPORT ALLIANCE, WELL, IT'S, YOU KNOW, FOUR PORTS, WHOLE AIRSHED, AND, YOU KNOW, DOMINATED BY OCEAN GOING VESSELS STARTING FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE STRAIT OF JUAN DE FUCA
YOU KNOW, AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME, IT'S, FROM A CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE, IT IS MEANINGFUL TO BE ABLE TO TRY TO GET A SUM TOTAL OF ALL THAT
BUT AS A, AS A HOME PORT WITH COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING OUR PORT, IF WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT OUR LOCAL IMPACTS, IT'S A COMBINATION OF SEAPORT ALLIANCE EMISSIONS AND PORT OF SEATTLE EMISSIONS
AND THE TRANSIT OF THE VESSELS ARE, I'M THINKING ELLIOTT BAY SIZE TRANSITS
AND THEN, SO THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF SHIPS UNDERWAY ARE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN THE PROPORTION OF IMPACT
AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT AGAIN, AS WE HAVE CLIMATE GOALS, WE HAVE COMMUNITY GOALS IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT WITHIN, AND I THINK THE ANSWER IS TRUCKS
BUT THE, BUT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TRACK THOSE PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE DIRECT INVESTMENTS THAT WE CAN MAKE IN
RIGHT
SHIPS UNDERWAY ARE GREAT, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE IS GOING TO PROBABLY DEAL WITH THAT
YEAH
AND WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT INFORMATION
WE HAVE A MUCH MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF STRATEGY BY STRATEGY ON OUR PROGRESS IN THE MARITIME DECARBONIZATION THAT WE CAN SHARE, BUT IT'S OFTEN LIKE THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S EFFORTS
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE AN ELLIOTT BAY INVENTORY
I DON'T CARE WHOSE THEY ARE
AND LIKE, IT INCLUDES THE FERRIES
I MEAN, HARBOR CRAFT AREN'T EVEN EITHER OF OUR EMISSIONS, BUT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY USE
THE FERRIES ARE GOING TO BE VERY DOMINANT IN THAT ANALYSIS, SO WE CAN USE THAT INFORMATION
I DON'T THINK THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IS COGNIZANT OF THAT
BUT IF WE WANT TO HELP MAKE THE CASE FOR WHY WE SHOULD IMPROVE OUR FERRY FLEET FROM A COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE, THERE ARE ANY NUMBER OF WAYS THAT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, OWNERSHIP AGNOSTIC ANALYSIS OF ELLIOTT BAY'S EMISSIONS
RIGHT
AND WE CAN DO THAT
SO WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION THAT WE CAN
AGAIN, IT'S A CUT PAST
IT IS A CUT AND PASTE
SO, LIKE, OUR NORTH HARBOR ACTIVITY IS ABOUT 20% OF THE OVERALL PUGET SOUND EMISSIONS
AND SO NORTH HARBOR, MEANING INCLUDING SEAPORT ALLIANCE AND THOSE ACTIVITIES
SO, YEAH, WE'RE HAPPY TO SPEND MORE TIME SLICING
I THINK COMMUNITIES WOULD BE INTERESTED TO HEAR THAT
SO WHEN THEY SEE US MAKING INVESTMENTS, THEY'LL UNDERSTAND HOW THAT'S PERTINENT TO THEM
THAT'S A GREAT POINT
IF I MIGHT ADD JUST YOU, COMMISSIONER MENTIONED HOW IMPORTANT DATA IS
AND WE CAN BE DATA RICH, BUT AT TIMES WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND THERE'S LOTS TO LOOK AT IN THE REGION AND WITH OTHERS VESSELS, BUT EVEN JUST RIGHT HERE AT HOME ON OUR OWN PROPERTIES, THERE'S STILL MORE TO DO TO SUCCESSFULLY CAPTURE THAT DATA
I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THAT WE'RE INSTALLING, WHICH WILL GIVE US MORE ACCURATE DEPICTION OF WHERE WE'RE USING ENERGY AND INSTALLATION OF SMART METERS AT OUR FACILITIES
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING AND WE NEED TO DO MORE OF
AND IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE SOMETHING, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND IT AND KNOW WHAT YOUR PERFORMANCE IS
AND I WANT TO JUST APPLAUD ONE
ANOTHER THING YOU ADOPTED TODAY WAS YOUR LED LIGHT IMPROVEMENTS AT T 91, WHICH COMES WITH CONTROLS TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE THERE AND BETTER TRACK THAT ENERGY USE, TOO
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT AS EXCITING AS SOME OF THE GRANDER THINGS, BUT THOSE, ALL THOSE THINGS COUNT AND THEY REALLY DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND THEY REALLY HELP US WITH OUR SCOPE ONE AND TWO, AND THOSE ARE THE FACILITIES THAT WE DIRECTLY CONTROL AND OVERSEE
GREAT
THANK YOU FOR THOSE ANSWERS
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION REGARDING SLIDE NINE ABOUT THE TREE PLANTING, AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR YOU
SARAH COX
I'M THINKING ABOUT OUR FLIGHT CORRIDOR SAFETY PROGRAM
I'M ASSUMING A LOT OF THOSE TREES ARE PROBABLY BEING PLANTED IN THE SOUTH KING COUNTY AREA
MAYBE
BUT REGARDLESS, MY QUESTION WAS, OUT OF THOSE 13,000 TREES THAT HAVE BEEN PLANTED, WHAT ARE THE SURVIVAL RATES? DO WE TRACK THAT INFORMATION? WE
THERE'S KIND OF TWO ANSWERS TO IT
DEPENDING ON IF IT WAS PLANTED BASED ON A MITIGATION
THERE ARE SURVIVAL TRACKING MECHANISMS FOR THAT
AND ON THE VOLUNTARY, WE STILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE IS, AND SOMETIMES WITH THE PERFORMANCE, WE WILL REPLANT
BUT IN THAT REPLANTING, I'M NOT SAYING THIS IN A SUCCINCT WAY
IN THAT REPLANTING, WE ALSO LOOK AT WHAT IS POTENTIALLY CAUSING THE MORTALITY
IS IT BECAUSE OF IRRIGATION OR IS IT BECAUSE OF INVASIVES? AND WE UTILIZE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, BUT WE DO REPLANT IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE SOMETHING THAT DOES DIE
I'M ASSUMING YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THAT NUMBER
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF THIS? 13,000
I WILL HAVE TO CHECK BECAUSE THAT IS ACROSS BOTH MARITIME AND AVIATION
SO I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE EXACT NUMBERS FOR YOU
OKAY
AND THEN ON SLIDE 17, WITH THE SCOPE, THREE, ARE THE INDUSTRIES OR THE COMPANY SELF REPORTING THOSE NUMBERS, OR DO WE HAVE
WHAT'S OUR OVERSIGHT ON THAT ON SLIDE 13, IS THAT THE AVIATION OR NOT 13? SORRY
17
YEAH, THE AVIATION G
SO I'LL TAKE THE FIRST STEP AND THEN PASS IT TO SARAH
BUT A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM OUR DATA
LIKE, THE AVIATION IS BASED ON FUEL CONSUMPTION, AND WE KNOW THAT FROM THE FUEL FARM
SO THAT'S A VERY CLEAR, DIRECT
AND THEN THE
I THINK THAT GROUND TRANSPORTATION IS MODELED INFORMATION BASED ON TRAFFIC
YEAH
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF FUEL USAGE, THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS THAT WE HAVE, AIRCRAFT TYPES
SO ALL OF THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO THOSE ASSESSMENT OR EVALUATION
AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY WE'RE MISSING ON THAT? THAT MAYBE WE COULD HAVE MORE ACCURATE NUMBERS? I WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH STEPHANIE MINE ON OUR TEAM, TOO
SHE'S BEEN TRACKING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND I'VE NOT HEARD FROM HER THAT WE HAVE A GAP IN THOSE NUMBERS
WE ALSO FOLLOW THE AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION PROGRAM CRITERIA FOR CALCULATING THESE NUMBERS, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY DEFICIENCIES IN THE INPUTS GOING INTO THOSE CALCULATIONS SO FAR, BUT I'LL FOLLOW UP TO FIND OUT
YES, THAT WAS THE CASE FOR SURE
YEAH
IF YOU COULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL
I DON'T KNOW
I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH SLIDE IT WAS ON THE MARITIME SIDE AS WELL
FOR THE SCOPE THREE S
HOW DO WE
HOW DO WE TRACK THAT? HOW ARE WE GETTING THOSE NUMBERS? SO I THINK I MENTIONED THE NEW SYSTEM WE'RE USING, WHICH GIVES US REAL TIME INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THE VESSELS
WE WORK WITH A CONSULTANT AND FULL INVENTORY OF ALL THE VESSELS THAT ARE
WE'RE MONITORING
THAT WOULD BE WITHIN OUR PURVIEW FOR SCOPE THREE
SO WE GET THEIR DISTANCE AND THEIR SPEED AND REDUCE THEIR FUEL USE ALL WITHIN OUR AIRSHED
DO THEY SHARE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL REGARDING OUTSIDE OF OUR AIRSHED THAT YOU LOOK AT? IS THAT EVER AN AREA? I MEAN, ON OCCASION, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THEIR PROFILE, KIND OF GLOBALLY OR GENERALLY FOR A VARIETY OF TYPES OF SHIPS, CONSIDERING THEIR IMPACTS IS UNIVERSAL IN MANY WAYS
YEAH
SO THE EMISSIONS INVENTORY THAT WE DO ON A FIVE YEAR BASIS IS DONE CONSISTENTLY ACROSS ALL MARITIME SECTOR TYPES
RIGHT
AND WITHIN THE AIRSHED, WE ARE WORKING AS PART OF THE GREEN CORRIDOR TO HAVE THE CRUISE LINES SHARE EMISSIONS ACCOUNTING FOR THE WHOLE ITINERARY
AND THERE'S, I THINK, AGREEMENT TO DO THAT
NOW IT'S JUST METHODOLOGY, LIKE, ALL THE DETAILS
DETAILS OF HOW THAT GETS DONE
BUT THE EMISSIONS
MY UNDERSTANDING
AND WE USE A PRIVATE CONSULTING FIRM TO DO THOSE EMISSIONS INVENTORY BECAUSE OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY THAT MOST OF THE INDUSTRY WANTS
SO WE DON'T SEE THE DATA DOESN'T COME TO US DIRECTLY FOR REPORTING OF THOSE EMISSIONS
IT'S A THIRD PARTY THAT DOES THAT
PUGET SOUND WIDE
AND SO AS WE'RE BUILDING THE DASHBOARD, ONLY SCOPE ONE AND TWO WILL BE ON THAT DASHBOARD
RIGHT
THE CRUISE DASHBOARD
I SEE DIRECTOR JONES DUBLIN'S SHAKING HER HEAD NO
SO THE
SO THAT THE CRUISE HAS A SPECIFIC DASHBOARD ON, LIKE, SHORE POWER CONNECTION, PASSENGER COUNTS
THERE'S
I FORGET EXACTLY HOW MANY METRICS THIS WILL
THIS IS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ACROSS THE WHOLE SPECTRUM THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ON THE CRUISE SPECIFIC DASHBOARD
YEAH, I'LL STOP IT
YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD TWO THINGS
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES
YEAH, I'LL JUST ADD TWO THINGS
ONE, WE KNOW THAT
SO WE WILL BE COLLECTING AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CRUISE LINES TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT FUELS THEY ARE BURNING HERE
SO THAT'S SCOPE THREE
AND THAT WILL BE INCLUDED ON OUR DASHBOARD WHEN WE ARE ABLE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE CRUISE LINES TO GET THAT INFORMATION
THEY ALSO DO SHARE PUBLICLY THEIR INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR, LIKE, GLOBAL EMISSIONS AS WELL
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ADDRESSES YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, BUT THEY ARE LOOKING AT THEIR GLOBAL EMISSIONS AS WELL
AND THEN I'LL JUST FINALLY POINT OUT THAT OUR, WE ARE COLLECTIVELY WORKING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE WAY WE DO EMISSIONS INVENTORIES
RIGHT
WHICH IS WHY WE'VE HAD THIS CHANGE IN METHODOLOGY THIS YEAR AS WE GO FORWARD TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT FUELS
WE ARE CURRENTLY MEASURING TANK TO WAKE, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MEASURE WELL TO WAKE IN ORDER TO REALLY CAPTURE ALL THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING
SO I ANTICIPATE THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE CHANGES IN METHODOLOGIES
GOT IT
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE ANSWERS
GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE NOW USING AI'S DATA TO TRACK SHIP SPEEDS AND DISTANCES AND ALL THAT, BUT IT'S A MODEL
RIGHT
SO WE HAVE, LIKE, ENGINE TYPE, SPEED, TYPE OVER DISTANCE, AND THAT'S FOR
AND THEN HOW MANY SHIPS OF THAT TYPE DID THAT TRANSIT? RIGHT
IT'S SORT OF LIKE YOU'RE NOT MEASURING SMOKE STATS
CORRECT
RIGHT
AND SO ONE WOULD THINK, LIKE
AND IN JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT, YOU'RE AT SEA SPEED, BASICALLY GOING TO PORT ANGELES
SO IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE THAT DISTANCE AND THEN PLOT IT ACROSS THE OCEAN, ASSUMING THEY'RE MAINTAINING SEA SPEED TO BUSAN
RIGHT
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO
IT WOULDN'T BE A CRUISE SHIP
BUT, I MEAN, YOU COULD TAKE
SO
BUT EACH CLASS OF SHIPS ARE BEING GIVEN THAT
SO THE QUESTION I BELIEVE THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKING WAS, ARE WE GOING TO SEE SCOPE THREE CRUISE FOR PART OF THE SIMULATOR? AND IT STRIKES ME THAT LIKE ANY OTHER SHIP, CREWS COULD BE BROKEN OUT FROM WITHIN THE AIRSHED, AT LEAST WE DO HAVE THAT
THE CRUISE EMISSIONS IN THE INVENTORY IS BROKEN OUT
BROKEN OUT BY BERTHING, MANEUVERING, TRANSIT THROUGH THE STRAIGHT
SO WE CAN BREAK DOWN ALL THOSE NUMBERS BASED ON THE INVENTORY
THAT WOULD BE A NATURAL THING FOR THE DASHBOARD
OKAY
AND SLIDE 19 DOES BREAK OUT CREWS FROM OTHERS ON THE SCOPE THREE
IT IS
TO DATE, WE DO IT EVERY FIVE YEARS
SO IT'S NOT A VERY DYNAMIC NUMBER TO HAVE ON A DASHBOARD, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AND HOPEFUL THAT MAYBE WE'LL HAVE MORE REGULAR INTERVAL REPORTING ON THAT
AND IT WOULD BE PROBABLY ON AN ANNUAL BASIS VERSUS, I THINK, FROM THE DASHBOARD
REALLY EXCITING
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THIS MONTH, THIS MANY SHIPS, THIS LEVEL OF SHORE POWER, THAT'S KIND OF MORE REAL TIME
REPORTING THE EMISSIONS IS A REFLECTIVE
AT THE END OF A YEAR, REFLECTING ON THE DATA WOULD BE HOW WE'D CALCULATE THAT
OKAY, SO THE BLUE HISTOGRAM SHOWS CREWS THROUGHOUT THE AIRSHED UNDERWAY MANEUVERING AND ADOPT
THAT'S RIGHT
SO THAT'S
THAT IS THE NUMBER
AND THEN WE CAN LOOK AT HOW THAT BREAKS OUT
IF WE WANTED TO PUT, AS WE LOOK AT SHORE POWER UTILIZATION, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN CALCULATE HOW THAT PART OF THAT UNIT, UNIT AT DOCK CAN CHANGE
IT COULD HAVE BEEN GREATER IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OF SHORE POWER IN THIS CASE
RIGHT
BUT WE CAN SHOW SORT OF, AGAIN, AS WE
BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS SHORE POWER CAPABILITY NOW IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN SORT OF SHOW WHAT PIECE OF THAT TOTAL IS FROM AD DOCK
EXACTLY
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF ALL SHIPS IN THE FUTURE STATE
RIGHT
IF ALL SHIPS PLUGGED IN, 100% OF HOME SHORTS PLUGGED IN, HOME PORT SHIPS PLUGGED IN, WE WOULD SEE A 13% REDUCTION IN THAT DARK BLUE BAR
THAT'S JUST KIND OF A CURRENT ESTIMATE
SO WE DEFINITELY CAN DIAL INTO THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT THIS TIME HEARING? NONE
I WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM UNDER DIRECTOR KILROYD'S LEADERSHIP FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I WILL MOVE US ALONG IN THE AGENDA
WELL, THIS ACTUALLY CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS AGENDA FOR THE DAY
ARE THERE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS AT THIS TIME OR MOTIONS RELATING TO COMMITTEE REFERRALS FROM COMMISSIONERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK? ARE THERE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS FROM YOU? YES, MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO HAVE ONE THING REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES
I COULD HAVE PUT THAT IN THE REPORT, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT
I WANT FOR AN UPDATE SINCE OUR LAST MEETING TOMORROW, SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR LABOR RELATIONS MIKEL O'BRIEN, AS WELL AS SENIOR AVIATION LEADERS, ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH THE MLK LABOR COMMUNITY TO SHARE THAT THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN TUNING, INCLUDING A NEW LOCATION FOR FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU INFORMED ON THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WE GO FORWARD
BUT SINCE IT WAS MENTIONED TODAY, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL DETAIL
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT DOUG DIXON PASSED AWAY
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THIS OBITUARY ON AYE.
I MEAN, I KNEW AYE
AS THE GUY AT THE FISH YARD THAT WOULD COOK SALMON AT THE BALLARD SEAFOOD FESTIVAL, BUT THIS GUY WORKED FOR DETNORSKY VERITAS
HE WAS NAVAL ARCHITECT
HE WAS
THIS GUY'S RESUME WAS, LIKE, REMARKABLE
AND I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO
TO SEE THIS RESUME
KIND OF JUST A RIGHT YEAR OLD MARITIME GUY
THAT WAS SUPER ACCOMPLISHED
AND SO WE LOST A GREAT BALLARDITE JUST RECENTLY
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AND WE SEND OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO AYE
FAMILY
ANY ADDITIONAL CLOSING COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS HEARING, NO FURTHER COMMENTS AND HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS
IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS, WE ARE ADDRESSING, AND THE TIME IS NOW
02:27 P.M
THANK YOU.

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