Item No.:     6f_Supp 
Date of Meeting: June 5, 2012 

Fishermen's Terminal 
Net Sheds Code Compliance
Improvements 
June 5, 2012

Net Repair Yard  May 2012 






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Overarching 25-Year Planning Process 
Initial steps: Asset Condition Assessment (2008), Customer Outreach (2009),
Net Shed replacement analysis (2009) 
Fundamental planning assumption that net sheds are critical to FT fishing
customers 
Studied several alternatives for providing net shed use (2009) 
Significant constraints bear on the net shed planning process: 
o Net sheds and open storage uses, while critical to the fleets, are lowrevenue
uses 
o Soils are poor for construction, raising new construction costs 
Development scenarios include demolition of two net sheds 
o Net sheds 3 & 4 or net sheds 7 & 8 
o These four net sheds will be phased at the end of the code compliance
construction to allow for development decisions to be made. 
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Fishermen's Terminal Net Shed Locations 





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Sample of Existing FT Net Shed Lockers Interior 
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Net Shed Storage Commodity Material Examples 
Group A Plastics               Class I  IV 
Wax (candles, wax paper)                   Wood 
ABS plastic (piping, electrical enclosures,        Cardboard 
protective headgear, and carrying cases)         Metal 
Foam rubber (cushioning and clothing/shoe       Natural fibers 
inserts)                                   Nylon (clothing & netting) 
Polystyrene plastic (styrofoam, plastic cutlery,     Polycarbonate plastic (compact discs
and computer monitor cabinets)                and eyeglasses) 
Polyethylene plastic (garbage bags, wraps,       Phenolic plastic (electrical insulators and
bottles, and electrical wire insulation)              automotive equipment components) 
Polypropylene plastic (nets, bags and bottles)      Silicone (kitchenware, sealing membranes,
Polyurethane plastic (coatings, footwear, and       and adhesives) 
equipment components)                   Fluoroplastics (Teflon films and equipment
Polyvinyl chloride plastic (>15% plasticized)       components) 
(electrical cable insulation)                     Polyvinyl chloride (<15% plasticized) (piping) 
PET plastic (soft drink bottles)                Melamine (utensils, bowls, & furniture laminate) 
Rubber tires 

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FT Net Sheds Code Compliance 
Net sheds vary in age, size, construction, and layout 
Fishermen's storage needs have changed over time 
Port has been working with tenants since 2006 on storage/usage policies 
Port cited by City of Seattle Fire Department in 2009 for fire & building code
violations 
Port has since worked closely with SFD and DPD to address City's concerns 
Staff implemented a Pilot Storage Program and other improvements 
Port hired a fire protection consultant to interpret codes and determine code
compliant storage options 
City concurred with four identified options and staff completed initial
evaluation
Net sheds must be improved to achieve code compliance 
Final project design to be approved by the City 

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Option 1               Option 3 
Non-high-piled Storage  Single Level            High-piled Storage  Single Level 
Preliminary Est. Project Cost =               Preliminary Est. Project Cost = 
Approx. $2,000,000                       Approx. $6,000,000 


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Option 2               Option 4 
Non-high-piled Storage  Multi-level             High-piled Storage  Multi-level 
Preliminary Est. Project Cost =               Preliminary Est. Project Cost = 
Approx. $8,700,000                       Approx. $9,700,000 


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Example Net Locker Gross Storage Volumes 
Typical gross storage volume within each Net Shed #10 locker: 
Existing    Option 3   Option 1 Gross  Options 2 & 4 
Gross    Gross   Volume Range  Gross Volume
Volume (CF)  Volume (CF)     (CF)      Range (CF) 
12,600      8,100     3,240  6,480    4,560  7,320 

Gross volume ranges for Options 1, 2, & 4 reflect limits between 100%
Group A Plastics (6' max storage height) and 100% other commodities (12'
max storage height) being stored. Actual gross storage volume will fall
somewhere between these limits. 
Note: Percentage of existing gross volume utilized by a typical tenant in Net
Shed #10 is approximately 15%-30%.

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Option 1 
Provides the lowest potential gross storage volume among four proposed options - 
approximately half the gross volume of Option 3. 
Gross storage volume provided likely to be inadequate for typical customer's needs
when the majority of commodities being stored are Group A Plastics. 
Does not match existing storage conditions of high-piled mixed commodities 
Requires segregation of net shed contents between various plastics and other types of
commodities and 2 feet minimum separation between them. 
Requires storage master plan within each net shed to ensure contents are separated
per code between adjacent net lockers. 
Restricts storage heights i.e. plastics at 6 feet maximum; other commodities 12 feet
maximum. 
Places Port in the role of enforcement agency to ensure contents are code compliant
on perpetual basis. Estimated additional staff cost may be up to $80,000 per year
depending on the amount of staff time required. 
Requires lowest cost of building improvements among four storage options. 
Required improvements can be completed in a single net locker at a time. 

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Options 2 and 4 
Gross storage volume provided may be inadequate for typical customer's needs when
the majority of commodities being stored are Group A Plastics. 
Requires highest cost of improvements among storage options. 
Does not match existing storage conditions of high-piled mixed commodities. 
Requires segregation of net shed contents between various plastics and other types of
commodities and 2 feet minimum separation between them. 
Requires storage master plan within each net shed to ensure contents are separated
per code between adjacent net lockers. 
Restricts storage heights i.e. plastics at 6 feet maximum; other commodities at 12 feet
maximum. 
Places Port in the role of enforcement agency to ensure contents are segregated &
code compliant on perpetual basis. Estimated additional staff cost may be up to
$80,000 per year depending on the amount of staff time required. 
Construction of required improvements will necessitate vacating multiple net lockers at
a time within each net shed. 
Partially replaces existing tenant constructed lofts, where they exist, with code
compliant 2nd level mezzanine structures 
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Option 3 
Provides greatest guaranteed amount of gross storage volume among four
proposed options i.e. roughly twice the amount of Option 1 average volume. 
Does not require segregation and separation of net shed contents; most
closely matches current use by fishermen considered to be high-piled, mixed
commodities. 
Does not require storage master plan for each net shed. 
Allows for maximum storage height of 15 feet for all commodities. 
Port not required to be the enforcement agency to ensure contents are
segregated & comply w/codes. 
Construction of required improvements will necessitate vacating multiple net
lockers at a time within each net shed. 


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Port Risk Management Perspective 
Option 1 
Port staff performing "compliance oversight" must be trained to identify and classify all
the commodities. 
The Port must create policies, procedures and penalties applicable to tenants whose
storage is out of compliance with the code requirements, including eviction. 
If the Port does not provide compliance oversight, the Port's liability increases. The
Port will be held to a higher degree of responsibility. 
If tenants don't comply with the Port's storage policies, regulations and procedures,
and the Port doesn't act, the Port creates its own liability by not enforcing its own
policies. 
While existing overhead sprinklers will control the fire if storage is in compliance with
code, overall fire damage will be greater in Option 1 because it is likely that fire, smoke
and water damage will spread to areas beyond the net shed where the fire started. 

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Port Risk Management Perspective 
Option 3 
Compliance oversight is not as much a burden for Port staff in Option 3. Training of
Port staff is much simpler. 
The Port's policies, procedures and penalties for Option 3 will be simpler to understand
and enforce, but the Port still must ensure that tenants comply with storage
requirements to minimize liability. Eviction is still a possibility. 
The fire protection system in Option 3 will confine and reduce overall fire damage and
limit smoke and water damage in areas beyond the specific net shed where the fire
started. 



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Why Option 3 is being recommended: 
Provides greatest guaranteed amount of gross storage volume  on
average, twice as much as Option 1 and one third more than Options 2 & 4  
due to mixed commodities advantage 
Most closely matches fishermen's current use ("high-piled" mixed
commodities) of net lockers 
Allows greatest efficiency and flexibility in meeting customers' storage needs 
No required segregation and separation of stored commodities 
No challenging requirements or perpetual cost for staff and customers to
maintain and enforce the segregation and long-term code compliance. 
No need for overall building master planning i.e. individual locker
configurations are independent of one another 
Least long-term code compliance liabilities and costs 

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Next project steps: 
2012 
Complete logistics planning and construction phasing 
Perform net sheds improvements design & permitting 
2013 
Complete net sheds improvements design & permitting 
Complete final construction cost estimate & bid documents 
Return to Commission for construction funding request 
Advertise for bids and start construction of improvements 
2014 - 2015 
Complete improvements construction for seven to nine buildings per final
FT 25-Year Plan 

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