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Terminal 91 Neighbors Advisory Committee 
Annual Report 2011 
The Terminal 91 Neighbors' Advisory Committee (NAC) is pleased to provide the
Port of Seattle Commission with this report of its activities for the year 2011. 
Composition of NAC 
NAC community representation is comprised of eight voting members, four from
each community. Representatives serving their communities for the 2011 term
were: 
Magnolia Community Club             Queen Anne Community Council 
Diana Dearmin, President               Ellen Monrad, Chair 
Nancy Bainbridge Rogers               Don Harper 
Fred Rapaport                     Kirk Robbins 
Gene Hoglund                    Jim Smith 
Steve Erickson, Alternate                Glenn Avery, Alternate 
Bruce Carter, Alternate 
Tom Tanner, Alternate 
Bruce Laing served as NAC Chair and Cecil Gray served as Interim Chair during
2011.  Their services were provided through 501 Commons, a non-profit
organization.  Christa Dumpys, City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods,
provided a valuable link between NAC and the City. Pam Xander, of Xander &
Associates, provided environmental consulting services and prepared summaries
of each NAC meeting. Marie Fritz is the primary Port representative and staff
support for NAC. Additional Port staff that attended one or more meetings in
2011 are: Kathy Bahnik, George Blomberg, Dan Burke, Fred Chou, Rosie
Courtney, Sally del Fierro, Joseph Gellings, Mark Griffin, Eric Hanson, Michael
McLaughlin, Joe McWilliams, Mike Merritt, Paul Meyer, Gerri Poor, Ellen Watson
and Christine Wolfe. Marni Heffron, Heffron Transportation, briefed NAC on
traffic studies prepared for the Port. 
Meetings 
NAC met monthly on the third Wednesday of the month. The principal activity
was dialog among NAC members and between NAC and Port staff regarding
Terminal 91 including the North Bay area.  NAC also discussed issues
geographically adjacent, or outside NAC's purview, that could affect Port
operations within the NAC area. Staff participation included briefings, updates,
and responses to NAC questions and concerns. Detailed summaries of each
meeting are available. 

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General Value of NAC 
The Magnolia Community Club and the Queen Anne Community Council affirm
that NAC has a constructive and positive value to both the Port and neighboring
communities.  Participants all view the committee and its meetings to be
informative, cooperative, and a desirable forum for discussion and consensus
building. The underlying Short Fill Redevelopment Agreement (NAC Agreement)
has proven effective for its purposes to date. 
Ongoing Issues for NAC 
During 2011 the issues below were the most significant to NAC. 
1.  The Viaduct Replacement. NAC has continued to express concern that
the proposed replacement solution, including its ancillary alterations to
related arterials such as Mercer Street and the new Alaskan Way, and the
timing and budgets for construction as well as future tolling, is not
adequate to serve the Port's interests and those of the Magnolia and
Queen Anne communities in general and specifically not adequate to
accommodate Terminal 91 truck traffic. 
2.  Cruise Operations. NAC continues to be concerned with the following
aspects of Cruise operations: Noise levels of ship public address systems;
Impact of cruise generated vehicular traffic on parking at Terminal 91 and
on peak traffic volumes in the vicinity of Terminal 91. 
3.  Terminal 91 Uplands Development. NAC seeks to stay abreast of,
and influence, any plans that potentially alter or guide development of the
"uplands" (North Bay). 
4.  Traffic. 
a. NAC community members praise the Port for resuming the periodic
traffic studies in accordance with the Short-fill Agreement, causing
the studies to be usefully structured, and having the contractor for
these studies interpret and discuss study findings with NAC. 
b. The studies confirm that several traffic thresholds continue to be
exceeded. 
c.  NAC continues its discussions of the significance of those threshold
excesses and what possible actions might be appropriate. 
d. NAC members reaffirm the understanding with Port Commissioners
and staff that the following is the agreed approach: Should possible
amendment of the existing NAC agreement be considered, Port
staff will informally "scope" specific issues and use the scoping
process as a basis for discussion with NAC. Informal dialog will be
completed prior to any formal triggering or proposal for
amendment. 


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Of Specific interest to the Commissioners. 
1.  NAC community members continue to urge the Commissioners to review
and discuss with SDOT and WSDOT viaduct replacement plans and
actions. NAC is concerned the replacement plans are inadequate to fulfill
the transportation needs of the Port in general and most specifically the
Terminal 91 area.
2.  Discussions continue on a proposed placement of a combined sewer
overflow (CSO) installation and a potential land exchange in the lower
Smith Cove Area involving a Seattle owned playfield which is used for up
to U10 soccer and is open for other uses. NAC community members are
indeed pleased with the apparent cooperative negotiations by all parties
involved, and ask for continued disclosure to the general public for
reaction and full consideration. 

Other Matters 
We invite each and all Commissioners to attend a NAC meeting at your
convenience. Meetings are usually on the third Wednesday of each month at
4:30 PM in the Port's third floor east conference room. 
NAC thanks the Port Commissioners for the opportunity to provide this annual
report on behalf of the Magnolia and Queen Anne communities.  We will be
happy to respond to any questions or concerns you might have. 






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