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APPROVED MINUTES 
COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING JUNE 8, 2021 
The Port of Seattle Commission met in a special meeting Tuesday, June 8, 2021. The meeting was
held remotely in accordance with Senate  Concurrent  Resolution  8402 and the Governor's
Proclamation 20-28. Commissioners Bowman, Calkins, Cho, Felleman, and Steinbrueck were
present. 
1.    CALL TO ORDER 
Pursuant to RCW 42.30 and Article IV, Section 8, of the commission bylaws, the meeting convened
at 9 a.m. to conduct a study session regarding on ground transportation. 
2.    PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSION 
Presenters 
Steve Metruck, Executive Director 
Lance Lyttle, Managing Director, Aviation 
Arlyn Purcell, Director, Aviation Environment & Sustainability 
Peter Lindsay, Airport Ops Development Manager, Landside Operations 
Adrian Down, Environmental Program Manager, AV Environmental Programs Group 
Tom Hooper, Program Manager, Aviation Planning 
Keri Pravitz, East King County Community Government Relations Manager, 
External Relations 
Presentation Materials 
Ground Transportation Presentation 
Members of the Commission received a presentation from Executive Director Metruck and staff. The
presentation addressed: 
Ground transportation framework; 
o  Guiding principles 
o  Resolution goals 
o  Strategies and tactics 
Ground transportation accomplishments; 
Impacts from Covid-19; 
Mode share and program emphasis; 
Ground transportation revenue; 
Greenhouse gas emissions and program emphasis; 
Digital recordings of the meeting proceedings and meeting materials are available online  www.portseattle.org.

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Regional transit services to SEA; 
Promoting transit; 
Status update: 2020 work program; 
o  evaluate Express Bus service and remote baggage check 
o  form a Transportation Management Association 
o  restructure Airport Tenant Employee Parking 
o  explore and implement Airport Access Fees 
o  establish incentives for ride share and transit use 
express bus and remote baggage check service; 
SEA Eastside engagement; 
Restructure airport tenant employee parking; 
Transportation Management Association; 
o  key features 
o  2020 workplan 
o  Covid-19 impacts 
o  progress in 2021 
o  looking forward 
airport access fees 
partners; 
incentives for rideshare and transit use; 
2018 SEA passenger ground transportation emissions; 
options to "green-up" ground transportation providers; 
options to incentivize behavior change; 
options to incentivize long-term parking; 
upcoming milestones; and 
key takeaways 
o  there are competing priorities across ground transportation programs 
o  substantial effects from COVID on program implementation and our partners 
o  transit and electrification are a key part of our long-term strategy 
o  seek solutions that balance our needs and minimize unintended consequences 
o  engage and assess new opportunities to meet ground transportation goals. 
Members of the Commission, Executive Director Metruck, and staff discussed: 
employee trip reduction (data collected and specific numbers); how often collected?; 
the number of employee parking stalls currently provided; 
employee parking in the main garage; 
promoting transit; 
making a difference in greenhouse gas emissions and addressing low barriers to transit for
passengers, lowering passenger single-car trips; 
possible incentivization for TNCs, like taxis; 
creating a high level, measurable goal for social equity; 
improvements needed to bus service to and from the airport; 
restarting conversations regarding remote baggage check-in at the convention center; 
making it clearer where in the process of SAMP the Port is; 
the use of partnerships in ground transportation; 
alignment in ranking transportation modes and incentives; 
addressing externalized costs  access fee; 
Minutes of November 17, 2020, submitted for review on December 3, 2020, and proposed for approval on December 8, 2020. 
Minutes of October 27, 2020, submitted for review on November 5, 2020, and proposed for approval on November 10, 2020.

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incentivizing tenant employee parking, such as including it as part of a compensation
package; 
the number of employers required to produce trip reduction plans at SEA; 
moving forward with a budget request in 2022 for a Transportation Management
Association; 
attaining consistency in tracking change based on the implementation of different strategies 
to lower passenger greenhouse gas emissions; and 
coordinating with other for-profit parking lots. 
Executive Director Metruck and Members of the Commission appreciated the work of staff in bringing
forward the study session information.  Executive Director Metruck also thanked everyone who
participated in relevant focus groups in 2020, keeping the conversations going in spite of the
pandemic.
3.    ADJOURNMENT 
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 11:01 a.m. 

Prepared:                                      Attest: 

Michelle M. Hart, Commission Clerk              Sam H. Cho, Commission Secretary 
Minutes approved: July 13, 2021 








Minutes of November 17, 2020, submitted for review on December 3, 2020, and proposed for approval on December 8, 2020. 
Minutes of October 27, 2020, submitted for review on November 5, 2020, and proposed for approval on November 10, 2020.