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The Special meeting scheduled for 2020-04-01 at Remote

  • I'M GOING TO BEGIN NOW
  • THIS IS PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION PRESIDENT PETER STEINBRUCK RECONVENING THE SPECIAL MEETING OF APRIL 1ST 2020
  • THE TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 12:06 PM
  • WE ARE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA SKYPE TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S STAY-AT-HOME ORDER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCLAMATION 2028
  • PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN, CALKINS, CHO AND FELLEMEN
  • I WILL ASK THAT WE DO A ROLL CALL OF ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS ON THE LINE
  • CLERK, WILL YOU DO THE CALL? COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? COMMISSIONER
  • BOWMAN, ARE YOU WITH US? YOU MAY BE PROMPTED TO UNMUTE YOURSELF
  • YEP PRESENT
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? HERE
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? PRESENT
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • LET ME TRY AND-- ARE YOU UN MUTED COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? NOW I CAN
  • THERE WE GO
  • PRESENT
  • AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
  • I AM PRESENT
  • THANK YOU LAUREN
  • AND BY THE WAY, YOUR DEMEANOR YOUR YOUR SMILING FACE IS RELIEF TO THE STRESS THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND YOUR COMMAND OF THIS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IS EXEMPLARY
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND TO AMY AS WELL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE HERE AND UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WHILE THIS IS APRIL 1ST, THERE WILL BE NO APRIL FOOLING TODAY TO EVERYONE
  • TODAY'S MEETING IS ORGANIZED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHER MEETINGS
  • WE HAVE MADE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ALL OUR STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS
  • LATER, WE WILL BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING VIA SKYPE AND WHO HAVE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK
  • ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL THE VOTES WILL BE TAKEN BY ROLL CALL METHOD SINCE ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY AND THIS WORKED VERY WELL AT THE LAST MEETING
  • THAT MEANS FOR EACH VOTE I WILL CALL EACH COMMISSIONERS NAME
  • COMMISSIONERS ON THE SKYPE CALL WILL HAVE TO UNMUTE THEMSELVES AND THEN ANSWER YES OR NO WITH VOICE
  • BECAUSE COMMISSIONERS ONLINE OR NOT FULLY IN CONTROL OF THEIR SOUND WE WILL TAKE ALL VOTES TODAY IN THAT MANNER INCLUDING OUR CONSENT AGENDA
  • AND TO BE EQUITABLE, WE WILL ASK ALL COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK IN TURN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
  • WE CAN GO IN REVERSE ORDER THIS TIME AND WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE SPEAKING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
  • WE BEGIN TODAY'S MEETING BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE DUWAMISH AND COASTAL SALISH WHO HAVE STEWARDED THESE BEAUTIFUL LANDS AND WATERS SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL WE MUST COMMIT TO DOING THE SAME FOR THE PLANET AND FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
  • THIS MEETING IS BEING DIGITALLY RECORDED AND MAY BE VIEWED OR HEARD ANY TIME ON THE PORT'S WEBSITE AND MAYBE REBROADCAST BY KING TELEVISION, ALTHOUGH IT MAY LOOK LITTLE DIFFERENT
  • NOW PLEASE STAND FOR THE FLAG SALUTE
  • OR SIT IF YOU PREFER, BUT I'LL STAND
  • I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH-- NOW
  • I FORGOT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  • [LAUGHTER] INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
  • THANK YOU
  • OKAY
  • OKAY, NEXT
  • COMMISSIONERS
  • WE ARE NOW AT THE ORDER OF APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • CLERK
  • PLEASE UNMUTE THE COMMISSIONERS
  • COMMISSIONERS ONLINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELVES
  • I'M GOING TO ASK EACH COMMISSIONER IN TURN AND ASK THEY HAVE ANY MOTIONS TO REARRANGE THE ORDERS OF THE DAY, AND IF YOU DO I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND
  • IF IT'S NEEDED
  • PLEASE RESPOND WHEN I CALL ON YOU
  • IF YOU HAVE NO CHANGES JUST SAY "NONE"
  • CLERK
  • I CAN'T HEAR THE CLERK
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN ANY CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? NONE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? NONE
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? NONE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? NONE
  • AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUCK? NONE
  • COMMISSIONERS
  • THE QUESTION IS NOW ON APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
  • CLERK? COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? YES
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? OH, DID I-- HANG ON
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? AYE PERFECT
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE AND COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • YES
  • AND COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK
  • YES
  • THE AGENDA IS APPROVED WITH NO AMENDMENTS
  • CLERK NEXT ITEM
  • THE NEXT ITEM IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
  • AND LET ME MAKE SURE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK IS UNMUTED AS WELL
  • OKAY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVE METRUCK
  • YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
  • GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS
  • BEFORE YOU GET TO THE ACTIONS AND THE OTHER MEASURES I WANT TO AGAIN THANK THE DEDICATED EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE FOR KEEPING OUR ENGINE OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY RUNNING IN EXTREMELY TOUGH CIRCUMSTANCES
  • EVEN THOUGH OUR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES HAVE SLOWED DOWN, THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IS DONE EVERY DAY TO MAINTAIN AND SECURE OUR FACILITIES
  • OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, POLICE AND FIRE, ARE ON THE JOB EVERY DAY TO ASSIST AND PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, THE PUBLIC, AND OUR FACILITIES
  • I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT AND GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CRISIS WITH THE FIRST AIRCRAFT COMING IN FROM CHINA, FIREFIGHTERS HAVE RESPONDED TO COUNTLESS CALLS INVOLVING POTENTIAL COVID-19 EXPOSURE AT THE AIRPORT
  • THEY PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY DO
  • THEY ALWAYS ANSWER THE CALL
  • SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED DAILY WITH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, PUBLIC HEALTH, AND KING COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO DEVELOP CONSISTENT RESPONSE PROTOCOLS FOR ALL FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN KING COUNTY
  • THE AIRPORT FIRE STATION IS DISINFECTED TWICE A DAY AND WE HAVE INCREASED CLEANING OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT
  • THEY HAVE VERY DETAILED PROCEDURES FOR THE WORKPLACE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF EXPOSURE THIS ENSURES THAT IF THEY DO HAVE AN EXPOSURE THAT ALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WON'T BE EXPOSED
  • THE PRIORITY ALSO IS TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE SAFE
  • SO THANKS TO EVERY MEMBER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • COMMISSIONERS, TURNING TO OUR OWN STAFF, I'M HEARING THAT STAFF ARE WORKING LONG HOURS
  • AND I KNOW THIS IS A FACT
  • EVENING AND WEEKEND CALLS WITH BUSINESS TENANTS ABOUT THEIR SITUATIONS ARE COMMON AS ARE CALLS WITH CONTRACTORS AND LABOR LEADERS WHO ARE CHALLENGED BY THEIR SITE WORKERS WHO ARE ALSO BALANCING ADDED FAMILY NEEDS IN THEIR HOMES DUE TO SCHOOL CLOSURES
  • MEANWHILE, EVEN THOUGH SOME ARE TELEWORKING, TELEWORKING IS A MAJOR CHALLENGE
  • EVERYONE WHO IS FAMILIAR WITH IT CAN TESTIFY TO THAT
  • INCLUDING MYSELF
  • IN ADDITION, I KEEP DAILY UPDATES TO EMPLOYEES TO HELP UNITE US DURING THE SITUATION
  • I'M PROUD OF EVERY DEPARTMENT AND EVERY EMPLOYEE WHO HAS TAKEN GOOD CARE OF THEMSELVES AND HELPING THE PORT IN ANY WAY THAT THEY CAN
  • AS I ALWAYS SAY, THIS IS A MARATHON NOT A SPRINT AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT FOR OURSELVES IN ORDER THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE PUBLIC
  • PORT OF SEATTLE SAFETY AND HEALTH IS NOW MONITORING 95 PORT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE SELF QUARANTINED AND MONITORING FOR SYMPTOMS MANY OF THESE EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE TO TELLEWORK AND A FEW OF THESE ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEES HAVE RETURNED TO WORK AFTER BEING ASYMPTOMATIC FOR 14 DAYS
  • KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEIR DATA COLLECTION CAPABILITIES IS EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND CONTINUED MONITORING OF THAT DATA WILL CONTINUE ONCE THAT IS RESOLVED
  • TURNING TO TODAY TODAY
  • WE HAVE CONVENED THE SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND TAKE UP ACTIONS REGARDING THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S RESPONSE
  • THE PANDEMIC HAS DEALT A TERRIBLE FINANCIAL BLOW TO EVERY PORT BUSINESS WITH VITAL AIRPORT BUSINESSES NOTABLY HIT
  • FROM THE BIGGEST AIRLINE TO THE SMALLEST SHOP
  • ON MONDAY, 3,000 PEOPLE PASSED THROUGH THE CHECKPOINTS ON A DAY WHEN THE AVERAGE IS 50,000 PASSENGERS
  • THIS MEANS THAT RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, PARKING, RENTAL CARS, AND TAXIS ARE ALL SUFFERING AND MANY DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CONTINUE ON
  • TODAY YOU'LL CONSIDER A MOTION PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON RELIEF FOR PORT EMPLOYEES, PORT TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES
  • A WIDE RANGE OF AIRPORT BUSINESSES AND AIRLINES ARE INCLUDED
  • SECONDLY WE ARE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER DEFERRALS AND OTHER TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL, RENTAL CAR, GROUND TRANSPORTATION, PARKING, AND FLIGHT KITCHEN OPERATIONS AND AIRLINES
  • AND THE LAST ITEM TODAY LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
  • WHERE WE COME THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC, WHICH WE CERTAINLY WILL
  • YOU WILL CONSIDER A MOTION TO GUIDE OUR EFFORTS IN THAT ECONOMIC RECOVERY AFTER THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY ABATES
  • I KNOW YOU CONSIDER THESE AS ONLY THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD THE GOAL OF REBUILDING OUR ECONOMY AND ASSISTING BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES WHO ARE FACING TERRIFIC CHALLENGES TODAY
  • WE INTEND TO BRING OTHER RELIEF MEASURES FOR PORT BUSINESSES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THE COMING WEEKS
  • A COUPLE OTHER THINGS
  • I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT: ANOTHER WAY THAT THE PORT IS HELPING THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE IS TO MAKE LAND AVAILABLE FOR EMERGENCY NEEDS
  • RIGHT NOW, TERMINAL 46 IS BEING USED TO STORE SHIPPING CONTAINERS USED TO BRING BEDS FOR THE MILITARY HOSPITAL AT CENTURY LINK FIELD EVENTS CENTER THE FACILITY WILL BE USED FOR PATIENTS WITH NON COVID ILLNESSES
  • IT WAS GREAT THE COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN, CAULKINS, AND CHO WERE ABLE TO VISIT THE HOSPITAL THIS WEEK
  • IF PORT FACILITIES OR LAND COULD BE USEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY RESPONSE, WE STAND READY TO DISCUSS HOW WE CAN HELP AND WE'RE IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE STATE
  • TURNING TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL, LAST WEEK PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED INTO LAW THE CORONAVIRUS AID AND RELIEF CARE SECURITY ACT OR "CARES" THIS ACT PROVIDES TWO TRILLION DOLLARS IN RELIEF TO MITIGATE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  • THE BILL POTENTIALLY WILL PROVIDE US WITH SIGNIFICANT ASSISTANCE
  • CHIEF AMONG THESE ARE 10 BILLION DOLLARS IN DIRECT FUNDING FOR AIRPORTS AND 450 BILLION IN GENERAL RELIEF FOR BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENTS THAT THE PORT SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS
  • THERE ARE ALSO PROVISIONS THAT WILL HELP THE INDIVIDUAL WORKERS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE PORT'S PASSENGER, CARGO, TOURISM MISSIONS TO WEATHER DEVICES
  • IN ADDITION APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN RICHARD SHELBY INSERTED A PROVISION THAT WILL ACHIEVE FULL USE OF THE HARBOR MAINTENANCE TAX
  • 377 BILLION DOLLARS OF THE "CARES" ACT IS ALLOCATED FOR RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESSES VIA THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
  • THIS WILL BE THE MAIN VEHICLE FOR RELIEF FOR MANY PORT STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING DRAYAGE TRUCK DRIVERS, AIRPORT GROUND TRANSPORTATION OPERATORS, AND AIRPORT CONCESSIONAIRES
  • IN OTHER INFORMATION, COMMISSIONERS ARE WELL AWARE THAT THE CITY OF SEATTLE WAS FORCED TO CLOSE DOWN THE WEST SEATTLE HIGHBRIDGE DUE TO NEWLY-DISCOVERED DAMAGE IN THE SPAN
  • THIS JUST COMPLICATES OUR RESPONSETO ALL THE CORONAVIRUS RESPONSES THAT WERE DOING
  • THIS CLOSURE MEANS THAT THE LOWER BRIDGE IS LIMITED TO EMERGENCY TRAFFIC ONLY
  • WE LEARNED LAST WEEK FROM THE SEAPORT ALLIANCE THE LONGSHORE WORKERS AND CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WERE BEING PREVENTED FROM GETTING TO TERMINAL FIVE
  • OUR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT REACHED OUT IMMEDIATELY TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SEATTLE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THOSE WORKERS ARE GETTING ACCESS THEY NEED TO HANDLE SHIPS AND CONTINUE THE T5 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
  • FINALLY
  • I HAVE A SAD
  • PIECE OF INFORMATION TO PASS
  • A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE AIRPORT FAMILY PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 22ND AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS KEVIN PATS VOLUNTEERED AT SEA-TAC FOR MORE THAN 12 YEARS IN GAVE OVER 1400 HOURS OF HIS TIME IN THE CENTRAL TERMINAL
  • HE HELPED TRAVELERS NAVIGATE THE AIRPORT AND MAKE IT TO THEIR FLIGHTS
  • HE WAS A GREAT CONVERSATIONALIST WHO'S GENUINE WARMTH KINDNESS AND DESIRE TO HELP WAS APPRECIATED BY EVERYONE WHO KNEW HIM
  • HIS FINAL SHIFT AT SEA-TAC WAS ON JANUARY 23RD
  • KEVIN WAS A FRIENDLY WELCOMING FACE TO MANY AND WE WILL MISS HIM GREATLY
  • PLEASE JOIN ME IN SHARING OUR CONDOLENCES WITH HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY
  • SO COMMISSIONERS WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT
  • OKAY
  • THANK YOU DIRECTOR METRUCK AND WE ARE NOW TURNING TO ITEM 5 WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT
  • THE COMMISSION WILL NOW ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP
  • WRITTEN MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE CLERK WILL BE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S MEETING RECORD
  • THE CLERK HAS A LIST OF THOSE WHO HAVE PREPARED TO SPEAK
  • AS A CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME, WE WILL OPEN THE LINE AND COMMENTERS WILL HAVE TO UNMUTE
  • THEMSELVES
  • THEN PLEASE REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD
  • IF YOU ARE ON THE SKYPE MEETING AND ARE ALSO STREAMING THE MEETING
  • PLEASE MUTE THE VIDEO STREAM TO AVOID FEEDBACK OF YOUR VOICE
  • PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NEARLY A 3-MINUTE LAG ON THE VIDEO STREAM
  • COMMENTER TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON
  • CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER
  • YES, OUR FIRST SPEAKER TODAY THAT WE HAVE IS LEANNE SUEVELVIA
  • LEANNE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF BY PRESSING STAR SIX ON YOUR MOBILE DEVICE
  • GIVE THEM A MINUTE
  • LEANNE SUEVELVIA? WELL, MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK TO HER
  • OKAY
  • I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT WE CAN'T FIND ONE
  • WE MIGHT HAVE-- REMINDER TO THE SPEAKERS THAT THEY NEED TO UNMUTE THEIR EQUIPMENT
  • YES
  • SO NEXT IS STEFAN MORITZ
  • STEFAN MORITZ, YOU'RE ON
  • STEFAN, ARE YOU THERE? YES
  • GREAT
  • ALL RIGHT
  • PLEASE REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD
  • AND YOU MAY BEGIN
  • BEGIN MORITZ WITH UNITE HERE LOCAL 8
  • DEAR PORT COMMISSIONERS, DEAR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRIC, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING TO DEALING WITH THIS CRISIS
  • WE KNOW THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HARD TIME FOR ALL OF US
  • AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS
  • WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN RESPONSE TO THIS CRISIS YOU'VE RECEIVED REQUESTS FOR RENT RELIEF AND OTHER MEASURES TO HELP AIRPORT EMPLOYERS AND WE THINK THAT ANY SUCH RELIEF EFFORTS FOR EMPLOYERS MUST ALSO BE TIED TO A RELIEF PACKAGE FOR FRONTLINE WORKERS IN AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL
  • COUNTLESS WORKERS HAVE BEEN LAID OFF OR ARE SEEING THEIR HOURS REDUCED IN THE FACE OF DECREASED TRAVEL
  • AND WHILE THE AFFECTED FOOD SERVICE CORPORATIONS WILL REBOUND, THIS COULD BE A CATASTROPHIC EVENT FOR WORKERS WHO ARE FACING AN IMMEDIATE AND UNEXPECTED LOSS OF THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND EVENTUAL LOSS OF THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
  • WHATEVER ACTION YOU TAKE MUST RESULT IN WORKERS BENEFITING
  • WORKERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO AND WON'T BE ABLE TO SHOULDER THE ENTIRE BURDEN OF PAYING FOR THEIR MEDICAL TREATMENT DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
  • WHILE EMPLOYERS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE HMS HOST OR SSP AMERICA WHO EMPLOY HUNDREDS OF EDR EMPLOYEES RECEIVE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN RENT DEFERRALS
  • MAKING SURE THAT AIRPORT CONCESSIONAIRES MAINTAIN THEIR EXPERIENCE TRAINED AND SECURITY BADGED WORKFORCE IS CRUCIAL TO ENSURING A SMOOTH TRANSITION BACK TO A FUNCTIONING AIRPORT ONCE BUSINESS REBOUNDS
  • THEREFORE WE PROPOSE THAT ANY RECIPIENT OF RELIEF SHOULD AGREE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE HEALTH BENEFIT PAYMENTS AT THE SAME LEVEL AS THEY MADE ON FEBRUARY 1ST, 2022 TO THOSE WORKERS WHO RECEIVED HEALTH BENEFITS AT THAT TIME OR THAT THEY MUST MAKE AN EQUIVALENT CASH PAYMENT TO SUCH WORKERS
  • THIS WILL BE A LIFESAVER FOR FOLKS WORKING AT THE AIRPORT
  • FINALLY
  • THERE APPEAR TO BE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN OFTEN FORGIVABLE LOANS AVAILABLE FOR AIRPORT EMPLOYERS UNDER THE FEDERAL CARES ACT THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK MENTIONED EARLIER AND THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO COVER HEALTH BENEFITS WAGES AND IMPORTANTLY RENT PAYMENTS TO THE PORT
  • UNDERSTANDING THE SITUATION AND HAVING A PLAN BEFORE MOVING FORWARD AS CRUCIAL AS TO NOT LEAVE WORKERS STRANDED IN OUR COMMUNITY
  • THANKS AGAIN FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON THIS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO A POSITIVE SOLUTION
  • THANKS
  • THANK YOU STEFAN
  • NEXT SPEAKER
  • I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO LEANNE MOMENTARILY
  • LEANNE SUEVELVIA? YEAH HERE
  • AWESOME
  • THANK YOU
  • PLEASE RESTATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND BEGIN YOUR COMMENT
  • HOLD ON JUST A SECOND
  • MY NAME IS LEANNE SUEVELVIA
  • AM I SUPPOSED TO TALK NOW? YES
  • YEP
  • GO FOR IT
  • GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY
  • MY NAME IS LEANNE SUEVELVIA
  • MY COMPANY IS BF FOODS
  • WE'RE A SMALL DISADVANTAGED COMPANY
  • A FAMILY OWNED COMPANY
  • I'VE WORKED AT SEA-TAC AIRPORT FOR 40 YEARS
  • THIS HAS BEEN MY LIFE
  • WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERS WITH A PORT FOR A LONG TIME
  • NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS PANDEMIC
  • WE JUST OPENED AND UNIT AT THE AIRPORT SAM CHOY'S POKE TO THE MAX
  • OUR FAMILY TOOK OUT A TWO MILLION DOLLAR LOAN TO BUILD THIS, USED OUR HOMES FOR COLLATERAL
  • NOW, WE HAVE LAID OFF ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, ALMOST ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, WE'VE CUT ALL THE SALARIES OF THE PEOPLE LEFT AND WE'RE STILL IN THE RED
  • I HEARD THAT LABOR HAS HAD A VERY STRONG VOICE AT THE COMMISSION TABLE INFLUENCING THE OUTCOME OF RELIEF
  • I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE POLITICS OF IT AT ALL
  • IT'S NOT A TIME FOR NEGOTIATING TOOLS, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE A TIME OF ANY KIND OF POLITICS
  • THIS IS PURE SURVIVAL
  • WHY WOULDN'T EVERYONE WANT THE BUSINESSES TO STAY AFLOAT TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES
  • THIS PANDEMIC WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS OR MORE
  • LABORERS NOT HELPING FEED OR GIVING LOANS TO THEIR MEMBERS FROM THE TRUST
  • IT'S THE COMPANIES LIKE OURS THAT ARE HELPING OUR EMPLOYEES THE BEST WE CAN
  • THE WORDS "DEFERRED" AND "WAIVE" MAKE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE LABOR UNIONS SHOULD NOT DECIDE THE FATE OF MY HOME, MY COMPANY, MY FAMILY, OR MY EMPLOYEES
  • WE PARTNERED WITH THE PORT AND BUILT A BEAUTIFUL UNIT
  • ALL WE ARE ASKING DURING THIS CRISIS IS TO HELP US FOR A MINIMUM OF FOUR MONTHS TO HELP US STAY AFLOAT
  • OUR PARTNERSHIPS SHOULD MEAN THAT MUCH
  • WE ARE IN SUCH DIRE NEED AND THIS IS OUR WHOLE LIFE
  • WE DO CARE ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES AND WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THEM THE BEST WE CAN
  • AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND WITH SOME OF THE LARGER COMPANIES LIKE HMS HOST
  • THEY'RE TRYING TO COVER ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES UNTIL AT LEAST MAY 30TH
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU LEANNE
  • THE NEXT SPEAKER IS? THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LUCIA FUJENTIA PEREZ, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF BY PRESSING STAR 6
  • HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN
  • GREAT
  • PLEASE RESTATE YOUR NAME
  • THANK YOU
  • HELLO, EVERYONE
  • THANK YOU FOR HAVING A HEARING FOR US TODAY
  • MY NAME IS LUCIA FLUCENCIO OH, I'M A SHIFT SUPERVISOR
  • I HAVE BEEN WORKING AT THE AIRPORT FOR FOUR YEARS
  • I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND I'M A SINGLE MOTHER
  • MY OLDEST KID IS 9 YEARS OLD NOW
  • MY SON AMELIO WHO IS 5YRS OLD HAS ASTHEMA AND NEEDS MEDICATION
  • WITHOUT INSURANCE IT WILL COST ME ABOUT $450 PER MONTH FOR HIS MEDICATION BECAUSE OF MY UNION INSURANCE
  • I CURRENTLY PAY NOTHING
  • I'M AFRAID THAT IF I LOSE MY INSURANCE AND MY SON'S INSURANCE
  • I'M AFRAID THAT I WILL NOT AFFORD THIS TREATMENT ANYMORE
  • WHAT IF HE'S HOSPITALIZED I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PAY THE BILL PROBABLY
  • THANK YOU FOR WORKING TO MAKE SURE HEALTH BENEFITS ARE PROTECTED
  • THANK YOU
  • OKAY
  • THANK YOU
  • LUCIA
  • THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
  • THE NEXT PERSON I HAVE ON MY LIST
  • I WAS NOT ABLE TO VERIFY IF THEY WERE ON THE LINE, BUT I'LL GIVE THEM A CHANCE NOW SHEILA FOSTER
  • SHEILA FOSTER IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF BY PRESSING STAR SIX ON YOUR DEVICE
  • GOOD MORNING
  • GOOD MORNING
  • GREAT
  • THANK YOU
  • PLEASE RESTATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU MAY BEGIN
  • MY NAME IS SHEILA FOSTER
  • I HAVE WORKED FOR HMS HOST AT SEA-TAC FOR 25 YEARS
  • I HAVE RAISED MY CHILDREN BY WORKING AT HMS HOST
  • I'M A SINGLE MOM OF AN ADULT DAUGHTER AND A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON
  • IN 1993
  • I HAD 90% OF MY THYROID REMOVED
  • FOLLOWED BY THAT, THE OTHER TEN PERCENT IN 2004
  • I AM ON SYNTHROID MEDITATION THAT PERFORMS THE DUTIES OF A THYROID
  • I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT THIS MEDICATION
  • ON TOP OF THAT, I WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES AND I ALSO TAKE MEDICATION FOR AS WELL
  • MAY 1ST IS GOING TO BE A SCARY DAY FOR ME AND MY FAMILY IF WE LOSE OUR HEALTH CARE
  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
  • AND PLEASE EVERYONE CONTINUE TO BE SAFE
  • OKAY, THANK YOU
  • NEXT SPEAKER
  • PLEASE NEXT I HAVE CINDY BUYERS
  • PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF BY PRESSING STAR 6
  • HI
  • THIS IS CINDY BUYERS
  • GREAT, THANK YOU
  • I'VE BEEN A SERVER AT HMS HOST AT THE AIRPORT FOR 8 YEARS AND MY HUSBAND IS SELF EMPLOYED SO MY BENEFITS COVER BOTH OF US
  • I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NONHODGKINS LYMPHOMA LAST YEAR & JUST FINISHED CHEMOTHERAPY, RADIATION AND THE BILL WAS $868,000
  • BECAUSE OF MY GOOD JOB, I WAS NOT ABLE TO QUALIFY FOR ANY FINANCIAL AID AT SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE
  • I WAS COUNTING ON MY BENEFITS WHICH ARE GREAT AND I AM VERY THANKFUL FOR THOSE
  • BUT I WILL NEED PET SCANS AND PET SCANS IN THE FUTURE IN CHASES COMES BACK THEN MAYBE MORE TREATMENTS
  • EACH RADIATION TREATMENT IS $27,000
  • SO I'M VERY WORRIED ABOUT MY BENEFITS AT THIS POINT, SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT IM IN REMISSION RIGHT NOW BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE
  • SO I'M REALLY HOPING THAT THEY WILL HELP US WITH OUR MEDICAL BENEFITS UNTIL WE WE ALL GET BACK TO WORK
  • ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO HELP US WILL BE APPRECIATED
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
  • NEXT I HAVE DARLA FALLS
  • DARLA, IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF
  • HELLO? HI, THANK YOU
  • PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THEN YOU MAY BEGIN
  • ALL RIGHT
  • MY NAME IS DARLA FALLS
  • I'VE WORKED FOR HOST OFF AND ON FOR OVER 40 YEARS
  • 32 YEARS I'VE BEEN THERE THIS LAST TIME
  • I AM CALLING ABOUT THE HEALTH INSURANCE
  • OBVIOUSLY
  • WE'RE ALL VERY PARANOID ABOUT MAY FIRST BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GO WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE
  • I'M 59 YEARS OLD MY HUSBAND AT 60
  • I ACTUALLY GET [INAUDIBLE] 5 SHOTS IN EACH KNEE EVERY SIX MONTHS FOR A TOTAL OF 10 SHOTS AND THOSE RANGE AROUND $10,000 EVERY SIX MONTHS
  • I PAY SEVENTY DOLLARS PER SHOT WITH MY INSURANCE
  • SO IT'S A BIG DEAL
  • MY HUSBAND HAS COPD AND TYPE 2 DIABETES
  • NOW, BETWEEN THE BOTH OF US IF WE DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE WOULD BE OVER $1,500 A MONTH
  • SO THERE IS NO PROSPECT FOR US
  • BUT I DO WANT TO THANK THE PORT COMMISSION FOR HEARING US AND STAY SAFE EVERYBODY
  • THANK YOU
  • YES, THANK YOU
  • NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
  • YES, THE NEXT SPEAKER THAT I HAVE IS BRENDA CANADAY VALBUSH
  • BRENDA? IF YOU CAN, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND RESTATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD
  • MY NAME IS BRENDA CANADAY VALBUSH GREAT
  • THANK YOU
  • I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 35 YEARS
  • I KNOW MANY OF YOU ON THE LINE
  • WE WORK FOR A REALLY GREAT COMPANY WE HOPE THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO WORK
  • MY HUSBAND HAD A CARDIAC ARREST THREE YEARS AGO IN JUNE
  • AND I PERFORMED TEN MINUTES OF CPR
  • WE WERE LIFE-FLIGHTED TO SEATTLE, 10 DAYS IN THE ICU AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER HE WAS GOING TO WAKE UP OR NOT
  • HE DOES NOT CURRENTLY WORK NOW
  • I AM THE SOLE PERSON FOR HIS MEDICAL AND WITH WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, HE'S AT HIGH RISK
  • SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR MEDICAL
  • IT WOULD BE AMAZING
  • I MEAN ABOVE ALL ELSE THE MEDICAL WOULD BE AMAZING
  • I'M HOPING WE CAN BE SAFE AND WE CAN JUST ALL BE BETTER
  • OKAY, LAUREN, THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
  • YES, NEXT I HAVE STACY MILLS
  • SO STACY MILLS, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF BY PRESSING STAR SIX AND RESTATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD
  • STACY MILLS ARE YOU WITH US? HI, THIS IS STACEY MILLS
  • GREAT
  • THANK YOU
  • I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HEARING OUR VOICES TODAY
  • I HAVE BEEN A THE BARTENDER AT THE AIRPORT AND I HAVE WORKED HERE FOR 30 PLUS YEARS
  • FOUR YEARS AGO, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC ULCERATED COLITIS
  • IT'S A SEVERE INFLAMMATORY DISEASE
  • I'M SCHEDULED TO HAVE SURGERY TOMORROW APRIL 2ND TO HAVE A PORTION OF MY COLON REMOVED
  • THIS IS NOT AN ELECTIVE SURGERY AND IT WILL BE PERFORMED EVEN DURING THIS COVID-19 CRISIS
  • I WILL NEED FOLLOW-UP AFTER MY SURGERY AND IF MY INSURANCE ENDS ON APRIL 30TH, I WILL HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEN I WILL DO
  • THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT MY CONDITION WILL NOT RETURN
  • I MAY NEED MORE SURGERIES IN THE FUTURE PRESERVING MY HEALTH CARE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • STAY SAFE
  • THANK YOU
  • NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
  • ALRIGHT THE NEXT SPEAKER AND LAST SPEAKER THAT I HAVE ON MY LIST IS RICH BROWN
  • RICH BROWN, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF BY PRESSING STAR 6
  • RICH ARE YOU WITH US? YOU'RE A LITTLE FUZZY
  • YES, THAT'S PERFECT
  • FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PORT AND THE PORT COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR QUICK ACTION WITH CREATING THE MOTION 2020-06
  • THIS MEANS A LOT TO THE DUWAMISH VALLEY RESIDENTS AS THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE PORT'S SUPPORT TO THE DUWAMISH VALLEY COMMUNITY EQUITY PLAN
  • OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS
  • I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE PCAT TEAM ALONG WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO DEVELOP OUR PLANS FOR THE REVITALIZATION OF THE DUWAMISH VALLEY
  • THE COMMUNITY HAS PUT A LOT OF TRUST INTO THE PCAT AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PORT
  • AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE FEEL IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE THIS WORK AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE
  • WE AS THE PCAT WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE PORT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN THE PCAT
  • TO PRIORITIZE INVESTMENT IN OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS SUCH AS GATEWAY PARK SOUTH AND WE ENCOURAGE THE PORT TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING OUR CAPACITY BUILDING
  • WE HAVE GAINED A LOT OF MOMENTUM OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS AND WE FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THINGS MOVING ALONG
  • THE PCAT AND THE DUWAMISH VALLEY RESIDENTS NEED THIS WORK TO CONTINUE AS WE BUILD OUR COMMUNITY AND MOVE TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE FUTURE
  • PORT COMMISSIONERS AND THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR VOICES TODAY
  • THANK YOU RICH
  • ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
  • THAT IS ALL I HAVE ON MY LIST TODAY
  • WELL, OKAY, WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY MORE OUT THERE WHOSE VOICES ARE NOT ABLE TO HEAR TODAY, BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY COGNIZANT OF THE UNTOLD THOUSANDS WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED SEVERELY
  • WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE I THINK IT'S THE-- ARE WE ONTO THE MOTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
  • DID WE ALREADY DO THE CONSENT AGENDA HERE? YES, SO WE ARE ON TO ITEM 7 A MOTION 2020-07 A MOTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND SUPPORT TO PORT EMPLOYEES AND POOR TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES
  • THANK YOU AMY
  • WE'RE GOING TO HEAR NEXT FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVE METRUCK
  • COMMISSIONERS
  • WE HAVE THREE IMPORTANT ACTION ITEMS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY TO HELP PORT BUSINESSES TO GET ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
  • THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR ITS LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPING THESE INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER STEPS SOON
  • ITEM 7A IS A COMMISSION MOTION PROVIDING GUIDANCE ABOUT IMPLEMENTING SHORT-TERM RELIEF TO HELP MAINTAIN CONTINUITY OF PORT AFFILIATED BUSINESSES
  • AIRLINES HAVE GREATLY REDUCED SERVICES HERE AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AND MANY AIRPORT BUSINESSES HAVE HAD TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS AND REDUCE HOURS IN EMPLOYMENT SUCH AS WE'VE HEARD
  • THE PORT HAS A SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN PRESERVING THE VIABILITY IS OF THESE BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE PORT SO THAT THEY ARE READY AND ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES WHEN THE ECONOMY REBOUNDS AND PEOPLE START FLYING AGAIN AND USING OTHER SERVICES OF THE PORT
  • KEEPING THOSE BUSINESSES OPEN PROVIDES MUCH NEEDED EMPLOYMENT WITH BENEFITS FOR THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT THE AIRPORT
  • AT THIS TIME
  • I'D LIKE TO ASK LANCE LITTLE TO PROVIDE A SHORT OVERVIEW OF OPERATIONAL IMPACTS AND REQUEST FOR RELIEF AND THEN OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION
  • SO LANCE? LANCE, YOU SHOULD BE UNMUTED NOW
  • LET ME KNOW
  • OKAY
  • CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN
  • OKAY, GREAT
  • THANKS STEVE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
  • THE CURRENT SITUATION AT THE AIRPORT, AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK ALLUDED TO, WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN OUR OPERATIONS AT THE AIRPORT BOTH IN TERMS OF PASSENGERS AS WELL AS AIRCRAFT OPERATION AT THE AIRPORT
  • I GUESS
  • THE ONLY RAY OF LIGHT IS CARGO WHICH HAS INCREASED
  • WE'RE ASSUMING WE'RE INCREASING CARGO BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE AT HOME ORDERING STUFF
  • IN TERMS OF THE AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL PROGRAM
  • THEY'VE TAKEN A HUGE HIT
  • UP TO YESTERDAY, WE HAD 58 LOCATIONS THAT WERE CLOSED AND 31 THAT REMAINED OPEN
  • THAT WAS YESTERDAY THAT COULD HAVE CHANGED TODAY
  • AND AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRIC SAID EARLIER THE INDICATION OF HOW DRASTIC THIS IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING THRIUGH THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT, LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME WOULD BE ANYWHERE NEAR 50,000
  • YESTERDAY, WE SAW 3,500 PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE AIRPORT
  • THE AIRLINES HAVE CUT THEIR CAPACITY SIGNIFICANTLY
  • ALASKA DELTA AT ABOUT 70% UNITED AMERICAN AT ABOUT 50 TO 60 PERCENT [INAUDIBLE] SO THE IMPACT ON GROUND TRANSPORTATION AND ADR, ALL OUR TENANTS AT THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT
  • WE HAVE DONE MULTIPLE FORECASTS IN TERMS OF THE EMPLOYMENT
  • WE'RE LOOKING AT AN OVERALL REDUCTION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS OF ABOUT 44 PERCENT OVER THE YEAR
  • HOWEVER MONTHS WHEN WE EXPECT THE THE TRAFFIC TO DIP APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT AND 70 PERCENT ESPECIALLY IN THE IMMEDIATE MONTH
  • WE'VE HAD REQUESTS FOR RELIEF FROM PRETTY MUCH ALL OUR TENANTS: AIRLINES, AIRPORT DINING, RETAIL, RENTAL CARS , FLIGHT KITCHEN, PARKING, GROUND TRANSPORTATION AND OTHERS
  • WE'VE DONE A LOT OF ANALYSIS WHERE WE HAVE LOOKED AT MULTIPLE OPTIONS
  • WE HAVE DONE FINANCIAL MODELING AND WE THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME
  • WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO SOME OF OUR TENANTS HERE AT THE AIRPORT
  • AND OF COURSE THERE ARE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TENANTS, BUT WE THINK BASED ON THE FORECAST THAT WE HAVE DONE AND THE STIMULUS PACKAGE THAT WE WILL RECEIVE SOME FORM OF BENEFIT FROM THAT WE CAN MANAGE THIS RISK
  • AGAIN, THERE ARE RISKS, BUT WE THINK THAT WE CAN DO IT AND PROVIDE RELIEF TO OUR TEAMS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE AT THE AIRPORT
  • AT THIS TIME THANKS LANCE
  • THANKS TO YOU AND ALL YOUR TEAM
  • COMMISSIONERS, WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO ERIC SHENFIELD AND AARON PRITCHARD FOR THE COMMISSION STAFF TO DISCUSS THE MOTION
  • GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS
  • MY NAME IS ERIC SHENFIELD AND I'M JOINED BY AARON PRITCHARD
  • WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING FIRST HERE TODAY IS MOTION 2020-07
  • MOTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND SUPPORT TO PORT EMPLOYEES AND PORT TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES
  • I THINK AS YOU ALL WELL KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THE REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE ECONOMY HERE IN WASHINGTON STATE IS TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS FOR THE PORT'S FACILITIES, WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AIRPORT, OUR MARINE CARGO TERMINALS, CRUISE TERMINALS, AND FISHING MARINAS, THESE ARE ALL ASSETS OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE AND THEIR CONTINUED OPERATION IS REALLY ESSENTIAL NOT ONLY TO THE STATEWIDE ECONOMY, BUT ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES, THAT RELY ON THE PORT AND IT'S SERVICES
  • AND OF COURSE THE PORT CANNOT CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITHOUT TWO IMPORTANT THINGS NUMBER ONE, ITS OWN EMPLOYEES BEING HEALTHY AND SAFE AND ABLE TO WORK AND NUMBER TWO ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT THE PORT WORKS WITH AND RELIES ON TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION TO ALSO BE SUSTAINABLE AND HAVE THEIR EMPLOYEES BE HEALTHY AND SAFE
  • AND SO TODAY'S MOTION IS REALLY THE FIRST OF SEVERAL PIECES OF GUIDANCE THAT YOU WILL GIVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WITHIN THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE WE ARE PRIORITIZING IN THE SHORT TERM INVESTMENT OF THOSE RESOURCES INTO THOSE PRIORITIES
  • IF WE TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, IF WE TAKE CARE OF OUR TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES, RESIDENTS AT OUR FACILITIES, AND OF COURSE THEIR EMPLOYEES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO OUR JOB OPERATING THESE FACILITIES AND CONTINUING TO PROVIDE THAT STATEWIDE BENEFIT
  • SO LET ME TURN OVER TO AARON PRITCHARD WHO WILL NOW WALK THROUGH THE VERY SPECIFIC ITEMS IN THIS MOTION
  • AARON I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU GET THE PROMPT AGAIN
  • SO GIVE ME ONE MOMENT TO UNMUTE YOURSELF
  • THANK YOU, LAUREN
  • COMMISSIONERS I WILL GO OVER A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF THE TEXT OF THE RELIEF MOTION
  • THERE'S FOUR KEY SECTIONS I WANT TO COVER
  • FIRST, THE COMMISSION RESTATES THE PRIORITY REGARDING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF PORT EMPLOYEES AND SUPPORTS THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENACT WORKPLACE POLICIES TO KEEP OUR PEOPLE SAFE AND TO SUPPORT THIS, THE COMMISSION HAS GIVEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THE ABILITY TO DO SPEND UP TO 1 MILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT COMMISSION APPROVAL TO SUPPORT THIS EMPLOYEE HEALTH WELL-BEING AND SAFETY
  • SECOND, THE RELIEF MOTION HAS A STATEMENT OF IMPORTANCE FOR OUR TENANTS TO PROVIDE PAYMENTS AND BENEFITS TO EMPLOYEES AND URGING OUR TENANTS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC
  • THIRD SECTION IS REGARDING OUR PORT TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES
  • THE MOTION AUTHORIZES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO IMPLEMENT IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL RELIEF TO PORT TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PORT FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS OF KING COUNTY
  • IN PARTICULAR , THE MOTION STATES THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC CAN REASONABLY COMMIT TO CONTINUED OPERATIONS AND PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • FINALLY THE MOTION CALLS OUT TO ENSURE THAT OUR LIVEABOARDS AT OUR MARINAS WILL NOT FACE ANY EVICTION AND THAT OUR TENANT SUPPORT FACILITIES WILL NOT BE FACED WITH EVICTION FOR INABILITY TO PAY RENT AND THAT IS EXTENDED THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2020
  • I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION
  • I'LL JUST MAKE TWO QUICK CLARIFICATIONS BEFORE WE TURN THINGS OVER TO COMMISSIONERS
  • ONE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S VERY CLEAR TO EVERYBODY LISTENING THAT WHILE LATER YOU WILL CONSIDER ACTIONS RELATED TO THE AIRPORT, THIS MOTION IS PORT WIDE
  • SO THIS DOES TALK ABOUT RELIEF TO ALL OF THE VARIOUS LINES OF BUSINESS THROUGHOUT THE PORT
  • AND THEN FINALLY THE OTHER ITEM TO CLARIFY AS AARON WAS MENTIONING, THE LAST PIECE IS AROUND EVICTIONS AND PROTECTIONS OF BOTH TENANTS AND RESIDENTS
  • THIS MOTION AND THE PROHIBITION ON EVICTIONS APPLIES TO ANY TENANTS AT ANY PORT FACILITIES AS WELL AS RESIDENTS
  • SO WHETHER YOU ARE A SMALL BUSINESS OR A NON-PROFIT AT A PORT FACILITY OR YOU ARE A "LIVE-ABOARD" OR ANOTHER MOORAGE CUSTOMER THAT EVICTION PROHIBITION EXTENDS TO EVERYONE AT THE PORT
  • OKAY THANK YOU
  • I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW BRIEF REMARKS BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR FULL COMMISSION DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO THE MOTION
  • THIS IS, AGAIN, THE RELIEF AND SUPPORT MOTION AND I HAVE TO SAY ONCE AGAIN
  • IT IS OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY THE SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING OF ALL OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE PORT COMMUNITY
  • OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN LISTENING TO OUR PORT COMMUNITY THE COMPANIES, ORGANIZATIONS, TENANTS, AND EMPLOYEES THAT DO BUSINESS WITH THE PORT
  • THEY'VE SHARED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE COVID-19 VIRUS AND THE REAL IMPACTS IT HAS HAD ON THEIR LIVES AND THEIR BUSINESSES
  • AND TO ALL: WE HEAR YOU AND WE ARE RESPONDING
  • OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES URGENTLY NEED FINANCIAL HELP NOW WHILE THEY AWAIT FOR FEDERAL RELIEF, WE WILL STAND TOGETHER STRONG THROUGH THIS UNPRECEDENTED GLOBAL HEALTH CRISIS
  • THAT'S WHY THE COMMISSION HAS WORKED HARD WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO SEE, AN AMAZING TEAM AT THAT, WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY AND RESOURCES TO PROVIDE HELP
  • THE FUNCTIONAL CONTINUITY AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF THE PORT ARE OF COURSE VITAL TO PREVENTING GREATER DISRUPTION IN THE CURRENT EMERGENCY CONDITIONS WE'RE LIVING UNDER
  • AND OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE KEEPING THE PORT OPERATING DURING THIS CHALLENGING TIME
  • AND WE'RE ALSO MAINTAINING THE SUPPLY CHAIN FOR VITAL SUPPLIES INCLUDING THOSE COMING THROUGH AIR CARGO THAT PROVIDE NECESSARY MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND URGENTLY NEEDED OTHER SUPPLIES TO DEAL WITH THE HEALTH CRISIS
  • THIS IS AN INITIAL RELIEF PACKAGE AND WE FULLY EXPECT THERE WILL BE MORE COMING AS WE CONTINUE TO ASSESS THE NEEDS OF OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS AND THEIR EMPLOYEES
  • THE MOTION IS BROAD, ITS HIGH LEVEL, AND IT MAY NOT ANSWER ALL OF THE SPECIFICS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR
  • WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON ALL OF THOSE ISSUES BUT IT GIVES OVERARCHING AUTHORITY HERE TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THE RELIEF AND PROVIDE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH THE NECESSARY AUTHORITY AND DIRECTION TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE NEEDS
  • SO THANK YOU
  • ONCE AGAIN TO THE TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP TEAM, PORT COMMISSIONERS, MY COLLEAGUES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS TO RESPOND TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS AND PUTTING THIS RELIEF PACKAGE TOGETHER
  • I KNOW EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GET THROUGH THIS AND WE WILL
  • SO WITH THAT
  • LET'S MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS QUESTIONS AND POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS
  • ALL RIGHT, AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRÜCK
  • I WILL GO IN REVERSE ORDER AND BE STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • SO I WILL PROMPT YOU TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FOR THE MOTION BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO DISCUSSION AND AMENDMENTS
  • GOOD IDEA
  • LET'S INTRODUCE THE MOTION
  • WELL, THE MOTION HAS BEEN INTRODUCED
  • AND LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION
  • SO AT THIS TIME, WE JUST NEED A SECOND
  • I'M SORRY
  • WE NEED A SECOND
  • SO IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SO MOVED
  • OKAY
  • IT'S MOVED AND SECONDED
  • AND THE DISCUSSION CAN CONTINUE NOW
  • I'D LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO MOTION 2020-07 AND IT ENDED ON PAGE 2 LINE 76 AND CAN I READ THIS EDIT? PLEASE DO
  • AND DO WE HAVE THAT TRANSMITTED ELECTRONICALLY? I DID SEND IT TO YOU AND I SENT IT TO AMY AS WELL
  • YES COMMISSIONERS
  • IT IS IN YOUR EMAIL INBOXES FROM AARON
  • WE HAVE TO GO TO OUR EMAIL INBOXES TO SEE IT
  • OKAY
  • ALRIGHT FRED
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? IT IS TWO SENTENCES AND IT REFLECTS CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD
  • A NEW SECTION
  • LIKE I SAID ON LINE 76
  • ASSISTANCE IN FINDING RELIEF FROM OTHER ENTITIES
  • REPORT WILL DEVELOP AN OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR ITS TENANTS AND EMPLOYEES TO FACILITATE THEIR ABILITY TO ACCESS LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL RELIEF RESOURCES
  • THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL CLARITY PROVIDED BY THE AGENCIES AS TO THE ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION OF RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT CONCLUDES MY EDIT
  • IS EVERYONE ABLE TO SEE THE TEXT ON THAT
  • I'M NOT FINDING IT RIGHT NOW
  • I JUST EMAIELD IT AGAIN COMMISSIONERS
  • IT SHOULD BE IN THE TOP OF YOUR EMAIL INBOX NOW
  • ALRIGHT, LET'S OPEN FOR COMMENTS
  • THANK YOU
  • ALL RIGHT
  • NEXT WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER CHO
  • DO WE NEED A SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT? THERE'S A MOTION TO AMEND
  • IN ORDER TO OPEN FOR COMMENT, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT
  • YES
  • YOU DO NEED TO SECOND THE AMENDMENT AND THEN YOU CAN DISCUSS AND VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND THEN VOTE ON THE MOTION
  • OKAY
  • IS THERE A SECOND TO COMMISSIONER FELDMAN'S AMENDMENT? ONCE AGAIN, IS THERE A SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT? JUST GOT ON MUTE AND I'M HAPPY TO SECOND
  • CAN I ASK COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN ALL RIGHT IT'S BEEN SECONDED
  • FOR CLARIFICATION OR MAYBE ERIC SHINFELD
  • SO I AM LOOKING AT MULTIPLE DRAFTS OF DIFFERENT MOTIONS AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE
  • WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE MOTION THAT HAS AS DESCRIPTION TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND SUPPORT TO PORT EMPLOYEES AND PORT TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES
  • IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT
  • THAT IS CORRECT
  • SO I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER FELLMAN, YOU MAY BE SEEKING TO AMEND THE MOTION THAT READS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR PORT LEADERSHIP AND PRIORITIZING PORT INVESTMENTS
  • IS THAT CORRECT? NO, HE'S AMENDING THIS MOTION
  • SO IT'S UNDER THE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT
  • IT'S JUST ABOVE THE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT
  • AFTER THE EVICTION SECTION BEFORE THE STATEMENT OF SUPPORT AND IT WOULD BE ADDING DIRECTION TO DEVELOP AN OUTREACH PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL FOLKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PORT WE HELP THEM ACCESS WHATEVER FEDERAL RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE
  • IT'S LOCAL, STATE, FEDERAL
  • THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION
  • AND I'M SORRY IF THERE'S MULTIPLE VERSIONS FLOATING AROUND
  • IT WAS REALLY JUST A GRAMMATICAL UPDATE
  • THANK YOU, LAUREN
  • YEP
  • THOUGHT THAT MIGHT HELP
  • RIGHT AND WHAT LAUREN IS SHOWING IS NOT THE MOTION, BUT RATHER THE INITIAL VERSION OF THE MOTION, NOT THE AMENDMENT, CORRECT, RIGHT, SO WE WOULD GO IN AT 76
  • GO IT
  • THAT'S GREAT
  • THANK YOU
  • WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ IT AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE WE ALL HAVE THE SAME VERSION
  • THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR YOUR CLERK THE PORT WILL DEVELOP AN OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR ITS TENANTS AND EMPLOYEES TO FACILITATE THEIR ABILITY TO ACCESS LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL RELIEF RESOURCES
  • THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL CLARITY PROVIDED BY THE AGENCIES AS TO THE ELIGIBILITY
  • AND APPLICATION OF RELIEF PROGRAMS GOT IT
  • THANKS
  • AND THAT IS A DIFFERENT VERSION THAN WHAT ERIC PUT UP FOR US
  • EXCUSE ME SENT US BY EMAIL JUST MINUTES AGO, THERE'S ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AND SPECIFICITY THERE
  • SO JUST TO POINT THAT OUT
  • THE MOST RECENT VERSION THAT I THINK WE HAVE ON YOUR SCREENS AND LAUREN IS TRYING TO PUT UP NOW, SO COMMISSIONER FELLAMAN IF THAT'S NOT EXACTLY THE RIGHT LET US KNOW BUT THAT'S AT LEAST THE THE GENERAL FLAVOR AND THE POINT OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO
  • THIS WHAT I THINK WE ORIGINALLY HAD I HAD SENT ERIN AND PETE UPDATED VERSIONS OF THIS
  • THIS WAS WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY-- I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S MORE THAN ONE VERSION THAT WE'RE SEEING IN HERE
  • APOLOGY
  • SO LAUREN TAKE THIS OFF THE SCREEN, PLEASE
  • APOLOGIES FOR THAT CONFUSION
  • COMMISSIONER FELLAMAN I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION IN TERMS OF INTENT AND I WOULD ALSO JUST MAKE THE COMMENT THAT THE PORT HAS BEEN DOING EXTENSIVE OUTREACH UP TO THIS POINT THAT HAS BROUGHT US TO THESE TWO MOTIONS TODAY AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, BUT THIS FORMALIZES IT
  • BUT WHERE IT REFERENCES TENANTS AND EMPLOYEES IS IT YOUR INTENT TO CALL FOR ASSISTANCE OR OUTREACH TO TENET'S EMPLOYEES
  • THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES ARE NOT EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT
  • AS WELL AS OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT
  • I APPRECIATE THAT THAT NEED FOR CLARITY
  • I WAS ASSUMING IT WOULD APPLY TO BOTH
  • OKAY, BECAUSE THE PORT OF COURSE HAS EMPLOYEES WHO MAY BE SEEKING CERTAIN SUPPORTS AS WELL
  • SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR GOAL IS HERE TO HELP OUR BUSINESS TENANTS, THEIR EMPLOYEES, AND THE PORT'S EMPLOYEES
  • IS THAT ACCURATE? IT COULD BE, YES, TENANTS, THEIR EMPLOYEES AND PORT EMPLOYEES
  • SO EVERYBODY'S INCLUDED THERE
  • OKAY
  • THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT YOU MEANT
  • OKAY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS QUESTIONS? OKAY HEARING NONE
  • HANG ON
  • LET ME MAKE SURE THAT
  • LET'S GO THROUGH ONE BY ONE
  • SO COMMISSIONER FELLMAN
  • ARE YOU COMPLETE WITH YOUR REMARKS? I AM
  • I WILL JUST GIVE YOU THE MOST UPDATED ONE HERE IN ONE SECOND
  • OKAY, I BELIEVE I WAS JUST SHOWING IT JUST A MOMENT AGO
  • BUT PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THAT IS NOT THE CASE AND THEN NEXT WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER CHO I SUPPORT THIS MOTION
  • I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS
  • THIS AMENDMENT, EXCUSE ME
  • GREAT AND THEN COMMISSIONER CALKINS? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT OF THANKS COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN AND FELLEMAN FOR IDENTIFYING IN THE SECTION JUST ABOVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE RESIDENTS AT THE RECREATIONAL MARINAS AND LIVEABOARDS
  • THEY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER OTHER PROTECTIONS THAT HAVE ROLLED OUT IN THE FACE OF THE COVID CRISIS AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE CALLED THEM OUT AND TO ENSURE THAT THERE WON'T BE UNDUE IMPACTS TO THAT COMMUNITY AS WELL
  • SO THANK YOU TO THE TWO OF YOU
  • ALRIGHT AND THEN COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES WE CAN
  • EXCELLENT
  • I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF POINTS
  • I WANTED TO CALL OUT ON THE MOTION
  • FIRST UNDER THE SECTION ABOUT PORT EMPLOYEES
  • I WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SOME GUIDANCE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO I KNOW IS ALREADY MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT PRIORITY SHALL BE GIVEN TO MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT AND BENEFITS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE
  • OUR EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE ARE LIKE EMPLOYEES EVERYWHERE AROUND THE COUNTY AND THE STATE WORRIED ABOUT WHETHER THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A JOB WHEN THIS IS ALL OVER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TAKING A HARD LOOK AT MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT FOR OUR STAFF
  • THE SECOND POINT IS THE NEXT PARAGRAPH
  • I WANTED TO AGAIN CALL OUT
  • THE COMMISSION IS MAKING A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXTEND UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS WITHOUT COMMISSION APPROVAL TO ADVANCE EFFORTS THAT WILL HELP EMPLOYEES TELEWORK
  • THIS IS IMPORTANT
  • I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND LET HIM MAKE DECISIONS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THIS ORGANIZATION CAN CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS EXPEDIENTLY AS POSSIBLE DURING THIS CRISIS
  • SO STEVE, YOU AND I ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THIS BUT I DIDN'T THINK THAT YOU WOULD BE OPPOSED
  • I AM NOT OPPOSED COMMISSIONER
  • THANK YOU
  • OKAY GOOD
  • THIRD, I WANTED
  • TO CALL OUT IN THE SECTION STARTING AT LET ME THINK SENTENCE 62 WHERE WE'RE PROVIDING SOME GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF HOW THE STAFF WOULD LOOK AT SHORT-TERM ECONOMIC RELIEF
  • AND THE FIRST OF THOSE IS THAT THOSE TENANTS THAT ARE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PLACED UPON THEIR BUSINESSES TO ADDRESS IT
  • IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING, MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT MANY FUNCTIONS THE PORT OF SEATTLE HAS
  • BY EXAMPLE IN ADDITION TO THE AIRPORT AND SEAPORT AND THE CRUISE BUSINESS, WHICH THE PUBLIC IS PROBABLY MOST AWARE OF, WE ALSO HAVE MORE THAN 250 LANDSIDE TENANTS IN OUR DIFFERENT BUILDINGS
  • SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE TO THE STAFF ABOUT HOW TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF THE CRISIS
  • BUT AGAIN PRIORITIZE THOSE THAT ARE MOST DIRECTLY AFFECTED
  • IT'S GOING TO BE A DAUNTING TASK AND I KNOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE COMING TOWARDS US OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO WEEKS OR MONTHS TO IDENTIFY THOSE FIRST
  • IT'S CHALLENGING TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO ABSOLUTELY EVERYBODY THAT'S IMPACTED
  • BUT WE REALLY NEED TO GET THOSE WHOSE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN SHUTTERED BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNOR'S STAY-AT-HOME ORDER SHOULD BE, IN MY OPINION, AT THE TOP OF THE LIST
  • AND THEN FINALLY I WANTED TO CALL OUT TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THE LANGUAGE THAT WE INCLUDED ABOUT THE LIVE-ABOARD TENANTS
  • WE WERE NOT SURE WHETHER MAYOR JERKINS' ORDER ABOUT NO EVICTIONS APPLIED
  • AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LIVE ABOARD TENANTS AND AND OTHER MORTGAGE CUSTOMERS REALIZE THAT THEY HAVE A SAFETY NET UNDER THEM THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2020 REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CITY PULLS BACK ON THEIR DIRECTIVE REGARDING EVICTION
  • SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU TO THE STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THE MOTION
  • ARE THERE OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE
  • I WANT TO ADD MY THANKS TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS
  • MANY EYES HAVE BEEN ON THIS AND WORKED ON IT AROUND THE CLOCK OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO
  • STAFF, LEADERSHIP TEAM, COMMISSIONERS, AND THIS IS A COLLECTIVE EFFORT, BUT I WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK COMMISSIONER BOWMAN FOR HER
  • BEING THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND IN PARTICULAR THE URGENCY OF THIS AND NEED FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF MEASURES THAT WE CAN UNDERTAKE
  • SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
  • THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL ON A VOTE
  • OKAY FIRST I AM GOING TO READ THE AMENDMENT AND CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENTS
  • OKAY, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE MOTION
  • AND THEN WE WILL VOTE ON THE AMMENDED MOTION
  • OKAY SO THE AMENDMENT IS TO IS TO INSERT AT LINE 76 NEW SUBHEADING ASSISTANCE IN FINDING RELIEF FROM OTHER ENTITIES THE PORT WILL DEVELOP AN OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR ITS TENANTS THEIR EMPLOYEES AND PORT EMPLOYEES TO FACILITATE THEIR ABILITY TO ACCESS LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL RELIEF RESOURCES
  • THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ESTABLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL CLARITY PROVIDED BY THE AGENCIES AS TO THE ELIGIBILITY AND APPLICATION OF RELIEF PROGRAMS OKAY, CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
  • SO A VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • LET ME GET HIM UNMUTED
  • AYE COMISSIONER CHO? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? AYE
  • AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK? AYE
  • THERE FIVE YAYS AND ZERO NAY'S
  • THE MOTION TO AMEND PASSES
  • NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED
  • OKAY
  • SO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? AYE COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? AYE AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
  • AYE
  • THE MOTION PASSES
  • OKAY ITEM 7B IS AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TAKE SUCH IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM ACTIONS AS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AIRPORT RELIEF MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK? AUTHORIZE ME TO IMPLEMENT A NUMBER OF TEMPORARY MEASURES COMMISSIONERS ITEM 7B WOULD SUCH AS DEFERRING MINIMUM GUARANTEES AND CHARGES ON GROSS REVENUES
  • NOW, THERE WERE SOME ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AS I THINK HAS BEEN NOTED
  • THERE'S LOTS OF DEVELOPMENTS AND LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON RELATED TO THE CORONAVIRUS AND IT'S IMPACTS ACROSS ALL THE OPERATIONS AND ESPECIALLY AT THE AIRPORT
  • THROUGH A NUMBER OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE STAFF AND WITH COMMISSIONERS, MY ACTION MEMO HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS MEMO TO WHAT I'M PRESENTING BEFORE YOU TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
  • I'M PROPOSING SEEING THAT THE DEFERRALS THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND AS LAID OUT IN THE MEMO WHICH IS DEFERRALS FOR TWO MONTHS WITH THE PORT GATHERING INFORMATION FROM TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES TO ASSESS THE IMPACTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC BEFORE CONSIDERING AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS EXTENSION
  • AND THE CATEGORIES ARE BROKEN DOWN FOR RELIEF IN THE MEMO
  • FOR AIRLINES, WE PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING: ACCELERATE 2019 SETTLEMENT IN REVENUE-SHARING, MAINTAIN RATES AT BUDGETED LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020, CONSIDER A DEFERRAL OF RENT AND LANDING FEES ON A MONTH-BY-MONTH BASIS AFTERWARDS
  • FOR AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL: DEFER A PERCENTAGE OF THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE PAYMENTS AND PERCENTAGE OF THE GROSS REVENUES FOR TWO MONTHS WITH CONSIDERATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS AT A FUTURE DATE
  • FOR RENTAL CAR BUSINESSES: DEFER PERCENTAGE OF MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE PAYMENTS AND A PERCENTAGE OF RENT FOR TWO MONTHS WITH CONSIDERATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS AT A LATER DATE
  • FOR REMOTE PARKING: DEFER PERCENTAGE OF REMAINING MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE PAYMENTS AND PERCENTAGE OF RENT FOR TWO MONTHS WITH CONSIDERATION FOR AN ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS AT A LATER DATE
  • FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING TAXIS, TNCS, AND COURTESY SHUTTLES DEFER PERCENTAGE OF REMAINING MINIMAL ANNUAL GUARANTEE PAYMENTS AND PERCENTAGE OF RENT FOR TWO MONTHS WITH CONSIDERATION FOR ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS AT A LATER DATE FOR NON AERONAUTICAL PROPERTIES SUCH AS FLIGHT KITCHENS: DEFER PERCENTAGE REMAINING MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE PAYMENTS AND PERCENTAGES RENT FOR TWO MONTHS WITH CONSIDERATION FOR ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS AT A LATER DATE
  • AND FOR NON AERONAUTICAL TERMINAL BUSINESSES SUCH AS THE CLEAR PROGRAM: DEFER PERCENTAGE OF MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE PAYMENTS AND A PERCENTAGE OF RENT FOR TWO MONTHS WITH CONSIDERATION FOR ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS AT A LATER DATE
  • WE VIEW THESE INITIAL ACTIONS AS LAID OUT IN THE ACTION MEMO TO BE FOLLOWED UP BY OTHER ASSISTANCE IN THE COMING WEEKS
  • WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL IMPACT AND BENEFIT OF THE FEDERAL RELIEF LEGISLATION FOR AIRLINES AND FOR OTHER AIRPORT BUSINESSES AND ALL SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEIR WORKERS
  • SO WITHIN THIS IS LAID OUT IN HERE
  • I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS REQUEST UNDER YOUR CONSIDERATION
  • ALL RIGH
  • IS LANCE GOING TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THE ITEMS HERE OR IS THAT CONCLUDE YOUR OPENING-- THAT CONCLUDED IT BUT LANCE IS AVAILABLE TO IF LANCE IS HERE, I'D LIKE TO ASK TO BACK TO THE RELIEF BEING OFFERED TO THE AIRLINE'S REGARDING THE LANGUAGE CONSIDERED DEFERRAL OF RENT AND LANDING FEES ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS
  • WHAT EXACTLY IS MEANT BY THAT? AND WHAT IS THE INTENTION? LANCE YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A PROMPT TO UNMUTE
  • LET ME TRY AGAIN
  • OKAY
  • CAN YOU GUYS HEAR AND SEE ME? WE SURE CAN
  • WELL, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND SEE ME
  • I'M TRYING TO THERE WE GO
  • OKAY
  • ALL RIGHT
  • YES COMMISSIONER
  • SO THE INTENT HERE WAS TO, AS I SAID EARLIER, TO ACCELERATE THE ACCELERATE THE FEES FOR THE AIRLINES WHICH WOULD EFFECTIVELY GIVE THEM CASH FLOW RELIEF IMMEDIATELY
  • HOWEVER WITH REGARDS TO DEFERRING LANDING FEES AND RENTS
  • WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE STIMULUS PACKAGE BENEFITS WILL IMPACT THE AIRLINES BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION ON DEFERRING THEIR LANDING FEES AND RENTS AND SO WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT BY THAT TIME FOR US TO MAKE THAT DECISION
  • HOWEVER, IN THE MEANTIME WITH THE ACCELERATION OF THE REVENUE SHARING WITH THEM AND DEFERRING AND KEEPING THE RATES, THE AIRLINES WILL BENEFIT SIGNIFICANTLY IN TERMS OF CASH FLOW
  • OKAY
  • SO AS WE ALL KNOW THE AIRLINES ARE IN A TAILSPIN DOWNWARD WITH REGARD TO CASH FLOW AND I WANTED TO HAVE CLARIFICATION ON WHAT THE INTENT WAS THERE AND HOW MUCH TIME MAY BE NEEDED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, AS YOU SAY, THE FEDERAL RELIEF PROVISIONS
  • WELL, WE'RE EVEN TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE RELIEF PACKAGE AS IT IMPACTS US, THE AIRPORTS, OUR PORTIONS
  • WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THE AIRLINES AND WHAT ADVANTAGES
  • THE AIRLINES HAVE A COMBINATION OF GRANTS AS WELL AS LOANS
  • SO WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHICH ASPECT OF THE STIMULUS PACKAGE THEY WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AND IF WE DO NEED TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL RELIEF IF ANY AT ALL SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DO THAT ANALYSIS
  • WE HAVEN'T COMPLETED THAT YET
  • THIS GIVES US ABOUT A MONTH IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT
  • SO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A MONTH THEN FOR I DON'T THINK IT WILL TAKE US A MONTH, BUT WE HAVE AT LEAST A MONTH
  • I HOPE WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT IN A MUCH SHORTER TIME THAN A MONTH
  • THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION
  • I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO COMMISSION COMMENTS
  • BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO JUST ADD THAT THE PREVIOUS MOTION FOCUSED ON IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL RELIEF FOR THOSE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE PORT AS WELL AS THEIR EMPLOYEES
  • THIS MOTION IS FOCUSED ON A LONGER-TERM HIGH-LEVEL ECONOMIC RECOVERY APPROACH AND STRATEGY
  • SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO INVITE COMMISSIONERS TO COMMENT ALL RIGHT, AND WE WILL GO IN REVERSE ORDER AGAIN SO COMMISSIONER FELLMAN
  • YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A PROMPT TO UNMUTE
  • THANK YOU
  • I AM I JUST WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT IN THE SAME SPIRIT IN WHICH LANCE SPOKE TO THE NEED FOR INFORMATION WHILE NOT BEING A CONDITION OF EXTENDING POTENTIAL MAG RELIEF FOR THE OTHER TENANTS AT THE AIRPORT HAVING THE INFORMATION FOR US TO KNOW HOW THIS COVID CRISIS IS IMPACTING THEM IS VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR THE PORT AND TO BE ABLE TO DEFINITELY DEFEND OUR ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THE TENANTS AND HOW THEY CAN SUPPORT THEIR EMPLOYEES
  • SO THIS ADDITIONAL DATA WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO US IN DEFENDING THOSE DECISIONS
  • OKAY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? COMISSIONER CHO? YEAH, WELL FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO REALLY THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE
  • I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE IN THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY ARE AWARE OF HOW HOW MUCH TIME HAS BEEN PUT INTO ALL OF THIS
  • FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS OUR STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN THIS MOTION WE'RE CONSIDERING TODAY, YOU KNOW, MAKING CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE VERY LAST MINUTE
  • SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK
  • AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE THAT NOT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THE SAME POINT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT WE'RE TRULY IN UNCERTAIN TIMES RIGHT NOW AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AS A COMMISSION AND AS AN ORGANIZATION ARE PRETTY MUCH ON UNCERTAIN AND INCOMPLETE DATA AND SO I WOULD ASK, YOU KNOW, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, OUR PARTNERS, OUR TENANTS, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO MAY BE LISTENING TO REALLY JUST BE PATIENT WITH US AND REALLY WORK WITH US
  • PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN COLLECTING THE DATA IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO
  • AND I THINK THAT HOPEFULLY WE'VE MADE IT CLEAR AS A COMMISSION WHAT OUR VALUES ARE AND WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR EVERYBODY
  • AND SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN ADVANCE, ALL OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS, AND OUR TENANTS, IN ADVANCE FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO US SO THAT WE CAN THEN TAKE THAT AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS
  • SO WITH THAT THAT I'LL CONCLUDE MY REMARKS
  • ALL RIGHT, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • YEAH, THANK YOU
  • JUST A FEW THOUGHTS ON THIS THE LAST TWO WEEKS HAVE BEEN, WE STAFF AND WE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN MEETING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN CERTAINLY WE'VE EVER MET DURING THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN A COMMISSIONER AND WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PROCESS OF DETERMINING BOTH THE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS ON THE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO RELY ON THE PORT FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD
  • BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT RESOURCES WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL AND AS OF A WEEK AGO WHEN WE MET WE WERE GOING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN WE WERE GOING TO HIT BOTTOM
  • I DON'T THINK WE'VE DETERMINED THAT YET
  • ALTHOUGH WE ARE STARTING TO GET A MUCH BETTER SENSE OF THE SCOPE AND SCALE OF THIS CRISIS
  • WE HAVE ALSO BEEN REALLY STEADFAST, I THINK ACROSS THE BOARD IN LEADERSHIP, AND IN IDENTIFYING THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY LIES FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH THE PRESERVATION OF THE PORT AND WITH OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS A CRITICAL LINK IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY ONCE WE DO PASS THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC
  • THE THE RELIEF MEASURES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY FOR STAKEHOLDERS AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE ARE UNPRECEDENTED BOTH IN THEIR SCOPE AND THEIR DURATION BUT THESE ARE UNPRECEDENTED TIMES
  • AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR LEADERSHIP IN PREVIOUS YEARS TO ENSURE THAT THEY MANAGED WISELY THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAD IN THOSE GOOD TIMES SO THAT NOW THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION OF CRISIS, WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF
  • I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS RELIEF IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO ENSURE THAT OUR TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES AND CONTRACTORS AND ALL THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE ABLE TO WEATHER THIS CRISIS ALONE
  • AND FOR THIS REASON I SUPPORT FRED'S EFFORTS TO DIRECT OUR STAFF TO HELP OUR PARTNERS NAVIGATE FEDERAL AND STATE RELIEF PROGRAMS THAT ARE ROLLING OUT NOW
  • BUT I THINK THERE'S MORE TO DO AND MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW WITH OUR RELIEF PROGRAMS, WHICH I FULLY SUPPORT AND WILL VOTE ON MOVING FORWARD IS THAT THERE'S ONE KEY SEGMENT THAT IS NOT ADDRESSED DIRECTLY AND THAT IS THOSE WORKERS WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THE PORT OF SEATTLE OR OUR PARTNERS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WHO ARE NOW THROWN INTO FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS
  • THERE IS SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL RELIEF AVAILABLE TO MANY OF THEM IN THE FORM OF STIMULUS CHECKS THAT ARE COMING AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, BUT I'M PARTICULARLY CONCERNED THAT SO MANY WORKERS ARE AT RISK OR HAVE ALREADY LOST HEALTH CARE COVERAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC
  • AND THIS ABSOLUTELY REPRESENTS A THREAT TO BUSINESS CONTINUITY FOR THE PORT AND OUR ECOSYSTEM
  • AND SO I BELIEVE THAT WHILE THIS INITIAL IMMEDIATE RELIEF PACKAGE IS A VERY GOOD START
  • I THINK WE NEED TO DO MORE AND WE NEED TO BE EXPLORING EVERY AVENUE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE WORKERS WHO HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS OR IN PARTICULAR HAVE LOST HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
  • THAT WE ARE SEEKING TO AVAIL THEM OF RESOURCES EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH PARTNERS THAT WILL ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE COVERAGE IN WHATEVER COVERAGE GAP THEY'RE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW AND THAT OVER THE LONG TERM WE SET UP SYSTEMS IN PLACE SO THAT THIS NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN
  • AND I THINK THERE'S MORE TO TALK ABOUT IN THE IN THE FOLLOWING MOTION
  • BUT WITH THAT I WILL LEAVE IT TO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
  • OKAY
  • ALL RIGHT, AND THEN NEXT WE CAN HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
  • I'M GOING TO PROMPT YOU TO UNMUTE YOURSELF
  • YOU HEAR ME? YES WE CAN
  • FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY IS I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT AND SUPPORT THE DIRECTION THE COMMISSIONER CALKINS IS GOING OF LOOKING OUTSIDE OF JUST PORT OF SEATTLE BOUNDARIES ABOUT HOW WE CAN HELP THOSE EMPLOYEES MOST IMPACTED, BUT I WANT TO SPEAK SPECIFICALLY TO THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US AND SO I'LL SAY IT'S BEEN-- I KNOW THAT OUR TENANTS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THIS FOR WEEKS
  • I WILL SAY IT'S BEEN A VERY PAINFUL COUPLE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE RELIEF TO ALL OF YOU
  • WHILE THIS MOTION DOES NOT GO AS FAR AS ALL OF US WOULD LIKE IT TO GO
  • I HOPE YOU FEEL THAT IT'S A GOOD FIRST START
  • WE'RE PROVIDING IMMEDIATE RELIEF FOR TWO MONTHS AND THE ADDITIONAL TWO MONTHS IS PREDICATED ON THE ABILITY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT TO INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES
  • WHAT I'VE LEARNED AND MY COLLEAGUES HAVE LEARNED OVER THIS PROCESS IS THAT THERE ARE MANY MANY WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE ACTUALLY HANDCUFFED IN PROVIDING HELP
  • ONE IS THAT WE ARE A SPECIAL-PURPOSE GOVERNMENT
  • NOT A GENERAL-PURPOSE GOVERNMENT
  • I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU A CIVICS LESSON, BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE TYPE OF RELIEF THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM A CITY OR A COUNTY WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO GRANT FUNDS OUT
  • NUMBER TWO, WE ALL FACE THE PROHIBITION BY THE STATES CONSTITUTION ON THE GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR THE LENDING OF PUBLIC CREDIT, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE TO DO RENT DEFERRALS AND NOT WAIVERS
  • AND NUMBER THREE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE AIRPORTS OR NOT MOST IMPORTANT, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AIRPORT FAA GUIDELINES REQUIRE THAT THE AIRPORT BE BOTH SELF-SUSTAINING AND TREAT ALL CLASSES OF TENANTS THE SAME
  • THAT MAKES IT VERY VERY CHALLENGING
  • I'M SPEAKING RIGHT NOW FROM A VERY PERSONAL LEVEL THAT WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THE FAA IS GIVING US GUIDANCE THAT WE HAVE TO TREAT ALL BUSINESSES, LARGE AND SMALL, LOCALLY OWNED OR THOSE HEADQUARTERED OUTSIDE THE US THE SAME
  • THAT IS VERY VERY CHALLENGING TO DO
  • SO, THE RELIEF IN FRONT OF US, I BELIEVE THE STAFF IS DONE THE VERY BEST JOB THAT THEY CAN DO TO PROVIDE AN INITIAL CUT AT HOW WE CAN HELP EVERYBODY
  • I WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE SO MUCH ALL OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE PRIORITIZED THEIR EMPLOYEES BY CONTINUING TO PROVIDE HEALTH INSURANCE EVEN FOR THOSE FURLOUGHED OR LAID OFF
  • I REALIZE THAT THE SMALLEST OF OUR TENANTS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO RIGHT NOW, BUT THOSE COMPANIES THAT CAN ESPECIALLY THE LARGEST COMPANIES, MY PERSONAL HOPE IS THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO LEAN IN AND PROVIDE THOSE BENEFITS TO THE EMPLOYEES THAT NEED THAT A BUSINESS IS ONLY SUCCESSFUL
  • BECAUSE OF ITS EMPLOYEES AND WE WANT ALL OF THE BUSINESSES AT SEA-TAC TO BE SUCCESSFUL
  • AGAIN, THIS IS NOT OUR FINAL ACTION SIMILAR TO CONGRESS, IT'S JUST THE FIRST START OF HOW TO HELP
  • YOU WILL GET CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION AND OUR EXECUTIVE
  • WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE EFFORTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, BUT I HOPE, AGAIN, THAT YOU'LL VIEW THIS AS OUR COMMITMENT TO HELPING YOU GET BACK ON YOUR FEET SURVIVING THIS CRISIS AND WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DAY VERY VERY SOON
  • WHERE BUSINESS TO INCREASE AGAIN AT THE AIRPORT
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS I THINK COMMISSIONER CHO AND COMMISSIONER FALLEN MENTIONED EARLIER
  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND WORKING WITH US AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR WAYS TO HELP YOU
  • OKAY, BEFORE WE TAKE THIS TO A VOTE, I JUST LIKE TO ADD A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
  • ONCE AGAIN JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THIS REALLY SETS THE STAGE FOR FURTHER ACTIONS
  • THE FOCUS HERE IS MORE SPECIFIC WITH REGARD TO OUR AIRPORT AND OUR AIRPORT TENANTS AND EMPLOYEES AND AIRLINES BUT THIS WILL GIVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVE METRUCK ADDITIONAL DIRECTION FOR DEVELOPING FURTHER ECONOMIC RELIEF FOR OTHER PARTS OF OUR PORT ORGANIZATION INCLUDING MARITIME AND REAL ESTATE
  • THE PORT IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO BE ONE OF THE LEADING PUBLIC AGENCIES TO HELP IN THE DRIVE FOR RECOVERY GIVEN WHAT OUR CORE MISSION IS, WHICH OF COURSE IS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE REGION, ADVANCED TRADE, COMMERCE, TRAVEL, AND JOB CREATION
  • WE'RE THE MOST TRADE DEPENDENT STATE IN THE NATION WITH APPROXIMATELY ONE IN FOUR PEOPLE WHO ARE EMPLOYED IN SOME FORM OR FASHION IN THAT TRADE BUSINESS
  • SO WE ALSO HAVE A COMMITMENT TO BEING EQUITABLE, ACCOUNTABLE, AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE
  • SO THIS SETS THE COURSE AND I WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL THANKS TO OUR PROTEMP CHIEF OF STAFF ERIC SHENFIELD FOR REALLY JUMP STARTING THIS AND RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE A PATH FORWARD
  • HERE THE VIRUS AND ITS CURRENT HEALTH CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN CREATED WILL PROBABLY GO AWAY BEFORE THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS FULLY REACH
  • SO WE KNOW THAT, OR WE BELIEVE THAT, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING WITH AN EYE TO THE LONGER TERM HERE AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS MOTION
  • THANK YOU ALL AND WITH THAT UNLESS THERE ARE FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS I'D ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL COMMISSIONER
  • WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO THROUGH EACH COMMISSIONER AGAIN FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FIRST BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE? I WOULD SAY IF ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK LET'S DO THAT NOW, BUT I THINK WE'VE HAD SOME VERY GOOD COMMENTS MADE AND CLARIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF CONTENT AND DIRECTION HERE
  • OKAY
  • I WILL GO FIRST TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • THIS IS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ITEM 7B
  • THAT'S FINE
  • I'M SURE EVERYONE'S HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK
  • GREAT
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? ANY ADDITIONAL-- NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? NO FURTHER COMMENTS
  • AND COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? NO FURTHER COMMENTS
  • OKAY, THAT DOES IT
  • I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT
  • SO IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE ANYTHING? WE WILL NEED A MOTION AND SECOND
  • BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT YOU ARE VOTING ON AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TAKE SUCH IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM ACTIONS AS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AIRPORT RELIEF MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  • THIS WILL INCLUDE-- THERE IS AN AMENDED ACTION MEMO WHICH WILL BE UPLOADED TO OUR MEETING'S PORTAL SHORTLY AFTER THE MEETING WITH THAT, WILL THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION? CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? SECOND
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? AYE COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK? AYE
  • THAT IS FIVE YEAS AND 0 NAYS
  • OKAY WITH THAT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 8 ACTUALLY THIS IS ITEM 7C
  • WE'RE ALL SEVENS TODAY MOTION 2020-06 A MOTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR PORT LEADERSHIP IN PRIORITIZING PORT INVESTMENTS TO ASSIST LOCAL REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE ECONOMIC RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  • COMMISSIONERS, THIS FINAL ACTION 7C IS IMPORTANT GUIDANCE ON LONGER-TERM ACTIONS TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY OF THE REGION AND THE STATE
  • THIS IS REALLY A POSITIVE LOOKING FORWARD
  • REALLY IT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE OTHER MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE RESPONSE PHASE
  • THIS IS LOOKING INTO THE RECOVERY PHASE, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS THE PORT HAS BEEN HERE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS AND WE WILL BE HERE COMING OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS PANDEMIC AND SO REALLY UNDER THIS GUIDANCE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO TODAY FROM YOU PROVIDES THE PRIORITIES AND PRINCIPLES TO LOOK ACROSS THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR ROLE TO BE POSITIONED GOING INTO OUR RECOVERY PHASE
  • COVERING, AS THE BRIEFERS WILL TALK ABOUT, BOTH PORT EMPLOYEES AND OUR PARTNERS, OUR CAPITAL PROGRAMS, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENTS
  • THIS GUIDANCE THAT YOU'LL PROVIDE TODAY SHOULD HELP US FOCUS OUR EFFORTS AND REALLY FOR OUR TEAM NOW TO WORK TOGETHER WITH YOU TO BE PREPARED WHEN WE COME OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS RECOVERY
  • SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT TO THE PRESENTERS ERIC SCHINFIELD AND AARON PITCHER
  • ALRIGHT COMMISSIONERS
  • CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YEAH, GREAT
  • WONDERFUL
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • SO AGAIN ERIC SHINFELD INTERIM COMMISSION CHIEF OF STAFF JOINED AGAIN BY AARON PRITCHARD AND I'LL RESTATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRIC ALREADY SAID MAYBE TO JUST START OFF WITH JUST A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE HERE
  • IT WAS REALLY GRATIFYING TO START THE DRAFTING OF THIS MOTION THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU HERE TODAY
  • IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF US WHETHER WE WORK AT THE PORT OR TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES OTHER BUSINESSES RELATED TO THE PORT OR JUST INDIVIDUALS WHO USE OUR FACILITIES TO THINK BEYOND THE DAY-TO-DAY CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW AND IT CAN BE VERY OVERWHELMING AND FEELINGS OF HOPELESSNESS AND DESPAIR ARE ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE DURING THIS TIME
  • AND SO IT IS REALLY A WONDERFUL THING TO BE ABLE TO THINK ABOUT THE TIME WHEN THIS CRISIS WILL END
  • AS WE KNOW, IT WILL END WHENEVER IT DOES, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN, AND TO BE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE WHICH, AS HAS BEEN SAID, ALREADY IS JUST SO UNIQUELY QUALIFIED AND UNIQUELY SITUATED TO BE ABLE TO PLAY AN INCREDIBLY ESSENTIAL ROLE IN THE RECOVERY OF OUR LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATEWIDE ECONOMY
  • WE ARE FORMED BY THE STATE SPECIFICALLY TO PRESERVE, CREATE, AND DISTRIBUTE PUBLIC BENEFIT
  • AND WE DO THAT IN A NUMBER OF WAYS CERTAINLY BY OPERATING OUR FACILITIES, CREATING JOBS, INVESTING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY EARLY ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE PORT: EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY, QUALITY OF LIFE
  • ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL TO ENSURE THAT THE RECOVERY IS NOT JUST ECONOMIC BUT TRULY A SOCIETAL RECOVERY IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD
  • AND THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS GUIDED BY THE PORT'S VALUES, THE PORT'S MISSION, AND ALL OF THE PORT'S PROGRAMS THAT WE WANT TO BRING TO BEAR AS WE START TO THINK ABOUT RECOVERY
  • WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT RECOVERY WILL START AND WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE AND SO OH, THIS IS NOT A MOTION THAT GIVES VERY SPECIFIC DIRECTION ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT TO DO
  • AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRIC SAID THIS IS REALLY A MOTION THAT STARTS WITH PRINCIPALS, STARTS WITH PRIORITIZATION AND CRITERIA AND AS WE GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHEN THAT RECOVERY WILL BEGIN AND EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HIS STAFF WILL HAVE THE TOOLS AND THE GUIDANCE TO BE ABLE TO THEN IMPLEMENT THIS MOTION AND START TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW WE CONTRIBUTE AND IN ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CONTRIBUTE
  • AND LET ME JUST SAY ONE LAST THING BEFORE I TURN THINGS OVER TO AARON PRITCHARD TO WALK THROUGH IN GREATER DETAIL EXACTLY WHAT'S IN THIS MOTION
  • AS I'VE HEARD FROM ALL COMMISSIONERS, THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE PORT HAS TO NOT ONLY ENSURE THAT THERE IS A RECOVERY BUT TO SHAPE WHAT THAT RECOVERY LOOKS LIKE AND TO HAVE THE REGION BE IN A BETTER PLACE THAN IT WAS EVEN BEFORE THE THE COVID EMERGENCY STARTED AND WHAT COMMISSIONERS MEAN BY THAT AND WHAT WE TRY TO REFLECT IN THIS MOTION IS IS WE DON'T JUST WANT THINGS TO GO BACK TO BEING THE SAME
  • WE WANT THEM TO BE BETTER
  • THAT MEANS MORE EFFORTS AND EQUITY, MORE EFFORTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, GREATER SUPPORT OF SMALL AND DIVERSE BUSINESSES
  • AND SO AS WE CRAFT OUR RECOVERY AND WHAT THIS MOTION REALLY SPEAKS TO IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LIVING OUR VALUES AND INVESTING IN OUR VALUES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS TO REALLY ACHIEVE SOME OF THE LONG-HELD GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN ALWAYS A CHALLENGE FOR US
  • LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD ON THOSE GOALS WHILE ALSO HELPING TO BUILD THE RECOVERY
  • WITH THAT LET ME TURN THINGS OVER TO AARON TO GO INTO MORE SPECIFICS AARON
  • YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST GOTTEN YOUR UNMUTE PROMPT
  • THANKS
  • ERIC, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND COMMISSIONERS
  • THIS IS AARON PRITCHARD THIS RECOVERY MOTION LOOKS DOWN THE ROAD TO RESTORE, SUSTAIN, AND MAXIMIZE OUR AVIATION AND MARITIME OPERATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC
  • HOW THE PORT ENGAGES IN RECOVERY VERSUS THE RELIEF THAT WE DISCUSSED AND PASSED IN THE LAST MOTION WILL BE CRITICAL IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS TO FOLLOW THAT PANDEMIC
  • THIS MOTION ADOPTS A SET OF PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHEN MAKING DECISIONS IN THREE MAJOR AREAS
  • PORTS EMPLOYEES AND OUR PARTNERS, THE PORT'S CAPITAL PROGRAMS, AND ABOUT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAMS THE MOTION ALSO GIVES A TIMELINE FOR REPORTING BACK TO THE COMMISSION
  • I'LL HIGHLIGHT EACH OF THESE SECTIONS
  • UNDER THE PORT AND EMPLOYEES AND PARTNERS SECTION: THIS MOTION SUPPORTS ONCE AGAIN, THE ONGOING EFFORTS BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO MAXIMIZE TELEWORK POLICIES AND LEAVE POLICIES BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • IT ASKED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO KEEP PORT EMPLOYEES WORKING AND TO OFFER RETRAINING WHERE NECESSARY
  • IT ALSO ASKED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO CONSIDER OFFERING YOUTH INTERNSHIPS PROVIDE A DIRECT SHORT-TERM BENEFIT TO THE MOST VULNERABLE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN PARTICULAR CONSIDER THOSE YOUTH WHOSE PARENTS HAVE LOST EMPLOYMENT
  • THE MOTION ASKS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO COORDINATE WITH OUR STATE AND FEDERAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY RESOURCES TO MAXIMIZE OUR IMPACT
  • FOR TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES
  • THIS MOTION IS SET OUT TO PROTECT ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE PORT AND OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAY CONSIDER ADJUSTING AGREEMENTS IN A MANNER THAT SERVES THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF THE PORT, OUR TENANTS AND CONCESSIONAIRES IN PARTICULAR FOR THOSE TENANTS WHO ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC, THOSE THAT CAN COMMIT TO PROVIDING SERVICES AND CAN GENERATE REVENUE, THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER AID, SMALL AND DIVERSE BUSINESSES, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, HOURLY WAGE WORKERS, GIG WORKERS, ARTISTS AND CRAFTSMEN, AND NONPROFITS AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS
  • PROGRAM SECTION
  • THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS DIRECTED TO MAXIMIZE ECONOMIC IMPACT
  • IN PARTICULAR TO FACILITATE RECOVERY FOR KEY PORT SECTORS IN CONSTRUCTION, TRADE, FISHING, TOURISM, AND TRAVEL
  • HE'S DIRECTED TO PRIORITIZE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE HIGH UTILIZATION RATES UNDER OUR DIVERSITY IN CONTRACTING PROGRAM, TO ENHANCE SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES, AND TO MAINTAIN THE PORT'S FOCUS ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY GOALS UNDER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PROGRAMS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL CONSIDER EXISTING GRANTS AND COMMUNITY BENEFIT PROGRAMS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, OUR TOURISM MARKETING SUPPORT PROGRAM, THE DUWAMISH VALLY COMMUNITY EQUITY PROGRAM, AND THE SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND, AS WELL AS OTHERS
  • IN PARTICULAR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL SEEK PARTNERSHIPS TO MAXIMIZE OUR FUNDING, TO IDENTIFY PARTNERSHIPS AND TO COORDINATE EFFORTS TO CREATE A MULTIPLIER EFFECT ON ANY PORT FUNDING
  • UNDER THE TIMELINE SECTION, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHALL DELIVER TO COMMISSION BY APRIL 28TH A DRAFT EARLY ACTION RECOVERY PLAN
  • BY DECEMBER 31ST OF 2020, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL UPDATE THE COMMISSION ON RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS AND CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON A QUARTERLY BASIS THROUGHOUT 2021
  • THAT CONCLUDES MY SUMMARY OF THE MOTION AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO COMMISSION PRESIDENT
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • AND THANKS FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS WORK ON THIS AS WELL
  • IT'S QUITE A PACKAGE OF DIRECTIONS TO OUR LEADERSHIP HERE, BUT I THINK IT REALLY IS A GREAT ROAD MAP FOR MOVING FORWARD AND WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S DRAFT EARLY ACTION RECOVERY PLAN BY THE END OF THIS MONTH
  • SO WITH THAT LET'S OPEN IT UP FOR COMMISSION COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS
  • OKAY, WE WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • LET ME GET HIM UNMUTED
  • COMMISSIONER FELLAMEN? YES
  • HI
  • I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE MOMENT THAT I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO DO TO THANK THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS ORGANIZATION FOR THIS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK
  • IT IS TRULY HEROIC
  • AND THERE WAS A GREAT QUOTE IN ON TWITTER THESE DAYS WHICH IS YOU KNOW, THE AUTHORITY THAT EVERYBODY QUOTES THESE DAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT WORKING AT HOME
  • YOU'RE AT HOME TRYING TO WORK DURING THE CRISIS AND TO HAVE STAFF HOLDING DOWN THE FORT BEING ABLE TO TAKE THE INPUT FROM COMMISSIONERS
  • WE'RE ALL VERY STRESSED AND CONCERNED
  • THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS WORK OVER A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE MOTION THE WAY IT READS CURRENTLY AND JUST REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT SUPPORT AND THE PUBLIC SHOULD REALLY KNOW WHAT IT REALLY TAKES TO DO THIS, ESPECIALLY AT SUCH TIMES
  • GREAT, AND NOW I WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER CHO
  • I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
  • I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT THIS MOTION
  • IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT ME AGAIN
  • YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE PROMPT NOW
  • OH, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
  • I SUPPORT THIS MOTION
  • AND THEN WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • JUST A THIS IS A BIT OF A COMMENT AS WE PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR STAFF
  • I HAVE BEEN EXTRAORDINARILY IMPRESSED BY OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND BY THE COUNCIL WE'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL AND ALSO THE EXTERNAL COUNSEL THAT WE'VE CONTRACTED TO PROVIDE US EXPERTISE IN THE MIDST OF WHAT, FOR ME, HAS BEEN THE MY FIRST EXPERIENCE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN A SYSTEMIC CRISIS LIKE THIS
  • AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE REMINDED IN THIS PROCESS THAT WE WERE CHARTERED WITH A VERY SPECIFIC PURPOSE AT THE PORT
  • AND SO THAT DOES ENCUMBER OUR ABILITY TO SORT OF THROW THE SASHES OPEN AND DO EVERYTHING THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO
  • WE DO HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS BASED ON THE CHARTER THAT WE WERE ESTABLISHED WITH
  • AT THE SAME TIME
  • I DO WANT US TO RECOGNIZE THAT STRUCTURALLY AS WE PROVIDE RELIEF FOR THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO LET THE FACT THAT SERVING ONE SET OF STAKEHOLDERS MAY BE SIMPLER, EASIER THAN SERVING ANOTHER TO DETERMINE HOW WE ALLOCATE THOSE RESOURCES
  • WE SHOULD DO IT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE BY AN ASSESSMENT OF NEED AND NOT BY AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT'S EASIEST
  • AND SO IN THESE COMING MONTHS AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO ADDRESS NEEDS THROUGH WHAT RELIEF WE CAN PROVIDE THROUGH STAFF RESOURCES OR MONETARY RESOURCES
  • I WANT US TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE EVERY OPTION WE CAN THAT'S LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THOSE IN NEED AND TO NOT FORGET THAT OUR STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDE EVERYONE AND NOT JUST THE LARGE ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE POWERFUL ADVOCATES ON THEIR PAYROLLS TOO
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
  • I CAN HEAR
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • I JUST HAD A PROCESS QUESTION
  • ARE WE JUST DOING A FIRST READING OF THIS MOTION OR WE INTENDED TO ADOPT IT TODAY? ADOPT
  • OKAY
  • I'VE BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WERE JUST DOING THE FIRST READING
  • IT'S A MOTION AND A VOTE
  • IT'S IN THE AGENDA
  • ALL RIGHT
  • WELL, I AGAIN WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR PUTTING IT TOGETHER
  • I THINK MY ONLY
  • I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT STEVE AND THE REST OF HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM COME UP WITH IN TERMS OF A SPECIFIC ACTION PLAN BY THE 28TH
  • AND I KNOW THAT WORK IS ALREADY UNDERWAY
  • YOU HAVEN'T BEEN WAITING FOR US TO BEGIN THAT WORK PARTICULARLY ON PRIORITIZING OUR CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM
  • I THINK WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT THE PORT OF SEATTLE, DIFFERENT FROM THE CITY OF SEATTLE OR KING COUNTY IS THE BREADTH OF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM
  • WHETHER IT'S AT THE AIRPORT, THE SEA PORT AT FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL OR AT OUR CRUISE TERMINALS
  • WE'RE BUILDING AT ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN ADDITION THROUGHOUT THE REGION NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
  • SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL BRING FORWARD IN TERMS OF PRIORITY CAPITAL INVESTMENTS
  • THAT WILL PROBABLY BE A DIFFERENT LIST THAN WHAT WE ADOPTED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR IN THE BUDGET, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
  • I WANTED TO ALSO THANK THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR CONSIDERING THE YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
  • OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART
  • I'D ASK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO CONSIDER THEIR SUPPORT FOR THAT AS WELL
  • WHILE I KNOW THAT MIGHT SEEM A BIT COUNTERINTUITIVE AT THIS POINT, BY PRIORITIZING SHORT-TERM SUMMER EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUTH WHOSE PARENTS ARE IMPACTED BY UNEMPLOYMENT BY COVID-19
  • I THINK IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE CAN DO
  • AS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS
  • OBVIOUSLY
  • THERE ARE ADULTS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING THEIR ENTIRE ADULT LIFE THAT ARE NOW OUT OF WORK
  • IMAGINE HOW DIFFICULT IS GOING TO BE FOR A STUDENT IN HIGH SCHOOL TO TRY AND FIND A JOB THIS SUMMER
  • IT'S GOING TO BE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE
  • SO IF THE PORT OF SEATTLE CAN STEP INTO THAT ROLE EVEN IN A DIMINISHED WAY THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST
  • I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE WOULD LEAN INTO THAT OPPORTUNITY
  • THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK IS THAT THIS DOES HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PRIORITIES AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PRIORITIZE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AT THE SAME TIME
  • SO I GO BACK TO THE MOTION THAT WE JUST PASSED AND ASKED THAT THE STAFF REALLY TAKE A HARD LOOK AT THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC AND THE RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED TO ADDRESS IT
  • BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY AS I SAID EARLIER NOT ALL OF OUR TENANTS ARE EXPERIENCING IMPACTS IN THE SAME WAY
  • AND SO WHATEVER RESOURCES WE PROVIDE I REALLY HOPE IT'S TO THOSE THAT HAVE HAD TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS BECAUSE OF THE GOVERNOR'S STAY-AT-HOME ORDER THAN AT THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PERHAPS JUST HAVING TO WORK FROM HOME WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SUPPORT TO THEM
  • BUT WITH THAT I AGREE WITH THE SPIRIT OF, IF I MAY, THE SPIRIT OF THE MOTION AND HAPPY TO MOVE IT FORWARD
  • THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AND TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION
  • I WANT TO JUST ADD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS HERE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MOTION
  • WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DITHER NOW AND WE ARE NOT DITHERING
  • AND WE ARE TAKING ACTION TODAY ON THE IMPORTANT STEPS FORWARD AND THIS IS A PART OF THE OF THOSE STEPS IN TERMS OF ADVANCING EARLY RECOVERY EFFORTS
  • THE PORT OF COURSE IS UNIQUELY POSITIONED AS WE KNOW, AS THE JOB GENERATOR AND THE ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE STATE AND WITH THAT IN MIND OUR MISSION IS NOW OUR MANDATE IN THE RECOVERY EFFORTS AND IT'S URGENT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD
  • SO WITH THAT SAID I WILL CLOSE AND JUST IT AGAIN ADD THANKS TO ERIC SHENFIELD WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING BETWEEN COMMISSIONERS AND OUR LEADERSHIP STAFF AND PORT TEAM TO PULL THIS TOGETHER
  • I THINK IN RECORD TIME
  • IT SHOWS WE CAN DO IT
  • WE CAN TAKE ACTION AND WE COULD PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP NECESSARY FOR GOING FORWARD, WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO CALL THE CLERK
  • I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO CALL
  • ACTUALLY DO WE NEED A MOTION? YES, WE DO WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT 2020-06 SO MOVED
  • IT'S BEEN MOVED
  • IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? OKAY, AND IT SHOULD BE ALL OF OUR PRIVILEGE TO MOVE I JUST HAD TO WAIT FOR MY MUTE TO COME OFF
  • AND SECOND THIS BUT NEVERTHELESS CLERK
  • WILL YOU CALL THE VOTE? CERTAINLY COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • AYE
  • COMISSIONER CHO
  • AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AYE
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
  • AYE IF I COULD JUST SAY A COUPLE WORDS ABOUT THIS
  • YES, PLEASE
  • JUST WANT TO JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON ONE OF THE ITEMS, WHICH IS THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS, WHICH THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST ONE AND I THANK YOU FOR PASSING THIS AND I THINK IT WILL REALLY BE USEFUL AS WE COME BACK TO YOU NOT AT THE END OF THE MONTH ON CAPITAL PROGRAMS, BUT SOONER THAN THAT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TAKING THESE PRIORITIES AND PRINCIPLES AND LOOKING AT THAT
  • JUST AS COMMISSIONER BOWMAN SAID I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND THIS GUIDANCE WILL HELP US FORMULATE THAT LIST AND LOOK AT NOT JUST OUR MONIES IN 2020, BUT OUR WHOLE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL INVESTMENT PROGRAM AND MODIFYING IT BASED ON WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY
  • SO AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THIS GUIDANCE
  • THANK YOU
  • OKAY
  • THANK YOU
  • CLERK? COMMISSIONERS, THERE ARE NO FURTHER ITEMS TODAY
  • ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? FOR ANY ITEMS FOR REFERRAL TO COMMITTEE? I THINK WE'VE DONE OUR WORK FOR TODAY AND WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB
  • I WILL SAY ALL OF US, WITH THAT I WILL-- YES, PLEASE I JUST WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFELT CONCERNS AND CONDOLENCES TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THIS AND JUST TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING WHAT WE CAN DO AS YOU'VE HEARD WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUSLY UPHEAVAL TIME FOR EVERYBODY AND IT IS NOT WITHOUT OUR FULL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND HANG IN THERE
  • WE'LL ALL DO OUR PART
  • EXCELLENT ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? JUST ONE QUICK REMINDER
  • APRIL FIRST HAPPENS TO BE CENSUS DAY
  • AND IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY GONE ONLINE TO FILL OUT YOUR CENSUS SURVEY, PLEASE DO SO
  • IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR US TO GET AN ACCURATE COUNT OF KING COUNTY SO THAT THE FEDERAL AND STATE DOLLARS AS WELL AS ALL SORTS OF BUSINESS EXPANSION PROGRAMS AND OTHER THINGS HAVE ACCURATE DATA ABOUT OUR COUNTY AND SO YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED SOMETHING IN THE MAIL THAT GIVES YOU A CODE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO LOG IN
  • IF YOU HAVE NOT GO TO AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT URL
  • IT IS 2020CENSUS.GOV AND YOU CAN BEGIN THE PROCESS
  • I DID IT AS SOON AS I GOT MY FORM IN THE MAIL
  • IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES IF YOU'RE QUICK AND DEPENDING ON HOW MANY MEMBERS OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD IT'S REALLY SIMPLE THING AND YOUR INFORMATION IS SECURED FOR I BELIEVE 76 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE
  • NOTHING WOULD EVER DIVULGE YOUR PRIVATE INFORMATION
  • SO PLEASE GO OUT AND DO THAT FOR FOR YOUR WHOLE COMMUNITY
  • OKAY, OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN
  • ALL RIGHT
  • I WILL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURN
  • THANK YOU ALL AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND STAY SAFE.

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