The Regular meeting scheduled for 2021-03-09 at Remote

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The Regular meeting scheduled for 2021-03-09 at Remote

THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT FRED FELLEMAN CONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 9, 2021
THE TIME NOW IS 10:33
WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA TEAMS TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S SAFE START STAY HEALTHY ORDER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCLAMATION 2028
PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN, CALKINS, AND CHO WE'RE CURRENTLY GATHERED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION LINE AWAITING THE OPENING OF THE PUBLIC MEETING
WE'LL INTERMEDIATE RECESS TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS TWO ITEMS, THE FIRST IS REGARDING POTENTIAL LITIGATION AND LEGAL RISK PURSUANT TO RCW 4230110 SUB ONE SUB I FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES
THE SECOND IS REGARDING LITIGATION, LEGAL RISK AND NATIONAL SECURITY FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES
WE WILL THEN RECONVENE INTO PUBLIC SESSION
WE WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION MEETING
THANK YOU
THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT FRED FELLEMAN RECONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 9, 2021
THE TIME NOW IS 12:07
WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA TEAMS TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S SAFE SAFE HEALTHY ORDER AND ACCORDANCE WITH PROCLAMATION 2028
PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN, CALKINS, CHO, AND STEINBRUECK
I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO DO A ROLL CALL OF ALL COMMISSIONERS TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS ON THE LINE
CLERK HART
THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
HERE
THANK YOU
AND COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
PRESENT
WE DO HAVE A FULL COMMISSION TODAY SIR
THANK YOU SO MUCH
TODAY'S MEETING IS STRUCTURED FOR OUR VIRTUAL FORMAT
WE'VE MADE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS
LATER WE'LL BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING BY TEAMS AND WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK
ALL VOTES TO BE TAKEN BY THE ROLL CALL METHOD SINCE ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY
THAT MEANS FOR EACH VOTE THE CLERK WILL CALL EACH COMMISSIONERS NAME
COMMISSIONERS ON THE TEAM CALL THEN MAKE SURE THEY ARE UNMUTED AND THEN ANSWER YAY OR NAY
BECAUSE COMMISSIONERS ON THE LINE ARE NOT FULLY IN CONTROL OF THEIR SOUND WE WILL TAKE ALL VOTES TODAY IN THIS MANNER INCLUDING OUR CONSENT AGENDA
TO BE EQUITABLE WE WILL ASK ALL COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK IN TURN AND WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE SPEAKING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
WE'RE MEETING TODAY ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS AND WATERS OF THE COASTAL SALISH PEOPLE WITH WHOM WE SHARE A COMMITMENT TO STEWARD THESE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
THIS MEETING IS BEING DIGITALLY RECORDED AND MAY BE VIEWED OR HEARD AT ANY TIME ON THE PORT WEBSITE AND MAY BE REBROADCAST BY KING COUNTY TELEVISION
PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE
IN RECOGNITION OF THREE ANNIVERSARIES BEFORE US INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AS WELL AS THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF COVID, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A BRIEF A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE TO RECOGNIZE THIS AND THEN EXECUTIVE METRUCK WILL BE PROVIDING MUCH GREATER DETAIL TO THE SUBSTANCE OF THE SIGNIFICANT DAY
IT'S REALLY HEARTENING TO SEE THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING WITH REGARDS TO THE VACCINE BUT WE NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT IN STOCK OF THE FACT THAT WE'VE LOST A HALF MILLION PEOPLE AND THAT 2,000 PEOPLE ARE STILL DYING DAILY, INCLUDING 5,000 PEOPLE WE'VE LOST IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON WITH 20,000 STILL IN HOSPITAL
WE'RE ALSO VERY WELL ESTABLISHED FACT THAT WOMEN ESPECIALLY THOSE OF COLOR HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY IMPACTED BY COVID UNDERSCORING THE OTHER NUMEROUS DISPARITIES THEY'RE SUBJECT TO WHICH MAKES FOR THIS WOMEN'S DAY OF PARTICULAR IMPORT
AND IN ADDITION TO THE HUMAN TRAGEDY, THE NUMBERS- MELINDA GATES HAS BEEN PUBLICLY OUTSPOKEN ABOUT HOW THESE DISPARITIES AFFECTING WOMEN WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE RECOVERY OF THE ECONOMY UNLESS THEY'RE ADDRESSED HEAD ON BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN AS CALLED FOR IN THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE TWO RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WILL FOREVER BE RECORDED IN HISTORY
WE OWE A GREAT DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO STACEY ABRAMS, WHOSE EMPOWERMENT OF BLACK MOSTLY WOMEN VOTERS HAVE RESULTED IN A FAR MORE REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND MADE POSSIBLE THE PASSAGE OF THE RESCUE PLAN WHICH WAS ONLY POSSIBLE DUE TO THE VOTE OF OUR ONE FIRST WOMAN OF COLOR ELECTED TO BE VICE PRESIDENT
WHILE MANY OTHER ENDURING SONGS HAVE BEEN HELD TO INSPIRE US DURING VARIOUS DEMONSTRATIONS OF UNITY ON VARIOUS SOCIAL CAUSES WE WILL FOREVER REMEMBER AMANDA GORMAN'S RECITATION OF HER POEM, "THE HILL WE CLIMB" AT THE BIDEN INAUGURATION FOREVER ETCHED IN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS
SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT TO EXECUTIVE METRUCK
EXCUSE ME, BEFORE I DO SO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO APPROVE THE BUSINESS OF TODAY IN THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
COMMISSIONERS PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELVES
I'M GOING TO ASK EACH COMMISSIONER IN TURN IF THEY HAVE ANY MOTIONS TO REARRANGE THE ORDER OF THE DAY AND IF YOU DO I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND
PLEASE RESPOND WHEN THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME
IF YOU HAVE NO CHANGES JUST SAY NONE
CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR ANY CHANGE OF AGENDA .I WOULD JUST LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE ARE GOING TO RESERVE A MOMENT IN THE AGENDA FOLLOWING EXECUTIVE METRUCK'S OPENING COMMENTS FOR ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS DAY
COMMISSIONER CLARK
WE WILL GO TO THE ROLE FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
NO CHANGES
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NONE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
NOT FOR ME THANK YOU
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
NO CHANGES
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN FOR CHANGES
NO CHANGES THANK YOU
THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS
THE QUESTION NOW BEFORE US IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
ALRIGHT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
YOU HAVE FIVE YESES AND ZERO NOES
THANK YOU
THE AGENDA IS NOW APPROVED
HAVING NO SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY, AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK'S REPORT
DIRECTOR METRUCK
THANK YOU PRESIDENT FELLEMAN, COMMISSIONERS
I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY NOTING AS COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAS SAID THAT MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND YESTERDAY MARCH 8TH WAS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
THIS TIME IS MARKED BY CELEBRATING THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, AND POLITICAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN AND SERVES AS A CALL TO ACTION FOR ACCELERATING GENDER EQUITY
HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE OUR MONTH LONG CELEBRATION OF WOMEN TAKES THE FORM OF SEVERAL EVENTS BY OUR EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP, THE WOMEN'S INITIATIVE NETWORK, OR WIN, CULMINATING IN THE ANNUAL WOMEN'S OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS WHICH WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 31ST
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN
IT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT NOW CONSIDERING THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC HAS HAD A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON WOMEN, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN OF COLOR
OVERALL ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS NEARLY 2,4,000,000 WOMEN HAVE EXITED THE WORKFORCE SINCE FEBRUARY 2020 COMPARED TO 1,8,000,000 MEN
OUR STUDY SESSION ON THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY TWO WEEKS AGO HIGHLIGHTED THIS DISPARITY
OUR REGION'S PRE PANDEMIC GROWTH OBSCURED SERIOUS UNDERLYING WEAKNESSES IN OUR ECONOMY
AS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS SHARED BY GREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS IS THAT 46% OF EMERGING WORKFORCE ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR YET ONLY 39% OF WOMEN OF COLOR WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE HAVE A GOOD JOB VERSUS 65% OF WHITE MEN
I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO HELP ADDRESS THIS GAP BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK THAT WE AND THE ENTIRE REGION MUST DO TO ADVANCE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND BUILD BACK BETTER
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS BOTH AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CELEBRATE AND A REMINDER OF THE WORK WE HAVE BEFORE US
COMMISSIONERS, THE MONTH OF MARCH ALSO MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE GOVERNOR INSLEE'S STAY AT HOME STAY HEALTHY ORDER WHICH PROMPTED PORT OF SEATTLE EMPLOYEES WHO COULD TELLE-WORK REMOTELY TO DO SO
PROTECTING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PORT WORKERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND THE PUBLIC IS OUR TOP PRIORITY
IT REMAINS KEY TO RECOVERY
MORE THAN A YEAR LATER WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW A CLEAR STRATEGY: KEEP THE AIRPORT AND SEAPORT GATEWAYS OPERATING SAFELY TO BOOST THE SUPPLY CHAIN TO MAINTAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, CONTINUE LONGTERM CONSTRUCTION INVESTMENTS TO PREPARE FOR THE EVENTUAL RECOVERY, AND MAINTAIN JOBS AND SPENDING AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE RELIEF AND RECOVERY OPPORTUNITIES FOR MOST IMPACTED INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNITIES
I AM PLEASED BY HOW MUCH WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED DURING THIS PAST YEAR DESPITE MANY OF US TRANSITIONING TO TELLE-WORKING AND A VIRTUAL WORK ENVIRONMENT
REGARDING THE VIRUS, THE STATE OF WASHINGTON HIT A SOBERING MILESTONE LATE LAST WEEK
OVER 5,000 WASHINGTON RESIDENTS LOST THEIR LIVES TO COVID 19 DURING THE PANDEMIC
DESPITE THIS GRAVE MILESTONE, THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND KING COUNTY ARE REPORTING CONTINUED DOWNWARD TRENDS IN VIRAL ACTIVITY AS WELL AS A DECREASE IN THE HOSPITALIZATIONS AND FATALITIES
KING COUNTY CONTINUES IN PHASE TWO UNDER THE GOVERNMENT'S ROADMAP TO RECOVERY
KEY METRICS OF KING COUNTY COMBINED WITH PIERCE AND SNOHOMISH COUNTIES UNDER THE PUGET SOUND REGION CONTINUE TO BE LOWER THAN THE ESTABLISHED TARGETS
THESE METRICS WILL KEEP US FROM NEEDING TO RETURN TO PHASE ONE
VIRAL VARIANT STRAINS FOR UNITED KINGDOM IN BRAZIL ARE CIRCULATING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE WATCH FOR AN INCREASE OF VIRAL ACTIVITY DUE TO THESE MORE INFECTIOUS VARIANTS
THE PORT OF SEATTLE CONTINUES TO CAREFULLY MONITOR VIRAL ACTIVITY WITHIN ITS EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS IN CONTRACTORS AND TENANTS OF OUR FACILITIES
ALTHOUGH THE TRENDS ARE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE IN OUR EFFORTS TO FOLLOW SAFE WORK PRACTICES TO PROTECT OUR COLLEAGUES AND THE COMMUNITY AGAINST THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AT ALL PORT FACILITIES
WASHINGTON STATE IS NEARING ITS GOAL OF VACCINATING AN AVERAGE OF 45,000 CITIZENS A DAY, I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT LATE LAST WEEK THE STATE REPORTED IT IS CLOSING IN ON THIS GOAL
AN AVERAGE OF 43 765 DAILY VACCINATIONS OVER THE PREVIOUS SEVEN DAYS THE TOTAL TO DATE NOW BRINGS US TO OVER 1.7 ADMINISTERED COVID 19 VACCINE DOSES THROUGHOUT THE STATE
AS YOU KNOW THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON RECEIVED THE EMERGENCY AUTHORIZATION FOR ITS VACCINE FROM THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
THIS VACCINE WILL BE A GAME CHANGER IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID AS IT AS A SINGLE DOSE AND SPECIALIZED SHIPPING HANDLING AND STORAGE ARE NOT REQUIRED
THE LARGEST BARRIER TO THE COVID 19 VACCINE PROGRAMS FOR THE STATE CONTINUES TO BE DELIVERED NUMBER OF VACCINES DELIVERED WEEKLY TO WASHINGTON STATE
ALTHOUGH CHALLENGES WITH VACCINE SUPPLIES REMAIN, I AM ENCOURAGED BY THE GOVERNOR INSLEE'S RECENT UPDATES TO THE STATES VACCINE DISTRIBUTION PLAN REGARDING PHASE ONE TIER 2 IN REFERENCE TO CONGREGATE PUBLIC TRANSIT
THIS COULD MEAN THAT A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF PORT EMPLOYEES AND PARTNERS MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINES AS SOON AS MARCH 22ND AND TODAY IN SOME BREAKING NEWS WE RECEIVED THE GOOD NEWS THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WANTS TO CONSULT WITH US ABOUT OPENING A VACCINATION SITE AT SEA FOR THE NEXT PHASE THE REOPENING IN MARCH 22ND
AS DEFINED BY THE STATE THOSE WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINES ARE WORKERS ENGAGED IN CONGREGATE PUBLIC TRANSIT SPECIFICALLY THOSE WHO WORK IN A CLOSED SETTING INTERACTING WITH HIGH VOLUME OF COWORKERS OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO FACILITATE THE TRANSPORT OF PEOPLE
SETTINGS MAY INCLUDE BUS, TRAIN, FERRY, AIRPORT AND OTHER HIGH DENSITY TRANSPORTATION SETTINGS
THE PORT IS WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO HELP DEFINE THIS ELIGIBILITY
THIS IS A POSITIVE WELCOME STEP FORWARD AS WE PREPARE FOR THE SAFE EXPANSION OF AIR TRAVEL
WE APPRECIATE THE STATE SUPPORT FOR AIRLINE TRAVEL WHICH IS A CRITICAL ELEMENT OF OUR STATE'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY
I WILL UPDATE THE COMMISSION AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE ABOUT THIS WAY FORWARD
IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR THE INCLUSION OF OUR CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION WORKERS IN THE STATE PRIORITIES SINCE DECEMBER
TRANSPORTATION WORKERS INCLUDE CONTRACTORS, TENANTS, CONSTRUCTION TEAMS, LONGSHORE WORKERS, SECURITY AGENCIES, FOOD SERVICING AND CUSTOMER SERVICE WORKERS, JANITORS, AND OTHER SPECIALIZED SANITIZING CLEANING STAFF
AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE INCLUDING HOW EMPLOYEES CAN DEMONSTRATE THEIR ABILITY FOR PURPOSES OF SCHEDULING A VACCINE APPOINTMENT WE WILL PROMPTLY PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE WORKFORCE AND TO THE COMMISSION
IN OTHER ENCOURAGING NEWS, PASSENGER COUNTS FROM RECENT HOLIDAY TRAVEL HAVE COME IN AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE PRESIDENT'S DAY HOLIDAY TRAVEL WAS VERY GOOD FOR SEATTLE COMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
ON FEBRUARY 12TH WE HAD 29,673 PASSENGERS TRAVEL THROUGH SECURITY CHECKPOINTS
THIS IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PASSENGERS SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC
THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH WE HAD 22,346 PASSENGERS PASSING THROUGH CHECKPOINTS
THESE NUMBERS ARE AN ENCOURAGING SIGN THAT AIR TRAVEL IS BEGINNING TO REBOUND
WE'RE ALSO HAPPY TO NOTE THAT ON MARCH 2ND JAPAN AIRLINES RETURNED THEIR SERVICE TO SEA WHICH IS ANOTHER POSITIVE SIGN
ALSO OCCURRING ON MARCH 2ND OUR AVIATION MANAGING DIRECTOR LANCE LITTLE TESTIFIED ON BEHALF OF THE AIRPORT INDUSTRY BEFORE THE UNITED STATES HOUSE AVIATION SUBCOMMITTEE
THE HEARING FOCUSED ON THE IMPACT OF THE COVID 19 ON AVIATION
OTHER WITNESSES INCLUDE THE HEADS OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, THE AIRLINES PILOTS UNION, AND THE NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION
LANCE HIGHLIGHTED PASSENGER AND REVENUE DECLINES BROUGHT ON BY THE PANDEMIC, THE POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL AID WE RECEIVED ON OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR TENANTS AND PARTNERS, OUR FLY HEALTHY AT SEA EFFORTS TO KEEP PASSENGERS AND WORKERS SAFE AND HEALTHY, AND THE POTENTIAL AREAS FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION BETWEEN AIRPORTS AND CONGRESS
WE APPRECIATE LANCE'S SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP THAT WE SEE ON BEHALF OF OUR INDUSTRY
IN ADDITION LAST WEEK THE UNITED STATES SENATE PASSED PRESIDENT BIDENS 1.9 TRILLION DOLLAR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
THIS LEGISLATION CONTAINS SEVERAL IMPORTANT INVESTMENTS
IT'LL HELP INDIVIDUALS AND WORKERS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC, IT'LL SUPPORT SCHOOL REOPENING, INVEST IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND FUND VACCINE DISTRIBUTION
THE BILL ALSO CONTAINS 8,000,000,000 DOLLARS IN RELIEF TO AIRPORTS AND CONCESSIONNAIRES AND 15,000,000,000 FOR AIRLINE EMPLOYEES
THIS LEGISLATION IS THE THIRD TIME CONGRESS HAS ALLOCATED FUNDING TO AIRPORTS AND THEIR PARTNERS
WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND SPECIFICALLY MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON DELEGATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT
THIS FUNDING NOT ONLY ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE OUR OPERATIONS AND INVEST IN SAFETY AND RECOVERY BUT ALSO TO CONTINUE OUR SUPPORT FOR OUR PARTNERS
THE BILL NOW GOES BACK TO THE US HOUSE FOR FINAL PASSAGE AND TO PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR SIGNATURE
HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK IF NOT SOONER
COMMISSIONERS MY LAST UPDATE TO YOU IS ON THE RECENT INVESTMENTS TO EXPAND PRIORITY HIRE
THE PORT OF SEATTLE, CITY OF SEATTLE, AND SOUND TRANSIT TOGETHER ARE MAKING A BIG LEAP FORWARD EXPANDING CONSTRUCTION JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS OF UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
IN AN AGREEMENT ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK WE ANNOUNCED A JOINT EFFORT TO FUND PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT TRAINING, PLACEMENT, AND OTHER SERVICES FOR RESIDENTS OF ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND WOMEN
THESE PROGRAMS ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS AND HELP PROVIDE BETTER ACCESS TO TRAINING AND WELL PAYING CONSTRUCTION JOBS FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE LOUIS NAVARRO, CONSUELO DAVIS, AND LEANNE SERATO FOR THEIR HARD WORK IN MAKING THIS AGREEMENT POSSIBLE
MOVING TO TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE ABOUT OUR YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, THE ANNUAL REPORT, AS WELL AS OUR 2020 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
COMMISSIONERS THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
BEFORE MOVING ON I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON NATIONAL WOMEN'S MONTH IF INDEED YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT
AS I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK WOULD
MR STEINBREUCK
OKAY THERE WE GO
I JUST HAD TO UNMUTE ONCE AGAIN
THANKS VERY MUCH PRESIDENT FELLEMAN AND THIS IS TIME FOR ME TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF REFLECTION AND INTROSPECTION ON THE OCCASION OF BOTH INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND THE NATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
ACTUALLY NOT NATIONAL DAY IT'S A MONTH OF HISTORY MAKING OF WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND IT'S EASY TO THINK OF SOME OF THE LUMINARIES SOME HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AND AT THE SAME TIME IT'S PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL TO ME TO THINK OF LOCAL HEROES AND TO RECALL LOCAL HEROES WHO HAD AN INFLUENCE IN OUR LIVES, IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND OUR WELL BEING IN THAT REGARD
SO FOR ME I'D LIKE TO MENTION AND RECALL FOR MY LITTLE HISTORY MOMENT MONA LAKE JONES, ANOTHER POET SHE WAS KNOWN AS GRAND HONEY AND SHE SERVED AS POET LAUREATE FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE
WE HAD HER ATTEND AND READ HER POETRY DURING MY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS/ THERE WE GO
THERE SHE IS, MONA, AND SHE IS ALSO THE POET LAURET FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING COUNTY
SHE'S A WRITER, EDUCATOR, AND MODEL OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN STILL UNFOLDING
HER EXPERIENCE AS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST ALSO AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST COUPLED WITH HER WRITING TALENT AND PRESENTATION SKILLS GAINED HER NATIONAL ATTENTION
AND I SHOULD SAY SHE CONTINUES IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD HER TO RECEIVE STANDING OVATIONS WHEN SHE SHARES HER WRITING WITH BOTH ADULTS AND CHILDREN
THE SEATTLE TIMES ONCE REPORTED HER AS THE MAYA ANGELO OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
MONA'S ABILITY TO CAPTURE AUDIENCES BY SINGING AS WELL AS SPEAKING HER STORIES AND POETRY MADE HER PARTICULARLY INSPIRING AND EXCITING TO LISTEN TO
SHE'S PUBLISHED BOOKS, SHE'S AN AUTHOR, AND SHE'S ALSO A PHD AS DOCTOR JONES
THE BOOKS SHE'S WRITTEN, "THE COLOR OF CULTURE ACTUALLY" WAS A THREE PART BOOK SET OF BOOKS FEATURING A PORTRAYAL OF THE LIFE EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES
THE MEANINGFUL COLLECTIONS OF ORIGINAL PIECES REFLECT COMBINED PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EXPOSURE OF THE AUTHOR AND PRESENT A BALANCED MIX OF COMPASSION, HUMOR, AND INSPIRATION ABOUT LIVING AFRICAN AMERICAN
TO BORROW- AND SHE ALSO WROTE A BOOK CALLED, "UNLEASHING THE POWER OF SISTER" WHICH SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO WOMEN ENCOURAGING THEM TO THRIVE
HER MOST RECENT BOOK, "NECTAR FROM GRAND HONEY" IS A COLLECTION OF WRITTEN THOUGHTS FOR YOU TO PONDER SO CHECK OUT HER BOOKS AND HER BIO ON MONA BLAKE JONES DOT COM
AND LASTLY I WANT TO SAY- TO BORROW A QUOTE FROM DR GERDA LEARNER MARCH 8, 1980, WHO WAS PRINCIPALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF INTERNATIONAL- EXCUSE ME- WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH ORIGINALLY ONE WEEK
JIMMY CARTER, PRESIDENT AT THE TIME, ALSO WAS INSTRUMENTAL THERE
SO DR LEARNER SAID, "UNDERSTANDING THE TRUE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY WILL HELP US COMPREHEND THE NEED FOR FULL EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW/" NOW THIS SECOND PICTURE HERE DATES TO THE EARLY 1970'S OF DR MONA LAKE JONES AND I HAD THE OCCASION RECENTLY, I HAD ALMOST FORGOTTEN HER BUT I HAD THIS FEELING OF HER HAVING A PART IN MY OWN PERSONAL HISTORY OF GROWING UP IN SEATTLE CENTRAL DISTRICT WHERE I ATTENDED HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE VALLEY
AND IN FOURTH GRADE MONO LAKE JONES WAS MY FOURTH GRADE TEACHER
THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
WAS THIS COMMISSIONER CALKIN'S HANDS UP NEXT I BELIEVE? THANK YOU
I TOO WANTED TO SHARE SOME SHORT REMARKS AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
WHEN I REFLECT ON WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH THE PERSON WHO COMES IMMEDIATELY TO MIND FOR ME IS MY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER AND I KNOW WE OFTEN SPEND A LOT OF TIME THINKING ABOUT THE SORT OF HEADLINE NAMES BUT I THINK EACH OF US CAN THINK OF PEOPLE IN OUR OWN LIVES WHO HAVE BROKEN THOSE GLASS CEILINGS AND BROKEN NEW GROUND
ALTHOUGH I DO OWE MY VERY EXISTENCE TO HER, IT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON THAT I'M THANKFUL FOR HER
SHE WAS BORN IN RURAL IDAHO IN THE 19 TEENS AND SHE AND MY GRANDFATHER WERE DEEPLY RELIGIOUS
THEY WERE ALSO TRULY RADICAL IN THEIR BELIEFS ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR TIME AND SURROUNDINGS
SHE GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE, SHE STARTED A CAREER, AND SHE RAISED SIX CHILDREN
THEIR RADICALISM RELATED TO THEIR BELIEF THAT POVERTY WAS NOT INSURMOUNTABLE, THAT EVERY PERSON HAD A RIGHT TO BASIC NEEDS INCLUDING EDUCATION
SHE AND MY GRANDFATHER AS PEERS AND PARTNERS UPROOTED THEIR LIVES AND MOVED TO SOUTHERN INDIA IN 1949, THE SAME YEAR SHORTLY AFTER INDIAN INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE
THEIR ADVENTURES STILL COLOR MY FAMILY'S UNDERSTANDING AS STORIES SHARED DOWN THROUGH THE CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
SHE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF HER TIME IN INDIA WORKING WITH ADULTS WHO ARE RELEGATED TO THE LOWEST TIER OF THE CASTE SYSTEM
BY THE TIME I VISITED MY GRANDPARENTS IN INDIA IN LATE 80'S THEY HAD OPENED UP COLLEGE ACCESS TO THOSE FAMILIES AND HAD SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDED THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY
TO THIS DAY THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BEARS THEIR NAME
I REVERED HER AS A CHILD FOR ALL OF HER WORK ACCOMPLISHMENTS
NOTHING MAKES MORE OF AN IMPRESSION ON A CHILD THAN SEEING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LOTTING YOUR GRANDMOTHER IN THEIR RENEWAL TOWN SQUARE
BUT NOW AS A PARENT I'M SEEING HOW EXTRAORDINARY IT IS THAT SHE ALSO MANAGED TO RAISE SIX AMAZING CHILDREN
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GETTING CHOKED UP HERE
IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE HER PASSING
SHE RAISED TEACHERS, LAWYERS, A DOCTOR, AND A ROCKET SCIENTIST, AND I'M NOT KIDDING, ALL OF WHOM CARRY A SENSE OF JUSTICE AND A CONCERN FOR HUMANITY
AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY HER STORY IS A REMINDER THAT IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT THOSE HEADLINE NAMES BUT FOR ALL OF THOSE WOMEN WHO HAVE BROKEN GLASS CEILINGS AND BROKE NEW GROUND WHEREVER THEY ARE
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME, PRESIDENT FELLEMAN
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS
I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH BOTH YOUR AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK'S RECOGNITION OF THE UNRECOGNIZED
I ALWAYS SAY IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY WE DO A GREAT JOB OF CELEBRATING MEMORIALS
IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE PEOPLE WHILE THEY'RE ALIVE AND APPRECIATE THAT TOO
ANYWAY DO WE HAVE- COMMISSIONER CHO? YES YOU'RE MUTED
SORRY I HAD A LITTLE DIFFICULTY WITH MY PLATFORM
THANK YOU PRESIDENT FELLEMAN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE BRIEF REMARKS AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS FOR YOUR MOVING REFLECTION
AS MANY OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND COLLEAGUES HAVE POINTED OUT YESTERDAY WAS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY, A DAY THAT WE GET TO COMMEMORATE THE CULTURAL, POLITICAL, AND SOCIOECONOMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN IN OUR COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD
BUT TODAY IS ACTUALLY ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER EQUAL PAY DAY AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO POINT OUT THAT API WOMEN ARE PAID 85 CENTS TO THE DOLLAR COMPARED TO THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS AND THIS RESULTS IN THE LOSS OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVER A FORTY YEAR CAREER
FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITIES THE WAGE GAP IS EVEN GREATER
THE DATA SHOWS THAT VIETNAMESE AMERICAN WOMEN EARN 67 CENTS TO THE DOLLAR, MONG WOMEN EARN 61 CENTS TO THE DOLLAR, AND BURMESE WOMEN EARN 52 CENTS TO THE DOLLAR WHICH MAKES THEM SOME OF THE LOWEST PAID PEOPLE IN THE NATION
THE IMPACTS OF THESE WAGE GAPS AMONG AAPI AND ALL WOMEN OF COLOR HAVE BEEN FURTHER EXACERBATED AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE POINTED OUT BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY AS WE LOOK TO RECOVERY AND AS WE LOOK TO BUILD BACK BETTER OUT OF THIS PANDEMIC I HOPE WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE IMPACTS OF OUR DECISIONS AND OUR DOLLARS
SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, PRESIDENT FELLEMAN
THANK YOU
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
WELL THANK YOU
I JUST WANT TO THANK MY MALE COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION AND ESPECIALLY AS WELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK FOR ALL OF YOUR GREAT COMMENTS AND APPRECIATE AS THE ONLY WOMAN ON THE COMMISSION YOUR SUPPORT
I WILL SAY THAT THESE ARE IMPORTANT DAYS TO NOT JUST REMEMBER THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN BUT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WOMEN MOVING FORWARD
I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE DONE A LOT AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO BRING WOMEN FORWARD PARTICULARLY IN OUR LEADERSHIP RANKS BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AS WELL
STEVE I KNOW THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY OF YOURS
I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THAT THERE IS STILL WHILE I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS THERE IS NOTHING LIKE BEING FEMALE TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT WOMEN FACE THAT ARE UNIQUE TO MEN
EXPECTED IN ALMOST EVERY CASE TO BE THE FAMILY PROVIDER CARING FOR THE CHILDREN
NOW EXPECTED THESE DAYS TO WANT TO HAVE A FULL, GRATIFYING, PROFESSIONAL CAREER
TRYING TO MAINTAIN SOME SEMBLANCE OF SOCIAL LIFE, FRIENDSHIPS OUTSIDE OF WORK AND FAMILY
IT'S CHALLENGING AND SO MY COMMITMENT IS I'VE BEEN ON THE PORT COMMISSION NOW FOR A FEW YEARS I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED THE WOMEN IN OUR ORGANIZATION TO FEEL THAT THEY HAD THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEEDED AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE UP IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO
STATISTICS ARE ONE THING BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE EACH OTHER'S BACKS
WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAND NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER, HELP EACH OTHER MOVE UP, AND AGAIN I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THE MEN IN OUR ORGANIZATION ARE THERE FOR THE WOMEN BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO
I THINK I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT
I APPRECIATE- I HOPE THAT WE CANNOT JUST USE THIS AS ONE DAY TO TALK ABOUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN BUT WE CAN REALLY CELEBRATE THE ENTIRE MONTH AND THINK AS WE HAVE IN SO MANY WAYS ABOUT EQUITY AND EQUITY FOR WOMEN AND I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE AND MAYBE CHALLENGE MY COLLEAGUES AND EVERYBODY AT THE PORT TO THINK EVERY DAY FOR THE REST OF THIS MONTH WHAT IS A WAY THAT I CAN SUPPORT A WOMAN IN MY LIFE
WHERE IS A WAY THAT I CAN HELP BUILD THEM UP AND GIVE THEM THE EXTRA BOOST THAT THEY MIGHT NEED
THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AND THANK YOU FOR HOLDING DOWN THE FORT AS OUR SINGLE WOMAN ON OUR COMMISSION
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS iN MANY WAYS
I WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE LAST NOTE OF ONE OTHER ANNIVERSARY IT'S BEEN DELAYED A YEAR DUE TO COVID BUT IT IS THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 19 TH AMENDMENT AND I JUST WANTED TO QUOTE A PASSING OF A RECENT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
AT 85, VERNON JORDAN, WHO IS A KEY PLAYER IN THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION ALTHOUGH NOT OFFICIALLY
ADVOCATE OF JOBS, JUSTICE, HE BASICALLY HAD A SIMPLE STATEMENT THAT HE WAS KNOWN FOR WITH REGARDS TO ALL THESE EQUITY ISSUES
IT'S LIKE, DON'T GET ANGRY GET EVEN
AND SO WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO ON THIS REGARD AND I APPRECIATE THE CHALLENGE THAT'S BEFORE ALL OF US
I WOULD LIKE TO NOW MOVE ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS
MR PRICHARD? THANK YOU COMMISSION AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
IT WAS EARLIER THIS WEEK THE TOURISM AD HOC COMMITTEE MET
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AND FELLEMAN CONVENED THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE PORT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE WASHINGTON TOURISM ALLIANCE
WITH PORT SUPPORT, THE WASHINGTON TOURISM ALLIANCE IS CONDUCTING AN ASSESSMENT OF TOURISM PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE
THE ASSESSMENT WILL EVALUATE OPPORTUNITIES IN EACH OF THE 11 REGIONS MANY OF WHICH ARE ECOTOURISM FOCUSED
THE COMMITTEE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN EXPLORING OPTIONS TO PROMOTE STATEWIDE ECOTOURISM ESPECIALLY THROUGH POTENTIAL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS AND TOURISM CONFERENCES LATER IN 2021 AND 2022
COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN AND STEINBRUECK CONVENED THE WATERFRONT INDUSTRIAL LANDS COMMITTEE ON MARCH 3RD TO DISCUSS PROGRESS ON THE MAYOR'S INDUSTRIAL LANDS TASK FORCE
PORT STAFF SHARED AN UPDATE FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THE COMMITTEE WAS LARGELY IN SUPPORT OF THE PLAN PRESENTED WITH SOME CONCERNS ABOUT LOCATIONS OF TRANSITION ZONE, PROPOSALS, AND ABOUT WHICH PROPERTIES WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE CITY MASTER PLANNING EFFORT
NEXT WEEK COMMISSIONERS CALKINS AND CHO WILL CONVENE THE BIOMETRICS COMMITTEE ON THURSDAY THE 11TH TO RECEIVE A LEGAL UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE PROPOSED BIOMETRICS POLICIES
COMMISSIONERS FELLEMAN AND STEINBRUECK WILL CONVENE THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY THE 16TH TO DISCUSS UPDATING THE PORT'S DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITY OF AN AUTHORITY
AND FINALLY COMMISSIONER CHO AND CALKINS WILL CONVENE THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON THURSDAY THE 18 TH
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, MR PRICHARD
ARE THERE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS FOR AARON REGARDING COMMITTEES? AND CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
NO QUESTIONS
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NONE FOR ME EITHER
COMMISSIONER CHO
NONE FOR ME THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
NO QUESTIONS
BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
THANK YOU
THE COMMISSION WILL NOW ACCEPT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS RELATED TO THE PORT
WRITTEN MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE CLERK WILL BE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S MEETING RECORD
THE CLERK HAS ALSO A LIST OF THOSE PREPARED TO SPEAK
AS THE 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'RE ON TEAMS MEETING AND ARE ALSO STREAMING THE MEETING PLEASE MUTE THE VIDEO STREAM TO AVOID FEEDBACK
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE MAY BE A SHORT TIME LAG ON THE VIDEO STREAM
COMMENT TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON
CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER
THANK YOU MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BERNADINE LUND
BERNADINE, HELLO
I KNOW I GAVE YOU A WRITTEN COMMENT BUT I HAD TO SEND YOU THE COMMENT SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THE PICTURES
ON FEBRUARY 23 RD TO 26 TH WHICH WAS TWO WEEKS AGO I ATTENDED THE VIRTUAL PRESENTATION OF THE AVIATION NOISE AND EMISSION SYMPOSIUM 2021
THE FIRST PRESENTATION WAS ON DISPERSION OF FLIGHT DEPARTURES AS A WAY TO REDUCE CONSTANT NOISE CREATED BY OVERHEAD FLIGHTS
IN THE PRESENTATION EXAMPLE WAS GIVEN OF FLIGHT TRACKS AT CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER THE DISPERSION OF THE FLIGHTS
THE DISPERSION AFFECTED ABOUT 308 FLIGHTS WITH THE BEFORE FLIGHT PATH ABOUT 1.6 MILES ACROSS WIDENING TO TWO AND A HALF MILES AND FURTHER OUT THE WIDTH WENT FROM THREE TO 6 MILES ACROSS
THE BEFORE PICTURE REMINDED ME OF THE FLIGHT PATH THAT I SENT YOU ON THE LAST MEETING THAT SHOWED THE FLIGHT PATHS OVER THE [INAUDIBLE] NOISE MONITOR AND A TEMPORARY NOISE MONITOR
THIS MADE ME WONDER IF YOU WOULD EVER CONSIDER ASKING THE FAA TO DISPERSE THE DEPARTING FLIGHTS
THE AUTHORIZATION 2018 SECTION 175 GIVES THE AIRPORTS THE RIGHT TO MAKE SUCH A REQUEST AND I INCLUDED IN THE WRITTEN SECTION A COPY OF WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE AUTHORIZATION BILL
SO IT SAYS THAT IF IT'S A NEW OR AMENDED PROCEDURE UNDER 6,000 FEET AND THE REQUEST HAS TO COME FROM THE AIRPORT OPERATOR NOT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND IT MUST NOT INCREASE NOISE OVER SENSITIVE AREAS
SO I JUST WONDERED IF YOU COULD CONSIDER ASKING FOR A DISPERSION OF THE FLIGHTS
I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION- THAT'S YOUR TIME AND WE DID GET YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS WITH THE FIGURES ON IT SO THANK YOU
OKAY OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID GOBLE
HELLO MY NAME IS DAVID GOBLE
I'M THE [MALFUNCTION] COMPONENT OF VASHON NOISE MONITORING AND THANK YOU TO THE VOICE OFFICE STAFF WHO DID THE ACTUAL HANDS ON WORK TO MAKE THE MONITORING A REALITY
IT'S BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR A MONTH AND THE HARDWARE IS PERFORMING WELL
THE FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT NATURE OF PROCESSING THE DATA FOR AN HERB ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE AMBIENT SOUND LEVELS ARE PRIMARILY A FUNCTION OF MAMMAE NOISE AND A RURAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE AMBIENT SOUND LEVELS ARE PRIMARILY A FUNCTIONAL WEATHER AND THE WHIMS OF BIRDS DECIDING WHETHER TO SING OR NOT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE
THE NOISE OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING TO REFINE THE ABSOLUTELY CENTRAL OVERFLIGHT CORRELATION SETTINGS tHOMAS RISEN EVERY DAY
THIS BY THE WAY IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY RETAINING THE RAW SECOND BY SECOND SOUND LEVEL DATA IS SO CRITICAL AND THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL
PERFECTING THE OVERFLIGHT CORRELATION ARE NECESSARILY A MATTER OF TRIAL AND ERROR
RETAINING THAT RAW DATA MEANS THAT AN OPTIMAL CORRELATION ALGORITHM IS HONED
IT CAN BE RETROACTIVELY APPLIED TO HISTORICAL DATA CONSIDERED IN ITS ANALOGY
WHEN THE ACTUAL PAPER BALANCE FROM ELECTION ARE RETAINED YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONFIRM RESULTS IF QUESTIONS ARISE AFTER THE INITIAL TALLYING OF VOTES
THIS HELPS INSTALL FAITH IN THE ELECTION SYSTEM AND THE SAME IS TRUE OF NOISE MONITORING
SECONDLY I WISH TO COMMEND THE PORT FOR RELEASING THE MONTHLY COMMENT REPORT AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THEIR START PRESENTATION TODAY AS A NEAR TERM GOAL
THIS VERY CONCISE REPORT DISTILLS LARGE AMOUNTS OF ESSENTIALLY GEOGRAPHICAL DATA IN A VISUAL GIS FORMAT THAT IS INTUITIVELY OBVIOUS AND ALLOWS ANYONE TO IMMEDIATELY GRASP THE MESSAGE INTO DATA
I VERY MUCH HOPE THE STAFF CAN SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THIS REPORT DURING THE PRESENTATION TODAY
HAVING THIS KIND OF INFORMATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR ENABLING START TO MAKE DATA DRIVEN DECISIONS REGARDING AVIATION NOISE ISSUES IN THIS CASE KNOWING THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION IN BOTH BREADTH AND DEPTH OF THE SPECIFIC COMMUNITIES MOST UPSET ABOUT SEATAC RELATED NOISE
THANK YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH DAVID
I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING USE OF THE DATA
NEXT, CLERK HART
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY
DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL WRITTEN COMMENTS OTHER THAN BERNADINE? THANK YOU
A SUMMARY? THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
WE DO HAVE TWO WRITTEN COMMENTS TODAY, OF COURSE BERNARDINE'S SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS SUPPORTING HER SPOKEN
SO THAT LEAVES US WITH OUR WRITTEN COMMENT FROM LAURA GIBBONS WHO WRITES TO SAY THAT IT IS NO USE TRYING TO SHIFT THE BURDEN OF AVIATION EMISSIONS THROUGH CAP AND TRADE OR OFFSETS
SHE NOTES THAT CAP AND TRADE SOUNDS PROMISING BUT HASN'T WORKED BECAUSE CARBON EMITTERS ARE SKILLED AT WORKING THE SYSTEM
OFFSETTING ALSO IS INEFFECTIVE AND PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT'S CARBON COLONIALISM
CITATIONS AND DETAILS ARE IN THE WRITTEN MATERIAL SHE PROVIDED
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR WRITTEN COMMENTS TODAY
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ADOPTED BY ONE MOTION
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADOPTION OF THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THERE ARE NO ITEMS PROPOSED FOR REMOVAL FOR TODAY'S MEETING
AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COVERING ITEMS EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT F
SO MOVED
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND
THANK YOU
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED
COMMISSIONERS PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK
YES
THANK YOU
AND COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
YOU HAVE FIVE YESSES AND ZERO NOES SO THE MOTION PASSES
MOVING ON
NOW TO THE AGENDA
THERE ARE NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEMS THERE'S ALSO NO NEW BUSINESS ITEMS I ASSURE YOU THIS WILL NOT LAST INTO THE SECOND QUARTER
BUT THIS BRINGS US NOW TO THE PRESENTATIONS AND STAFF REPORTS
CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
THANK YOU
THAT IS ITEM 11 A, THE YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM'S UPDATE
EXECUTIVE METRUCK
COMMISSIONERS, THE SUCCESS OF OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS A LARGE PART DUE TO BOTH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THROUGH THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF OUR NEXT PRESENTER AND BRAND WILSON
IN THE LAST SIX YEARS THE PORT HAS INCREASED ITS HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM MORE THAN 12 TIMES OVER AND HAS DOUBLED ITS COLLEGE PROGRAM WHILE KEEPING ITS EXPENSES FLAT
WITH THE PANDEMIC THE PROGRAM SHIFTED TO A VIRTUAL FORMAT AND MAINTAINED 80% OF THE BUDGETED HIRES FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM WITH GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
PROVIDING THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS
AS WE ADVANCE IN OUR BUDGETING PROCESS WE WILL EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS INCLUDING LAST YEAR'S OPPORTUNITY YOUTH PROGRAM TO DETERMINE WHICH INVESTMENTS TO MAKE MOVING FORWARD
FOR NOW THIS PRESENTATION WILL FOCUS ON THE YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, IT'S 2020 OUTCOMES, 2021 PLANS, AND STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT WITH POLICY AND ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS ALIGNED TO BOTH THE EQUITY MOTION AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECTIVE
ERIN WILL KICK OFF THIS PRESENTATION BUT WE'LL ALSO HEAR FROM LEANNE SERATO WHO SERVED AS AN INTERN SUPERVISOR DURING ITS FIRST YEAR OF THE EXPANDED INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND ALSO EMILY WHO SERVED AS AN INTERN IN THE COMMISSIONER OFFICE
SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AMBER LYNN WILSON, EMERGING TALENT MANAGER FROM HUMAN RESOURCES
AMBER? HELLO
THANK YOU
HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSION PRESIDENT FELLEMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
I HAVE A LITTLE NOTE HERE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF
I ALWAYS FORGET BECAUSE I'M SO EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
SO MY NAME IS AMBERINE WILSON
I AM THE EMERGING TALENT MANAGER FOR HUMAN RESOURCES
WE RUN OUR HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, OUR COLLEGE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, OUR VETERANS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM .AND I WANT TO START BEFORE I INTRODUCE LEANNE I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF PORT COMMISSION AND PORT EXECUTIVES
THIS HAS BEEN A CRAZY LAST 12 MONTHS AND DURING THAT TIME WE'VE SEEN THE PASSAGE OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECTIVE, THE DUWAMISH VALLEY COMMUNITY BENEFITS COMMITMENT, THE RACE AND EQUITY MOTION, THAT I KNOW YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON
THERE'S BEEN A SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND, THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH INITIATIVE
YOU ALL HAVE SHOWN THAT THERE WILL BE A LASER FOCUS ON LEVERAGING THE PORT RESOURCES TO FURTHER EQUITY IN OUR REGION AND IT MAKES ME PROUD TO BE A PORT EMPLOYEE AND WANT TO START BY THANKING YOU THERE
I DON'T SEE MY SLIDES UP
IS THAT- WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR YOUR QUEUE
SHE'S BRINGING THEM UP NOW AMBERINE
AND THAT'S MY QUEUE
PERFECT
THANK YOU MICHELLE
THANK YOU SO MUCH
SO AS WE MOVE INTO MY NEXT SLIDE I WANT TO INTRODUCE JUST A REALLY GOOD FRIEND OF MINE LEANNE CORADO WHO HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THIS WORK SINCE THE COMMISSION FIRST DIRECTED STAFF TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY TOGETHER
SHE BRINGS A LOT OF PASSION AND EXPERTISE TO THIS WORK AND I SO SUPPORT OR I SO APPRECIATE HER PARTNERSHIP
AND SHE'S GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE STARTED
CAN WE SEE SLIDE TWO PLEASE MICHELLE? AND GET LEANNE
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY GREAT
THANK YOU AMBERINE
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS AND I HAVE TO SHARE THEM RIGHT BACK AT YOU
YOU ARE JUST A JAM TO WORK WITH AND YOU HAVE JUST TOTALLY TAKEN THIS PROGRAM AND MADE IT A MODEL FOR INTERNSHIP POSSIBILITIES ACROSS THE NATION SO YOU'RE ROCKING IT
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
I'M COMMISSION SPECIALIST LEANNE SERATO AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN AMBERINE IN SPOTLIGHTING THE PORT'S AMAZING HIGH SCHOOL INTERN PROGRAM
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE THE PROGRAM HAS REALLY COME A LONG WAY SINCE 2015
WE CAN THANK COMMISSIONER BOWMAN FOR SETTING A GOAL TO TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES BACK IN 2016
COMMISSIONERS ALSO ASKED THAT WE PARTNER WITH PRIVATE INDUSTRY TO PLACE PORT SPONSORED INTERNS IN PORT RELATED INDUSTRY INTERNSHIPS AT THAT TIME
IT WAS MY ROLE TO WORK WITH THIS SMALL GROUP OF PRIVATE SECTOR PLACED INTERNS AND OUR COMMISSION OFFICE INTERN AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO FACILITATE PRIVATE SECTOR INTERNSHIPS DURING THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN A REPORT TO COMMISSION IN MAY
WE'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM THAT FIRST YEAR FROM COORDINATING UBER RIDES TO BUYING WORK BOOTS TO PICKING UP INTERNS AT THEIR HOUSE AND DRIVING THEM TO SHILSHOAL BAY MARINA SO THEY COULD LEARN TO SAIL ON THE ADVENTURES
THAT FIRST YEAR WAS A YEAR OF LEARNING FOR INTERNS AND PORT STAFF
MUCH OF WHAT WE'VE LEARNED TO HELP GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECTIVE THAT COMMISSION APPROVED LAST YEAR
WE NOW HAVE A POLICY DIRECTION WITH AN EMPHASIS ON EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES TO NEAR PORT COMMUNITIES WHICH ARE MOST DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED TO GUIDE OUR INTERN AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS THE APPLICATION OF THE EQUITY INDEX TO THIS WORK FURTHER FOCUSES OUR EFFORTS AND WE'RE LEVERAGING OUR PARTNERSHIPS WHICH ENABLES US TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO NECESSARY WRAP AROUND SERVICES LIKE EQUIPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION
THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF HOW WE'VE APPLIED LESSONS LEARNED BACK IN 2016 TO BUILD THE INCREDIBLE PROGRAM THAT AMBERINE SO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGES
AND NOW FOR AN EXAMPLE OF JUST HOW AWESOME PORT OF SEATTLE INTERNS ARE, IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE MISS EMILY OWL
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH EMILY AND MENTORING EMILY DURING HER COMMISSION OFFICE INTERNSHIP IN 2016 AND ANYBODY WHO WAS AROUND BACK THEN KNEW AS I DID WE ALL KNEW THAT SHE WAS EXCEPTIONAL
WE ALSO ALL KNEW THAT SHE WAS A SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR WHOSE VOICE COULD NOT BE IGNORED AND WHO WE ALL WANTED TO BE LIKE WHEN WE GREW UP
SO NOW THAT SHE'S GROWN UP A LITTLE AND CONTINUES TO BE THAT WARRIOR
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MISS EMILY
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY
NO THANK YOU
I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME
MY NAME IS EMILY OW AND I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL INTERN FOR THE COMMISSION'S OFFICE IN 2016 AND SINCE I LOVED IT SO MUCH I APPLIED AGAIN AND WAS AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS INTERN IN 2017
CURRENTLY I'M FINISHING MY LAST QUARTER AT UDUB AND I'M GOING TO BE GRADUATING IN THE SUMMER MAJORING IN CHID
CHID IS A ONE OF A KIND INTERDISCIPLINARY MAJOR ONLY OFFERED AT UW AND IT TEACHES US TO CONNECT IDEAS AND PRACTICES FROM SCIENCE, ART, SOCIAL SCIENCES TO CRITICALLY THINK ABOUT CULTURAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE WORLD AND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES
BUT BEFORE THIS I WAS JUST A NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AT RAINER BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND COMING FROM A COMMUNITY AND A SCHOOL NORMALLY OVERLOOKED, ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT EXPERIENCED WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE WAS NEW BECAUSE ANYTHING LIKE THIS ALWAYS FELT LIKE WE HAD TO CHASE IT
IT WAS NOT SOMETHING MEANT FOR US
BUT LEANNE AND THIS PROGRAM CAME TO OUR SCHOOL
THEY EXPRESSED THAT THEY NEEDED US
THEY WANTED US
THEY WANTED OUR TALENTS AND SKILLS AND IT MADE ME FEEL REALLY VALUED
THOSE TWO YEARS MADE LIFELONG MEMORIES THAT CHANGED MY PATHWAY IN LIFE
THERE'S SO MANY STORIES AND EXPERIENCES THAT SHAPED ME TO WHO I AM TODAY BUT I THINK ONE OF THE MOST PROFOUND MEMORY THAT I HAVE WAS WHEN I WAS A COMMISSION'S INTERN AND I WAS ASKED TO GO WITH LOUIS NAVARRO TO SOUTH SEATTLE
IT WAS LITERALLY THREE MINUTES FROM MY HOUSE TO MEET WITH LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES TO INTERVIEW THEM, TO BUILD A CONNECTION WITH THEM, AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF LARGE BUSINESSES LIKE THE PORT AND ITS EFFECT ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES
AND FROM THERE I KNEW THAT I WANTED TO BE INVOLVED WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ACTIVISM
AND THANKS TO THE KIND HEARTED MENTORING FROM THE COMMISSIONS TEAM AND WITH LOUIS TO MEETING WITH MY OWN COMMUNITY MEMBERS
I EXPLAINED THAT TO MY TEACHERS AND I WAS INTRODUCED TO CHID
SO LITERALLY IF IT WASN'T FOR SOMETHING SO SMALL LIKE THIS CHANCE MEETING I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE IN CHID
THAT'S HOW IMPACTED I WAS FROM SOMETHING SEEMINGLY SO SMALL AND NOW I'M SO APPRECIATIVE TOWARDS THE PORT ORGANIZATION
AND BECAUSE OF THIS I DO WISH THAT THERE WAS SOME PIPELINE FROM BEING AN INTERN TO WORKING FOR MY DREAM ORGANIZATION
IN HIGH SCHOOL AFTER THE FIRST YEAR OF THE INTERNSHIP I WAS ALREADY TELLING EVERYBODY I WANTED TO WORK FOR THE PORT
I WANTED TO WORK FOR THE PORT
THAT I'M GONNA EVENTUALLY SIT WHERE THE BIG WIG'S AT
BUT AFTER IT ENDED I HAD NO WAY OF GETTING IN
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO BE INVOLVED AND I WAS STUCK
WHICH IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY GROW THE PROGRAM BUT TO GROW THE PROGRAM INTENTIONALLY AND ENSURE THAT THOSE WHO WISH TO GROW WITH THE ORGANIZATION CAN COME ON BOARD TOO
IT'S NOT JUST 'HERE'S THREE MONTHS OF EXPERIENCE GOOD LUCK' BUT HERE'S EXPERIENCE AND HERE'S US KEEPING THESE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY OPEN FOR YOU SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHASE ANYMORE
I KEEP IN CONTACT WITH AT LEAST SIX OTHER INTERNS FROM MY COHORT AND WE'VE ALL SAID TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK AND EXPRESS OUR DESIRES TO COME BACK TOGETHER AT THE PORT AND I KNOW THAT THE PORT HAS HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON US BUT I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE HAD A LASTING IMPACT ON THE PORT AS WELL
YOU KNOW, GOOD ENOUGH ISN'T REALLY GOOD ENOUGH IF BETTER IS POSSIBLE AND I KNOW THAT IT'LL ONLY CONTINUE UNTIL IT IS
I WANT TO END MY TALK BY REEMPHASIZING THAT IT IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND PROPS TO COMMISSIONER CHO FOR BEATING ME TO RECOGNIZING AAPI EQUAL PAY DAY
SO I DO HOPE THAT AFTER I GET HIRED ON WITH THE PORT AFTER I GRADUATE, WINK WINK, THAT I'LL BE PAID AS THE SAME AS MY MALE COUNTERPARTS, MY EXTRA 61 CENTS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
EMILY, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND OBVIOUS MOTIVATIONS HERE
BUT WHEN AMBERIN STARTED THIS PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION'S COMMITMENT TO PROGRAMS LIKE THIS AND THIS ONE WITH VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN'S MOTIVATIONS, IT'S THE STAFF THAT MAKE THOSE THINGS WORK AND LEANNE I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU, STAFF, AND GETTING THIS THING GOING BUT THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE TO INSPIRE A WOMAN LIKE EMILY
THIS IS THE GREATEST SATISFACTION
YOU CAN PASS MOTIONS ALL YOU WANT, tURNING OUT KIDS LIKE THIS THAT'S WHAT MAKES US PROUD
SO ANYWAY I SEE THERE'S A COMMENT THAT MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A LITTLE BIT- ROUND FOR QUESTIONS
I KNOW PEOPLE PROBABLY WANT TO TALK TO EMILY BEFORE YOU GET INTO THE DETAILS OF YOUR PRESENTATION
I SEE A HAND UP BUT I DON'T SEE WHO IT'S ATTRIBUTED TO
WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO JUST GO THROUGH THE ROLL COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? PLEASE
THANK YOU
WE'LL BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
WELL THANK YOU EMILY
IT'S SO GOOD TO SEE YOU IN PERSON
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH LEANNE FOR GIVING THAT INTRODUCTION TO THE PROGRAM BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE- IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE THIS CHART ON THE COMPUTER TO SHOW THE LINE OF WHERE THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HAS GONE, IT IS ANOTHER TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT WAS PUT INTO CREATING IT
AND WHEN LEANNE SAID THAT SHE WENT TO BUY BOOTS AND HARD HATS AND BUS PASSES FOR THESE STUDENTS THAT FIRST YEAR, SHE WAS RUNNING ALL OVER KING COUNTY TO DO SO AND LEANNE I HOPE THAT YOU DON'T TAKE IT IN A BAD WAY AS I USED TO CALL YOU THE MAMA BEAR OF THE INTERNS
BUT I KNOW THAT'S HOW THEY ALL LOOKED AT YOU, AS SOMEBODY THAT WAS THERE TO HELP THEM AND PROTECT THEM AND GET THEM THROUGH THE PROGRAM THE FIRST YEAR AND THEN AMBERIN YOU'VE JUST DONE AN AMAZING JOB BUILDING OFF THE WORK THAT LEANNE STARTED
EMILY IS ONE OF THE INTERNS THAT I'VE KEPT IN CONTACT WITH OVER ALL OF THESE YEARS AND EMILY, IT'S JUST AMAZING TO SEE HOW FAR YOU'VE COME AND I REMEMBER IN FACT WHEN YOU WERE GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH YOUR COUNSELOR AND NOT GETTING- I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER THIS YOURSELF NOT GETTING THE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COUNSELOR AND NOT ABLE TO GO TO A COUPLE OF OTHER UNIVERSITIES THAT YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS STUDENTS FACE, NOT HAVING EVEN THE SUPPORT SYSTEMS WITHIN THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS TO BEGIN WITH
AND SO FOR ME HAVING THE PORT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND BE A MODEL FOR WHERE THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GO IS SO CRITICAL
SO I'VE NEVER BEEN A TEACHER I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW PROUD TEACHERS ARE WHEN THEY RETIRE AND THEY SEE FORMER STUDENTS COME BACK BUT THAT'S HOW I FEEL TODAY
AND I WILL SAY YESTERDAY I WAS IN A MEETING AND SOMEBODY ASKED ME WHAT WAS MY PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IN MY TIME AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS BY FAR AND AWAY
BUT IT'S NOT THE WORK THAT I DID, IT'S THE WORK THAT ALL THE STAFF HAS DONE
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING THIS AND I JUST COULDN'T BE ANY MORE PROUD OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE
AND EMILY IT'S, AGAIN, SO WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU
COME VISIT SOMETIME SOON
EXCELLENT
SO NOW WE MIGHT ACTUALLY LET THE STAFF TELL US A THING OR TWO BUT EMILY I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING YOU PRETTY SOON
CONGRATULATIONS
HOPE YOU GRADUATE SOON
SO ANYWAY AMBRIN ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM HERE? COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TOO? I'M SORRY
I'M SORRY
I DIDN'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS UP BUT PLEASE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND THERE MAY NOT BE LET'S RUN THROUGH
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
YEAH ,THANK YOU
IN A CRAZY TWIST, THE YOUTH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WAS HOW I BECAME A COMMISSIONER AND EMILY I'M CERTAIN THAT AT SOME POINT YOU CAN BE A COMMISSIONER TOO
YOU ARE WAY MORE QUALIFIED AT YOUR AGE THAN I WAS WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE AND SO THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND YOU CAN ASCEND TO THESE HEIGHTS
I STILL DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY OTHER JOB THAT I COULD HAVE MADE- MY APPLICATION WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ME A JOB AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE SO I HAD TO COME IN THIS WAY BUT THE IMPACT OF IT WAS COMMISSIONER ALBRO WAS OUT SEEKING BUSINESS PARTNERS FOR THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND AT THE TIME I WAS RUNNING A BUSINESS IN GEORGETOWN AND HE WALKED IN THE DOOR AND LEARNED ABOUT OUR BUSINESS AND ASKED IF WE'D HOST AN INTERN AND WE DID AND I GOT TO KNOW, I MET LEANNE THROUGH THAT AS WELL AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER THAT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RUN FOR COMMISSION
BUT I THINK IT'S AN EXTRAORDINARY PROGRAM AND I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN FOR ALL OF THE EFFORT SHE HAS MADE AND ADVOCATING FOR THIS PROGRAM AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED TRIPLING THE SIZE OF IT
AND AMBERIN IT HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND IN MY EXPERIENCE IT OFTEN TAKES A TRULY DYNAMIC LEADER LIKE YOU TO TAKE A PROGRAM LIKE THIS THAT IS HARD AND MAKE IT SO SUCCESSFUL LIKE IT HAS BEEN SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS
MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO
YEAH I'LL KEEP MY REMARKS REAL BRIEF
EMILY WE HAVE NOT HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING IN PERSON BUT I HAVE THE SENSE THAT IT IS INEVITABLE WHETHER YOU JOIN US WITH US AS AN EMPLOYEE OR AS A COLLEAGUE ON THE COMMISSION
I'M VERY VERY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE DO HERE
SO I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK LEANNE AND AMBERIN FOR THE TERRIFIC WORK HERE AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A PIPELINE OF TREMENDOUS LEADERS THAT ARE BEING GROOMED BY OUR LEADERS HERE AT THE PORT AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE HOW THESE YOUNG LEADERS ARE GOING TO GROW AND IN WHAT CAPACITY
SO THANKS AGAIN TO BOTH LEANNE AND AMBERIN FOR BEING THE SPEAR ON THIS PROGRAM
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
I'D LIKE TO HOLD MY COMMENTS UNTIL AFTER AMBERIN HAS COMPLETED HER PRESENTATION
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN BACK TO YOU
THANKS VERY MUCH
AS I WAS HOPING, THEN AMBERIN WOULD YOU LIKE TO RUN US THROUGH YOUR SLIDE DECK? SURE LET'S DO IT
ALRIGHT
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH
MY CHEEKS ARE STARTING TO HURT BECAUSE I'M JUST SMILING SO MUCH
I LOVE YOU, EMILY
IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU
NEVER EVER EVER LOSE YOUR FIRE AND LET'S REACH OUT AND HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT COLLEGE INTERNSHIPS AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
GET YOU SOME MORE EXPERIENCE HERE WITH US
AND THANK YOU AGAIN LEANNE
IT IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND YOU KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LEADERS AT THE PORT I CAN'T HELP THINK ABOUT ALL THE WOMEN HERE AT THE PORT WHO HELPED ME TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS WORK
LEANNE SHARAD, CONSUELO DAVIS, CHRISTINA BILLINGSLEY, JESSICA PATE, KIM DEMARA, TRACY PATTERSON, MORE
THERE ARE WOMEN HERE AT THE PORT WHO ARE JUST DYNAMIC, TRUE LEADERS AND I SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND JUST CAN'T DO THIS WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU
I LOVE YOU
OKAY HERE'S WHERE WE'RE AT
WOW CAN WE SEE COVID YOU GUYS? I THINK WE CAN
HERE IT IS
HERE'S THE DIP RIGHT? THAT 2020 DIP
WHAT YOU CAN'T NECESSARILY SEE THERE IS THAT WE HAD A DIP DOWN IN THE NUMBER OF INTERNS BUT WE STILL HIRE MORE HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS THAN ANY OTHER PUBLIC AGENCY LAST YEAR
AND WELL YOU KNOW SOME WE'RE MAYBE HOLDING ON TO 10 HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS, WE WERE HIRING ALMOST 80 AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY QUICKLY INNOVATE AND BUILD SOME VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING
I ALSO WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THIS YEAR THOSE NUMBERS ARE RIGHT BACK UP SO YOU CAN SEE THAT LINE HEADING RIGHT BACK UP
OUR GOAL IS 115 HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS THIS YEAR
OUR GOAL IS ALMOST 50 COLLEGE INTERNS AND WE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PILOTING THIS YEAR WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH PURSUING TECHNICAL CERTIFICATES
SO NOT NECESSARILY THAT FOUR YEAR DEGREE BUT SOMEONE WHO'S MAYBE GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION OR GETTING AN AUTOCAD CERTIFICATE OR FOCUSING ON THROUGH YEAR UP SOMETHING IN TECHNOLOGY
SO THAT'S THAT NEW BLUE LINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START TO TRACK FOR YOU AND MICHELLE WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE NOW
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I REALLY MEANT IT WHEN I EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
YOU ALL MADE IT REALLY CLEAR WHERE OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE AND WHERE MY NORTH STAR SHOULD BE AND THAT IS A FOCUS ON EQUITY
LAST YEAR WE MET THESE CHALLENGES WITH INNOVATION AND A FOCUS ON EQUITY
WE VERY QUICKLY TURNED TO VIRTUAL PROJECT BASED INTERNSHIPS
WE TOOK WHAT WAS KIND OF THE COHORT OVERLAY MODEL AND MADE IT THE WHOLE INTERNSHIP AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ONLINE, WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN PROJECTS AND HAVE INTERNS COME IN AND DO IT THIS WAY AND WE CAN DO IT
WE ALSO KNEW VERY QUICKLY THAT WE COULDN'T DO OUR BIG ONE DAY SATURDAY EXTRAVAGANZA WITH 120 INTERNS COMING IN FOR INTERVIEWS IN ONE DAY WITH A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
WE SWITCHED VERY QUICKLY TO A COMMUNITY REFERRAL PROCESS BY IDENTIFYING ZIP CODES FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOST IMPACTED BY COVID AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT DEVELOP YOUTH IN THOSE AREAS AND SAYING HEY THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE- WHO SHOULD GET PLUGGED IN? WHO'S INTERESTED IN AVIATION? WHO'S INTERESTED IN MARITIME, CONSTRUCTION TRADE, GREEN JOB AND HAVING THEM COME IN TO INTERN WITH US THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM
THIS ALSO HELPS TO LASER FOCUS EQUITY WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY AS WE'RE BRINGING IN YOUNG PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO NEED THAT FINANCIAL STABILITY AND SUPPORT IN THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE THEIR COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN SO IMPACTED BY COVID
LAST YEAR WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR OTHER REASONS
AS WE WORKED WITH THIS NEW MODEL WE EXPANDED OUR PARTNERSHIP INTO WORKING WITH EL CENTRO DE LA RAZA AND BOTH THE MUCKLESHOOT AND SUQUAMISH TRIBES
BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO BE VIRTUAL SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS WERE NO LONGER THERE AND WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD NEW PARTNERSHIPS
ALSO VERY EXCITING
MICHELLE WE CAN GO TO OUR NEXT SLIDE
THANK YOU
THIS IS JUST A VISUAL OF THE MODEL WHAT EXACTLY DO I MEAN WHEN I SAY OUR PROGRAM IS NOW VIRTUAL PROJECT BASED EVERY QUARTER
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT WE'VE GOT AN EIGHT WEEK PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER FOUR TIMES A YEAR
YOUTH INTERNS WILL COME IN, THEY'LL GET TO KNOW ABOUT PORT INDUSTRIES AND PORT VALUES, THEY'LL GET TO MEET WITH PORT EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS, THEY DEVELOP TRANSFERABLE SKILLS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SPEAKING, NETWORKING, AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT, TEAM LEADERSHIP RIGHT WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON A REAL PROJECT THAT ACTUALLY BENEFITS THE PORT OF SEATTLE
THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT I'M TALKING TO EXECUTIVES ABOUT TO SAY HEY WHAT DO YOU WANT THE YOUTH PERSPECTIVE ON AND THEY'LL COME IN AND OFFER THEIR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE TO A PORT PROBLEM RIGHT
SO REALLY REALLY EXCITING
WHAT'S ALSO COOL ABOUT THIS IS THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO PARTNER WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND BUILD OUT CURRICULUM THAT CAN BE STATE APPROVED FRAMEWORKS FOR CCE CREDITS
IN THE MEANTIME WE'RE WORKING WITH INDEPENDENT STUDY CREDITS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE GETTING THROUGH OUR PROGRAM
NOW YOU CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE
THIS IS A PICTURE OF A HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP
IT LOOKS SO DIFFERENT RIGHT
WE DON'T HAVE THE PICTURES OF SHAKING HANDS OR THUMB WRESTLING OR THE BIG HUGE GIANT GROUP
WE HAVE SMALLER COHORTS NOW WHERE WE BRING IN EMPLOYEES TO BE MENTORS AND TO TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK AND WE HAVE PEOPLE ON CAMERA HAVING CONVERSATIONS AND LEARNING ABOUT THE PORT
I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON THIS LAST YEAR THAT I JUST THINK ARE SUPER EXCITING
ONE OF THEM IS A PORT CAREER PATHWAYS PRESENTATION THAT IS YOUTH RESEARCH AND YOUTH DEVELOPED
THEY CREATED FOUR DIFFERENT POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT ARE UP ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEY WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT CAREERS IN MARITIME, IN AVIATION, IN CONSTRUCTION TRADES, IN ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY WITH SOME INTERVIEW NOTES ABOUT REAL PEOPLE WORKING THOSE JOBS
SO AS THESE INTERNS WERE RESEARCHING THOSE JOBS LEARNING ABOUT THEM THEMSELVES THEY WERE COMMUNICATING TO OTHER YOUTH IN CREATING THIS RESOURCE THAT CAN BE SHARED TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS AND IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW
AGAIN IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT YOUTH INTERNS WORKED ON LAST YEAR THAT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH MUCKLESHOOT TRIBAL SCHOOLS AND CHIEF KITSAP ACADEMY AND WE HAD SEVERAL INDIGENOUS YOUTH COME IN AND LOOK AT ANSWERING THE QUESTION WHAT COULD WE DO WITH THE SOUTH SATELLITE? WE'RE BUILDING THIS NEW INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL FACILITY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EMPTY SPACE WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST? AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE EMPOWERED TO BRING THEIR FULL CULTURE AND IDENTITY TO THE WORK AND THEY STARTED ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS SEATAC DOING TO HONOR THE PEOPLE ON WHOSE LAND IT'S BUILT, WHERE IS OUR ART, WHERE IS OUR CULTURE? AND THEY JUST PUT TOGETHER A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION THAT SO INSPIRED LANCE LITTLE THAT HE SAID LET'S DO THIS
WE'VE GOT TO DO THIS
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL IDEA AND WE'VE HIRED SOME OF THOSE SAME INTERNS AND SOME NEW ONES BACK AGAIN THIS QUARTER AND THEY'VE PUT TOGETHER A CONCEPT OF A STORY WALL THAT THEY WILL BE PRESENTING ON MARCH 19 AND I DON'T WANT TO GIVE AWAY ANY OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL IDEAS SO WE CAN WAIT UNTIL MARCH 19 TO HEAR FROM OUR AVIATION TEAM AND OUR MARITIME TEAM AS TO WHAT THEY PUT TOGETHER BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE TREATING OUR HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS AS CONSULTANTS
THEY COME IN, THEY LEARN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THEY WORK ON REAL QUESTIONS, REAL ISSUES THAT THE PORT WOULD LIKE TO SOLVE AND THEY COME UP WITH SOME REALLY CREATIVE, UNHINDERED BY THE PROCESSES THAT WE'RE ALL USED TO, IDEAS
WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
THIS OUTLINES A LOT OF THE DATA THAT'S IN THE MEMO THAT I'VE SENT YOU ALL, COMMISSIONERS
SOME OF THE THE BENEFITS OF THIS NEW MODEL BEYOND ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE IN THE MIDDLE OF PANDEMIC FOR ONE THING, OFFERING QUARTERLY PROJECT BASED INTERNSHIPS ALIGNED WITH CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING RECOMMENDATIONS
I KNOW THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO MANY OF YOU AND WE CAN ALLOW THEM TO BE CREDIT EARNING
WE WENT FROM MAYBE 10% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIPS BEING CREDIT EARNING TO UPWARDS OF 70% OF OUR INTERNSHIPS BEING CREDIT EARNING JUST LAST YEAR AND I THINK WE CAN INCREASE THAT EVEN MORE THIS YEAR
I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO MULTIPLE OF YOU COMMISSIONERS ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO YOU
THIS ALSO ANSWERS THE COMMUNITY DESIRE FOR YEAR ROUND PROGRAMMING AND IT DOES MEET THE IMMEDIATE NEED OF HAVING SOME SOCIAL DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS AND IT REDUCES THE TRANSPORTATION BARRIER WHICH HAS ALLOWED US THROUGH THE VIRTUAL DESIGN TO HAVE INCREASE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS
ALSO BECAUSE OF THE PART TIME NATURE AND THIS ABILITY TO DO IT ONLINE IT HAS REDUCED EXPENSES FOR US IN A TIGHT BUDGET YEAR WHILE ALSO CREATING SOMETHING SCALABLE SO THAT AS THE ECONOMY IMPROVES WE CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP THE PROGRAM AND INCREASE ITS IMPACT
IT ALSO REDUCES WORKLOAD ON PORT DEPARTMENT STAFF SO INSTEAD OF ASKING PORT OF SEATTLE STAFF TO FIND 40 HOURS OF WORK FOR ONE OR 2 INTERNS AND SUPERVISE THOSE ONE OR 2 INTERNS, WE'RE ASKING THEM INSTEAD TO COME IN ONCE A WEEK OR ONCE A QUARTER TO ENGAGE WITH INTERN AS THEY WORK ON A LARGER PROJECT
IT DOES MEAN THAT HUMAN RESOURCES IS TAKING ON A LOT OF THAT WORK OF SUPERVISING A COORDINATING THE INTERN PROGRAM BUT I THINK IT'S A LOT BETTER TO HAVE TWO OR 3 TEAMS OF INTERNS ALL WORKING TOGETHER ON ONE PROJECT THAN HAVING THEM SPREAD OUT TO 60 DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS ALL THE TIME RIGHT
REALLY SHOWING THEM THAT PROJECT MANAGEMENT IS A KEY SKILL THAT WE NEED HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
IT'S ALSO ALLOWING US TO INCREASE OUR COLLABORATION WITH MULTIPLE INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND THIS HAS ALLOWED US TO BE REALLY CREATIVE FOR EXAMPLE WORKING WITH THE YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATIVE WHO'S GOING TO RECRUIT FOR THEIR PROGRAM IN THE SPRING FROM OUR PROGRAM THAT WE'RE FINISHING UP THIS WINTER RIGHT
SO BEGINNING TO BUILD THAT PIPELINE THAT EMILY SPOKE ABOUT
HOW CAN WE BUILD A PIPELINE THAT TAKES YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THIS INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE THROUGH TO CAREER LAUNCH AND WE CAN'T DO IT ON OUR OWN
WE NEED TO BE ONE PIECE OF A PIPELINE WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO REALLY MAKE SOME HEADWAY ON THAT ESPECIALLY IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TEAM AND OUR TALENT ACQUISITION TEAM
SO APPRECIATE AGAIN CROSS PORT PARTNERSHIPS AND ALSO MULTI AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS HERE AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO BUILD OUT A PIPELINE
AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
THESE ARE OUR GOALS FOR 2021 AND COMMISSIONERS I THINK THAT YOU CAN ALL SEE YOURSELVES REFLECTED IN THESE PRIORITIES AND GOALS
WE WANT TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
COMMISSIONER CALKINS YOU JUST HAD A BLOG RECENTLY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TALKING TO COMMUNITY
WE WANT TO INCREASE CREDIT EARNING AND CAREER CONNECTED INTERNSHIPS
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING YOU TALKED A LOT ABOUT
WE WANT TO GROW DIRECT ENGAGEMENT WITH DIVERSE STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS SO GETTING OUT DIRECTLY TO REGISTERED STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS ACROSS CAMPUSES AND TALKING ABOUT PORT RELATED INDUSTRIES AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES NOT JUST AT THE PORT BUT WITHIN THESE INDUSTRIES
WE WANT TO LEVERAGE THE EQUITY INDEX TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITIES MOST IN NEED
COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK AND CHO, I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU
WE'RE ALSO PILOTING INTERNSHIPS FOR OPPORTUNITY YOUTH THAT ARE ATTENDING A CERTIFICATE OR POST SECONDARY PROGRAM
NOT ALL THE CAREERS HERE AT THE PORT REQUIRE A COLLEGE DEGREE AND SO OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM SHOULD REFLECT THAT AND WE WANT TO AGAIN PRIORITIZE YOUTH THAT ARE FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THESE CAREERS, THOSE FAMILY WAGE CAREERS
AND WE'RE ALSO HOPING, EMILY, THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, WE'RE HOPING TO BUILD OUT OUR ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES TO REALLY CREATE TALENT PIPELINES AND SKILL BANKS FOR PORT OF SEATTLE CAREERS AND PORT RELATED CAREERS
WE RECOGNIZE THE INTERNS COME IN HERE AND WE'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF SPARKING THEIR FIRE AND GETTING THEM INTERESTED AND MAKING THEM FEEL WELCOME HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND THEN THEY WANT TO COME BACK
THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN AVIATION OR MARITIME OR CONSTRUCTION TRADES OR SUSTAINABILITY
SO LET'S HELP THEM
LET'S REALLY CREATE THAT DIVERSE TALENT PIPELINE
AND THAT IS THE GOAL THEN FOR THIS YEAR IS TO BUILD OUT AT LEAST ONE MULTI AGENCY PIPELINE WHERE WE'RE RECRUITING FROM A COMMUNITY, PARTNER THEY COME INTO THE PORT OF SEATTLE, WE GET THEM EXCITED, THEN THEY GO TO AN INDUSTRY PARTNER FOR ANOTHER INTERNSHIP AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON MARITIME THIS YEAR HOPING TO BUILD OUT AND PILOT JUST WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE IN ONE SECTOR
WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE
AGAIN THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE INCREASE THE EQUITY OF THE PROGRAM
IN THE MEMO THAT I SENT YOU YOU'LL SEE THAT I CREATED A CHART THAT LISTS OUT ALL OF THE CHANGES IN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS PROGRAM AND HOW IT CONNECTS TO THE ONE OF THE TWO GOALS IDENTIFIED IN THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECTIVE OR ONE OF THE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY EXECUTIVES AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
WHAT'S MISSING THERE IS HOW IT CONNECTS TO COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO GET
SO THIS IS A PROCESS .WE'VE HIRED ME'KYEL BAILEY WHO IS JUST AN ABSOLUTE DYNAMITE CONSULTANT
SHE'S DOING GREAT WORK ALREADY AND SHE'S GOING TO BE LEADING A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE AND WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE SO THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR DECISIONS AS WELL AND THAT I THINK LEVELS US UP FROM JUST TO FOCUS ON ACCESS AND INCLUSION TO MORE STRUCTURAL EQUITY WITHIN THE PROGRAM INCLUDING COMMUNITY VOICES IN OUR DESIGN AND OUR EVALUATION AND HOW WE HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE
THAT AGAIN CONSULTANT HAS ALREADY BEEN HIRED THE WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN STARTED AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE FINISHED REPORTS LATER THIS SUMMER
AND WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE TIMELINE
SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE PROGRAMS ARE REALLY CONCISE
WE'VE GOT- AGAIN DRIVEN BY THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECTIVE
WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOUR SECTORS: AVIATION, MARITIME, ENVIRONMENTAL JOBS, AND CONSTRUCTION TRADE
THE CONSTRUCTION TRADE WE'VE REALLY STRUGGLED WITH FINDING WAYS OF BUILDING PROGRAMMING THAT CAN BE VIRTUAL
SO MUCH OF THAT EXPERIENCE IS HANDS ON YOU KNOW REALLY GETTING YOUR HANDS INTO THE WORK AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO OFFER THAT AGAIN IN THE FALL
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS MAKING SURE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE QUARTERS THAT THE INTERNS ARE HEARING FROM AVIATION MAINTENANCE AND OR MARINE MAINTENANCE ABOUT WHAT THE CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ARE, WHAT THE WORK IS, AND HOW TO GET STARTED
IN THE MEANTIME WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS CAPITAL PLANNING, OR CREATING AN INCLUSIVE GREEN ECONOMY, WHAT'S A MARITIME 101, HABITAT RESTORATION, THESE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW EVERY QUARTER WE'RE OFFERING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT AND THEN FOCUSING ON THOSE FOUR SECTORS THOSE FOUR AREAS
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR 2021 IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL INTERN PROGRAMMING
AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
THIS IS THE ASPIRATIONAL VISION, WHERE I'D LIKE US TO BE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AFTER WE TALK TO COMMUNITY
MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE SOME DIFFERENT FEEDBACK FOR ME THAT WOULD CHANGE THIS
THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT WE START BY RECRUITING FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT ARE ALREADY OFFERING SOME WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO YOUTH IN THOSE ZIP CODES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY OUR EQUITY INDEX AS FURTHEST FROM OPPORTUNITY
SO WE'RE STARTING THERE
THAT'S THE EQUITY FOCUS
AND WE'RE RECRUITING FROM COMMUNITY PARTNERS
THEN THOSE YOUTHS COME IN AND DO AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE THAT IS PAID AND CREDIT EARNING
WE HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER JUST WHAT A WONDERFUL FORMULA THAT IS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
AND SO THEN THEY GET A BASELINE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND PORT RELATED INDUSTRIES
WE THEN THROUGH ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP THEY'VE GOT OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER THEIR INTEREST IN ONE OF THOSE INDUSTRIES WITH A PARTNER WHERE THEY GET ANOTHER INTERNSHIP, ANOTHER PIECE OF EXPERIENCE ON THEIR RESUME, SOME MORE SKILLS THAT THEY DEVELOPED
AND THEN STEP FOUR, AGAIN ASPIRATIONALLY, WHERE I'D LIKE TO BE IS THAT THE END OF THIS PIPELINE GETS THE YOUTH INTO ENTRY LEVEL EMPLOYMENT OR ENROLLMENT IN A PRE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS OR CONNECTION TO COLLEGE SUCCESS FOUNDATION TO HELP THEM GET INTO THE COLLEGE PROGRAM ANY OF THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY CAN GET INVOLVED FOR THAT FIRST STEP INTO THE CAREER OF THEIR CHOICE IN THE PORT RELATED INDUSTRY
AND THERE'S THE CONNECTION POINT RIGHT THAT, THANK YOU EMILY FOR BEATING ME
I DIDN'T PREP HER ON THAT I SWEAR
SHE BROUGHT THAT UP ON HER OWN
THANK YOU EMILY
BUT THAT WOULD BE THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL
AND I THINK THAT WAS MY SLIDES
THANK YOU AMBERIN
AND EMILY IF YOU'RE STILL AROUND
SO IF CLERK HART WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL FOR ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS? CERTAINLY
FOR FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
GREAT
THANK YOU
AMBERIN, AGAIN AMAZING JOB
YOU'VE ADDED SO MANY NEW LAYERS TO THIS PROGRAM
I THINK THAT WE'RE ALL- ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE STATE OF WHAT YOU JUST HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH COVID THIS LAST YEAR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN THAT CREDIT I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT
DO YOU SEE ANY OBSTACLES THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO OVERCOME? MAYBE NOT WITHIN THE PORT BUT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ADVANCE YOUR WORK IN THAT WAY SO THAT KIDS CAN GET CREDIT FOR THIS WORK? BECAUSE AGAIN I MEAN I PERSONALLY KNOW OF PROBABLY 20 OR 30 FAMILIES WHERE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR KIDS GRADUATING ON TIME
I AM BEGINNING THE CONVERSATIONS NOW TO TACKLE ONE OF THOSE OBSTACLES
SO IT'S A PRETTY COMPLEX RELATIONSHIP WHEN WE TRY TO OFFER SPECIFICALLY CTE CREDIT
INDEPENDENT STUDY CREDITS, PRETTY EASY
BUT WHEN WE WANT TO DO CTE CREDIT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS IS A PAID INTERNSHIP IT COMPLICATES THINGS AND WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO TO THE STATE TO GET A FRAMEWORK APPROVED
SO WHAT I'M DOING NOW IS I'M ACTUALLY COLLABORATING WITH A CTE COUNSELOR AT CHIEF KITSAP ACADEMY WHO IS TAKING THE CURRICULUM THAT WE'VE DESIGNED FOR- I'M CALLING IT MARITIME 101 AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY TURNING THAT INTO A STATE APPROVED FRAMEWORK THAT THEN ANY SCHOOL COULD USE AND IN FACT ANY PORT IN WASHINGTON COULD USE
SO I GUESS THE OBSTACLE IS JUST THE HOURS IN THE DAY
IT JUST TAKES SOME TIME BUT THAT WORK HAS TO GET DONE IN ORDER FOR US TO REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL AND REALLY HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK AS FAR AS THE CTE CREDIT AND IT'S WHY I'M FOCUSING THIS YEAR ON JUST ONE SECTOR
LIKE OKAY I'M GOING TO START WITH MARITIME AND REALLY ZERO IN
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS FRAMEWORK BUILT, LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS PIPELINE BUILT JUST FOR ONE SECTOR WITH ONE PILOT SCHOOL
KIND OF START SMALL, BUILD IT OUT, SEE IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL AND THEN GO FROM THERE
OKAY SO AMBERIN THANK YOU FOR IDENTIFYING THAT AND IF YOU NEED HELP, I HOPE YOU'LL CALL ON US
I ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING WITH SUPERINTENDENT RYKDAL I THINK IT'S MAYBE NEXT WEEK I'M PARTICIPATING IN AN EVENT WITH HIM WITH THE MIC BUT I KNOW HIM PERSONALLY AS WELL AND SO WE CAN HELP WITH OSPI TO GET THIS WORK THROUGH KIND OF FROM
I THINK WE COULD MEET IN THE MIDDLE ON IT .SO PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO
HAPPY TO HELP
THANKS
YES
THANK YOU
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NO FURTHER COMMENTS FOR ME THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
NO FURTHER COMMENTS JUST WANT TO SAY ONCE AGAIN GREAT WORK
I LOVE IT AND I THINK THAT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT STUDENTS CAN GET CREDIT FOR THIS GOES BEYOND JUST THE PORT AND I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WOULD LOVE THAT AS WELL WHETHER IT'S OTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS OR EVEN PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERS AND SO I THINK WE CAN MAYBE THINK ABOUT EVEN GETTING A COALITION TOGETHER TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS
I'M SURE IT'S ALREADY BEING DONE ON SOME LEVEL BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT AN ISSUE UNIQUE TO THE PORT
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
WELL THANK YOU AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND A QUESTION OR TWO HERE
FIRST OF ALL IT'S HARD NOT TO GUSH ABOUT THIS
THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM
IT'S TRULY PHENOMENAL WHAT HAS BEEN BUILT HERE AND WHAT AN INSPIRATION IT IS AND I START TO ADD UP THE BENEFITS AND I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FINGERS TO COUNT THEM ALL
THERE'S SO MANY BENEFITS THAT ARE ACCRUED THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, GET PAID FOR IT, GET CREDIT, EVEN COLLEGE CREDIT NOW, INDUSTRY PARTNERING, THE COMMUNITY PARTNERING, THE EQUITY LENSE FOR WHICH WE PURSUE NEW RECRUITS FOR THE PROGRAM, THE SCALABILITY
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND HERE BUT I THINK THAT THERE- AMONG THE CREDITS THAT ARE DESERVED HERE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS INITIALLY IN THE COMMISSION OFFICE SPEARHEADED BY COMMISSIONERS ALBORO AND BOWMAN FIVE YEARS AGO OR SO AND THEN LEANNE TOOK ON THE JOB OF INFORMAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT WITH THE YOUNG INTERNS AND THEN IT HAS BLOSSOMED AND FLOWERED INTO WHAT IT IS TODAY UNDER YOUR JUST TRULY AMAZING EFFORTS AMBERIN AND I HAVE TO ALSO MENTION KIM FOR HER ROLE IN THIS AS WELL AS THE MANAGER IN HR
YOU JUST EXUDE PASSION AND INSPIRATION AMBERIN AND SO IT'S NO WONDER THAT YOU'RE CALLED THE TALENT MANAGER BECAUSE YOU ARE THE TALENT AND THE INSPIRATION THAT IS DRIVING THIS NOW
WITH REGARD TO THE CHARGES OF VIRTUAL LEARNING AND ON THE JOB HERE, CERTAINLY CAN APPRECIATE THAT IT'S COMMENDABLE HOW YOU HAVE PIVOTED UNDER COVID
I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT PRESSURE TO TO RAPIDLY INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF PARTICIPANTS GIVEN THE CHALLENGES UNDER COVID BUT ALSO CAPACITY AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE SUCH A FINE JOB WITH THE QUALITY OF THIS PROGRAM THAT IT PROVIDES THE KIND OF OPPORTUNITY THAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THAT DIMINISHED WITH SUCH PRESSURE TO DOUBLE, TRIPLE, EXPAND EVER ENDING GROWING IT
WE ARE A LITTLE MINI PORT UNIVERSITY HERE NOW I THINK WE CAN CLAIM THAT AND I ALSO THINK IT'S A FANTASTIC WAY FOR PEOPLE IN THEIR CAREERS AT THE PORT, AND THERE ARE MANY AND DIVERSE CAREERS, WHO CAN PAY IT FORWARD
THERE'S NO BETTER WAY THAN TO BE A MENTOR TO YOUNG PEOPLE, TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY AND SOME SUPPORT AND DIRECTION AND ADVICE
ALL OF US HAVE BENEFITED IN SOME WAY AT SOME POINT IN OUR LIVES WITH ADULTS DOING JUST THAT, MENTORING AND SUPPORTING HOPES AND DREAMS OF YOUTH
NOW LASTLY MY WISH IS THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE- ACCOMMODATE INTERNS IN THE PORT COMMISSION OFFICE WHICH UNDER YOUR LIST OF DIFFERENT SKILL SETS AND CATEGORIES THAT MIGHT BE THE GOVERNANCE AND LEADERSHIP SIDE AND MAYBE EVEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS OFFICE BUT I'LL START WITH THE COMMISSION
I HAVE NO DOUBT THE INTERNS WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT
WE'VE HAD THEM BEFORE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP WITH SOME OF OUR RESEARCH, OUR POLICY DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING, ALL OF THAT WOULD BE TREMENDOUSLY VALUABLE
WHEN I WAS AT THE CITY COUNCIL I ALWAYS HAD ONE AND SOMETIMES EVEN TWO INTERNS
THEY WERE PRIMARILY COLLEGE LEVEL BUT I DID HAVE SOME YOUTH INTERNS AS WELL AND IT'S A MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL, SATISFYING AND REWARDING EXPERIENCE
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY BUT AS FAR AS SCALING UP MAYBE YOU CAN JUST BRIEFLY RESPOND TO THAT TO THE CHALLENGES OF TRYING TO ADD NUMBERS INCREASINGLY AT A RAPID PACE
YES, THANK YOU I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE QUALITY AND EXPANDING THE IMPACT BEING THE FOCUS MORE THAN EXPANDING THE NUMBERS RIGHT
I'M IN LINE WITH YOU
WHEN I TALK ABOUT SCALABILITY I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITY NOT QUICKLY, NOT TURN UP THE WATER REALLY QUICKLY, BUT ONCE WE'VE BUILT THE PIPELINE, ONCE WE'VE FOCUSED ON THESE PIPELINES IN CONNECTION WITH SPECIFIC PROGRAMMING I'M THINKING COMMISSIONER CALKINS OF MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL FOR EXAMPLE THERE MAY BE SOME CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO LOOK AT HOW WE COLLABORATE WITH A CLASSROOM IN DOING A PROJECT
THE MODEL OF VIRTUAL PART TIME SCHOOL YEAR CONNECTED WITH CURRICULUM AND LEARNING IN A HIGH SCHOOL ENABLES US TO BE MORE CREATIVE AND THINK STRATEGICALLY ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT SLOWLY AND STRATEGICALLY SCALE TO MEET SOME OF SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT SCHOOLS ARE COMING UP WITH RIGHT THAT I'M HEARING FROM OUR EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS WHICH IS LESS ABOUT EVEN A 10 HOUR WEEK INTERNSHIP AND MORE ABOUT CAN WE DO SOME PROJECTS FOR THE PORT THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CLASSROOM EVEN
RIGHT THEN IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY LOOK THE SAME WHEN WE SCALE IT BUT THERE COULD BE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS I THINK OF MARCO'S PROGRAM THAT HE DOES WITH AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL EVERY YEAR WHICH ISN'T A PAID INTERNSHIP BUT IT IS A PROJECT BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITY WITH A SCHOOL
SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL SCALABILITY AND WITH THE FOCUS, I AGREE WITH YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WITH A FOCUS ON EXPANDING THE IMPACT
YEAH THANK YOU
AND I JUST HAD ONE FINAL SUGGESTION UNDER THE CATEGORY OF CONSTRUCTION JOBS
THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES ON THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY OUT IN THE FIELD WITH WORKING WITH TOOLS, THE VOCATIONAL WORK, THE SKILLED LABOR BUT IN THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SIDE OF THINGS
THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES MANAGING ALL THOSE PROJECTS WE HAVE AND ALSO IN THE ARCHITECTS OFFICE FOR EXAMPLE AT SEATAC AIRPORT
THEY ARE OVERSEEING THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE AIRPORT THERE AND THEY'RE DOING FANTASTIC, INSPIRING WORK AS WELL
SO I THINK THERE ARE FURTHER AREAS IN CONSTRUCTION RELATED CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT COULD BE REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES
THANK YOU AGAIN
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN IT'S BACK TO YOU
VERY GOOD
I GUESS I- THE ONE THING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART WAS THE RATE IN WHICH YOU BEEN ABLE TO EXPAND THE TRIBAL PROGRAM
CAN YOU JUST TALK TO- YOU MENTIONED HOW THE THE REMOTE LEARNING MADE IT VIABLE TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES BUT IN TERMS OF THE ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE YOU GOT FROM THE TRAVEL COMMUNITY I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING AND YOU JUST BASICALLY SHARE THAT- YES, COMMISSIONER, YES
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SCALE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE EQUITY FOCUS AND BECAUSE OF OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS' LIKE GENUINE EXCITEMENT AND INTEREST IN WORKING WITH THE PORT AND HAVING THEIR YOUTH GET TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PORT WE HIRED 78 HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS LAST YEAR, 24 OF THEM WERE INDIGENOUS, 24 THE 78 WERE INDIGENOUS COMING FROM MUCKLESHOOT AND SUQUAMISH TRIBES AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO- BECAUSE OF THEIR INFLUENCE, BECAUSE OF THE DIRECTION OF THE YOUTH INTERNS THAT WE BROUGHT IN, THEY HAVE A LASER FOCUS ON BRINGING THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR IDENTITY INTO THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND HAVE DESIGNS- I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY
I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL COME ON MARCH 19 AND LISTEN TO THEIR PRESENTATION BUT I WILL RECORD IT AND SEND IT TO YOU IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT
THEY'VE JUST BROUGHT SO MUCH OF THEMSELVES INTO THE WORK AND HAVE TAUGHT ME A LOT AND THEY'RE JUST VERY INSPIRING, MY CURRENT COHORT
WORKING ON AVIATION CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT, LEARNING ABOUT IN THIS PARTICULAR INTERNSHIP LEARNING ABOUT ART PROCUREMENT AND THAT PUBLIC ART PROCESS AND BRINGING THEIR IDEAS TO THE FOREFRONT AS TO WHAT WE COULD DO TO HONOR THEIR CULTURE AND THEIR IDENTITY AT SEATAC AIRPORT SPECIFICALLY AND IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU ALL SOON
THANK YOU
THE POINT THAT I WAS MAKING IS THAT FROM THE INTRODUCTION OF TWO TRIBAL MEMBERS AT EACH TRIBE, WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN THAT AMOUNT OF THE FACT THAT AFTER JUST A BRIEF INTRODUCTION THAT LEVEL OF ENTHUSIASM IS GREAT ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROGRAM
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WAS HAPPY TO MAKE THOSE INTRODUCTIONS
NOW MOVING ON CAN WE, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AND NO CLOSING COMMENTS
COMMISSION EXECUTIVE METRUCK, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING AT THIS POINT? I JUST WANT TO THANK AMBERIN
OBVIOUSLY IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE I GUESS AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND ALL THE STAFF AND LEANNE AND EMILY ALL THE PASSION THAT YOU BRING THIS IS OBVIOUS AND IT'S MOVING THOSE FORWARD
EVEN THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACE IN 2020 FINDING A WAY TO RE TOOL OURSELVES AND MOVE INTO THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS ACTUALLY SAYING IS AS WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS THE WORKERS OF TOMORROW AND THE JOBS THEY MAY HAVE MAY BE VIRTUAL SO BEING IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT IS NOT A DISADVANTAGE AND MAY BE AN ADVANTAGE TO LOSING THAT
APPRECIATE ALL THAT FORWARD THINKING AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO GET US TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO AND BRINGING SOME OF THESE THINGS TOGETHER AND I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP FROM THE COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM MOVING US AHEAD
THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
CLERK HART PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK TO TEE THAT UP
THANK YOU
THAT IS ITEM 11 B, THIS IS SEA STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY ROUNDTABLE START 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
COMMISSIONERS TODAY YOU'LL HEAR FROM AVIATION MANAGING DIRECTOR LANCE LITTLE AND THE CHAIR OF THE SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY ROUNDTABLE ALSO KNOWN AS START ON START'S 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
LANCE WILL BE JOINED BY PORT OF SEATTLE STAFF AND PHYLLIS SCHULMAN WITH THE CIVIC ALCHEMY WHO WAS PREVIOUSLY START'S FACILITATOR
DUE TO COVID THE COMMISSION DID NOT RECEIVE A START ANNUAL REPORT FROM LANCE AND HIS TEAM IN 2020 AND SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION WILL ALSO TOUCH ON THE WORK DONE PRIOR TO 2020 AS WELL
I'M PLEASED THAT START WITH ALL THE CITIES ENGAGED AGAIN AND WITH A NEW SET OF OPERATING PROCEDURES HAVE STARTED THE YEAR OUT STRONG
THERE'S BEEN A LOT ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED IN THE PLAN SO I LOOK FORWARD TO TODAY'S REPORT
I COMMEND LANCE FOR HIS LEADERSHIP GUIDING START AND FOR LEADING IN A COLLABORATIVE MANNER
SO WITH THAT THERE'S A NUMBER OF PRESENTERS HERE AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME GUESTS FROM OUTSIDE AS WELL BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LANCE FOR THE PRESENTATION
THANK YOU STEVE AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS
APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO ADDRESS THE PORT COMMISSION
I HOPE NEXT TIME THAT WE WILL GO BEFORE EMILY
THAT'S A VERY HARD ACT TO FOLLOW
[INAUDIBLE] JUST DOING A FANTASTIC JOB NURTURING AND GROWING OUR INTERN PROGRAM
TODAY I WILL PRESENT THE SEA STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY ROUND TABLE ALSO KNOWN AS START
THE 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
I'M JOINED TODAY BY ERIC SHENFELD [CROSSTALK] SORRY ABOUT THAT
I HAD TO MUTE SOMEONE
PLEASE CONTINUE
YEAH NOW I'M JOINED BY ERIC, SENIOR FEDERAL RELATIONS COMMUNITY MANAGER WHO WILL COVER THE EFFORTS OF START'S FEDERAL POLICY AND WORKING GROUP MARK AND MELANIE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGERS WHO WILL COVER THE EFFORTS OF START'S AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP AND PHYLIS SHOWMAN FROM CIVIC ALCHEMISTS AS STEVE MENTIONED WHO WILL COVER THE DISCUSSION WE HAD AT START SIX MEETING IN 2020
SO THIS PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE START FACILITATOR
WE ALSO HAVE SOME START MEMBERS WITH US WHO WILL BE ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION TODAY AFTER OUR PRESENTATION
THANK YOU TO MICHAEL MATIAS, DES MOINES CITY MANAGER, MARK HAPPEN NORMAN DEPART, CITY MANAGER AND BILL BADINO, FEDERAL WAY POLICY DIRECTOR AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY
CAN WE GET THE PRESENTATION UP PLEASE? OKAY THANK YOU
WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
SO I BEGIN TODAY'S PRESENTATION WITH A REFRESHER ON START, IT'S ORIGIN, ITS PURPOSE AND STRUCTURE
NEXT I WILL COVER THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PAST YEAR, START CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES AND THE BIG TICKET CHANGES MADE TO START'S OPERATING PROCEDURES
WE WILL THEN REVIEW THE WORK OF THE AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP AND THE FEDERAL POLICY WORKING 2020 AND TO 21 AND AT THE END WE'LL END WITH THE OVERVIEW OF THE KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS AT STARTS MEETINGS IN 2020 AND STARTS TENTATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2021
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SO YOU ALL KNOW PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC THE AIRPORT HAS JUST BEEN GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY AND SO WE'RE ALWAYS COGNIZANT OF THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND THE IMPACTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROWTH AND THE COMMUNITY
AND SO THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS COMMITTED TO BUILD OPEN RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY AND LOCAL JURISDICTION THAT FOSTER TRUST, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND COLLABORATION AND AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THAT COMMITMENT WAS THE CREATION OF START IN EARLY 2018
THE COMMISSIONERS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD WAS JUST LISTENING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME TO COMMISSION MEETING TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE AND OTHER ISSUES BUT THERE WASN'T AN ENTITY THAT WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES COMING UP WITH PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO THESE SO THAT'S WHERE START WAS BORN
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SO THE PORT OF SEATTLE DEVELOPED START TO ENHANCE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE PORT AND THE HIGHLINE FORUM MEMBER CITIES: SEATAC BURIEN, DES MOINES, NOMADA PARKM TUKWILLA AND FEDERAL WAY
AND THIS VOLUNTARY NON GOVERNING REGIONAL ROUND TABLE IS CONVENED BY MYSELF
I SERVE IN THE ROLE AS CHAIR AND IT WAS A REALLY HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY DISCUSSIONS WITH LEADERSHIP FROM THE HIGHLINE FORUM MEMBER CITIES AND OTHER REPRESENTATIONAL ENTITIES
EACH CITY NEEDS THREE MEMBERS TO SERVE ON START WHO ARE JOINED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALASKA AND DELTA AIRLINES
THERE'S AN [INAUDIBLE] REPRESENTATIVE AS WELL AND OF COURSE PORT STAFF
AND THE FAA OR FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION PROVIDES AGENCY EXPERTISE
MEETINGS IN 2021 ARE FACILITATED, WELL HAS BEEN AND WILL BE FACILITATED BY BRIAN SCOTT, BRIAN IS PLANNING URBAN DESIGN
START HAS ALSO CREATED TWO WORKING GROUPS TO EMPOWER START MEMBERS TO WORK ON IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES BETWEEN THE START MEETINGS
THESE ARE THE AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP WHICH WAS INITIATED IN LATE 2018 AND THE FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP INITIATED IN EARLY 2019
AND THE RATIONALE FOR HAVING THOSE WORKING GROUPS WE ONLY HAVE SIX MAJOR START FULL MEETINGS FOR THE YEAR AND THE DECISION WAS MADE WHEN WE STARTED THAT IF WE ONLY MEET SIX MONTHS FOR THE YEAR THERE'S NOT A LOT WE CAN GET DONE JUST MEETING ON EVERY OTHER MONTH
SO ESSENTIALLY THE WORKING GROUPS ACTUALLY ARE THE- ACTUALLY DO WORK IN BETWEEN THE START MEETINGS
AND SO FAR WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF FUN PROGRESS AND A LOT OF RESULTS FROM THAT WHICH WE'LL HEAR ABOUT SOME OF THEM SO
SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE HAD- TO BE FAIR START HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF CHALLENGES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, HOWEVER WE CAN ALSO SAY THAT WE ALSO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN SEVERAL AREAS IN ATTEMPTING TO FIND PRACTICAL WAYS TO LESSEN THE IMPACT AVIATION HAS ON SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT
WE HAVE FEDERAL OBLIGATION, AEROSPACE REQUIREMENTS, THE RELIANCE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS ON THE AIRPORT, THESE AND MORE AND WILL CERTAINLY MAKE ANY NEW APPROACH DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE
NEVERTHELESS START HAS IDENTIFIED AND IMPLEMENTED EFFORTS, INITIATIVES, AND PROGRAMS THAT I BELIEVE HAVE COLLECTIVELY CONTRIBUTED TO AND IMPROVE SITUATION FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THESE EFFORTS WERE DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SURROUNDING CITIES, OUR AIR CARRIERS, AND THE FAA
AND ALL MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH BASICALLY IS JUST GETTING IN THE SAME ROOM BACK IN THE DAY PHYSICALLY BUT VIRTUALLY NOW AND JUST WORKING TOGETHER ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE
START IS A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH AND I KNOW THERE IS MUCH MORE THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WORKING TOGETHER
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SO LET ME NOW TOUCH ON SOME OF OUR BIGGEST HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE PAST YEAR
AS YOU KNOW IN 2019 3 CITIES BURIEN, DES MOINES, AND FEDERAL WAY TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN START
IN EARLY 2020 WE WERE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH ALL 6 CITIES SERIES OF CHANGES TO START OPERATING PROCEDURES TO FACILITATE THE THREE CITIES AND RETURN WHEN COVID CHANGES BASICALLY CHANGED EVERYTHING
JUSTIFIABLY THE PANDEMIC- I'M SORRY- THE PANDEMIC SHIFTED PRIORITIES FROM ALL PARTIES AND START REENGAGEMENT TOOK A BACKSEAT UNTIL THE LATE SUMMER WHEN NEGOTIATIONS WERE LAUNCHED AGAIN
THIS PAST FALL BURIEN, DES MOINES AND FEDERAL WAY REJOINED START AND ALONG WITH NORMAN DEPART, SEATAC, AND TUQWILLA WE STARTED DISCUSSIONS AROUND UPDATES TO START;S OPERATING PROCEDURES TO INCREASE ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND TRANSPARENCY
TRANSPARENCY HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITIES
SO WE HAD A NUMBER OF VERY FRUITFUL DISCUSSIONS ON CHANGES TO THE OPERATING PROCEDURES AND I WANT TO SAY THANKS TO BRIAN WILSON FROM BURIEN, MICHAEL MATES FROM DES MOINES, BILL MEDINA FROM FEDERAL WAY, MARK HOPKINS FROM NORMA DEPART, CARL COLE FROM SEATAC, AND BRANDON MARCH FROM TUKWILLA FOR THEIR THOUGHTFUL INPUT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS
IN LATE JANUARY I'M PLEASED TO REPORT WE FINALIZED START'S REVISED OPERATING PROCEDURES AND I WILL QUICKLY SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE BIG TICKET CHANGES THAT WERE MADE
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SO PROBABLY THE MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGE TO START IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STEERING COMMITTEE AND THE STEERING COMMITTEE PROVIDES SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION TO START
SO AS AN EXAMPLE, MEETING AGENDAS, SPEAKER NOTIFICATION, THE ANNUAL REPORT, EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS ALL ARE NOW DISCUSSED AND DECIDED ON BY THE STEERING COMMITTEE AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES ANNUAL FEEDBACK ON THE FACILITATED MANAGEMENT OF START'S MEETING AND MEMBERS
MEMBERSHIP ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE INCLUDE MYSELF, THE SIX CITIES, AND ALASKA AIRLINES
THE COMMITTEE IS RESOURCED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE FAA, PORT SUPPORT STAFF, OF COURSE AND THE FACILITATOR, AND THE INAUGURAL MEETING WAS ON JANUARY 29 TH
THE REVISED OPERATING PROCEDURES ALSO FORMALIZED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN START AND THE HIGHLINE FORUM
START UPDATES ARE NOW PROVIDED REGULARLY AT HIGHLINE FORUM MEETINGS WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM THE FOUR MEMBERS
AND AGREED UPON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM START ARE PRESENTED AT HIGHLINE FORUM MEETINGS FOR CONSIDERATION
AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE STRENGTH AND TIES BETWEEN START AND THE FORUM, THE UPCOMING MARCH 24 HIGHLINE FORUM IS A JOINT MEETING WITH START
THE ANNUAL REPORT THAT'S BEING PRESENTED HERE TODAY WILL BE PRESENTED AGAIN WITH THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FORUM AND START MEMBERS TO INTERACT AND TO RESPOND
THE OPERATING PROCEDURES ALSO STRENGTHEN EXPECTATION AND CLARIFY RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL WITH A DARING TO START NEWLY REVISED CODE OF CONDUCT
CODE A CONDUCT WAS REVISED TO MORE CLEARLY EMPHASIZE THAT EVERYONE TREAT EACH OTHER WITH CIVILITY, RECOGNIZE THE DIVERSITY OF VIEWS PRESENTED, AND START COMMUNICATE CLEARLY, AND WHEN NEEDED DISAGREE RESPECTFULLY
SO SEVERAL ADDITIONAL CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE OPERATING PROCEDURES BUT IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I WON'T GO INTO THE DETAILS OF THOSE
SO NOW I WILL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MARK MILANES WHO WILL REVIEW THE WORK CONDUCTED BY START AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP IN 2020 AND WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS FOCUS WILL BE IN 2021
MARCO- IF I COULD JUST INTERRUPT ONE SECOND LANCE BEFORE WE HEAR FROM OUR TALENTED STAFF ,I JUST WANT TO GIVE A REAL SHOUT OUT TO YOU ABOUT THE WHOLE- I THINK I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE WE STARTED AT THE PORT VERY SIMILAR TIME AND I SAID THERE'S ALWAYS SOME CONTENTION AROUND THE AIRPORT WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND YOU COMING STRAIGHT OUT OF TEXAS HAD SAID TO ME WELL DO YOU HAVE A CITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE? AND YOU JUST SAW THIS AS A THING TO GET OFF THE GROUND UPON ARRIVAL AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL AND I THINK THE COMMUNITY'S ENGAGEMENT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY PRODUCTIVE AND THE INTEGRATION OF THAT WITH THE HIGHLINE FORUM
I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOME CITY MANAGERS JOINING US AND I WILL NOW LET THE STAFF TALK
BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIG SHOUT OUT HERE
THANK YOU
THE CITY MANAGERS AND THE STAFF AND FAA AS WELL ALL PLAYED A KEY ROLL IN GETTING THIS GROUP CREATED
SO TO SPREAD THE THANKS
THANK YOU
MARCO? THANK YOU LANCE
THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS
THANK YOU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY
MY NAME IS MARCO MILANESE AND I'M THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER OUT AT THE AIRPORT AND I'M ALSO THE STAFF LEAD ON THE AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP
EARLY IN STARTS FIRST YEAR OF EXISTENCE THE MEMBERSHIP QUICKLY CONCLUDED THAT ONE OF ITS PRIMARY FOCUSES SHOULD BE AVIATION NOISE AND WHAT ACTIONS COULD BE TAKEN IN THE NEAR TERM TO REDUCE AND PREVENT ITS ASSOCIATED IMPACTS
THIS LED TO IN JUNE OF 2019 START FORMING ITS VERY FIRST WORKING GROUP, THE AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP COMPRISED OF A SUBSET OF START MEMBERS, PORT AND CITY STAFF, AND A NOISE CONSULTANT WHO'S BEEN A WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTE TO THE GROUP TO PROVIDE EXPERT ADVICE
WORK SOON BEGAN ON A SERIES OF NOISE REDUCTION AND PREVENTION EFFORTS AS PART OF THE WORKING GROUPS AVIATION NEAR TERM NOISE ACTION AGENDA
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I'M NOW GOING TO TOUCH ON A FEW OF THOSE EFFORTS THAT ARE PART OF THAT ACTION AGENDA
FIRST UP THOUGH IT'S NOT LISTED FIRST IS THE LATE NIGHT NOISE LIMITATION PROGRAM WHICH INSTITUTED VOLUNTARY MEASURES TO REDUCE LATE NIGHT NOISE BY INCENTIVIZING AIR CARRIERS TO FLY AT LESS NOISE SENSITIVE HOURS OR TRANSITION TO QUIETER AIRCRAFT
THE PROGRAM COMMENCED IN JULY OF 2019 WITH REGULAR REPORTING EACH QUARTER TO EXTERNAL AUDIENCES ON WHICH CARRIERS WERE EXCEEDING NOISE THRESHOLDS DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS
THOUGH COVID HAD AN OBVIOUS IMPACT ON CARRIER SCHEDULES IN 2020, TRENDS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS PROGRAM'S TRACKING WILL HELP INFORM TARGETED APPROACHES IN 2021 AND BEYOND TO ADDRESS LATE NIGHT NOISE GENERATED BY INDIVIDUAL AIR CARRIERS
NEXT UP IS IN THE NOISE ACTION AGENDA EXCUSE ME MARCO- COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP OR IS THAT RESIDUAL? NO IT'S NOT RESIDUAL BUT I'LL WAIT UNTIL HE'S COMPLETED THIS PART
I THINK IT'S GOOD TO TAKE A BREAK BETWEEN THE DIVISIONS OF THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT PART THANK YOU
I CAN WAIT
VERY GOOD THEN
SO MARCO PLEASE RESUME
THANK YOU
NO PROBLEM
THANK YOU
SO NEXT UP IN THE AGENDA WHICH WAS IMPLEMENTED IN LATE 2019 IS THE REVISED RUNWAY USE PLAN AND THAT'S INTENDED TO MINIMIZE USE OF THE THIRD RUNWAY DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS AND THE RUNWAY USE PLAN HAS LED TO SIGNIFICANT RESULTS AND ARE CERTAINLY WORTH CELEBRATING
LATE NIGHT OPERATIONS ON THE THIRD RUNWAY HAVE DROPPED DRAMATICALLY IN 2020 AND THEY STARTED DROPPING DRAMATICALLY EVEN PRIOR TO COVID WITH MOST NIGHTS ABSENT OF ANY LATE NIGHT OPERATIONS AT ALL ON THE THIRD RUNWAY
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS THE EFFORT TO RAISE RUNWAY 34 RIGHT'S GLIDE SLOPE TO LESSEN AIRCRAFT APPROACH NOISE FOR COMMUNITIES SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT
AFTER CONSIDERING A NUMBER OF SCENARIOS A PLAN OF ACTION WAS SELECTED TO RAISE THAT GLIDE SLOPE AND THAT EFFORT HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO A LARGER AIRPORT TAXI WAY CONFIGURATION PROJECT, 2023 IS THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE FOR THAT PROJECT BUT I WANT TO ADD THAT THAT PROJECT IS CONTINGENT ON FAA APPROVAL, IT'S THEIR EQUIPMENT, AND THE SAMP'S COMPLETION
THE NEXT EFFORT DEALT SPECIFICALLY WITH NOISE GENERATED BY OLDER A 320 AIRCRAFT AND THAT SUBSEQUENT CAMPAIGN TO ENCOURAGE AIR CARRIERS TO INSTALL A NOISE REDUCING VORTEX GENERATOR ON THAT AIRCRAFT TO LESSEN NOISE DURING DESCENT
START, DURING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, DID HEAR BACK FROM A NUMBER OF AIR CARRIERS WITH THEIR VORTEX GENERATOR INSTALLATION TIMELINES BUT BECAUSE OF COVID'S IMPACT ON OPERATIONS AT THIS AIRPORT THE EFFORT HAS REALLY PICKED UP STEAM IN 2020 WITH MANY AIR CARRIERS BEGINNING TO RETIRE THEIR OLDER A 320'S AT AN ACCELERATED RATE
THE WORKING GROUP WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE A 320'S OPERATING AT SEATAC CLOSELY TO HELP DETERMINE WHAT MIGHT NEXT STEPS BE NECESSARY
FINALLY AFTER INCORPORATING INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM THE AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS, THE PORT IMPLEMENTED MONTHLY NOISE COMMENT REPORTS BEGINNING IN JUNE OF 2020 THAT PROVIDES UP TO DATE ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION ON NOISE COMPLAINTS AND COMMENTS SUBMITTED BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC SEPARATED OUT BY CITY, BY ZIP CODE, AND BY SUBJECT MATTER
GOING FORWARD THE WORKING GROUP WILL RECEIVE A SUMMARY OF THOSE REPORTS AT THEIR MEETINGS
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TWO OF THE AVIATION NOISE NEAR TERM NOISE ACTION AGENDA ITEM EFFORTS ARE CURRENTLY ON HOLD AND THOSE ARE THE GROUND NOISE ANALYSIS AND THE NOISE ABATEMENT DEPARTURE PROFILE STUDY LISTED THERE
THE GROUND NOISE ANALYSIS IS A PROGRAM TO ANALYZE AIRFIELD GROUND NOISE SOURCES AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL MITIGATION MEASURES AND THAT WAS INTERRUPTED BY COVID LIKE A LOT OF THINGS WERE BECAUSE OF ITS OPERATIONAL IMPACT WHICH HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE A REPRESENTATIVE DEPICTION OF NOISE ON THE AIRFIELD
THE WORKING GROUP WILL REVISIT THE FEASIBILITY OF REENGAGING WITH THIS ANALYSIS BY THE END OF THE YEAR
THE SECOND IS THE NOISE ABATEMENT DEPARTURE PROFILE STUDY AND THAT'S A PROGRAM TO ANALYZE THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING WHAT'S CALLED A DISTANT DEPARTURE PROFILE TO LESSEN AIRCRAFT DEPARTURE NOISE FOR FARTHER OUT AIRPORT COMMUNITIES
FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ARE NEEDED TO OCCUR WITH SOME OF START'S MEMBER CITIES BEFORE ANY NEXT STEPS CAN BE IDENTIFIED WITH THIS EFFORT
IN 2021 EXPECT THE AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP TO CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE EFFORTS THAT FIT WITHIN ITS NEAR TERM AVIATION NOISE ACTION AGENDA THIS INCLUDES TRACKING AIR TRAFFIC CLOSELY AND TRACKING AIRCRAFT FLEET TRENDS CLOSELY AND HOW THOSE TRENDS IMPACT ALREADY ESTABLISHED EFFORTS AND INSPIRE NEW NOISE REDUCTION AND PREVENTION EFFORTS
SOME OF THE TOPICS THE WORKING GROUP IS CONSIDERING TACKLING IN 2021 INCLUDE OPERATIONS INVOLVING TURBOPROPS AND LATE NIGHT AIR CARGO OPERATIONS AND AS ALWAYS BASED ON MEMBER AND STAFF INPUT EXPECT ADDITIONAL TOPICS AND EFFORTS TO BE ADDED TO MEETING AGENDAS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
I WILL NOW TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO ERIC SEINFELD WHO WILL REVIEW THE WORK THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY START'S SECOND WORKING GROUP, THE FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP IN 2020 AND WHAT THEIR EXPECTED FOCUS WILL BE IN 2021
BEFORE MARCO, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND BEFORE ERIC GETS STARTED I'D LIKE TO GIVE COMMISSIONERS A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND ALSO JUST TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME YOU SPENT STAFFING US DURING THE HIGHLINE FORUM AND IT'S REALLY BEEN A PLEASURE KEEPING YOU ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE COMMUNITIES AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TO HAVE A FAMILIAR FACE AND YOU'VE BEEN MORE THAN JUST THAT
THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK
COMMISSION STEINBRUECK, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH I DO THANKS
I APPRECIATE THAT PRESIDENT FELLEMAN
I WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AGAIN AS YOU HAVE THE AMAZING WORK OF OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR LANCE LITTLE FIRST OF ALL AND HIS EFFORTS, HIS DETERMINATION TO BRING EVERYBODY BACK TO THE TABLE TO THE START PROGRAM
THAT WAS A DIFFICULT TIME AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SEE THE BREAKDOWNS THAT OCCURRED BECAUSE WE HAD A GOOD DIALOGUE GOING
YES IT NEEDED SOME FIXES BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE BETTER ABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THESE IMPORTANT COMMUNITY WIDE ISSUES PARTICULARLY NOISE ISSUES IF WE'RE ALL AT THE TABLE
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY HATS OFF AND ACCOMMODATIONS TO DIRECTOR LITTLE
MARCO I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PRIORITY AGENDA AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE INTO THE 2021 WORK PROGRAM
IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN PROACTIVELY DO WITHOUT FAA APPROVAL I THINK IN SOME INSTANCES AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND PARTICULAR STRATEGIES THAT ARE- COULD BE IMPLEMENTED THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT BUT WHO HAS THE AUTHORITY AND JURISDICTION OVER THEM
I ALSO WANT TO HEAR MORE FROM DIRECTLY FROM THE AIRLINES ABOUT THEIR ROLE IN ADDRESSING NOISE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE AFTER ALL IT'S THEIR PLANE AND I KNOW THAT THE PLANES AS THEY'VE BEEN REPLACED AND UPGRADED AND MODERNIZED, A LOT OF THE NOISE OF THE PAST HAS BEEN REDUCED BY MUCH BETTER EQUIPMENT AND I WAS CURIOUS TO HEAR ABOUT THIS VORTEX GENERATOR
THAT'S SOMETHING I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT BEFORE
IT SOUNDS SOMETHING OUT OF STAR TREK OR SOMETHING BUT I HOPE IT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAVE PROMISE
I WANTED TO ASK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT REGARDING A COMMENT WE HEARD EARLIER FROM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT DISPERSION OF FLIGHTS IN TERMS OF THE FLIGHT PATHS SO THAT THEY'RE NOT ALL SO HIGHLY CONCENTRATED OVER VERY NARROW AREAS GEOGRAPHICALLY AND OFTEN OVER, DIRECTLY OVER COMMUNITIES
I ASSUME THAT'S AN FAA ISSUE BUT WHERE DO WE HAVE- WHERE DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE AND IS THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE ON THE LIST? AND DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THIS OR DID YOU- I CAN TAKE A FIRST HIT AT IT AND THEN YOU CAN JUMP IN TOO
COMMISSIONER ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE START MEETING AND THERE WERE SOME SKEPTICISM IN THE BEGINNING BECAUSE THE THOUGHT WAS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER, THAT WE JUST CAN'T MANDATE
BUT WE ALSO DISCUSSED OKAY WHAT ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE INFLUENCE OVER AND SO FOR AN EXAMPLE IS THE USE OF THE THIRD RUN WAY
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULDN'T MANDATE BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WORK WITH THE FAA AND THE SIX CITIES AND THE AIRLINES AND THIS IS DONE VOLUNTARILY AND WE HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANT RESULTS FROM IT
LATE NIGHT NOISE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT'S VOLUNTARY
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MANDATE
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE NOISE WORKING GROUP AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ERIC THAT WOULD TALK ABOUT STUFF THAT WE CAN DO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IF WE CAN CHANGE SOME OF THESE LAWS THAT CAN ACTUALLY GIVE US MORE CONTROL OR MORE AUTHORITY TO DO OTHER THINGS
ERIC WILL SPEAK ABOUT THAT BUT WE'RE NOT JUST SITTING DOWN AND SAYING YOU KNOW WHAT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER CERTAIN THINGS SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY ANYTHING
WE HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE KEY STAKEHOLDERS AT THE SAME TABLE
THE FAA, THE AIRLINES, THE CITIES, AND THE PORT
AND SO WE'VE STARTED INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT RESULTS FROM AND WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME IN PARALLEL WORKING ON THE POLICY ISSUE THAT ERIC IS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT
MARK I DON'T- IF YOU WANT TO ADD? YEAH AND JUST TO SITE A GREAT EXAMPLE WHEN WE CREATED THAT AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP WE WERE REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT ARE THE KIND OF THINGS WE CAN DO HERE TOGETHER WITHOUT NEEDING TO GO TO WASHINGTON DC OR CHANGE LEGISLATION AND THE THIRD RUNWAY USE PLAN IS ONE GREAT EXAMPLE
WHEN WE DUG INTO THAT AND OF COURSE AGAIN VOLUNTARY WE KNEW THAT IT JUST REQUIRED THE SIGNATURE OF LANCE AND THE SIGNATURE OF THE TOWER HEAD HERE AT THE FAA AT SEA AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE COULD DO AT A MORE LOCAL REGIONAL LEVEL AND SO THAT'S WHY WE MADE THAT FOCUS FOR THOSE BIGGER ISSUES THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ERIC NEXT ABOUT HIS WORKING GROUP
AND COULD YOU RESPOND TO THE QUESTION ABOUT DISPERSION OF FLIGHTS AND IF THAT HAS MERIT AND IF SO? THOSE ARE THIS QUESTION THE COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE WITH THE AIRLINES AND WITH THE FAA BECAUSE IF YOU START FLIGHT DISBURSEMENT THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FLIGHTS OVER AREAS THAT YOU POTENTIALLY DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE SO YOU'RE PROBABLY SPREADING THE PAIN SO THERE'S PROS AND CONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE JUST HAVE TO SIT DOWN AND WE DISCUSSED AS A GROUP TO SEE IF WE CAN COME UP WITH THE SOLUTION
WE MIGHT BE SOLVING ONE PROBLEM HERE WHERE WE'RE CREATING FOUR OR 5 PROBLEMS SOMEWHERE ELSE
ALRIGHT COULD WE GO QUICKLY AROUND THE TABLE? WE HAVE QUITE A FEW MORE PRESENTATIONS AND 40 MINUTES TO GO
BUT CLERK HART COULD YOU JUST SEE IF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CERTAINLY BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
I'LL HOLD MY QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END THANK YOU
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NONE RIGHT NOW THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO NONE FOR ME EITHER THANKS
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
ONE OBSERVATION I WAS VERY ENCOURAGED TO HEAR- ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF COVID ONE OF THE FEW THAT WE'RE PHASING OUT OLDER PLANES AS WE ARE WITH OLDER SHIPS
BUT I WAS WONDERING WHETHER E COMMERCE UPSURGE HAS RESULTED IN ANY ADDITIONAL AND NIGHTTIME FREIGHT OR FLIGHTS? HAS THAT BEEN SEEN AT ALL? YEAH A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF LATE NIGHT OPERATIONS ARE OBVIOUSLY NOW AIR CARGO AND THERE'S A HIGHER EXCEEDANCE LEVEL OF THE THRESHOLDS THAT WE HIT BY AIR CARGO AT NIGHT AND SO THE WORKING GROUP IS GOING TO REALLY DIG INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND FOCUS IN ON WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SPECIFIC TO AIR CARGO OPERATIONS AT NIGHT
AND YOU SEE THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE PRIORITIES WE HAVE FOR 2021 AS WELL
EXCELLENT AND THEN REAL QUICK ARE THE USE OF APUS PART OF THE GROUND STUDY? GROUND NOISE STUDY? IS THAT PART OF THE AGENDA ITEMS OF- THOUGH THAT GROUND NOISE ANALYSIS IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD, YES THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK INTO IN TERMS OF HAVING A NOISE IMPACT ON SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
BUT EVEN WITH THAT GROUND STUDY SPECIFICALLY ON HOLD BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE THAN APUS, IT WAS LOOKING AT THE AIR FIELD IN ITS ENTIRETY
THE APU STUDY IS STILL BEING DONE BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM
I THINK THEY'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MICROSOFT AND THERE'S AN APP THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE TRACK WHEN APUS ARE BEING USED, ARE NOT BEING USED
SO THAT'S BEING DONE
SOMEONE IS LEADING THAT EFFORT RIGHT NOW
YEAH I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THAT
I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT THAT ONE INFORMS THE OTHER SO YOU'RE COLLECTING THE DATA THAT COULD BE USED THEN TO INFORM THE AIR GROUND STUDY
FANTASTIC
OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH MARCO
ONCE AGAIN
AND IF WE COULD HEAR FROM OUR NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE
I WILL HAND THINGS OFF TO ERIC
ERIC? FANTASTIC
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
AGAIN MY NAME IS ERIC SEINFELD
I'M THE SENIOR MANAGER OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE
I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING BEHIND SO I'LL BE RELATIVELY BRIEF HERE
AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK ALREADY TEED ME UP PRETTY WELL BECAUSE AS HE SAID THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY INCREDIBLY VERY STRICT LIMITATIONS ON WHAT THE AIRPORT ACTUALLY HAS CONTROL OVER AS IT RELATES TO AIRCRAFT NOISE AND EMISSIONS
WE DON'T CONTROL FLIGHT PATHS, WE DON'T GET TO SET EVENING CURFEWS, WE CAN'T LIMIT THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS IN AND OUT AT ANY GIVEN TIME, AND SO WE REALLY ARE VERY RELIANT ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE DO HAVE AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ROLES THAT WE CAN PLAY AND SO THAT'S WHY THE FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP WAS DEVELOPED TO SAY HOW CAN WE ACTUALLY GAIN NEW RESOURCES, NEW FLEXIBILITIES, NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS THESE CHALLENGES THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE
AND EITHER THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES COMING TO US AS THE PORT OR EVEN GIVING THE FAA MORE TOOLS THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THESE NOISE AND EMISSIONS ISSUES COMING FROM AIRCRAFT
AND SO WE FORMED THIS GROUP ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WORKING WITH THE CITIES TO IDENTIFY WHERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE DO AGREE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT WE COULD WORK TOGETHER THAT WOULD BE SUBSTANTIVE THAT WOULD MAKE AN IMPACT ON THIS ISSUE
AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU WE WERE INCREDIBLY SURPRISED IN A REALLY POSITIVE WAY AT JUST HOW MANY THINGS THE AIRPORT AND THE SIX SURROUNDING CITIES AGREE ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL
WE WERE ABLE TO FORM A PRETTY EXTENSIVE SHARED FEDERAL POLICY AGENDA THAT WE ARE NOW ABLE TO GO TO WASHINGTON DC AND WORK WITH OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND WORK WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ON TO MAKE THESE CHANGES
SO REALLY POSITIVE OPPORTUNITY HERE AND THE OTHER THING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF IS NOT ONLY HAVE WE DEVELOPED THIS VERY EXTENSIVE LIST OF SHARED FEDERAL POLICY PRIORITIES, AS FAR AS WE KNOW WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY AIRPORTS IN THE COUNTRY THAT HAS COME TOGETHER WITH THEIR SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS TO DEVELOP THAT SHARED FEDERAL POLICY AGENDA AND AS WE'VE SEEN IN OUR CONVERSATIONS IN DC THAT IS A REALLY POWERFUL MESSAGE AND IT REALLY OPENS THE DOORS TO PROGRESS THERE
IF I CAN GET THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
SO THAT FEDERAL POLICY AGENDA IS REALLY MADE UP OF THREE BUCKETS
THE FIRST IS IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS PARTS OF THE 2018 FAA REAUTHORIZATION INCLUDING THINGS HAVING TO DO WITH THE 65 DNL WHICH IS THE AREA AROUND THE AIRPORT THAT WE'RE [INAUDIBLE] ALLOWED TO DO NOISE INSULATION OF HOMES AND BUILDINGS, NOISE ANNOYANCE WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT, THE IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH OF OVERFLIGHT NOISE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE
ALSO WORKING WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO DEVELOP NEW LEGISLATION PARTICULARLY FOCUSING ON THINGS LIKE FAILED NOISE INSULATION, ULTRAFINE PARTICULATES, AND REALLY PARTNERING WITH OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS LIKE REPRESENTATIVE SMITH, REPRESENTATIVE JAYAPAL, SENATOR MURRAY AND SENATOR CANTWELL
AND THEN FINALLY, NEW INVESTMENTS: HOW CAN WE SPEND MORE FEDERAL DOLLARS ON THINGS LIKE NOISE INSULATION, ON GREENING OF THE FLEET, WHICH BOTH COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK JUST MENTIONED
THESE NEWER PLANES THAT ARE NOT ONLY QUIETER BUT MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY
AND OF COURSE EVERYONE'S FAVORITE, SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS
HOW DO WE REALLY MOVE FORWARD ON SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CARBON REDUCTION BENEFIT BUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THEY ALSO HAVE AIR QUALITY BENEFITS AS WELL
SO THESE ARE THE THREE [inaudible 02:04:27] AREAS
WE ORIGINALLY- THIS IS A 2020 UPDATE AND SO I SHOULD SAY THAT WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ON MARCH 9, 2020 WE WERE ABOUT TO GET ON AN AIRPLANE AND FLY TO WASHINGTON DC
WE HAD MAYORS, AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND COMMISSIONERS, AND LANCE [inaudible 02:04:45] AT MARCH 9, 2020 TO CANCEL THAT TRIP BECAUSE OF THIS COVID PANDEMIC AND THAT CERTAINLY SET OUR WORK BACK
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED NOW, IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THAT WE'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT VIRTUAL TELECONFERENCING HAS BROUGHT US TO RATHER THAN GO TO DC WE ARE NOW DOING THESE VIRTUAL DC FLY INS AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF THEM NOW
I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY THANK COMMISSIONER CALKINS AND COMMISSIONER CHO WHO PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THESE MEETING BOTH WITH CONGRESS AND MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO SAY NOT ONLY HERE IS OUR SHARED FEDERAL POLICY AGENDA BUT WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU TO IMPLEMENT THIS AGENDA AND WHERE DO YOU AS LEADERS IN DC SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEAR TERM PROGRESS
AND I WILL CLOSE BY TELLING YOU THAT I HAVE FRANKLY NEVER BEEN MORE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT OUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS ON THIS SHARED AGENDA
BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC CONTROL OF CONGRESS, THE EMPHASIS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ON A NUMBER OF THINGS RELATED TO SUSTAINABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE, AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN ALREADY THAT THERE ARE MOVING PIECES OF LEGISLATION IN DC THAT CAN SERVE AS VEHICLES FOR PROGRESS I THINK WE HAVE SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS THIS YEAR IN 2021
NOT TO MENTION OF COURSE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION FOR REGULATORY ACTION AND ONE NEAR TERM EXAMPLE AS I REFERENCED EARLIER IS THAT THE FAA FINALLY THIS YEAR RELEASED THEIR QUOTE UNQUOTE NOISE ANNOYANCE SURVEY
THIS IS A MULTIYEAR STUDY THEY DID THAT WHERE THEY SURVEYED AREAS AROUND AIRPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SAID ARE YOU ANNOYED BY AIRPLANE NOISE AND THE BIG REVEAL IS OF COURSE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE REPORTED A VERY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ANNOYANCE FROM AIRPLANE NOISE AROUND AIRPORTS
THEY DID NOT STUDY SEATAC BUT THEY DID STUDY BOEING FIELD AND SO WE KNOW THAT FOLKS HERE IN KING COUNTY IN PARTICULAR HAVE REPORTED HIGH LEVELS OF NOISE ANNOYANCE FROM AIRCRAFT AND SO BECAUSE WE HAVE BUILT THIS FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP, THIS SHARED OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVOCACY BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND OUR SIX CITIES WE ARE NOW GOING TO BE SUBMITTING A JOINT LETTER TO THE FAA THIS WEEK IN RESPONSE TO THEIR CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT HIGHLIGHTING OUR THOUGHTS ON NOISE ANNOYANCE AND CALLING FOR SWIFT ACTION TO ADDRESS WHAT THE POLICY CHANGES SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT BE RELATED TO ADDRESSING THESE NOISE ANNOYANCE FINDINGS
SO NOT ONLY ARE WE MAKING PROGRESS ON OUR OVERALL AGENDA BUT WE'RE FINDING NEW OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY ARISE BECAUSE WE'VE BUILT THIS PLATFORM FOR SHARED WORK ON FEDERAL ADVOCACY
SO I WILL STOP THERE
HAPPY TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER SUCCESSES WE DID HAVE IN 2020 AND THAT WE EXPECT TO HAVE IN 2021 BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP OF ALL THE CITIES AND THE GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE BUILT TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS HERE
THANK YOU ERIC
YOUR TALENT IS ONLY EXCEEDED BY YOUR SUCCINCTNESS
COULD WE- COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL REAL QUICK TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CERTAINLY MY PLEASURE
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME BUT ERIC THANKS FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION AND I CERTAINLY REMEMBER VERY VIVIDLY THAT WE WERE ABOUT TO GET ON A PLANE TO GO TO DC LAST YEAR TO DO THIS SO I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE CONTINUED ON WITH THE WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO- I THINK ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH HELPING MOVE FORWARD THESE ISSUES
THANK YOU
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NONE RIGHT NOW THANKS
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT I JUST WANT TO- AS SOMEONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSMAN SMITH AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR SENATORS I AGREE WITH ERIC THAT THERE'S BEEN TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM OUR DELEGATION AND I APPRECIATE YOU ERIC WORKING ON THAT AS WELL AS OUR COLLEAGUES IN CONGRESS WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
YEAH I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED- THANK YOU AND THANKS ERIC FOR THE UPDATING REPORT OUT
TO WHAT EXTENT ARE WE FULLY ALIGNED ON THIS POLICY FEDERAL POLICY AGENDA WITH ON THE RECORD SUPPORT FOR THE AGENDA FROM LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WHICH WOULD BE STARTING WITH THE SIX CITIES THAT ARE PART OF START FROM LOCAL STATE LEGISLATORS WHO MAYBE REPRESENT THESE DISTRICTS AND FROM OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION? IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO HAVE A TRULY POWERFUL ADVOCACY AGENDA THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT LEVEL OF ALIGNMENT AROUND KEY TOP PRIORITIES FOR ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF AVIATION NOISE IN PARTICULAR
YEAH WELL LET ME START BY SAYING I THINK WE HAVE FULL SUPPORT FROM OUR SIX AIRPORT CITIES FOR EVERYTHING ON THE SHARED FEDERAL POLICY AGENDA
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AND THE DC FLY IN MEETINGS THAT WE'RE HAVING THIS YEAR ARE ABSOLUTELY TO YOUR POINT TO REALLY GET OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE SO TO SPEAK IN SAYING THIS ARE THE THINGS THAT WE SUPPORT, WE WILL WORK WITH YOU ON THOSE THINGS
AND I REMEMBER IN PARTICULAR WHEN WE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVE JAYAPAL AND COMMISSIONER CALKINS WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DETAILED LIST AND THEN REPRESENTATIVE JAYAPAL SAID YES, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAMT I'M A COSPONSOR OF THAT BILL, I'VE INTRODUCED THAT BILL
SO WE'RE REALLY SEEING THIS TANGIBLE COLLABORATION HERE
I THINK YOUR SUGGESTION FOR WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS IS A GREAT IDEA
OBVIOUSLY WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM ON STATE POLICY BUT THEY ARE VERY ENGAGED IN FEDERAL POLICY AS WELL THROUGH SOME OF THEIR NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS SO I THINK REPRESENTATIVE [inaudible 02:10:45] AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AIRPORT COMMUNITIES, WE'D LOVE TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM AND I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT
AND ERIC WHILE THEY MAY GIVE THE NOD OF SUPPORT IN MEETINGS WE NEED TO DOCUMENT AND WE NEED, FOR COMMUNICATION PURPOSES, THOSE COMMITMENTS AND SUPPORT UNDER THE ADVOCACY AGENDA
SO I'M LOOKING FOR DECLARATIONS AND TO STRENGTHEN THOSE COMMITMENTS THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATION TOOLS AND OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS
NOT JUST REFERENCES
I 100% AGREE COMMISSIONER
YEAH AND I THINK WE HAVE A REALLY VERY TANGIBLE NEAR TERM OPPORTUNITY WITH BOTH THE BUILD BACK BETTER LEGISLATION AND THE FISCAL YEAR 22 APPROPRIATIONS BILLS WHERE WE ARE ASKING THEM TO SAY WILL YOU SPONSOR THIS AMENDMENT? WILL YOU SPONSOR THIS EARMARK INTO THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL? AND SO WE REALLY WILL HAVE THEM- ASKING THEM TO TAKE THESE VERY TANGIBLE STEPS AND COMMIT TO ACTUALLY MAKING PROGRESS WITH US
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT
OKAY ALRIGHT
THANK YOU
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST OF ALL EXPRESS HOW DELIGHTED I WAS BY HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN THAT LETTER TO THE FAA ON THE ANNOYANCE ISSUE AND TO SEE THE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR SURROUNDING CITIES ON SUCH A STRONG LETTER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING IT WAS ALREADY OUT BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S IMMINENT SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THAT
I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK'S POINT ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE STATE
I KNOW WE PLAY- WE'RE VERY MUCH INVOLVED WITH STATE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES BUT VERY MANY OF THEM HAVE SYNERGIES WITH THE FEDERAL INITIATIVES LIKE AIR QUALITY RELATED THINGS SO IT JUST STRIKES ME THAT TO THE DEGREE WE CAN POINT TO HOW ONE BUILDS ON THE OTHER IT ONLY HELPS OUR CASE SO
AND AS YOU POINT OUT THAT REPRESENTATIVES LIKE ORWALL AND KAISER ARE OBVIOUSLY ENGAGED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AS WELL SO TO THE DEGREE THOSE THINGS ARE INTEGRATED I THINK WOULD ONLY MAKE US STRONGER
THANK YOU
CAN I JUST ADD ONE MORE TO YOUR COMMENTS [crosstalk 02:13:15] [crosstalk 02:13:17] OKAY SO WE SOMETIMES ARE CONTRADICTED BY SOME OF OUR ELECTED LEADERS AND WE'RE CHALLENGED AND WE'RE LAMBASTED AND I THINK WE NEED TO TURN THAT AROUND
THAT KIND OF A MIXED MESSAGE DOES NOT HELP AND IT HAS BEEN OCCURRING FROM TIME TO TIME
SO THAT'S WHY I'M PRESSING FOR GREATER ALIGNMENT, CLARITY AROUND OUR PRIORITIES, AND THEN GO FOR IT AND PUSH HARD ON IT
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER I DON'T WANT TO BE TOTALLY POLYANA HERE
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE DON'T AGREE WITH OUR CITIES AND WITH SOME OF OUR OTHER ELECTEDS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISAGREEMENT
WE REALLY FOCUSED IN THE FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP ON LET'S PUT THOSE ASIDE
LET'S FIND THE AREAS WHERE WE DO AGREE BECAUSE WE CAN CONTINUE TO FIGHT OVER HERE BUT LET'S MAKE PROGRESS WHERE THERE ALREADY IS ALIGNMENT
SO THAT'S REALLY BEEN OUR FOCUS IS- FOCUS AND REALLY PUT OUR ENERGIES TOGETHER WHERE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T ALIGN ON
ALRIGHT THANKS
THERE ARE PLACES AT THE STATE LEVEL WHERE WE DO HAVE AN ALIGNMENT, OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYWHERE
SO I THINK TO COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK'S POINT LET'S SHOW THAT ALIGNMENT THROUGHOUT THE JURISDICTION
ULTRA FINE PARTICULATES, INDOOR AIR QUALITY, ALL OF THESE ISSUES ABSOLUTELY
THAT'S WHERE I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GOING TO GO
ALRIGHT THEN
THANK YOU SO MUCH
I GUESS OUR OPPORTUNITIES NOW IS TO HEAR FROM PHYLLIS SHOWMAN
SHE NEXT UP? YES LET ME JUST INTRODUCE PHYLLIS
BUT BEFORE LET ME JUST SAY THANKS TO ERIC FOR LEADING THE FEDERAL POLICY GROUP AND MARCO FOR LEADING THE NOISE WORKING GROUP
JUST FANTASTIC JOB
SO PHYLLIS SHOWMAN HAS BEEN START'S FACILITATOR FROM 2018 TO 2020 AND SHE'S ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THE START 2020 ANNUAL REPORT
TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES REVIEWING THE KEY DISCUSSION TOPICS AND START'S SIX MEETINGS IN THE 2020
PHILLIS WHO HAS BEEN WITH US FROM DAY ONE SERVED 3 YEARS A START FACILITATOR AND IS THE AUTHOR OF THE 2020 START ANNUAL REPORT AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE REPORT, PLEASE DO
IT IS REALLY WELL DONE, WELL PUT TOGETHER A REPORT
IF YOU CAN'T READ THE ENTIRE THING THERE'S A REALLY NICE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THERE THAT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT
THE DECEMBER MEETING WAS PHYLIS'S LAST AS FACILITATOR AND I WANT TO PERSONALLY LET HER KNOW HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE THE WAY SHE MANAGED THE START MEETINGS AND THE START MEMBERSHIP
YOU KNOW FACILITATION IS NEVER AN EASY TASK BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KIND OF STRIKE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN ALL THE MEMBERS AROUND THE TABLE OFTEN DON'T NECESSARILY SEE EYE TO EYE AND OFTEN HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES FOR SERVING, DIFFERENT REASONS AND RATIONAL, SO I JUST WANT TO SAY PHYLLIS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE IN START AND THANK YOU FOR THE EXPERIENCE AND SKILL THAT YOU DEMONSTRATED AS A FACILITATOR
ANY SUCCESS THAT WE HAD OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WE DEFINITELY OWE A LOT OF IT TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN START
SO JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN HEART FELT THANK YOU AND PHYLLIS YOU CAN TAKE IT AWAY
THANKS SO MUCH LANCE
I APPRECIATE THAT
SO AS LANCE MENTIONED I FACILITATED START SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND HAVE CLOSELY OBSERVED AS PROGRESS FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW IS TO SHARE A BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DISCUSSED DURING THE COURSE OF PARTICULARLY THIS CHALLENGING AND UNPRECEDENTED YEAR
AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020 START CONTINUED TO FOCUS IT'S WORK ON THE PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY MEMBERS IN 2019 WHICH WERE AVIATION NOISE, FEDERAL POLICY, AND HEALTH RELATED TO ULTRA FINE PARTICLES
START ALSO WELCOMED IN 2020 SOME NEW COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES AND AS YOU KNOW EACH MEETING HAS OPPORTUNITIES FOR VERBAL AND WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT
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SO THE FEBRUARY MEETING WAS JUST PRIOR TO THE EMERGENCE OF THE PANDEMIC AND IT FOCUSED ON PROVIDING ENDPOINT FOR THE FEDERAL POLICY ADVOCACY TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC THAT UNFORTUNATELY WAS CANCELLED AS YOU HEARD
THE INPUT HELPED TO CONFIRM THE JOINT ADVOCACY AGENDA AND SHARED INTEREST
THE FEBRUARY MEETING ALSO PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON THE SOUND INSTALLATION PROGRAM AND AN UPDATE ON THE GROUND NOISE ANALYSIS BY THE CONSULTANT WHO WAS SCOPING THE ANALYSIS WHICH AT THAT TIME WE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO CONTINUE UNTIL OF COURSE WE COULD NOT CONTINUE IT BECAUSE OF COVID
START WAS ALSO BRIEFED ON THE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS REGARDING THE NOISE ABATEMENT DEPARTURE PROFILES STUDY WHICH MARCO HAD MENTIONED AND THE CONSULTANT SHARED RECOMMENDATIONS THAT INCLUDED THAT THE PORT DISCUSSED THE STUDY RESULTS WITH THE THREE SUSPENDED CITIES AT THAT TIME AND THAT THE PORT REQUEST ALL AIRCRAFT OPERATORS TO IMPLEMENT THAT DISTANT NADP AT THE AIRPORT
START WAS ALSO UPDATED ON THE LATE NIGHT NOISE LIMITATION PROGRAM FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS WHICH INCLUDED SHARING SOME REALLY POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM THE PORT'S OUTREACH TO AIRLINES ABOUT THE PROGRAM
AND THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE MEETING IN FEBRUARY WAS A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ON THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON'S ULTRAFINE PARTICLES STUDY
THE RESEARCHER SHARED THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE RESEARCH AND INFORMATION REGARDING ULTRAFINE PARTICLES COMING OUT
THIS IS AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR START, HAS BEEN AN AREA OF PRIORITY AND THERE IS A LOT OF RESEARCH JUST EMERGING AND SO THERE IS STILL TIME NEEDED TO LET SOME OF THAT RESEARCH KIND OF DEVELOP TO GET EVEN MORE UNDERSTANDING AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPACTS OR POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF ULTRA FINE PARTICLES
SO THAT'S ONGOING
I WOULD SAY FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS GIVEN THE NATURE OF RESEARCH
SO BY THE APRIL MEETING COVID HAD BECOME A GLOBAL PANDEMIC AND THERE WAS A HIGH LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHAT WAS TO COME SO THIS MEETING FOCUSED SOLELY ON GAINING PERSPECTIVE ON AND DISCUSSING THE IMPACT OF COVID TO 19 ON AVIATION AS WELL AS THE CHALLENGES FACING THE AIRPORT AREA CITIES
IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE IS NO BUSINESS AS USUAL AND THAT THE IMPACTS AT COVID COULD AND LIKELY WOULD CREATE TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGES ON SOCIETY, ON COMMUNITIES, AND THE AVIATION INDUSTRY
IT WAS A SOBERING MEETING
LANCE REVIEWED SOME OF THE VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AT THAT TIME OF COVID ON THE AIRPORT AND ALSO EMPHASIZED THAT HEALTH AND SAFETY WAS A NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AT THE AIRPORT
EACH CITY REPRESENTATIVE THEN DISCUSSED THE IMPACTS ON THEIR COMMUNITIES AND THESE WERE EARLY ON STILL AN COVID AND THESE IMPACTS INCLUDED SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS DOWNTURN, INCREASED COMMUNITY NEEDS GIVEN THE HIGH LEVEL OF UNEMPLOYMENT INCLUDING FOOD INSECURITY, ILLNESS, AND SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO CITY REVENUE
THE AIR CARRIERS THEN WENT ON BOTH DELTA AND ALASKA DISCUSSED THE IMPACTS ON AIRLINES
AT THAT TIME THEY SHARED THAT DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS WERE DOWN 70 TO 80% AND THESE WERE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TIMES FOR ALL AIRLINES
THE SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTY CREATED A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR RECOVERY BECAUSE OF SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY IT WAS REALLY UNCLEAR AS TO WAS THIS GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO A RECESSION OR IS THIS SOME TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING AND HOW THOSE IMPACTS CAN OCCUR
THE FAA ALSO SHARED THEIR PERSPECTIVE
THEY SHARED THAT OVERALL AIR TRAVEL IN NOT BY APRIL WAS DOWN BY 95% AND THE BANKRUPTCIES WERE BEGINNING TO OCCUR
THE NOISE CONSULTANT TO THE WORKING GROUP VENTS MESTRE DISCUSSED THAT ONE OF THE SILVER LINING OF THE IMPACTS OF COVID 19 MAY BE THAT AIRLINES RETIRE OLDER NOISIER AIRCRAFT FOR NEWER QUIETER MODELS AND WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE THAT THAT IS HAPPENING
OVERALL THE DISCUSSION REALLY FOCUSED ON HOW BEST THE PORT CAN ASSIST THE CITIES AT THAT TIME AND HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PORT, AIRLINES, AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES GIVEN THE CHALLENGING TIMES
THE JUNE MEETING INCLUDED UPDATES ON THE START FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP AND THE AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP
THE FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP HAD TAKEN A HIATUS DURING THE SPRING DUE TO CONGRESS AND THE FAA BEING ENTIRELY FOCUSED ON COVID
IT WAS NOTED THAT IT WILL BE A DIFFICULT YEAR FOR PROPOSING AND PASSING LEGISLATION AND THIS WAS FOR THE REST OF 2020 BUT REPRESENTATIVE ADAM SMITH WAS CONTINUING TO BE VERY COMMITTED AND FOCUSED TO AIRPORT RELATED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AS REPORTED BY HIS AID
THE AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP SHARED SOME UPDATES AND SUCCESSES FROM ITS WORK PLAN
THIS INCLUDED DUE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RUNWAY USE PLAN THAT WAS A START INITIATIVE THAT THE USE OF THE THIRD RUNWAY WAS FROM 12 TO FIVE AM REDUCED FROM ABOUT AN AVERAGE OF 10 TO 30 LANDINGS PER NIGHT TO AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT TWO LANDINGS PER NIGHT WITH MANY NIGHTS WHERE THERE ARE NO LANDINGS
PORT STAFF ALSO RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE WORKING GROUP ON THE NEW AVIATION NOISE COMMENT SYSTEM AND THE REPORTING STRUCTURE BEFORE IT WAS FINALIZED
THE FOCUS OF THE JUNE MEETING WAS A PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PORT ECONOMIC RECOVERY FRAME WORK
THIS GREW OUT OF APRIL MEETING IN TERMS OF TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE BEST WAY THAT THE COMMUNITIES, THE AIRLINES, AND THE PORT CAN LOOK AT THE FUTURE TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE COMING OUT OF COVID
DURING THAT MEETING START HELD SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT WAYS IN WHICH THE FRAMEWORK CAN SUPPORT THEIR COMMUNITIES
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SO THE AUGUST MEETING BEGAN WITH A SUMMARY POTENTIAL IDEAS FOR START TO AMPLIFY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS CAME OUT OF A SMALL TASK FORCE OF START MEMBERS WHO HAD INITIATED THAT THEY WANTED TO TALK MORE ABOUT WAYS THAT START COULD REALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITIES BETTER
THE IDEAS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT MEETING FOCUSED ON WAYS TO UTILIZE SOCIAL MEDIA AND FORUMS TO COMMUNICATE AND EDUCATE ABOUT STARTS INITIATIVES AND DISCUSSIONS AS WELL AS TO HELP COMMUNITIES AT LARGE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE THREE YEARS OF BEING PART OF START ABOUT THE AVIATION INDUSTRY
THE FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP SHARED FOUR NEW POLICY PRIORITIES THAT THEY HAD DEVELOPED IN THEIR MEETING JUST PRIOR TO THE AUGUST MEETING THAT WAS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR EXISTING NOISE INSTALLATION PROGRAMS, INCREASE FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS, AND CLIMATE CHANGE EFFORTS INCENTIVES FOR AIRCRAFT MODERNIZATION AND EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS PROGRAM, AND ADVOCATE FOR STRINGENT NOISE REQUIREMENTS AND STANDARDS FOR SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFTS
THE AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP ALSO SHARED SOME NEW ITEMS FOR ANALYSIS AS PART OF THEIR WORKING GROUPS INCLUDING THE NOISE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH AIR CARGO FLIGHTS AS MARCO HAD MENTIONED, WORKING WITH THE FAA REGARDING PROPELLER AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PATTERNS, SUPER SONIC AIRCRAFT PROPOSED NOISE STANDARDS, AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL NOISE AND GREEN AVIATION STANDARDS
THE OCTOBER MEETING WELCOMED BACK TWO CITIES THAT HAD REINSTATED THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND START AND THE FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP SHARED THAT THEY CAME TO AGREEMENT ON TWO NEW ITEMS AND UPDATED FEDERAL POLICY ADVOCACY PLAN THAT NOW INCLUDES FOUR NEW POLICY PRIORITIES AND ORGANIZING THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS THAT ERIC TALKED ABOUT WITH CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND THE FAA LEADERSHIP
THE AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP FOCUSED THEIR BRIEFING ON UPDATING THE PRESENTATION FROM THE WORK GROUP ON AIR CARGO AND REALLY TAKING THIS ON MORE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW BEST TO WORK WITH FREIGHT OPERATORS TO REDUCE AVIATION NOISE
AND ALSO THERE WAS A DETAILED PRESENTATION ABOUT THE AIRPORTS AIRCRAFT NOISE MONITORING PROGRAM OVERALL TO INCREASE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT PROGRAM WORKED
THE FINAL MEETING OF THE YEAR IN DECEMBER INCLUDED A BRIEFING FROM THE FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUPS' DECEMBER MEETING
REPRESENTATIVES FROM CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES ALONG WITH PORT STAFF PROVIDED AN UPDATE AND ANALYSIS BASED ON NATIONAL ELECTION RESULTS
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M NOT SURE ERIC MENTIONED ABOUT THE FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP IS THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES ALSO INVOLVED IN THAT WORKING GROUP
IT'S NOT JUST START MEMBERSHIP
PORT STAFF ALSO REVIEWED THE EUROPEAN UNION'S AVIATION INDUSTRIES INITIATIVES TO CONNECT AVIATION RECOVERY WITH INCREASING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE NEWLY PLANNED VIRTUAL WASHINGTON DC FLY IN
THIS REALLY CAUGHT PEOPLE'S IMAGINATIONS PARTICULARLY AROUND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND HOW THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW TO INCREASE THEIR INITIATIVES AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABILITY TO THE RECOVERY OF THE AVIATION INDUSTRY AND USING THIS TIME THIS, RECOVERY FROM COVID, AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT
THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE MEETING IN DECEMBER WAS REFLECTION ON MEMBERS ENGAGEMENT IN START OVER THE THREE YEARS AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRIORITIES FOR 2021
MEMBERS WERE ASKED TO SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF REFLECTION QUESTIONS WHICH WERE REALLY IMPORTANT
WHEN YOU'RE INVOLVED IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO REALLY SIT BACK AND KIND OF REFLECT UPON WHAT THE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN LIKE
THE QUESTIONS INCLUDED THINGS LIKE HOW IS YOUR PERSPECTIVE CHANGED FROM WHEN YOU BEGAN TO BE INVOLVED IN START, TAKING THE LONG VIEW WHAT REALISTIC OUTCOMES WOULD YOU LIKE FOR START TO CONTRIBUTE TO, WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE ISSUES AND THE NEEDS OF THE CITIES
AND THIS WAS ASKING THE AIRLINES AND LANCE AND THE FAA TO REFLECT BACK TO THE CITIES WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN LEARNING OVER TIME
WHAT ELSE IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW, AND WHAT ELSE IS NEEDED TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS AMONG START MEMBERS
MEMBERS PROVIDED COMMENTS AND ADDED ADDITIONAL TOPICS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE 2021 PRIORITIES
SINCE THIS WAS MY FINAL MEETING THAT I WAS GOING TO FACILITATE THE MEETING WAS CONCLUDED WITH SOME REFLECTIONS FOR ME OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS OF FACILITATION AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A FEW OF THOSE REFLECTIONS
I FACILITATE A LOT OF GROUPS THAT HAVE HIGH CONFLICT, LOW TRUST, AND DEAL WITH STICKY ISSUES AND THE UNCOMFORTABLE TIMES AS YOU KNOW THERE WERE SOME WITH START REALLY WERE TO BE EXPECTED WHEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE A RANGE OF INTERESTS AND HISTORIC CONFLICTS START TO TRY TO DEVELOP A MORE COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP
THERE IS ALWAYS A PERIOD OF TIME AT THE BEGINNING OF A GROUP LIKE THAT WHERE THINGS ARE MORE CHALLENGING AND MORE CONFLICTUAL
I REALLY WANT TO COMMEND LANCE FOR HOLDING HIS HONEST INTENT FOR WHY START WAS INITIATED AND REALLY HIS AUTHENTICITY, HIS LEADERSHIP AND DETERMINATION AND HANGING IN THERE EVEN WHEN TIMES WERE UNCOMFORTABLE
LANCE IS ALSO VERY WELL SUPPORTED BY A TALENTED AND CONSCIENTIOUS GROUP OF PORT STAFF WHO I'VE REALLY BEEN IMPRESSED IN BEING ENGAGED WITH WHO HAVE REALLY CHALLENGED THEMSELVES TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX AND THEY REALLY DO APPROACH THEIR WORK WITH SINCERITY AND WITH SKILL AND ARE REALLY WORKING TO DEVELOP THE TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THIS EFFORT TO BE SUCCESSFUL
MY OVERALL GUIDANCE TO THE GROUP IS THAT WHEN THERE'S TENSION OR DISAGREEMENT TO REALLY FOCUS MORE ON RELATIONSHIP BUILDING LESS ON POLITICAL DYNAMICS
DO NOT SEE THIS SO MUCH AS A POLITICAL KIND OF SITUATION WHERE YOU THINK ABOUT POLITICAL STANCES OR WHO ARE THE WINNERS OR WHO ARE THE LOSERS OR WHAT ARE THE POLITICAL DEMANDS OR THE POLITICAL STRATEGIES THAT YOU WANT FOR ADDRESSING THE ISSUES
THE REAL FOCUS FOR START I THINK ON GROUPS LIKE THIS SHOULD BE ON STRESSING RELATIONSHIPS WHICH REALLY INCLUDES ENGAGING IN REALLY AUTHENTIC CONVERSATIONS, BUILDING RESPECT, FINDING COMMON INTERESTS NOT POSITIONS, AND TRUTH TELLING
AND I THINK THAT THROUGH THOSE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IT OPENS DOORS TO UNEXPECTED OUTCOMES AND MY ADVICE IS REALLY TO THINK OF START MORE LIKE MARITAL COUNSELING AND LESS LIKE A LABOR NEGOTIATION
TO MINIMIZE STEREOTYPING AND OBJECTIFYING PARTICIPANTS, SOME OF YOU KNOW I WORKED IN A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR A LONG TIME AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KIND OF MINIMIZE THE SUBJECTIFICATION AND THAT INCLUDES LIKE SEEING PEOPLE EVEN INCLUDING THE PUBLIC TO START TO SHIFT TO THE INDIVIDUALS, TO START THINKING ABOUT PEOPLE NOT AS LIKE IT'S THE PORT OR IT'S THE FAA OR IT'S THE ACTIVIST OR IT'S THE DISGRUNTLED COMMUNITY MEMBER OR IT'S THE AIRLINES BUT TO REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE HUMANITY AND MOST IMPORTANTLY THE DIGNITY OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM
PRACTICE PUTTING THEMSELVES IN THE SHOES OF OTHERS AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY ESSENTIAL AND I COULD SEE OVER TIME MORE AND MORE ABOUT OCCURRING AND THAT'S LIKE LOOKING AT THE CHALLENGES THAT LANCE FACES AS RUNNING THE AIRPORT, WHAT IS THAT REALLY LIKE? WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT HE FACES? WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FOR A RESIDENT LIVING UNDER THE FLIGHT PATH? WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU'RE WORKING FOR AN AIRLINE THAT ESPECIALLY DURING COVID HAS THE KIND OF STRESSES THAT ARE OCCURRING? AND ALSO FOR THE FAA THAT A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THEIR ROLES TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF AIR TRAVELERS
THE MORE AND MORE OF THOSE BARRIERS THAT CAN BE BROKEN DOWN AND THE MORE CONNECTIONS THAT CAN BE FOUND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE MORE POSSIBILITIES EMERGE FOR MEETING COMMON INTERESTS SO THANK YOU FOR THAT
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME AND BACK TO YOU LANCE
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU PHILLIS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS EFFORT AND I WOULD ASK THAT WE HOLD OUR QUESTIONS TILL THE END
WE HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS AND THREE MINUTES SO SPEAK QUICKLY
NO I'M KIDDING
BUT WE'LL TAKE THE QUESTIONS AT THE END IF THAT'S OKAY AND REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR FROM MICHAEL MESIAS AND THEN LANCE MAYBE YOU COULD DO THE INTRODUCTION
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AND WE HAVE LOST ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS
I'M JUST GOING TO SKIP THROUGH
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YEAH JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THIS REAL QUICK
THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAVE FOR 2021 AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN ULTRAFINE PARTICLES AND THE STATUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON RESEARCH, AVIATION FUEL DUMPING, AND FAA AND AIRPORT PROCEDURES FOR WHEN A FUEL DUMP EVENT OCCURS
THE 2021 AVIATION FORECAST BOTH FOR THE AIRPORT ITSELF SPECIFICALLY AND FOR THE NATION AS A WHOLE
SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND, WHAT'S BEING FUNDED AND WHAT COMES NEXT
AND NOISE INSULATION
THE CURRENT PORT PROGRAM AND POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM
AND MORE ON THAT AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER AIR CARGO AND THE NOISE THAT THEIR OPERATIONS GENERATE
SO I AM GOING TO- IN THE INTEREST OF TIME- I THINK WE LOST MICHAEL WHO WAS ON FOR THE ENTIRE TIME I THINK FROM THE BEGINNING AND I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY JUST GO NEXT TO- IS MARK HOPPEN AVAILABLE? I AM
OKAY GREAT
MARK THE SO REAL QUICK MARK I THINK THIS IS MARK [inaudible 02:32:28] I'M GOING TO ASK MARK TO SAY A FEW WORDS BUT COMMISSIONERS, MARK IS RETIRING THIS SPRING AND SO REALLY HEARTFELT THANKS TO MARK FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN HELPING CREATE START AND FOR HIS STEADY HAND HELPING TO LEAD START AND [inaudible 02:32:45] SO MARK IT'S ALL YOURS
OKAY THAT'S TRUE I'VE DECIDED TO RETIRE ONE DAY BEFORE MY 70 TH BIRTHDAY ON APRIL 8TH
FOR YEARS MY RETIREMENT MARKETING PITCH TO MY WIFE MARILYN IS THAT I'M NOT PERFORMING REGULAR WORK IN MY 70'S
START IS IMPORTANT TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE BECAUSE IT FORMS A FORUM FOR TECHNICAL UNDERSTANDING
IT INVOLVES COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT AND WITHOUT START THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT LEFT OTHER THAN ISOLATION, ACTIVISM LITIGATION, OR EIS PROCESSES AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICATION
THAT'S NOT WHAT I REGARD AS USEFUL
LET ME EXPLAIN WHAT I MEAN
START APPROACHES TURNING A LARGE INSTITUTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT IS KIND OF LIKE A BIG BATTLESHIP AND ONLY THROUGH GOOD COMMUNICATION DO WE HAVE ANY CHANCE OF TURNING IT IN ANY PARTICULAR DIRECTION AT ALL
I THINK WE'VE MADE STEPS TO DO THAT
FOR INSTANCE THE FAA IS CURRENTLY CONDUCTING AN UPDATE TO ITS ANNOYANCE STUDY
THAT STRIKES ME AS ODD BECAUSE IT TOUCHES ON A RAFT OF PUBLIC ISSUES PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES
I GREW UP IN THE FIFTIES WHERE 65 DNL EMERGED AS A STANDARD
ON ONE SIDE OF MY BRICK HOUSE ON GIG HARBOR BAY WAS MY GODFATHER STANDING GRAVEL PLANT, SCHEME CRANE POST, TUG BARGES, MIXERS, CONCRETE
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE IS MY DAD'S BUSINESS, THE LAST WOODEN BOAT SHOP WHERE THE OWNER AND THE FAMILY LIVED NEXT DOOR
PLANERS, SANDERS, FAN SAWS, BIG BAND SAWS ALL SORTS OF JOINERS AND AS A RESULT MY EARS RING CONSTANTLY
IF 65 DNL WAS NOT THE STANDARD AT THAT TIME THERE WOULD BE NO BUSINESS
IN THE SEVENTIES WHEN AIRPORTS AND BIG JETS WERE COMING IN THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY THAT YOU COULD REDUCE THAT STANDARD
THAT STANDARD IS SURVIVED UNTIL TODAY AND IT'S INCREASINGLY DYSFUNCTIONAL AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE BUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ALL OF US AS STAKEHOLDERS SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT INFLUENCING THAT STANDARD PER SE IS VERY LIMITED
WHAT WE CAN DO ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE PRAGMATIC AND I THINK YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT TODAY AND I'M MOST IMPRESSED WITH THAT
I THINK START AS AN ENTITY IS VERY VALUABLE AND AN OLD ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT METAPHOR THAT WAS USED AS A MODEL IS THE NOTION OF PERFORMING STORMING NORMING AND WHAT THEY USED TO CALL CONFORMING AND NOW IN THE MODERN DAYS THEY CALL IT PERFORMING
IT'S VERY CLEAR TO ME THAT WE'VE GONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH FORMING, WE CERTAINLY STORMED, WE HAVE DEFINITELY NORMED NOW AND I THINK WE'RE READY TO PERFORM AS A GROUP
I THINK IT'S VERY CONSTRUCTIVE
I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE LANCE, I'D LIKE TO THANK PHYLLIS, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HAVING SUPPORT FOR SOMETHING THAT FOSTERS REAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT AND THE PORT
WELL THANK YOU MR HAPPEN
MARK I MIGHT TAKE- TAKING YOUR WIFE'S ADVICE TO YOU I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN CALL START REGULAR WORK
SO MAYBE YOU CAN KEEP ON DOING IT
[LAUGHTER] ANYWAY I DO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE TO THE EFFORT AND I WILL NOW ASK THE CLERK TO CALL THE ROLL SEE IF WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS
THANK YOU BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
HI
HEY MARK THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I HOPE YOU DO ACTUALLY GET A CHANCE TO TRULY RETIRE
I GUESS I WANTED TO ALSO GIVE MY THANKS AS COMMISSION FELLEMAN DID TO THE STAFF
I REMEMBER IT REALLY DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT WAS THAT LONG AGO MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WHEN START WAS ON LIFE SUPPORT I THINK IS MAYBE THE BEST WAY TO REFER TO AT LANCE RIGHT
AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CREDIT DUE TO LANCE AND THE REST OF HIS TEAM
PHYLLIS CONTINUED ON WITH HER WORK OF TRYING TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER BUT MOSTLY THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS DECIDING TO REALLY PUT THEIR TRUST IN THE PORT AND I KNOW THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH TRUST OVER A LONG LONG TIME BUT THANK YOU FOR GIVING OUR NEW STAFF, LANCE HAS BEEN HERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, BUT WHEN HE CAME I BELIEVE THAT HE WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND WE ALSO HAVE A NEW COMMISSION AND WE TRULY ARE VERY OPEN TO HEARING THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS AND TRYING TO FIND THAT MIDDLE ROAD WHERE WE CAN AND BE ADVOCATES
AS I'VE SAID I DON'T KNOW FOUR OR 500 TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT'S UNDER THE FLIGHT PATH TOO AND SO I DO RECOGNIZE THE IMPACTS OF AIR NOISE AND AIR PARTICULATE MATTER
I MEAN IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH
AND SO I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE BEEN REALLY VERY COMMITTED TO TRY AND REDUCE THOSE IMPACTS TO THE GREATEST EXTENT THAT WE CAN AND YET STILL BALANCING THE NEEDS OF THE REGION
PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY STOP FLYING UNTIL IT COMES TO SOMETHING LIKE A PANDEMIC
I WILL SAY THAT I KNOW AGAIN FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THE FLIGHTS ARE COMING BACK IT FEELS LIKE PRETTY QUICKLY
I HAVE MY COMPUTER MUTED DURING THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY LOUD OVER MY HOUSE AS WELL
SO THAT SAID I THINK JUST CONTINUING ON WITH- THE OPPORTUNITY FOR START TO COME TOGETHER AND DO WHAT WE CAN
WE'RE MUCH BETTER IF WE WORK TOGETHER THAN WE ARE AS WE HAVE OVER MANY YEARS WORKING SEPARATELY
I REALLY AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO WORK MORE WITH THE FEDERAL DELEGATION
I THINK AS I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE ISSUES OVER MY TIME AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE A LOT OF THIS DOES COME DOWN TO FAA REGULATIONS AND WHAT CONGRESS- AND CONGRESS REALLY NEEDS TO STEP UP AND HELP
THEY PLAY A BIG ROLE IN THIS AS I THINK WE'VE SAID MANY TIMES IN THE PAST AND NOT TO SAY IT DEFENSIVELY BUT WE DON'T OWN THE AIRCRAFT AND WE DON'T REGULATE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT GO AND YET I KNOW THAT THE PORT WE JUST TAKE A LOT OF HEAT FOR THE PROBLEMS CREATED FROM AIRCRAFT NOISE
BUT I JUST WANT I GUESS THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE REALLY DO CARE AND AGAIN CREDIT TO LANCE FOR CONTINUING ON WITH THIS EFFORT
NOT JUST LANCE, MARCO EVERYBODY ELSE INVOLVED
LANCE YOU'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD TEAM AND PEOPLE HAVE REALLY POWERED THROUGH SO I FEEL LIKE IT'S FINALLY OVER THE HILL
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP GOING ON WITH THIS AND COUNT ME IN AS A SUPPORTER
I KNOW THAT VERY INTENTIONALLY COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT PART OF THE START PROCESS
FOR THOSE THAT ARE ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE START PROCESS YOU MIGHT QUESTION WHY YOU DON'T SEE COMMISSIONERS THERE
IT'S VERY INTENTIONAL
THE STAFF HAS ASKED FOR US NOT TO PARTICIPATE WHICH IS WHY HAVING THESE BRIEFING IN PUBLIC SESSION AND HEARING ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE IS SO VALUABLE
SO THANKS AGAIN
REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND MARK THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE
THANKS
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT
I THINK IT WAS PHYLLIS WHO SAID THAT A KEY TO THIS WAS LANCE'S AUTHENTICITY AND I WANT TO JUST COMMENT BRIEFLY ON THAT
THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE APPRECIATED ABOUT BEING IN THIS JOB IS THAT IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY STUDY LEADERSHIP AND LANCE HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY ROLE MODEL FOR ME IN THAT AND A PART OF IT I THINK REALLY STEMS FROM HIS AUTHENTICITY
I WOULD SAY IT ANOTHER WAY TOO THAT HE CARRIES INTO ALL THESE CONVERSATIONS GOOD FAITH
HE ISN'T TRYING TO FOOL ANYONE
HE'S NOT TRYING TO USE HIS POSITION OF AUTHORITY TO PULL ONE OVER ON ANYBODY
HE REALLY TRULY IS SITTING DOWN AT THE TABLE IN GOOD FAITH TO TRY TO RESOLVE A REAL PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH ALL THE CONSTRAINTS AND DIFFICULTIES AND COMPLEXITIES OF THE QUESTION AND I THINK A GREAT DEAL OF THE SUCCESS OF THIS IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO NOT ONLY HIS OWN GOOD FAITH BUT HIS LEADERSHIP OF THAT THAT THEN INCULCATES A CULTURE WITHIN HIS STAFF OF DOING THIS IN GOOD FAITH
AND AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE MENTIONED IT TRULY IS A PART OF EVERYONE I'VE SEEN AROUND THE TABLE FROM PORT, TO CITY LEADERSHIP, TO OTHERS
THERE REALLY IS IN A VERY HARD PERSONAL CONTENTIOUS ISSUE
HAVING A FOUNDATION OF GOOD FAITH IS SO ESSENTIAL SO THANK YOU FOR THAT LANCE
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT WE ALSO HAVE BILL BADINO FROM FEDERAL WAY AS WELL
HE'S GOING TO SPEAK WITH MARK AS WELL OKAY
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS
COMMISSIONER CHO
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS JUST WANT TO COMMENT AND THINK ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDING MARK AND OTHERS WHO HAVE BEEN BY THIS PROCESS LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING PROGRESS ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO
COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK
NOT MUCH TO ADD HERE BUT I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THE WELL SPOKEN SENTIMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUES BOWMAN AND CALKINS ON THEIR PERSPECTIVES HERE AND THEIR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE LEADERSHIP THAT HAS REALLY SEEMED TO MOVE THE NEEDLE HERE AND MARK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR WORDS OF OPTIMISM ON YOUR WAY OUT
VERY GOOD TO HEAR BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A HISTORICAL STRUGGLE FOR SO MANY AND I LIKE TO FEEL LIKE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THE PORT, THE AIRPORT, THE LEADERSHIP
THE COMMISSION ARE COMMITTED TO TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THESE ISSUES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR AFFECTED COMMUNITIES
THAT WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
IT'S FRUSTRATING, CHALLENGING AND DIFFICULT
SOMETIMES IT SEEMS THERE AREN'T ANY GOOD ANSWERS BUT I DO FEEL LIKE WE HAVE BEEN MAKING PROGRESS HERE
THANKS TO ALL OF THOSE INVOLVED
THANK YOU
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN JUST TO REITERATE
A FORUM IS A TWO WAY STREET SO HAVING THE PARTICIPATION OF STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS WHAT'S BEEN MAKING THIS SUCCESSFUL
THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE AND LANCE I DIDN'T REALIZE SOMEBODY IS REPLACING- MICHAEL HAD TO DROP OFF BUT WE STILL HAVE BILL BEDINA FROM FEDERAL WAY, THE POLICY DIRECTOR OF FEDERAL WAY AND HE'S GOING TO SPEAK AS WELL
SORRY HE WASN'T LISTED ON MY- ON MY SCHEDULE BUT I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HEAR THEM OUT AND LET US DO THAT NOW
MARK THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
BILL ARE YOU STILL THERE? WELL AFTER- CAN YOU HEAR ME AFTER ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF REDUNDANCY DEPARTMENT
[LAUGHTER] PRESIDENT FELLEMAN, COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN CALKINS, CHO AND STEINBRUECK ON BEHALF OF FEDERAL WAY MAYOR JIM FERRELL THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE 2020 ANNUAL REPORT OF START AS WELL AS FUTURE REPORTS AND SINCE WE'VE JUST COME BACK THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT
AS YOU KNOW WE JOINED TWO CITIES IN SUSPENDING INVOLVEMENT IN START DURING THE SUMMER BEFORE LAST AND AS A COMMISSION YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF THE REASONS
WELL WE RETURNED
WE APPRECIATE THAT THE CHANGES IN START THAT ADDRESS SOME OF OUR RATIONALE FOR SUSPENSION
SORRY I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY SCROLLING HERE
WE ALSO APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION OF THE ADMIRALS TEAM, LANCE LYTTLE, THE PORT TEAM, RFL CITY REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE THESE CHANGES HAPPEN AND SPECIFICALLY OF COURSE THE STEERING COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE VERY VALUABLE, JOINT AGENDA SETTING IS GOING TO BE VALUABLE, THE TIMELY MEETING NOTES, THE INTEGRATION WITH THE HIGHLINE FORUM IS REALLY KEY TO US BECAUSE THESE INITIATIVES WILL BE COLLABORATED ON BY BOTH GROUPS FOR REFERRAL IN ACTION TO YOURSELVES
AND THEN OF COURSE THE CIVILITY GUIDELINES ARE VERY IMPORTANT, AND THEN OF COURSE THE CONTINUITY OF START HAVING IMPARTIAL FACILITATION AND WE THANK YOU PHILLIS AND WE WELCOME BRIAN
BUT MOST IMPORTANT TO US IS THE COLLABORATION ON THE AGENDA MOVING FORWARD AND IT'S FEDERAL WAY'S INTENTION TO CONTRIBUTE TO START, MAKE A TANGIBLE AND MEASURABLE DIFFERENCE FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THE NOISE NOISE AND HEALTH IMPACTS
IT'S VERY VERY IMPORTANT
OUR RESIDENTS WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE MAYOR CONTRIBUTED TO A LIST OF NEEDS THAT START ASKED US TO PUT ON THE AGENDA WITH ALL THE OTHER CITIES AND THEY'RE NOW PART OF THE POOL OF DISCUSSION ITEMS AND WE WILL ALL BE LOOKING AT THESE
A FEW HIGHLIGHTS YOU KNOW WHAT REMAINS ARE SUBSTANTIAL STEPS ON THE HEALTH IMPACTS OF NOISE AND EMISSIONS THAT HAVE RESULTS
ALSO EFFORTS ON HOW SOUND IMPACTS RESONANCE ENDURE WE SHOULD HAVE THE ADVOCACY FOR LIKE SINGLE EVENT MEASUREMENTS THAT REFLECT THE REALITY OF HEALTH IMPACTS ON OUR RESIDENTS VERSUS THE DAY NIGHT AVERAGE MEASUREMENTS
HAVING THIS AS PART OF OUR FEDERAL WAY LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY IS IMPORTANT
THE LATE NIGHT NOISE PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE ENHANCED AS LATE NIGHT FLIGHTS CONTINUE
WILL ASK FOR DISCUSSION ON INCENTIVES TO DECREASE FLIGHTS AS THE PROGRAM IS ON THE HONOR SYSTEM
VOLUNTARY NOISE ABATEMENT SHOULD BE MANDATORY ESPECIALLY WITH THE ELEVATED CARGO FLIGHTS AT NIGHT WHICH IS PART OF THE NEW NORMAL
THE IMPACT HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED MULTIPYING PARTICLES AND OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AND OF COURSE OUR SCHOOLS IS A CONCERN
WE'D LIKE THE PORT TO JOIN THE AIRPORT CITIES AND THE STATE AND HAVING A LARGER ROLE WITH THE FOLLOW UP STUDIES AND THAT INCLUDES FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION
SO THERE'S MANY OTHER ISSUES
I KNOW THE MEETING HAS GONE LONG AND JUST TO THROW A WORD OUT THERE THAT'S ONLY THE START
AND THERE ARE MANY MORE ISSUES INCLUDING NOISE INSTALLATION WHICH HAS BEEN DISCUSSED TODAY TOO
SO I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE TODAY EVERYBODY ON THE CALL THAT WE HAVE MANY MILES TO GO AND PROMISES TO KEEP
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PROMISE IN REJOINING THIS COLLABORATION WITH TANGIBLE RESULTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION, THE PORT TEAM, AIRLINE PARTNERS, THE FAA, AND OUR SURROUNDING CITIES TO CONTINUE THE COLLABORATION ON THESE ISSUES
THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH BILL
ONE LAST TIME AROUND THE HORN AND LET'S TRY TO KEEP IT QUICK IF WE CAN
MICHELLE PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THANK YOU
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NONE FOR ME EITHER THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO FOR QUESTIONS? MOVING TO COMMISSIONERS STEINBREUCK
YEAH THIS IS OFF TOPIC SLIGHTLY BUT ON THE SAME SUBJECT MATTER WHICH IS JUST A QUESTION THAT I'D LIKE TO MAYBE HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP ON
I'D LIKE TO HEAR THE STATUS OF THE STATES MANDATED COMMERCIAL AVIATION COORDINATING COMMISSION WORK
I THINK THEY WERE DUE TO DELIVER A RECOMMENDATION OF SIX ALTERNATIVE SITES FOR A FUTURE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL AIRPORT AND THEY'RE WORKING AGAINST THE TIMELINE TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION AT THE FIRST OF JANUARY 2022
THEY ARE ALSO CALLED UPON TO ADDRESS CAPACITY REGIONAL CAPACITY ISSUES SO I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY'RE ON TIME WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS
COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK LET'S TALK ABOUT PUTTING THIS ON A FUTURE AGENDA
HOW THAT? THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING
I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION NOW ABOUT IT NOW THANK YOU
VERY GOOD
SO ALL GOOD
DID I SEE ONE OTHER HAND UP? I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE CALL COMMISSIONER CHO IN CASE HE'S BACK
COMMISSIONER CHO FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO NOT FOR ME THANK YOU
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
JUST A BIG THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU FOLKS HAVE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE UPDATES
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
AND IT TRULY IS A TEAM SPORT
IT TAKES IN EVERYONE THAT YOU HEARD FROM TODAY INCLUDING THE SIX CITIES TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT WORK SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
VERY GOOD
YOU KNOW AT THIS TIME I WILL LIKE TO PASS THIS OVER TO CLERK HART TO READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY BUT NOT TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR HAVING SUCH IMPORTANT ITEMS LIKE WE'RE ABOUT TO HEAR COME UP AT THE VERY END OF WHAT'S BEEN A LONGER DAY THAN WE EXPECTED IT TO BE
OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE THE FUNDAMENTAL ONES THAT WE HAVE TO THE PORT AND I SEE THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE BRIEFING AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER WE MIGHT TAKE IT UP AGAIN AFTER DAN HAS PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK INTO THIS AND I DON'T WANT IT TO BE SEEN AS A QUICK ONE OVER BUT LET'S SEE WHAT YOU COULD DO DAN BUT I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO BRING IT BACK UP EARLIER IN THE AGENDA ON A FOLLOWING MEETING
SO IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND EXECUTIVE METRUCK COULD YOU INTRODUCE THE NEXT- LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THAT INTO THE RECORD FIRST
THANK YOU
SO THIS IS ITEM 11 C WHICH IS THE 2020 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE BRIEFING
COMMISSIONERS, THANKS COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN FOR THAT - FOR THAT KIND OF LEAD IN BUT I THINK WE MAY HAVE TIME TO DO THIS BUT I DO- ANYWAY SO LET ME JUST INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION AFTER WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION
DESPITE A VERY CHALLENGING YEAR WITH SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO OUR BUSINESSES, A PROACTIVE AND SOLID FINANCIAL MOVES EARLY ON HELPED US MANAGE STEADILY THROUGH THE CRISIS
AS YOU'LL HEAR IN THE PRESENTATION WE GENERALLY PERFORMED WELL AGAINST THE REVISED BUDGET BUT AGAIN THIS IS THE REVISED BUDGET WITH THE SIGNIFICANT CUTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE LOSS AND REVENUES WE EXPERIENCED
THE ACTIONS WE TOOK IN 2020 COMBINED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR 2021 BUDGET HAVE POSITIONED US ON SOLID FOOTING FOR 2021 WHICH YOU'LL SEE
HOWEVER WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MUCH UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES TO EXIST AS THE COMMISSIONERS ARE WELL AWARE ABOUT THIS ABOUT WHAT SHAPE OF RECOVERY WE'RE IN AND OTHER OPERATIONS INCLUDING THE RESUMPTION OF CRUISE
SO WE NEED TO TIGHTLY MANAGE AGAINST OUR FINANCIAL PLAN MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THE YEAR
THE PRESENTERS ARE DAN THOMAS, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THAT DAN STARTED AS AN INTERN AT THE PORT SO ALL THOSE WATCHING SHOULD KNOW THAT DAN, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER STARTED OFF HERE AS AN INTERN AT THE PORT
ALSO SPEAKING WILL BE MICHAEL TONG, DIRECTOR CORPORATE BUDGET, BORGEN ANDERSON, DIRECTOR AVIATION BUDGET AND FINANCING, KELLY ZUPAN, DIRECTOR SEAPORT FINANCE BUDGET
NOW WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DAN THOMAS
THANK YOU STEVE AND GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS
CAN WE BRING UP THE PRESENTATION PLEASE? NEXT SLIDE
SO AS STEVE REFERENCED 2020 WAS CLEARLY AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR WITH PANDEMIC DISRUPTING ALMOST ALL OF OUR MAJOR BUSINESS LINES WHICH IS REALLY UNUSUAL
WHETHER IT'S AIRLINE PASSENGERS, THE ENTIRE LOSS OF THE CRUISE SEASON, AND THEN ALSO SHARP REDUCTIONS IN CONFERENCE ACTIVITY, PARKING, AND ALL OF THOSE DISRUPTIONS REALLY LED TO A SHARP DECLINE IN REVENUES PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD IN OUR MAJOR BUSINESS LINES
AND AS STEVE REFERENCE WE DID RESPOND PROACTIVELY
WE DID ACROSS THE BOARD COST REDUCTIONS, REDUCED DISCRETIONARY COSTS, CAPITAL SPENDING WAS DEFERRED, CUT CONTRACTING COSTS, AND WE WERE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL IN READING QUITE A BIT OF COST OUT OF OUR BUDGET WHICH RESULTED IN THE 2020 REVISED BUDGET WHICH THE COMMISSION APPROVED IN MID YEAR
BUT ALSO THE COMMISSION STEPPED UP AS YOU KNOW AND DIRECTED AN ADDITIONAL 3,000,000 DOLLARS OF FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY
THOSE DOLLARS WENT INTO AREAS LIKE TOURISM AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND YOU'VE GOT SOME BRIEFINGS ON THAT EARLIER TODAY ON THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
WE WERE FORTUNATE- THE AIRPORT IN PARTICULAR BY RECEIVING 192,000,000 DOLLARS IN CARES ACT FUNDING LAST YEAR WHICH WENT A LONG WAY TO SHORE UP OUR CASH BALANCES ALSO PROVIDE RELIEF TO THE AIRLINES; 147,000,000 DOLLARS OF THAT WAS APPLIED IN 2020 LEAVING ABOUT 45,000,000 LEFT FOR THIS YEAR
AND THEN AS YOU ARE AWARE AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE DAY ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDING WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER AND THEN THE STIMULUS BILL WHICH IS BEING PASSED THIS WEEK WHICH WILL ALSO RESULT IN SOME SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR SEATAC WE EXPECT
SO THAT'S SOME OPTIMISM WE CAN SEE FOR THIS YEAR
IT SHOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE AIRPORT
I DID WANT TO MENTION YOU'LL SEE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION SOME REFERENCES TO A STATE PENSION CREDIT
THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW WE BUDGET FOR OUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE PENSION PLANS PERS AND LEFT COMPARED TO HOW WE WIND UP EXPENSING THEM YEAR END
WE BUDGET THE BEST WE KNOW AS BASED ON THE CONTRIBUTION RATES TO THOSE PROGRAMS WHICH ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD
THE RATE TIMES THE EMPLOYEES WE CAN CALCULATE WHAT OUR CONTRIBUTIONS ARE
THAT'S THE CASH
BUT THE STATE DURING THE YEAR DOES A VERY COMPLICATED ACTUARIAL EVALUATION OF THE ATTENTION PLANS WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT LONG TERM PLAN ASSETS, LONG TERM LIABILITIES AND THOSE CAN VARY QUITE A BIT
SO WHAT CAN OFTEN HAPPEN IS WE WIND UP EXPENSING SOMETHING THAT- THE STATE GIVES US A NUMBER TO EXPENSE- WHICH CAN DIFFER VERY SUBSTANTIALLY FROM WHAT WE BUDGETED PER CASH
THAT'S BEEN THE CASE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND NOT SURPRISINGLY 2020 WE ACTUALLY HAD A 17.2 MILLION DOLLAR CREDIT WHICH LOWERED OUR EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR
SO NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT
IT'S OBVIOUSLY A FAVORABLE VARIANCE BUT AGAIN IT'S NOT ALL CASH
SO WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BORGEN ANDERSON TO BEGIN WITH THE AIRPORT SECTION
THANK YOU DAN
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I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH A SUMMARY OF OUR PASSENGER GROWTH ON A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS COMPARED TO 2019 AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT WAS A REALLY CHALLENGING YEAR AND WE ENDED THE YEAR 61% DOWN COMPARED TO 2019
WHAT'S PERHAPS REMARKABLE ABOUT THIS IS THAT THAT WAS THE FORECAST THAT MICHAEL DRAEGER AND THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TEAM CAME UP WITH BACK IN LATE MAY AND THAT BECAME OUR BASE CASE AND WE ACTUALLY ACHIEVED IT
SO I JUST LIKE TO CALL OUT TO MICHAEL AND HIS TEAM AND JUST SAY THAT WE ARE EXTREMELY WELL SERVED IN THIS EXTRAORDINARY YEAR
TOTAL PASSENGERS FOR THE YEAR WAS 20,000,000 OR JUST OVER 20,000,000 COMPARED TO 53.3 WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE ANTICIPATING SO THIS CREATED AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE FOR US, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, WHAT I'LL TRY TO DO ON THIS SLIDE IS EXPLAIN HOW IN SPITE OF THIS REALLY EXTRAORDINARY YEAR THAT OUR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE WAS REALLY QUITE EXTRAORDINARY
IT WAS AMAZING WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH
WHAT I'D LIKE TO START WITH THOUGH IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE DID AND DID NOT DO WITH THE REVISED BUDGET
IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST LINE ITEM ON THE TABLE ON THE LEFT AERONAUTICAL REVENUES YOU CAN SEE THE REVISED BUDGET IS THE SAME AS THE APPROVED BUDGET AND THAT'S BECAUSE MOST OF OUR AERONAUTICAL REVENUES ARE BASED ON COST RECOVERY
AND SO WHEN WE SET THE REVISED BUDGET WE DIDN'T YET HAVE A HANDLE ON HOW WE COULD USE THE CARES GRANT MONEY AND A GRANT WHEN USED IT REDUCES THE COST THAT ROLL INTO THE RATE BASE AND THEREFORE REDUCES OUR REVENUES
SO THE FACT THAT OUR REVENUES ARE MORE THAN 100,000,000 BELOW THE BUDGET IS ACTUALLY GOOD NEWS BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE REDUCED COST TO THE AIRLINES
ON THE NON AERONAUTICAL REVENUE SIDE WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A NEGATIVE VARIANCE BUT HERE AGAIN THE REVISED BUDGET WAS SET WHEN WE THOUGHT THE PASSENGER LEVELS FOR THE YEAR WOULD BE 50% BELOW 2019, NOT THE 61% THAT WE ULTIMATELY ADOPTED
SO WHEN WE ADOPTED THE 61% ASSUMPTION FOR PASSENGER GROWTH OR PASSENGER DECLINE WE TARGETED 113,000,000 DOLLARS OF NON AIRLINE REVENUES
AND SO COMPARED TO THAT WE ACTUALLY CAME OUT AHEAD
SO BOTH OF THOSE BIG NEGATIVE VARIANCES
I'D LIKE TO POINT TO AND SAY WE REALLY ACTUALLY PERFORMED QUITE WELL ON THE REVENUE SIDE
ON THE OPERATING COSTS HERE WE DEFINITELY CAME IN BELOW THE REVISED BUDGET AND DAN INDICATED A BIG PART OF THAT WAS THE PENSION CREDIT THAT WAS THE REAL SAVINGS
I'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE CARES GRANT MONEY ON THIS SLIDE
IT'S GOING TO SHOW UP AS NON OPERATING REVENUE ON OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDING OUR POSITION AND I INCLUDED IT HERE SO YOU CAN SEE THAT AFTER INCLUDING THAT OUR NET OPERATING INCOME WAS A LOT HIGHER THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE CARES MONEY
SO OVERALL IF WE LOOK OVER ON THE RIGHT SIDE AT SOME OF OUR KEY MEASURES THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THIS YEAR WE ACHIEVED ALL OF THEM
FIRST AND FOREMOST WAS DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE
WE CAME IN AT 1.4 COMPARED TO A TARGET OF MAINTAINING AT LEAST 1-2-5
OUR OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS CAME IN BELOW BUDGET AND OUR NON ARROW REVENUES EXCEEDED THE TARGET AND OUR CASH SPENDING ON THE CAPITAL PROGRAM WAS LESS THAN 55,000,000
SO WE HIT ALL OF THOSE TARGETS AND WHILE NOT SPECIFICALLY TARGETED WE WORKED WITH THE AIRLINES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO TRY TO MINIMIZE WHAT THEY WOULD OWE US AT THE END OF THE YEAR
EARLY IN THE YEAR WE WERE FORECASTING VERY LARGE DEFICITS AND LARGELY BECAUSE OF HOW WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE COSTS AND EFFECTIVELY USE THE CARES MONEY WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE SETTLEMENT DOWN TO A SURPLUS OF ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS SO THAT'S PRETTY DARN CLOSE TO ZERO
SO WE REALLY HIT THAT ONE AND REMARKABLY WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD THE CASH BALANCE UP TO VERY CLOSE TO OUR TARGET
WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH 295,000,000 IN CASH COMPARED TO A TARGET OF 314
AND FINALLY ON THE CAPITAL SPENDING IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST YEARS WE'VE HAD IN MANY MANY YEARS
WE ACTUALLY SPENT OVER 500,000,000 DOLLARS AND OUR REVISED BUDGET WAS 489,000,000
SO WE OVERSPENT IT BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO ACCELERATE SPENDING ON SOME KEY PROJECTS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LOWER PASSENGERS
SO OVERALL WE HAD A VERY GOOD YEAR AND I GUESS COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAVING HEARD YOUR COMMENTS I COULD STOP HERE AND PASS IT ON TO THE NEXT DIVISION OR I COULD CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT FEW SLIDES TO REALLY ILLUMINATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE MENTIONED HERE
SO IT'S UP TO YOU
I'M TALKING TO MYSELF HERE
PLEASE CONTINUE
WE WANT TO HEAR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE
ALRIGHT WELL LET'S GO AND I'LL TRY TO GO RELATIVELY QUICKLY THROUGH THESE NEXT SLIDES
SO IF YOU COULD CLICK IT ABOUT FOUR TIMES PLEASE
THIS IS REALLY A SUMMARY OF HOW WE WENT THROUGH THE YEAR
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THANK YOU
SO THIS JUST IS REALLY A TIMELINE AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE DID IS WE REVISED THE BUDGET
WE REDUCEd SPENDING
AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE FOCUSED ON OUR TENANTS AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACCELERATE THE SETTLEMENT FOR THE AIRLINES TO GET THEM A 31,000,000 DOLLAR CREDIT
WE WERE ALSO ABLE TO IMPLEMENT SOME RENT DEFERRAL PROGRAMS FOR BOTH OUR AERONAUTICAL AND OUR NON AERONAUTICAL TENANTS
SO WE WERE FOCUSING OUR OWN BOTTOM LINE BUT ALSO TRYING TO HELP OUR TENANTS
NOW IF YOU GO CLICK IT ABOUT SIX TIMES PLEASE
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS QUICKLY HERE
WHAT THESE NEXT BULLETS REALLY DO IS- ACTUALLY ONE MORE TIME I THINK
OKAY GREAT
BUT THESE NEXT SHOW IS HOW WE STARTED TO DEVELOP A STRATEGY TO USE THE CARES GRANT MONEY AND WE WERE DOING IT AT THE SAME TIME ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE COULD REDUCE DEBT SERVICE COSTS
AND IN THE END WE HELD OFF ON THE LAST CARES GRANT RECOVERY ALL THE WAY TO LATE DECEMBER SO WE COULD REALLY SEE HOW THE YEAR PLAYED OUT AND WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SHIFT A LITTLE MONEY INTO 2021 AND STILL MAINTAIN OUR DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE
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YEAH LET'S GO THERE WE GO
SO LET'S CLICK IT ONE MORE TIME PLEASE
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SO LOOKING AT THE REVENUES FIRST
FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT WE WERE EXPECTED TO COLLECT OVER 800,000,000 IF YOU INCLUDE PASSENGER FACILITY CHARGES PFCS AND THE CUSTOMER FACILITY CHARGES WHICH WE COLLECT FROM RENTAL CARS CUSTOMERS OR CFCS
SO WE WERE DOWN 43% FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT BECAUSE WE WERE LOSING REVENUES IN ALL CATEGORIES
YOU CAN SEE THE NET OPERATING INCOME ON THE RIGHT IF YOU CLICK IT TWO MORE TIMES PLEASE
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GREAT
ACTUALLY ONE MORE TIME
THERE WE GO
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IF OUR NOI WAS GOING TO REALLY DROP BUT THE CARES MONEY SUPPLEMENTED IT SIGNIFICANTLY BUT STILL SAW SOME SIGNIFICANT DROPS
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AND HERE AGAIN JUST A PICTURE OF OUR OPERATING COSTS YOU SEE THE BIG BOXES ON THE LEFT OUR BUDGET, OUR REVISED BUDGET, AND OUR ACTUAL AND THE KEY DRIVERS YOU CAN SEE AT THE BOTTOM
CUTTING OUR OPERATING BUDGET EARLY IN THE YEAR IT WAS REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD CUTS
THE PENSION CREDIT WHICH DAN MENTIONED MUCH OF WHICH ACCRUED TO THE AIRPORT AND ALSO ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION LIABILITY SAVINGS BUT WE WERE CUTTING COSTS AND REALIZING SAVINGS IN ALL AREAS AND ENDED UP WELL BELOW THE REVISED BUDGET
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AND THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AIRLINES THIS IS MORE OF A COST CENTER VIEW BUT THE KEY POINT HERE IS THAT WE WERE REDUCING COSTS IN ALL AREAS AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SMALLEST BARS IN THE MIDDLE THERE ARE FEDERAL INSPECTION SERVICES THIS IS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVING PASSENGERS AND WHILE IT'S A SMALL COST CENTER WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT FROM 18,000,000 DOWN TO EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION AND THERE WAS STILL A DEFICIT IN THAT COST CENTER BECAUSE IT WAS SO HEAVILY IMPACTED BUT WE WERE TRYING AS BEST WE COULD TO MANAGE THE USE OF THE CARES MONEY TO HELP ALL THESE COST CENTERS
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THIS IS THE WAY OF- AND CLICK IT ONE MORE TIME I THINK
2 3 OKAY
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHOW HERE WAS THE- THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE BUDGET THE NEXT COLUMN IS THE ACTUAL WITHOUT CARE'S MONEY
AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN SEE IS THE REDUCTION AND O&M COST BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET MEASURES WE TOOK BUT WHAT YOU ALSO SEE IS THE DEBT SERVICE ACTUALLY GREW AND WHY DID THAT HAPPEN? WELL IT'S BECAUSE WE INTENDED TO USE PFCS TO OFFSET THE DEBT SERVICE THAT WOULD GO IN THE RATE BASE BUT BECAUSE OF THE PASSENGER DROP WE DIDN'T HAVE THE PFC SO THE DEBT SERVICE THAT WE HAD TO RECOVER IN THE RATE BASE ACTUALLY WENT UP AND SO BY USING THE CARES MONEY TO LARGELY REPLACE THOSE PFCS AND OFFSET SOME OF THE OTHER LOST REVENUES WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THE AERONAUTICAL RATE BASE COSTS DOWN AND THAT'S WHAT RESULTED IN THE SURPLUS NOW ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS
SO A LOT OF WORK WENT INTO THIS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION
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ON THE NON AERONAUTICAL REVENUES JUST LOOKING AT HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW BY MAJOR BUSINESS UNIT AND YOU CAN SEE THE FIRST THREE COLUMNS ARE OUR LANDSIDE OPERATIONS: PARKING, RENTAL CAR, AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION
THEY WERE ALL HIT VERY HARD BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT PUBLIC PARKING FARED RELATIVELY BETTER THAN RENTAL CARS AND RENTAL CARS FARED RELATIVELY BETTER THAN GROUND TRANSPORTATION AND THIS JUST REFLECTS CONSUMER CHOICE
PEOPLE FELT SAFER PARKING AND DRIVING IN THEIR OWN VEHICLE, NEXT RENTING A CAR, AND LESS COMFORTABLE WITH OTHER GROUND TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS
DINING AND RETAIL BASICALLY WAS ALIGNED WITH THE DROP IN PASSENGERS
I THINK THE POINT AT THE BOTTOM WAS REALLY THAT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT RENT CARS AND PARK IN THE GARAGE AND USE GROUND TRANSPORTATION ARE THE ORIGIN AND DESTINATION PASSENGERS
THE CONNECTING PASSENGERS DON'T IN OUR O&D PASSENGER VOLUME ACTUALLY DROPPED MORE THAN OUR TOTAL PASSENGER LEVEL BECAUSE WE HAD A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF CONNECTING TRAFFIC
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AND THIS IS THE NON AERONAUTICAL NET OPERATING INCOME AND ITS IMPACTS AND SHOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOWN NEAR ZERO AND WE USUALLY RELY ON OUR NON AERONAUTICAL BUSINESSES TO GENERATE MOST OF OUR NET INCOME
SO AGAIN THE CARES MONEY WAS CRITICAL HERE
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I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON THIS SLIDE REALLY JUST THE BOTTOM LINE AND IT SHOWS THE RELIEF THAT WE OFFERED TO OUR TENANTS AND IT WAS BOTH AERONAUTICAL AND NON AERONAUTICAL TENANTS AND IT WAS MOSTLY RENT DEFERRALS AND SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A TOTAL OF 339 TENANTS AND 55,000,000 DOLLARS OF RELIEF AND AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS OF THE END OF FEBRUARY 8.7 MILLION WAS STILL OUTSTANDING
SO WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF A, OFFERING SUPPORT TO OUR TENANTS AND B, WE'VE ACTUALLY COLLECTED MOST OF IT SO WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD HERE
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FINALLY JUST FTES SO NOT FINALLY BUT FTES WAS A CRITICAL PART OF MANAGING OUR COSTS AND ALSO ESTABLISHING OUR APPROACH TO THE 2021 BUDGET AND AS OF THE END OF LAST YEAR WE HAD 47 OPEN POSITIONS ON TOP OF THE 102 THAT WERE COMPLETELY FROZEN
SO WE ENDED THE YEAR IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE AND HEADING INTO 2021
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SO HERE THIS IS JUST OUR CALCULATION OF DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE THING HERE
SEE AT THE BOTTOM WE HAD DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE OF 1.4 COMPARED TO A BUDGET OF 1.8 BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE CARES MONEY USED FOR OPERATING COSTS IS TREATED VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN THE CARES MONEY USED TO PAY DEBT SERVICE
SO YOU SEE UP ABOUT MIDDLE OF THE PAGE RIGHT BELOW THE BOLD CARES GRANT NON OPERATING REVENUE OF 43,000,000 AND THEN YOU SEE DOWN NEAR THE BOTTOM CARES GRANT DEBT SERVICE OFFSET OF 103 AND WE HAD TO REALLY WORK THIS BECAUSE THE MONEY THAT'S USED TO OFFSET OPERATING COSTS JUST GOES INTO THE NUMERATOR BUT THE MONEY THAT GOES TO PAY DEBT SERVICE IS AN OFFSET TO THE DENOMINATOR AND THAT HAS AN INCREDIBLE IMPACT ON THE COVERAGE CALCULATION
SO WE WERE REALLY- BY DEPARTMENT BRAND COUNTLESS SCENARIOS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT USE PLAN FOR THE CARES MONEY
IT WAS NOT STRAIGHTFORWARD AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL GIVE US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT AND THIS JUST SHOWS GRAPHICALLY THE MONEY THAT WE ACTUALLY USED IN 2020 SPLIT BETWEEN THE AERONAUTICAL AND THE NON AERONAUTICAL USES, THE DEBT SERVICE, AND THE OPERATING COST
AND THEN THE 2021 BUDGET AND NOW THE 2021 FORECAST AND AS I SAID EARLIER WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO SHIFT 7,000,000 DOLLARS FROM 2020 TO 2021 AND NOW FOR 2021 WE'RE ALSO SHOWING THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT THE CRRSAA MONEY COMING IN WHICH IS THE 37,000,000 THAT WILL COME TO THE AIRPORT PLUS WE HAVE FIVE AND A HALF MILLION FOR THE CONCESSIONNAIRES
SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE GOING INTO 2021 AND THIS DOES NOT FACTOR IN THE MONEY THAT WE EXPECT TO GET FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FOR WHICH WE WILL PROBABLY GET APPROXIMATELY 150,000,000 DOLLARS
SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE FEDERAL RELIEF THAT AIRPORTS WILL BE GETTING
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NOW A QUICK LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL SPENDING FOR 2020 JUST TO ORIENT YOU
WE'VE GOT THE APPROVED BUDGET ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE REVISED BUDGET IN THE MIDDLE, AND THE ACTUAL ON THE RIGHT
AND THE BLUE BOX IS THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS FACILITY
THE ORANGE BOX IS THE NORTH SATELLITE
AND THEN WE HAVE THE AIRFIELD PAVEMENT PROGRAM
AND THEN WE HAVE THE BAGGAGE OPTIMIZATION
AND YOU CAN SEE THE WHOLE STORY IS REALLY THE REDUCTION IN THE IAF WAS MORE THAN OFFSET BY THE ADDITIONAL SPENDING FOR THE NORTH SATELLITE, THE AIRFIELD PAVEMENT PROGRAM, AND THE BAGGAGE OPTIMIZATION WHERE EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS WE WERE ABLE TO ACCELERATE SOME SPENDING
SO AGAIN PROBABLY THE BEST PERFORMANCE WE'VE EVER HAD AGAINST THE BUDGET
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FROM A FUNDING PLAN THE BAR ON THE LEFT IS ACTUAL AND YOU CAN SEE THE GREEN BAR IS REVENUE BONDS
THAT'S HOW WE FUNDED OUR CAPITAL SPENDING
WE REDUCED THE CASH FUNDED PORTION AS MUCH AS WE COULD BUT IN ADDITION WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY MONEY THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PAID FOR WITH CASH THAT WAS ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE FOR BONDS AND SO WE DID A 43,000,000 DOLLARS TRANSFER WHICH EFFECTIVELY INCREASED THE BOND SPENDING AND REDUCED THE CASH SPENDING AND THIS IS ALL PART OF OUR STRATEGY TO MANAGE THE CASH BALANCE, SO WE ENDED THE YEAR IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE
AND GOING INTO NEXT YEAR YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT WE'LL CONTINUE TO RELY HEAVILY ON BOND FUNDING
THE GREEN BOX IS THE EXISTING PROCEEDS AND THE GOLD BOX IS THE NEW BONDS THAT WE WILL BE ISSUING THIS YEAR
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AND HERE'S JUST A MONTH BY MONTH VIEW OF OUR CASH BALANCE OR THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT FUND
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN MARCH AND APRIL WE WERE BURNING CASH MEANING OUR CASH BALANCE WAS GOING DOWN RATHER QUICKLY AND IN JUNE WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT BOND FUND REIMBURSEMENT THAT I INDICATED SO THAT REPLENISHED OUR CASH
AND THEN IN JULY WE DID OUR FIRST CARE CLAIM AND THEN OUR CASH WAS GOING DOWN AGAIN UNTIL WE GOT OUT TO DECEMBER WHEN WE DID THE FINAL CLAIM
AND SO IF YOU ADD THE CARES CLAIMS WITH THAT REIMBURSEMENT THAT'S WHAT GOT US CLOSE TO 300,000,000 OTHERWISE WE WERE A LOT CLOSER TO 100,000,000 AND FEELING LIKE WE WERE IN REALLY A DIFFICULT POSITION
SO WE ENDED THE YEAR IN A REALLY STRONG SHAPE FROM A CASH STANDPOINT
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AND THIS IS JUST A QUICK PREVIEW OF 2021 CAPITAL SPENDING
THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE PLAN OF FINANCE NUMBERS THAT WE WENT OVER WITH YOU IN THE FALL AND NOW WE'VE UPDATED THAT BASED ON OUR FINAL SPENDING FOR THE YEAR AND OUR UPDATED CASH FLOW FORECAST FOR 2021
AND WE'LL BE SPENDING A LITTLE MORE 491,000,000 VERSUS 464 AND MOST OF THAT IS REALLY JUST THE CATCH UP ON THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS FACILITY
THE UNDERSPENDING FROM 2020 WILL BE OFFSET BY INCREASING ENDING IN 2021
IT IS NOT A BUDGET INCREASE PER SE
THIS IS JUST A TIMING DIFFERENCE THAT'S BEING REFLECTED HERE
SO THAT'S IT FOR THE AVIATION DIVISION
UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KELLY
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
LET'S GIVE COMMISSIONERS A CHANCE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION
YOU PROVIDED QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION THERE
THANK YO.U WE'LL BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
THANKS ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THE WHOLE PRESENTATION SO THANK YOU BORGAN
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
HI THANKS BORGAN
I HAVE JUST KIND OF A GENERAL QUESTION MAYBE FOR DAN BUT YOU WERE TALKING A COUPLE OF SLIDES BACK ABOUT THE- IT WAS UNDER THE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT FUND BALANCE
WILL YOU EXPLAIN FOR A LAY PERSON LIKE ME WHERE DOES THAT- IS THAT SITTING IN JUST A CHECKING ACCOUNT? WHAT DO WE DO WITH ALL THE CASH? I'LL LET DAN RESPOND TO THAT ONE FROM A TREASURY MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT
SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION COMMISSIONER
WE HAVE A CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT POOL SO ALL OF THE CASH THAT WE HAVE FOR THE VARIOUS DIVISIONS THAT ARE IN THEIR VARIOUS FUNDS AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF FUNDS OPERATING FUNDS, BOND FUNDS
SO WE BASICALLY PULL THEM AND INVEST THEM ALMOST AS IF IT'S A MUTUAL FUND AND OUR TREASURER DIANE CAMPBELL GOES OUT AND PURCHASES BONDS AND OTHER KINDS OF INVESTMENT VEHICLES FOR THAT MONEY SO IT ALL GETS INVESTED AND THEN IT'S A PORTIONED OUT -THE INTEREST GETS A PORTIONED OUT TO EACH OF THE FUNDS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE POOL
GREAT
THANK YOU
I THINK THAT HELPS
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT LIKE A TYPICAL FAMILY'S BUDGET WHERE YOU PUT CASH THAT YOU NEED LIQUID INTO A CHECKING ACCOUNT BUT RATHER YOU HAVE A SERIES OF INVESTMENTS THAT YOU KEEP IT LIQUID ENOUGH SO THAT WHATEVER WE MIGHT NEED WE CAN GET OUT BUT IT'S NOT JUST SITTING THERE IN A CHECKING ACCOUNT
RIGHT
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS
COMMISSIONER CHO
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION BORGEN
I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT
THANKS
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK
YEAH I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE CAPITAL SPENDING IN 2020 AND THE REDUCTIONS THERE NOTING THAT THERE WERE SOME- AND I CAN'T RECALL THE NUMBERS BUT SOME SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN CAPITAL FUNDING
DID ANY OF THOSE REDUCTIONS RESOLVE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY AT A SLOW DOWN OF THE PROGRESS ON CONSTRUCTION? LET'S GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES AND LET'S SEE IF WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE MORE
THERE WE GO
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THERE WE GO
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE- JUST HIGHLIGHTED THE MAJOR PROGRAMS AND YOU KNOW CLEARLY THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS FACILITY DIDN'T SPEND ACCORDING TO PLAN AND THERE WERE SOME DELAYS THERE
I THINK THAT WITH THE OTHER THREE MAJOR PROGRAMS THE NORTH SATELLITE, THE PAVEMENT PROGRAM, AND THE CHECK BAGGAGE OPTIMIZATION EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCELERATE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LOWER PASSENGER IMPACTS TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS SOONER
SO THAT WAS REALLY THE STRATEGIC DECISION
OVERALL WE DID- THERE WERE A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE MIXED INTO THE GREEN WHERE WE ACTUALLY DID HOLD BACK SOME SPENDING ON SOME SMALLER PROJECTS AND PART OF THAT WAS TRYING TO MANAGE CASH EARLY ON
WE WANTED TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF CASH FUNDING SO WE WERE JUDICIOUSLY USING THE BOND PROCEEDS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES ON THE MAJOR PROGRAMS BORGEN I'M GUESSING THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS REGARDING IF WITH THE REDUCED SPENDING THERE
IT ALWAYS- IF PROJECTS ARE SLOWED OR EVEN STOPPED IT COSTS MORE IN THE LONG RUN SO I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THAT
WELL I THINK THERE'S CERTAINLY EXAMPLES OF SOME SMALLER PROJECTS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY COVID AND WERE SLOWED DOWN AND SOME OF THOSE ARE HAVING COST ISSUES AND WE'RE MANAGING THROUGH THOSE
YEAH OKAY
ALRIGHT THANK YOU THEN
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
I SEE YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP SO YOU HAVE A QUESTION AT THIS TIME? I DID
ACTUALLY I DIDN'T WANT TO LET THIS TIME GO BY WITHOUT BORGAN REALLY COMPLIMENTING YOUR STAFF ON THE PASSENGER PROJECTIONS
WHEN WE WENT INTO- AS THE PANDEMIC STARTED TO KICK IN AND WE SAW THE ENPLANEMENTS GO DOWN YOU CAME TO US EVERY QUARTER AND MICHAEL JUST DID AN AMAZING JOB AND I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO FINISH THE PRESENTATION WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE GOOD WORK OF OUR BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOLKS
I KNOW I ASKED A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS LAST YEAR, HOW ARE YOU GETTING THIS INFORMATION HE AND I HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING AND I GOT A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ALL OF THE INPUTS THAT HE TAKES IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THOSE PROJECTIONS
IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S THE DENOMINATOR FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO PARTICULAR IN THE NON AVIATION SIDE
SO AGAIN COMPLIMENTS TO THAT
AND THEN THE LAST THING IT MAY BE TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK'S QUESTION IN TERMS OF- I KNOW THAT THE CAPITAL SPENDING ISN'T NECESSARILY YOUR DEPARTMENT BUT MAYBE LANCE OR SOMEBODY ELSE COULD JUMP IN AND TELL US
ARE THERE ANY MAJOR PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK? WE DID CUT A FEW BACK IF I'M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY AND I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE LIST IN FRONT OF ME AT THE MOMENT
BUT DO YOU SEE ANY ACCELERATED CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR THAT WE COULD BRING BACK FROM 2020 THAT WE HAD TO CUT BACK? AND AGAIN I KNOW YOU'RE NOT THE CAPITAL GUY SO
OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM IS SUFFICIENTLY LARGE
WE DID AS PART OF THE 2021 BUDGET PROCESS REINTRODUCE PROJECTS THAT HAD BEEN CUT EARLIER IN THE YEAR THAT WE ARE GOING FORWARD WITH
THERE MAY BE A FEW THAT ARE STILL KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN THAT WE HAVEN'T ADDED BACK BUT WE WERE PRETTY AMBITIOUS IN BUILDING BACK THE CAPITAL PROGRAM WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE 2021 BUDGET
THERE WERE QUITE A FEW NEW PROJECTS AND I WOULD THINK LOOKING AT OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS I WOULD DESCRIBE OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AS EXTREMELY AMBITIOUS
THANK YOU
TO JUMP IN BORGAN AND ADD TO THAT IS I THINK YOU HAD THE ONE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THERE THAT THE FORECASTED- OR NOT THE FORECAST BUT THE 2021 BUDGET BASED ON WHERE WE LANDED I THINK A ROBUST LOOK AT WHAT'S ON THAT COMMISSIONER ACROSS ALL THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS INCLUDING TO ADVANCE THOSE
I KNOW MORE WORK IS GOING ON AS WE MOVE NOW IN HERE WELL INTO THE FIRST QUARTER BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON ALL THESE CAPITAL PROGRAMS WELL AND IF I CAN GIVE YOU ALL OF YOUR ADDITIONAL COMPLIMENTS AS WELL ABOUT CONTINUING THAT ROBUST CONSTRUCTION PLAN
I'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT IT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS HOW THE PORT HAD REALLY LEANED IN AND TRIED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE POSSIBLY COULD DURING 2020 AND THE RIPPLE EFFECT THAT THAT HAD ON KEEPING PEOPLE EMPLOYED
SO AGAIN COMPLIMENTS TO THE STAFF AND BORGEN AND DAN AND YOUR TEAM FOR HELPING US MANAGE THE FINANCES SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT
THANK YOU
THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN I'D LIKE TO QUICKLY GO BACK TO SLIDE 13, THE TENANT RELIEF RENT PAYMENT DEFERRAL STATUS
OKAY
SO YOU'RE POINTING OUT HOW WELL WE'RE DOING AT GETTING REIMBURSEMENT THE LION SHARE OF WHICH IS FROM THE AIRLINES? RIGHT AND THAT WAS ALL DUE ON OCTOBER 1ST AND IT WAS ALL PAID RIGHT
SO IN LOOKING DOWN THE LINE HERE DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS OF ANY OF THESE BEING ABLE TO BE MADE ON SCHEDULE OR HOW FAR OUT THEY WOULD BE OR HOW MUCH INFLUENCES WOULD HAVE ON BUDGET PROJECTIONS? SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION AND I'M NOT ACTUALLY PREPARED TO FULLY ANSWER IT BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE SECOND FEDERAL RELIEF PACKAGE AND HOW THAT IS BEING ALLOCATED TO THE CONCESSIONNAIRES
WE HAVE ABOUT 5.5 MILLION FOR THAT AND WE KNOW THAT THIS THIRD FEDERAL RELIEF PACKAGE WILL ALSO HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT MONEY EARMARKED FOR CONCESSIONNAIRES
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 20,000,000 FOR OUR AIRPORT SO IT'S GOING TO BE MUCH MORE THAN THE SECOND RELIEF PROGRAM
SO HOW MANY OF THESE PROBLEMS WE CAN SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS WITH THAT FEDERAL RELIEF VERSUS WORKING WITH THESE TENANTS
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE ANOTHER BRIEFING WHEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO YOU WITH HERE'S THE STATUS OF ALL OF THESE OUTSTANDING BALANCES
I JUST DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS FOR YOU TODAY
BECAUSE AS WE'VE ALWAYS SAID I APPRECIATE THAT
THESE FOLKS HAVE- KEEPING THEM IN BUSINESS SO WE CAN PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND WE'RE BACK UP AT THE REGULAR NUMBER
THESE ARE CRITICAL SERVICES FOR US TO KEEP A FLOAT AND HOW THAT'S ALLOCATED IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OF GREAT INTEREST TO ALL OF US
JUST REAL QUICKLY AFTERWARDS WHEN YOU ANSWERED COMMISSIONER CALKINS' QUESTION ABOUT HOW THE ADF AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT FUND IS INVESTED WE ALWAYS RAISE I THINK EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THIS QUESTION ABOUT MAYBE THIS IS FOR ELIZABETH ARE WE DOING ANY SORT OF SOCIAL SCREENING ON THESE INVESTMENTS? OR THEY ALL LIKE PUBLIC UTILITIES? SO I DON'T KNOW
DOES ANYBODY CAN SPEAK TO THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY FOR THESE LARGE SUMS OF MONEY? I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION COMMISSIONER
BASICALLY WE HAVE A VERY NARROW LIST OF INVESTMENTS WE CAN INVEST IN UNDER WASHINGTON STATE LAW
IT'S PRIMARILY ALL FIXED INCOME SO IT'S BONDS AND NOTES PRIMARILY TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, US TREASURIES, AND AGENCIES
A LARGE PORTION OF IT IS INVESTED IN THE STATE INVESTMENT POOL FOR LIQUIDITY
IT'S A SHORT TERM POOL
SO WE DO NOT INVEST- WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO INVEST FOR AN EXAMPLE IN EQUITIES
WE CAN'T BUY COMPANY STOCKS
SO IT'S REALLY ALL FIXED INCOME
MOSTLY GOVERNMENT- UNIFORMLY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT WE'RE INVESTED IN
I THOUGHT I'D GIVE YOU EVERY YEAR A CHANCE TO REMIND ME OF THAT SO I GUESS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I ASKED THIS QUESTION
[LAUGHTER] THAT WAS A GOOD QUESTION
I KNOW THE PUBLIC WONDERS ABOUT THAT TOO
ALRIGHT WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU AGAIN BORGEN
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NON AVIATION DIVISIONS
I MUTED THERE
HELLO COMMISSIONERS WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE 2020 RESULTS FOR THE SEAPORT OR NON AVIATION DIVISIONS
THESE INCLUDE THE MARITIME DIVISION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE JOINT VENTURE DIVISION WHICH INCLUDES THE NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE DISTRIBUTABLE REVENUE IN ADDITION TO REVENUE AND EXPENSES ON SEAPORT ALLIANCE LICENSE PROPERTIES WHICH ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE PER THE CHARTER
WE ALSO DISCUSS THE STORM WATER UTILITY AS WELL
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THIS SLIDE CONTAINS A ROLL UP OF ALL OF THE DIVISIONS
LIKE THE AIRPORT YOU WILL SEE COVID 19 PRODUCED CHALLENGES
CRUISE AND CONFERENCE AND EVENT CENTER FELT THE DIRECT IMPACT
THE OTHER BUSINESSES HAD SOME OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES HOWEVER STILL WERE ABLE TO PERFORM QUITE WELL
THE EXPENSE CUTTING INITIATIVES REALLY HELPED OFFSET SOME OF THE REVENUE IMPACTS
WE DID SEE SOME ONE TIME ITEMS INCLUDING ACCOUNTING RESERVES AND CAPITAL TWO EXPENSE WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS IN THE NEXT FEW SLIDES
THESE WERE OFFSET BY THE FAVORABILITY AND EMPLOYEE COSTS RELATED TO THE PENSION CREDIT SIMILAR TO 2019
OVERALL BASED ON 2020 OPERATING RESULTS STAFF DOES NOT RECOMMEND ANY MAJOR COURSE CORRECTIONS AT THIS TIME
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR FINANCIAL CAPACITY GIVEN REMAINING UNCERTAINTY ON MULTIPLE FRONTS
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I GUESS NEXT SLIDE AFTER THAT
FOR MARITIME WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE MARITIME DIVISION HERE
REVENUE CAME IN JUST UNDER WHAT WE PLANNED FOR THE REVISED BUDGET
WE BUDGETED ON A LATE JULY RETURN OF CRUISE BUT ENDED UP CANCELING THE SEASON
THE FISHING MARINAS AND COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS SLIGHTLY EXCEEDED OUR ORIGINAL BUDGET BENEFITING FROM THE BALLARD LOCKS CLOSURE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR AND STRONG OCCUPANCY AT SHILSHOLE MARINA IN THE BACK HALF OF 2020
THE GRAIN TERMINAL PERFORMS SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THAN BUDGETED
DIRECT AND SUPPORT SERVICE EXPENSES WERE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY PROJECTS IN OUR CIP GETTING ALL OR PORTIONS CANCELED AND MOVED TO EXPENSE
CENTRAL SERVICE EXPENSES WERE FAVORABLE DUE TO THE PENSION CREDIT AND CAPITAL CAME IN RIGHT AT BUDGET
ADDITIONALLY WE COVERED OVER 30,000,000 DOLLARS IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION RECOVERY
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
OKAY HERE ARE A FEW OF THE MARITIME ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2020
I'D LIKE TO CALL OUT THE WORK OF JOE WOODS AND THE REC BOATING TEAM AT SHILSHOLE BAY MARINA UPDATING COVID PROCESSES TO ACHIEVE OCCUPANCY RATES IN Q4 THAT EXCEEDED PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS
ALSO DALMAS AND RAY AT FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL AND THE TEAM THERE DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF TEMPORARILY BACKFILLING SLIPS WITH RECREATIONAL VESSELS WHILE THE FISHING BOATS WERE OUT TO SEA THIS PAST SUMMER
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FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AS I GO ALONG IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS HERE
OKAY WE TOUCHED ON MOST OF THESE ITEMS ALREADY HERE ON THE FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE 4.9 MILLION INCREASE IN EXPENSES YEAR OVER YEAR INCLUDES 1.9 MILLION OR HALF THE PAYMENT TO THE ALLIANCE FOR THE NORTH THIRD OF T 46 AND OVER 7,000,000 IN ONE TIME ACCOUNTING RELATED EXPENSES
ABSENT THESE THE MARITIME DIVISION REDUCED THEIR OPERATING EXPENSES YEAR OVER YEAR BY ABOUT 4,000,000 OR 8%
AS YOU CAN SEE CAPITAL SPENDING IS 100% AT BUDGET AND THE STORM WATER UTILITY IS TRACKING FAVORABLE IS FAVORABLE TO BUDGET AS WELL
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WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE MARITIME PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, THOSE ARE TENANTS? THE SAME FOLKS THAT WE HAD TO GIVE RELIEF TO AT THE AIRPORT? IS THAT wHEN WE TALK ABOUT PORTFOLIO? CORRECT
CORRECT
WE DID DO TENANT RELIEF
THE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT GROUP ABOUT HALF OF IT IS AN EDD IN ABOUT HALF OF IT AND THE LINES OF THE MARITIME DIVISION
IT'S MOSTLY FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL, SHILSHOLE BAY, SOME 91 AND THE MIC MARITIME INDUSTRIAL CENTER
THOSE ARE THE KEY TENANTS FOR THERE WHEREAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISIONS PORTION IS THE CONFERENCE AND EVENT CENTERS AND MOST OF THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT
THERE ARE SOME INDUSTRIAL PORTIONS TOO ON THE SOUTH END THAT ARE MOSTLY IN THE MARITIME DIVISION AS WELL
SO WE HAVE A SIMILAR BREAKDOWN LIKE THAT WE HAD FOR AVIATION AS TO THE REPAYMENT SCHEDULE ON SOME OF THESE DEFERRALS? I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT I CAN REACH OUT TO MELINDA AND DAVE AFTER THIS AND GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK ON IT BUT IT'S BEEN PRETTY FAVORABLE FAVORABLE
I DON'T THINK WE'VE HAD A LOT OF OF NON PAY ON THERE
IT'S BEEN PRETTY IT'S DEFINITELY AND IT'S ALSO A SMALLER PROGRAM THAN THE AIRPORT AS WELL
I THINK THAT WHEN WE GET THE RELIEF MONEY WE SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A BRIEFING ON THE OVERALL WHERE OUR WHERE OUR TENANT RELIEF STATUS IS ON THOSE AREAS
ALRIGHT I DIDN'T MEAN TO SLOW YOU DOWN
SURE
DAVE MAY HAVE SOME MORE IN DEPTH WHEN WE GET THERE AS WELL
HE'S BEEN INVOLVED A LOT MORE THAN I HAVE ON THOSE
ALRIGHT NEXT SLIDE
OKAY THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WILL TOUCH ON THE IMPACT OF THE NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE LICENSE PROPERTIES TO THE PORT
ON THIS SLIDE I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE 76.7 MILLION DOLLARS OF OPERATING PROFIT
ROUGHLY HALF OF THAT WILL COME TO THE PORT AS DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME
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HERE IF YOU LOOK AT THE JOINT VENTURE REVENUE AND 2020 ACTUAL YOU'LL SEE THE PORT'S HALF OF THAT AND IT COMES OUT TO 38.8 MILLION OF JOINT VENTURE REVENUE
ADDITIONALLY YOU'LL SEE THE NEGATIVE 1.9 MILLION OF CONTRA REVENUE WHICH THAT'S THE OTHER HALF OF THAT PAYMENT WE MAKE TO THE ALLIANCE FOR T 46
THE OTHER REVENUES INCLUDE NORTH HARBOR TENANT REIMBURSEMENT
IT'S MOSTLY FOR MAINTENANCE AND MISCELLANEOUS MOORAGE ON THAT UPPER THIRD OF T 46 THAT WE'RE LEASING OUT
THE EXPENSES CAME IN PRETTY MUCH AS WE THOUGHT
THEY WERE A LITTLE LOWER IN MAINTENANCE BUT THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO NOTE IS THE JV DIRECT
WE ORIGINALLY BUDGETED STORM WATER UTILITY AS A TENANT FOR THE TENANT PAYMENT BUT BUT WE END UP PAYING IT ON 46 OF THE TENANTS LEFT
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AGAIN KELLY
ONE SECOND
THAT'S A LOT OF MATERIAL
EXECUTIVE METRUCK CAN I ASK THAT WE SPECIFICALLY DO A BRIEFING ON WHAT WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW THE TENANT RELIEF MONEY IS GOING TO BE HANDLED WITH REGARDS TO THE RELIEF ACT? AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HAVE A CHANCE FOR THE COMMISSION TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE ON THE REVENUES FROM THE PORT ALLIANCE AND SOME OF OUR PAYMENTS TO THE ALLIANCE AND GET A LITTLE BIT OF VISIBILITY AMONGST THE COMMISSION AS WE GO IN AS MANAGING MEMBERS
MR PRESIDENT WE WILL TAKE THAT AND GET BACK WITH THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
THANK YOU
IT'S A LITTLE KNOWN SOURCE OF REVENUE BUT IT DIDN'T DO VERY WELL THIS YEAR RIGHT
STORM WATER
YEAH OBVIOUSLY THE ALLIANCE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU JOHN WOLF AND DAVID MORRIS WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A DEEPER FEEDBACK ON THEIR REVENUES AND EXPENSES
I DIDN'T WANT TO GO INTO TOO MUCH DEPTH
THAT'S FINE
ON THAT HERE
AT THIS POINT THE STORM WATER UTILITY CAME IN AS WE EXPECTED IN REVENUE AND EXPENSES WERE BELOW IN PART BECAUSE OF THE PENSION CREDIT THAT IMPACTED MAINTENANCE STAFF AND
BUT WE'RE STILL ON TRACK AS WE HAD PLANNED WHEN WE CAME TO YOU LAST OCTOBER AS WELL THERE
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SO WHAT IS THE BIG VARIANCE? GO AHEAD BACK
BACK A SLIDE
THE BIG VARIANCE IS MAINTENANCE EXPENSES AND SOME OF THAT DUE TO THE WAY WE CHARGE AND WITH COVID WE DIDN'T GET QUITE AS MUCH- WE DIDN'T DO QUITE AS MUCH MAINTENANCE WORK AS WE ANTICIPATED
OKAY
THANK YOU
OKAY THE NEXT THREE SLIDES WE LIST THE BEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AND STORMWATER TEAMS I THINK IN THE INTEREST OF TIME I CAN GO I CAN SKIP THESE THREE
LET ME KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AND ALSO STEPHANIE JONES STEBBINS AND SANDY KELLER ARE AVAILABLE IF YOU'VE GOT QUESTIONS AS WELL
WE CAN GO AHEAD MOVE FORWARD I THINK
OKAY ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS WAS THERE A BUDGETARY IMPLICATION TO ANY OF THESE AND WHY WOULDN'T LIKE SOME OF OUR HABITAT EXPENSES WHICH ARE KIND OF ENORMOUS
ACTUALLY YOU HAVE A DOLLAR THAT'S NOT IN OUR BRIEFING BOOK
YEAH WELL THE- WE DID WANT TO ELABORATE AND I SPOKE TO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ON THE 30,000,000 DOLLARS OF COST RECOVERY WE DID THIS YEAR
MOST OF THAT WAS A 10 YEAR PROGRAM OR EVEN FURTHER BACK THAN 10 YEARS ON INSURANCE CLAIMS I BELIEVE IT AT TERMINAL 91 THAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR
BUT ARE WE SUGGESTING THAT WE'RE A NET POSITIVE ON ENVIRONMENTAL? THIS IS JUST -YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH- THESE ARE NOT NON OPERATING EXPENSES SO THEY WON'T SHOW UP IN OUR PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT THAT YOU'RE SEEING BUT THEY DO PROVIDE CASH BACK TO THE PORT AND REALLY HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL THIS YEAR AND THE TIME OF A CASH CRUNCH GETTING THAT PAYMENT WAS REALLY HELPFUL AND I THINK DAN COULD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT I THINK IT'S ALLOWED US TO STAY ON TRACK WITHOUT HAVING TO MAKE ANY MAJOR MOVES DEVIATE FROM ANY MAJOR ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT BUDGET LAST YEAR
I'M JUST SUGGESTING YOU'RE ONLY PRESENTING THE UPSIDE
WHERE THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND THOSE THINGS
THERE'S A PLUS 30 BUT WHERE ARE THE WHERE'S THE CIP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT? PERHAPS I CAN JUMP IN ON THAT
AS YOU KNOW WE TYPICALLY BOOK LONG TERM LIABILITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENDITURES
WE RESERVE FOR THEM SO WE WOULD BUT POSSIBLY EXPENSE AN AMOUNT EVERY YEAR THAT REFLECTS THE LONG TERM LIABILITIES
THOSE ARE TYPICALLY BRIEFED TO YOU OFTEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION BECAUSE OF LEGAL ISSUES AROUND THE PARTICIPANTS IN THOSE SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HANDLE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN OUR TYPICAL AS KELLY SAYS R P AND L
AND THEY'RE NOT CAPITAL
ALRIGHT .SO JUST LOOKING AT THE FOUR BULLETS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THE POSITIVE 30,000,000 WHY ISN'T THERE SOME SORT OF TABLE THAT LOOKS AT THESE AS EXPENDITURES? MAYBE IF I MAY THIS IS THIS IS SANDY KELLER
COMMISSIONER I THINK AS WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM TOOK A MID YEAR BUDGET REDUCTION WHICH DID DELAY A FEW PROJECTS BUT OVERALL WE WERE ABLE TO PERFORM AND ACCOMPLISH QUITE A BIT OF WORK IN 2020 EVEN WITH THOSE BUDGET REDUCTIONS
THESE BULLETS JUST SHOW YOU THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE DID MAKE
A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT GOT DELAYED BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL OF OUR ENERGY AUDIT WORK THAT WE HAD ANTICIPATED AND WE HAD A LITTLE SLOWER PROGRESS ON A FEW OF OUR SMALL HABITAT PROJECTS
BUT OVERALL WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO IN 2020 ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE
I JUST DON'T SEE THE CONSISTENT REPORTING OUT AS WE HAVE FOR THE UTILITY, THE JOINT VENTURE, THE PORT
ALL THE OTHER ONES HAVE THESE TABLES OF FORECASTED REVENUE OR EXPENSES AND WHAT WAS ON BUDGET, WHAT WAS DELETED
WHY WASN'T THERE JUST A SIMILAR REPRESENTATION
IF I COULD FRED
THEY'RE BLENDED INTO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS RIGHT
YEAH IN THE VARIOUS PNLS
YEAH THE COST GOES INTO EDD, MARITIME, STORM, UTILITY, ALLIANCE, AND JOINT VENTURE
REALLY THESE COSTS REALLY GO ACROSS EVERYBODY'S PNLS
WE SPEAK TO HOW THEY GET ALLOCATED ON THIS RESULTS
IN THE BUDGET WE DO TALK OFTEN ABOUT WHAT WE CALL THE ORG OF THEM WHICH ENCOMPASSES ALL OUR COST THROUGH THE BUDGET SEASON WE LOOK AT IT THAT WAY BUT ON OUR TYPICALLY WE JUST WALK THROUGH THE PNL ON THESE
BUT WE DO HAVE THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOU
I CAN GET- I DO SEE THE ALLOCATION PER DIVISION IT JUST SEEMS TO BE OVERALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL PRO DIDN'T HAVE LIKE A FORECAST BUDGET THAT WOULD BE THEN ALLOCATED THROUGH ALL THESE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES OR EACH ONE OF THOSE THINGS ARE- I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE HOW DO WE KNOW HOW OVERALL OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE IS? WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT SEPARATELY BY ADDING UP EACH DIFFERENT PROGRAM OR IS THERE A SINGLE ACCOUNTING? LET ME SEND YOU A COPY OF THIS A SEPARATE WAY
WE ACCOUNT FOR IT SEPARATELY IN THESE ORG REPORTS AND WE MADE A DECISION SEVERAL YEARS BACK THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO THROW THAT INTO THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE I IT'S- THE NUMBERS GET CONFUSING TO THE PUBLIC AND COMMISSION WHEN WE START MIXING THEM UP
SIMILAR TO WHY WE'RE NOT SHOWING ALL THE COMMISSION COSTS AND ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE COSTS BECAUSE THEY GET SPREAD ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS
[crosstalk 03:40:24] OKAY SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE ENVIRONMENT
I KNOW WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN THE ENVIRONMENT
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF AND IF WE CHOOSE TO CUT BACK ON STUFF IN THE ENVIRONMENT WE SHOULD HAVE VISIBILITY ON IT OR IF WE EXCEED IT
SO I JUST WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME WAY THAT WE HAVE SOME OVERALL REPRESENTATION OF HOW WE ARE ON BUDGET, WHAT WE LOOKING AT INTO THE FUTURE JUST FROM A VISIBILITY PERSPECTIVE SOMEHOW CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER STUFF
I WILL NOT DELAY FURTHER
COMMISSIONER I'LL GO BACK WITH THAT AND LOOK AT THAT HOW IT'S PORTRAYED AND HOW WE CAN DO THAT
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE ASKING AND WE DO HAVE A SUMMARY OF THAT OUT ON OUR SHAREPOINT SITE WE JUST DIDN'T INCLUDE IT INTO THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION SO I'LL LOOK THROUGH THAT AND SANDY AND I WILL GET YOU A COPY OF THAT
THANK YOU
PLEASE SHARE WITH THE COMMISSION
ALRIGHT THANKS ANDY
NEXT WE'LL SPEAK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
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OKAY NET OPERATING INCOME CAME IN JUST OVER 400,000 DOLLARS FAVORABLE TO REVISED BUDGET
REVENUES WERE UNDER BY 6.2 MILLION WITH ABOUT 5,000,000 THAT FROM THE CONFERENCE AND EVENT CENTER AND ABOUT 1,000,000 FROM THE BELL STREET GARAGE DRIVEN BY COVID 19
EXPENSES WERE 6.6 MILLION FAVORABLE FROM SAVINGS RELATED TO CONFERENCE CANCELLATIONS ALONG WITH PENSION CREDIT AND SOME WASHINGTON TOURISM ALLIANCE COST MOVING TO 2021
AND THE BELL HARBOR CONFERENCE CENTER MODERNIZATION WAS THE BIG CHUNK OF THAT CAPITAL SPENDING WHICH WHICH CAME IN CLOSE TO OUR REVISED BUDGET
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OKAY FOR THIS SLIDE I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THE VARIANCES FROM 2019 AND YOU SEE THE OUTSIZED IMPACT OF CONFERENCE AND EVENT CENTER HAS ON BOTH REVENUE AND EXPENSES
WITH OUR NEW NEWLY MODERNIZED BELL HARBOR CONFERENCE CENTER WE ANTICIPATE IMPROVED FINANCIAL RESULTS AS WE COME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC
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OKAY HERE WE'LL GO OVER THE EDD PROGRAM ADVANCEMENTS
I CAN WALK THROUGH THESE AND DAVE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK IN IF YOU'VE GOT ANYTHING TO ADD AS WELL
WE DID AS YOU CAN SEE WE PROVIDED RELIEF TO 40 PLUS WATERFRONT TENANTS IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC
EVEN WITH COVID, MAINTAINED 94% OCCUPANCY ACROSS THE WHOLE REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO
WE ADVANCED DESIGN WORK T91 UPLANDS
HE'S GOT THE Q THREE RESULTS IN HERE FOR WMBE
I THINK DAVE WILL GO OVER SEPARATELY THE YEAR END RESULTS AS WELL WITH YOU ON A SEPARATE PRESENTATION
AND WORK WITH MARITIME BLUE TO LAUNCH THE INAUGURAL MARITIME INNOVATION ACCELERATOR PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED 11 EMERGING MARITIME COMPANIES
I THINK THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION
ANY QUESTIONS? CLERK HART WOULD YOU GO CALL THE ROLL? THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW KELLY THANK YOU
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
NONE FROM ME THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
I'M NOT CLEAR
IS THIS CONCLUSION OR WE HAVE MORE TO COME? MORE TO CENTRAL SERVICES ARE NEXT
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT OKAY ALRIGHT
NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR NOW THANKS
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME
SO MOVING ON THEN CENTRAL SERVICES
I THINK MICHAEL WILL SPEAK TO YOU ON THAT
THANK YOU KELLY
GOOD AFTERNOON
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SO FOR CENTRAL SERVICES QUICK FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHT OUR WEAPON OPERATING REVENUE AND OPERATING EXPENSES WILL DO BETTER THAN THE BUDGET ON THE REVENUE SIDE WE HAVE 2 9,000,000 FAVORABLE TO THE PUGET MAINLY DUE TO THE UNBUDGETED REVENUE FROM THE POLICE WE DID TO THE FOUR PAGES FUND AS FAR AS ABOUT 400 K FOR THE REC BEST REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE GOT LAST YEAR ON THE EXPENSIVE SIDE WE WERE 10 REALLY UNFAVORABLE TO THE BUDGET MINI DUE TO 9 4,000,000 OF THE PENSION CREDIT ADJUSTMENT THAT BOTH IN AND ORGAN MENTION A BARRIER FOR THE CAPITAL SPENDING WE SPEND ABOUT HALF OF THE 12.6 OR 7,000,000,000 TOTAL BUDGET AND PARTLY DUE TO SOME DELAY OF SOME OF THE ICT PROJECT INTO PIECES OF CASH LAST YEAR NEXT SLIDE PLEASE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME POPPY I WON'T GO OVER OF THOSE SOME OF YOU ARE FILING BOTH OF THOSE SO LET'S POP ON A COUPLE OF THE KEY EVENTS HERE WE PAID ABOUT 30 IN TERM WITH PRIVATE MARITIME EMPLOYERS AND LONG OFFICE LAST YEAR UNDER THE MARITIME COLLABORATIVE AND IN ADDITION WE ALSO UNDER THE OPPORTUNITY YOU INITIATIVE WE PAY ABOUT 200 OR 200 NO INCOME USE AND THE YOUTH OF COLOR FOLKS TO THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM OR THE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR POPULATED INDUSTRY AND THEN WE ALSO HOLD MUTED THREE CAREER AWARENESS EVENTS A HIGHLIGHT SCHOOL DISTRICT SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS I WOULD PROBABLY SKIP THE REST OF THE EVENTS HERE IT'S LIVE PLEASE FOR THE FOR FINANCE AGAIN THE BIG PIECE OF THAT IS THE CREDIT TENSION ADJUSTMENT IN OUR OF THE TOTAL 1 10.1 MILLION FIVE BUDGET AREA SO IF YOU CONNECT THE TWO YOU KNOW THE NEXT EXPENSE VERY PAPER WHEREVER IS ABOUT 700,000 BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE YOU KNOW OF THE 700 K WE ACTUALLY HAVE QUITE A LOT OF VACANT POSITION OF DEFER HIRING FOR CENTRAL SERVICES LAST YEAR WE HAVE 24 FORCE IN POSITION AS FAR AS WE DELAY 67 HIRING LAST YEAR SO GENERATE ABOUT 4.6 MILLION SAVING THERE IN THE PAYROLL SIDE BUT WE HAVE SOME ABOUT 2 9,000,000 BECAUSE SOME ICT PROJECT THAT I IMAGINED THE CAPITAL PROJECT I MENTIONED SO THAT'S KIND OF OFFSET WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CHARGE THE CAPITAL SO WE END UP IN MORE ON THE OPERATING SIDE SO IT'S ABOUT 2 9,000,000 AND IN ADDITION WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT A MILLION BUDGETED LEGAL SUSIE LEGAL EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE SORTED SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE NEXT MONTH THAT YOU SEE ON SOME OF THE SAVING DEALS AND THEN SOME BUDGET THE ITEM EXPENSES THAT WE ARE DUE TO THE DELAY OF THE CAPITAL SPENDING AND THEN COMPARED TO IF YOU LOOK AT THE 20 ACTUAL COMPARED TO THE 2020 POOL BUDGET THAT'S ALMOST 20,000,000 COMPARED TO THE ORIGINAL BUDGET SO THAT'S A PEDISON SAVING THERE SO COMPARED TO 2020 ACTUAL TO THE 2019 ACTUAL YEAR OVER YEAR ACTUAL SPENDING WE BARELY BE MORE ON THE PAYROLL SIDE BUT ALSO THE OUTSIDE SURFACES COMPARED TO 2019 SO THE TOTAL INCREASES ABOUT 3 9,000,000 THERE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO WITH THAT I WILL GO FOR THE PORT IN NUMBERS THIS LINE .PLEASE DO WE JUST TAKE A QUICK MOMENT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF WHERE THIS IS SPREAD ACROSS THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF SHOWING THAT ALLOCATION
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S WOUND INTO BUT LIKE THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT OF THAT
THIS IS JUST ONE SUBSET OF THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
IF YOU GO BACK I'M SORRY IF YOU GO BACK TO ONE SLIDE 1 MORE PLEASE YEAH SO THIS IS THE MENTAL AND SUSTABILITY THAT'S THE COE SO THAT'S ALL THE OPERATING EXPENSES UNDER THE THREE PRETTY MUCH DEPARTMENT AVIATION ENVIRONMENTAL AND SUCCESSIBILITY MARITIME AND THEN THE OVERALL AMEN GOOD THERE AS FAR AS THE NOISE PROGRAM IT SAYS IT ON THE OPERATING EXPENSE SIDE I CAN HIGHLIGHT A NUMBER WHEN WE GO FOR THE EXPENSES RELATED TO MENTAL EXPENSES AS WELL BUT HERE'S ALL THOSE THE 10,000,000,000 THAT WE SPENT LAST YEAR THOSE ARE THE OPENING EXPENSES RELATED ALL THE MORE MENTAL DEPARTMENTS EXCELLENT THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU'RE WELCOME ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES I WILL DELAY NO LONGER THEN LET'S MOVE ON SO HERE'S A QUICK HIGHLIGHT FOR THE PORT IN NUMBERS COMPARED TO THE REVISED BUDGET OPERATING REVENUE 129,000,000 OR 20% FAT UNFAVORABLE TO THE REVISED BUDGET FOR THE REASON THAT BROKEN AND KERRY MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER ON THE EXPENSIVE SIDE 26,000,000 OR 6% BELOW THE REVISED BUDGET AND THEN NO IN THE INCOME FOR DEPRECIATION 12,000,000 OR 51% UNFAVORABLE TO THE REVISED BUDGET AND THEN THE CAPITAL SPENDING WE SPEND MORE THAN OUR DEVICE BUDGET FOR THE FIRST TIME I THINK IS MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND THEN COMPARED TO THE 2019 ACTUAL OPTING REVENUES 253,000,000 OR THREE BELOW THE 19 ACTUAL AND THEN EXPENSES 31,000,000 OR LOWER THAN 2019 AND NO FOR DEPRECIATION 222,000,000 OR 69 LOWER THAN 19 NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO HERE'S THE FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL TREND AND I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT LONGER TREND AND WORK TO HIGHLIGHT I FIRST OF ALL WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE BOO BAR OR THE REVENUES OF BACK VIDEOS AND YOU CAN SPEAK DOWN TO AIRPORT ON ARTICLE AN ARTICLE AND THEN THE NAUTICAL REVENUES AND THEN THE GREEN BAR IS THE OPERATING EXPENSES AND THEN THE GLISTERING INCOME SO YOU CAN SEE THE 2020 ACTUAL WHICH IS ON THE REVENUE SIDE AND EXPENSIVE SIZE LOWER THAN THE PORT ALL THE WAY BACK TO ACTUALLY THE REVENUE IS ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2011 SO WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 500,000,000 ON THE WEAPON TOTAL WEAPON FOR LAST YEAR AND SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN UNTIL 20 AFTER THOUSAND AND 11 SO THAT'S LOWEST IN 10 YEARS AND AT THE EXPENSE SIDE WE ALSO SAW A GOOD SIZE REDUCTION AS WELL AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SEE COMPARE THAT TO THE DEVICE BUDGET AND THE PORT BUDGET AS WELL SO JUST GIVE YOU TO THE LONGER TREND COMPARISON HERE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO HERE IS THE COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL FOR THE PORT AND IT'S A LOSS OF NUMBER AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXPLANATION ON THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN SO I WON'T GO OVER ALL THOSE BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW NUMBERS FOR YOU UNDER THE BAN CATEGORY THERE WE TALK ABOUT THE FIRST ONE THE OPERATING REVENUES ALREADY AND THEN THE THIRD ONE IS THE PFC PERCENTAGE OF THE CITY CHARGES OBVIOUSLY 65,000,000 BELOW BUDGET AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE DID NOT ADJUST THAT IN THE DEVICE BUDGET AND THAT'S DUE TO ENTIRELY DUE TO THEIR LOW EMPLOYMENT OR AN MENTIONED EARLIER AND THEN THE NEXT ONE I DO WANT TO CORNER IS THE SIXTH NON CAPITAL GRAND AND DONATION THE 147,000,000 THEIR FAVORABLE DOES TIE YOU TO THEIR CARE GRANTS SO THAT WE BOOK IT HERE AS A LONG OPERATING RECKON NEWS HERE AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS A CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION AND THAT'S THE LOWER TSA AND A GRAND IN GENERAL THE NEXT ONE IS THE EIGHT UNDER THE INCHES ONE INCHES INCOME 11 OR FOR ALMOST 14,000,000 AND THAT'S BECAUSE HE IS A GAME SO BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOWER INTEREST RATE LAST YEAR SO THE PORTFOLIO THAT MENTIONED THAT MENTIONED REVIEW AREA THAT WE INVEST IN THE BOND THOSE WHO INCREASE THE BOND VALUE SO WE ARE SEEING UNREALIZED WHAT WE CALL UNREALIZED GAMES ABOUT 14,000,000 HERE DOESN'T NET AND THEN ON THE EXPENSE SIDE OVERALL YOU CAN SEE GOING BACK TO THE BAD NEWS FIRST FOR 2020 ACTOS 856,000,000 PHOTO REVENUE FOR THE PORT AND DOWN ON THE EXPENSIVE SIDE I JUST WANT TO ONE PROBABLY 1 A COUPLE NUMBERS HERE ONE UNDER THE THE ITEM NUMBER THREE THE AVENUE BORN INTEREST EXPENSES YOU KNOW WE ARE SEEING A 24,000,000 LOWER THAN THE BUDGET AND THAT BECAUSE THE LOWER INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE LAST YEAR SO IT REALLY HELPS THE PORT AS WELL WITH THE 24,000,000 SAVINGS HERE THE OTHER ONE I WANT TO MENTION IS MORE RELATED COMMISSIONER ENVIRONMENTS QUESTION WHICH IS SEVEN LONG ENVIRONMENTAL EXPENSE WE SPENT PUGET 5,000,000 THIS IS IN ADDITION TO 10,000,000 THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THOSE ARE THE OPENING EXPENSES AND HERE'S THE LONG UPSIDE OF THAT AT LEAST FOR 2020 WE BUDGET 5,000,000 WE SPENT THE 5 9 ON THE 6,000,000 SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER THERE SO THAT'S WHAT WE SAW IN TWO PIECES 1 IS IN THE OPENING SIDE THE OTHER ON THE LOAN OF SIDE WE SAW UP HERE SO BOTTOM LINE I GUESS WE HAVE 774,000,000 EXPENSES AND THAT GIVE US ABOUT 82,000,000 CHANGES OR INCREASE IN THE ASSETS THERE SO ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I MOVE ON CLERK HART WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL CERTAINLY WELL BEGINNING WITH MICHAEL DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING YEAH I HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES MAYBE I CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT YEAH THANK YOU SO HERE'S THE SUMMARY OF THE THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS SOME OF YOU YOU ARE VERY WE REMOVED THERE SO I WON'T GO GOES IN TOO MUCH DETAIL BUT I DO WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF NUMBERS FOR YOU ONE IS THAT LAST 2020 WE SPEND A LITTLE BIT OVER 10,000,000 WHICH IS HIGHER THAN WHAT WE SPEND IN 2019 IT'S 8.7 MILLION IN 2019 SO IT'S ABOUT 1-4-1 5,000,000 HIGHER AND SO WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT UNDER BUDGET UNDER THE DEVICE BUDGET I SHOULD SAY SO IF YOU REMEMBER YOU PUT 1 5,000,000 FOR THE TRUISM IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST YEAR AND THEN ALSO THE FOR A RELATED TO THE UK OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM SO FOR THE TWO PUGET IN GENERAL YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECOND PORT THERE ONE THING I CAN NUMBER NO IDEAS A LITTLE BIT SMALL TO SEE BUT 1.9 MILLION ABOUT 1.9 MILLION FAVORABLE TO THE BUDGET SO THAT'S THE BIG THAN THAT THE OTHER ONE IS THE SOFT CAN CAN BE FUN AND AS YOU ALL KNOW WE JUST BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY INPUT SO WE DELAY THAT LAST YEAR OR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO WE BEGINNING YOU APPROVE THAT THE SPENDING THIS YEAR SO THE MONEY WE'RE GETTING OUR THIS YEAR BUT THAT'S THE TWO MAJOR CURATOR BUDGET VARIANCE THAT COST THE 6,000,000 UNDER BUDGET SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO HERE'S JUST A QUICK RECAP OF THE CAPITAL SPENDING THAT ORGAN AND KELLY MENTIONED MOST PART FOR THE PORT DIVISION AND THEN POSSIBLY BE IN THE CORPORATE CENTRAL SURFACES SO AGAIN IT'S A LITTLE BIT OVER THE DEVICE BUDGET SO IT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS THAT WE CAN SERVICE ON CAPITAL G MASS YES NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE FOR THE THE 2021 CAPITAL BUDGET I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY INTERESTED AND HAVE BEEN AWESOME THE INFORMATION IN GENERAL SO THE NUMBER ON THE MIDDLE COLUMN THE JOB PLAN TO FINANCE THOSE ARE 2021 PUGET NUMBER THAT YOU REVIEW LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER NOVEMBER AND THEN THE COLUMN OR THE NUMBER OF THE WHITE COLUMN THERE IS THE UPDATED NUMBER BASED ON THE QUEUE FOR YEAR AND CASH FLOW UPDATE AND THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT WE USE FOR PROOF BUDGET FOR 2021 SO OVERALL WE REDUCE THE CAPITAL PROJECT AND ALSO REDUCE THE CASH FLOW ADJUSTMENT SO THE NECK OF THAT IS OVER A LITTLE BIT INCREASE WE THINK PROBABLY CAN NECESSARILY SOME PROJECTS ALL WE EXPECT 532 7,000,000 CAPITAL SPENDING FOR 2021 SO I THINK THAT'S WHY I BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE
LET'S GO THROUGH THAT ROLL CALL NOW
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
YOU KNOW MICHAEL I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW
WELL IT'S I GUESS JUST ONE ON THIS FINAL SLIDE SINCE I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME WHAT THE VARIANCES FOR CENTRAL SERVICES BETWEEN THE INCREASE? IF YOU DON'T KNOW THAT'S FINE
I KNOW THAT I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE DETAIL BUT MOST OF THEM ARE KEPT OUT THE ICT PUGET AND SOME OF THEM ARE DIFFERENT BY THE AIRPORT THE INFORMATION SYSTEM THINGS LIKE THAT BUT I CAN VOID THE DETAIL TO YOU AT YEAH
THAT'S FINE I WAS JUST CURIOUS
IT'S ONLY ONE WITH THE REAL DELTA SO THANK YOU
THANKS COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NO QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW
THANK YOU MICHAEL
COMMISSIONER CHO
COMMISSIONER CHO FOR QUESTIONS
SORRY I WAS ON MUTE
I DON'T KNOW WHY
MICHAEL COULD YOU JUST EXPLAIN TO ME REAL QUICK HOW WE ENDED UP SAVING MONEY OR RECOUPING MONEY ON THE PENSION PLANS AND HOW THAT WORKS ?YEAH SO THAT'S THE PERSON ADJUSTMENT THEN MENTIONED THE AREA AT THE BEGINNING SO WE BASED ON THE CONTRIBUTION WAY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OR WHERE WE DO THE BUDGET AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR THEY ACTUALLY FROM THE STATE THEY WILL DO ALL OF THOSE CALCULATIONS BASED ON THE INVESTMENT RETURN AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE RETIRE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND UPDATE THE NUMBER SO WE GET OUR PORTION AS PART ALL STATE PENSION THEY RESIGN BASED ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE TOTAL ORDER PUBLIC AGENCY AND THAT'S THERE SO BASICALLY IN GENERAL IS BETTER THAN WHAT WE EACH YEAR I ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A WASTE TO CONTRIBUTION BAY AND SOMETIMES THEY UPDATED IN JULY AND BASED ON THAT WAY AND SOME ESTIMATE BASED ON THE CURRENT ONE THAT WE KNOW AND SO THE CS THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE GOT AT THE END OF THE YEAR AS A TRUE UP ON THIS DAY SO BASICALLY WE OVER CONTRIBUTED AND WE'RE GETTING A REFUND YEAH WELL IN SOME WAY YEARS IT MAY BE PART OF IT BUT ALSO REMEMBER THERE'S A LOT OF VARIABLES IN TERMS OF ACTUALLY ESTIMATE CALCULATION AND PART THAT'S REALLY THE RETURN FOR EXAMPLE THE INVESTMENT RETURN OF ALL THE PORTFOLIO THAT THE STATE PENSION UNDER THE STATE PENSION MADE MANAGEMENT SO IF THE RETURN IS BETTER IT'S NOT JUST FOR 2020 I SHOULD SAY SECURITIES FOR THEY EVEN IT OUT OF FIVE YEAR THING BASED ON A FIVE AVERAGE RETURN AND TO ADJUST THAT TOO SO IF THERE WILL BE TURNED IN THE PORT FEW YEARS AS YOU KNOW THE OVERALL MARKET HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD IN TERMS OF THE PORTFOLIO WHETHER IN THE PORT AND SOME OTHER PROPERTY USDA OR OTHER INVESTMENT THE STATE PENSION INVEST SO THIS REALLY HAPPENS WELL
HOW OFTEN IS THAT REASSESSMENT OR ADJUSTMENT MADE? EVERY YEAR
EVERY YEAR OKA.Y BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN CONSISTENTLY COUNT ON
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE MARKET HOW THE PENSION FUND PERFORMS IN THE MARKET RIGHT
IF I COULD JUST JUMP IN TO CLARIFY
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT IT REALLY SHOULDN'T THINK OF IT AS A REFUND
AS I TALKED AT THE OUTSET THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW WE BUDGET FOR THE PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS COMPARED TO THE ACCOUNTING NUMBER THE STATE GIVES US AT THE END OF THE YEAR
WE BUDGET THE ACTUAL CASH
WE MAKE CASH CONTRIBUTIONS TO DRS FOR THE VARIOUS PLANS PER LEFT
THAT'S CASH OUT THE DOOR BASED ON THE CONTRIBUTION RATES THAT THEY SET ADJUSTED EVERY FEW YEARS AND THAT'S WHAT WE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT'S THE BEST THAT WE KNOW
BUT AS MICHAEL WAS EXPLAINING THE DRS THEN ACTUALLY HAS TO HIRE ACTUARIES THAT DO VERY COMPLEX CALCULATIONS ON THE FUNDED STATUS OF THESE PLANS
THEY'RE LOOKING AT LONG TERM LIABILITIES
THEY'RE LOOKING AT LONG TERM PLAN ASSETS
THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT CHANGES FROM YEAR TO YEAR
SO BASED ON THAT THEY COME UP WITH AN ACCOUNTING CALCULATION THAT WE HAVE TO THEN BOOK AS EXPENSE BUT IT IS NOT A CASH NUMBER
IT IS JUST AN ACCOUNTING NUMBER THAT THEY SAY IS WHAT WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE AS AN EXPENSE THIS YEAR IS THIS CURRENT YEAR
SO IT'S NOT A REFUND
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY MONEY ANY CASH BACK
IT'S JUST THAT WHAT WE RECOGNIZE AS AN EXPENSE FROM ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE PAID OUT IN CASH
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE FORECAST IN OUR BUDGET AND THEN WHAT WE END UP PAYING OUT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT
WELL WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING MONEY BACK WE'RE JUST PAYING LESS INTO IT THEN? WE PAY THE AMOUNT THAT WE BUDGET PRETTY MUCH
WE PAY BECAUSE THAT'S JUST BASED ON THE CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE WE HAVE
BUT THE NUMBER WE RECOGNIZE AS EXPENSE IS SOMETHING THE ACCOUNTANTS DO AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE DEPRECIATION
THAT'S A NON CASH KIND OF EXPENSE SO THE CASH IS JUST WHAT WE CONTRIBUTE AND THAT'S PRETTY PRETTY FIXED DURING THE YEAR BUT THE ACCOUNTING NUMBER CAN FLUCTUATE
WE NEVER KNOW ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE A CREDIT
IT COULD BE THE OPPOSITE
IT COULD BE WAY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY BUDGETED
THERE'S REALLY NO GOOD WAY TO PREDICT IT
OKAY SO THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION IS THERE ARE SCENARIOS WHERE WE CAN BE UNDER FUNDING IT AS WELL BASED ON WHATEVER CONDITIONS ARE IN THE- YEAH WE COULD RECOGNIZE MORE OR LESS THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY PAY OUT
OKAY ALRIGHT THANK YOU
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO
BEFORE I MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK, I SEE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK WITH HIS HAND UP
DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ANSWER? THANKS MICHELLE
I DID WANT TO ADD ONE THING TO THE CAPITAL SLIDE HERE AND POINT THIS OUT AND I THINK COMMISSIONER BOWMAN ALREADY PIVOTED ON IT WHICH IS THERE'S NUMBERS FOR CAPITAL
IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE COME TO YOU THERE'S BEEN A DIFFERENCE WHAT WE BUDGETED AND THEN WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO EXECUTE IN 2021 AS WE BUILT THE BUDGET BUT THE NUMBERS ARE VERY CLOSE
I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK OF ALL THE STAFF ON THIS ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE VERY CLOSE
EVEN THOUGH THERE IS SOME VARIANTS HERE ON THIS THIS IS STILL SAYING THAT IN THE PAST WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO BE MOVING ON THIS KIND OF AN ADVANCING TRAJECTORY ON SPENDING BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXECUTE
THIS TIME IT'S GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT WE'RE PLANNING WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO EXECUTE
SO THAT'S A GREAT DEVELOPMENT AND CREDIT TO OUR STAFF FOR DOING THAT MOVING FORWARD AND ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME WE'RE BUILDING CAPITAL MEANS SO MUCH TO US AS AN ORGANIZATION IN THE COMMUNITY
SO I'LL STOP THERE
THANK YOU
THANK YOU SIR
MOVING TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
I AM JUST TRYING TO PROCESS ALL THIS
A LOT OF INFORMATION VERY WELL PRESENTED VERY CLEAR AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT AND I'M THINKING ABOUT THE YEAR IN TOTAL AND SORT OF STEPPING BACK AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT KIND OF YEAR WAS IT IN FACT AND HOW DID WE MANAGE TO GET THROUGH IT WITH LESS PAIN AND SUFFERING THAN WE COULD HAVE
AND I'M THINKING THIS WAS A KIND OF ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, CRISIS MANAGEMENT/ THERE WERE CHOICES MADE AND THERE WERE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS PLACED AND BUDGET CUTS AND THINGS
NO FURLOUGHS
NO ONE WAS LAID OFF
I THINK IS A SILVER LINING IN THIS AND ALSO I'M THINKING WHERE WOULD WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE CARS ACT SUPPORT AND MAYBE IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS THE PENSION CREDIT THAT HELPED A BIT
BUT THERE WAS MORE THAN THAT I THINK THAT TOOK PLACE LAST YEAR IF WE CAN SUMMARIZE
MY QUESTION TO EACH OF YOU STEVEN, MICHAEL, DAN
HOW WOULD YOU SUMMARIZE THE YEAR IN TOTAL? COMMISSIONER I THINK I'D LET DAN ANSWER THAT
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BUT I THOUGHT SOME OF THE KEY ISSUES WITH THAT
DAN
DO YOU WANT TO SUMMARIZE THAT AND
YEAH SURE AND I THINK COMMISSIONER YOU CALLED OUT SOME OF THE BIG ONES
OBVIOUSLY THE CARES ACT WAS REALLY HELPFUL FOR THE AIRPORT IN DURING THE YEAR
AND REALLY ALSO WITH THE COMMISSIONS LEADERSHIP AND EXECUTIVE, THE PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT
I MEAN WE TOOK EARLY AND PROACTIVE ACTIONS TO REDUCE EXPENSES
DEFERRED CAPITAL TO DO EVERYTHING WE COULD TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE CASH BURN
AS YOU MAY RECALL TOO WE WERE FORTUNATE IN THAT WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH VERY VERY HEALTHY CASH RESERVES
THE ADF WAS ABOUT ITS MINIMUM BALANCE AND THEN THE GENERAL FUND THAT FUNDS THE MARITIME AND OTHER BUSINESSES WAS ACTUALLY WELL ABOVE THE MINIMUM BALANCE
SO THAT GAVE US A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO BURN CASH IF YOU WOULD DURING THE YEAR
SO I THINK IT WAS A COMBINATION OF THOSE THINGS
OBVIOUSLY THE PENSION CREDIT HELPED US
AND THEN MANAGING THROUGH THE YEAR
WE MANAGED WELL AGAINST THE REVISED BUDGET
I THINK PEOPLE REALLY TOOK THIS TO HEART
STAFF ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION DID THEIR BEST TO WATCH EXPENSES, MANAGE THEM CLOSELY AND I THINK THOSE ALL REALLY PAID OFF TO HELP US GET THROUGH THE YEAR
AND I THINK THAT ACTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMISSIONER JUST TO BUILD ON WHAT DAN SAID- THAT ACTIVE MANAGEMENT EVEN LIKE OUR VACANCIES- THAT'S A LARGE EXPENSE FOR US
AND WE HELD OFF ON SOME OF THE HIRINGS AND FILLING OF NEW POSITIONS
WE FROZE THOSE AND CARRIED SOME OF THOSE INTO THE 21 BUDGET
SO A LOT OF- AS YOU SAID A LOT OF ACTIVE MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD BUT THEN WE CONTINUED TO MOVE ON THOSE AREAS WHERE WE NEEDED TO MOVE ON IN ORDER TO ADVANCE OUR WORK AND THE THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AS WELL
SO IF I COULD DIRECT COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK AND ALL OF OUR ATTENTION TO THE VERY SUCCINCT SUMMARY OF THIS VERY ROBUST PRESENTATION IN THE BRIEFING MEMO
OKAY
THIS ONE PAGER WHICH BASICALLY ROLLS UP EVERYTHING OTHER THAN I DON'T SEE THE I DON'T SEE THE CAPITAL SUMMARY AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THIS IS LIKE A PHENOMENAL DISTILLATION OF ALL THAT INFORMATION AND MAYBE THE INCLUSION OF YOU KNOW CAPITAL WOULD MAKE IT AT LEAST FOR THE BIG BUCKETS MORE COMPLETE
BUT THE PUNCH LINE AT THE END NET OPERATING INCOME BEFORE DEPRECIATION WAS 98.9 MILLION WHICH IS 102.8 MILLION BELOW REVISED BUDGET AND 222,000,000 LESS THAN 2019 WHICH IS BASICALLY A 51% REDUCTION OF REVISED BUDGET AND A 69% REDUCTION FROM THE ORIGINAL BUDGET
SO THOSE ARE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS BUT DON'T WE HAVE THE SAME THING FOR THE CAPITAL RIGHT? THAT THESE ARE OPERATING EXPENSES IN REVENUE
ALL RIGHT
THEN UNLESS THERE'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS
COMMISSIONER IF I CAN MAKE ONE FINAL COMMENT HERE BECAUSE STEVE MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET THIS IS REALLY- WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR HELPED PUT US ON A SOLID FOOTING FOR THIS YEAR
I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT WE'RE TWO MONTHS INTO THE YEAR THIS YEAR 2021
IT'S STILL EARLY BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TRACKING AGAINST THE BUDGET OUR PERFORMANCE FOR THE FIRST 2 MONTHS WE'RE TRACKING PRETTY WELL AGAINST BUDGET BOTH ON REVENUES AND EXPENSES
SO WE'RE AGAIN KEEPING OUR EYE ON THAT
WE WILL HAVE A FULL REPORT AFTER THE FIRST QUARTER IS COMPLETED
WE'LL GET THAT TO YOU IN MAY AND THAT WILL ALSO INCLUDE A FULLY MORE DETAILED FORECAST FOR WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO WIND UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR
SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE APPEAR SO FAR TO BE TRACKING AGAINST BUDGET
IT IS EARLY AND WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU IN A FEW MONTHS WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO WIND UP THIS YEAR
AND COMMISSIONER IF I CAN JUST TO DAN'S THING BUT THIS ALSO LAYS THE GROUNDWORK FOR OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS FOR 2022 WHICH INCLUDE GETTING ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSIONERS BUT I THINK AS WE DO THAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE 2022 BUDGET BUILD
I'LL BE DEVELOPING MY BUDGET GUIDANCE GOING FORWARD BUT WE'LL HAVE TO EVALUATE INCLUDING THINGS WHICH ARE NOT IN OUR 21 BUDGET WHICH INCLUDE COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES, TRAINING, HIRING, AND TRAVEL AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO SEE WHERE THOSE PROJECTIONS ARE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE GROWTH GOING INTO THE 2022 BUDGET
THANK YOU
AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS
WELL DAN, MICHAEL, AND BORGAN AND KELLY THAT WAS A PHENOMENAL ROUNDUP OF THIS YEAR AND PASSED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING FORWARD I BELIEVE EXECUTIVE METRUCK DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CONCLUDING COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE TO THIS DISCUSSION NOW THANK YOU FOR I KNOW WE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL TIME TO GO THROUGH BUT I THINK THERE'S A STORY TO BE TOLD IN THE WORK ON WHERE WE ENDED UP IN 2020 SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME COMMISSIONERS AND MR PRESIDENT FOR ALLOWING US PRESENT THAT IT'S VERY VALUABLE THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS THEY DESERVE A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE YES I WAS TRYING TO BE AS MAGNANIMOUS AS I COULD AT 4 30 SO HERE WE GO COMMISSIONERS THAT CONCLUDES OUR SCHEDULED BUSINESS ITEMS TODAY IF THERE ARE ANY EMOTIONS TO COMMITTEE FOR REFERRALS OR ANY CLOSING COMMENTS CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE OR CLOSING COMMENTS BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN I THINK I'M DONE FOR THE DAY BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER CALKINS NONE FOR ME EITHER THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TO NONE FOR ME EITHER THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
ALL GOOD THANK YOU
AND COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
I WOULD LIKE TO END ON ONE OTHER HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY IN A NOTE THAT IT WAS JUST DETERMINED THAT THE CALF OF J 58 IS FEMALE
J58 CALF IS A FEMALE WHICH BRINGS OUR POPULATION TO 75 AND THERE'S HOPE FOR THE FUTURE
IT'S NOT JUST ANOTHER MOUTH TO FEED THESE MEN ARE REALLY NOT AS USEFUL SO HERE'S TO THE WOMEN OF THE WORLD THAT WANT TO DO THESE THINGS, ARE NOT ALL OBLIGATED TO BUT WE'RE GLAD THAT THIS ONE WHALE HAS DONE SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 4:21
THANK YOU
THANK

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