The Regular meeting scheduled for 2021-04-13 at Remote

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The Regular meeting scheduled for 2021-04-13 at Remote

HELLO THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT FRED FELLEMAN CONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 13 TH 2021
THE TIME NOW IS 10 30
WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA TEAMS TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S SAFE START STAY HEALTHY ORDER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCLAMATION 20-28 PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN, CALKINS, CHO AND STEINBRUECK, WHO ARE CURRENTLY GATHERED AT THE EXECUTIVE SESSION LINE AWAITING THE OPENING OF THE PUBLIC MEETING
WE WILL IMMEDIATELY RECESS TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS TWO ITEMS 1 REGARDING LITIGATION OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION OR LEGAL RISK PER RCW 42.30.110 1 SUB I, AND THE SECOND IS A PERSONAL MATTER PERSONNEL MATTER
PER RCW 42.30.110 1 SUB G, AND ALSO RELATED TO LITIGATION OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION
EACH SESSION WILL BE 25 MINUTES RESPECTIVELY
WE WILL THEN RECONVENE INTO PUBLIC SESSION AND WILL NOW GO OVER THE EXECUTIVE SESSION WE'LL GO OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION NOW
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WILL SEE YOU ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION LINE
THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT FRED FELLEMAN RECONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 13 2021
THE TIME NOW IS 12:03
WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA TEAM TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S SAFE START STAY HEALTHY ORDER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCLAMATION 20-28
PRESENT WITH ME TODAY OUR COMMISSIONERS CALKINS, CHO,AND STEINBRUECK
I EXPECT COMMISSIONER BOWMAN TO JOIN US MOMENTARILY
I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO DO A ROLL CALL OF ALL COMMISSIONERS TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS ON THE LINE
CLERK HART? THANK YOU, I WILL COME BACK TO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
HERE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
YES HERE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AND THEN COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, WHEN SHE DOES JOIN WE'LL BE SURE TO NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD
THANK YOU TODAY'S MEETING IS STRUCTURED FOR OUR VIRTUAL FORMAT
WE HAVE 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 TODAY WILL 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'S CALL WILL MAKE SURE THEY ARE UNMUTED AND THEN ANSWER YAY OR NAY
BECAUSE COMMISSIONERS ARE ONLINE AND 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 ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS AND WATERS OF THE CO 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 OR JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
AND THERE'S THE FLAG
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 SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN WITH A BRIEF STATEMENT
AS WE ENTER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2021 CLEARLY THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF COVID 19 EPIDEMIC AND THE EPIDEMIC OF SOCIAL UNREST ARE NOT BEHIND US
WHILE THERE'S STILL MUCH FOR THE PORT TO DO TO EXERCISE ITS INFLUENCE TO FOSTER AN ECONOMIC AND EQUITABLE RECOVERY, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK MY COMMISSION COLLEAGUES FOR DOING THEIR PART TO SET POLICIES DESIGNED TO TAKE US FROM REACTION TO THE PANDEMIC TO RECOVERY
AND FOR REACHING OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENTS TO HELP OUR REGION REBOUND BEYOND WHERE WE WERE IN 2019
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ESPECIALLY THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF EXECUTIVE METRUCK AND AVIATION DIRECTOR LITTLE, ALONG WITH A DEDICATED PORT STAFF FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN OUR DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING AND FOR HELPING OUR TENANTS WEATHER THIS STORM AS WE SET OF COURSE FOR THE FUTURE
I'M DELIGHTED AT TODAY'S MEETING WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MOST RECENT EFFORTS TO THAT END
I'M ALSO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT DUE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF SENATOR KAISER AND REPRESENTATIVE GREGERSON, SENATE BILL 53 85 HAS PASSED AND IS AWAITING THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE
AS A RESULT THE COMMISSION WILL INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION ON APRIL 27 TO EXERCISE THE AUTHORITY THE LEGISLATURE GRANTED THE PORT TO REQUIRE EMPLOYEES OR EMPLOYERS IS A FLIGHT KITCHEN WORKERS TO PAY PROPOSITION ONE MINIMUM WAGE
FINAL ACTION IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL THE BILL'S EFFECTIVE DATE OF JULY 27 TH
FINALLY I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE BEGINNING THE ISLAMIC HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN
AND THAT ON APRIL 16 TH MUSLIMS ACROSS THE WORLD WILL DEDICATE THEIR FRIDAY SERMON TO RAISE ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN CELEBRATION OF EARTH DAY
TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO CONNECT WITH NATURE DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES
TODAY'S BRIEFING ON THE ACE GREEN CITIES PROGRAM IS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO ALSO BEGIN UP THE EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS
WITH OUR STATE'S MOST DIVERSE CITIES OF SEATAC BURIEN AND DES MOINES, AND THEY IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR FOREST RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT
THESE EFFORTS CAN NOT ONLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO HELP US ADDRESS THE OTHER GLOBAL PANDEMIC OF CLIMATE CHANGE
THE FIRST ITEM OF TODAY'S BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
COMMISSIONERS PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF
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 TO THE CLERK'S CALL YOUR NAME
IF YOU HAVE NO CHANGES JUST SAY NONE
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NO CHANGES
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
NONE FOR ME THANK YOU
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
NO CHANGES
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, ARE YOU ON THE CALL? AND THEN COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
NO CHANGES
THANK YOU
THAT IS A FOUR ZERO APPROVAL
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONERS THE QUESTION IS NOW ON THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
SORRY
PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
THANK YOU BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK
YES
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AND COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
YES
THANK YOU
YOU NOW HAVE FOUR YESSES AND ZERO NOS
SO THE AGENDA IS APPROVED
A VERY SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY SO WE'LL MOVE DIRECTLY TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT
EXECUTIVE METRUCK PLEASE
THANK YOU
PRESIDENT FELLEMAN
COMMISSIONERS, GOOD AFTERNOON
AS WE BEGIN TODAY'S MEETING THE PANDEMIC IS STILL WITH US IN, FACT WASHINGTON STATE AND KING COUNTY ARE EXPERIENCING A FOURTH WAVE OF POSITIVE COVID 19 CASES
THE MORE INFECTIOUS VARIANTS RECENTLY SEEN IN THE UK AND CALIFORNIA ARE NOW FREELY CIRCULATING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
THIS IS SOBERING NEWS OF THE FOURTH WAVE IN CIRCULATING VARIANCE
THE RACE TO VACCINATE WASHINGTON RESIDENTS IS IMPORTANT
TO DATE, 3,700,000 VACCINES HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED IN WASHINGTON, WITH AN AVERAGE DELIVERY OVER 59,000 VACCINES A DAY
IN KING COUNTY 45% OF RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED THE FIRST DOSE, AND 30% OF RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED
THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS DOING ITS PART IN PROVIDING THE IMPORTANT VACCINES TO OUR WORKFORCE AND CREDENTIALED STAKEHOLDERS
THE SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VACCINE CLINIC AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALBERTSONS ON SAFEWAY IS NOW DELIVERED OVER 4,000 VACCINES IN FOUR WEEKS
WE'RE HOPING THAT THROUGH OUR EFFORTS, THE EFFORTS OF OTHERS AT THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS, THAT WE CAN HELP TOGETHER WE CAN HELP BRING THIS PANDEMIC TO AN EARLY END TO GET BACK TO THE THINGS WE HOLD DEAR, INCLUDING TRAVELING AND SPENDING TIME WITH OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY
REGARDING OUR VACCINE CLINIC AT SEATTLE-TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION IN THE FOOD DRUG FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION HAS RECOMMENDED A PAUSE IN THE USE OF THE COVID 19 VACCINE MADE BY JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THIS ON THE NEWS
THE CDC AND FDA HAVE CALLED FOR AN INVESTIGATION AND REVIEW OF THE VACCINE
THERE HAVE BEEN SIX CASES OUT OF NEARLY 7,000,000 DOSES OF INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING UNUSUAL CLOTS THAT OCCURRED SIX TO 13 DAYS AFTER VACCINATION
THIS PAUSE IN THE USE OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON DOES IMPACT VACCINE CLINIC AT SEA INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE APPOINTMENTS TO RECEIVE THEIR VACCINE THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK WILL BE ALERTED AND HAVE THEIR APPOINTMENTS CANCELED BY SAFEWAY
INDIVIDUALS CAN THEN RESCHEDULE FOR THE MODERNA TWO DOSE VACCINE
SAFEWAY AND THE VACCINE CLINIC AT SEA WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND ADJUST THE SCHEDULE AS WARRANTED
LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET
LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE STATE ARE THAT SEVERAL COUNTIES, INCLUDING PIERCE COUNTY, ARE RETURNING TO PHASE TWO
HOWEVER KING COUNTY WILL REMAIN IN PHASE THREE, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS FOR US HERE AT THE PORT
WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT IN OUR EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE PANDEMIC
AS WE ENTER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2021 OUR FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE ECONOMIC RECOVERY
SOME OF YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY LISTENING SESSIONS, WHICH BEGAN LAST WEEK
I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING YOU IN SOME OF THE UPCOMING SESSIONS
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE FEEDBACK FROM THESE SESSIONS AND FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS
I'M ENCOURAGED BY THE VARIOUS FEDERAL AND STATE RELIEF EFFORTS AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO STIMULATING THE RECOVERY
ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF TRAVELERS HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF LAST YEAR, TO DATE FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL WE ARE APPROXIMATELY 65% OF 2019 LEVELS, AND OUR FORECAST TO HAVE TSA SCREEN VOLUMES AT 2,500,000 PASSENGERS, OR 62% OF THE 4,000,000 PASSENGERS IN APRIL 2019
THIS IS HAVING A DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESSES
WE WELCOME THE AID PROVIDED TO US, AND CONTINUE TO WAIT ADDITIONAL FEDERAL GUIDANCE ON DISBURSEMENTS AND ALLOCATIONS
IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN BE PROUD OF OUR OWN EFFORTS HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO PROVIDE RELIEF
IN TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING SHORTLY YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF OUR EQUITABLE RECOVERY STRATEGY
I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM HERE
YOU'RE WELL AWARE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF OUR MANY ON OUR MANY AIRPORT TENANTS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS CAUSED BY THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC
I'M ENCOURAGED THAT AIRPORT TRAVEL IS INCREASING, AND YOU HAVE SEEN EVIDENCE OF THAT THROUGH LONGER LINES AT CHECKPOINTS
BUT BUSINESS ACTIVITIES STILL FAR BELOW PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS, AND DESPITE THAT THE PORT DO WHAT WE CAN TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS TO HELP THEM SURVIVE THIS DOWNTURN
SO THAT THEY CAN BE READY TO SERVE TRAVELERS WHEN ACTIVITY REBOUNDS
ACCORDINGLY, YOU HAVE ACTIONS TODAY ADDRESSING THE ISSUES OF THE ONDEMAND TAXI AND FLAT RATE OPERATORS SERVING THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS MANY OF OUR AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL, OR ADR, RENTAL CAR, CONCESSIONAIRES, AND ON-AIRPORT PARKING
FOR THE ON DEMAND TAXI AND FLAT RATE OPERATORS, I HAVE AUTHORIZED AN ADDITIONAL 15 MONTH EXTENSION FOR REPAYMENT OF PER TRIP FEES TO SEPTEMBER 2022
THESE FEES ARE RELATED ON TRIPS THAT OCCURRED IN 2020 BUT WE'RE DEFERRED BY THE PORT TO THIS MONTH
ON THE COMMISSION'S AGENDA, IS A REQUEST TO EXTEND THE PILOT PROGRAM FOR ON DEMAND SERVICES BY A YEAR THROUGH SEPTEMBER 2022
GIVEN THE IMPACT ON THE BUSINESS DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WE THINK EXTENDING THE PROGRAM BY YEARS APPROPRIATE, WILL HELP PROVIDE THE OWNERS OPERATIONAL STABILITY IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES
FINALLY THERE'S A THIRD MEASURE OF SUPPORT WE HAVE SENT A REQUEST TO THE LEADERS AT THE AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE IN THE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT REGARDING POSSIBLE STATE PROGRAM OPTIONS THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE TO GROUND TRANSPORTATION OPERATORS AT SEA
THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN JUST TAXES
AS WE HAVE SEVERAL GROUPS OF OPERATORS AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION WHO HAVE BEEN VERY AFFECTED, BUT HAVE STRUGGLED TO QUALIFY OR RECEIVE RELIEF UNDER THE FEDERAL PROGRAMS WITH NEW PROGRAMS AND NEW FUNDING BEING DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE RECENTLY PASSED FEDERAL PACKAGE TO STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WE WANTED TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS AT THE AIRPORT
YOU'LL ALSO BE ASKED TO EXTEND RELIEF MEASURES FOR ADR TENANTS, RENTAL CAR CONCESSIONAIRES, ON AIRPORT PARKING
YOU AUTHORIZED RELIEF SEVERAL TIMES LAST YEAR BUT WHEN WE CRAFTED THE INITIAL ACTION AROUND AN EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE CLAUSE, WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE THE DISRUPTION TO LAST AS LONG AS IT HAS
THIS AUTHORIZATION FOR YOU TODAY WILL OFFER LEASE AMENDMENTS TO REFLECT THE THE EXTENDED DISRUPTION PERIOD, ADJUST MINIMAL ANNUAL GUARANTEES, AND PROVIDE CREDITS TO ELIGIBLE ADR RENTAL CAR CONCESSIONAIRES, AND ON-AIRPORT PARKING
AS PART OF ITS AIRPORT CORONA VIRUS RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
THIS ACTION HAS BEEN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PORT IN THE SUPPORTED BY OUR STAKEHOLDERS
LASTLY YOU ALSO RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON OUR DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING PROGRAM
IT'S ONE OF THE REGION'S LARGEST PUBLIC BUILDERS AND ECONOMIC ENGINES
PORT CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDE A MAJOR SOURCE OF BUSINESS REVENUE FOR LOCAL FIRMS AS WE'VE HEARD IN PREVIOUS ECONOMIC STUDY SESSIONS, CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR DIVERSE BUSINESSES IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE CAN DO TO STRENGTHEN THE REGIONAL ECONOMY
THIS REPORT PROVIDES A TRANSPARENT AND TIMELY ASSESSMENT OF EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF INCREASING EQUITY IMPORT CONTRACTING INCREASING UTILIZATION OF WOMEN AND MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AND WORKING TO ELIMINATE SPECIFIC DISPARITIES FOR CERTAIN ETHNIC GROUPS AND WOMEN
BEFORE I CONCLUDE MY REMARKS, ONE EFFORT WE HAVE UNDERTAKE IN THAT SUPPORTS THIS WORK IS OUR PORT-GEN ACCELERATOR
I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE LAUNCHED A SECOND BUSINESS ACCELERATOR PROGRAM TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES
OUR NEW NEW PORT-GEN ACCELERATOR WILL WORK TO SUPPORT GROWING WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED COMPANIES WHO WANT TO PARTNER WITH US TO SUPPORT OUR OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS
THIS NEW INITIATIVE COMPLEMENT OUR OTHER OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORTS THAT OUR DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING DEPARTMENT OFFERS
YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT SOME OF THESE EFFORTS LATER IN OUR MEETING WHEN WE AND RICE BRIEF YOU ON OUR ANNUAL DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING RESULTS WHICH I JUST DISCUSSED
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ERIC FITCH FOR A QUICK UPDATE ON THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND DEVELOPMENTS THERE
BEFORE HE START, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION AND THANKS TO ERIC FOR HIS HARD TIRELESS WORK IN OLYMPIA THROUGHOUT THE SESSION
ESPECIALLY IN HIS EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD, AS WELL AS THE CAP AND TRADE LEGISLATION
THESE WERE BOTH TOP PORT PRIORITIES AND I'M PROUD OF THE EFFORTS OF THE COMMISSION AND ERIC IN BRINGING THESE IMPORTANT BILLS FORWARD
COMMISSIONERS THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS
THANKS FOR THAT INTRODUCTION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, AND THANKS TO COMMISSIONERS AGAIN I'M ERIC FITCH I'M THE MANAGER ,OF STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS FOR THE PORT, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE YOU JUST A BRIEF UPDATE AS WE LOOK AHEAD OF THE FINAL TWO WEEKS OF THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
SUNDAY APRIL 11 TH, JUST TWO DAYS AGO, WAS THE OPPOSITE CHAMBER CUT OFF WHICH IS THE FINAL MAJOR DEADLINE BEFORE THE END OF SESSION
IT'S THE DAY BY WHICH BILLS INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE FOR EXAMPLE HAVE TO PASS THE SENATE AND VICE VERSA IN ORDER TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD
THAT LAST DAY SAW RELATIVELY LITTLE DRAMA, COMPARED WITH PRIOR YEARS, AND ONE BILL THAT WE HAD SUPPORTED, A BILL TO GIVE PORT DISTRICTS RETAIL BROADBAND AUTHORITY THERE BY ALLOWING THEM TO ACCESS FEDERAL FUNDS FOR BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT, WAS ONE OF THE FINAL BILLS CONSIDERED SUNDAY EVENING BY THE SENATE
THAT BILL WAS A PRIORITY FOR THE PORT ASSOCIATION
A BILL THAT WE AGAIN, HAD SUPPORTED
AND A BILL THAT PASSED 27-22 AND WAS SENT TO THE GOVERNOR FOLLOWING CONCURRENCE BY THE HOUSE
LAST WEEK AGAIN, A COUPLE OF OTHER BIG MOMENTS, THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER WE DID SEE SIGNIFICANT ACTION ON A COUPLE OF PORT OF SEATTLE PRIORITIES AND I WANT TO SHARE THOSE BRIEF UPDATES HERE
AS COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN MENTIONED EARLIER
SENATE BILL 53-85 PASSED ON MONDAY APRIL 5TH, AND IS NOW HEADED TO THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS SIGNATURE
THAT BILL CLARIFIES THE PORT THE AUTHORITY OF AN AIRPORT OPERATOR TO SET MINIMUM LABOR STANDARDS FOR SPECIFIC WORKERS
IT'S SOMETHING WE WORKED ON WITH SENATOR KAISER
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HER FOR HER LEADERSHIP TO REPRESENTATIVE GREGERSON, FOR HELPING LEAN ON THE HOUSE SIDE
AND OF COURSE TO OUR LABOR PARTNERS WHO HELPED MAKE SURE THAT THAT BILL MADE IT THROUGH THE PROCESS SMOOTHLY
THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK WAS A HISTORIC DAY IN OLYMPIA AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK MENTIONED
THE LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD REACHED A HISTORIC MILESTONE GOING FURTHER THAN IT HAS SO FAR IN THE PROCESS
IT HAS THE SENATE FLOOR 27-20
IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN HELD UP AT THE SENATE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE IN PRIOR YEARS
IT'S BEEN A PORT PRIORITY SINCE 2018, SO THE COMMISSION AND OTHER LEADERS AT THE PORT INCLUDING, I WANT TO JUST SAY THE LEADERS IN OUR MARITIME AND OUR AVIATION ENVIRONMENTAL DIVISIONS, DESERVE A TON OF CREDIT FOR HELPING US GET US ON RECORD, IN HELPING US BE ONE OF THE MAJOR VOICES TO MAKE AN ARGUMENT AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS POLICY, NOT JUST FOR REDUCING OUR EMISSIONS, BUT ALSO MAINTAINING OUR GLOBAL TRADE COMPETITIVENESS, WHICH IS WHICH ARE TWO OF KEY PRIORITIES FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE
THERE DOES REMAIN MUCH WORK TO BE DONE BEFORE THAT BILL MAKES IT TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, BUT THIS WAS A BIG STEP FORWARD
ONE REMAINING PORT PRIORITY THAT IS AS YET UNRESOLVED IS THE PASSAGE OF A MAJOR TRANSPORTATION REVENUE PACKAGE
THERE IS STILL SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN OLYMPIA IN SEEING THIS PACKAGE PASS
AND BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE RELEASED LEGISLATIVE TEXTS TO THEIR PACKAGES
IN FACT THE SENATE HAD A HEARING ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK, ON SENATOR HOBB'S PROPOSAL
SO ONE PIECE OF GOOD NEWS FOR THE PORT AND FOR OUR PRIORITIES IS THAT BOTH PACKAGES PROPOSED INCLUDING 25,000,000 AND FUNDING FOR THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE REPAIR, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH THE SEAPORT ALLIANCE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, TO ADVANCE ALL SESSIONS
SO THEY'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT IN BOTH
THE BAD NEWS THOUGH, OF COURSE, IS THAT THERE ARE ONLY 12 DAYS REMAINING IN THE SESSION, SO ADVANCING A PACKAGE TO THE GOVERNOR FOR HIS SIGNATURE IS A BIT OF AN UPHILL CLIMB
BEFORE I GO, A BRIEF NOTE ON BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOTH CHAMBERS HAVING PASSED DISTINCT VERSIONS OF THE CAPITAL OPERATING AND CURRENT LAW TRANSPORTATION BUDGETS
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES MUST NOW MEET TO RESOLVE DIFFERENCES
IN THE CAPITAL BUDGET, PORT CLEANUP PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE MODEL TOXICS CONTROL ACT WERE INCLUDED IN BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE BUDGETS
STRONG FUNDING FOR FIVE PORT PROJECTS AND THEY SHOULD REMAIN IN CONFERENCE
BUT IN THE OPERATING BUDGET, AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR KEY PRIORITIES HAS BEEN THE QUIET SOUND PROGRAM
THAT RECEIVED FULL FUNDING TO 250,000 DOLLARS A YEAR OVER THE BIENNIUM IN THE SENATE BUDGET
BUT IT DID NOT RECEIVE FUNDING IN THE HOUSE BUDGET
SO AS THE TWO CHAMBERS WORK OVER THE NEXT 10 DAYS TO NEGOTIATE THE FINAL OPERATING BUDGET LANGUAGE, WE ARE WORKING WITH ADVOCATES AND WITH LEGISLATORS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT FUNDING IS INCLUDED
WITH THAT I WILL TAKE QUESTIONS ,AND I'LL REMIND YOU ALL THAT I AM GOING TO BE BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON THE 25 TH OF MAY TO GIVE A FULL RECAP OF LEGISLATION AND WE CAN GET DEEPER INTO SOME OF THE PRIORITIES I DIDN'T MENTION TODAY AT THAT TIME
BUT I AM HERE FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, AND THANKS FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT THE SESSION
WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND MR FITCH, ERIC
SPECIAL THANKS FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE THIS REAL PROGRESS THIS SESSION, AND I JUST LIKE TO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER BOWMAN HAS JOINED US BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE THE EXECUTIVE SESSION, WHICH I MISSPOKE ABOUT
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME, CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
THANK YOU, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
I GET TO GO FIRST FABULOUS, ERIC I JUST WANT TO ADD MY THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING WORK THIS SESSION AS SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKED IN OLYMPIA FOR OVER 15 YEARS, I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET A SINGLE BILL THROUGH, AND YOU'VE GOTTEN SEVERAL HUGE POLICY ISSUES PUSHED FORWARD
SO YOU'RE JUST DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB
PUSH THAT WITH STEVE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR ANNUAL REVIEW
THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US WELL
THANK YOU FOR FINDING PARTNERS FOR THE PORT
TO DEVELOP THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH JUST REALLY SUPER PLEASED WITH YOUR WORK THING .THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY JUST TO THANK
YOU THANK
YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
THANKS FOR THE REPORT ERIC
I WOULD JUST ASK OR MAKE A COMMENT THAT WE KNOW HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE ALL THERE TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN TO HELP MOVE OUR PRIORITIES ACROSS THE FINISH LINE
IN PARTICULAR I WANT TO SAY WE'RE ALL WAITING WITH BATED BREATH AROUND THE LOW CARBON FUEL STANDARD, OUR HIGHEST LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY, AND I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SO MANY CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING THAT ARE REALLY DETERMINANT WHETHER THIS IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT
AND SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO REMIND THOSE KEY DECISION MAKERS THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS SQUARELY BEHIND THIS
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR US TO MOVE KEY ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES FROM WHERE WE HAVE THEM READY, WAITING IN THE WINGS FOR ROLL OUT, AS SOON AS WE GET THAT NECESSARY, BUT NOT SUFFICIENT STEP.
AND SO OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE CLEANUP WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY, OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING NEW INVESTMENTS IN CLEAN ENERGY TO WASHINGTON STATE ARE SIMPLY WAITING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN
IT IS A NECESSARY STEP
AND SO WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO ADVANCE THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW
I KNOW THAT ALL FIVE OF US ARE WILLING TO GET ON THE PHONE, HARRANG, WHATEVER IT TAKES TO ADVANCE THIS THING
SO THANKS FOR CONTINUING TO WORK ON IT
YEAH THANKS, I WILL JUST NOTE IT'S A BIT OF AN ODD MOMENT BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OF US INCLUDING, I'M THINKING OF YOU DRIVING DOWN FOR A HEARING THAT ENDED UP BEING BEING POSTPONED ,AND YOU SPENT FIVE HOURS WITH YOUR FAMILY IN OLYMPIA DIDN'T GET TO TESTIFY
COMMISSIONER SHELMAN WAITING TWO HOURS IN LINE WITH THE TIMBER UNITY FOLKS TO TESTIFY ONE YEAR, AND NOW HERE WE ARE 10 DAYS BEFORE THE END OF SESSION, AND IT'S BASICALLY SILENT
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE IN THIS VIRTUAL FORMAT, WHERE THE LEGISLATORS HAVE TO RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES, SO TRUST ME WHEN I SAY WE ARE TRYING TO GET IN THERE AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND SEE HOW WE CAN BE HELPFUL AND CONTINUE, LIKE YOU SAID, REMINDING THEM THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE KEY ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES
WE NEED THIS POLICY INCENTIVE TO GET THERE SO WE'RE RELYING ON THEM, SO YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY HEAR FROM ME PROBABLY WITH FIVE MINUTES NOTICE AND A PHONE CALL TO MAKE
BUT YEAH IT'S THE ODD THING ABOUT THIS VIRTUAL PROCESS IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING THIS FOR SO LONG AND NOW AT THIS CRITICAL MOMENT IT'S HARD TO EVEN KNOW WHAT CONVERSATIONS ARE HAPPENING
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND I'LL KEEP TAPPING YOU TO THE EXTENT CAN, AND EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE TIME THAT'S BEEN PUT IN
I'LL UNBLOCK YOUR NUMBER FITCH FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS
MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO
YEAH I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE FLIGHT KITCHENS BILL
I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A CRUCIAL, BUT VERY MUNDANE BILL, PASS SO QUICKLY AND EASILY IN THE LEGISLATURE
AND I GIVE YOU A LOT OF CREDIT FOR THAT
AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE WORKERS WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS BILL ALSO SHOULD BE THANKING YOU QUITE FRANKLY
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SESSIONS THAT I'VE SEEN ,AND WE CONGRATULATE YOU
IT'S NOT OVER YET
BUT
12 MORE DAYS, NO THANK
YOU THANK, YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO
COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK
YES, ERIC WE KNOW YOU'RE WORKING HARD WHEN YOU'RE TEXTING US AT 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT
THINGS ARE WINDING DOWN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS WORK AND EFFORTS
I THINK WE'RE EXTREMELY WELL REPRESENTED BY YOU AND OUR OUR TEAM IN THE LEGISLATURE
AND WE CERTAINLY YOU KNOW SOMETIMES IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS GO ON FOREVER AND EVER BUT, WHEN THEY FINALLY COME TOGETHER IT'S REALLY A GREAT THING TO CELEBRATE AND TO BE THANKFUL FOR
I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE POLICING REFORM LEGISLATION LED BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHNSON, AND THE STATUS OF THAT
I BELIEVE THAT THE CHOKE HOLD BANNED WAS IMPLEMENTED AS WE DID LAST SUMMER AT THE PORT
WHAT OTHER AREAS OF INTERSECTION WITH THE PORT EFFORTS AROUND COMPREHENSIVE POLICING ASSESSMENT AND REFORM DID YOU SEE MOVE FORWARD
SO THANKS FOR THAT, SO THE BILL YOU'RE OFFERING TO HOUSE BILL 10-54 DID PASS THROUGH THE SENATE
I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST FRIDAY OR LAST SATURDAY, WITH SOME CHANGES, BUT THE BAN ON CHOKEHOLDS IS STILL IN THERE, SO IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT OUR PORT POLICY IS
AND AS YOU KNOW THAT'S THE ONE BILL THAT WE DID SEND A LETTER TO THE SPONSOR ON ACKNOWLEDGING AND THANKING HIM FOR MOVING A BILL THAT WAS CONSISTENT WITH OUR WORK
THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF OTHER BIG BILLS ENACTED
INCLUDING A BILL TO CHANGE THE CERTIFICATION AND HIRING AND DECERTIFICATION PROCESSES FOR PEACE OFFICERS IN WASHINGTON WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE JUST LAST WEEK
THAT WAS SENATOR PETERSON'S BILL 50-51 I BELIEVE
BOTH HAVE SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE VERSIONS THAT HAVE TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD
THERE ARE SOME OTHER SUBSTANTIAL POLICING BILLS
I DON'T HAVE A GOOD LIST IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, SO MAYBE WHAT I'LL DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS AN AREA WHERE I SPEND SOME TIME ON MY MAY 20 RUNDOWN, AND SO THAT YOU ALL CAN KEEP TRACK OF WHAT BILLS DID MOVE AND HOW THEY THE COINCIDE WITH OUR WORK ON POLICE REFORM AT THE PORT AS WELL
I CAN GIVE YOU THAT REPORT ON THE 25TH
WELL THAT'S GREAT, AND I'M SURE THAT OUR POLICING TASK FORCE WILL ALSO BE INTERESTED IN HEARING THE OUTCOMES OF SOME OF THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES, SO THANK YOU
ABSOLUTELY
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
WELL I ALREADY SAID SOMETHING NICE ABOUT YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF MY INTRODUCTION AND I THINK WE HAVE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THIS SESSION IS NOT OVER AND THAT YOUR EVALUATION ON YOUR JOB WILL BE STILL TO BE DETERMINED
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR ERIC, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING YOU THROUGH THE FINISH LINE, SO WITH THATM IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONSM ARE THERE COMMITTEE REPORTS? I BELIEVE WE HAVE LEANNE SHARADO TO PRESENT IN AARON PRICHARDS ABSENCE
HI, GOOD AFTERNOON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND COMMISSION
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF AARON PRICHARD
COMMISSIONERS CHO AND CALKINS CONVENED THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON APRIL 5TH AT 2P M TO DISCUSS SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND PROPOSED UPDATE TO THE AREA WHERE THE FUND MIGHT APPLY
THE COMMISSIONERS IS RECOMMENDED THAT NO CHANGES BE MADE AT THIS TIME
COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN AND STEINBRUECK ALSO CONVENED ON APRIL 1ST, EXCUSE ME, FOR THE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE TO GET FEEDBACK ON THE NREL STUDY, THE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL STUDY SESSION AGENDA, AND THE SEA SOLAR PILOT PROJECT UPDATE AND RECEIVED AN MSW UPDATE
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT
THANK YOU
MAY I JUST JUMP IN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THANK YOU LEANNE THAT WAS AWESOME
JUST ALSO THAT WE HAD AN AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING THIS WEEK
AND SO WE COMMISSIONER CHO AND I CONVENED THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEETING
REVIEWED SEVERAL ITEMS GENERALLY GOOD FINDINGS,SO JUST WANTED MY COLLEAGUES TO KNOW THAT THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK AS WELL
I GUESS IT WAS LAST WEEK
I HAD MY MICROPHONE OFF I NEEDED YOU HAVE TIME TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION, AND ADDITION
THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER REPORTS, THE COMMISSION WILL NOW ACCEPT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS RELATED TO THE PORT
WRITTEN COMMENTS PROVIDED TO THE CLERK WILL BE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S MEETING RECORD
THE CLERK HAS 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 ARE ON TEAMS MEETING, AND ARE ALSO STREAMING THE MEETING, PLEASE MUTE THE VIDEO STREAM TO AVOID FEEDBACK
PLEASE NOTE THERE MAY BE A SHORT TIME LAG ON THE VIDEO STREAM
COMMON TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON
CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER AND HAVE THAT BE MAYOR MATTA FOR HIS TIME IS LIMITED
YES WE DO HAVE MAYOR JIMMY MATTA FROM THE CITY OF BURIEN FIRST
HEY I WANT TO TEST A CAN YOU HEAR ME
YES
ALL RIGHT WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH
CHAIR ELECTED OFFICIALS ,RESPECTED APPOINTED OFFICIALS, AND ESTEEMED GUEST
I'M SPEAKING HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF MY CONSTITUENTS, THE PEOPLE THE GREAT CITY OF BURIEN
FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK LATINO SONIDO FOR SEA CHAVEZ DAY AND CELEBRATING THE LOTES WEBTIME
I LOVE THE MISSION OF LATINO SANITOS
EDUCATE, CONNECT PORT OF SEATTLE TO LATINO COMMUNITIES
TO ENABLE THE COMPANY'S VISION OF PARTICIPATING WITH SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BY BECOMING AN IMPORTANT LINK BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND LATINO PROFESSIONALS
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
LOUIS AV, I WAS ABLE TO MEET A LATINO THAT HAS BEEN APPOINTED WITH HORIZON AIR
AND SO THAT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE HIM AS A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY
BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, I WANT TO TAKE THIS REPORT THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING TODAY
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE GOALS HAVE JUST BEEN GROWING EVERY YEAR BY EVERY YEAR
I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE PORT FOR THAT
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING DONE RIGHT NOW WITH MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A WORLD FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CHILDREN
AND SO IF IT WOULDN'T BE BECAUSE OF THE PORT, WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR US TO LOOK AT THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY COLLEGE FUND OF 1,000,000 DOLLARS THAT WAS OUT THERE 2016 FOR BURIEN
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, ALSO THE CITY OF BURIEN WAS ABLE TO IMPLEMENT WITH PARK AND STEWARTS, AND SO THE GREEN BURIEN PARTNERSHIP IN 2021 PROGRAM AND GOALS IS, JUST I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT
AND IN CLOSING, THE MARITIME AVIATION AND MARITIME AND THE AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL, NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, GLAD THAT YOU ALL ARE TAKING THE LEADERSHIP WITH THAT
AS MAYOR MY RESPONSIBILITIES TO ALL PEOPLE OF MY COMMUNITY, AND AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT OUR STATE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY WE IN THIS TOGETHER AND IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPROACH CLIMATE CHANGE, EQUITY AND INCLUSION, AND DIVERSITY
SO WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU
KEEP DOING A GREAT JOB, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH MAYA MATTA, WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNER WITH YOU AND THE GREAT CITY OF BURIAN
SHALL WE HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER
YES, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COUNCIL MEMBER TRACY BUCKSTON
THANK YOU AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY SOUND IS DOING ALL RIGHT HERE
I CAN HEAR YOU
OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU
WELL I'M HERE AS WELL TO OFFER THANKS AND APPRECIATION FOR THIS GREAT FORTERRA PORT PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS ENABLED US TO JOIN THIS GREEN DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP
SO I EVEN HAVE MY BOOKLET HERE, THAT I HAVE READ COVER TO COVER
AND I WANT TO SAY THESE EVENTS HAVE THESE VOLUNTEER EVENTS HAVE BEEN GREAT
I'VE ATTENDED SEVERAL OF THEM GOING TO BE ATTENDING ONE THIS SATURDAY ACTUALLY AND CITY KITTY PARK
AND WHEN I HEARD THAT THEY WERE DEVELOPING THIS PARTNERSHIP AND THIS PLAN, I THOUGHT WHEN I GOT IT, I WAS GOING TO GET A LITTLE 12 PAGE STAPLED TOGETHER THING
THIS IS INCREDIBLE
WHAT THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER FOR US THAT INCLUDES CHARTS AND GRAPHS, A PLAN FOR US TO CREATE SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR URBAN CANOPY PLAN
THEY DID SURVEYS OF OUR GREEN COVER AND THE TYPES OF COVER AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD PLAN FOR IN THE FUTURE
WAYS THAT WE CAN CREATE SUSTAINABLE VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS
ANYWAY THIS HAS BEEN ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE IN SO MANY POSITIVE WAYS
SO I'M DEEPLY IMPRESSED .WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP
AND I WANT TO THANK THE PORT AND FORTERA AND LOOKING FORWARD AS MAYOR MOTTA SAID, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER BUXTON, AND OF COURSE IT'S IN THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE WILL CONTINUE THIS GREAT PARTNERSHIP
SO CLERK HART, THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CAROLYN HOPE
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MY NAME IS CAROLYN HOPE I AM THE PARKS RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF BURIEN
AND TOGETHER WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE ADMINISTER THE GREEN BURIEN PARTNERSHIP AND WITH OUR PARTNER FORTERRA, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT INITIATIVE THAT YOU TOOK TO DEVELOP THE GREEN CITIES PROGRAM IN SOUTH KING COUNTY, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ENDEAVOR TO THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR URBAN FOREST ACROSS OUR CITIES IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER, I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN FORTERRA'S GREEN CITIES PROGRAMS FOR OVER A DECADE, AND I CAN ATTEST TO THE MANY BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING HAVING FORTERRA'S STAFF EXPERTISE AND THEIR TRAINING PROGRAM
AN IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE TO PROTECT AND EXPAND THE COVERAGE OF NATIVE TREES AND PLANTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITIES, WHICH IN TURN IMPROVES THE HABITAT FOR A DWINDLING NUMBER OF NATIVE ANIMALS, BIRDS, FISH, AND INSECTS
LEVERAGING VOLUNTEER HOURS AND PARTNERSHIPS, HELPING OUR CITIES WITH THE MUCH NEEDED WORK THAT OUR STAFF ARE NOT ABLE TO GET TO, AND WE COULD NOT AFFORD TO DO WITH CONTRACT DOLLARS
AND INVIGORATING OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CARE FOR THEIR PARKS NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEIR OWN PROPERTIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS
AND ALSO CREATING NEW COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS AMONG OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH THE VOLUNTEERISM
THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN WITH THE GREEN CITY OF PARTNERSHIP VOLUNTEER EVENTS
TODAY ONE OF MY STAFF GABY GONZALEZ IS GOING TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN BURIEN
IT'S REALLY EXCITING WORK AND I JUST CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR OFFERING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU AND FORTERRA ON THIS GREAT WORK
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU SO MUCH CARLYN
AND REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS AND MANY OTHER PROJECTS IN BURIEN
NEXT UP PLEASE
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE FITZ PATRICK
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MIKE FITZ PATRICK, CITY OF SEATAC PARK PROJECTS AND OPERATIONS MANAGER
I JUST LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO COMMENT AS OTHER STAFF REGARDING THE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIP AND COLLABORATION WITH FORTERRA
IN SEATAC AND SPECIFICALLY WITHIN SEATAC PARKS, WHICH HAS ALL BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PORT OF SEATTLE
SEATAC HAS GAINED TWO VOLUNTEER FOREST STEWARDS THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITHIN NORTH SEATAC PARK IN HOSTING SMALL SOCIALLY DISTANCED WORK PARTIES TO HELP WITH INVASIVE PLANT REMOVAL THAT HAVE COMPROMISED MUCH OF THE HEALTH OF THE FOREST WITHIN THAT PARK
THE HELPFUL FORTERRA WITH PUBLIC OUTREACH AND STEWARDSHIP TRAINING, AND ORGANIZING EVENTS FOR RESIDENTS REALLY IS GIVEN SEATAC RESIDENTS SOMETHING POSITIVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO DURING A PANDEMIC WHERE THEY CAN GET OUT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITY
I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE PARTNERS IN EMPLOYMENT
IT'S A SEATAC BASED ORGANIZATION PROVIDING INTERNSHIPS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE PORT ACE GRANT
TO YOUTH THE AGE OF 16 TO 24 WHO'VE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING AT NORTH SEATAC PARK AND INGLE LAKE TRAIL
AND THESE INTERNS HAVE RECEIVED TRAINING AND WORK EXPERIENCE AND HABITAT RESTORATION AND DONE JUST TREMENDOUS WORK AT BOTH SITES
IN CLOSING, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS I JUST LIKE TO OFFER THANKS TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF SEATAC AND THE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIP THIS PARTNERSHIP IS REALLY FILLED A VOID THAT EXISTED IN URBAN FOREST RESTORATION THAT OUR SEATAC OPERATION STAFF IN PARKS
IT'S TOO MUCH FOR US TO HANDLE, SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP AND JUST THANK YOU
WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH MIKE AND SEATAC DEFINITELY HAS ONE OF THE MOST WORK WE CAN DO TO REGREEN THAT AREA AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM ALL THREE GREEN CITY PARTNERS IT MAKES US FEEL VERY GOOD THANK YOU FOR THE APPRECIATION BOTH WAYS SO NEXT UP PLEASE YES OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RICHARD DE SAM LAZARO HELLO GOOD AFTERNOON THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY I AM RICHARD SAM LAZARO HERE ON BEHALF OF YOUR NEIGHBORS UP THE TRAIL AT EXPEDIA GROUP WE'RE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FORM BETWEEN THE PORT THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND EXPEDIA TO BRING THE FISHING PIER AT PIER 86 BACK TO LIFE AND INTO SERVICE AS A PUBLIC AMENITY THIS PROJECT WILL NOT ONLY REJUVENATE REOPEN THIS CLOSED FACILITY THAT HAS A POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM WATER PARK ACCESS AND TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE REGION AT THE RISK OF PUSHING ERIC PRITCHARD SELF ESTEEM TO DANGEROUS LEVELS I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T EXTEND PARTICULARLY THANKS TO HIM AND THE STAFF AND LEADERSHIP AT THE PORT WHO WORK CLOSELY WITH EXPEDIA AND DEPARTMENT EFFICIENT WILDLIFE TO SECURE 1.7 MILLION DOLLARS IN STATE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT WHICH ADVANCES THREE OF OUR REGION'S CORE VALUES FIRST THAT PUBLIC RECREATIONAL WATERFRONT ACCESS IS A SHARED MANDATE SECOND THAT PUBLIC TRANSIT IN ALL FORMS INCLUDING WATER TAXI SERVICE IS KEY TO OUR ECONOMIC AND OUR CLIMATE FUTURE AND THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ENTITIES CAN UNLOCK BOLD IMPACTFUL INVESTMENTS WHICH IS WHY EXPEDIA HAS OFFERED TO MATCH UP TO 3,000,000 DOLLARS IN PUBLIC FUNDING TO BRING THIS TO LIFE THIS IS HARDLY THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER TO INCREASE ACCESS AND FUNCTION TO THE SEATTLE WORKING WATERFRONT I'M SURE IT WON'T BE THE LAST THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS PROJECT TO YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH EXPEDIA AND THE YEARS TO COME WELL THANK YOU RICHARD LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU ON THE BIKE PATH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS PROJECT COME TO FRUITION NEXT PERSON CLERK HART YES OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FENNER YARBOROUGH GREAT THANK YOU GOOD AFTERNOON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND COMMISSIONERS MY NAME IS FENNER YARBOROUGH I'M THE REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGER FOR WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE I WANTED TO CONVEY OUR SUPPORT AND EXCITEMENT FOR THE PER 86 A PROJECT RICHARD COVERED IT REALLY WELL BUT I'LL ECHO JUST A FEW MORE THINGS WE NEED THESE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE AS YOU KNOW OUR BUDGETS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR A LONG TIME SO THESE KIND OF THINGS WILL REALLY HELP US SURVIVE AND THRIVE WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THE PORT THE PIER REOPENED TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING FISHING IT'S A REALLY EXCITED PROJECT WE HOPE WE CAN KEEP THE MOMENTUM MOVING AND THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD I ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FROM EXPEDIA AND THE PORT IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO WORK WITH IT'S TAKEN LONGER THAN WE'VE ALL THOUGHT BUT IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY AND SO THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO TYRA'S PRESENTATION LATER TODAY THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THANK YOU FENNER AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCIES AS WELL INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT SO NEXT UP CLERK HART YES OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEPHEN MORRIS GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NETWORK METRUCK APRIL 5TH WAS A GOOD DAY WHEN THE SENATE APPROVED THE AIRLINE CATERING BILL YESTERDAY IT WAS A GOOD DAY WHEN THIS BILL WAS DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK AND I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE HERE TO CELEBRATE WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF VERY GOOD WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF AND THANKS TO THE LEADERSHIP OF YOU ALL ON THE COMMISSION AND ALSO THANKS TO THE GOOD COOPERATION WITH ERIC FITCH A LOT HAS BEEN SAID ERIC IN OLYMPIA WHICH HAS REALLY HELPED US PROPEL THIS ISSUE FORWARD AND GET TO THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE TODAY DURING DIFFICULT TIMES LIKE THESE WITH WORKERS SUFFERING WITH THE PANDEMIC AND THE ECONOMIC DEVASTATION THAT HAS COME WITH IT YOU HAVE SOMETIMES HEARD FRUSTRATION WITH THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET TO THIS POINT THAT WE'VE ARRIVED AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S REALLY EXCITING AND A GOOD THING THAT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY EVEN THOUGH WE HAD HOPED TO BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY A YEAR FROM NOW SO THANKS AGAIN FOR THE GOOD WORK BUT THERE'S STILL WORK TO DO AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE COMING DAYS WEEKS TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT EQUALITY FOR AIRLINE CATERING WORKERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WE'RE EXCITED TO ENSURE FAIR WAGES, FAIR AND EQUAL WAGES FOR WORKERS IN THIS INDUSTRY MANY OF THE FOLKS WORKING IN AIRLINE CATERING ARE FROM REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC AND WE WANT TO ACHIEVE STABLE JOBS A GOOD FUTURE AND JOB SECURITY AND FAIR WAGES IN THIS INDUSTRY TOGETHER SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT STEPS THANK YOU THANK YOU STEPHAN REALLY HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND FOR OUR FINAL TESTIMONY YES OUR FINAL SPEAKER TODAY IS RONNIE LALIMO YEAH MY NAME IS RONNIE LALIMO I CAN HONESTLY IS GOOD TO BE HERE I HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS OVER THE YEARS AND I AM SO PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE TO IT HERE SO CLOSE TO EQUALITY WITH OTHER AIRPORT WORKERS I HAVE BEEN DREAMING OF THIS I CAN'T WAIT TO LET MY ORDERS AND INVITE HIM TO THE NEXT MEETING THANK YOU THANK YOU SO MUCH I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING RONNIE AND I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL MICHELLE WE HAVE SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS YOU COULD SUMMARIZE FOR US I DO THANK YOU WE HAVE ONE WRITTEN COMMENT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED TODAY FROM LAURA GIBBONS SHE WRITES TO SAY THAT SHE'S GLAD TO SEE PROGRAM REPORTS FOR ITEM 11 SUPPORTING DIVERSITY AND CONTRACT 11 A AND AIRPORT COMMUNITY ECOLOGY AND ITEM 11 B AND URGES SUPPORT TO THINK MORE BROADLY SHE STATES THAT GIVEN THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE OF COLOR IN KING COUNTY THAT LIVE NEAR THE AIRPORT SUPPORTING DIVERSE COMMUNITIES REQUIRES TAKING ACTION TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO AVIATION EMISSIONS AND NOISE BY REDUCING AIR TRAFFIC OUT OF STACK SHE ASKED WHERE THE PORT PLAN IS TO MEET THE TARGET REDUCTION OF 50 PERCENT SKIP THREE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 2030 AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR WRITTEN COMMENTS TODAY WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE PEOPLE TAKING THE TIME TO COMMENT AND HEARING NO FURTHER TESTIMONY WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA SO NOW 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 AGENDA ITEMS THERE ARE NO ITEMS PROPOSED FOR REMOVAL FROM TODAY'S MEETING HOWEVER IT IS NOTED THAT COMMISSIONER CHO WOULD LIKE THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME COMMISSIONER CHO YES THANK YOU PRESIDENT FELLEMAN I WOULD LIKE TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM CONSIDERATION OF THE AGENDA TODAY DUE TO A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH MY DAY JOB ON ONE OF THE ITEMS AND SO OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION I WILL RECUSE MYSELF FROM THE ENTIRE CONSIDER AGENDA AND STEP OUT OF THIS VIRTUAL MEETING UNTIL CONSIDERATION OF THE AGENDA IS COMPLETED THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO IT IS NOTED FOR THE RECORD THAT YOU WILL RECUSE YOURSELF FROM THE CONSENT BOAT PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA AND YOUR MICROPHONE SO THAT YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE ACTION ITEM AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR WILL THEN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COVERING ITEMS A EIGHT THROUGH 8 I SO MOVED DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND OKAY OKAY SO THE MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED COMMISSIONERS PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AYE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS AYE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK YES THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN YES THANK YOU THERE ARE FOUR YESSES AND ZERO NOS THE MOTION PASSES WITH THE COMMISSIONER CHO RECUSED FROM VOTING COMMISSIONER CHO PLEASE REJOIN THE MEETING AT THE TIME SO EXECUTIVE METRUCK I BELIEVE YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM HERE WE ARE ON PAGE 18 COMMISSIONER FOR NEW BUSINESS RIGHT I'M SORRY WE THEN GO PAST THE CONSENT CALENDAR BECAUSE WE JUST APPROVED IT ALL YES SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO I'M SORRY MOVING ON IN THE AGENDA THERE ARE NO UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEMS CLERK HART WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST NEW ITEM FOR BUSINESS INTO THE RECORD AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK WILL THEN INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND PRESENTERS THANK YOU THAT IS ITEM 10 A AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SIGN AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM ATTACHED WITH MINOR CHANGES TO BE APPROVED BY LEGAL COUNSEL AS APPROPRIATE THE ILA WILL FACILITATE THE TRANSFER OF PORT OF SEATTLE FUNDS TO HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS AUTHORIZED IN THE 2021 BUDGET COMMISSIONERS THIS ILA FACILITATES A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP A CURRICULUM FOR THE NEW MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL IT INCLUDES BOTH A SIX MONTH REPORT OUT ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AS WELL AS AN ANNUAL REPORT ON THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM THIS EFFORT WILL GO A LONG WAY IN DEVELOPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY PRESENTERS ARE LEANNE SERATO COMMISSION SPECIALIST AND HOLLY FERGUSON CHIEF POLICY AND STRATEGY OFFICE HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OH GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK FOR THE RECORD AGAIN I AM LEANNE SHREDO COMMISSION SPECIALIST FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION AND AS DIRECTOR METRUCK SAID JOINING ME TODAY IS HOLLY FERGUSON CHIEF POLICY AND STRATEGY OFFICER WITH HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS TODAY THE MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS ONLY 13 MONTHS AGO THAT THE COMMISSION PASSED A MOTION IN SUPPORT OF A CHANGE IN TIDE THE CASE STATEMENT FOR AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL IT WAS ALSO AROUND THAT SAME TIME THAT HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS STEPPED UP TO SAY THAT THEY WANTED TO LEAD THE EFFORT TO MAKE THIS CONCEPT OF REALITY SINCE THEN HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS IDENTIFIED THAT DUWAMISH RIVER CLEANUP COALITION TO SERVE AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON AND TO PROVIDING VALUABLE INSIGHT AND PERSPECTIVE INTO THE DIVERSE DUWAMISH VALLEY COMMUNITIES THEY'VE CONTRACTED WITH NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER TO PROVIDE DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE RELATED TO MARITIME EDUCATION AND CRITICAL FUNDRAISING SUPPORT SELECTED TREMAINE HALLWAY AS THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLE RECEIVED ENROLLMENT APPLICATIONS FROM 41 INTERESTED FRESHMAN STUDENTS RECEIVED UNANIMOUS APPROVAL FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR A TRADITIONAL CREDIT WAIVER NECESSARY TO SUPPORT A TRUE PROJECTBASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND DESPITE THE COMPLEXITIES THAT A YEAR LONG PANDEMIC HAS CREATED HIGHLINE ANNOUNCED THAT THE SCHOOL WILL LAUNCH THIS SEPTEMBER THE DISTRICT ESTIMATES THEIR CONTRIBUTION FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE APPROXIMATELY 350,000 DOLLARS SO FAR HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOL STAFF HAS GIVEN INKIND STAFF TIME OF APPROXIMATELY 125,000 DOLLARS IN THE SPRING OF 2021 DURING THE 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR THEY WILL SPEND AT LEAST 500,000 DOLLARS FOR THE BASIC OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL WITH ABOUT 200,000 DEDICATED TO THIS PROJECT AND 220,000 FOR INKIND USE OF FACILITIES HIGHLINE HAS BEEN RELENTLESS IN THEIR COMMITMENT TO THIS EFFORT AND TO THE TIMELINE THEY'VE LAID OUT IN ANTICIPATION OF THE WORK TO BE DONE COMMISSIONER CALKINS SPONSORED A 2021 BUDGET REQUEST TO SUPPORT MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL 125,000 DOLLARS ALLOCATION WAS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET PRESENTED BY THE EXECUTIVE AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION TODAY'S REQUEST IS FOR AUTHORIZATION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE ALLOCATED FUNDS CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND PUT HER SLIDE DECK ON FOR ME MICHELLE OR AUBREE EXCUSE ME AND WE CAN GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE THANK YOU SO HOW WILL THE FUNDS BE USED THE DISTRICT WILL CREATE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN PLANS DEMONSTRATING A MARITIME FOCUSED CURRICULUM SHORT AND LONG TERM STRATEGIES WILL BE DEVELOPED TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL IN ORDER TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN HANDS ON AND RELEVANT LEARNING RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE DEVELOPED WITH PARTNERS TO BUILD IN DEEP IN LEARNING EXPERIENCES EXTENSIVE WORK WILL TAKE PLACE TO ENSURE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT ON PROGRAMMING AS WELL AS GENERAL EVENTS TO ENSURE FAMILIES ARE FULLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THE FULL RANGE OF EMPLOYMENT IN THE MARITIME SECTOR AND STRONG AND STRONG STACK DEVELOPMENT WHICH WILL BE ESSENTIAL TO THE LONG TERM SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL AS DIRECTOR METRUCK MENTIONED A SIX MONTH AND A FINAL REPORT WILL BE PROVIDED NEXT SLIDE PLEASE WITH THE SCHOOL SET TO LAUNCH WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SHARE A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT IS PLANNED FOR THE SCHOOL INCLUDING WHAT STUDENTS WILL LEARN THEY WILL LEARN ALL THE STANDARDS THAT STUDENTS NEED TO GRADUATE AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL STANDARDS INCLUDING TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY IN WASHINGTON STATE OR OTHER TRIBALLY DEVELOPED CURRICULUM ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IS DEFINED BY LEARNING FOR JUSTICE WHICH SEEKS TO UPHOLD THE MISSION OF THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER TO BE A CATALYST FOR RACIAL JUSTICE IN THE SOUTH AND BEYOND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES TO DISMANTLE WHITE SUPREMACY STRENGTHEN INTERSECTIONAL MOVEMENTS AND ADVANCE THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE AND OF COURSE MARITIME INCLUDING THOSE STANDARDS THAT LEAD TO INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION AND DUAL CREDIT PLEASE HOW WILL STUDENTS LEARN PROJECTBASED LEARNING STUDENTS WILL LEARN THROUGH REAL WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING AND INNOVATION LEARNING FROM INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND PIERS THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH HUMANITIES COURSES TO HELP WITH RESOURCES AND LEARNING AND STEM COURSES LIKE VESSEL OPERATIONS MARINE CONSTRUCTION AND MARITIME AND OCEAN SCIENCES EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING INCLUDING INTERNSHIPS AND BY MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE THROUGH PERSONALIZED LEARNING AND BY CELEBRATING WHAT IS LEARNED NEXT SLIDE PLEASE EVERY PROJECT EXCUSE ME HOW WILL WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS ARE LEARNING EVERY PROJECT WILL HAVE INTENTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DEMONSTRATE MASTERY STANDARDS STUDENTS WILL SUBMIT THEIR WORK THROUGH THE MASTERY TRANSCRIPT SYSTEM THESE SUBMITTALS ARE WHAT WILL BUILD OUT THEIR TRANSCRIPT THIS WILL GIVE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE BUILDING OUT THEIR TRANSCRIPT AS SHOWN ON THE BOTTOM LEFT ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT YOU CAN SEE A SNAPSHOT OF THE BACK END VIEW WHERE THE DISTRICT WILL WORK TO TRANSLATE THAT WORK INTO SOMETHING RECOGNIZABLE TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES NEXT SLIDE PLEASE HOW WILL BE INVOLVED THROUGH A CROSSSECTOR DESIGN TEAM LED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM HIGHLINE NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER DUWAMISH RIVER CLINIC COALITION IN THE PORT OF SEATTLE AN ADVISORY BOARD REPRESENTING INDUSTRY GOVERNMENT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THE PHOTO ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS FROM A SOCIALLY DISTANCE EVENT HELD IN SOUTH PARK THIS FEBRUARY AND OF COURSE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE THE SLIDE SHOULD READ HOW WILL THE DISTRICT HOLD ITSELF ACCOUNTABLE AND IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE I CAN TELL YOU THAT PRINCIPAL HOLLOWAY IS AN AMAZING PRINCIPLE AND HAVING SERVED ON THE HIRING PANEL WHO HELPED SELECT THE TEACHERS HIRED I CAN PERSONALLY SAY THAT THESE ARE AMAZING TEACHERS AND THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY AN INCREDIBLE SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR SUSAN ENFIELD WHO RECEIVED THE 2020 WOMEN IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AWARD AND THE 2019 SYSTEMS CHANGE AWARD AND THEY ARE SUPPORTED BY BY BOARD WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED THEIR COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY FOR ALL STUDENTS AND WITH THAT HOLLY AND I ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE DO THIS FASTER THANK YOU LEANNE COMMISSIONERS PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FOR THE STAFF AND LIMIT YOUR DISCUSSION TO STAFF ABOUT SPECIFIC TO THE MAIN MOTION HERE TO THE DISCUSSION AND WILL DEBATE THE MOTION AFTER ONCE IT'S BEEN MOVED PRESENTERS WILL REMAIN AUDIBLE CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE ROLL THANK YOU COMMISSIONER THIS IS FOR QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN GREAT THANK YOU A GREAT PRESENTATION THAT WAS A REALLY NICE SUMMARY AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS WHO HAS BEEN THE CHAMPION OF THIS EFFORT I MEAN THIS IS DEFINITELY A BIG MILESTONE TODAY IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION LENNON IF YOU DON'T IT'S TOTALLY FINE DO YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS OR ANY IDEAS ABOUT HOW THE PORT OF SEATTLE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT I WAS IN A MEETING WHERE THIS WAS TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER DAY BUT FOR SOME REASON I KEPT GETTING KICKED OUT OF THE MEETING AND I WANTED TO ASK THE PRINCIPAL ABOUT HOW THE PORT COULD PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL ON INTERNSHIPS IN PARTICULAR FOR SURE FOR MANY MONTHS NOW WHO'S BEEN REALLY INVOLVED IN THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AS YOU HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH AMBER WILSON WHO MANAGES OUR INTERN PROGRAM AT THE PORT AND WE'VE INTRODUCED HER TO TERMAINE HOLLOWAY THE PRINCIPAL AND TO STEPHANIE BURNS FROM NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER WHO COLLECTIVELY ARE WORKING AND REGULARLY DISCUSSING TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE I BELIEVE IT WAS LAST YEAR THAT AMBER WILSON LAUNCHED MARITIME 101 PROGRAM SO WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUILD THAT MARITIME 101 INTO THIS FIRST INAUGURAL CLASS TO CONNECT THEM TO OPPORTUNITIES PERHAPS IN THE SUMMER TO FOLLOW SO THERE IS CONTINUOUS CONVERSATION AND ONGOING WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LINKAGE IS STRONG OH THAT'S GREAT THANK YOU AND THEN JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION AND AGAIN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWER TO IT FOR THE ADVISORY BOARD HOW ARE THOSE NUMBERS SELECTED THE MEMBERS WERE SELECTED AS RECOMMENDED BY WHAT WE'VE CALLED THE PORT FOR WHICH IS THE NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER PORT OF SEATTLE AND HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE DUWAMISH RIVER CLEANUP COALITION SO FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSIONER CALKINS AND I AND FROM DUWAMISH WAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PAULINA LOPEZ AND MAGGIE ANGEL WHO WORKS WITH HER WITH US CLOSELY IN THE PROJECT AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A FEW MEMBERS FROM THE DISTRICT AND INCLUDING BERNARD CUTS WHO HAS SPOKE ON THIS TOPIC IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION BEFORE AND I BELIEVE SUPERINTENDENT AND FILLED IN OTHERS AS WELL HAVE ALL WERE ABLE TO SUGGEST UP TO ABOUT 5 OR 6 NAMES IF I RECALL CORRECTLY RECOMMENDING THOSE INDUSTRY EDUCATION GOVERNMENT COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHOM THEY FELT WOULD BE TO MAKE UP A GOOD ADVISORY BOARD SOME OF THE MEMBERS WERE CARRYOVERS FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD THAT WE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE CASE STATEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FOR EXAMPLE FROM THE ILU ALI BEACH WAS ON THAT AND AS PART OF THIS BOARD MARIE CROSS WITH THE DC HELPED US TO INFORM THAT CASE STATEMENT AND SHE'S ON THE PORT SO IT REALLY WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO DETERMINE THE BEST PLAYERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN INVOLVED AND HAD CONVEYED THEIR INTEREST IN CONTINUING TO BE INVOLVED THAT'S AWESOME THANK YOU AND HOW WOULD ONE BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND IS THERE A LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF FOLKS ON THE BOARD OR IF THERE'S OTHER INDUSTRY PARTNERS THAT MAYBE WANT TO JOIN THE EFFORT HOW MIGHT THAT BE DONE SURE I DON'T HAVE THE EMAIL THE WEBSITE TOP OF MIND BUT ON THE NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER WEBSITE THEY DO HAVE A PAGE DEDICATED TO THE MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL AND THERE IS AN OPTION ON THAT WEBSITE FOR COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS WHICH IS WHERE A LOT OF THE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS ARE CONSIDERED COMMUNITY COLLABORATORS ANYBODY ADDITIONAL WHO WANTS TO BE A PART OR INVOLVED IN THE BOARD OR INVOLVED IN OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT IN BEING AN INDUSTRY PARTNER OR GOVERNMENT OR ANY OF THE WAYS IN WHICH FOLKS WANT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO BE COMMUNITY COLLABORATOR THERE IS A LINK ON THE NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL PAGE FOR THAT OKAY THANK YOU I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE WELCOME THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN COMMISSIONER CALKINS FOR QUESTIONS AND STAFF JUST A QUICK COMMENT TO SAY THAT A VERY SPECIFIC MATTER AT HANDLES INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH HIGHLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS I FEEL VERY STRONGLY THAT THE PARTNER IN THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE JUST A TRULY EXTRAORDINARY PARTNER THERE IS A PERIOD IN LATE 2019 THROUGH EARLY 2020 AS THE INITIAL LEADERSHIP OF THIS PROJECT WAS DELIBERATING OVER WHICH ORGANIZATION WOULD CARRY THIS FORWARD AND IT WAS AN EXAMINATION OF LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS BUT ALSO EDUCATIONAL SERVICE DISTRICTS POTENTIALLY NONPROFIT PARTNERS LARGE PHILANTHROPIST WE REALLY LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WHEN WE DECIDED TO MOVE AHEAD WITH HIGHLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IT WAS BASED ON THEIR TRACK RECORD OF OPENING THESE INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS AND THEIR WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER MODELS OF EDUCATION THAT WOULD EMBRACE WHAT WE FELT LIKE WAS REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR ADDRESSING THE PORT CONCERNS AROUND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPING GREATER DIVERSITY IN OUR WORKFORCE AS WELL AND SO THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN TO TODAY AND ARE GETTING TO VOTE ON BASICALLY AN AFFIRMATION OF THAT DECISION TO PARTNER WITH HIGHLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS SEEING WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE LAST YEAR SINCE THEY WERE REALLY SELECTED IS JUST A REALLY STRONG AFFIRMATION THAT WE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE A YEAR AGO AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH HIGHLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THIS EFFORT THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO FOR QUESTIONS OF STAFF I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I JUST WANT TO COMMEND A TREMENDOUS ROOF THAT'S BEEN DONE I'M VERY IMPRESSED BY HOW QUICKLY THIS CAME TOGETHER AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO MOVING TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK WELL FIRST I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY HUGE GRATITUDE TO OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF ON THIS LEON TIRADO AND YOUR DEDICATION AND HARD WORK THERE THAT HAS REALLY HELPED SUPPORT THE LEADERSHIP OF MYSELF COMMISSIONER CALKINS AND THE ENTIRE COMMISSION THAT HAS HAD A STRONG INTEREST IN THIS AT LEAST SINCE I JOINED THE COMMISSION AND COMMISSIONER CALKINS YOU HAD AN AMAZING VISION THAT IS COMING TO FRUITION NOW SO YOU SHOULD FEEL A GREAT SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT IN WHAT YOU HAVE ACHIEVED HERE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE MANY STAKEHOLDERS I THINK TWO THINGS PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED ME IN MY OWN LIMITED PARTICIPATION HERE WAS THE STUDY MISSION THAT WE TOOK TO NEW YORK CITY WAS TRANSFORMATIONAL FOR ME WHERE AMONG OTHER THINGS WE VISITED THE HARBOR SCHOOL ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND THAT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL TO SEE THE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING HANDS ON REAL IMPORTANT RESEARCH IN FACT IT WAS UNDERWAY THERE AND STUDY AND THE STUDENTS AND THERE WERE ITS INSPIRATION IN THEMSELVES TO SEE IN THEIR EYES AND THEIR EXPRESSIONS AND THEIR COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD ABOUT HOW THRILLED THEY WERE TO BE PARTICIPATING IN THESE KINDS OF PROJECT BASED STUDY OPPORTUNITIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WHICH IS PARTICULARLY PHENOMENAL SO THIS IS JUST ALL GOOD AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO I AM INTERESTED IN THE SYNERGIES THAT ARE POSSIBLE HAVE BEEN ALREADY REFERENCED PARTICULARLY THE PORT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT I THINK COULD PROVIDE SOME CONTINUATION OF THEY'RE A PROJECT BASED LEARNING AND TO SOME REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE HERE AT THE PORT AND ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKING WITH THE SEATTLE MARITIME ACADEMY WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH I THINK THE SEATTLE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR ADDITIONAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING PATHWAYS TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE MARITIME THIS IS ALL SO GOOD WHEN THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH DIVERSION TO OTHER CAREER PATHS THESE DAYS IN TECH IN OTHER AREAS THAT I THINK THAT YOUNG PEOPLE CAN SEE THESE OPPORTUNITIES GET EXCITED ABOUT THEM IN HIGH SCHOOL AND HOPEFULLY CONTINUE ONWARD WITH THESE OTHER AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY THERE'S ALSO A MARITIME HERITAGE AREA PROJECT UNDERWAY AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH REGARDING PLANNING TO RECOGNIZE OUR HISTORIC MARITIME AREAS OF WHICH IS CONSIST OF ALL OF THE SALISH SEA AND THE LANDS THAT ADJOIN THE SEA CLEAR UP TO CANADA I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE SOME SYNERGIES THERE DOWN THE ROAD AND THEN LASTLY I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS EFFORT IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME WE PUT SOME SEED MONEY INTO THIS I'M SURE IT'S IN THE BIGGER PICTURE IT'S A TINY AMOUNT OF SEED MONEY 125,000 AND TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FIRST YEAR WHAT HAPPENS DOWN THE ROAD WHAT HAPPENS WILL THIS BE A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY I CERTAINLY HOPE IT WILL BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE AND FUTURE YEARS BEYOND THIS INITIAL EFFORT THANK YOU PETER HOLLY IF YOU'RE ON IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THE FUNDING FOR THE SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE GREAT YEAH ABSOLUTELY I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO THAT I'M HOLLY FERGUSON I'M THE DISTRICT CHIEF POLICY AND STRATEGY OFFICER AND I HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT IT'S NOT QUITE THE INCEPTION BUT EARLY ON ACTUALLY PRE PANDEMIC HITTING AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE KIND WORDS GETTING THIS PROJECT UP AND RUNNING WAS A PRIORITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE FACT THAT WE MANAGED TO DO IT WHILE BEING REMOTE AND TEACHING REMOTELY FOR THE LAST 12 MONTHS IT'S PRETTY SPECTACULAR AND PRETTY EXCITING IN TERMS OF FUNDING OBVIOUSLY WE'LL RECEIVE STATE FUNDING PER PUPIL FUNDING THE WAY ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS DO AND THAT ONCE THE SCHOOL GETS UP TO BE FULL SIZE ABOUT GIVE OR TAKE 400 STUDENTS THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH FUNDING IT PROBABLY WILL BE A SCHOOL THAT GETS SUBSIDIZED BY THE DISTRICT AND PARTNERS HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD JUST BECAUSE IT IS A SMALLER SCHOOL WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTERESTING I APOLOGIZE IF I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS HERE BUT I'M GOING TO BECAUSE I'M NEW TO THE PORT AN INTERESTING FUNDING CONUNDRUM THAT WE MAY COME TO YOU WITH NEXT YEAR WITH A LEGISLATURE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY FUND THESE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THESE COMPETENCY BASED WAIVERS FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ED MEANING THAT THE STUDENTS ARE NOT RESTRICTED TO LEARNING ONLY BY SPECIFIC SEAT TIME THEY ACTUALLY GET TO GO OUT INTO THE INDUSTRY AND DO THESE EXCITING INTERNSHIPS THE STATE FUNDS THOSE PROGRAMS AT A LESSER LEVEL SO WE'LL HAVE A LEGISLATIVE ASK NEXT YEAR AT THE LEGISLATURE TO HAVE THESE SCHOOLS NON TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE SO CAREER FOCUSED SO INDUSTRY FOCUSED FUNDED AT THE SAME LEVEL AS A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL SO THAT MAYBE ONE WHERE I COME BACK TO YOU WITH AN ASK NEXT YEAR I KNOW THIS SESSION IS NOT OVER YET BUT YEAH SO WE THINK THAT FROM THE STATE FUNDING AND FROM PARTNERS THAT WE CAN BE SUSTAINABLE WITH THE SCHOOL JUST AS WE ARE WITH AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL ANOTHER GREAT PARTNERSHIP HIGH SCHOOL AND DOES INTERNSHIPS AND STUFF THAT'S REALLY GREAT TO HEAR HOLLY AND THANK YOU AND THE HIGHLINE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE YOU STEPPED UP TO THE OPPORTUNITY YOU SAW THE OPPORTUNITY YOU STEPPED UP TO IT TO DO SOMETHING TRULY EXCITING AND INNOVATIVE WITHIN THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM IN THIS WAY I THINK IT'S JUST A REALLY FANTASTIC WORK THANK YOU THANK YOU I THINK MANY OF US WISH WE COULD GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL JUST TO TRY OUT SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK MOVING TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN YOUR ON MUTE I DID NOT DO IT I PROMISE I SAW YOU MUTED ME BEFORE THOUGH ANYWAY I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THIS EFFORT IN THE REALLY A LIGHTNING SPEED AND HERCULEAN EFFORTS THAT RYAN WAS ABLE TO CHANNEL HIS VISION INTO AN ACTION I MUST SAY HAVING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HIGHLIGHT SCHOOL AND I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE ABLE TO INTRODUCE RYAN INTO THE JAKE BEATTY WITH THE MARITIME CENTER THIS TAG TEAM I THINK IT'S REALLY MADE THE CONCEPT OF REALITY AND REALLY HAVING THIS EXPERTISE IN HOUSE MADE IT POSSIBLE TO REALLY COME TOGETHER SO FAST AND THAT IS JUST SPECTACULAR I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS I HAD THAT YOU MENTIONED HOLLY ONE WAS YOU ENVISION A SCHOOL OF 400 AND THAT YOU YOUR ASK OF THE PORT I WASN'T CLEAR WHETHER IT WAS IN US DEPLOYING OUR WONDERFUL ERIC FITCH TO HELP YOU WITH THE LEGISLATIVE ASK OR SOMETHING MORE DIRECTLY INNUMERABLE THANK YOU FOR THAT YEAH I THINK 400 IS OUR TARGET GOAL THAT'S ABOUT WHAT AVIATION IS IT'S ABOUT 100 STUDENTS PER GRADE LEVEL AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE ASK FOR NEXT YEAR IT MAY BE REACHING OUT TO ERIC WHO SOUNDS AWESOME TO SUPPORT OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM TO HAVE THESE SCHOOLS FUNDED ON THE SAME BASIS AS TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS WELL THAT'S GREAT AND I ALSO FAILED TO MENTION THE REMARKABLE FOLLOW UP THAT LEANNE HAS BEEN ABLE TO SHOW THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND THE FACT THAT SEVERAL OF US ON THE COMMISSION HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BENEFITING FROM HER TALENTS AND PERSEVERANCE AND I AM FORTUNATE TO BE THE CURRENT PERSON WHO HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THAT SERVICE SO THANK YOU LEANNE FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP ON THIS AND I THINK RYAN MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY OR TWO ABOUT THIS PROGRAM I DON'T KNOW IT'S A QUESTION THOUGH I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY TOO THAT ON THAT FUNDING QUESTION WHICH I THINK FROM COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK WHICH IS A GREAT QUESTION THERE IS ALSO SORT OF A SECOND TRACK OF FUNDRAISING GOING ON THROUGH THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT PRESIDENT FELLEMAN MENTIONED AT NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER WHERE THEY'RE ORGANIZING FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPMENT TO BACKFILL SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BRING ONLINE ACADEMIC PROGRAM THAT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND A TYPICAL HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM SO WE SORT OF DAYDREAM ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO GET KIDS OUT ON BOATS REGULARLY OR FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO COMMERCIAL DIVING PROGRAM OR YOU NAME IT ANY OTHER AREA OF MARITIME PROJECT BASED LEARNING REALLY EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T FIT INTO A TYPICAL STATE BUDGET FOR A SCHOOL BUT NORTHWEST MARITIME CENTER IS HEADING UP THAT EFFORT RIGHT NOW AND SO THEY'RE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN DOING FUNDRAISING BEYOND WHAT A TYPICAL HIGH SCHOOL HAS ACCESS TO FANTASTIC SO HAVE WE BEEN GONE THROUGH EVERYBODY WHO HAS A QUESTION I DO NOT SEE ANYBODY ELSE WITH THEIR HANDS UP WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH CERTAINLY WE CAN TAKE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY WELL LET'S SEE IF THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 10 A SO MOVED I WILL SECOND THAT THE MOTION WAS MADE IN SECOND IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE ROLL THANK YOU THIS IS FOR DEBATE ON THE MAIN MOTION ON THE MERITS OF THE MAIN MOTION COMMISSIONER BOWMAN EXCUSE ME NOT FOR THE VOTE FOR NO NO OTHER QUESTIONS SORRY THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS NO FURTHER DEBATE FOR ME THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO NOTHING FOR ME THANK YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK ALL GOOD THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN NO FURTHER I THOUGHT WE HAD ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER QUESTIONS BE ASKED BUT MOVING ON THEN SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR THIS OKAY SO WE ALREADY DID THE DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED THANK YOU AND JUST TO CLARIFY THAT WE HAVE A ROUND OF STAFF QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE AROUND FOR A DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ON THE MERITS OF THE MAIN MISSION AND THEN FOR THE VOTE SO WE ARE AT THE VOTE AT THIS TIME BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN HI THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS HI THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO SYE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK YES THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN ALRIGHT PERFECT THERE ARE FIVE YESSES AND ZERO NOS THEN THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY CLERK HART PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD EXECUTIVE ARCTIC METRUCK WILL THEN INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND PRESENTERS THANK YOU THAT IS ITEM CAN BE IT'S A LENGTHY TITLE IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO GRAB SOMETHING TO DRINK NOW IT'S A GOOD TIME ITEM 10 V AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO FINALIZE AND IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL AIRPORT RELIEF MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING COVID 19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS TO AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL THIS IS ADR ON AIRPORT PARKING AND RENTAL CAR CONCESSIONAIRES SPECIFICALLY TO OFFER LEASE AMENDMENTS TO ADR ON AIRPORT PARKING AND RAC CONCESSIONAIRES RELATING TO ADJUSTMENT OF MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEED THIS IS THE MAG RENT RAC CONCESSION AGREEMENT EXTENSIONS AND TO SEPARATELY PROVIDE RENT RELIEF IN THE FORM OF CREDITS TO ELIGIBLE ADR ON AIRPORT PARKING AND RAC CONCESSIONAIRES AS PART OF THE AIRPORT CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL CORONA VIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT THANK YOU THANK YOU CLERK HART COMMISSIONERS AS I MENTIONED IN MY OPENING REMARKS AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL TENANTS AND RENTAL CAR CONCESSION EARS HAVE BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC YOU HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL ACTIONS ON VARIOUS RELIEF MEASURES IN 2020 INCLUDING DEFERRAL FEES AND EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LEASES THE ACTION WE'RE TAKING UP TODAY WOULD AMEND THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TERMS RELATED TO EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AS WE AWAIT ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON OUR ALLOCATION OF FEDERAL FUNDS FROM VARIOUS FEDERAL RELIEF EFFORTS THE CURRENT EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES CLAUSE ALLOWS FOR A REDUCTION OF MINIMUM ARE ANNUAL GUARANTEES EQUIVALENT TO A DROP OF EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EXCEEDING 20% COMPARED TO THE SAME MONTH OF THE PRIOR YEAR CONSIDERING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC HAS LASTED WELL OVER A YEAR OF THE LOOKBACK CLAUSE COMPARING 2021 WITH 2020 MAY POTENTIALLY NOT RESULT IN A DROP IN EMPLOYMENT SUCCEEDING 20% THIS CHANGE WILL ALLOW FOR CONSIDERATION OF PANDEMIC LIKE EVENTS GOING FORWARD IS MERELY CORRECT CONTRACT LANGUAGE TO REFLECT OUR RATIONAL INTENT PRESENTERS ARE DON HUNTER DIRECTOR AVIATION COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS AND JEFF WOLF SENIOR MANAGER AVIATION BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT JOHN GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK THANK YOU SO MUCH THE AVIATION COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT TEAM IS REPRESENTED BY MYSELF DIRECTOR OF AVIATION COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT AND JEFF WOLF WHO IS OVER OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AS STATED BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF METRUCK WE ARE HERE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO FINALIZE AND IMPLEMENT ADDITIONAL AIRPORT RELIEF MEASURES IN RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING COBIT 19 PANDEMIC IMPACTS TO THE AIRPORT DINING RETAIL ON AIRPORT PARKING AND OUR RENTAL CAR CONCESSIONAIRES SPECIFICALLY WE'RE LOOKING TO OFFER LEASE AMENDMENTS TO AIRPORT DINING RETAIL ON AIRPORT PARKING AND RENTER CAR CONCESSIONAIRES RELATED TO THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE THE MAG WHICH WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OVER THE PAST YEAR AND RENTER CAR CONCESSIONS AGREEMENT EXTENSIONS SEPARATELY TO PROVIDE RENT RELIEF IN THE FORM OF RENT CREDITS TO ELIGIBLE ADR ON AIRPORT PARKING AND RENTER CAR CONCESSIONAIRES AS PART OF THE CORONA VIRUS RESPONSE GRANT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED BY THE FAA PURSUANT TO THE CORONA VIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT THAT'S A LOT BUT WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL IT CURSA JUST AS A REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE AS YOU'RE AWARE IN MARCH 2020 COVID 19 STRENGTHENED ITS PRESENCE IN THE US AND MANY STATES INCLUDING OURS IMPLEMENTED A SERIES OF MANDATES SHUTTING DOWN RESTAURANTS BARS ESPECIALLY RETAIL SERVICES AND WITH THE CALL FOR US TO REALLY SHELTER AT HOME AND BE SAFE AIRPORT EMPLOYMENTS DECLINED UP TO 90% PERCENT IN APRIL 2020 IMPACTING ALL OF OUR LINES OF BUSINESS THIS FOR EXAMPLE COMMISSIONER BOWMAN YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT OUR QUALITY JOBS IN 2019 WE HAD OVER 2,200 PEOPLE WE EMPLOYED IN SOUTH KING COUNTY DROPPING TO BARELY 200 AT THE CLIMAX OF THE SHUTDOWN JUST TO SHOW YOU THE IMPACTS OF IT AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR I MENTIONED IN APRIL 2020 THE COMMISSION UNDERSTANDING THE URGENCY GRANTED THE FIRST ROUND OF RELIEF TO OUR AIRPORT TENANTS FOLLOWED BY A SECOND AROUND IN JUNE 2,000 THE RELIEF ADDRESSED MAG AND IT DEFERRED ALL ACTIVITY BASED RENT DUE TO THE PORT THE RENT WAS DEFERRED UNTIL JULY 2021 REPAYMENT PRIOR TO JULY 2021 IT WAS INTEREST FREE ANYTHING AFTER JULY 2021 PER FAA GUIDANCE INTEREST WOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ALL THE MONEY IS OWED FROM THE DATE OF THE INVOICE IN DECEMBER 2020 AS WE WAITED OUR CURSIVE FUNDS I'M SORRY THE COMMISSION APPROVED ADDITIONAL RENT DEFERRAL FOR JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH OF 2021 THIS 2021 DEFERRAL WOULD BE COMBINED WITH THE CURRENT PROGRAM WITH THE SAME TERMS AND CONDITIONS WITH PAYMENT IN JULY 2021 AND THAT 1% INTEREST WOULD BE ASSESSED CURSIVE GUIDANCE FINALLY WAS PROVIDED BY THE FAA AND ITS SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT THREE GROUPS OF TENANTS IN TERMINAL CONCESSIONS ON AIRPORT PARKING AND RENTAL CAR CONCESSIONS AND WE ASKED INDUSTRY WIDE AND FOR GUIDANCE FOR THE FAA SPECIFICALLY DID IT HAVE TO BE THESE THREE CLASSES OF TENANT AND THEY SAID ABSOLUTELY IN ADDITION TO SPECIFYING WHICH AIRPORT TENANTS WERE ELIGIBLE FOR CURSA FUNDS THE FA SPECIFICALLY OUTLINE HOW THE FUNDS WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED SA RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 5.4 MILLION IN TENANT RELIEF THE PROPOSED RELIEF UNDER CURSA WOULD BE PROVIDED TO ELIGIBLE CONCESSION AIRES BASED ON THEIR PRORATA SHARE OF THE ALLOCATION UNDER THE CURSA THE PROPOSAL RELEASE WOULD BE ISSUED TO EACH ELIGIBLE TENANT IN A FORM OF A CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF THE CONCESSION IS PRORATA HER STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY I PROMISE YOU TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE ALLOCATED FUNDS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME STAFF IS WAITING ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE FOR THE FAA ALLOCATION AND ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ARPA FUNDS AND NOTE IN ARPA THEY SPECIFICALLY ALLOCATE SPECIFIC THREE QUARTERS OF THE CONCESSIONAIRE FUND FOR SMALL AIRPORT CONCESSIONNAIRES SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT MORE WIGGLE ROOM IN THAT AREA DESPITE THE CERTIFICATE BENEFITS OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS WE PROVIDE SEA STAFF FEELS THAT THE RELIEF MEASURES TAKEN BY THE PORT TO HELP ENSURE CONTINUED OPERATIONS AND VIABILITY TO THE PORT PANDEMIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY BUSINESS RESILIENCY AND RETENTION OF QUALITY JOBS WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US I JUST WANTED TO NOTE I WANTED TO JUST THANK OUR LEGAL TEAM BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE COUNCIL LED BY PETE RAMEL SPECIFICALLY JOHN MCLAUGHLIN AND LAUREN ARMSTRONG OUR AV FINANCE AND BUDGET LED BY BORGAN ANDERSON SPECIFICALLY LINDA NELSON OUR AFR FINANCIAL REPORTING LED BY RUDY KALUZA SPECIFICALLY LISA LAMB AND OUR LEASE ADMIN TEAM WHO ARE UNDER JAMES JENNINGS IN OUR AV PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY BUILT BRIDGET BOWL AND I WANTED TO JUST POINT THEM OUT BECAUSE PREPARING FOR ALL THE RELIEF INTERNAL AND THE EXTERNAL RELIEF WAS A LONG PROCESS A LOT OF LEGAL ANALYSIS WITH THE FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND IT JUST WAS NOT EASY AND WITHOUT THESE FOLKS WE WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN IT DONE SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU AND THEN THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND LASTLY OR OUR AVIATION MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR YOUR CONTINUAL SUPPORT NOW I'M GOING TO TURN MY PRESENTATION OVER TO JEFF FLIP WHO IS GOING TO DETAIL MORE ABOUT THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES CLAUSE CHANGE AND THE RENTAL CAR AGREEMENT JEFF GREAT THANKS DON HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK MY NAME IS DON MENTIONED JEFF WOLF MEMBER OF DON'S TEAM AND OVERSEE THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR RENTAL CAR PARTNERS ON AIRPORT PARKING AND OTHER GROUND TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS AND I JUST WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT THE RELIEF REQUESTS THROUGH THIS AUTHORIZATION THAT WE'RE SEEKING TODAY IT GETS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED BUT I JUST WANTED TO TRY MY BEST TO SOME OF THIS FOR YOU THE THREE CLASSES OF OPERATORS THAT ARE PART OF THIS INCLUDE ADR AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL ON AIRPORT PARKING AND ON AIRPORT RENTAL CAR OPERATORS IT LOOKS LIKE MY VIDEO MAY HAVE GONE OFF HERE HOPEFULLY YOU CAN STILL HEAR ME WE CAN HEAR YOU TOO GREAT THANK YOU AND THE REASON THAT THESE THREE CLASSES OF OPERATORS ARE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS AUTHORIZATION IS AS WE'VE REFERENCED MAGS IN THEIR AGREEMENTS SO MINIMUM MANUAL GUARANTEED PAYMENTS SO THEY EITHER PAY THEIR CONCESSION FEE THAT THEY OWE US AS A PERCENTAGE OF GROSS REVENUES AND THEN THERE'S A FLOOR IN THERE WHICH IS THE MINIMUM MANUAL GUARANTEE AS PART OF THOSE AGREEMENTS THERE'S A BUILT IN MECHANISM THAT WE REFER TO AS EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND IT'S JUST THAT IF THERE'S A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WARRANTS IT AND IN THIS CASE THE TRIGGER IS A 20% DROP IN EMPLOYMENTS FOR A GIVEN MONTH THEN THE MAG AMOUNT FOR THE FOLLOWING MONTH IS DROPPED BY THE SAME AMOUNT SO IT'S A BUILT IN RELIEF MECHANISM AND THE WAY THIS HAS WORKED AND THE WAY THAT WE ENVISION THIS IS THAT USUALLY IN THE PAST IT'S BEEN A ONE TIME EVENT THAT CAUSES THIS NO ONE EVER ENVISIONED SOMETHING LIKE A PANDEMIC OF COURSE AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW IS WE'RE COMING UP ON A YEAR OF WHEN THIS EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES FIRST CAME INTO PLAY AND WHEN WE LOOK BACK TO LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS WHEN WE COMPARE A CURRENT MONTH LAST YEAR WE'RE NO LONGER DOWN 20% AND SO TENANTS IN THESE THREE AREAS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND REALLY THIS WASN'T THE INTENT OF THE LANGUAGE SO THIS AUTHORIZATION IS SIMPLY TO TO BE ABLE TO AMEND THE AGREEMENTS TO ALLOW FOR LONGER EVENTS LIKE A PANDEMIC SO THAT'S ITEM NUMBER ONE THE SECOND AND THIRD ITEMS PERTAIN PARTICULARLY TO THE RENTAL CAR OPERATORS AND THE SECOND ITEM IS AN EXTENSION OF THEIR CONCESSION AGREEMENT BY FIVE YEARS CURRENTLY THE CONCESSION AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS SET TO EXPIRE AT THE END OF MAY NEXT YEAR 2022 SO YOU MAY RECALL WE ENTERED INTO A 30 YEAR LEASE AGREEMENT WITH OUR RENTAL CAR PARTNERS BACK IN 2012 WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONSOLIDATED FACILITY NORTH OF THE AIRPORT AND AS PART OF THAT 30 YEAR LEASE WE HAVE 10 YEAR CONCESSION AGREEMENTS AND THE REASON THAT THOSE ARE ON 10 YEAR IS BECAUSE WE WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE 30 YEAR LEASE TIME FRAME TO ACCOUNT COUNT FOR CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS SO THAT AT 10 YEARS AND 20 YEARS WE COULD REBID WE CALL THE FACILITY BASED ON WHATEVER THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE AT THE TIME NOW UNFORTUNATELY OF COURSE THE 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY IS NEXT YEAR RIGHT AMIDST THE PANDEMIC AND SO THIS REQUEST IS TO AUTHORIZE EXTENSION OF THE INITIAL 10 YEAR CONCESSION BY FIVE YEARS WHICH BENEFITS THE PORT TREMENDOUSLY BECAUSE WE'RE ESTIMATING UPWARDS OF 10 TO 15,000,000 DOLLARS TO REBUILD THE FACILITY GO THROUGH A DESIGN AND BUILD THAT PROJECT RETIMING SPACE AND THEN OF COURSE THE RENTAL CAR COMPANIES THEMSELVES THEY HAVE TO INVEST ON TENANT BUILD OUT SO WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE RENTAL CAR COMPANIES AND COME TO THE AGREEMENT OF A FIVE YEAR EXTENSION WITH YOUR AUTHORIZATION THE THIRD PIECE OF THIS REQUEST IS LOOKING AT THE ANNUAL MAGS THAT ARE CALCULATED FOR OUR RENTAL CAR PARTNERS SO WHAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS EVERY JUNE FIRST SETS THEIR AGREEMENT YEAR JUNE TO MARCH 30 WE GO THROUGH A CALCULATION FOR EACH OF OUR RENTAL CAR COMPANIES TO DETERMINE THE NEXT AGREEMENT YOUR MAG AND THE WAY WE DO THAT IS WE LOOK AT TWO NUMBERS THE FIRST NUMBER IS WE LOOK AT THE PRIOR YOUR REVENUE TO THE PORT AND WE MULTIPLY THAT BY AND THAT'S THE FIRST NUMBER WE LOOK AT THE SECOND NUMBER IS THE ORIGINAL MAG THAT THEY BID DURING THE 2012 START OF THE CONCESSION AGREEMENT AND FOR SOME COMPANIES THAT'S PRETTY HIGH BECAUSE THEY WANTED GOOD PRIME SPACE OTHER COMPANIES THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER BUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IS YOU CAN IMAGINE THIS YEAR COME JUNE 1ST WHEN WE DO THAT RECALCULATION THE 2020 TO 2021 CALCULATION OF PRIOR YEAR TIMES 85% IS GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER AND SO MANY OF THE COMPANIES ARE ANTICIPATING A MAJOR JUMP IN THAT MAG BECAUSE WE'LL GO WITH THAT ORIGINAL BID AMOUNT AND IN SOME CASES WE'RE TALKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO WITH THIS AUTHORIZATION WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE ELIMINATE THE LOOKING AT THE ORIGINAL BID AMOUNT AND SOLELY CALCULATE MAG ON 85% OF PRIOR REVENUE AND THIS IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE DO WITH OTHER TENANTS ESPECIALLY IN OUR ADR PROGRAM AND OTHERS SO WE THINK IT'S CONSISTENT IN THAT RESPECT SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO A DISCUSSION WITH THIS AND YOUR AUTHORIZATION OF THIS ITEM THANKS ALL RIGHT THEN VERY GOOD IS THERE A MOTION OR A SECOND OR DO YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PRESENTATION FIRST BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION SO I RUN THROUGH THE ROLE PLEASE BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN GREAT THANK YOU I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION MAYBE DON DON THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION IT WAS REALLY THOROUGH DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHY THE FAA DID NOT INCLUDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO TAXIES OR RIDE SHARE COMPANIES I DON'T WE DID ASK SPECIFICALLY IF THEY WERE INCLUDED AND THEY JUST SAID NO AND YEAH THEY DIDN'T REALLY GIVE AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY BUT I GUESS THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO GO BACK AND ASK IT WOULD BE GREAT I'D REALLY APPRECIATE THAT I THINK WE ALL WOULD WELL I UNDERSTAND OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE OPERATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE AIRPORT I THINK I'M PARTICULARLY WORRIED ABOUT THE TAXI DRIVERS THAT THE BULK OF THEM ARE AT THE AIRPORT WE'VE GOT A LONGER STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AT LARGE I MEAN FIRST OF ALL THEY'VE ALL SUFFERED AS WE'VE ALL STAYED HOME AS YOU MENTIONED BUT TAXI DRIVERS IN PARTICULAR SO I REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THAT AND THEN JUST THE LAST COMMENT I THINK I UNDERSTAND THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE REALLY HAD SOME GREAT RELATIONSHIPS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ADR TENANTS AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE IS NOT IN DISAGREEMENTS BUT IS THERE A FUTURE WORK TO LOOK AT THE MAGS FOR THEM AS WELL IT SEEMS LIKE MAG HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE WAY THAT THE PORT HAS DONE BUSINESS NOT JUST AT THE AIRPORT AT THE SEAPORT AS WELL BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME ALTERNATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONTRACTS THAT AREN'T JUST TIED TO MAG I'M WONDERING IF THAT WORKS IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING THAT ABSOLUTELY THAT TEAM THAT I MENTIONED THAT INCLUDES LEGAL AND AFR AND OUR FINANCING BUDGET WE HAVE SPENT MANY NIGHTS TALKING ABOUT MAG WOULD OUR PLAN WITH MAGA SO THAT'S PART OF AVI HAS GONE THROUGH THIS WHOLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND BUSINESS RESILIENCY PLAN PART OF OUR ACTION ITEM IS TO LOOK AT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS IN THE AGREEMENT DO THEY STILL MAKE SENSE AND DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM AND YOU GUYS WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT PLAN BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE DEAD FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW AND I THINK THAT'S A CONVERSATION HAPPENING INDUSTRY WIDE GREAT OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE IT NO PROBLEM THANK YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN COMMISSIONER CALKINS FOR QUESTIONS OF STAFF NO QUESTIONS I DO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO I'M SORRY COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK TWO SECONDS FOR YOU COMMISSIONER CHO THANKS TWO QUESTIONS 1 POINT OF CLARIFICATION AND ONE FOLLOW UP I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR TO US IN TERMS OF THE WHEN THE RELIEF MEASURES WILL SUNSET IT WILL BE ESSENTIALLY LOOKING AT 2019 NUMBERS AND SEEING WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE BELOW THE THRESHOLD IS THAT CORRECT SO YEAH I CAN JUMP IN THERE YEAH INITIALLY COMMISSIONER WILL BE SO THE REFERENCE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE EVERY MONTH THAT WE LOOK BACK NOW FOR 12 MONTHS WILL BE IMPACTED BY EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE EACH OF THE MONTH SINCE LAST MARCH SO WE WILL BE LOOKING BACK TO 2019 THEY WILL NEED TO BE SOME SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME WHERE THERE ISN'T OR FURTHER DROP TO KIND OF RESET YOU MIGHT SAY BUT INITIALLY IT WILL BE 2019 FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE YES GOT YOU SO YOU'LL BE COMPARING FOR INSTANCE APRIL OF 2021 WITH APRIL 2019 AND SEEING WHETHER OR NOT THE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS ARE BELOW OR ABOVE THE 20% THRESHOLD THAT'S CORRECT AND I CAN ACTUALLY GIVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT MARCH BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE MARCH EMPLOYMENT DATA SO THIS ACTUALLY COMES IT COMES INTO PLAY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE MARCH EMPLOYMENTS WERE ABOUT 19% TO 20% ABOVE LAST YEAR MARCH WHICH IS GOOD NEWS HOWEVER IT'S NOT WHEN YOU LOOK AT EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE THEN IT'S NOT A 20% DROP HOWEVER AND YOU COMPARE MARCH NUMBERS TO MARCH OF 2019 IT'S DOWN 47% ABOUT 48% SO OBVIOUSLY STILL SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC IT'S JUST THAT THE WAY THAT THE EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES IS WORDED RIGHT NOW IT ONLY ALLOWS FOR A LOOK BACK TO MARCH OF LAST YEAR RIGHT OKAY GREAT AND THEN AS A FOLLOW UP COULD YOU REALLY SPEAK COULD YOU BRIEFLY SPEAK TO THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER FAA AND CURSA FOR THESE TENANTS TO PROVIDE MINIMUM SERVICES WHILE THEY RECEIVE THIS RELIEF YES SO EACH TENANT THAT IS CERTIFYING THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS ALSO HAVE THE DUE DILIGENCE TO BE ABLE READY WILLING AND ABLE TO PERFORM WHATEVER DUTY THAT IS WHETHER THEIR RETAIL FOOD AND BEVERAGE FOR THE RENTAL CAR OR THE PARKING OPERATION THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE THOSE SERVICES SO THAT'S WHY THE REQUIREMENT WHEN THEY CERTIFY AND RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS PERFECT THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT'S IT FOR ME THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TO MOVING TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK YEAH FIRST OF ALL DAWN THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT VERY DETAILED AND INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION I KNOW WE'RE AN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING TIMES AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES STAMINA THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND DETERMINATION TO REMAIN FINANCIALLY SOLVENT AND THE RELIEF WE PROVIDE I'M SURE HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THAT REGARD AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO WORK OUT WITHIN OUR LEGAL LIMITATIONS THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE RELIEF EFFORTS COVID RELIEF EFFORTS FINANCIAL RELIEF THATS POSSIBLE AND I KNOW THAT YOU AND OUR TEAM OUR STAFF ARE SO DEDICATED TO THAT SO I WANTED TO SAY THANKS FOR THAT I TOO SHARE THE INTEREST OF COMMISSIONER BOWMAN RAISE REGARDING THE MAG ITSELF I BROUGHT THIS UP PREVIOUSLY BUT TO STRUCTURE A RENT AT THE AIRPORT FOR OUR ADR TENANTS IS CHALLENGING IN THE FACT THAT THE AIRPORT IS NOT A NORMAL PLACE OF DOING BUSINESS AS WE KNOW HOW TO WELL AND WE'VE BEEN ON SUCH A GROWTH TRAJECTORY THAT THERE'S HIGH DEMAND FOR OPENING A BUSINESS THERE AND THERE'S BEEN UP UNTIL COVID THE TRAFFIC TO SUPPORT A GOOD BUSINESS PLAN WITH GOOD PRODUCTS THAT TRAVELERS WANT TO HAVE AND BUY I THINK THAT BEYOND JUST THE PURE NUMBERS THE FINANCIAL NUMBERS AND THE GROWTH OF THE AIRPORT AND THE EMPLOYMENTS OBVIOUSLY THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL GOAL OF TENANT MIX OF THE RIGHT KINDS OF TENANTS AND THE RIGHT KIND OF MIX AND THE RIGHT KINDS OF SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES STARTUP BUSINESSES WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES AND UNIQUE NORTHWEST BUSINESSES WITH THE UNIQUE FLAVOR SO THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT THAN SIMPLY BEING ABLE TO SURVIVE AT THE AIRPORT WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT APPLY THERE THAT DON'T APPLY ANYWHERE ELSE SO WITH THAT SAID I GUESS I'M RAISING THE QUESTION ABOUT A REVIEW OF THE MANNER WHICH WE STRUCTURE RENT AS WELL AS THE MANNER IN WHICH THE LEASE TERMS PROVIDE FOR A LENGTH OF TERM TO AMORTIZE THE BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN THOSE LEASE TERMS IN THE LENGTH OF LEASE CONDITIONS AND BEING ABLE TO RECOUP THAT INVESTMENT OVER A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME BUT IF THAT MAKES SENSE IT SOUNDS LIKE IT DOES DURING CERTAIN TIMES TO REASSESS THE WHOLE MANNER WHICH WE ASSESS ESTABLISH THE RATE STRUCTURE THE RENTAL RATE STRUCTURE AND LEASING TERMS RECOGNIZING ALL OF THESE GREAT DIFFERENCES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE I FOR ONE HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE MAG IS DETERMINED WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA THAT GO INTO ESTABLISHING BY BUSINESS THE MAG THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE AND I'M SURE THAT THE PRINCIPLES CARRIED ACROSS ALL BUSINESSES BUT IS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT BUSINESSES AND WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT HOW THAT MAG IS DETERMINED IN THE FIRST PLACE SO FOR THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE I WAS NOT HONESTLY INVOLVED IN THOSE CALCULATIONS BUT TYPICALLY IN THE INDUSTRY HOW MAG IS CALCULATED YOU'RE LOOKING AT LOCATION CENTRAL TERMINAL IS MORE DESIRABLE THAN THE END OF A CERTAIN ON FORCE IN THE WILDERNESS IT'S LOCATION FOR RESTAURANT HOW MANY SEATS CAN I GET IN THE SPACE WHICH IS REALLY IMPACTING US RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE AT 25 TO 50% LOCATION SEATS IN THE SPACE SQUARE FOOTAGE ALL OF THAT KIND OF MESHED INTO ONE AND THIS IS WHAT WE THINK THIS PARTICULAR SPACE CAN GENERATE OUT OF THE MONEY TO GENERATE OUT OF THE SPACE BASED ON THESE CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND THAT'S THE SIZE OF THE SPACE HOW MANY SEATS YOU CAN GET IN THERE TO SERVE PEOPLE AND THEN ALSO LOCATION IS FACTORED INTO THAT YEAH SO I WOULD THINK THAT THERE IS NOT PRECISE UNIFORMLY WITH THE TYPE OF BUSINESS IN THAT REGARD EITHER BECAUSE SOME BUSINESSES CAN DRAW A MUCH HIGHER PROFIT THAN OTHERS PER SQUARE FOOT BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THEIR BUSINESS ABSOLUTELY YEAH SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A STARBUCKS OF COURSE IS GOING TO GENERATE MORE MONEY IN 500 SQUARE FOOT THEN SOME BRAND THAT NO ONE KNOWS IT'S DEFINITELY AND THAT'S WHY WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE PEOPLE DO IT DIFFERENTLY AND THEN OUR MAGS SOME PEOPLE HAVE A FIRST YEAR FLOOR THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS YOU CAN'T GO PAST THAT FIRST YEAR FLOOR IS THAT REALLY GOOD PRACTICE ANYMORE EITHER SO WE'RE REALLY KIND OF LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE RIGHT MIX WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO APPROACH THIS THAT ACHIEVES WHAT THE PORT WANTS AND THAT'S FOR THE AIRPORT IS TODAY ECONOMICALLY VIABLE BUT ALSO IS FAIR IN HOW WE DO BUSINESS WITH OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS FIRST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THAT BALANCE YEAH WELL WITH YOU AT THE HELM HERE I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED THAT YOU ARE TAKING THIS ON AS A KIND OF A MAJOR REASSESSMENT I THINK AT THIS TIME I'M ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT SO THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND YOU'RE ON MUTE SIR THANK YOU FOR THAT LOVELY REMINDER SO DON I DO APPRECIATE YOUR ABILITY TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX HERE AND FIND A WAY TO KEEP THE INTENT OF OUR TENANT RELIEF WHOLE WHILE DEALING WITH THESE PROTRACTED UNCERTAINTIES AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAINTAINING THE POLICY I SEE THIS IS REALLY JUST A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE ALWAYS INTENDED TO DO SO THANK YOU AND I'M SURE OUR TENANTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED AS A RESULT OF THAT I WANTED TO SO TO FOLLOW UP ON COMMISSIONER BOWMAN COMMENT AND CONCERN THAT WE ALL HAVE ABOUT THAT THE CHRIS DID NOT EXTEND TO GROUND TRANSPORTATION AND WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO WHETHER WE'RE INQUIRING WITH THE FAA OR CONGRESS ABOUT THE INTENT BEHIND THAT AND JUST TO NOTE THAT IN THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND AVIATION DIRECTOR LITTLE AND MYSELF JUST RECENTLY WROTE A LETTER TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AT THE STATE EMPLOYMENT SECURITY OFFICE AND TO INQUIRE ABOUT WHETHER THERE IS A STATE NEXUS BY WHICH WE CAN FIND A WAY TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION TO THOSE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN SO BADLY BADLY HIT DURING THE PANDEMIC BUT WE'RE NOT SUBJECT TO COMPENSATION SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THE RESPONSE FROM THE STATE IS BUT ALSO JUST TO KNOW WHAT IS OUR STRATEGY FOR GETTING FURTHER CLARITY FROM THE FEDS ABSOLUTELY I WILL WORK WITH OUR LEGAL TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO BACK TO THEM AND GET THAT RESPONSE FROM THEM ALRIGHT THANK YOU AND COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCE CLASS WE'RE PRETTY REVOLUTIONARY I'VE HAD COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ASKING FOR THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY ALSO WANT TO INCLUDE THAT SO SEATTLE HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER AIRPORTS SO THANK YOU DOESN'T SURPRISE ME BUT GLAD TO HEAR IT OKAY SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IF NOT I WOULD ENTERTAIN EMOTIONS SO MOVED AND DID WE HAVE THE SECOND OKAY SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED IS THERE A DISCUSSION ON THE MAIN MOTION WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ROLE BLESS YOU BLESS YOU THIS IS FOR DEBATE ON THE MERITS OF THE MAIN MOTION BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS THANK YOU THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS YEAH I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT IN THE STAFF BRIEFINGS I RECEIVED ON THIS TOPIC THERE WERE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I HAD RAISED AND GOT ANSWERS THAT WERE SATISFACTORY ONE RELATED TO THE RENTAL CAR CENTER FACILITY AND THE RELIEF THAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE IN PARTICULAR WHEN I SAW THE IDEA OF EXTENDING THE THE BID PROCESS OUT A FEW YEARS I JUST WANT TO MAKE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T IN A POSITION WHERE WE WERE FOREGOING POTENTIAL FUTURE REVENUE BUT IT'S CLEAR FROM THE POSITION THAT WE'RE IN THIS IS TRULY A WIN WIN FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE CONTRACT AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS AND I THINK BROADLY SPEAKING OF THE WHOLE PROGRAM THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BOTH PARTIES TO IMPROVE AGREEMENTS THAT WERE WRITTEN AND SIGNED AT A TIME WHEN NOBODY COULD FORESEE THE IMPACTS OF A PANDEMIC AND HOW LONG LASTING THEY'D BE SO THANKS AGAIN FOR ALL THE STAFF WORK ON GETTING TO WHERE WE HAVE BEFORE US A REAL WIN WIN THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO YEAH I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON AN ENTIRE AIRPORT TEAM FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THEY'VE BEEN DOING ON IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE YOU AND I MET WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER COUNCIL AND IT'S A LONG TIME COMING SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS THANK YOU MOVING TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK FOR DISCUSSIONS ON THE MAIN MOTION I'M ALL GOOD THANKS THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN NO FURTHER COMMENTS SO HERE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE COMMISSIONERS PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED FOR THE VOTE 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 YOU HAVE FIVE YESES AND ZERO NOS FOR THIS ITEM SO THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY CLERK HART PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL THEN INTRODUCE THE ITEM PRESENTERS THANK YOU JUST A NOTE BEFORE WE DO THAT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK SO IF FOLKS CAN MUTE THEMSELVES UNTIL THEY NEED TO SPEAK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL THANK YOU AND THIS IS ITEM TENSE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DEVELOP THE PROJECT DEFINITION DOCUMENT TO FINALIZE THE SCOPE SCHEDULE BUDGET AND PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD FOR THE REPORT PREFERRED SOUTH SATELLITE RENOVATION AND RENEWAL PROJECT ALTERNATIVE AT THE SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE AMOUNT BEING REQUESTED UNDER THIS AUTHORIZATION IS 2,750,000 DOLLARS THANK YOU CLERK HART AND COMMISSION I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE WHEN YOU GO TO PRESS THE BUTTON TO PUT THE CAMERA DOWN SO YOU CAN SNEEZE INSTEAD YOU PRESS THE UNMUTE BUTTON SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT WITH THAT THIS ONE ITEM IS IS THAT OUR SOUTH SATELLITE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1971 AND SERVES MILLIONS OF PASSENGERS EACH YEAR WITH THE RELOCATION OF OUR FEDERAL INSPECTION SERVICES AREA IN THE PLANNED OPENING OF OUR BRAND NEW INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS FACILITY WE HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO REIMAGINE THE SOUTH SATELLITE TO MAKE SEA WORLD CLASS AIRPORT IMPROVE OFFERINGS AND ENHANCE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING TODAY IS THE FIRST STEP IN THIS EFFORT THE SCOPE OF THE WORK FOR THE PROJECT DEFINITION DOCUMENT WILL INCLUDE IDENTIFYING BILLING BUILDING SYSTEMS THAT NEED TO BE RENEWED REPLACED OR UPDATED CODE COMPLIANCE AN EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO DETERMINE THE NEEDS OF THE RENOVATED FACILITY THE PORT WILL ALSO CONSIDER EXPANSION OF RETAIL DINING AND CLUB OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION THROUGH ART AND ARCHITECTURE THE PRESENTERS ARE LANCE LITTLE OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AVIATION AND BARRY HANNALI SENIOR DEVELOPMENT MANAGER AVIATION CAPITAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PLAN PLANTS LANCE YOU'RE MUTED SORRY I WAS SNEEZING SO THANK YOU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS CAN WE GET THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN PLEASE OKAY GO BACK GO BACK TO THE FIRST SIDE PLEASE THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AND AS YOU ALL KNOW IT TODAY WE'RE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION AS HE SAID FOR A YOUR PROJECT DEFINITION DOCUMENT TO FINALIZE THE SCOPE SCHEDULE BUDGET AND PRODUCT DELIVERY SPECIAL FOR THE SOUTH SATELLITE RENOVATION AND RENEWAL PROJECT THE AMOUNT WE'RE REQUESTING IS ON 2,750,000 DOLLARS IF YOU'RE ALL AWARE THE SOLD SATELLITE IS A VERY OWN FACILITY AND IT HAS ESSENTIALLY OUTLIVED ITS USEFUL LIFE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO IF YOU RECALL OUR OBJECTIVE AND VISION IS TO HAVE ALL THE FACILITIES THAT SEA OPERATES AT WHAT WE CALL OPTIMUM LEVEL OF SERVICE DURING A PEAK PERIOD HERE AT THE AIRPORT AND WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ENTIRE AIRPORT AND WE'LL DETERMINE WHAT MUST BE DONE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE TO ACHIEVE THE REQUIRED LEVEL OF SERVICE UPON COMPLETION OF SOME OF THE EXISTING PROJECTS SUCH AS THE NORTH SATELLITE THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL FACILITY AND THE BAGGAGE HANDLING SYSTEM AS WELL AS FUTURE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE C-1 BUILD IN THE NORTH MAIN TERMINAL FORMALLY CALLED ZONE 6-1-7 OR THE RELOCATION OF OUR SECURITY CHECKPOINT ONE WE WILL MOVE CLOSER TO ACHIEVING A LEVEL OF SERVICE SO THE NEXT MAJOR PROJECT THAT WE REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON TO GET US ON THERE IS THE SOUTH SATELLITE FACILITY NEXT SLIDE SO THE SOUTH SATELLITE IT WAS BUILT IN THE EARLY SEVENTIES AND THE PICTURE OF SHOWN WAS TAKEN IN A 2016 NEEDLESS TO SAY THAT THIS FACILITY IS A MUCH MUCH BUSIER FACILITY THAN IT WAS WHEN IT WAS OPENED SO NEXT SLIDE SO I WAS HERE IN THE MID EIGHTIES BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE LAST TIME THE SATELLITE WAS EXPANDED THE EXPANSION WAS ON THE RAMP IN THE INTERNATIONAL CORRIDOR THE CONCOURSE LEVELS AND THE BUILDING WAS EXPANDED FOOTPRINT WAS EXPANDED BY APPROXIMATELY 30% I'M NOT SURE IF ANY GATES WERE ADDED AT THE TIME BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FACILITY WAS ENHANCED SUCH THAT WE COULD HANDLE A WIDE BODY AIRCRAFT MORE WIDE BODY AIRCRAFT SIMULTANEOUSLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE IT ALSO INCREASED THE NUMBER OF HOLD ROOMS AND BAGGAGE OPERATIONS SPACE THAT WE HAD AND IT PUT ADDITIONAL AIRLINES OPERATIONS OFFICES ON THE AIR PRIME LEVEL AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ELECTRICAL ROOMS HOWEVER THE USER EXPERIENCE IS STILL NOT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IT'S STILL CONGESTED PASSENGER AMENITIES THAT WE NEED ARE REALLY REALLY SUB PAR AND IT'S NOTHING NEAR THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE DESIRE OUR PASSENGERS DESIRE THE INFRASTRUCTURE REACHED THE END OF LIFE AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY IT'S A WEIGHT LIMITED FACILITY AND IT'S IN NEED OF SEISMIC GRADE BARRY HANDLING WHICH IS GOING TO FOLLOW ME WILL ELABORATE ON SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL UPGRADES THAT ARE NEEDED THE FIS OR FEDERAL INSPECTION SERVICES AREA WILL BE VACATED THIS YEAR ONCE THE INTERNATIONAL AREGULAR FACILITY OR THE IAF IS OPEN OF THE APPROXIMATELY 140,000 SQUARE FOOT OF THE WHICH IS THE TRAIN AND THE MEZZANINE LEVEL THIS IS ABOUT TO BE VACATED AND THIS AREA HAS TO BE REPURPOSED OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN ANOTHER LIFE WHERE BRAND NEW INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL FACILITY WAS OPEN AND THE EXISTING FIS FACILITIES STATE FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS AND WAS NOT REPURPOSED SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REPURPOSE AS PROMPTLY BECAUSE SPACE IS NOT OUR FRIEND AT THIS AIRPORT NEXT SLIDE SO THE PDD WILL IDENTIFY AS STEVE MENTIONED EARLIER THE SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE RENEWED REPLACED OR UPGRADED IN THIS FACILITY INTO CODE COMPLIANCE AND TO REPROGRAM THE PUBLIC AREAS WE NEED TO MAXIMIZE AS DON MENTIONED EARLIER SOME OF THE RETAIL DUE TO FREE DINING LOUNGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED WE NEED TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS FACILITY WE ALSO NEED TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE SIZE AND LOCATION OF CUSTOMER AMENITIES TO BE INCLUDED AND AS PART OF OUR WHOLE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDIZATION WE WANT TO HAVE A UNIFIED ARCHITECTURAL THEME AND TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE ART INSTALLATION WITHIN THE FACILITY COMMISSIONER YOU HAVE SET AN OBJECTIVE FOR US TO BE THE MOST ACCESSIBLE AIRPORT IN THE UNITED STATES SO WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THE ADA DEFICIENCIES EVENTUALLY HAVE MEDITATION OUR INTERFACE ROOM SENSOR ROOMS AGENDA RESTROOMS LACTATION SUITES AND EVEN PET RELIEF FACILITY AS WELL SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS FACILITY NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED TO MEET THE OPTIMUM LEVEL OF SERVICE IT HAS TO MEET THE ACCESSIBILITY CODES THAT THE AIRPORT HAS AND THE SUSTAINABLE WAY TO GOES BUT ALSO IT NEEDS TO BE A VERY SAFE FACILITY FOR US TO OPERATE IN AS WELL SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO I'M GOING TO HAND OVER TO BARRY HANDLEY AND BARRY IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME MORE DETAIL ON THIS PROJECT BARRY GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS THANKS LANCE SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE WE HAVE HAD SOME INTERIM INVESTMENTS OUT AT THE SOUTH SATELLITE WE DID DO SOME INTERIOR RENOVATIONS BACK IN 2016 THAT WAS BASICALLY CASE WORK AND NEW CARPET WE DID SOME STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS IN 2017 IN SUPPORT OF AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL AS WELL AS CLUB SPACE AND THEN WE ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED WITH A HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING REPLACED ON AN UPGRADE TO REPLACE LARGE BITS OF THE ORIGINAL SYSTEM THAT REALLY NEEDED IT WAS AT THEIR NECESSARY UPGRADES AND WE WERE AT THE END OF LIFE OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM AND REALLY NEEDED TO UPGRADE THE CAPACITY AS WELL NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO AS YOU RECALL PREVIOUS EFFORTS HAVE GATHERED VALUABLE DATA WE HAVE PASSENGER VOLUME DATA BUILDING SYSTEMS ASSESSMENTS WE'VE TAKEN A HARD LOOK AT OUR AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL WE'VE ALSO ASSESSED THE DEMAND FOR CLUB SPACE AND THAT'S ACTUALLY CHANGING ALL THE TIME IN THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT WE DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE COMPARISONS WITH INDUSTRY STANDARDS ESSENTIALLY IATA STANDARDS TO OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT UP TO SNUFF THERE AND THEN WE'VE HAD A GROWTH THANKS TO LANCE ESPECIALLY IN THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN CARRIERS WE HAVE COMING TO THE AIRPORT AND WE WANT TO ASSESS THEIR NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOMMODATING THEM IF I COULD GET THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE THANKS AUBREE OKAY SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO HERE IS DEVELOP A PLAN AS LANCE NOTED THAT ADDRESSES THE BUILDING SYSTEMS MOST OF THEM ARE AT END OF LIFE AND THEY'RE ALSO VERY DIFFICULT TO REPAIR SO WE NEED TO DO A BUILDING SYSTEMS REPLACEMENT AND MODERNIZATION PROGRAM WE DEFINITELY NEED TO DO STRUCTURAL UPGRADES PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF SEISMIC STRENGTHENING WE NEED TO REPROGRAM THE SPACE THAT LANCE WAS ALLUDING TO IN THE FIS AREA BUT ALSO THROUGHOUT THE STRUCTURE BECAUSE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE SPACE MORE WISELY NOW WE ALSO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND REDUCE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE THROUGH VARIOUS EFFICIENCIES AND INNOVATIONS AND IT IS A 50 YEAR OLD STRUCTURE SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY HERE TO REALLY MAKE A BIG CHANGE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AUBREE THANK YOU SO WE'RE TRYING TO REACH THAT OPTIMUM IATA STANDARD FOR OUR PASSENGERS AND THAT REALLY MEANS THAT WE NEED TO EXPAND THE RETAIL DINING CLUB OPPORTUNITIES OUT AT THE SOUTH SATELLITE WE ALSO WANT TO DEMONSTRATE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AS I NOTED EARLIER AS WELL AS PROVIDING UPDATED AND UPGRADED PASSENGER EXPERIENCE WE LACK A NUMBER OF THE MORE COMMON AMENITIES THAT YOU'D SEE IN A TERMINAL TODAY OUT THERE WE ARE ALSO WANTING TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY CONNECTION THROUGH THE ART AND ARCHITECTURE THAT WE DESIGN INTO THE BUILDING SO THAT'S A PRIORITY NEXT SLIDE AUBREE RIGHT SO ON THIS QUICK SCHEMATIC PROFILE YOU'D ENTER IN THROUGH THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER PASS THROUGH DUTY FREE MOVE UP TO SOME AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL CONTINUE ON UP TO THE CONCOURSE LEVEL WHERE WE HAVE AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL AS WELL AS THE GATES AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO A BLENDED HOLD ROOM CONCEPT THAT WE LIKE TO DO AND THEN ON THE FLOOR ABOVE WE WOULD HAVE IN LOUNGE SPACE AND SOME CUSTOMER AMENITIES NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AUBREE RIGHT SO HERE'S THE FIS SPACE SO AS THE FEDERAL INSPECTION SERVICE TRANSITIONS OVER TO THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS FACILITY IT OPENS UP A FAIRLY LARGE AMOUNT OF SPACE DOWN ON THE FIRST TWO LEVELS OF THE BUILDING WE AGAIN LIKE TO SEE A LARGE DUTY FREE DOWN THERE AND THEN ALSO BLEND IN SOME RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PASSENGERS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AUBREE THANK YOU ON THE CONCOURSE LEVEL WE WOULD BE OPENING THE SPACE UP CONSIDERABLY BUT WE'D ALSO BE USING BLENDED HOLD ROOMS SO YOU WOULD SEE THE RETAIL GETTING PUSHED OUT MORE TOWARDS THE GATES WITH DINING OPPORTUNITIES CLOSER TO THE GATES AND SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES CLOSER TO THE GATES AND JUST GREATER ACCESSIBILITY TO RETAIL OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE FLOOR ON THE CONCOURSE LEVEL AND THEN UP ABOVE WE WOULD AGAIN HAVE THOSE ENHANCED CLUB SPACES SO AUBREE I THINK NEXT SLIDE RIGHT SO HERE YOU HAVE THE EXTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE YOU'LL NOTE THAT IT REALLY HASN'T EXPANDED ALL THAT MUCH WERE BOUND IN HERE BY FAA BUILDING LIMITATION BUILDING RESTRICTION LINES BUT WE HAVE ADDED SEISMIC STRENGTHENING TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING IN THE FORM OF THESE SEISMIC GATE PODS THIS WOULD ALSO ASSIST US WITH ADA ACCESSIBILITY OUT TO THE JET WAYS AND WOULD BASICALLY CONTROL THE BUILDING LATERALLY IN A SEISMIC EVENT AND REDUCE THE NEED TO PUT BRACING THROUGHOUT THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING TO CONTROL THAT LATERAL MOVEMENT COMMISSIONERS THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY WE DO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AUTHORIZATION OF THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT DEFINITION DOCUMENT EFFORT AND THANK YOU DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US WELL THANK YOU BARRY FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION AND LANCE AND WHAT AN AMAZING TRANSFORMATION NOT JUST TO GET AN IAF BUT TO BE ABLE TO REPURPOSE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NO LONGER IN THE FLINTSTONES SO ANYWAY THAT WOULD LOOK MODERN ACTUALLY SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR QUESTIONS PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AND KEEP THE QUESTIONS RELEVANT TO THE PRESENTATION AND CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE ROLL THANK YOU BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN HI VERY GREAT PRESENTATION AND LANCE THANKS FOR BRINGING IT FORWARD AND I'VE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT THIS FINALLY COMING FORWARD WE'VE HAD SO MANY OTHER HUGE PROJECTS AND CELL SATELLITE HAS CERTAINLY WAITED A LONG TIME SO I'M THRILLED TO SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR EMOTION I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS MAYBE I MISSED THAT YEAH SO SO MANY OF THE SYSTEMS ARE ORIGINAL TO THE STRUCTURE SO THEY'RE 50 YEARS OLD WHAT WE THINK WE CAN DO IS COME UP WITH AT LEAST ELITE SILVER AND WE'D BE TRYING TO REACH TOWARDS A GOLD RATING BUT WE'RE STARTING AT A SILVER RATING AND THEN AGAIN AS WE REPLACE THE SYSTEMS AND EVEN THE EXTERIOR CLADDING OF THE BUILDING IN THE OLDER PORTIONS OF THAT CONCOURSE THE GLASS IS SINGLE PANE SO YOU HAVE THINGS LIKE THAT GOING ON YOU ALSO HAVE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE IN SOME OF THE BACK ROOMS FOR SOME OF THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OF A STEAMSHIP SO WE CAN DO BETTER WE CAN PUT IN SYSTEMS THAT HAVE DIGITAL CONTROLS AND THAT CAN BE CENTRALLY MONITORED AND ACTIVELY MONITORED AND THAT ALSO CAN MOVE WITH THE PASSENGER LOAD SO TO SPEAK BUT EVEN OUR ELEVATORS OUT THERE ARE ORIGINAL TO THE STRUCTURE SO AFTER 50 YEARS EVEN THEY'RE TIRED SO WE COULD PUT IN MORE EFFICIENT ELEVATORS MORE EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REACTS TO THE PASSENGER LOAD IN THE BUILDING AND JUST SO MANY REGLAZE IT BUT SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD DO THEY COULD REALLY BRING THE ENERGY FOOTPRINT WAY DOWN THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO DO IS ACTUALLY PUT IN SOME ADDITIONAL POWER CENTERS SO THAT WE CAN ELECTRIFY THE GROUND HANDLING EQUIPMENT THAT CURRENTLY SERVES THE SATELLITE RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE ENOUGH POWER OUT THERE TO HAVE FOUR CHARGING STATIONS FOR THAT EQUIPMENT WE'D LIKE TO AT LEAST QUADRUPLE THAT AND IN SO DOING WE COULD ELECTRIFY ALL THE GROUND HANDLING EQUIPMENT OUT THERE SO THERE'S 100 THINGS WE COULD DO OUT THERE AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET OUT THERE ASSESS WHAT OUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE WE KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA ON SOME OF THEM OBVIOUSLY AND REALLY GET OUT THERE AND CHASE AFTER THEM AND MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AWESOME THANK YOU THAT WAS GREAT THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT OVERVIEW I THINK WE'RE ALL REALLY INTERESTED IN WE HAVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HUGE MODERNIZATION TO REALLY MAKE IT AS ENERGY EFFICIENT AND REDUCE THAT CARBON FOOTPRINT AS POSSIBLE AND I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT UP THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE GROUND HANDLING EQUIPMENT SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY OR ONLY A LIMITED ABILITY AT THE MOMENT SO THAT'S GREAT VERY THANK YOU THANK YOU TRICIA AND I HOPE YOU'LL ENUMERATING THOSE THINGS AT THE DESIGN WHERE WE CAN HAVE THAT ENERGY SCREEN ANALYSIS THAT'S FANTASTIC THOUGH OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF LOW HANGING FRUIT TO PICK SO WE'LL BE IN COMMISSIONER WE WILL BE INCLUDING THE EARLY ON ENERGY ANALYSIS AS PART OF THE PDD EFFORT THAT YOU HAVE SO THAT WE CAN INFORM THOSE DECISIONS ABSOLUTELY SIR THANK YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS FOR QUESTIONS OF STAFF YEAH THE SLIDE TOO IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE AND I WANT TO THANK LANCE AND THE WHOLE TEAM FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS VISION OF WHERE THE PORT IS HEADED I THINK THAT WOULD BE QUITE AN EXTRAORDINARY LEGACY IF WE CAN PULL THIS ALL OFF TO BRING THE PORT UP TO NOT ONLY THE CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS THAT WE'RE HOPING BUT ALSO READY TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT OUR REGION NEEDS IN TERMS OF AIR TRAVEL AND THE OTHER THING I'D SAY OR QUESTION I HAVE IS I KNOW THIS IS ABOUT DESIGN BUT I'M ALSO CURIOUS ABOUT THE LONGER TERM TIMELINE FOR THIS PROJECT WHEN WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE IF ALL WENT SMOOTHLY ROUGHLY WHEN WOULD WE CUT THE RIBBON ON THIS PROGRAM LANCE DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT SURE GO AHEAD THAT WOULD BE MY RESPONSIBILITY SO WHAT WE THINK COMMISSIONER IS THAT WE CAN GET THIS DONE BY 2029 WE POSSIBLY SOONER BUT THAT'S A VERY HIGH LEVEL SCHEDULING INDICATES THAT TIME OF TIME FRAME ABSOLUTELY AND REMEMBER COMMISSIONER THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT TO DO THE PDD AS WE DO THE PDD AND WE GET THE MORE AND MORE INFORMATION THEN WE CAN PROVIDE A BETTER SCALE SO THAT BAR GIVES YOU CAN VARY SO DON'T FOLLOW UP TO THAT DATE AS YET AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE PDD AND THE DESIGN EFFORT THEN WE HAVE A BETTER DATE AND I ALSO THINK IT'S VERY WISE OF US TO ADVANCE THE DESIGN PROCESS BECAUSE WITH THE DISCUSSION AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AROUND AND INFRASTRUCTURE WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT IN ANYONE'S MIND THAT A PASSENGER TERMINAL AT A LARGE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT IS PART OF OUR VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE SO MAYBE THIS COULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THAT EFFORT TO MODERNIZE GREEN AND GROW OUR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO FOR QUESTIONS OF STAFF COMMISSIONER CALKINS STOLE MY QUESTION SO I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS THANK YOU THANK YOU MOVING TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK A SECOND HERE THERE WE GO OKAY THERE WE GO I HAVE IT MUTED YES I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE OF AREAS FIRST OF ALL I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT A DESIGN AUTHORIZATION AT THIS POINT IS DETERMINING THE SCOPE OF BASICALLY AS IS REFERRED TO AS THE PDD THE PROJECT DEFINITION DOCUMENT DEFINES THE SCOPE OF WORK THE BUILDING PROGRAM AND ALSO THE SCHEDULE BUDGET AND DELIVERABLES SO THE DESIGN WORK WILL COME LATER AFTER WE HAVE THIS KIND OF PRE DESIGN FOUNDATIONAL WORK UNDERTAKEN HERE THAT THEN PROVIDES A BASIS FOR THE DESIGN TO MOVE FORWARD AND SO I THINK GIVEN THAT WE'RE AT THE STAGE AND IT'S GOOD TO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THIS AT THE PRE DESIGN STAGE AND TO HEAR THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IS BEING TAKEN HERE AND FROM THAT STANDPOINT I CERTAINLY SHARE COMMISSIONER BOWMAN STRONG INTEREST IN SEEING A SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION IN THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF THIS BUILDING ENERGY USE AND THAT IT BE DESIGNED WITH THE THE BEST PRACTICE GREEN BUILDING PRINCIPLES FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING DESIGN AND I KNOW THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME THERE BUT WE HAVE NOW A SUSTAINABILITY FRAMEWORK PROCESS THANKS TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN LEADERSHIP AND OTHERS ON THE CAPITAL PROJECT SIDE EXPECT TO BE SEEING MORE SPECIFICALLY BEYOND JUST A LEAD PERFORMANCE RATING EXACTLY HOW YOU INTEND TO APPROACH THIS FROM A DREAM BUILDING SUSTAINABILITY STANDPOINT THERE'S A PREMIUM ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE OFFSET BY THE LIFECYCLE COST REDUCTION AS WE KNOW AND WITH THAT IN MIND WHAT EXACTLY IS THE INTENDED HEATING HVAC SYSTEM WILL IT UTILIZE OUR RNG OR WHAT WILL BE THE ENERGY SOURCE WE WE'RE GOING TO ANALYZE THAT AS PART OF THE PDD SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF ENERGY USAGE I CERTAINLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT AND UNTIL WE GET COMMISSIONER CALKINS OCEAN WIND GENERATORS UP AND RUNNING OUR CHOICES ARE LIMITED TO ELECTRICITY AND RNG IF WE'RE GOING TO GO FOSSIL FREE ON THE ON THE HVAC SYSTEM RIGHT NOW SO GEOTHERMAL OTHER SOURCES OF ENERGY THAT ARE RENEWABLE NON CARBON PRODUCING BUT I'M CERTAINLY KEENLY INTERESTED IN THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A 50 YEAR UPGRADE AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT I'M ALSO INTERESTED IN RESPONSE TO OUR OPEN DOOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED ACCESSIBILITY AND THE COMMISSION OBJECTIVE OF BECOMING I GUESS SUPPORT OBJECTIVE BECOMING THE MOST ACCESSIBLE ACCESSIBLE AIRPORT IN NORTH AMERICA AND TO BE SURE THAT THAT'S WELL COVERED IN YOUR SCOPE HERE YOUR PDD WORK AND I THINK I'M MORE OR LESS THROUGH MY LIST HERE I AM INTERESTED IN HOW THIS ALSO TIES INTO THE OVERALL ARCHITECTURAL VISION FOR THE AIRPORT COMPLEX IN ITS EXPRESSION BECAUSE YOU BASICALLY YOU'RE REBUILDING THIS BUILDING WHILE KEEPING IT SEMI OPERATIONAL BUT STRIPPING IT DOWN TO THE MINIMUM BONES OF THE STRUCTURE TO BE FAIRLY COSTLY INFECTING COST MORE THAN A COMPLETE NEW BUILDING AS WE KNOW SO I WILL BE INTERESTED IN THAT BUT I WANTED TO ADD ALSO INTO MY WISH LIST THE 1% FOR ART COMPONENT THAT BE IDENTIFIED EARLY AND INTEGRATED INTO THE NATURAL PROJECT DESIGN SIR WE HAVE ALREADY ANTICIPATED 1% FOR ART WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO USE ARTISTS THAT REPRESENT OUR AREA AND KIND OF THE CULTURAL RESOURCES IN OUR AREA TO THE QUESTION ABOUT OUR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH OUR RESIDENT ARCHITECTS IN THE F AND I GROUP OUT HERE AT AVIATION SO THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED AND THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL AND JUST REALLY INSIGHTFUL ON HOW TO GET US TO THESE DIFFERENT GOALS AND HOW TO TIE THIS ALL TOGETHER SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE THE ADA ACCESS AND TO THAT END WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE ELEVATORS WHICH CURRENTLY ARE REALLY SUBSTANDARD HONESTLY AND JUST DON'T ADDRESS THE NEED FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE ANY SORT OF A CHALLENGE THAT WAY SO WE WANT TO IMPROVE THAT SITUATION WE ALSO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND AS ANY ANYBODY WHO'S TAKING A FLIGHT OUT OF THEIR KNOWS OUT BY THE JET WAYS WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE ACCESS FROM THE WAITING AREA RIGHT OUT TO THE DOOR OF THE PLANE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IN CERTAIN AREAS THAT'S JUST NOT QUITE UP TO SNUFF SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT ABSOLUTELY SEAMLESS FOR FOLKS SO THAT THAT IS A SMOOTH FLOW REALLY SMOOTH TRANSITION THAT PUT THEM ON THE SAME PLANE AS ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S TRAVELING OUT TO THAT AIRCRAFT SO THAT'S THE GOAL SO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK IF I COULD JUST ADD TO WHAT BARRY SAID IF YOU LOOK AT THE MEMO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE JUST ADDRESSED IS ACTUALLY OUTLINED IN THE MEMBER SO WE INTEND TO ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE IN THE PDD AND NOT JUST TO MEET ADA COMPLIANCE BUT TO GO BEYOND THAT I MENTIONED THE SENSOR OF THE PRIOR ROOMS THE LACTATION STATION JUST GOING BEYOND ADA AGAIN BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE THE MOST ACCESSIBLE AIRPORT IN THE UNITED STATES AS YOU HAVE JUST SAID SO EVERYTHING IS MINE THAT YOU ABUSED IT WILL BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THE PDD ALL RIGHT IT'S GOOD TO HEAR AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND YOUR ATTENTION TO JUST BROAD ARRAY OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES HERE AND I THINK IT ALL COMES DOWN AS DIRECTOR LANCE LITTLE SAYS THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TO MAKE IT THE MOST EFFORTLESS ENJOYABLE AND EFFICIENT THROUGHPUT AS WELL THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY ACHIEVE A LOT OF GOALS PACKED INTO ONE YES SIR THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK MOVING TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN WELL I'LL BE REAL BRIEF I MEAN BARRY THE FACT THAT THIS PROJECT IS SO FAR OUT AND YOU'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT THE 1% FOR ART THAT'S THAT SHOULD MAKE OUR COMMITTEE VERY EXCITED THAT THIS IS PACKED IN RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING AND I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THAT I SAW THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT YOU FOLKS JUST RECENTLY PRODUCED ON THIS LITTLE A HALLWAY THAT SORT OF IS THE LINKAGE I THINK BETWEEN SOUTH SATELLITE AND THE IAF THAT IS THE NORTHWESTY THING WHICH IS JUST STUNNING THE DOUG FIR THAT SURROUNDS THE ENTIRE BUILDING AND WITH THE CUT ENDS FOR THE FLOOR I MEAN BEATS THE SALTIO TILES ANY DAY OR WHATEVER THEY ARE NO INSULT TO RYAN THERE ON THE TILE SIDE BUT REALLY THE WOOD WAS GORGEOUS AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON OBVIOUSLY I HAVE VERY GOOD CONFIDENCE IN THE ARCHITECTURAL AESTHETIC THAT'S BEING EXERCISE THOUGH I FEEL VERY ENCOURAGED BY THAT I WE JUST ALSO NOTE IN TERMS OF IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSION STEINBRUECKS THOUGHTS ABOUT RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES THERE'S A LOT OF ROOF THERE AND THERE'S BEEN THIS ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER SOLAR ARRAYS ARE SUITABLE FOR AIRPORTS BECAUSE OF GLARE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL AIRPORTS THAT HAVE THERE'S LIKE COATINGS ON THESE THINGS THAT HAVE DONE I KNOW SOLAR ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MOUNTAINS ARE NOT AS EFFICIENT AS ON THE EAST SIDE BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT PARTNERING WITH LIKE THE PORT OF WALLA WALLA TO BE ABLE TO DO LIKE A PUGET SOUND DIRECT BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE GIVEN THAT THERE'S POTENTIALLY NO TREES AROUND THE AIRPORT WHAT WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOLAR GAIN ON ON JUST DOING SOME PORTION OF THE ELECTRICAL DEMAND THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT SO ANYWAY THAT WOULD BE ALL PART OF THE ENERGY SCREENING EXERCISE AS WE GET FURTHER DOWN THE DESIGN BUT REALLY PHENOMENAL REVIEW THANK YOU SO MUCH TO SEEING THAT VISION ARTICULATED IN I DON'T KNOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION AND WE JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE VOTE ON THE MOTION AS WE CAN KEEP ON TIME HERE SO COULD YOU CALL THE ROLL I CERTAINLY CAN COMMISSIONER BOWMAN DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR A FOLLOW UP OKAY BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN FOR THE VOTE AYEI THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CAULKIN AYE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO AYE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK DID WE HEAR A MOTION AND A SECOND I CALLED FOR THE VOTE I DIDN'T HEAR THE MOTION I BELIEVE WE DID NOT DO THE MOTION FIRST MOVED IN SECOND I DON'T THINK IT WAS I WILL MOVE MOTION I THINK RIGHT I THINK I JUST JUMPED TO THE IT'S VERY WE FOLLOW THESE THESE PROCEDURES I KNOW I'M SORRY I'M JUST TRYING TO STAY ON SCHEDULE IT I WILL MOVE THE MOTION FUNCTION ON ITEMS AND THEN YES BUT THE CLERK MAY WANT TO RETAKE THE ROLL CALL ALRIGHT SO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION THAT'S WHAT I INTENDED TO DO AND LET'S JUST DO A VOTE ON THE MOTION NOW THAT IT'S BEEN INTRODUCED IN SECONDED BY CLERK HART I'M SO SORRY I WAS THE ONE ON MUTE THE COMMISSIONER BOWMAN I GOT YOUR AYE COMMISSIONER CALKINS AYE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO AYE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK YES THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AYE THANK YOU THERE ARE FIVE YESSES AND ZERO NOS FOR THIS ITEM ONCE AGAIN THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY CLERK HART PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD EXECUTIVE OR METRUCK WILL THEN INTRODUCE THE PRESENTERS AND NICE JOB TO VERY FRIENDLY THANK YOU REALLY GREAT THANK YOU THE NEXT ITEM IS 10 D THIS IS AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH CRUISE LLC THE EXPEDIA GROUP IN WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE TO SPEND UP TO 83,000 FOR THE PORT ONE SIXTH CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE COST AND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS WHICH SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND THE ENGINEERING DEMANDS AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR THE REBUILDING OF THE PUBLIC FISHING PIER AT PIER 86 BUT THE FERRY FLOAT TO SUPPORT COMMUTER FERRY SERVICE AND TO EXEMPT THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR FROM A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS COMMISSIONERS THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT PROJECT THE PROJECTED COMPLETION DATE OF THIS ANALYSIS THIS SUMMER 2021 OR CONTRIBUTIONS OF EFFORT WILL FULFILL A JOINT DESIRE BY ALL PARTIES TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF RENOVATING PIER 86 FOR PUBLIC FISHING AND ACCESS OR POSSIBLE FERRY BOAT OPERATIONS PRESENTERS ARE KYRA LISE DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND STEPHANIE JONES STEBBINS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF MARITIME KYRA SO I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO START WITH STEVE JUST TO PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTION WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT IS THE PUBLIC FISHING PIER IN THE PORT CENTENNIAL PARK ALTHOUGH THIS PIER IS NOT OWNED BY THE PARK BY THE PORT IT'S IN ONE OF OUR VERY IMPORTANT AND MOST USED PARKS THE PIER PROVIDED PUBLIC FISHING FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW FISHING PIERS IN PUGET SOUND ESPECIALLY ONE OF THE FEW THAT PROVIDED REALLY EXCELLENT SALMON FISHING FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS NOT BEEN SUITABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS HE'S BEEN LOAD RESTRICTIONS AMONG OTHER ISSUES THE PORT WASHINGTON APARTMENT AND FISH AND WILDLIFE THE ACTUAL OWNER WHO YOU HEARD FROM EARLIER TODAY AND EXPEDIA WE ALSO SPOKE EARLIER HAVE BEEN TALKING TOGETHER ABOUT HOW WE CAN PARTNER TO RETURN A PUBLIC FISHING PIER TO THIS LOCATION SO TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE FIRST AGREEMENT TO MOVE US DOWN THAT ROAD NOW THIS MAY SOUND SIMPLE BUT IT'S INCREDIBLY COMPLEX GIVEN LOGISTICS AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS REQUIRED TO MAKE THIS COME TO FRUITION SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE KYRA LISE THE PORT DIRECTOR OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT TO SHEPHERD THIS PROCESS AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KYRA TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION GREAT THANK YOU DIRECTOR JONES-STEBBINS AND GREETINGS COMMISSION PRESIDENT FELLEMAN AND COMMISSIONERS DIRECTOR METRUCK WE DO HAVE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION TO ACCOMPANY MY WORDS THANK YOU SO MUCH I DO WANT TO JUST THANK THE EARLIER COMMENTS FROM PARTNERS EXPEDIA AND DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE A DIRECTOR JOAN-STEBBINS IS CORRECT SO THIS IS A RELATIVELY SMALL DOLLAR VALUE IT REPRESENTS A GREAT DEAL OF WORK AMONGST THE PARTNERS TO COME TO AN ARRANGEMENT WHERE WE COULD PURSUE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE PIERS SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERS WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER SO JUST GO OVER GENERAL WORDS ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT IS ENVISIONED BY THIS PARTNERSHIP THE RESTORATION OF THE PIER AND GIVE SOME DETAILS ON THE SPECIFIC ITEM FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY SO IF WE COULD MOVE FORWARD PLEASE THIS DEALS WITH THE FISHING PIER AT THE CENTENNIAL PARK WHICH YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU SHOWS THE COMPLETED FISHING PIER WITH A FERRY FLOAT ENVISIONED BY THE EXPANDED EXPEDIA CAMPUS THAT'S BEEN UNDERWAY FOR MANY YEARS SO THIS IS JUST AN ILLUSTRATION OF WHAT COULD BE FOUND THERE WITH THE COMPLETED PROJECT GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE TODAY WE HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH CRUISE LLC THE EXPEDIA GROUP THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE FOR 83,000 DOLLARS TOWARDS THE COST RESPONSIBILITY ANALYSIS TOWARDS REBUILDING OF THE PUBLIC FISHING PIER WITH THE POTENTIAL OF A FERRY FLOAT TO SUPPORT COMMUTER SERVICE INTO ELLIOTT BAY AND THE EXPEDIA CAMPUS IN PARTICULAR AND TO AUTHORIZE EXEMPTION OF THIS OPPORTUNITY FROM A COMPETITIVE PROCESS SO THAT EXPEDIA CAN CARRY OUT THE WORK WITHOUT THE PUBLIC PROVISION OF PROCUREMENT MOVING FORWARD TODAY I'LL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DOCK RESTORATION PROJECT AS WE CURRENTLY ENVISION IT AND THE DETAILS OF THIS ACTION ITEM ALONG WITH BUDGET AND COST ASSUMPTIONS THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS AND OTHER ENDEAVORS RELATED TO THIS AS WELL AS THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE STUDY AND HOPEFULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IT THE PROJECT THAT IS ENVISIONED RELATES TO THE NOW CLOSED PUBLIC FISHING PIER, PIER 86 ADJACENT TO THE EXPANDED EXPEDIA CAMPUS WHICH HAS BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR SEVERAL YEARS THE PIER WAS BUILT IN 1979 AND HAD TO BE CLOSED FOR SAFETY REASONS IN 2018 WAS OPERATED BY THE PORT DURING ALL OF THAT TIME AS EXPEDIA WAS MOVING FORWARD DEVELOPING THEIR CAMPUS VISION THE RESTORATION OF THE PIER BEGAN TO BE DISCUSSED AMONG THE PARTNERS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE RELATED TO THE TECHNICAL SPECS ON THE WATER SIDE THAT HAD BEEN PART OF THE CENTENNIAL PARK PROJECT ALSO TO BE EXTENDED TO THIS PIER PROJECT THE PARTNERS ALSO WERE EAGER TO SEE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FERRY FLOAT TO SUPPORT COMMUTERS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING TO THE EXPEDIA CAMPUS AS THEY MOVED THEIR EMPLOYEES TO ELLIOTT BAY HOW CAN THEY DO COMMUTER TRIP REDUCTION AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO THEIR CAMPUS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN UPENDED QUITE CONSIDERABLY DURING THIS CRISIS BUT STILL AN INTEREST TO THE STUDY TO EVALUATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING A FLOATING HERE AT THE END OF WHAT IS LARGELY A PUBLIC DOCK FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES EXCITING ALSO IS THE COMMITMENT OF FUNDS BOTH FROM EXPEDIA AS RICHARD MENTIONED EARLIER BUT ALSO THROUGH THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FUNDS APPROPRIATED FOR THIS REDEVELOPMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE A CONTRIBUTION OF UP TO 1,750,000 DOLLARS ON THE STRENGTH OF WHAT WE LEARN IN THE EVALUATION AND THE PROJECT VISION THAT COMES THROUGH THE EVALUATION AND THE COST ASSESSMENT THE STAFF MAY RECOMMEND UP TO 1,000,000 DOLLARS OF PORT CONTRIBUTION BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE COST OF FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS WHICH IS OUR ITEM TODAY MOVING FORWARD THIS ACTION WOULD BRING AN AGREEMENT THAT WAS CONTAINED IN YOUR COMMISSION PACKET IF YOU WANT TO KNOW THE PARTICULARS BETWEEN EXPEDIA IT'S CRUISE LLC DOING BUSINESS AS DFW AND THE PORT TO FIND THIS ENGINEERS ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND FEASIBILITY THERE'S BEEN QUITE A LOT OF TECHNICAL WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE WITH THE CAMPUS EXPANSION THIS WOULD BUILD ON THAT WORK WHICH IS THE OTHER REASON WE ARE ASKING FOR A COMPETITIVE WAIVER BECAUSE EXPEDIA HAS EXTENDED THEIR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS TECHNICAL SPECS AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS TO ALLOW FOR THIS TO BE DONE UNDER THEIR AUSPICES IN CONFORMITY WITH THEIR EXISTING CONTRACTS AND SCHEDULES SO THAT IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO THIS PROJECT WE PROBABLY COULDN'T HAVE PERFORMED THIS WITH JUST THE PUBLIC PARTNERS WITHOUT A GREAT DEAL MORE EXPENSE BUT IT DOES REQUIRE A COMPETITIVE WAIVER AS OUR MONEY IN DFW MONEY IS IN THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW BOTH OF THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PARTNERS ANTICIPATE IN CONTRACTING TO SPEND ON THESE PROJECTS THE FIRST PROJECT BEING THE COST AND FEASIBILITY REPORT WHICH IS YOUR ITEM FOR TODAY YOU'VE HEARD WE'RE ASKING FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR THE 83,000 DOLLARS CONTRIBUTION FROM THE PORT DFW HAS ALREADY MADE A COMMITMENT OF 167,000 DOLLARS TO THIS PROJECT IN EXPEDIA DBA CRUISE IS EXTENDING 250,000 DOLLARS TO THIS PROJECT THAT IS AN ANTICIPATION OF ABILITY TO FUND A PIER RESTORATION PROJECT THAT WOULD FOLLOW FROM THIS AND EXPEDIA HAS COMMITTED UP TO 3,000,000 DOLLARS FOR AN APPROPRIATE PROJECT DFW 1.75 AND HOPES TO COME BACK FOR PORT APPROVAL FOR AN APPROPRIATE PROJECT OF ABOUT 1 MILLION DOLLARS EARLY PROJECTION OF THE COST AND FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS OR 500,000 DOLLARS OF WHICH THE PORT SHARE IS 1/6 TO 83,000 DOLLARS WHICH IS THE REQUEST FOR FUNDS TODAY NEXT WE EXPECT TO COMPLETE THIS STUDY RELATIVELY QUICKLY AS ALL THE CONTRACTS ARE IN PLACE AND THE SCOPE REALLY NEEDS TO BE REVISED IT'S BEEN ALREADY CONTEMPLATED BY THE PROJECT PARTNERS WITH US REVIEWING THE OUTCOMES OF THE STUDY TO ALLOW US TO FORMULATE SOME OBJECTIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SENIOR STAFF AND COMMISSION FOR FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS AND THE START OF PROJECT TO REBUILD THE PIER ANTICIPATED FOR SOME TIME IN 2022 FOR A FEASIBLE PROJECT FORWARD SO THAT'S THE VISION THE DYNAMICS AND I AM EAGER AND EXCITED TO HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS ON THIS I DO WANT TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO STANLEY FEDDER YARBOROUGH AND BRENDON FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH ME ON THIS PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY EVERYBODY'S RULES HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED WHEN YOU HAVE A TRI PART AGREEMENT GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY HAVING AN OPEN MIND AND A DEEP COMMITMENT SO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK WELL WE CAN GO THROUGH THE ORDER OF COMMISSIONER YEAH I JUST WANT TO BE SURE I GOT MY HAND IN THERE COMMISSION PRESIDENT FELLEMAN SOME DAY I'LL GET IT STRAIGHT SO THANK YOU KYRA AND STEPHANIE FOR VERY INTRIGUING PROCESS I REMEMBER GOING WALKING THE DOCK WITH WITH COURTNEY COMMISSIONER GREGOIRE AND I JUST THINK ONE QUICK NOTE IS LIKE I JUST REMEMBER THE SHOWING HOW TO FILET DIFFERENT SPECIES OF FISH OF THE WAY THEY HAD THE WASHING STATIONS AND STUFF AND ONE OF THEM WERE THE BOTTOM FLAT FISH AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH NOW WE'RE TOLD DO NOT EAT DUE TO SEDIMENT PROBLEMS SO ANYWAY I JUST THOUGHT THEY WERE INSTRUCTING PEOPLE TO MAYBE DO THE WRONG THING SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING HERE ANYWAY I'LL LET PEOPLE DO THE ROLL I HAVE FOR HART TO THE ROLE AND I WILL HAVE SOME MORE COMMENTS A MOMENT THANK YOU WE'LL BE AGAIN WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN IT'S A QUESTION OF STAFF RIGHT GOT IT I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I MEAN KYRA YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING THIS AND STEPHANIE I WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU SORT OF VARIED THE LEAD THERE BY TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S VERY COMPLICATED THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING SEVERAL YEARS SO I REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S WORK AND I'M JUST PARTICULARLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FOOT FERRY PARTICULARLY WITH THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE SEEING SEVERAL YEARS OUT BEFORE THAT PROJECT IS READY AND OPEN FOR COMMUTERS I THINK ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO GET PEOPLE OFF OF THE ROAD IS GREAT EVEN IF IT'S NOT US DIRECTLY BUT BEING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHERS SO REALLY GREAT AND I HOPE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST OF OTHER PROJECTS WHERE WE MIGHT LOOK AT SIMILAR FOOT FERRY OPPORTUNITIES AND YEAH YEAH GREAT WORK KYRA I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT IT THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN MOVE IN TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION THERE'S A BUILDING THERE ON THE PORT RIGHT WHERE THE DOCK CONNECTS TO THE LAND IS THAT OUR BUILDING AND SO ARE THERE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BRING THAT UP TO READINESS FOR WHEN THE DOCK IS AVAILABLE FOR USE AGAIN YEAH THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION COMMISSIONER CALKINS NO WE HAVE NO OWNERSHIP INTEREST HERE SO THERE IS A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH THE STATE ON THE SUBMERGE LAND THAT ALLOWS THE PORT MANAGES THAT DOCUMENT THAT IS CONNECTED TO CENTENNIAL PARK IN TERMS OF THE BUILDING THAT'S THE FORMER BAIT SHOP IT IS PART OF WHAT IS NOT STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND WOULD BE REMOVED WE WILL CONSIDER WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS CAN BE MADE BUT WE DON'T INTEND TO REBUILD THE BAIT SHOP IN THIS PROJECT DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS COMPLETELY THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS I DID SEE DIRECTOR JOAN-STEBBINS WITH HER HAND UP DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD NOPE NOPE HERE ANSWERED THE QUESTION THANK YOU GREAT THANK YOU MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO NO QUESTIONS I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS HOW EXCITED I AM BY THIS PROJECT I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES I VISITED THE PORT AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE WEST BRIDGE FIASCO SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SEEING IT THROUGH AND I LOOK FORWARD TO RIDING THE FERRY ONE DAY POTENTIALLY MAYBE DOING SOME FISHING YEAH I REMEMBER IN YOUR FIRST MEETING YOU BROUGHT IT UP AND WE HAD ALREADY BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND I WAS EXCITED TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOU I LOVE IT IMMEDIATELY IT WAS QUITE IMMEDIATELY THANKS HAVE YOUR SUPPORT THANK YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TIME MOVING TO COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK YEAH FIRST OF ALL I'M RELIEVED TO HEAR THAT THE OWNERSHIP ISSUE HAS BEEN RESOLVED THROUGH THE MECHANISM OF A QUICK CLAIM DEED AS I READ IN THE NOTES THAT WAS A STUMBLING BLOCK FOR SOME TIME AND IT SEEMED ABSURD TO ME THAT THERE WAS SUCH AN AMBIGUITY AROUND THAT BUT IT'S BEEN CLEARED UP AND THE QUICK CLAIM IS THE WAY TO DO IT SO GREAT AND FISH AND WILDLIFE IS THE PROUD OWNER EXCLUSIVELY AND THAT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD I'VE HAD MORE THAN A PASSING INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN MAGNITUDE A HUGE THING BUT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONE BECAUSE THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT OFFERS VERY FEW PUBLIC ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FISHING SPECIFICALLY AND I KNOW THAT A NUMBER OF FOLKS ARE THEIR FISHING IS PART OF THEIR SUSTENANCE IF YOU WILL THERE'S SUSTENANCE FISHING THAT GOES ON EVEN AT OUR DOCK HERE AT 69 AND THAT'S ALSO AN EQUITY ACCESS ISSUE I WOULD POINT OUT AND SO THE PUBLIC ENJOYMENT BENEFIT I THINK IS IMMENSE COMPARED TO THE RELATIVELY SMALL INVESTMENT HERE I THINK IF I RECALL THIS INVESTMENT ORIGINALLY BY THE PORT WAS A MITIGATION WAS IT NOT FOR PUBLIC ACCESS MITIGATION FOR SOME OTHER BIG PROJECT YEAH THAT'S CORRECT COMMISSIONER WHILE WE DID NOT BUILD IT AS MITIGATION WE AGREED TO MAINTAIN IT FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS MITIGATION AND THAT AGREEMENT HAS MAINTENANCE OVERHAUL AND THAT AGREEMENT HAS EXPIRED YEAH SO ANYWAY JUST THAT LITTLE BACKGROUND THERE AND WHY WE'RE INVOLVED IN THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE BUT I THINK IT IS WELL JUSTIFIED INVESTMENT AND REINVESTMENT ON THE PART OF THE PORT AN ENORMOUS PUBLIC BENEFIT HERE THAT I HOPE TO SEE BACK ONLINE SOON I HOPE THAT THE BAIT SHOP WILL COME BACK IF POSSIBLE I CAN'T REMEMBER THE GUY'S NAME WHO USED TO RUN THAT BUT HE WAS CERTAINLY HE HAD MANY FOLLOWERS AND FANS AND THE LOCAL SUSTENANCE FISHING COMMUNITY AND SPORT FISHING AND OUR FISH ON AS HE THOUGHT WE HAD LET IT GO TO HELL WHICH ARGUABLY SOMEBODY ELSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT SO IN THAT REGARD WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE IN THE FUTURE FOR THE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE QUESTION DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT I DO YEAH IT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE SO WE WON'T BE COVERED UNDER THOSE TERMS THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE BUT UNLESS YOU WANT TO ADD SOME FEATURES YOU WANT TO TAKE OVER BAIT SALES I'M SURE NO AND WITH THAT IN MIND EXPEDIA'S INTEREST HERE HAVE THEY IMPOSED ANY COVENANT CONDITIONS ON IT THEY OBVIOUSLY WANT SEE THE PASSENGER FACILITY PASSENGER FERRY FACILITY WHICH IS GREAT I HOPE THEY'LL PAY FOR IT GIVEN THEY HAVE A HUMONGOUS CAR GARAGE ON THE WATERFRONT BUT THAT SAID I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF GOING FORWARD IF THE PUBLIC INTEREST HAS BEEN IN ANY WAY MODIFIED BY A PRIVATE PROPERTY PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP APPROACH HERE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY REQUIRE FOR THE FOR THEIR FINANCIAL COMMITTMENT NO IT'S BEEN RELATED JUST TO THE REBUILDING OF THE PIER WITH THE POTENTIAL OF FERRY SERVICE FOR INSTANCE THEY AREN'T SAYING IF THE FEASIBILITY OF THE FERRY SERVICES WHICH WILL BE CONTEMPLATED HERE ISN'T THERE THEY'RE STILL COMMITTING TO THE REBUILDING OF THE PIER WITH THOSE FUNDS AND TO THEM IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THIS MARVELOUS CAMPUS THAT THEY'VE SPENT SO MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND TO PROVIDE AN AMENITY THAT'S COMPLIMENTARY THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS RESTRICTIONS THERE'S NOTHING THAT THEY'RE IMPOSING ON THERE AS PART OF THEIR COMMITMENT NOT THUS FAR IN THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN CONTEMPLATING OR THE PROJECT SCOPE THAT WE'VE BEEN CONTEMPLATING AND INDEED THERE'S BEEN A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHO WOULD PROVIDE FERRY SERVICE AND THEY THINK THE TARGET KING COUNTY THERE TO AND THAT'S REALLY A SUFFERING PROJECT EXACTLY DEPENDENT OF THIS BUT MAYBE TO BE CONSIDERED OKAY MY LAST POINT HERE AND AND I'LL WRAP UP I I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME CONFUSION OVER THE REFERENCE TO PIER 86 I BELIEVE THAT TERMINAL 86 WHICH COMPRISES ALL OF THE GRAIN FACILITIES IS ACTUALLY PIER 86 AS WELL AS THE TERMINAL I DON'T THINK THIS IS UNDER THE CITY'S HISTORICAL PIER DESIGNATION IS IN FACT PIER 86 WE CAN'T HAVE TWO PIER 86'S AND IN FACT IN OUR OWN AND THERE ARE MARINE PROPERTIES PORTFOLIO THE GRAIN TERMINAL IS LISTED AS PIER 86 SO WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK OF A NEW NAME MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A NAMING A PUBLICLY INSPIRED NAMING COMPETITION HERE SO MAYBE AFTER THE OLD GUY RAN THE BAIT SHOP OR SOMETHING TECHNICALLY I THINK THIS IS THE PUBLIC FISHING PIER AT PIER 86 BUT I DULY NOTED THAT THERE IS A FORMAL REFERENCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONNECT TO YOU WELL IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT DOWN THE LINE BUT I THINK MAYBE IT CALLS FOR A NEW AND SPECIAL NAMING OPPORTUNITY HERE TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM THE TERMINAL THAT'S ALL I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS LET'S GET ON WITH IT AND LET'S GET THAT PUBLIC AMENITY BACK INTO SERVICE AS SOON AS WE CAN THANK YOU SIR THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN ITS BACK TO YOU WELL THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AS I MENTIONED THE ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO TEMPER ENTHUSIASM BUT NOT DISSUADED IS THAT AS A PFCR MEMBER THERE'S BEEN STUDIES ABOUT FAST FERRIES AND IT'S LIKE A DOZEN POTENTIAL NEW ROUTES FOR FAST FERRIES CROSSING PUGET SOUND THERE'S ALL SUCH OF GOOD REASONS FOR THAT THERE ARE EFFICIENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCING TRAFFIC ALLOWING PEOPLE TO LIVE IN LESS EXPENSIVE PARTS OF THE SOUND AND STILL COMMUTE TO WORK AND WE HAVE THIS LITTLE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE PROBLEM SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF AND HOWEVER THIS ADVENT OF 40 NOT PLUS VESSELS CROSSING THE SOUND HAS POTENTIAL SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES TO OUR RESIDENT KILLER WHALES WHICH FREQUENT THESE WATERS DURING THE FALL TO WINTER WHEN VISIBILITY IS PARTICULARLY LOW AND SO IN FACT IT WAS JUST A RECENT STUDY THAT SHOWS THAT OVER 3 OR 4 OF OUR 75 WHALES HAVE SHOWN ACTUALLY SEVERAL WHALES THAT HAVE DIED HAVE HAD BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA AMONGST THEIR CHALLENGES SO WHILE KILLER WHEELS IS SMART AND THEY HAVE SONAR AND ALL THESE FAST BOATS DO POSE A CHALLENGE ESPECIALLY IN LOW VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AND NOW IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WHEN A STATE ROUTE FERRY ROOT IS DEFINED BECAUSE IT'S A CONNECTION AND EXTENSION OF THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM THERE'S A PERMITTING PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH DEFINING A NEW ROUTE AND I'M SURE THE COAST GUARD HAS TO BE INVOLVED WITH MAKING SURE THAT IT'S AN APPROPRIATE ROUTE FOR SAFETY PURPOSES I'M NOT SURE WITH THE COUNTY HAS A SIMILAR PERMITTING PROCESS FOR JUST DEFINING THE ROUTE OBVIOUSLY ANY CONSTRUCTION OF A DOCK WOULD HAVE THAT OF JUST THE CONSTRUCTION PART OF IT BUT IF WE ARE BUILDING THIS DOCK I LIKE WE DO WITH OUR CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL AND OTHER THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO BE ASSURED AND WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT AT THE TIME THAT IF THIS GETS BUILT THAT WE WILL INCLUDE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY SYSTEM OF FAST FERRIES TO HAVE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR WATCHING BOTH WAYS BEFORE YOU CROSS THE SOUND SO TO SPEAK ANYWAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IT'S IT'S A GROWTH AREA IT'S A GOOD THING BUT WE ARE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE QUIET SOUND PROGRAM WE ARE SPECIFICALLY WAKING EFFORTS TO FIND MITIGATION MEASURES FOR REDUCING NOISE AND POTENTIAL DIRECT CONTACT WITH WHALES IT IS PART OF THE ARCHITECT FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE AWARE OF THIS I JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE I'M NOT ANTI FAST FERRIES AND I THINK THERE'S GREAT IDEAS BUT JUST MORE ISN'T BETTER WE HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MAKING THAT AS AN OPTION IT JUST WILL HAVE TO BE VISITED WITH SOME MORE NUANCE WHEN WE GET THERE DULY NOTED SIR WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THAT ARE POLICY OBJECTIVES RELATED TO WILDLIFE PRESERVATION ON THAT AND SUBSEQUENT AGREEMENTS SO THANKS FOR HIGHLIGHTING THAT AND THAT'S THE GOOD THINGS OF HAVING DFW BEING THE OWNER OF THE PIER SO THEY HAVE THIS DID UNDER THEIR CRITICAL HABITAT CRITICAL SPECIES DESIGNATION AS WELL SO I THINK THE NEXUS IS THERE WE JUST HAVE TO EXERCISE IT SO HAVING SAID ALL THAT DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS I DON'T BELIEVE SO CAN WE HAVE A A MOTION IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 10 YES DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND VERY GOOD MOTION HAS BEEN PAST AND SECONDED CLERK HART PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ARE WE CALLING THE ROLE FOR DEBATE ON THE MAIN MOTION OR DIRECTLY TO THE VOTE COMMISSIONER LET'S JUST GO DIRECTLY TO THE VOTE I THINK WE'VE TAKEN THIS ONE TO TASK OKAY THANK YOU SO WE WILL BEGIN FOR THE VOTE WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AYE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS AYE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO AYE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK YES THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN YES THANK YOU YOU HAVE FIVE YESSES AND ZERO NOS TO THIS ITEM ONCE AGAIN THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY WE ARE NOW ON ITEM 11 AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION IT REALLY IS A SPECIAL AMENITY TO OUR WATERFRONT NO MATTER HOW SMALL WE LOVE IT DEARLY ANYWAY THANK YOU SIR I APPRECIATE IT WE ARE NOW ON TO ITEM 11 PRESENTERS AND STAFF REPORT PRESENTATIONS AND STAFF REPORTS CAR PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK THANK YOU THAT IS ITEM 11 A THE DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING ANNUAL REPORT COMMISSIONERS AS ONE OF THE REGION'S LARGEST PUBLIC BUILDERS AND ECONOMIC ENGINES PORT CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES PROVIDE A MAJOR SOURCE OF BUSINESS REVENUE FOR LOCAL FIRMS REPORTS SECOND ANNUAL DIVERSITY AND CONTRACT ON A REPORT PROVIDES A TRANSPARENT AND TIMELY ASSESSMENT OF EFFORTS TO ENSURE EQUALITY IN CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES THE 2020 REPORT REVEALED PROGRESS DESPITE CHALLENGES FROM THE PANDEMIC IT CONTAINS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAKING LARGER STRIDES PRESENTERS ARE DAVE MCFADDEN MANAGING DIRECTOR OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION MIAN RICE DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING CONTRACTING AND LAWRENCE COLEMAN WOMEN AND MINORITY OF BUSINESS ENTERPRISE MANAGER AND AS WELL I BELIEVE NORA HIS FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL PROCUREMENT OFFICES WILL BE PRESENTING AS WELL SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DAVID MCFADDEN GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK I'M REALLY PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY AND KICK OFF THIS BRIEFING IN TWO YEARS WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS WITH OUR DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING PROGRAM WE'VE MOVED THE NEEDLE ON BEHALF OF WOMEN AND MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES AS MIAN WILL INDICATE IN HIS BRIEFING THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT BUT AGAIN I WANT TO THANK HIM AND LAWRENCE THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS THIS JOB TO GET US HERE AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK NORA AND HER TEAM AS WELL AS FOLKS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND OTHER PLACES ACROSS THE PORT BECAUSE IT'S REALLY TAKEN A VILLAGE TO GET US TO THIS POINT OF SUCCESS AND WHAT I SAY IT'S SUCCESS WE'VE STILL GOT WORK TO GO AND AGAIN IT'S MY PLEASURE TO TURN IT OVER TO MIAN FOR OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING AWESOME THANKS DAVE HELLO EVERYBODY IM MIAN RICE THE DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING PROGRAM JUST REALLY HAPPY AND PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY I WONDER IF YOU CAN PLEASE BRING UP THE PRESENTATION PLEASE AWESOME ALRIGHT SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO TODAY I WANTED TO GO DOWN TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING WIN BY RESULTS FOR 2020 WE'RE GOING TO DO DO A LITTLE DEEPER DIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S INSIDE THE NUMBERS WITH LAWRENCE COLEMAN AND THEN ALSO WE'LL GET INTO THE 2021 GOALS AND ALSO WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO THE DIVERSITY CONTRACTING POLICY DIRECTIVE THE PURPOSE OF IT BACK IN 2018 WAS TO ESTABLISH A DIRECTIVE TO ADVANCE EQUITY AND TO ADDRESS WMBE CONTRACTING DISPARITIES AND SO WITHIN THE DIRECTIVE ITSELF WE WANTED TO TRIPLE THE NUMBER THE NUMBER OF WOMEN FIRMS DOING BUSINESS WITH THE PORT FROM 118 BUSINESSES BACK IN 2016 AS THE BENCHMARK TO 354 BUSINESSES AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO INCREASE THE PERCENT OF THE AMOUNT SPENR ON WMBE CONTRACTS WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS AND LASTLY I WANTED TO REALLY MAKE SURE I SAY THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS NOT TO MENTION WITHIN THE CLAUSE DIRECTIVE ALL FOUR DIVISIONS SET INDIVIDUAL ONE MINORITY PARTICIPATION GOALS FOR EACH DIVISION AND I'M GOING TO ADD SOME CONTEXT TO THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE I MAY PRIOR TO WE GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE IS PRIOR TO THE DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING CLAUSE DIRECTIVE FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE NEW OR JUST LISTENING IN TODAY YOU'RE SAYING HOW DO WE GET HERE PRIOR TO THE DC POSITIVE DIRECTIVE WE SUPPORT USED TO HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM IN GENERAL AND QUITE FRANKLY WITHIN OUR SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM WE WERE ACTUALLY DOING HIGH 20 S LOW 30% UTILIZATION WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL BUT OVER THE YEARS AS WE WERE CONTINUE TO HEAR SOME CHALLENGES FROM SOME OF THE DIVERSE COMMUNITY BUSINESSES OUT THERE SAYING HEY WE'RE STILL NOT GETTING OPPORTUNITIES WE DECIDED WE REALLY WANTED TO UNBUNDLE OR TAKE A LOOK AT THE ONION AND PEEL IT BACK AND AS WE WERE PEELING IT BACK WE DID FIND THAT THERE WAS QUITE A BIT DISPARITIES WITHIN THE WOMAN MINORITY PARTICIPATION ON PORT CONTRACTS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE AND HERE'S THE REPRESENTATION AND I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH 2016 IF YOU NOTICE PORT WIDE WE'RE ONLY DOING 5.3% UTILIZATION WITH 118 FIRMS DOING BUSINESS WITH THE PORT AND THIS IS 2016 BUT AS THE COMMISSIONERS LAY THE FOUNDATION BACK IN 2018 TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP THE DIRECTIVE AND CONTRACT AND POLICY DIRECTIVE WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND THIS IS ONE OF THE I GUESS I HAVE TO SAY IS A BIG BIG FOUNDATION A VERY LARGE FOUNDATION ON WHICH A LOT OF YOU COMMISSIONERS AND SOME OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS FROM THE PAST HAVE ACTUALLY LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR US TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD AND NOTICE THE NUMBER OF FIRMS THE NUMBER OF FIRMS COMING FROM 118 ALL THE WAY UP TO 325 AND SO IN 2020 THESE ARE YOUR 2020 NUMBERS WE HIT IT OR USING YOUR CALCULATOR YOU CAN ROUND UP TO IN 2020 NOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE I SAY THIS THIS IS DESPITE DESPITE THE PANDEMIC OR ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN WE ARE CONTINUED TO MOVE THE BALL FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT YEARS FROM 2019 ALL THE WAY TO 2020 AND WE'RE STILL CONTINUING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE NUMBERS NEXT AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU LAWRENCE COLEMAN WHO IS THE WMBE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE LAWRENCE GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS VISITING COMMUNITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME CHAT WITH YOU TODAY AS ME AND I SPOKE TO WE'RE CERTAINLY MAKING SOME STRIDES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS HE'LL GET INTO LATER TALK ABOUT JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE UNCOVERED CERTAINLY STILL FEEL LIKE WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO BUT CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE MAKING SOME STRIDES IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION THAT NUMBER THAT MIAN SPOKE TO SPEAKS TO OUR OVERALL PORT WIDE UTILIZATION WE LIKE TO BREAK DOWN UTILIZATION IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAS THE FIRST YOU'LL SEE THERE IS THE CONSTRUCTION SPIN PORT WIDE WE SPENT ABOUT 495,000,000 DOLLARS OF WHICH 42,000,000 OR SO WENT TO WOMEN AND MINORITY BUSINESSES AND THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT 8.6% CONSTRUCTION IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO WMBE UTILIZATION AND SO CERTAINLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WAYS AND WE'RE BACK IN THE LAB AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO INCREASE THAT UTILIZATION NON-CONSTRUCTION SPEND AS YOU CAN SEE CLOSE TO 200,000,000 DOLLARS IN PORT WIDE SPEND OF WHICH ABOUT 33,000,000 WENT TO WOMEN AND MINORITY BUSINESSES WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT TOTAL SPEND TO WMBE BUSINESSES IN 2020 AS MIAN SAID IN THE FACE OF A PANDEMIC IS CLOSE TO 76,000,000 DOLLARS BUT WE'RE CERTAINLY STOPPING SHORT OF A PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK WE'RE COMMITTED TO THIS HARD WORK BUT JUST WANTED TO TAKE A PAUSE THERE AND HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE IS SOME PROGRESS BEING MADE PORT WIDE CLOSE TO 11% NEXT SLIDE ONE OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE POLICY DIRECTIVE IS ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT'S ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY THROUGHOUT THE PORT AND I REALLY REALLY APPRECIATE IT I THINK IT ALLOWS FOR OWNERSHIP ON ALL LEVELS SOMETIMES IN PROGRAMS YOU'LL HEAR AND SEE THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY JUST FALLS ON ONE OFFICE RIGHT BUT THIS WAS VERY INTENTIONAL AND I'D SAY IN A SHORT MATTER OF TIME WE WERE STARTING TO RUN INTO SO LESS WHY AND MORE HOW TO ME SIGNALS LIKE A CULTURE CHANGE WHICH IS MUCH APPRECIATED THE ACCESS THAT MYSELF AND MIAN AND OTHERS WHEN THE TEAM HAS HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL AND FOLKS HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE BUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS JUST AGAIN THAT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL OF THE DIVISIONS PORT WIDE AND 2020 WE ESTABLISHED WITH ALL OF THE DIVISIONS OF 14.4% WMBE UTILIZATION GOAL AND AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NEXT TO IT ON NON CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS WE ACHIEVE 16.6% I ALSO TAKE THIS TIME HERE TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN WE SET THOSE DIVISIONAL GOALS WE ESTABLISHED THEM ON NON CONSTRUCTION SPEND FOR CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS WE SET THEM ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS I'D SAY ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT HERE AND LOOKING AT THIS SLIDE IS THAT ALL OF THE DIVISIONS EITHER MET OR EXCEEDED THE GO HERE AND AGAIN THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR TO SAY THE LEAST A TESTAMENT TO THE FACT THAT I'M SITTING HERE IN THE COMFORT OF MY DINING ROOM GIVEN A PRESENTATION SO CERTAINLY SOME CHALLENGES BUT SOME THE PORT CERTAINLY EMBRACE IT AND MADE THE MOST OF THE SITUATION THE ASTERISK POINTS TO OUR CORPORATE DIVISION WHICH I'LL BREAK DOWN IN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT TIME FOR ME PLEASE SO THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A LOT GOING ON HERE BUT THE INTENT IS TWOFOLD AND THAT FIRST TWO COLUMNS JUST WANTED TO IN FULL TRANSPARENCY SHOW YOU ALL OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS WITHIN CORPORATE AND THAT THEY'VE ESTABLISHED GOALS THIS PROCESS TAKES PROBABLY ABOUT THREE MONTHS AND AGAIN JUST SPEAKING AGAIN TO THE CULTURE CHANGE THERE'S NOT A DEPARTMENT OF DIVISION IN THE PORT THAT IS RESISTANT WE HAVE SUPPORT ALL THROUGHOUT AND FOLKS HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND AGAIN THIS REPRESENTS THAT CORPORATE UTILIZATION THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE FINAL THREE COLUMNS ARE SHOWING SOME PROJECTED SPIN ON COLUMNS ONE COLUMN 3 AND FOUR AND THEN FINALLY YOU'LL SEE WHAT EACH SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED IN TERMS OF THEIR GOAL ON THE FINAL COLUMN FOR 2021 NEXT SLIDE AS MIAN I TOUCHED ON EARLIER WE HAVE A GOAL TO NOT JUST INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES OR THE DOLLAR AMOUNT BUT THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE WORKING ON THE PORT OF SEATTLE PROJECTS WE'VE MADE SOME GREAT STRIDES SINCE THE BEGINNING SINCE WE STARTED IN 2016 TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DISPARITIES WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE NOW IS IN 2020 CLOSE TO 325 FIRMS ARE WORKING AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE THAT FALL INTO ONE OF THE SPECIFIC ETHNIC GROUPS AND AGAIN THAT SHAKES OUT THAT 10.9 PORT WIDE AND THIS INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION AND NON CONSTRUCTION SPEND I'D SAY HERE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAY STICK OUT TO YOU IS THE CAUCASIAN WOMEN NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE WORKING ON OUR PROJECTS SO WE'RE STILL SEEING SOME DISPARITIES THERE WE ARE SEEING SOME GAINS WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC GROUPS SUCH AS ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE AMERICANS IN TERMS OF SAY ONE PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR MAY HAVE GOTTEN A SIZABLE CONTRACT AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE BUT IN TERMS OF THE THE UTILIZATION INCREASE FOR THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES WE STILL GOT SOME CHALLENGES THERE THE ASTERISK DOWN THERE NOT DECLARED IS ESSENTIALLY IT'S JUST FOLKS THAT HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO COMMUNICATION ON HOW THEY IDENTIFY WHETHER IT'S ASIAN HISPANIC SO ON AND SO FORTH AND IDENTIFY THEIR SPECIFIC GROUP WE HAVE INFORMATION IN OUR DOCUMENTATION WHETHER IT'S PRIOR OR WHETHER IT'S A PART OF THE CONTRACTING PROCESS THAT HELPS US IDENTIFY THAT THEY ARE A WOMAN OR MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS BUT AS FAR AS THE DETAILS WE DON'T HAVE THAT THERE IS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN COMMUNICATION THAT GOES OUT WITH SUPPORT FROM OUR CENTRAL PROCUREMENT OFFICE THEY SEND OUT INFORMATION THAT TRIES TO GET FOLKS TO IDENTIFY WHAT THEIR ETHNICITY IS SO I SAY ADMINISTRATIVE CHALLENGE IF YOU WILL TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING THAT UNDECLARED NUMBER DOWN NEXT SLIDE I'D SAY ONE OF THE GREATEST TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IS OUTREACH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO WOMEN AND MINORITY BUSINESSES STEVE HAS SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT OUR PORT GEN THESE ARE ESSENTIALLY HOW TO DO BUSINESS WORKSHOPS AND I'LL JUMP AROUND HERE A LITTLE BIT AND I'LL START WITH THE PORT GEN ATTENDANCE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE HAD TO DO WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT WAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STILL GET INFORMATION TO BUSINESSES THAT WERE INTERESTED WE HAD THIS PRETTY BIG GOAL AND IT'S A PRETTY BIG CHARGE AND SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE SERIOUS SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO IT AND THE FIRST THING WE THOUGHT OF WAS JUST PIVOTING THINGS TO A VIRTUAL PLATFORM AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN 2019 EXCUSE ME WE HAD 400 ATTENDEES IN 2019 THAT HAS ATTENDED OR GENERAL HOW TO DO BUSINESS WORKSHOPS TO 2020 WE SAW AN INCREASE TO OVER 450 PARTICIPANTS THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE PORT TEAM SOME OF THESE WORKSHOPS ARE VERY DETAILED AND THEY PROVIDE HOW TO DO BUSINESS IN THESE SPECIFIC AREAS WHETHER THAT BE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHETHER THAT BE INCREASE CONTRACTING CONSTRUCTION AND ALL OF THE PORT TEAM STEPS UP TO THE PLATE AND PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION ON A YEARLY BASIS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE WERE PRETTY PROUD OF WAS PARTNERSHIPS WE PARTNERED WITH THE USDOT TO OFFER THE PORT GEN WORKSHOPS AND THESE WERE ESSENTIALLY GEARED TOWARDS BUSINESSES THAT WERE BEYOND THE GENERAL INFORMATIONAL STAGE BUT READY TO ACTUALLY DO SOME WORK AND SO PROVIDING SOME TECHNICAL TRAINING AND JUST MORE IN DEPTH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE PORT THAT WAS A SIX WEEK WORKSHOP AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE OVER 60 BUSINESSES ATTENDED COVID 19 WEBINARS THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR AND RESOURCES AND INFORMATION NEEDED TO GET INTO THE HANDS OF OUR BUSINESSES SO THEY CAN TRY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN AND WE WERE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT 11 WEBINARS AND SAW OVER 150 FOLKS PARTICIPATING AND THEN LASTLY WE'RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN GROWING AND KNOWING WHO'S OUT THERE IN THE SPACE THAT IDENTIFIES AS A WMBE BUSINESS SO WE HAVE AN INTERNAL GOAL WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES IN OUR VENDOR CONNECT DATABASE AND OUR VENDOR CONNECT DATABASE IS OUR E PROCUREMENT SYSTEM AND WE LEVERAGE IT IN A COUPLE OF WAYS ONE OF THEM IS TO PROVIDE A DATABASE FOR ANYBODY THAT'S LOOKING FOR FIRMS WHETHER THERE ARE CERTAIN OR SELF IDENTIFIED AND ONE OF THE GOALS WE HAVE IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT WERE IN THERE AND IN 2020 WE DID JUST THAT SAW INCREASE TO 690 NEW REGISTRANTS AND 23% OF THOSE WERE WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES NEXT SLIDE BACK TO SOME NUMBERS AS I SPOKE TO EARLIER WE ESTABLISHED GOALS ON NON CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S WHAT THIS SLIDE IS REPRESENTING SO IN 2020 PORT WIDE WE ESTABLISHED ON NON CONSTRUCTION SPEND 14.4% GOAL AND IN 2020 WE ACHIEVE 16.6% IN 2021 ALL DIVISIONS COMBINED ESTABLISH FOR A PORT WIDE GOAL OF16% NEXT SLIDE AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MIAN TO DISCUSS THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION ALL RIGHT THANK YOU THANKS LAWRENCE I APPRECIATE IT WELL FOR 2021 MARK REALLY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE THREE YEAR PROGRAM AND GOSH WE'RE ALREADY DONE WITH JUST ABOUT THE FIRST QUARTER WHAT ARE WE DOING WELL OUR NON CONSTRUCTIONAL WMBE PARTICIPATION REALLY CONTINUES TO GROW AND THIS IS A BIG TESTAMENT TO A LOT OF THE DIVISIONS YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR LAYING THE FOUNDATION OF THE DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING PROGRAM THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND A LOT OF THE PORT STAFF OUT THERE WHO ARE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THE BALL FORWARD LAWRENCE BROUGHT UP EARLIER I MEAN QUITE FRANKLY WE HAD A 14.4% GOAL IN 2020 AND WE CRUSHED IT WE DID 16% SO THAT'S AWESOME AND THEN ALSO OUR NUMBER OF FIRMS UTILIZED FOR ONE MINORITY BUSINESSES WE HIT 325 BUSINESSES IN OUR FIVE YEAR GOAL IS 354 AND MIND YOU COMMISSIONERS EVERY YEAR WE START FROM ZERO WE START ALL OVER AGAIN AND FROM THAT CHART FROM THE THIRD CHART THAT I SHOWED YOU IN THE BEGINNING WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FORWARD ESPECIALLY FROM 2019 WHICH WAS OUR FIRST FULLY DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING YEAR TO 2020 SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE HERE ARE THE CHALLENGES CURRENTLY AS YOU NOTICE THE PROGRAM AND IF YOU NOTICE FROM THE CHART WE'RE KIND OF INCREASING ABOUT 1 1 AND A HALF PERCENT A YEAR BUT THE PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY NOT ON THE PATH TO ACHIEVE THE PORT WIDE FIVE YEAR GOAL 15% IN THE NEXT TWO PLUS YEARS REMAINING WE WOULD HAVE OUR WMBE UTILIZATION WOULD NEED TO GROW APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 12% YEAR OVER YEAR OVER THE REMAINING YEARS TO 2023 SO THIS IS KIND OF A SHOT ACROSS THE BOW SAYING THAT WE MAY RUN A LITTLE BIT SHORT OF THAT 2023 GOAL BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE EFFORT IS NOT THERE BUT WE NEVER KNOW WE STILL MAY HIT IT BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN EARLY GLIMPSE OF WHAT OUR PATH CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO TAKING A CLOSER LOOK CONSTRUCTION YOU KNOW THE CONSTRUCTION SPEND HAS DECREASED SINCE 2018 AND ON AVERAGE THE GOALS THAT WE SET ARE USUALLY IN ABOUT THE 8% TO 9% AREA AND THESE ARE THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE UTILIZE ARE MORE DESIGN BIT BUILD TYPE PROJECT THAT THE PORT IS USUALLY DO AND TYPICALLY WHERE WE SET THE GOALS ARE BASED OFF OF THE AVAILABILITY OF FIRMS BASED UPON THE WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE GIVEN TO US BY THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM AND BUT THE NUANCE IS IT'S UNKNOWN HOW THE PRIME WILL BUY OUT THE PROJECT OR BE ABLE TO ATTAIN THAT WMBE GOAL WE'LL JUST SAY IF IT'S 8% THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT AREAS TO HOW THE PRIME MAY ATTACK THE 8% AS THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL TO TRY TO GET THERE HOWEVER OF 2020 THERE WAS ONLY TWO JUST 2 AFFIRMATIVE EFFORT REVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED FOR NOT MEETING THE ASPIRATIONAL GOAL NOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHAT DOES AFFIRMATIVE EFFORTS MEAN THAT BASICALLY MEANS HEY PRIME WHAT DID YOU DO TO GO OUT THERE AND OUTREACH TO THOSE ONE MINORITY BUSINESSES PER GOAL ITEMS IT'S ALL ABOUT THE OUTREACH AND IT'S ABOUT THE AFFIRMATIVE EFFORTS TO TRY TO MEET THAT ASPIRATIONAL GOAL NEXT SLIDE PLEASE TELL YOU A CLOSER LOOK AGAIN UNDER THE NON CONSTRUCTION YOU KNOW DESPITE THE PORT WIDE SPEND FLUCTUATION WMBE UTILIZATIONS HAVE INCREASED IT'S LITERALLY AND IT'S GREAT AND A LOT OF THIS IS DUE TO THE PORT FOR WIDE DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING EFFORTS AND THE PORT AS YOU CAN SEE HAS ALMOST DOUBLED ITS WMBE UTILIZATION FROM 2017 IT WAS GREAT SO NON CONSTRUCTION THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THE DIVISIONS WERE RESETTING THE GOALS WE'RE STILL MOVING THE NEEDLE IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING TO SEE NEXT SLIDE MOVING FORWARD AREAS FOR POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT SO CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY MORE WMBE OPPORTUNITIES ON DESIGN BIT BUILT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS SO BASICALLY SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO EVEN MORE SO THAT CONTINUE TO WORK DO MORE WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE OF THE PROJECT MADE PERHAPS THERE MIGHT BE A SCOPE ITEM WITHIN THAT PROJECT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED TO SEE IF WE CAN INCREASE THAT PERCENT I GOT LOST OR LEAN INTO STRETCH GOALS FOR ALTERNATIVE PUBLIC WORKS PROCUREMENTS AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THAT MEANS IS WE'RE TALKING THE GCN DESIGN BUILD TYPE PROJECTS WHERE WE CAN SET A GOAL A LOT OF MORE RFP BASED PERSPECTIVE WE WOULD SAY HEY OUR ASPIRATIONAL GOAL IS 8% YOU PRIME SAID YOU'RE THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD CAN WE MOVE FROM 8% TO 12% AND THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY STRETCHING GOALS PRIOR TO THEM SIGNING THEIR NAME ON A DOTTED LINE AND 9 OF 10 TIMES THEY PROBABLY WOULD SAY YES BECAUSE THEY SAID THEY'RE THE BEST AND THEN ALSO EVALUATE CHANCES FOR BUNDLING A PROJECTS THAT AND JUST CONTINUE TO DO THAT TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND THEN INCREASING THE NUMBER OF WMBE BUSINESSES UTILIZED AND WE'RE ALMOST THERE QUITE FRANKLY THIS IS ONE AREA THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE THE NEEDLE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU SOLVE THE ETHNICITY BREAKDOWN THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW FOR THOSE DIVERSE BUSINESSES FROM AN ETHNICITY PERSPECTIVE AND THEN LASTLY PROVIDE INCENTIVES OR MOTIVATIONS TO TRY TO RETAIN MORE PORT GEN TRAINING PARTICIPANTS ON CONSULTING ON EACH CONTRACT AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT WORKING WITH THE PRIME TO SAY HEY THERE'S SOME PORT GEN TRAINING FOLKS THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE AND PERHAPS GIVEN SOME MOTIVATION IS NOT A REQUIREMENT JUST SOMETHING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT GIVING MORE INTO THE PORT GEN TRAINING PROCEDURES NOW GIVEN THE WHOLE PRESENTATION OF 2020 AND ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE AND I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE OUR WORK HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED NEXT SLIDE PLEASE THE PORT OF SEATTLE WAS NAMED THE PUBLIC AGENCY OF THE YEAR FOR A LOT OF THE PORT WORK OF THE LT DIVISIONAL DIRECTORS AND STAFF AND ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AND AND WE ACHIEVE THIS GOAL RECEIVE THIS GOAL FROM THE NORTHWEST MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THIS IS TRULY A TESTAMENT TO ALL OF OUR EFFORTS LAST YEAR EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ECONOMIC SLOW DOWN THE PORT DID NOT SLOW DOWN IN ITS DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING EFFORTS AND THIS IS A HUGE APPLAUSE TO YOU COMMISSIONERS AND ALSO TO YOU ELT STAFF AND EXECUTIVE METRUCK FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS AND MOVING THIS BALL BOARD SO WITH THAT I'M DONE ANY QUESTIONS WELL THANK YOU MIAN WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO COME TO A CLOSE TO THE MEETING HEARING HOW WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON SUCH A HIGH PRIORITY ISSUE I DO HAVE A QUESTION BUT I WILL HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL AND WILL GET TO ME LAST SO CLERK HART THANK YOU WE'LL BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN THANK YOU SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND THEN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS SO FIRST OF ALL IF I MIGHT JUST TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND FIRST OF ALL THANK THE STAFF FOR THIS AMAZING WORK I BELIEVE I DON'T REMEMBER IF COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN WAS ACTUALLY ON THE COMMISSION WHEN WE PASSED THIS DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING THIS WAS ONE OF MY VERY FIRST INITIATIVES WHEN I JOINED THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT OUT TO COMMISSIONER ELBROUGH WHO WAS ON THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME WE WERE PARTNERS IN CRIME ON THIS ONE AND TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT WE ACTUALLY SPENT A YEAR 12 MONTHS FOUR DIFFERENT MEETINGS ONE EACH QUARTER MEETING WITH SMALL MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND ASKING THEM WHAT IS IT LIKE TO CONTRACT WITH THE PORT WHAT ARE THE GOOD THINGS WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES AND AT THE TIME THERE WAS A LOT OF TENSION AMONGST THE STAFF ABOUT US EVEN DOING THOSE OUTREACH MEETINGS AND IT REALLY REVEALED A LOT THINGS THAT NONE OF US EXPECTED LIKE SOME OF THE SMALLER CONTRACTORS SAID YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS ARE TOO HIGH WHY DO WE NEED A MILLION DOLLAR POLICY WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT TRYING TO BREAK UP THE CONTRACTS AND ALL OF THIS WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE ALL FACE WITH INITIATIVE 200 RIGHT OUR HANDS ARE TIED BEHIND OUR BACKS IN PROVIDING MORE OPPORTUNITIES PARTICULARLY FOR MINORITY BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF I-200 AND WITH THAT AS THE MAJOR OBSTACLE THE PORT SET OUT TO FIND A WAY TO GET NOT NECESSARILY GET AROUND I-200 BUT TO PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY AND SO PRIOR ME AND TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT BUT I DID ALSO WANT TO EXPAND PRIOR TO THE DIVERSING CONTRACTING MOTION THAT WE PASSED WE HAD NEVER BROKEN IT DOWN THE PORT CONSTRUCTION VERSUS NON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AS MIAN AND STARTED TO SAY WE WERE DOING REALLY WELL WITH SOME SMALL BUSINESSES WELL IT WAS BECAUSE THE SAME SMALL BUSINESSES WERE GETTING THE WORK OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHICH IS WHY WE SET ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE WANTED TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF FIRMS AND NOT JUST THE DOLLAR AMOUNT SPENT AND THEN THE THIRD PART OF THAT IS THAT FOR DECADES REALLY IT HAD ONLY BEEN THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT AT THE PORT OR WHEN IT WAS CENTRALIZED BACK THEN THAT REALLY FELT ANY OBLIGATION TO WORK ON THESE ISSUES AND SO REALLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING WAS THAT ONE LARGE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WOULD GET LET IT WOULD BE WITH ONE MINORITY FIRM AND I WAS KIND OF CHECKING THE BOX WHICH IS WHY WE ASKED FOR ALL OF THE DIVISIONS THROUGHOUT THE PORT TO SET THEIR OWN GOAL FOR HOW THEY CAN MEET A PORT WIDE GOAL WE WANTED EVERYBODY IN THE PORT ALL THE DIVISION LEADERS TO REALLY FEEL OWNERSHIP AND IT WAS ABOUT A CULTURE CHANGE RIGHT IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT TRYING TO REACH A NUMBER IT WAS ABOUT REALLY CONSCIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE REACH OUT TO THOSE THAT HAVE NOT HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OPEN UP THOSE DOORS FOR THEM AND I'D LIKE TO REALLY POINT OUT THIS WAS ALMOST 6 YEARS AGO NOW WHEN WE STARTED THIS THIS WAS LONG BEFORE WE STARTED REALLY CONSCIOUSLY EMBRACING EQUITY IN THE WAY THAT WE DO NOW SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF ALL OF THE STAFF AND ALL OF THE ELT MEMBERS WHO LEANED INTO THIS AND HAS GOTTEN US TO THE RESULTS WHERE WE ARE REALLY YOU'VE JUST DONE AN AMAZING JOB AND LAWRENCE I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE THAT REALLY WAS KEY TO WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WHEN WE SET THESE TWO GOALS IS MAKING EVERYBODY FEEL ACCOUNTABLE YOU KNOW ONE THING I WANTED TWO THINGS I MENTIONED TO THE STAFF WHEN I HAD GOTTEN A PREVIEW OF THIS REPORT AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY IT PUBLICLY SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS NOW WHEN WE SET THAT FIVE IT WAS A FIVE YEAR GOAL OF TRIPLING THE NUMBER OF FIRMS TRIPLING THE DOLLAR SPENT AND THEN HAVING THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS SET THEIR OWN GOALS AND MEET THOSE OBJECTIVES BUT IT WASN'T REALLY SET IN STONE AND SO MIAN I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU HAVE CALLED OUT THAT WE'RE LIKELY TO FALL SHORT IN A COUPLE OF AREAS AND I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO TAKE THEIR FOOT OFF THE GAS BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAS SOMEWHAT OF AN EXPERIMENT WE HADN'T DONE IT THIS WAY BEFORE AND NOBODY IS IS GOING TO BE CRITICIZED IF WE DON'T MEET THAT FIVE YEAR GOAL I THINK WHAT THIS IS MORE ABOUT FOR ME AS THE AUTHOR OF THE DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING INITIATIVE IS THAT WE WERE TRYING AGAIN TO CHANGE THE CULTURE AND IT'S MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AS WE GO AND SO IF WE'RE NOT MEETING A GOAL IN A PARTICULAR AREA WHY NOT LET'S TAKE THOSE LEARNINGS AND IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THE GOAL LET'S CHANGE IT IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THE PORT PROCESS LET'S CHANGE IT BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND NOT JUST JUST TRYING TO MEET A HARD AND FAST NUMBER AND SO ON THAT MY QUESTION OR OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENT MIAN WHEN YOU BROUGHT UP LEANING INTO THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND TRYING TO FIND WAYS FOR THEM TO USE SOME OF THE PORT GEN PARTICIPANTS IN THEIR CONTRACTS I'M WONDERING IF ONE THING WE MIGHT THINK ABOUT IS PROVIDING A POINT OR TWO ON THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS IF A CONTRACTOR USES A PORT GEN GRADUATE SO JUST AN IDEA OUT THERE AND THEN AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO CALL OUT WHEN WE DIDN'T REALLY BREAK IT DOWN IN THIS PRESENTATION BUT IF YOU WERE TO GO BACK TO THE SLIDE AND YOU DON'T NEED TO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PARTICULARLY THE WOMEN OWN FIRMS AND YOU'RE SEEING THOSE DIVISIONS BETWEEN OWNED BY CAUCASIAN WOMEN VERSUS WOMEN OF OTHER RACES I ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT THAT THERE'S A BIG ISSUE IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WITH NOT HAVING VERY MANY WOMEN OWN FIRMS AND PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT ARE MINORITIES AND SO I THINK THAT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WHILE THE PORT CAN'T SOLVE THAT PROBLEM BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT THE STAFF IS DONE WE'VE GOT SOME DATA WE CAN TAKE IT TO OTHER PARTNERS OTHER AGENCIES THE BUILDING TRADES NONPROFIT PARTNERS LIKE A NEW AND GO HOW CAN WE GET MORE WOMEN INTERESTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES THERE'S A LOT OF BUILDING GOING ON IN OUR REGION WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A BIG ROAD MAP OF OPPORTUNITY AND I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE WOMEN WRIT LARGE GET INVOLVED IN THIS GREAT INDUSTRY SO I GUESS THAT WAS A LOT OF TALKING BUT I JUST AGAIN WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF AND ALSO JUST HAVE HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL BE OPEN TO DIFFERENT IDEAS ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS AND I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES WEREN'T AT THE PORT ON THE COMMISSION WHEN THIS WAS PASSED BUT REALLY APPRECIATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR INPUT ABOUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE TIME THANKS COMMISSIONER THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKLINS I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS THANKS THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER CHO YEAH I JUST WANT TO FIRST AND FOREMOST CONGRATULATE MIAN THE ENTIRE TEAM IF 2016 WAS OUR BENCHMARK YOU TECHNICALLY DOUBLED THE AMOUNT OF WMBE UTILIZATION SINCE 2016 SO GREAT WORK ON THAT I ESPECIALLY WANT TO CALL OUT REAL QUICKLY THAT IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH MINORITY CONTRACTING GOALS AND UTILIZATION IT'S OFTEN ACTUALLY A PUSH AND PULL BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF FIRMS YOU USED AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT YOU AWARD AND OFTENTIMES IN PROCURING AND CONTRACTS IT'S IN EITHER OR SITUATION NOT A BOTH SITUATION AND THE FACT THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS BOTH INCREASING THE NUMBERS AND THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IT ACTUALLY MAKES YOUR JOB HARDER AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN TO WHERE YOU ARE FULFILLING BOTH THOSE GOALS IS ACTUALLY A TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENT I DO WANT TO TURN TO KIND OF THE NON CONSTRUCTION NUMBERS HERE AND I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ISSUE OF THE PIPELINE OR THE TOP OF THE FUNNEL SO TO SPEAK WHEN IT COMES TO THERE BEING ENOUGH OF MINORITY SUBCONTRACTORS OR CONTRACTOR CONTRACTORS OUT THERE ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE NUMBER OF OR THE PERCENTAGE UTILIZATION TO WHATEVER WE WANT BUT IF THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ENOUGH MINORITY BUSINESS OWNERS OUT THERE FOR US TO GIVE THOSE CONTRACTS TOO THAT IS AN ISSUE WHICH IS WHY I THINK STEPHANIE'S POINT ABOUT GOING TO THE BUILDING TRADES AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT HEY HOW MANY MINORITIES ARE YOU ACTUALLY TRAINING IN THESE FIELDS OF WORK SO THAT THERE'S A PIPELINE OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN THE FUTURE I MEAN WE HAD JIMMY MATTA HERE EARLIER TODAY WHO HIMSELF IS A MINORITY BUSINESS CONTRACT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY GROW THE POOL OR THE PIPELINE OF AVAILABLE VENDORS SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY MEET SOME OF THESE GOALS SO LAWRENCE DID YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS ONE OR I CAN JUST MATTER I'LL DEFER TO YOU MIAN GO AHEAD AND OKAY TIME IF NEEDED SO COMMISSIONER SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE NON CONSTRUCTION WE'RE DOING GREAT I MEAN WE WE CAN PRETTY MUCH FIND A LOT OF DIVERSE DISTANCES OUT THERE TO DO THE WORK CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IS A HARD INDUSTRY AND THERE HASN'T BEEN A DEPENDING UPON THE TYPE OF I GUESS THE TYPE OF SERVICE WE CAN FIND A LOT OF PAINTERS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEER ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS OUT THERE BUT WE MAY HAVE A LITTLE CHALLENGE JUST TRYING TO FIND SOME UNDERWATER DIVER THAT IS A MINORITY THAT DOES WELDING UNDER THE PIERS SO I THINK WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND I THINK COMMISSIONER BOWMAN HAD HAD THE RIGHT IDEA IN TERMS OF GOING OUT THERE AND NOT ONLY JUST LOOKING FOR THOSE MINORITY WMBE BUSINESSES TO HELP GROW THAT POOL BUT ALSO IN THE AREAS THAT WE ARE REALLY LACKING IN TO SEE IF WE CAN DEVELOP A PIPELINE IN SOME AREAS WE'VE DONE A DISPARITY STUDY IN THE PAST AS FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT WE ARE LACKING FOR INSTANCE AND FOR EITHER MALE OR FEMALE LIKE GLAZER WINDOW GLAZING RIGHT THERE'S ONLY ONE THAT I FOUND ON A DATABASE ON OFFICE OF MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE ONLY ONE BUSINESS MINORITY BUSINESS THAT DOES GLAZING FOR WINDOWS AND WE HAVE A HUGE NOISE INSULATION PROGRAM SO HOW DO WE FIGURE THAT OUT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS TABLE 100 LIKE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION MINORITY CONTRACTORS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT CHAMBERS TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND THOSE BUSINESSES THAT MAY BE ABLE TO PIVOT OUTSIDE OF THE NORM TO GET INTO SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE ARE LACKING SO IT YEAH I THINK A GOOD STRATEGY WOULD BE TO FIND EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY DO EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT BUT ENCOURAGE THEM TO PIVOT AND OR EXPAND THEIR LINES OF PRODUCTS TO WHAT AND STUFF DUE TO US AND I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT ABOUT LOOKING INTO THE SUPPLY OF BUSINESSES BUT ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING IS ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE DEMANDING RIGHT INSTEAD OF GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MORE CONCENTRATED EFFORT WHERE WE LOOK AT OUR DOLLAR SPEND AND A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN CERTAIN AREAS AND WE REALLY TARGET THOSE AREAS SO THAT YOU WINDOW GLAZING TO YOUR POINT THERE MIGHT ONLY BE ONE MINORITY BUSINESS OWNER BUT THAT COULD ALSO BE BECAUSE THAT MARKET ISN'T THAT VERY BIG RIGHT AND SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN ACTUAL MARKET BECAUSE I WOULD HATE FOR US TO ENCOURAGE A BUSINESS TO GO INTO A LINE OF A DIFFERENT PRODUCT OFFERING AND THEN THAT PRODUCT OFTEN JUST DIES BECAUSE WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT WE REALLY OFFERED THAT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT I THINK LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES ARE IMPORTANT AND SO FOR US TO LOOK AT OUR ROLE IN THE GREATER CONTEXT OF MINORITY BUSINESS CONTRACT IT'S NOT JUST THE PORT I WANT THESE BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT NEW PRODUCT IN OTHER CONTRACTS AS WELL NOT JUST THE PORT RIGHT SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHERE THE PORT FITS WITHIN THE GREATER PICTURE AND THE GREATER ECONOMY OF A MINOR BUSINESS CONTRACTING ABSOLUTELY COMMISSIONER ONE OF THE THINGS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR STATEMENT YEAH WHEN I USED THE WINDOW GLAZING EXAMPLE I WAS ALSO THINKING ABOUT SOUND TRANSIT AND THEIR NOISE INFLATION PROGRAM BECAUSE THE HOMES ALONG THE LIVE RAIL LINE THEY HAVE TO BE INSULATED IN SOME FASHION SO IT'S NOT JUST WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE OR NOISES ARE NOISE INFLATION BUT IT ALSO COULD BE APPLIED TO SOME OF THE OTHER TRANSPORTATION AREA SO I TOTALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID THE PORT IS A BIG ENTITY AND WE ARE A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER BUT WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ECONOMIC DRIVER RIGHT SO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN ECOSYSTEM THAT EXISTS TO SUPPORT THAT INDUSTRY BEYOND JUST OUR JOBS SO ANY CASE THANK YOU SO MUCH YEAH THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TO MOVING TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK THANKS WELL THIS IS FASCINATING AS MUCH AS IT IS CHALLENGING I KNOW MEAN AND YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT LEADER IN YOUR EFFORTS HERE I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK THERE ARE ANY EASY ANSWERS OR EASY SOLUTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO UNDOING HISTORICAL SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT HAS CAUSED THESE DISPARITIES IN THE FIRST PLACE SO UNDOING THEM IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST DO UNDO OVERNIGHT I RECOGNIZE THAT IT TAKES BUT IT TAKES PERSISTENT DEDICATED DETERMINATION AND TOOLS PARTICULARLY IN THE AFTERMATH OF I-200 FOR THE MOST PART REMOVED SIGNIFICANT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE BUT THAT SAID SO I WANTED TO ASK FIRST OF ALL PRIOR TO 2018 SINCE YOU USED A BENCHMARK OF 2016 FOR A FIVE YEAR SNAPSHOT PRIOR TO 2018 WHAT WERE THE PORT ESTABLISHED GOALS AND THE 2018 WAS THE YEAR THE CALKINS AND I CAME ON AND I THINK IT WAS ONE OF OUR FIRST VOTES WAS TO MOVE THESE PERCENTAGES UP BUT WHAT WAS IT PRIOR TO THAT WHAT WAS IT IN 2016 DID THE PORT HAVE SPECIFIC TARGET SENT OR NOT NO NOT FOR ONE MINORITY BUT WE DID HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS GOAL THROUGH THE AGENDA AND RIGHT NOW I'M BLANKING ON THE NUMBER I THINK REMEMBER PART OF THE MOTIVATION WAS BEING QUITE A BIT TAKEN BACK BY THE PERFORMANCE OF THE PORT AT FIVE SOMETHING PERCENT FOR INCLUSION AND I THINK THAT THAT DIDN'T COMPARE WELL WITH SOME OF THE OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES AND GOVERNMENTS SO I DO THINK IT'S COMMENDABLE AND I THINK AT SOME POINT WE'VE GOT TO SET THE NEW BENCHMARK FOR THE YEAR THAT WE ESTABLISHED THOSE GOALS WHICH WAS 2018 AND TARGETS AND I THINK ALSO THERE'S GOING TO BE A SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGE HERE IF WE KEEP TRYING TO INCREASE OVER AND WHICH IS A GOOD THING BUT WE REACH A POINT WHERE THERE ARE CHALLENGES IN CAPACITY AND AVAILABILITY AS HAS BEEN POINTED OUT FOR THE MIX THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND THE EQUITY GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THERE WITH PARTICIPATION AND I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT POINT OR WHEN WE REACH A POINT WHERE WE CAN SAY THIS IS AS FAR AS WE CAN GO BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S A CONCERN RIGHT NOW SO I WAS CURIOUS WHAT THE GOALS WERE PRIOR TO 2018 I WANTED TO JUST CALL SOMETHING OUT HERE REGARDING ONE LINE ITEM THAT YOU REFERENCE AND IT'S THE COMMISSION OFFICE GOAL OF 10% I DON'T REMEMBER ANYBODY EVER ASKING ME WHAT THE COMMISSION OFFICE PARTICIPATION DIVERSITY SHOULD BE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE TAKING UP AND SO THAT WE ARE VERY MUCH PARTNERS IN THIS AND COMMITTED AND I THINK MAYBE WELL ANYWAY I WON'T SPECULATE BUT I DON'T RECALL EVER HAVING ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT OUR GOALS ARE FOR THE COMMISSION OFFICE IT'S A TINY TINY PART OF THE EMPLOYMENT BASE BUT NEVERTHELESS IT'S IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY AT THE TOP WITH THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE REPRESENT I WANTED TO ASK YOU MIAN IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND NON CONSTRUCTION PRIME WHAT ARE THE INCENTIVES AVAILABLE WHAT TOOLS DO YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE OTHER THAN ENCOURAGEMENT PERSUASION YOU KNOW FLAGGING THE ISSUE AS IMPORTANT I MEAN DO WE HAVE BUILT IN INCENTIVES THAT ARE WITHIN THE LAW OF COURSE I MEAN OUTSIDE OF THE BULLY POOL PITTING MUCH BE HONEST WITH YOU THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT TOO LEGALLY WE CAN'T HAVE REQUIREMENTS WE CAN'T HAVE QUOTAS CORRECT EXCEPT FOR FEDERAL ISN'T IT TRUE THAT WHERE THERE'S FEDERAL FUNDS YES WE CAN SET REQUIREMENTS RIGHT RIGHT WE CURRENTLY DO THAT ON OUR FEDERALLY ASSISTED AIRPORT PROJECT OKAY ANOTHER QUESTION GOOD BEADS ALWAYS GET THE BAR GETS RAISED WHEN YOU ACHIEVE ONE THRESHOLD THEN IT'S TIME FOR A NEW THRESHOLD SO WHAT ABOUT LOOKING AT ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT COME TO MIND FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WITH REGARD TO GENDER AND ETHNICITY ACHIEVEMENTS DO WE HAVE AN EQUITABLE BALANCE IN TERMS OF GENDER AND EQUITY WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN OR DO WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO THERE WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO THERE THAT'S WHAT A MINORITY WOMAN BUSINESSES I MEAN I HAVE A LITTLE STAT HERE AND THANK YOU NORA AND TEAM OUT THERE FOR THE MINORITY WOMEN BUSINESSES FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN OR BLACK WOMEN THAT DIDN'T WORK FOR WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE LAST YEAR IN 2020 THERE WAS ONLY FOUR BUSINESSES WOMEN HISPANIC TON ASIAN WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS WAS 17 A NATIVE AMERICAN WAS THIS ONE YEAH SO I'M SURE THERE'S EVEN MORE EFFORT AND ATTENTION THAT'S NEEDED IN THAT AREA AND A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN TO OUTREACH AND RELATIONSHIP BUILDING BUT I ALSO THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT HELP RESOURCES AND YEARS BACK WHEN URBAN LEAGUE WAS DOING SOME OF THAT AND I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHERS BUT TO HELP THE SUBS AND THE PRIMES THAT ARE MINORITY ON DEVELOP THEIR ABILITY TO COMPETE MORE AGGRESSIVELY PERHAPS AND TO BE CONSIDERED AND TO BE PARTNERED WITH OTHER FIRMS AND A LOT OF THIS GETS HANDED OFF TO THE PRIME TO DO SOME OF THIS WORK WE DON'T I MEAN MOST OF OUR WORK IS OUTSOURCED IS IT NOT THROUGH CONTRACTORS MAYBE NOT THE VENDORS THAT SERVE DIRECTLY TO THE PORT FACILITIES BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE DOLLARS ARE ACTUALLY NOT WORK WORK DIRECTLY WE'RE NOT THE EMPLOYER IT'S FINE IN THAT SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN THAT AREA OF HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THE GENERAL CONTRACTORS AND THE PRIME TO CONTINUE TO HELP US SUCCEED AND INCREASING THE PARTICIPATION LEVELS IF I MAY COMMISSIONER THE PORT STAFF AND CURRENTLY HAS A I WANT TO SAY MOSTLY A QUARTERLY MEETING WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS AGC SO WE DO OUR PARTNERING QUITE A BIT WITH THEM MORE SIMPLY AS THE INDUSTRY AS WELL AS ACEC MORE ON THE ARCHITECTURAL SIDE AS WELL SO WE'RE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH THEM AS WELL AS THOSE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THOSE NUMBERS FOR ALL BUSINESSES TO WORK ON THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND A LOT OF OUR PORT PROJECTS AS WELL SO THAT EFFORT HAS NOT STOPPED OKAY AND THEN LASTLY GOOD GOOD AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE VERY GOOD ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THAT SOMETIMES I THINK ARE CHALLENGING AND I THROW CURVE BALLS AT YOU SO BUT I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED WITH HOW WELL OUR STAFF RESPOND OUR WITH THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU HAVE I DID WANT TO ASK ABOUT A ROLE HERE WITH REGARD TO THE PORT OFFICE OF EQUITY INCLUSION DIVERSITY AND CONCLUSION IS THERE A ROLE HERE FOR LOOKING AT MAYBE SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITY THAT SORT OF LIKE WHAT I'M SUGGESTING THERE IS KIND OF A RESEARCH SIDE HERE MAYBE NOT A DIRECT ROLE BECAUSE YOU GOT YOUR JOB CUT OUT FOR YOU HERE BUT SUPPORTING IS WHAT I'M SUGGESTING I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT THERE'S A ROLE FOR DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN TERMS OF HELPING IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE BARRIERS ARE AND PERHAPS THE STUDY WOULD BE NOT THE SUGGESTION I HAVE AND MAYBE WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THAT BECAUSE IT IS EQUITY PARTICIPATION IS ABOUT EQUITY AND SHARING OPPORTUNITY BUT AS WE KNOW THE UNDERLYING SYSTEMIC RACISM IS LARGELY THE REASON WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE WELL OKAY THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY BUT CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ACHIEVEMENTS REPRESENTED HERE IT IS VERY ENCOURAGING AND INSPIRING TO SEE THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE SET OUR INTENTIONS TO DO SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER THANK YOU ALL OKAY THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN WELL THAT'S A FUNNY WAY TO CONCLUDE YOUR STATEMENT MR STEINBRUECK THAT'S ALL ANYWAY THANK YOU WE'RE RUNNING LIKE 15 MINUTES LATE RIGHT NOW BUT THE ONE THING I APPRECIATE MEAN THAT YOU DID BRING UP WAS I HAD ASKED WHEN YOU BRIEFED US ON THIS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CAUSE OF THE OF THE WOMEN COMPONENT OF THE WMBE FIRMS AND BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW THAT THE WOMEN OF COLOR ARE THE MOST HIT ON THIS ECONOMIC CHALLENGE SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT BREAKDOWN IS A VALUABLE THING TO CONTINUE TO DO AND I APPRECIATE YOU GOING BACK IN TWEEZING THAT OUT FOR US SO ANYWAY THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO HEAR A STRATEGY THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TO PURSUE THAT I SEE JIMMY MATTA JUST TOLD ME YESTERDAY THAT HE'S HELPING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE HE CREATED SOME SORT OF BLACKS IN CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION TO IN ADDITION TO WHAT OTHER FOLKS ARE DOING I WOULD HOPE THAT WE HAVE OTHER LEADERS THAT ARE RIGHTEOUS WOMEN THAT COULD PULL FOLKS TOGETHER IN THE SAME WAY AND BE KIND OF FUN TO FIND THOSE FOLKS WHO COULD ACTUALLY BE THE VOICE FOR ORGANIZING THAT SORT OF THING BUT AS ALWAYS THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ANNUAL PROGRAM OR IS IT AN ANNUAL REPORT OR TO SET OUR NEXT FIVE YEAR GOALS OR WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO OUR FIVE YEAR GOALS THAT'S CORRECTLY AND THIS IS AGAIN A TESTAMENT COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AND A LOT OF HER ALSO HER PREDECESSORS THAT HELP ESTABLISH THE GOALS AND MOVE THE BALL FORWARD YEAH WE COME TO YOU MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THESE DAYS CONTINUE TO MAKE US PROUD BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MOVE ON SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION WE JUST HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT SO CLERK IF YOU TAKE THE NEXT ITEM OUR FINAL ITEM FOR THE DAY YES THIS IS ITEM 11 D THIS IS THE ACE GREEN CITIES PROGRAM UPDATE COMMISSIONERS THE ACE GREEN CITY'S PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS IN THE NEAR PORT CITY SO BURIEN DES MOINES AND SEATAC WAS MADE POSSIBLE TO A 2016 ALLOCATION OF FUNDING BY THE PORT COMMISSION THE PORT FORTERRA PARTNER IN EMPLOYMENT IN THE CITY STAFF WILL CO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE ACE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM UPDATES WILL INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE URBAN FORCED STEWARDSHIP PLANS PROGRESS TOWARDS INCREASING TREE CANOPY COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES AND NEXT STEPS IN THE PROGRAM PRESENTERS ARE ANDY GREGORY SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL ENGAGEMENT EXTERNAL RELATIONS JOANNA NELSON DELORES FORTER AVI GONZALEZ CITY OF BURIEN AND NGAM NGUYEN PARTNER IN EMPLOYMENT SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ANDY GREGORY I BELIEVE YES THANK YOU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY CLERK HART IF YOU COULD START THE PRESENTATION WHEN YOU GET A SECOND THAT'D BE GREAT PERFECT THANKS SO MUCH OKAY THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY WE ARE NOW IN APRIL WHICH IS EARTH MONTH AS EVERYONE KNOWS AND WE HAVE SOME EXCITING UPDATES TO PROVIDE EVERYONE REGARDING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS IN SEATAC BURIEN AND DES MOINES I FEEL FORTUNATE TODAY TO BE HERE WITH SOME OF OUR GREAT PARTNERS ON THIS WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO IN OUR PRESENTATION TODAY WE'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY ECOLOGY PROGRAM JOANNA WILL TALK ABOUT THE A GREEN CITIES PROGRAM BOTH IN THE THREE AIRPORT CITIES AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL STRATEGY FOR INCREASING FOREST CANOPY IN THE PUGET SOUND AREA WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMMATIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS SO FAR AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANT VALUE OF PARTNERSHIPS IN CONDUCTING THIS WORK AND THEN FINALLY WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE 2021 IMPLEMENTATION OF WORK PLAN AND FINISH UP WITH NEXT STEPS AND SUSTAINING RESOURCES SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO I WANTED TO JUST START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY ECOLOGY OR ACE FUND SO THE ACE FUND WAS LAUNCHED IN 2016 AND WAS 1,000,000 DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S BURIEN DES MOINES AND SEATAC TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THE PROGRAM WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PRIMARY PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDED THE SMALL MATCHING GRANTS PROGRAM WHICH WAS FUNDED AT 550,000 DOLLARS AND PROVIDED COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS WITH MATCHING GRANTS UP TO 10,000 DOLLARS EACH TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THEN THE OTHER 450,000 DOLLARS FROM THE FUND WAS AWARDED TO FORTERRA IN A CONTRACT TO ESTABLISH GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR THE CITIES OF BURIEN SEATAC AND DES MOINES NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW ON THE ACE PROGRAM WHICH I THINK YOU GUYS HEARD ABOUT RECENTLY WITH THE LAUNCH OF OUR SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM BUT THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY I THINK TO REFLECT ON SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE BROADER GOALS OF THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY ECOLOGY PROGRAM FUND AWARDED 42 RECIPIENTS FOR A TOTAL OF 385,000 DOLLARS IN CONTRACTS AS YOU HAVE ALL HEARD THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS PROGRAM THE 3 TO 1 MATCH REQUIREMENT THAT STATUTORILY REQUIRED OF THIS WORK HAS CREATED SOME BARRIERS WHICH STAFF HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH COMMUNITY TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO OVERCOME BUT BUT THAT IS THE PRIMARY REASON WHY OVER THE SIX ROUNDS WE DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE FULL 550,000 DOLLARS BUT REMEMBER THAT THAT BALANCE WILL STILL BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS NUMBERS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE RESULTS WERE ON THE GROUND IN THESE PARKS IN THE NEAR AIRPORT COMMUNITIES WE HAVE 880 TREES PLANTED OVER 20,000 VOLUNTEER HOURS CONTRIBUTED AND A TOTAL OF OVER TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF MATCH VALUE DEMONSTRATED BY EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS AND THOSE NUMBERS DEMONSTRATE BOTH A COMBINATION OF FINAL REPORTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS ESTIMATES FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL IN PROGRESS AS YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD MANY OF THESE PROJECTS WERE DELAYED LAST YEAR DUE TO COVID AND A LOT OF THE VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES WILL BE HOPEFULLY CARRIED OUT THIS COMING YEAR SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE SO NOW I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO JOANNA FROM FORTERRA WHO IS GOING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM THANKS AND THANKS EVERYBODY FOR HAVING US HERE SO JUST REAL QUICK TOO I'M WITH FORTERRA AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT KNOW IT'S A REGIONAL NONPROFIT THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS AND OUR MOTTO IS LAND FOR GOOD SO THAT REALLY DRIVES OUR LAND CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP POLICY WORK AND SOME SUSTAINABLE RURAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ONE OF OUR SHINING PROGRAMS THAT I'M SUPER PROUD OF AND HAS BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT 16 YEARS IS OUR GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIPS AND SO FORTERRA HAS GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIPS IS DEDICATED TO CREATING HEALTHY SUSTAINABLE FORESTED PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS AND INCREASING URBAN FOREST CANOPY THROUGHOUT THE REGION SO THIS MAP HERE SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT CITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES SNOHOMISH COUNTY THEY RECENTLY ADOPTED THE GREEN CITIES MODEL TO APPLY TO SOME OF THEIR PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS THE GOAL FOR ALL OF THESE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIPS COMBINED IS TO IMPROVE FOREST HEALTH TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT WITH AN ENGAGED COMMUNITY TO HELP CARE FOR THEIR LOCAL FOREST AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SUSTAINABLE SO THAT WE DON'T JUST PLANT A TREE AND WALK AWAY WHEN THE PORT OF SEATTLE IT WAS CHRISTINE BILLINGSLEY AT THE TIME CAME TO FORTERRA WITH THIS IDEA OF EXPANDING GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIPS TO THE AIRPORT COMMUNITIES WE WERE THRILLED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THIS REALLY PROVIDED BOTH A WAY TO CREATE MORE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE URBAN FORESTRY WORK AND THE PORT THEMSELVES WITHIN SOUTH KING COUNTY AND REALLY CONNECT THAT WORK TO THE REGIONAL EFFORT SO IT WAS RIGHT IN LINE WITH GOALS AND ALSO HELP TO BRING SOME RESOURCES TO CITIES THAT MAYBE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS OTHERWISE SO COLLECTIVELY THESE 14 GREEN CITIES IN SNOHOMISH COUNTIES ARE WORKING TO RESTORE MORE THAN 13,000 ACRES OF PARK LAND ON THIS SERVES YOU KNOW WELL OVER 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE COMMUNITIES AND WE HAVE CITIES THAT ARE JUST GETTING STARTED LIKE SEATAC BURIEN DES MOINES AND CITIES HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 15-16 YEARS LIKE SEATTLE AND SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TECH VERY IMPORTANT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO THE LARGER REGIONAL GOAL OF HEALTHY HEALTHY URBAN FOREST NEXT SLIDE SO WHENEVER WE GET STARTED WITH A NEW PROGRAM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FIRST UNDERSTAND THE BASELINE CONDITION OF THE RESOURCE THAT WE'RE MANAGING IN THIS CASE THE URBAN FOREST SO WE DID TWO THINGS FIRST WE IDENTIFIED THE PORT'S PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS AND DID A FOREST HEALTH ASSESSMENT SO THAT WAS ROUGHLY ABOUT 700 PLUS ACRES ACROSS THE THREE CITIES AND THIS REALLY WAS HELPFUL TO TELL US SORT OF WHAT THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE PORT ECOSYSTEM IS IN THE PARKS AND WHAT WE NEED TO WHERE WE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN PARTS THAT WERE ALREADY RELATIVELY HEALTHY AND WHERE WE NEEDED TO FOCUS INVASIVE REMOVAL SUCH AS ENGLISH IVY BLACKBERRY THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WERE THREATENING THE FOREST SO THAT WE COULD PROVIDE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROTECTING AND RESTORING THE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES COMMUNITY HEALTH BENEFITS AND HABITAT FOR WILDLIFE IN THE PARKS NOW THAT'S THE MORE TRADITIONAL MODEL THAT WE'VE DONE WITH ALL THE OTHER GREEN CITIES THAT YOU SAW UP ON THAT MAP BUT THERE WAS A SECOND THING I THINK THAT WE DID DIFFERENT AND THIS AGAIN WAS REALLY THE PORT ENCOURAGING US TO THINK BEYOND THE LOCAL MODEL SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE DISPARITIES AND THE VULNERABILITIES IN THESE CITIES AND LOOKED TO SORT OF WIDEN THE URBAN FOREST EFFORT AND LOOK AT CANOPY COVER THROUGHOUT THE CITY SO LOOKING AT HOW MUCH CANOPY COVER THERE IS IN ALL THE TREES NOT JUST THE PARKS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND VARIOUS AREAS OF THE CITY SO YOU'RE SEEING THESE MAPS ARE KIND OF HARD TO DECIPHER AT THIS LEVEL BUT YOU CAN GET AN IDEA ALL THAT GREEN THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS WHERE THERE'S CANOPY IN EACH OF THESE CITIES THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE'S 30% OF BURIEN IS COVERED WITH TREE CANOPY DES MOINES HAS A CANOPY COVER ROUGHLY THE SAME 29% CANOPY COVER IS AT 25 WHEN WE DO NOT INCLUDE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SEA AIRPORT AND IT COMES IN AT ABOUT 21% WHEN YOU DO INCLUDE THE FOOTPRINT OF SEA AIRPORT SO WITH THE CANOPY COVER INFORMATION WE THEN CROSS REFERENCE THAT WITH SOCIAL VULNERABILITIES WE ALSO LOOKED AT CANOPY COVER IN RELATION TO SCHOOLS LOW INCOME HOUSING AS TOOLS TO HELP INFORM EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THAT THE PROGRAM CAN PROVIDE SO A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THAT HOW WE USED THOSE TOOLS THE MAPPING REALLY HELPED US SECURE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR URBAN FORCE CANOPY PROJECTS NEAR SCHOOLS WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN ANOTHER SLIDE IT'S HELPED US THINK ABOUT WHERE TO DO SOME FOCUSED OUTREACH FOR TREE DISTRIBUTIONS SO LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE'S LOWER TREE CANOPY COVER IT'S ALSO HELP TO SELECT SITES FOR WHICH SOME OF THE PARK RESTORATION WORK IS HAPPENING SO HILLTOP ARBOR LAKE BURIEN KITTY CITY PARK AND DES MOINES NURSE TECH PARK AND ENGLE LAKE AND SEATAC THOSE ARE ALL FOR REALLY HIGH IN THE VULNERABILITY MAPPING AND WERE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE COULD REALLY HELP ALSO INCREASE CANOPY AND ALL THE BENEFITS THAT URBAN FORCE PROVIDE SO THESE TOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO HELP INFORM WHERE WE HOST COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING AND JUST LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES NEXT SLIDE SO WE SHARE THE RESULTS OF THE FOREST ASSESSMENT THE CANOPY COVER RESULTS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND COLLECTED FEEDBACK AND IDEAS FROM THE COMMUNITY I BELIEVE THIS IS BACK IN 2018 AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THE PORT WAS VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN INVESTING IN A ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WHICH WAS WONDERFUL THIS INCLUDED SEVERAL OPEN HOUSE EVENTS SOME SMALL COMMUNITY MEETINGS WE WORKED WITH ABOUT 10 COMMUNITY CONNECTORS FROM GLOBAL TO LOCAL TO HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT SURVEYS PROVIDED SURVEYS IN THREE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND TRIED TO COLLECT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE COULD AS POSSIBLE THAT YOU'LL SEE WE SORT OF COMBINE THE RESULTS OF THE FOREST ASSESSMENTS AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INTO THESE PLANS SO EACH EACH CITY WE WORK TO DEVELOP AN URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR EACH OF THESE CITIES SO THE PLANS INCLUDE STRATEGIES BENCHMARKS ESTIMATES ON COST PROJECTED VOLUNTEER NUMBERS NEEDED TO RESTORE AND ENHANCE URBAN FOREST OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS AND WHILE ALL THE PLANS LOOK VERY SIMILAR SIMILAR COMPONENTS WE DEFINITELY WORK WITH EACH CITY TO CUSTOMIZE THE PLAN TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AND WHERE THEY'RE AT AT THIS POINT SO I ENCOURAGE YOU I THINK YOU'RE ALL GETTING SOME IN THE MAIL IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THROUGH THESE PLANS NEXT SLIDE SO SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE AS WE KNOW WE DID A LOT OF THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF OUR START UP PROCESS IS REALLY DOING THAT ASSESSMENT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PULLING ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER INTO A PLAN AND AS WE WERE SORT OF LEADING UP TO OUR BIG GRAND FINALE YEAR WHERE WE WERE REALLY GOING TO BUILD UPON THE MOMENTUM OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE DONE AND LAUNCH THE VOLUNTEER IMPLEMENTATION SIDE OF THINGS COVID HIT WE HAD BEGUN SOME PARTS OF THAT SEVERAL FOLKS HAVE BEEN OUT TO SOME OF THE VOLUNTEER EVENTS AND WE DID HAVE SOME THINGS IN 2019 AS WELL BUT WE WERE REALLY RAMPING UP FOR 2020 IN LOOKING AT HOW TO SUSTAIN THE PROGRAM DURING THE PANDEMIC WE HAD TO SWITCH GEARS AND ADAPT ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO KEEP MOVING ALONG WAS STARTING THE FOREST STEWARD PROGRAM SO WE HAVE ABOUT 10 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE RAISED THEIR HAND TO SAY YES I WANT TO REALLY ESSENTIALLY ADOPT AN AREA IN THEIR ADOPT A PARK IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY LEAD RESTORATION EVENTS AND LEAD OTHER VOLUNTEERS IN THAT BUT WE DID HAVE TO TAKE A SHIFT FROM LARGER EVENTS TO SMALL COVID SAFE EVENTS AND REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IT WAS UP TO THE PORT STEWARD IF THEY FELT COMFORTABLE LEADING OTHER VOLUNTEERS IN ADDITION ONE OF THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITIES THAT REALLY PRESENTED ITSELF WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE PORT AND PARTNER IN EMPLOYMENT TO SUPPORT NEW PAID YOUTH EMPLOYMENT TRAINING CREWS SO THIS IS THIS WAS SUPPORTED ALSO NOT ONLY IN SEATAC BURIEN AND DES MOINES BUT ALSO SOME OF OUR OTHER SOUTH KING COUNTY GREEN CITIES SUCH AS SOUTH SEATTLE AND TUKWILLA AND IT REALLY ENABLED THE PARTNERSHIPS CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT WORK IN A NEW WAY THAT BOTH HELPS MEET THE GOALS OF OUR PROGRAM BUT ALSO SUPPORTED YOUTH IN PATHWAYS TO GREEN JOBS AND ESPECIALLY IN A TIME WHEN WE COULDN'T MOBILIZE AS MANY VOLUNTEERS WE WERE REALLY REALLY EXCITED AND EXCITED TO CONTINUE THAT AND WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE AND WE REALLY HOPE TO BE ABLE TO EVEN RAMP THAT UP HERE IN OUR FINAL YEAR THIS YEAR NEXT SLIDE SO ONE OF THE PRIORITIES WHEN OF THE PORT WAS TO ADDRESS THIS UNIQUE INTERJURISDICTIONAL LIVING HISTORIC MEMORIAL THE DES MOINES MEMORIAL DRIVE SO I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE DRIVE BUT FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT THE DES MOINES MEMORIAL DRIVE IS ABOUT AN EIGHT MILE STRETCH OF ROAD THAT RUNS ROUGHLY FROM SOUTH PARK TO DES MOINES MARINA AND IT PASSES THROUGH THE THREE ACE CITIES THE THREE CITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM SEATAC BURIEN DES MOINES AND IN THE EARLY 1920S, 1400 TREES ELM TREES PARTICULARLY WERE PLANTED ALONG THIS DRIVE IN HONOR OF WASHINGTON CITIZENS WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR I SO OVER THE YEARS MANY OF THOSE TREES HAVE DIED DUE TO DISEASE OR REMOVE FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND SO THERE'S BEEN AN EFFORT TO RESTORE THE MEMORIAL DRIVE WITH NEW ELMS AND PLAQUES WHEREVER POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE DRIVE PASSES THROUGH SEVERAL JURISDICTIONS THERE'S A MIX OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO REALLY FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT AND RESTORE THIS DRIVE AND PLANT MORE TREES AND PLAQUES AND SO THERE'S A GROUP AND FOLKS THAT HAVE CREATED A DES MOINES MEMORIAL DRIVE CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT PLAN AND AND STILL THERE IS A NEED TO SORT OF HELP FIGURE OUT HOW TO ACTUALLY REALLY MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND SUPPORT SOME OF THE EFFORTS TO RESTORE THE DRIVE SO FORTERRA WORKED WITH THE DES MOINES MEMORIAL DRIVE PRESERVATION ALLIANCE AND THE PORT TO DEVELOP FIGURE OUT WHAT COULD BE SOME TOOLS THAT WOULD HELP THEM IMPLEMENT THIS VISION AND SO WE DID SOME GIS ANALYSIS YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SORT OF A SNAPSHOT OF A MAP IT'S NOT THE GREATEST VISUAL THAT YOU CAN GET TO THE MAP YOURSELF AND CHECK IT OUT IF YOU WANT TO BUT WE DID SOME GIS ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY WHICH PARCELS ALONG THE DRIVE FOR EXAMPLE WERE SUITABLE ACTUALLY SUITABLE FOR PLANTING AND OR IF THEY MAYBE ARE BETTER SUITED FOR A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE SO THE GREEN PARCELS ARE ONES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TAKE A TREE AND THE BLUE PARCELS ARE ONES THAT WERE NAMED NOT SUITABLE AND WOULD BE BETTER PLACEMENT OF THE PLAQUE THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT IF IT'S PUBLIC PRIVATE PROPERTY ZONING LAND USE THE ADDRESS AND SO THIS IS JUST A HUGE INFORMATION TOOL FOR THAT GROUP TO USE IN THEIR OUTREACH WE ALSO CREATED SOME BROCHURES AND WE'RE ABLE AND OUTREACH MATERIALS THAT THE COMMUNITY GROUP CAN USE TO DO THEIR OUTREACH TO PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THE DRIVE SO IN ADDITION TO THIS WE'RE CONTINUING TO LIKE WHENEVER WE HAVE A TREE DISTRIBUTION EVENTS OR OPPORTUNITIES FOR TREE PLANTING TO LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE DRIVE AND WHERE WE CAN ALSO JUST GET ELMS FOR EXAMPLE ADOPTED BY EACH CITY AS A SUITABLE PLANT FOR STREETS AND ALONG THE DRIVE THAT SOME WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THERE NEXT SLIDE I MENTIONED THE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME IMPACTS FOR COVID SO AS I MENTIONED 2020 WAS GOING TO BE SLATED FOR THE BIG YEAR WHERE WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON IMPLEMENTATION PLANTING TREES AND DOING THE RESTORATION WORK AND WE PUT ALL OF THAT ON HOLD FOR ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS SO WE DIDN'T REALLY EVEN START DOING SMALL EVENTS UNTIL THE FALL OF LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS STILL PRETTY SMALL AND SMALL SCALE BUT WE DID DO A LOT OF WORK TO PREPARE US FOR 2021 WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP SOME COVID SAFE EVENT PROTOCOLS AND ALSO WE ARE SETTING SORT OF SIZE LIMITS DEPENDING ON THE PHASE THAT EACH COUNTY IS IN SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY HOSTING UP TO 10 PEOPLE AT EVENTS AND ALL BASED ON IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND I'D SAY BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT OF COVID IT WAS REALLY CLEAR WE NEEDED TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT AND REALLY STRETCH OUT THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE WORK FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR IN 2021 SO THAT'S SORT OF THE SILVER LINING IS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY HAVE THIS ADDITIONAL YEAR WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE THREE YEARS NEXT SLIDE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE PARTNERSHIP MODEL IN ITSELF SO ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE GREEN CITIES MODEL IS THAT IT IS A PARTNERSHIP BY DESIGN AND SO WHILE THE ORIGINAL GREEN EIGHT GREEN CITIES WAS ESTABLISHED AND INITIATED BY THE PORT FORTERRA AND THE CITIES YOU CERTAINLY CAN'T DO THIS WORK ALONE WHAT STANDS OUT HERE WITH THE ICE GREEN CITIES IS REALLY THE POWER OF THESE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE COORDINATED APPROACH THAT'S WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN SO HERE'S A LIST OF JUST SOME OF THE PARTNERS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SO FAR AND BECAUSE OF THIS SORT OF BASELINE FUNDING THAT THE PORT HAS PROVIDED AND INVESTED IN GETTING THESE PROGRAMS STARTED WE ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THAT PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN MORE THAN 1 TO 1 THROUGH OTHER GRANTS AND OTHER FUNDING SOURCES SO THE PORT INVESTMENT ALLOWS PORTER AND OTHERS TO SECURE THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND WE FOUND ALSO WITH THE GREEN CITIES SAY SEATAC FOR EXAMPLE WITH THE PLANS IN PLACE THEY'RE REALLY WELL POSITIONED TO GO AFTER ADDITIONAL GRANTS FOR SOME OF THEIR PARK PROJECTS SO FOR EXAMPLE SEATAC SECURED SOME FUNDING FROM KING CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO SUPPORT NORTH SEATAC PARK AND BURIEN AND EARTHCORE WE'RE ABLE TO GO IN TOGETHER TO GET SOME GRANT FUNDING FOR HILLTOP PARK AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE ALSO ADDED A HUGE VALUE WITH ESTIMATED ABOUT 40,000 DOLLARS IN VALUES TO DATE SO THE INVESTMENT IS MORE THAN DOUBLED AND THAT'S REALLY JUST IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THIS EVEN MORE SPEAKING OF PARTNERS WE HAVE A COUPLE HERE TODAY AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO ONE OF OUR KEY PARTNERS GABBY GONZALEZ THE RECREATION COORDINATOR WITH THE CITY OF BURIEN LET'S HOPE GABBY GOT THERE YEAH I MADE IT YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME YES GREAT HI EVERYBODY MY NAME IS GABBY GONZALEZ I'M A RECREATION COORDINATOR OVER THE GREEN BURIEN PARTNERSHIP I'M HERE TO PRESENT A BIT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON GREEN BURIEN AND GIVE SOME PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO PRESENT TODAY'S MEETING IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE A PART OF THE GREEN CITY'S PARTNERSHIP AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE FORTERRA PARTNER IN EMPLOYMENT AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS WE ARE TRULY STRONGER AND MORE IMPACTFUL BECAUSE OF OUR WORK TOGETHER THE GOAL FOR THIS AFTERNOON'S PRESENTATION IS TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE GREEN BURIEN PARTNERSHIP IS AND HOW IT'S FUNDED TALK ABOUT CURRENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM EXPLAIN HOW GREEN BURIEN PROGRAMMING ADJUSTED DURING COVID 19 AND TALK ABOUT SOME GOALS AND PARTNERSHIPS FOR 2021 AND BEYOND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE OKAY SO TO PIGGYBACK ON SOME THINGS THAT WERE ALREADY MENTIONED TODAY IN 2018 WITH FUNDING FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE AIRPORT COMMUNITY ECOLOGY FUND FORTERRA BEGAN ESTABLISHING A NEW GREEN CITIES PARTNERSHIP IN SEATAC BERN AND DES MOINES TO RESTORE AND CARE FOR URBAN FORESTS THIS PROCESS INCLUDED ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT TREE CANOPY COVER INCLUDING FOREST HEALTH CONDITIONS IN PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT TO HELP GUIDE FUTURE PROJECTS DEVELOPING A 20 YEAR PLAN FOR RESTORING FORESTS AND INCREASING TREE CANOPY ACROSS THE THREE CITIES BURIEN GOAL WAS TO INCREASE ITS CANOPY COVERED BY 20% BY 2038 AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION OF ON THE GROUND PROJECTS AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS TO PLANT TREES REMOVE INVASIVE AND WORK TOWARD NEEDING RESTORATION GOALS IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 BURIEN CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE GREEN BURIEN PARTNERSHIP URBAN FOREST STEWARDSHIP PLAN A BIT ABOUT FUNDING FROM INCEPTION AND THROUGH DECEMBER 2021 THE GREEN BURIEN PARTNERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH THE PORT OF SEATTLE ACE FUND IN ADDITION THE PORT OF SEATTLE PROVIDES FUNDS TO COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL RESTORATION WORK AND BURANG PARKS SOME OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT INCLUDE EARTHCORE A RESTORATION NONPROFIT WHO BRINGS CREWS TO REMOVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF INVASIVES WHERE IT'S NOT SAFE OR APPROPRIATE TO HAVE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE VOLUNTEERS WORK AND PARTNER AND EMPLOYMENT OR PIE A POC LED NONPROFIT WHO FOCUSES ON IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE POPULATIONS YOU'LL NEXT HEAR FROM PIE IN 2020 PIES YOUTH INTERNS SPENT A TOTAL OF 262 HOURS AT ARBOR LAKE PARK IN BURIEN AND REMOVED 8,810 SQUARE FEET OF INVASIVES AND SPREAD 2,000 SQUARE FEET OF MULCH PIES WORK WILL CONTINUE QUARTERLY AND WILL INCLUDE A LARGE PROJECT AT HILLTOP PARK WHICH I'LL MENTION IN A MOMENT STARTING IN 2021 THE CITY OF BURIEN IS DEDICATING A .25 RECREATION COORDINATOR POSITION TO OVERSEE THE GREEN BURIEN PARTNERSHIP THIS POSITION IS FUNDED BY A GRANT THROUGH THE KING COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT THE CITY WAS AWARDED A GRANT THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOCUSED TO HELP WITH AN EXPANSION OF TO HELP WITH AN EXPANSION OF GREEN BURIEN AND ENSURE WE CONTINUE TO USE AN EQUITABLE LENS FOR RESTORATION WORK AND PROGRAM DECISIONS THE STEPS FOR THIS GRANT WILL INCLUDE OUTREACH TO DEVELOP A PARK MASTER PLAN FOR HILLTOP PARK THE ONLY PARK IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF URIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF INVASIVE PLANT REMOVAL A PAY PARK STEWARDSHIP AND USE EDUCATION PROGRAM AND THE GRANT WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH FUNDING THROUGH THE PORT OF SEATTLE ACE FUND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE IN 2021 GREEN BURIEN PARTNERSHIP PIVOTED TO A SAFER COVID MODEL THE CITY WORKED WITH FORTERRA TO DEVELOP SAFETY PROTOCOL FOR PARK STEWARDS TO WORK IN PAIRS OR TRIOS WE CONTINUED TO HOST MICRO EVENTS AND PROVIDED A THRIVING PROGRAM TO THE COMMUNITY THE CITY TRANSITIONED GREEN BURIEN DAY A RESTORATION SPECIAL EVENT TYPICALLY HELD IT IN PERSON AT THE END OF OCTOBER TO A WEEK LONG PROGRAM WITH VIRTUAL ELEMENTS AND WAYS FOR HOUSEHOLDS TO PROVIDE RESTORATION AND LEARN ABOUT URBAN FORESTRY ON THEIR OWN THE GREEN BURIEN PARTNERSHIP WAS SO ACTIVE WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY FOR AND RECEIVE A GROWTH AWARD THROUGH THE TREE CITY USA PROGRAM THIS AWARD IS GIVEN TO CITIES THAT HAVE SHOWN A THRIVING AND GROWING TREE PROGRAM EACH YEAR NEXT SLIDE PLEASE MOVING INTO 2021 THE GREEN BURIEN PARTNERSHIP WORK PLAN INCLUDES EXPANDED PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARTNER IN EMPLOYMENT EARTH CORE SCULLY SERVES YETI AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WE WILL MAINTAIN AND EXPAND RESTORATION ACTIVITIES BY RECRUITING AND TRAINING PARK STEWARDS SECURING NEW FUNDING SUCH AS THE RECENTLY AWARDED DNR GRANT AND CONTINUE TO HOST RESTORATION SPECIAL EVENTS THE CITY OF BURIEN HAS A LIMITED BUDGET OUTSIDE FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY TO GROWTH AND SUCCESS OF GREEN BURIEN I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND I WOULD LIKE TO PASS IT TO NGAM WITH PARTNER IN EMPLOYMENT IS NGAM NGUYAM ON THE LINE WITH US FOR THIS PRESENTATION I WAS ON MUTE THE WHOLE TIME I'M SORRY IT HAPPENS TO THE BEST OF US I WAS TALKING ABOUT YEAH SO AS I WAS SAYING A PIE IS A COMMUNITY COLOR LED A NONPROFIT AND WE SERVE NEWLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN SOUTH KING COUNTY I THINK WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT OUR WORK IS THAT WE HAVE A FULL ON WRAP AROUND SERVICES AROUND RENTAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO GAIN ECONOMIC STABILITY SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO NAME THAT HISTORICALLY THE BY POP COMMUNITY LOW INCOME COMMUNITY IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN LEFT OUT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR AND DISCUSSION AND AT THE SAME TIME THE MOST DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE SO WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME UP LAST YEAR FOR OUR YOUTH TO ENGAGE IN PAID ENVIRONMENTAL WORK AND ALSO CLEAN UP PART PARK WHERE DURING COVID THE CITIES WAS HAVING A HARD TIME FUNDING AND VOLUNTEERING TO MAINTAIN THE PARKS WE JUMPED ON THE OPPORTUNITY DEFINITELY BECAUSE IT WAS PAYING THE YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY AND THAT WAS GOING TO HELP THEM AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE WAS TO BRING CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUST WORK INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY WORK WITHIN AND EVEN LEADING THAT WITH THEIR ACTIONS AND THEIR VOICES WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT SO THE PROGRAM HAS THREE MAIN COMPONENTS AND SO IT HAS A RESTORATION TRAINING WHICH TRAINS THE YOUTH IN JUST WORKING ON INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL PLANTING IDENTIFYING THE PLANTS AND JUST OVERALL FORMING A CONNECTION WITH THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION SO WE HAVE PEOPLE AND PROFESSIONALS IN THE GREEN JOB SECTORS THAT COME OUT AND TALK TO YOUTH ABOUT THE WORK THE PAY HOW TO GET INTO GREEN JOBS AND PROVIDE A BIT OF MENTORSHIP IN THAT SPACE AS WELL AS NETWORKING SO THAT'S BEEN A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR YOUTH AND THEN THE CORE WORK OF PIE DOES IS THAT WE DO JOB SKILLS TRAINING THE YOUTH THIS IS OFTEN THEIR FIRST PAID JOB AND THEY'RE LEARNING THE IMPORTANT SKILLS OF JUST RESUME BUILDING OF PROFESSIONALISM COMING TO WORK ON TIME AND COMMUNICATIONS LEARNING HOW TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THE WORK AND LEARNING VIDEO AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF WHICH HAS BEEN TRANSLATED INTO THEIR CONFIDENCE IN APPLYING FOR JOBS AND REALLY BOOSTING THE ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY OF THEIR FAMILIES SO THAT HAS BEEN REALLY CORE TO OUR WORK I CAN SHARE A SUCCESS STORY I THINK THE OVERALL SUCCESS STORY IS NOW WE ARE BRIDGING WHAT IT MEANS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IMMIGRANT REFUGEE COMMUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT IT BELONGS TO THEM AS WELL AND THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE IN IT AND THEY HAVE POWER IN IT AND SO THEY CAN BE CHAMPIONS OF THIS WORK ON THE GROUND AND IN POLICY SO THAT HAS BEEN POWERFUL THE OTHER THING IS JUST THE MAJOR IMPACT OF BEING ABLE TO PAY THE YOUTH WHICH IS HELPING WITH RENT IS VERY CORE IN THIS WORK BUT ALSO NOW THEY'RE USED AS LIKE I'M INTERESTED IN GETTING GOOD MONEY TO DO GOOD WORK IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE SO WE ARE HELPING THEM APPLY FOR THESE JOBS AND ONE OF THE MAJOR SUCCESS IS ONE OF OUR YOUTH HONEST HE APPLIED FOR A MAINTENANCE POSITION AT KING COUNTY AND GOT AN INTERVIEW WHICH WE ALL KNOW THAT'S VERY COMPETITIVE AND HE'S EXCITED ABOUT IT WE'RE EXCITED FOR HIM SO WE'RE MONITORING THAT PROCESS BUT NOW HE'S SAYING THAT HE WANTS TO STUDY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN COLLEGE AND HE WANTS TO REALLY WORK WITH HIS COMMUNITY ON ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES SO HE'S LOOKING FOR A JOB IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR COULD SAVE UP FOR COLLEGE AND SO WE'RE SUPPORTING HIM WITH THAT AND THAT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT'S INCLUSIVE TO THEM AND DIRECTLY IMPACTING THEM AND THAT NOW THE NEXT THIS GENERATION IS GOING TO TAKE THEM AT THE TIME AND APPLY FOR WORK IN GREEN JOBS AND GO TO COLLEGE THAT'S RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL SECTOR AND SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY GAME CHANGING FOR THE SECTOR FOR SURE I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME OH JOANNA YOU'RE NEXT THANK YOU YEAH SO I'M GOING TO JUST GO OVER ONE OF THE A NEW PROJECTS THAT CAME ON BOARD THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PORT FUNDING AND WITHOUT THIS BASELINE SUPPORT FOR THE GREEN CITY PROGRAM SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE CANOPY AND SOCIAL VULNERABILITY MAPPING HELPED GUIDE EFFORTS IS A PILOT PROGRAM WITH HIGHLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S A LITTLE GRAPH EMBEDDED AND THE GREEN BAR REPRESENTS THE TREE CANOPY I BELIEVE THIS EXAMPLE I REALIZED I DIDN'T LABEL IT I BELIEVE IT'S FROM BURIEN THE GREEN BAR REPRESENTS THE TREE CANOPY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS AND SO OVERALL AN AVERAGE IT IS LOWER THAN THE BLUE WHICH IS THE OVERALL ENTIRE CITY CANOPY COVER SO WE DID SOME MAPPING I WOULD LOVE TO WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT MAPS WE COULD SHARE BUT WE'RE LIMITED ON TIME AND SPACE BUT SO THAT REALLY STARTED TO SHOW THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE CANOPY IN EITHER ON SCHOOL GROUNDS OR NEAR BY SCHOOL GROUNDS AND SO WE WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO APPLY FOR A US FOR SERVICE LANDSCAPE SCALE RESTORATION GRANT IS A VERY COMPETITIVE GRANT DNR GOT THAT GRANT AND PORTER IS A PARTNER IN THAT AND AGAIN WITHOUT THAT UNDERLYING GREEN CITY PROGRAM SUPPORT FROM THE PORT I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT GRANT AND THAT'S A 300,000 DOLLARS THREE YEAR GRANT FOR THIS SORT OF PILOT PROGRAM SO REALLY WHAT IT IS IS WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH AGAIN THE CITIES ARE INVOLVED THE HIGHLINE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT DEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE TEACHERS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP A STUDENT BASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MODEL SO REALLY KIND OF TAKING THE GREEN AVI MODEL AND TRYING TO SORT OF SWITCH IT AND ADAPT IT TO A SCHOOL SETTING SO WE'RE WE TRAIN AND SUPPORT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO LEAD AND ENGAGE PEERS IN A LOCAL URBAN FORCED PROJECTS WITH THE IDEA OF IMPLEMENTING THREE FORESTRY PROJECTS ONE PER CITY EITHER ON OR ADJACENT TO SCHOOL PROPERTY AND THAT ADJACENCY WOULD BE WITHIN A QUARTER A HALF MILE OF THE SCHOOL AND THEN WE HOPE TO REPLICATE THAT IN ANOTHER CITY WITHIN THE GREEN DUWAMISH WATERSHED AND OF COURSE SHARE ANY SUCCESSES IN LESSON LEARN TO SEE IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE COULD REPLICATE WITH OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OTHER CITIES SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND AGAIN WE'RE JUST THRILLED TO SEE SORT OF THE STARS ALIGN WHEN TO HAVE SORT OF BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND LEVERAGE THE PORT INVESTMENT AND THE PORT WAS A GREAT SUPPORT IN THIS ENDEAVOR AS WELL AND IT'S JUST GETTING STARTED AND WE'LL JUST BE STARTING WITH SCHOOLS THIS SEPTEMBER BECAUSE IT ALSO GOT DELAYED BECAUSE OF COVID NEXT SLIDE WELL JOANNA CAN I ASK THAT WE CURTAIL THIS OR WRAP IT UP PRETTY QUICKLY SO THAT I GIVE MY COLLEAGUES A CHANCE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS OF YOU AND GNAM AND GABBY AND BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR APPRECIATION IT'S JUST HOW MANY MORE SLIDES DO YOU HAVE LEFT TO GO YOU HAVE TWO MORE OKAY I GOT THEM PRETTY QUICK YES THANK YOU I'M KIND OF LOCKED ON THE TIME CHECK RIGHT NOW SO I APPRECIATE IT SO HERE'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR 2021 AGAIN THIS IS WHAT WE START GEARING UP TO DO IN 2020 AND WE GET TO DO MORE IN 2021 WHICH IS GREAT SO JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES TREE WALKS FOR EDUCATIONAL THREE WALKS AROUND SEATAC BURIEN AND DES MOINES ARBOROUS TRAINING FOR CITY STAFF IN THE PUBLIC THERE WILL BE SOME TREE DISTRIBUTION EVENTS TO HELP SUPPORT INCREASING TREE CANOPY AND NEIGHBORHOODS IN ADDITION TO SEVERAL LOTS OF SORT OF PARK RESTORATION EVENTS AS WELL AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOLKS TO GET INVOLVED WITH FOREST STEWARDS AND AGAIN AS MENTIONED CONTINUING WORKING WITH PARTNER IN EMPLOYMENT WE'LL ALSO BE GEARING UP TO PULL TOGETHER ALL THE RESEARCHES ALL THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIES AS GABBY MENTIONED THEY'RE GOING TO BRING ON A PART TIME PERSON TO HELP COORDINATE SOME OF THESE EFFORTS WE'RE WORKING ON BASICALLY A TOOLBOX THAT WILL HAND OFF TO CITIES AND FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HELPING TO CONTINUE THIS EFFORT WHICH SORT OF LEADS ME INTO OUR NEXT SLIDE OUR LAST SLIDE AND THAT IS CONTINUING RESOURCES SO WHEN WE FIRST DISCUSSED THE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIP MODEL WITH THE PORT I REMEMBER THE PORT BEING REALLY INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM THAT WOULD BE LONG TERM SORT OF SET THAT FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE EFFORTS AND COLLABORATION TO CONTINUE WE ARE IN OUR LAST YEAR OF A FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM AND NOW THE FUTURE OF THESE PROGRAMS DEPENDS ON RESOURCES THAT WE CAN PULL TOGETHER TO SUSTAIN THE PROGRAM AND PROTECT THE INVESTMENT TO DATE SO WE'RE EXPLORING WAYS WITH THE CITIES TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE CORE PROGRAMS IN 2022 AND BEYOND SO FORTERRA HAS WORKED WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES OVER THE YEARS AND SO AFTER THIS TWO TO 3 YEAR STARTUP WE'VE SEEN CITIES TAKE IT ON THEMSELVES AND SORT OF WE HAND OVER THE KEYS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPPORT AND TOOLS AND TIPS FOR HOW TO RUN AND COORDINATE AND SORT OF PICK ON THAT ROLE THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEN SOME CITIES MAYBE THEY'RE NOT QUITE READY FOR THAT FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS WANT TO RETAIN FORTERRA OR ANOTHER SERVICE PROVIDER TO CONTINUE TO COORDINATE THE PROGRAM FOR THEM SO AT THIS POINT WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH EACH OF THE CITIES TO SEE WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE AND TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO FUND THEIR PROGRAM AND I THINK THE PORT HAS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER AND CHAMPION FOR THIS PROGRAM ENCOURAGING INVESTMENTS LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES AND CONTINUING TO SUPPORT STEWARDSHIP OF URBAN FOREST SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND UNLESS ANDY HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THE PRESENTATION I THINK WE CAN SWITCH OVER TO QUESTIONS I'M GOING TO TELL ANDY TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS RATHER THAN TO SAY ANOTHER WORD SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND ESPECIALLY FOR YOU TO HAVE COORDINATED SUCH A WONDERFUL EFFORT AND THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESENTATIONS WERE DELIGHTFUL I GOT TO SAY SEEING THE PORT MONEY LEVERAGING OTHER MONEY AND LEVERAGING ALL THAT VOLUNTEER EFFORT REALLY MAKES IT A TREMENDOUS INVESTMENT AND ENCOURAGES US TO CONTINUE TO BE SUPPORTERS ESPECIALLY JUST THE MAPPING AND DOING THE SCIENCE SO THAT WE KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO APPLY RESOURCES THAT IT'S WELL TARGETED AND TO HAVE AS MUCH OF THE FINDING OTHER LEVERAGING MATCHES WITH REALLY GETTING THE CITIES TO REALLY EMBRACE OWNERSHIP OF THAT EVERYTHING HE SAID REALLY MAKES GREAT SENSE AND CERTAINLY TARGETING THOSE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE LIVE NOT JUST BIG GREEN SPACES SO THAT THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DEVOID OF TREES HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THAT AS A QUALITY OF LIFE AS WELL AS A CLIMATE ILLOGICAL BENEFIT SO WITH THAT SAID I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL AND CALL THIS DAY WHILE IT'S STILL SUNNY SOME TIME TO GET OUT SO ANYWAY CLERK HART THANK YOU WE'LL START THAT ROLL CALL WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AWESOME THANK YOU OH THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT HAS PRESENTED TODAY IT'S FANTASTIC WORK AND COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN I WAS JUST REFLECTING ON THE FACT THAT THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION MANAGED TO HIT SO MANY GOALS ALL AT THE SAME TIME IT HIT CLIMATE GOALS IT HIT EQUITY GOALS AND IT'S HITTING YOUTH EMPLOYMENT GOALS I MEAN I CAN'T REALLY HAVE TO THINK OF ANOTHER PROJECT PROJECT THAT WE'VE GOT INVOLVED IN THAT DOES ALL THREE ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND SO JUST SUPER SUPER WELL DONE REALLY EXCITED I JUST WANTED TO ASK A SMALL QUESTION AND WE'RE CONSIDERING LAST YEAR PARTNERS IN EMPLOYMENT WAS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE PARTNERED WITH FOR OUR YOUTH OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVE WHICH PROVIDED THE JOBS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE SUMMER OF 2020 DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF YOUTH THAT YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EMPLOY THIS SUMMER THROUGH PARTNERS AND EMPLOYMENT YEAH SO YOU KNOW WHEN WE LAUNCHED THIS PROGRAM IT WAS A HIT FOR EVERYONE AND SO WE GOT ALL THIS MONEY COME IN TO CONTINUE WHICH WE'RE EXCITED THAT YOU JUST SUPER EXCITED THEY'RE LIKE I WANT MY FRIENDS TO DO THIS SO INITIALLY WE HAD EVERY QUARTER FIVE YOUTHS AND THEN NOW WE MAY POTENTIALLY BE YOU KNOW ADDING MORE AS MORE FUNDING COME IN POTENTIALLY THIS SUMMER OR STARTING THE BEGINNING OF JULY WE'RE BACK TO 33 YOUTHS WHICH THEN WE'RE HIRING MORE AND THEN SO WE'RE ACTIVELY JUST ADJUSTING BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YOUTH NOW THIS SUMMER OKAY GREAT AND I GUESS I JUST SAY IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT YEAR ROUND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE RATHER THAN JUST IN THAT WINDOW OF THE SUMMER BUT JUST PROVIDING SOME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT ABOUT THAT AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS THERE SORT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN JUST WORKING WITH THE CITY BECAUSE I REALLY LOVE THE MAPPING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND SHOWN THAT 25% 30% BUT I ALSO THINK OF SPECIFIC SOUTH PARK HAS A PROBLEM BEACON HILL HAS A PROBLEM WHICH IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND AGGREGATE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A TREE CANOPY PROBLEM IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE BUT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE SOUTH END TO HAVE A REAL PROBLEM WITH IT VERSUS LIKE GREEN LAKE OR THOSE UP NORTH SO I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S PART OF YOUR EFFORTS AND FOR ME THINKING ABOUT NOT JUST AIRPORT CITIES BUT WHAT I CALL AIRPORT IMPACTED COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY'RE ON THE FLIGHT PATH BECAUSE TREES AS COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND JUST THROW THAT IN FOR ME IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION IT'S ABOUT THE CARBON SEQUESTRATION RIGHT LIKE THAT'S THE BIGGEST BANG FOR THE BUCK AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S PART OF SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND I DON'T KNOW MAYBE JOANNA ANSWER IT ON BEHALF FOR FORTERRA YEAH THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS YOU CAN SLICE AND DICE CANOPY COVER INFORMATION AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING THIS WITH CITY OF EVERETT FOR EXAMPLE AND LOOKING AT IT BY NEIGHBORHOOD SO IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE ON THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE I WOULD HAVE TO I'M NOT SURE IF THE CITY OF SEATTLE HASN'T ALREADY DONE THAT I KNOW THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF ANALYSIS ON THEIR CANOPY COVER FIRST WANT TO CHECK WITH THEM BUT WE DON'T HAVE CURRENT PLANS TO DO THAT NECESSARILY WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE A PRETTY BIG LARGE PROGRAM THEY RUN WITHIN THEIR CITY DEPARTMENT AND THEN IN THIS CASE I HAVE TO LIKE I SAID IT'S CERTAINLY POSSIBLE WE DID RUN IT BY LAND USE AND RAN UP BY A FEW OTHER CRITERIA TO LOOK AT HOW CANOPY BREAKS UP BUT I COULD GO BACK AND SEE IF NEIGHBORHOODS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN EASY ADD ON OR HELP YOU JUST BE ANOTHER TOOL IN THE TOOL BOX TO BE ABLE TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE FINE GRAIN AT WHERE THAT CANOPY IS LANDING WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE MAP THAT WE CAN ZOOM INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOOK WHERE THERE IS PLANTABLE SPACE AND WHERE THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS AND STATS BY NEIGHBORHOOD I DON'T THINK WE DO HAVE THAT AT THIS POINT OKAY THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW AND I'M SURE YOU'RE RIGHT THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS DONE ALL OF THAT BUT THERE'S I THINK STILL EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES SO THANK YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS YEAH THANKS FOR THE GREAT PRESENTATION NO QUESTIONS JUST COMMENT TO SAY YOU CAN HEAR MY FIVE YEAR OLD IN THE BACKGROUND WHO MAY BE WORKING WITH YOU GUYS NO BUT THANKS FOR THE GREAT WORK WE'RE DOING LOVE PARTNERING WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE YOURS HERS THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS COMMISSIONER CHO I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS EITHER I JUST WANT TO COME IN ALL THE GREAT WORK AND THE TEAM HAS BEEN DOING AS YOU MENTIONED THE STUFF ON SET SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW WE CAN CONTINUE THESE EFFORTS POST 2021 PERHAPS AS A PART OF THE COVID RECOVERY AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION THANKS THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CHO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK WELL I KNOW IT'S THE END OF THE DAY AND I'VE BEEN GETTING CUES ABOUT KEEPING THINGS SHORT SO I'LL TRY TO MAKE THIS QUICK WITH MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER BOWMAN COMMENTS I ALSO AGREE WITH YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN ABOUT OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS IN 2014 I DID A STUDY FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE WHERE WE EXAMINED TEN NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THIS VERY ISSUE ABOUT COMPARING WHICH NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE TREE CANOPY MORE AND WHICH HAVE LESS AND HOW THAT MEASURES UP AGAINST SOME OF THE SOCIAL VULNERABILITIES AND THERE'S SOME SHOCKING CONTRAST I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT STUDY WE DID IN 2014 WITH YOU BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT OTHER CITIES AND I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW THESE THREE CITIES WERE THE LUCKY BENEFICIARIES OF THIS ACE GRANT SUPPORT WERE THEY THE ONES THAT APPLIED FOR IT AND WHAT ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER IMPACTED COMMUNITIES THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T HAD THIS OPPORTUNITY I THINK THIS SHOULD BE COUNTY WIDE BUT THAT SAID I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THESE THREE CITIES HAPPEN TO BE THE LUCKY ONES WELL I MEAN AND I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE IN THE INSIDE COVER OF EACH OF THESE REPORTS FOR THE THREE CITIES THERE IS A RECOGNITION OF THE ORIGIN OF IT SO WHY DO YOU SHARE THAT WITH US SURE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK FOR YOUR QUESTION THIS PROGRAM ROSE UP IN 2016 AS I MENTIONED SHORTLY FOLLOWING WORK THAT THE PORT DID IN SEATAC BURIEN AND DES MOINES TO ADDRESS A FLIGHT CORRIDOR SAFETY PROGRAM RIGHT AND SO THERE WAS A REMOVAL OF TREES ON PORT PROPERTY AND THE PLANS TO REMOVE TREES BOTH ON OTHER AGENCY PROPERTY AS WELL AS PRIVATE PROPERTY TO MAINTAIN A SAFE FLIGHT CORRIDOR FOR TAKEOFF AND ARRIVALS WITHIN THE AREA AROUND SEATAC SO SEA AIRPORT AND SO THESE THREE COMMUNITIES WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE OF THE TREES THAT WERE REMOVED SPECIFICALLY FROM THEIR COMMUNITIES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BEYOND THE 4 TO 1 MITIGATION THAT THE PORT DID TO SPECIFICALLY REPLANT TREES ON OUR PROPERTY AND AS YOU KNOW I THINK WE NOT ONLY DID THE REPLANTING BUT WERE ABLE TO CONSERVE SOME TREES AND REMOVE THEM FROM THE FLIGHT CORRIDOR AND REPLANT THEM IN OTHER AREAS AND SO THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY LAUNCHED AS AN ADDED BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR THOSE THREE CITIES OKAY THAT'S GOOD TO UNDERSTAND THAT BACKGROUND I APPRECIATE THE INSPIRATION IN THE LEADERSHIP THERE THERE'S ONE OTHER COMMENT AND I'LL WRAP UP HERE NOTING THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE ITSELF I THINK THE SECOND LARGEST PROPERTY OWNER IN KING COUNTY AND I OUGHT TO HAVE AN INVENTORY OF THE PORT OWN FREE ASSETS WITH THE INTENTION OF DEVELOPING A TREE MANAGEMENT PLAN AND POLICY AND THE THOUGHT OCCURS TO ME AS COMMISSIONER BOWMAN WAS COMMENTING ABOUT THE MULTIPLE BENEFITS HERE OF ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS COMMUNITY BENEFITS HEALTH BENEFITS CARBON SEQUESTRATION I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER THING THAT WE COULD FOR THE MONEY THAT WE COULD BE DOING HERE SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AND I HOPE WE CAN GET A SIMILAR EFFORTS SUCH AS THESE OTHER CITIES HAVE HAD WITH THEIR OWN CANOPY ASSESSMENTS AND TREE PLANNING PROGRAMS ON PORT PROPERTIES THAT'S ALL COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN PRESIDENT THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN I'VE GOT A LONG LIST OF THINGS I WANT TO COVER NO I REALLY PRIMARILY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND ALSO THIS IDEA OF YOU KNOW LEVERAGING FURTHER MATCHES I UNDERSTAND THAT ON EARTH DAY KING COUNTY WILL BE RELEASING THEIR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN WHICH WILL INCLUDE A SIGNIFICANT ADDITION OF TREE PLANTING AND RESTORATION AND STEWARDSHIP AND SO WE HAVE CONCURRENT JURISDICTIONAL GEOGRAPHY AND I AM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE WITH KING COUNTY WE HAVE UNLIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER DEALING WITH OUR COMMUNITY OF BORDERING THE PORT PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT OUR AREA SO I THINK REALLY OUR LIMITATIONS IS OUR IMAGINATION AND YOU'VE DEMONSTRATED A PHENOMENAL SERIES OF EXAMPLES THAT I HOPE TO BUILD ON AND AS COMMISSIONER BOWMAN SAID THE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT THING IS A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR US COMING INTO THE SUMMER BUT TRANSPLANT THINGS I KNOW I SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FALL RIGHT SO WE ARE TO HER POINT WE NEED TO EXTEND THE PROGRAMS EFFORTS SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND I WANT TO HAND IT BACK TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK FOR ANY FARMING FIND WORDS NO I'M SORRY OKAY FRED I PROMISE I HAVE NO MORE TO SAY SO ANYWAY IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THE CASE COMMISSIONER EXECUTIVE METRUCK WOULD YOU LIKE TO CLOSE THE MEETING OUT WELL THANKS COMISSIONERS THANK YOU WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PRESENTATION SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME I THINK WE CONVERTED A LOT OF IMPORTANT ISSUES AND PROGRAMS AND TODAY THANK YOU ALRIGHT SO WE WOULD GO AROUND THE TABLE IF ANYBODY DOES HAVE A FINAL PRESENTATION I THOUGHT COMMISSIONER CHO YOU MIGHT SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE STATE LEGISLATURES YEAH I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS OFFICIALLY MADE JUNE TEAM A STATEWIDE HOLIDAY THE REASON I AM POINTING THIS OUT IS BECAUSE THE PORT OF SEATTLE WAS ONE ORGANIZATION THAT HAS LED THE WAY ON THIS AS YOU ALL REMEMBER WE VOTED TO MAKE YOU INTO THE HOLIDAY STARTING THIS YEAR AND SO I HAD THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF TESTIFYING IN OLYMPIA IN SUPPORT OF A STATEWIDE HOLIDAY AND I JUST WANTED TO CALL OUT THAT WE SET A PRECEDENT AND WE WERE LEADERS IN THIS AND AS A RESULT NOW IT'S STATEWIDE AND SO I WANT TO THANK ERIC FITCH AS WELL AS ALL MY COLLEAGUES AND STEVE METRUCK AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO REALLY HELPED MAKE JUNE TEETH A HOLIDAY AT THE PORT WHICH IN TURN HAS MADE UNTO A HOLIDAY STATEWIDE COMMISSIONER IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT COMMISSIONER AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THE ROLE OF OUR BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT CHAPTER TWO WHO BROUGHT THIS INTO CELEBRATED AND BROUGHT THE ATTENTION JUNE 10 TH IS AN OCCASION HERE AT THE PORT AND THEN BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION SO I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP BUT FOR BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT FOR BRINGING THAT ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND COMMISSIONER CHO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP INTO THE BROADER ISSUES THAT ARE STILL BEFORE US AND UNFORTUNATELY DON'T SEEM TO BE SUBSIDING ANY BUT I THINK I TO CHOOSE COMMISSIONER TO THE COMMISSIONER TO EXECUTIVE METRICS POINT OUR OUR ERT WAS PHENOMENAL IN THIS MOMENT BUT WE HAVE TO SUSTAIN THE EFFORT SO CLERK HART LET'S GO ONCE AROUND THE BLOCK JUST TO MAKE SURE NOBODY IS NEGLECTED FOR ANY CLOSING COMMENTS OR REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN NOPE I'M ALL DONE THANK YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALKINS OH HE HAS LEFT THE MEETING I'M SORRY I DO APOLOGIZE I HAVE A TIME NOTE THAT HE IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE MEETING AT 4 19 COMMISSIONER TO ANYTHING ELSE NONE FOR ME THANK YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER STEINBRUIECK CLOSE AND COMMENT HAVE A GOOD EVENING AND A WONDERFUL REST OF THE WEEK AND THIS GLORIOUS DAYS OF SUNSHINE AND SPRING THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN I WOULD LIKE TO CONCLUDE THE MEETING AND RECOGNIZE OUR NEW COMMISSION SCHEDULER JAMES CHO IF JAMES IS OUR HAVING A BIRTHDAY PARTY TODAY JOIN US FOR A BEER ON THE DECK THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WILL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 4 30 PRECISELY HAVE A GOOD DAY THANK YOU THANK YOU ALL GOOD MEETING

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