The Regular meeting scheduled for 2021-05-25 at Remote

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The Regular meeting scheduled for 2021-05-25 at Remote

GOOD MORNING
THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT FRED FELLEMAN, CONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 25 TH 2021
THE TIME IS 10 30
WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA TEAMS TO COMPLY WITH THE SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8402 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNOR INSLEE'S PROCLAMATION 2028
PRESENT TO MEET WITH ME TODAY
OUR COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN, CALKINS, CHO, STEINBRUECK, WHO ARE CURRENTLY GATHERED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION LINE AWAITING THE PUBLIC OPENING OF THE PUBLIC MEETING
WE'LL IMMEDIATELY RECESS INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS TWO ITEMS REGARDING LITIGATION OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION OR LEGAL RISK
PER RCW 42.30.110 1-I
FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 MINUTES FOR EACH TOPIC AND WE'LL RECONVENE INTO PUBLIC SESSION AT NOON
WE'LL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION
THANK YOU AND WE'LL SEE YOU AT NOON
ALRIGHT
WELCOME BACK
THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT FRED FELLEMAN
RECONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 25th 2021
THE TIME NOW IS 12:02
WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA TEAMS TO COMPLY WITH THE SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 84-02 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNOR INSLEE'S PROCLAMATION 20-28
PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN, CALKINS CHO AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK SHOULD BE JOINING US SHORTLY
I'LL ALSO CHECK
I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO DO A ROLL CALL OF ALL COMMISSIONERS TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS ON THE LINE
CLERK HART, THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, I AM PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
I'M HERE TOO THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK AND COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN PRESENT
THANK YOU
WE HAVE A FULL COMMISSION HERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK, WHO SHOULD BE JOINING US SHORTLY
THANK YOU
TODAY'S MEETING IS STRUCTURED FOR OUR VIRTUAL FORMAT
WE'VE MADE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS
LATER, WE'LL BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING BY TEAMS AND WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK
ALL VOTES 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'RE UNMUTED AND THEN ANSWER YAY OR NAY
BECAUSE COMMISSIONERS ARE ON THE LINE, ARE NOT FULLY IN CONTROL OF THEIR SOUND
WE'LL TAKE ALL VOTES TODAY IN THIS MANNER, INCLUDING OUR CONSENT AGENDA, TO BE EQUITABLE
WE'LL 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 OF THE WATERS OF THE CO SALISH, PEOPLE WITH WHOM WE SHARE A COMMITMENT TO STEWARD THESE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
AND THIS MEETING IS BEING DIGITALLY RECORDED AND MAY BE VIEWED OR HEARD AT ANY TIME ON THE PORT'S WEBSITE AND MAY BE REBROADCAST BY KING COUNTY TELEVISION
PLEASE STAND OR JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
AND VERY GOOD
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
OKAY, JUST A NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK HAS JOINED US
WELCOME, COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
OKAY, SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE, 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 ORDERS OF THE DAY
AND IF YOU DO, I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND
PLEASE RESPOND WHEN THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME AND IF NO CHANGES ARE REQUESTED, JUST SAY NONE
I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THAT ROLL, PLEASE
THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK TODAY FOR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
NO, NO CHANGES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
NONE FOR ME
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS, NONE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, NO CHANGE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM 11 B FROM THE AGENDA AND RESCHEDULE IT TO A FUTURE MEETING
I'M MAKING THIS MOTION AS THE MEETING AGENDA TODAY APPEARS TO BE VERY LENGTHY AND THIS ITEM IS NOT TIME SENSITIVE
IT IS THE LEGISLATIVE REVIEW WHICH WILL OCCUR AFTER OUR EXTENSIVE ECONOMIC REVIEW DEBATE
AND I THINK WE COULD HAVE A BETTER ATTENTION AND THEN TALK TO THE FEDERAL AGENDA THAT FOLLOWS AT A TIME WHEN WE'RE MORE FRESH SHALL SAY, IS THERE A SECOND TO MY MOTION? A SECOND
THANK YOU, CLERK HART, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? THANK YOU
THIS IS FOR REMOVAL OF ITEM 11 B TO BE RESCHEDULED AT A FUTURE DATE BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
YES, I AGREE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, AYE, THANK YOU
THERE ARE FIVE YESES AND ZERO NOS FOR THIS MOTION
THE MOTION PASSES
SO, COMMISSIONERS, THE QUESTION IS NOW BEFORE US THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS AMENDED
PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED AND CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
YES, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, YES, THANK YOU
YOU HAVE FIVE YESES AND ZERO NOS FOR THIS ITEM
OKAY, SO THE AGENDA, AS AMENDED, IS APPROVED
NOW, WE'RE UP TO ITEM FOUR SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY, FOR WHICH THERE ARE TWO SCHEDULED
SO LET'S GO DIRECTLY TO THE CLERK TO READ THE FIRST ITEM INTO THE RECORD
WE'LL THEN HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM TO CLERK HART
SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM FOUR A
THIS IS THE EXTERNAL PRESENTATION FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION COMMERCIAL AVIATION COORDINATING COMMISSION UPDATE REGARDING THE NEW REGIONAL AIRPORT ANALYSIS AND SYSTEM CAPACITY NEEDS
COMMISSIONERS, GOOD AFTERNOON
SINCE THIS INFORMATION IN THE PRESENTATION IS LARGELY MANAGED BY THE STATE, WE FELT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THE REPORT UNDER SPECIAL ORDERS
EARLIER THIS YEAR, COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK REQUESTED AN UPDATE ON THE WORK OF THE COMMERCIAL AVIATION COORDINATING COMMISSION
SINCE STAFF FROM THE AVIATION TEAM AT THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WERE TASKED WITH PROVIDING STAFF SUPPORT FOR COORDINATING AND ADMINISTRATING THE COMMISSION, WE ASKED WSDOT TO PROVIDE THE UPDATE
JEFFREY BROWN, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR SEA REPRESENTED THE PORT OF SEATTLE ON THE COMMISSION
HE WILL PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCE OUR GUEST SPEAKER THIS AFTERNOON
JEFFREY
OKAY
THANK YOU, STEVE
GOOD AFTERNOON, STEVE
GOOD AFTERNOON
COMMISSIONERS, AS STEVE SAID, MY NAME IS JEFFREY BROWN
I'M THE AVIATION CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT A TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
AS STEVE SAID, OUR URGENCE HERE IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM THE COMMISSION TO PREVENT UPDATE ON THE CACC, I CONTACT THE WSDOT STAFF TO PROVIDE UPDATE, WHICH WILL BE DONE TODAY
AS A REMINDER, THE COMMERCIAL AVIATION COORDINATING COMMISSION WAS CREATED BY THE LEGISLATURE IN JULY OF 2019 FOR THE PURPOSES OF IDENTIFYING A LOCATION FOR A NEW PRIMARY COMMERCIAL AVIATION FACILITY IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
ALSO, AS A REMINDER, PRIOR TO THAT PASSAGE OF THAT DEAL ON FEBRUARY 12 2019, THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSIONERS PASSED A MOTION SUPPORTING THE CREATION OF THAT COMMISSION
IN SEPTEMBER 2019, I WAS SELECTED TO SERVE ON THE CACC REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE
IN THAT CAPACITY, I PROVIDE TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE TYPE OF FACILITIES NEEDED OPERATE A PRIMARY COMMERCIAL FACILITY IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
ALSO, I PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE AND SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE WORK INVOLVED IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF A PRIMARY COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORT
TODAY WITH ME, I HAVE DAVID PAKISTAN, DIRECTOR OF THE WSDOT AVIATON DIVISION AND ALSO THE CHAIR OF THE CACC, ALONG WITH WARREN HENDERSON, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE CACC
AND THEY WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO YOU ON THE WORK OF THE CACC TO DATE
AND BY ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, IF YOU HAVE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME, IF YOU HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR ME, I WILL NOT TURN OVER DAVID AND WARREN
ALRIGHT, DAVID
WELL, THANK YOU, JEFFREY
AND THERE WE GO
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WE APPRECIATE THE INTRODUCTION AND WARREN AND I ARE HERE HAPPY TO BE HERE DAY TO TALK TO THE COMMISSION
AND OTHER PEOPLE OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE TUNED IN ABOUT THE COMMISSION'S WORK
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON WITHIN JUST A WORLD OF AVIATION, AND THIS IS KIND OF A SMALL PART OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING NATIONWIDE
SO I'LL TALK THROUGH AND PROVIDE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE COMMISSION'S WORK AND THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE HAS
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SO THE COMMISSION CAME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF REALLY A CAPACITY ISSUE THAT WE WILL REACH SOMEWHERE AROUND THE YEAR 2027 OR BEYOND WITH SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
SO LEGISLATORS ASKED THAT A COMMISSION BE FORMED TO TAKE A LOOK AT CAPACITY NOT ONLY WITHIN THE PUGET SOUND AREA BUT ACROSS THE STATE TO SEE HOW WE COULD MEET THE CAPACITY DEMANDS IN THE OUTYEARS FOR COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE
AIR CARGO OPERATIONS GENERAL AVIATION
THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMISSION ARE TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDED SHORTLIST OF NO MORE THAN SIX AIRPORTS BY FEBRUARY 15 TH OF 2022
IDENTIFY THE TWO TOP AIRPORTS THAT COULD HELP ME DEMAND BY SEPTEMBER 15 TH OF 2022
AND THEN FINALLY TO IDENTIFY A SINGLE PREFERRED LOCATION BY FEBRUARY 15 TH OF 2023, REQUIRING A 60% MAJORITY VOTE
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE COMMISSION IS COMPRISED RIGHT NOW 25 MEMBERS, 11 OF WHICH ARE VOTING MEMBERS
THE REMAINDER OF THE MEMBERS ARE NON VOTING MEMBERS, AND THE DATES HAVE CHANGED AS WELL
ORIGINALLY, THE DATE FOR PROVIDING A SINGLE PREFERRED LOCATION WAS SET AT JANUARY 1ST OF 2022
BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED WITH A PANDEMIC UNKNOWNS WITH AIR TRAVEL AND THE ABILITY TO CONDUCT WHAT WE CONSIDER MEANINGFUL OUTREACH TO THE PUBLIC, WE REQUESTED THAT DATE TO BE PUSHED OUT TO 2024
THERE WAS LEGISLATION THAT WAS IN PLAY THAT WOULD DO SO
THE LEGISLATION DID NOT PASS, SO A PROVISO HAS ALLOWED US TO PUSH THE DATE OUT TO 2023
CURRENTLY, THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION HAS TO INCLUDE A LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY FOR CONSTRUCTING A COMMERCIAL FACILITY IN THAT LOCATION AND THEN THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL, COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC BENEFITS OR IMPACTS OF DOING SO
THAT WE HAVE TO DEVELOP A TIMELINE FOR AN ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL AVIATION FACILITY THAT'S COMPLETED AND FUNCTIONAL BY 2040
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT LONG RANGE COMMERCIAL FACILITY RECOMMENDATIONS AGAIN, NOT ONLY FOR PUGET SOUND AREA BUT ACROSS THE STATE FOR AIR PASSENGER SERVICE, AIR CARGO OPERATIONS AND GENERAL AVIATION
AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THIS COULD BE EXPANSION OF EXISTING FACILITIES TO MEET THE DEMAND, OR IT COULD INCLUDE A NEW AIRPORT SOMEWHERE TO MEET THE DEMAND
AND THEN THE FINAL REPORT IS DUE IN FEBRUARY OF 2023
ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THERE'S A LOT OF ESTIMATES OUT THERE ABOUT HOW AIRLINE INDUSTRY IS GOING TO RECOVER POSTPANDEMIC, BUT NOTHING IS CERTAIN AT THIS POINT
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO HOW BUSINESS TRAVEL IN GENERAL WILL RETURN
I THINK THE EXPECTATION OVERALL IS THAT AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HIT THAT CAPACITY MARK THAT AIR TRAVEL WILL RETURN AND WE'LL SEE LEVELS BEYOND WHAT WE SAW AT THE HEIGHT OF OUR TRAVEL IN 2019
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THE COMMISSION ALSO WORKS UNDER FOUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES, AND NONE OF THESE ARE IN PRIORITY OVER ONE OR THE OTHER
WE BELIEVE THAT ALL OF THESE ARE IMPORTANT AND ALL REQUIRE CONSIDERATION IN REGARDS TO THE COMMISSION MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS
THE FIRST IS ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
WE KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION CAUSES IMPACTS TO OUR ENVIRONMENT
SO WHAT IS IT THAT WE CAN RECOMMEND THAT WOULD LOOK AT A SUSTAINABLE SYSTEM IN THE YEARS TO COME? AND HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE ISSUES IN THE IMPACTS TO THE ENVIRONMENT? WHAT'S THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF BUILDING A FACILITY? CAN WE AFFORD WHAT THE COMMISSION I MIGHT RECOMMEND? SOCIAL EQUITY
HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT UNDER REPRESENTATIVE PEOPLE HAVE A VOICE IN WHAT GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE COMMISSION? MEMBERS TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND FINALLY, WHAT'S THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED, BENEFITING THE GREATER GOOD OVER ONE INDIVIDUAL
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SO IN 2020 OF DECEMBER, THE CACC IN 20 DECEMBER, THE CACC MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THE FIRST WAS AN INITIAL LIST OF SIX AIRPORTS LOOKING AT EXISTING FACILITIES THAT COULD ADDRESS COMMAND DEMAND
AND WE LOOKED AT ARLINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, BREMERTON NATIONAL AIRPORT, SNOHOMISH COUNTY AIRPORT, PAINE FIELD, SANDERSON FIELD, SHELTON, TACOMA NARROWS AIRPORT, GIG HARBOR, AND ED CARLSON MEMORIAL FIELD IN SOUTH LEWIS COUNTY
THOSE WERE SIX AIRPORTS THAT WERE NARROWED DOWN TO SAY THESE AIRPORTS COULD ADDRESS SOME OF THE DEMAND
AGAIN, LOOKING AT A PASSENGER SERVICE AIR CARGO OPERATIONS IN GENERAL AVIATION, WHAT WE DECIDED AS A COMMISSION WAS GIVEN THE UNKNOWNS WITH THE FUTURE OF NOT ONLY HOW AVIATION WILL RETURN POSTPANDEMIC, BUT UNKNOWNS WITH HOW TECHNOLOGY WILL EVOLVE
WE DECIDED THAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION AND THE MOST RESILIENT WAS TO LOOK AT A PHASED IMPLEMENTATION TO MEET NEAR TERM DEMAND UTILIZING 2 TO 3 EXISTING AIRPORTS WHILE WE PURSUE A LARGER AIRPORT SITE TO MEET ALL OF THE DEMAN
AGAIN, WE DID REQUEST FOR LEGISLATION TO ADJUST THE TIMELINE FROM 2022 TO 2024
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IN THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THAT THAT BILL WILL BE REINTRODUCED AND THAT 2024 DATE WILL BE RECONSIDERED, BUT THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS GENERAL AVIATION CAPACITY WAS TO CONTINUE A PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CALLED THE COMMUNITY AVIATION REVITALIZATION BOARD
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PROVIDES LOW INTEREST LOANS TO AIRPORTS TO PURSUE REVENUE PRODUCING PROJECTS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THE FAA TYPICALLY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THAT IS IT ALLOWS OUR SMALLER AIRPORTS TO GO AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF HANGERS TO ADD CAPACITY
AND THE REASON IT'S GOT A BENEFIT TOWARDS SO AVIATION FURTHERING THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL ACROSS THE STATE
SO WE KNOW ANYTHING COMING OFF OF AN ASSEMBLY LINE TODAY, WHETHER IT'S BOEING, AIRBUS, ETC, THAT'S AN AIRLINER IS GOING TO BE IN THE USE FOR THE NEXT 20 TO POTENTIALLY NEXT 30 YEARS
SO IN ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WE BELIEVE THAT SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WOULD DRASTICALLY REDUCE EMISSIONS AND IS A BRIDGING STRATEGY AS WE LOOK TO THE ADVENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY
THAT'S ON THE VERGE, WHICH I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
AND IN RESPECT TO THAT, WE STARTED AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WORKING GROUP WITHIN THE STATE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT HAS EVOLVED AND THAT WORK CONTINUES
WE PRODUCED A REPORT IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR THAT LOOKED AT THE POTENTIAL FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT IN THE STATE
SO THE THOUGHT HERE IS WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT BUILDING A FACILITY FOR ADDING TO FACILITIES, THAT WORK MIGHT BE 20 TO 30 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AS WELL
SO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER HOW AVIATION IS GOING TO EVOLVE AND HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT OUR THOUGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING CAPACITY
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SO THE CURRENT SITUATION IS THAT PHASE ONE IS NOW COMPLETE
THAT WAS THE 2020 REPORT, AND THE CACC OFFERED THE FOLLOWING GERNERAL CONCLUSIONS
AGAIN, THE MOST RESILIENT PATH IS TO PURSUE BOTH A LARGE NEW AIRPORT AND EXPAND OR IMPROVE EXISTING AIRPORTS
WE KNOW THAT LOOKING AT A SINGLE LARGE COMMERCIAL AIRPORT, YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY SUPPORT IT
THE SIZE IS IMPORTANT
WE BELIEVE AN AIRPORT THE SIZE THE SEATAC, WOULD REQUIRE ABOUT 4,600 ACRES TO DO IT PROPERLY
THE LOCATION NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE POPULATION AND THE INDUSTRY THAT WOULD FLOW TO AND FROM THAT AIRPORT
AND IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S MULTIMODAL ACCESSIBLE
WE COULD BUILD AN AIRPORT OFF IN THE HINTERLAND SOMEWHERE
BUT IF YOU CAN'T GET TO THE AIRPORT READILY TO AND FROM IN AN EASY FASHION, YOU'RE KIND OF BUILDING AN AIRPORT TO NOWHERE
AND FINALLY, IS THERE SPONSOR AN AIRLINE INTEREST IN IT? AND IT REALLY REQUIRES BOTH THE AIRPORT SPONSOR OR THE OWNER AND THE AIRLINE AIRLINES TO SUPPORT WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS YOU MAKE
THE COMMISSION MUST CONSIDER GENERAL AVIATION NEEDS AS WELL AS AIR PASSENGER SERVICE AND AIR TARGET
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COULD BE RECOMMENDED MAY HAVE AN IMPACT ON CERTAIN USERS AT AN AIRPORT
SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF WE SAY, HEY, WE RECOMMEND YOU ADD CAPACITY OF X IF THERE'S A LARGE GENERAL AVIATION CAPACITY AT THAT, IF THERE'S A LARGE GENERAL AVIATION PRESENCE THAT THEY AIRPORT, THAT COULD PUT STRESS ON JUST THE AMOUNT OF LAND TO HOUSE GENERAL AVIATION
SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO FIND THOSE USES A NEW HOME
AND THEN FINALLY, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IS CRITICAL IN THIS PROCESS
AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE SAID, HEY, WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE A PAUSE AND PUSH THE TIMELINE OUT BECAUSE WE WANT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, AND LEADING UP TO THE LAST MEETING THAT WE JUST HAD IN APRIL, WE PROVIDED A WHITE PAPER
AND INSIDE OF THE WHITE PAPER, IT WAS MEANT TO INFORM COMMISSION MEMBERS ON A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS AND TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL WAS REALLY FOR THE SIX AIRPORTS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER
WE ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEETING CAPACITY ACROSS WASHINGTON STATE
SO THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN WITHIN PUGET SOUND AREA THAT PROBABLY COULD BE CONSIDERED, AND THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITH WASHINGTON STATE
SO WE LOOK AT THE AIRPORT SYSTEM TRULY AS A SYSTEM
SO ARE THERE WAYS THAT WE COULD RELIEVE SOME OF THE FUTURE STRESS THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED AT SEATAC IN REGARDS TO CAPACITY AND SPREAD THAT OUT TO OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE STATE? AND THAT'S THE REASON YOU REALLY HAVE TO TAKE A REALLY HOLISTIC LOOK AT WHAT OTHER AIRPORTS COULD DO TO PROVIDE SERVICES
AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT A GREENFIELD SITE IN ORDER TO CONSIDER THE CAPACITY TO MEAN TO THE FUTURE
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SO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS PROVIDED FEEDBACK ON THE LIST OF SIX AIRPORTS THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IN THE SLIDE COMING UP
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SO THIS IS WHAT THE COMMISSION MEMBERS THOUGHT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR EACH ONE OF THE SIX AIRPORTS
THE AIRPORT THAT ROSE TO THE TOP WAS PAINE FIELD IN REGARDS TO ITS ABILITY TO POTENTIALLY EXPAND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AIR PASSENGER SERVICE, AS WELL AS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AIR CARGO CAPABILITY
NEXT IN LINE WAS PAINE FIELD IN BREMERTON
IN REGARDS TO ADDRESSING JUST AIR CARGO IN GENERAL, BOTH OF THOSE FARED BETTER THAN THE OTHER SIX IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO MEET AIR CARGO CAPACITY
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE ISSUES WITH ANY AIRFIELD THAT WE LOOK AT IN THE STATE, THERE WOULD BE OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT THINGS
AND FINALLY, GENERAL AVIATION
AND THAT'S FROM TOP TO BOTTOM RANKED BREMERTON, ARLINGTON, TACOMA NARROWS, SANDERSON FIELD, SOUTH LEWIS COUNTY, AND THEN FINALLY, PAINE FIELD FOR ACCOMMODATING ADDITIONAL GENERAL AVIATION CAPACITY
AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN ALL OF THIS, FROM WHAT WE'VE LEARNED FROM INDUSTRY, IS THAT ANYTHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF AN HOUR'S TRAVEL FOR EITHER PEOPLE COMING TO AND FROM AN AIRPORT FOR AIR PASSENGER SERVICE OR AN HOUR FROM THE AIRPORT, FOR AIR CARGO OPERATIONS TO DELIVER CARGO FROM THE AIRPORT OR TO GET CARGO TO AN AIRPORT
ANYTHING OUT OF THAT HOUR DRIVE TIME REALLY DOESN'T FACILITATE THEIR NEEDS
SO THAT REALLY KIND OF DRAWS A CIRCLE AROUND THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION WITHIN THE STATE AND WHERE OF AN AIRPORT COULD BE SITED
IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A GREENFIELD SITE
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SO THE SUMMARY OF THE WHITE PAPER, PAINE FIELD HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL AIR PASSENGER SERVICE AND AIR CARGO
AND AGAIN, THIS IS FEEDBACK FROM COMMISSION MEMBERS
BREMERTON HAS SEEN AS HAVING POTENTIAL FOR EXPANSION TO ACCOMMODATE AIR CARGO
ALL OF THE PRELIMINARY SITES HAVE POTENTIAL FOR EXPANSION TO ACCOMMODATE GENERAL AVIATION
AND THEN FINALLY, SEVERAL EXISTING AIRPORTS ACROSS THE STATE HAVE POTENTIAL TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL AIR PASSENGER SERVICE OR CARGO AND OR GENERAL AVIATION
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WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE PUBLIC
SO WE HAVE BEEN TAKING PUBLIC FEEDBACK
WE RECENTLY SENT A SURVEY OUT THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS FIRM PRR TO THE SIX DIFFERENT PRELIMINARY AIRPORTS
AND FROM THAT FEEDBACK, THE FEELINGS REALLY ARE MIXED DEPENDING ON WHERE SOMEONE LIVES
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS PEOPLE GENERALLY HAVE PROVIDED COMMENTS IN REGARDS TO THE FACT THAT THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO ADDRESS NOISE AND THEY NEED TO CONSIDER THE EMISSIONS AND PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS FOR SITING AN AIRPORT OR EXPANDING OPERATIONS AT ANY ONE PLACE
THERE'S A DESIRE FOR MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITIES INVOLVED
AND AS THE COMMISSION PROGRESSES TO SOLIDIFY SIX AND THEN THE WORKING OUR WAY TO TWO, AND THEN FINALLY TO ONE, THERE WILL BE INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
AND I SHOULD SAY THAT THIS IS KIND OF PHASE ONE IN A LONG PROCESS
SO THE COMMISSION WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
THEN THE COMMISSION WILL TAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE LEGISLATORS
SO THERE'LL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE INPUT TO OUR LEGISLATORS IN THE STATE
AND THEN THE FAA PROCESS KICKS IN
SO WHEN THE FAA DOES THEIR WORK, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES ONCE AGAIN FOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT
AND THEN FINALLY, THE ONGOING SURVEY THAT I MENTIONED, ONCE WE HAVE THE RESULTS BACK FROM THAT SURVEY, WILL MAKE THOSE AVAILABLE TO BOTH OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS ON AND ON THE CACC'S WEBSITE
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SO NEXT STEPS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE CURRENT FEEDBACK AND ONGOING PROJECTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH A DELTA
SO OUT OF THAT DELTA, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSION MEMBERS ON AN ESTIMATE AS TO WHERE DEMAND WILL BE IF WE EXECUTE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON AIRPORT MASTER PLANS, IF WE LOOK AT HOW WE CAN CHANGE HOW SERVICES PROVIDED ACROSS THE STATE, SOME ESTIMATES ABOUT HOW PASSENGER SERVICE WILL RETURN
AND THEN FINALLY, PROBABLY THE HARDEST ONE OF ALL IS HOW DO YOU INCLUDE EMERGING AERONAUTICS TECHNOLOGY INTO THE DELTA AND THE IMPACTS OF HOW THAT TECHNOLOGY WILL IMPACT DEMAND IN THE LONG RUN? WE'RE GOING TO ANALYZE THE FEEDBACK, AS I MENTIONED, AS A RESULT OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO COMMISSION MEMBERS AND PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE GOING TO EXECUTE THE GUIDANCE THAT IS IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN REGARDS TO THE TIMELINE CHANGE
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A WEBINAR ON THE FIFTEENTH OF JUNE WHICH WILL DISCUSS EMERGING AVIATION TECHNOLOGY
AND AGAIN, THIS IS MEANT TO INFORM COMMISSION MEMBERS ON WHAT IS POSSIBLE WITH THINGS THAT ARE UNDER CERTIFICATION AND ALL THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD ABOUT ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT, HYDROGEN FUEL CELL TECHNOLOGY, ELECTRIC VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT, ETC
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT AVIATION IN WASHINGTON STATE? THE COMMISSION INTENDS TO HOLD AN AUGUST WEBINAR, AND IT WILL BE CENTERED ON AND IT'S SPLIT INTO TWO PARTS
SO WE'LL HAVE A WEBINAR THAT'S FOCUSED ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OUR OFFICIAL COMMISSION MEETING THAT WILL FOLLOW THAT
AND THEN FINALLY, PART OF WHY WE REQUESTED THE EXTENSION OF THE TIMELINE IS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE WASHINGTON AVIATION SYSTEM PLAN, WHICH IS DUE TO BE UPDATED STARTING IN THE FALL, REALLY OF A FALL THIS YEAR
SO WHAT THE SYSTEM PLAN WILL DO FOR US IS WE'LL USE THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS THAT THE CONSULTANTS THAT ARE DOING THAT WORK FOR US TO LOOK AT POTENTIAL GREENFIELD SITES AND TO HELP US LOOK AT CONSIDERATIONS FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
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AND THAT'S THE BULK OF OUR UPDATES EITHER WARREN OR I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
VERY GOOD
THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
SO CLERK HART
I'VE GOT A WE DO HAVE AN ECHO
LET ME JUST SOMEBODY WHO'S NOT MUTED IS ECHOING
LET ME LOOK AT THAT
QUICK
QUICKLY
IT WENT AWAY
OKAY
WE WILL START THE ROUTE FOR QUESTIONS BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONERS .STEINBRUECK BUT I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FIRST LIKE THIS FOR A LONG TIME
NOW, FIRST OF ALL, THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CACC AND YOUR STAFF FOR THIS PRESENTATION TODAY
I'M GRATIFIED THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS UPDATE, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE CLOSELY TRACKS THE WORK HERE AND WHERE WE CAN BE HELPFUL AND OFFER ADVICE BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE WHEN OPERATING THE LARGEST REGIONAL AIRPORT IN THE FIVE STATE REGION
I THINK THAT WOULD BE EVERYONE'S INTEREST, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK A TWO PART QUESTION HERE
WHAT IS NOT BEING DISCUSSED OR MENTIONED IS ANY CONSIDERATION OF A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT OPTION OR APPROACH TO THIS
WE USE THAT ROUTINELY AND EXTENSIVELY FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION AND FOR CONGESTION MANAGEMENT AND FOR REDUCING TRIPS AND SO FORTH
THAT NEVER SEEMS TO BE BROUGHT UP IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMERCIAL AVIATION
AND I GUESS I WOULD ASK, WHY NOT? DO WE JUST RESPOND TO AN ENDLESS, EVER EXPANDING DEMAND? I KNOW ALSO THAT IT'S BASED A LOT ON THE POPULATION GROWTH HERE, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO ADD ANOTHER MILLION, I THINK, BY 2035 IN KING COUNTY ALONE
THE OTHER THOUGHT IS, AND WHAT ABOUT ALTERNATIVE MODE OPTIONS? IT COULD BE A LONG WAY OUT BEFORE ALTERNATIVE FUELS COME INTO FULL PLAY, THOUGH
OUR GOAL IS 2027 AND THAT WILL BE A 10% MIX FOR A 50% REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GASES, PRESUMABLY, BUT THAT'S STILL QUITE A WAYS OUT AND STILL A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES
THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF MODES, SUCH AS HIGH CAPACITY RAIL
I, FOR ONE, DON'T THINK THAT WILL EVER BE ESTABLISHED TO THE EXTENT THAT CAN SERVE THE FIVE STATE REGION FOR SHORT DISTANCE, THE DOMESTIC FLIGHTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE FUNDS OR THE RESOURCES OR THE REAL CAPACITY TO BUILD HIGH CAPACITY EVERYWHERE TO BOISE TO SPOKANE
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER MODES, SUCH AS OTHER FUEL MODES, SUCH AS ELECTRIC PLANES, THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
SO THAT'S KIND OF MY TWO PART QUESTION
THERE NOT A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT LOOK AT THIS AND A CONSIDERATION OF OTHER MODES, AT LEAST FOR THE DOMESTIC FLIGHTS IN THE REGIONAL AREA
COMMISSIONER, I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS
AND THE FIRST ONE IN REGARDS TO DEMAND
THE COMMISSION HAS TALKED ABOUT DEMAND MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT MEETING NOT 100% OF THE DEMAND OUT IN 2040 OR 2050? OR COULD WE MEET 50% OF DEMAND OR 75% OF THE DEMAND
IF THE TRUTH OF REALITY IS IF WE ONLY SERVICE OR ONLY PROVIDE ENOUGH CAPACITY FOR WHERE WE STAND TODAY OR IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE DEMAND SYSTEM WILL KIND OF WORK ITS WAY OUT BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY GOING TO GET SOME MORE FLIGHTS IN AND OUT OF THE STATE
SO IT'S A BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME OR DON'T BUILD IT AND THEY'LL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE OR WILL BE REALLY STRAINED IN TERMS OF OUR ABILITY TO FUNCTION AFFECTIVELY
AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE IMPACTS THERE ARE ECONOMIC IMPACTS, OBVIOUSLY, TO NOT MEETING DEMAND AS THE POPULATION GROWS AND COMPANIES WANT TO COME TO WASHINGTON STATE, ETC
IT'S A VERY TOUGH QUANDARY THAT WE FIND OURSELVES IN, BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT
THERE ARE NO NEAR TERM SOLUTIONS RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD ADDRESS EMISSIONS AND NOISE CONCERNS
SO ONCE AGAIN, HOW DO YOU EXPAND AVIATION CAPACITY WHILE YOU ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS? SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE DO THIS AND HOW DO WE DO IT RESPONSIBLY, AND THAT KIND OF GETS TO YOUR NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION MODES OR OPTIONS? ARE THERE OTHER OPTIONS? WELL, ONE OF THE BIG OPTIONS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT FITS INTO AND TO DEMAND IS THERE IS A LOT OF INVESTMENTS BEING MADE IN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT RIGHT NOW
SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT, WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE VIABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE WITHIN THE STATE AND EVEN IN NEARBY STATES AND REGIONAL CAPACITY
AND WOULD THAT HAVE AN IMPACT ON DEMAND? WE THINK IT WOULD, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT SURE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SEE CERTIFIED AIRCRAFT FOR USE WITHIN THE STATE WITH OUR OWN STATE
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT COMPANIES OFFERING WE HAVE MAG EX PRODUCING ELECTRIC MOTORS
WE HAVE AVIATION THAT AT THE ARLINGTON AIRPORT RIGHT NOW THAT'S TRYING TO PRODUCE THE FIRST ALL ELECTRIC NINE PASSENGER AIRCRAFT, WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS ALICE
SO IF THOSE THINGS COME TO FRUITION, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE IMPACT IS
AND I THINK THAT'S OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY IN THE NEAR TERM, WHICH ADDRESSES BOTH NOISE AND POLLUTION OR EMISSIONS
OKAY
THANKS VERY MUCH
FOR SURE
THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR YOUR EXPENSES RESPONSE
WE ACTUALLY HAVE 10 MINUTES SCHEDULED FOR THE REST OF THIS SESSION
SO MY COLLEAGUES, I HOPE YOU WILL KEEP YOUR QUESTIONS CONCISE AS WELL AS YOUR ANSWERS
THANK YOU
MY ANSWER SHORT
COMMISSIONER, WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER CHO
YEAH
DAVID, THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION ON HOW THE SIX SITES WERE ARRIVED TOO, ON SLIDE EIGHT OF YOUR PRESENTATION
YOU HAVE THESE METRICS HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE, IS THAT WHAT WAS USED TO RATE THE SIX, OR WAS IT A VOTE LIKE A SUBJECTIVE VOTE BY EACH OF THE COMMISSIONER? I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU ARRIVE TO SIX
THERE WERE OTHER SELECTIVE CRITERIA, BUT THOSE THAT YOU SAW ON THERE WERE INCLUDED AS A PART OF IT
WE STARTED WITH A VERY LONG LIST OF AIRPORTS AND NARROWED IT DOWN BASED SO DISTANCE FROM THE POPULATION BASE, SPONSOR SUPPORT, AIRLINE SUPPORT SIZE, GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS, AND A NUMBER OF THINGS
SO AS WE NARROWED IT DOWN, THE COMMISSION PROVIDED INITIAL INPUT ON THOSE TO SAY, YES, WE AGREE THAT THESE SIX AIRPORTS PROBABLY HAVE THE MOST POTENTIAL
OKAY
SO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS DID VOTE
THEY DIDN'T VOTE, BUT THE ONLY VOTE THAT'S REQUIRED IS FOR THE SINGLE PREFERRED
SO THE COMMISSIONERS PROVIDED THIS THEIR INPUT
SO THE OVERALL INPUT WAS IN FAVOR OF THOSE SIX AIRPORTS
OKAY
SO IT WAS A METRIC SPACE IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING
YES, IT WAS
OKAY
AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS, YOU MENTIONED REAL BRIEFLY INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION, AND YOU ALSO MENTIONED THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING IT WITHIN ONE HOUR DISTANCE OF TRAVEL FOR TRAVELERS
RIGHT
MY QUESTION IS HOW MUCH OF BUILDING OUT A CURRENTLY NOT EXISTING INTERMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE WAS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT FOR THIS NEW AIRPORT
SO BUILDING YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING LIKE BUILDING IN A GREEN FIELD SITE THAT DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAVE INTERMODAL CONNECTIONS? YEAH
FOR INSTANCE, IF WE WERE TO PUT LIGHT RAIL THAT GOES DOWN TO A CERTAIN SITE, I'M THINKING OF MOSES LAKE AND PUTTING A HIGH SPEED TRAIN BETWEEN THE CITY SO THAT YOU HAVE AN HOUR COMMUTE
IF YOU'VE BEEN TO LONDON OR IF YOU'VE BEEN TO HONG KONG, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, YOU SEE THESE INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATIONS AT TAKING TO THE AIRPORT
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT
IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED
SO ESPECIALLY WITH THE OPTIONS OF HIGH SPEED RAIL, OF HIGH SPEED RAIL WERE TO COME TO FRUITION WITHIN THE STATE
THAT COULD OBVIOUSLY CHANGE THE DYNAMICS ON THE LOCATION OF WHERE THE AIRPORT WOULD HAVE TO BE
SO YOU COULD LOOK AT A WIDER AREA IN TERMS OF SITING A NEW GREENFIELD SITE
BUT AT THE CORE OF IT, THOUGH, WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY LOOKED AT WHAT WAS THERE FOR MULTIMODAL CONNECTIONS AND WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED
SO THAT GOES INTO SOME OF THAT CALCULUS IN TERMS OF DETERMINING WHAT'S THE COST OF DOING WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, IF IT NEEDS A HIGHWAY, IF IT NEEDS RAIL, IF IT NEEDS TRANSIT, ETC
BUT YES, WE HAVE CONSIDERED IT
I GUESS THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO GET YOU HERE IS THAT I THINK THERE MIGHT BE SOME AIRPORTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE AND MIGHT NOT FALL WITHIN THESE METRICS SQUARELY
BUT IT'S A CHICKEN OR EGG QUESTION IN MY MIND
AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT PETER WAS ALLUDED TO IF YOU BUILD IT, IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME MENTALITY
I IMAGINE THAT IF WE WERE TO THINK ABOUT SUPPLEMENTING CERTAIN SITES WITH INFRASTRUCTURE
SO I GUESS IF WE WERE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION, IF THIS COMMISSION WERE TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON CERTAIN AIRPORTS WITH AN ASTERISK
RIGHT
WITH A CAVEAT THAT XYZ INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALSO SUPPLEMENTED WITH THAT AIRPORT, I WONDER IF WE MIGHT END UP WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT LIST OF AIRPORTS
WELL, AGAIN, REMEMBER THAT THE SIX ARE JUST EXISTING AIRPORTS RIGHT NOW
THE TECHNICAL WORK THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE AVIATION SYSTEM PLAN UPDATE, THEY WILL LOOK AT TRUE GREENFIELD SITES, AND AS A PART OF THAT, THEY WILL DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
COMMISSIONERS, THEY'LL SAY
ALL RIGHT
YES, YOU COULD BUILD IT HERE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED X, Y, AND Z IN ADDITION TO JUST THE LAND AND THE AIRPORT ITSELF
OKAY
GOT IT
THANK YOU SO MUCH
YOU'RE WELCOME
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
TO MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
THANK YOU, DAVID, FOR THE PRESENTATION
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER THERE WAS CONSIDERATION OF EXISTING METROPOLITAN AREAS THAT ARE MAYBE 20 OR 40 YEARS AHEAD OF US IN TERMS OF GROWTH, AND LOOKING AT HOW THEY ACCOMMODATED INCREASING AVIATION DEMAND THAT WOULD NO LONGER FIT AT THEIR PRINCIPAL AIRPORTS, I THINK OF LIKE HEATHROW GATWICK HERE AND MIDWAY
DID WE LOOK AT ANY OF THOSE POTENTIALLY ANALOGOUS SITUATION, SEE WHICH ONES ARGUABLY WORKED WELL AND MAYBE USE THOSE AS MODELS FOR CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT HOW FAR APART DO THEY NEED TO BE? HOW DO YOU MITIGATE THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH THAT SECOND AIRPORT BEGINS TO GROW? THAT KIND OF QUESTION
YEAH, WE DID
SO WE ESPECIALLY LOOKED AT SOME OF THE AIRPORT SYSTEMS THEY HAVE IN FLORIDA, IN AROUND MIAMI
YOU LOOKED IN CALIFORNIA AS WELL
OF COURSE, WE LOOKED AT THE MOST NEAR TERM LARGE AIRPORT, PROBABLY IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW WAS DENVER INTERNATIONAL, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT
BUT WE LOOKED AT THAT AS WELL, AND IT'S LOOKING AT HOW MUCH ONE OF THOSE AIRPORTS COULD PROVIDE IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL DELTA THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT
SO A LOT OF THOSE AIRPORTS HAVE A MAIN AIRPORT OR A HUB AIRPORT, AND THEN THEY HAVE SATELLITE AIRPORTS THAT HAVE SEPARATE FUNCTIONS THAT PROVIDE, LIKE A REGIONAL SERVICE OR A NATIONAL SERVICE, AS OPPOSED TO INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
SO WE HAVE CONSIDERED THAT
AND I'LL TELL YOU A LOT OF THIS WORK
THE BASIS WAS DONE BACK IN 1993 FROM THE FLIGHT PLAN STUDY
AND WHAT THE FLIGHT PLAN STUDY SAID WAS THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION WAS TO BUILD A THIRD RUNWAY AT SEATAC
THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ESTABLISH AIR SERVICE AT PAINE FIELD
AND THAT'S BEEN DONE
THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION WAS, LET'S LOCATE AN AIRPORT TO THE SOUTH, WHICH GETS AT THAT KIND OF COMMENT YOU'RE MAKING
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION STARTED LOOKING AT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WAS OKAY
COULD WE LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S TO THE SOUTH IN SAY, THE OLYMPIA AREA? THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS MOVING TO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
HI
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, AND MY INTERNET WAS A LITTLE SKETCHY
SO I APOLOGIZE IF I'M REPEATING ONE OF THE QUESTIONS FROM ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES
TWO THINGS WE WERE JUST TOUCHING ON THE POINT THAT I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE TO THE EXTENT THAT THE COMMISSION, YOUR COMMISSION, HAD LOOKED AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE OF A REGIONAL AIRPORT SYSTEM AS OPPOSED TO WHERE IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WHAT THEY HAVE IN CALIFORNIA
SO YOU'VE GOT, FOR EXAMPLE, LONG BEACH AND JOHN WAYNE AND THE SMALLER AIRPORTS THAT OPERATE AROUND MORE OF THE HUB OF LAX
SO I'D LOVE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT
AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S NOTHING THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT UP
BUT I WOULD JUST ADVOCATE FOR AS THESE CONVERSATIONS MOVE FORWARD, REALLY THINKING ABOUT A REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY AS ONE OF THE FOLKS THAT LED THE EFFORT TO BRING THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND TACOMA TOGETHER ON THE SEAPORT SIDE TO REDUCE THE COMPETITION AND BETTER INVEST THE PUBLIC'S ASSETS
I AM CONCERNED THAT LONG TERM, IF WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL AIRPORTS COMPETING AGAINST ONE ANOTHER FOR CARGO, WHETHER IT'S PASSENGERS OR AIR CARGO, THAT REALLY WOULDN'T BE A GREAT INVESTMENT OF THE PUBLIC'S RESOURCES
SO WONDERING IF YOU WOULD TACKLE THAT AS WELL? AND THEN MY THIRD QUESTION, IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO ANSWER IT, YOU SORT OF REFERRED TO AIR CARGO, THOUGH, AND THIS IS NOT A CRITICISM, BUT AS THOUGH IT WERE A MONOLITH AND IT REALLY ISN'T
THERE'S AIR CARGO THAT IS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE DHL, THE FEDEX CARGO
AND THEN THERE'S SOME SUBSTANTIAL AIR CARGO THAT ARE HIGH VALUE COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS LIKE OUR CHERRIES
AND WHERE THOSE, I THINK CERTAINLY COULD BE LOOKED AT
I KNOW THE PORT OF MOSES LAKE WAS ONE OF THE WHEN I DID MY WORK WITH THE COMMISSION
PORT OF MOSES LAKE WAS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR INVESTING MORE RESOURCES TO HANDLE SOME OF THE AGRICULTURAL AIR CARGO PRODUCTS
AGAIN, THAT'S ONLY A PORTION OF WHAT IS OUT THERE
AND THE OTHER AIR CARGO DOES NEED TO BE SOMEWHAT NEAR A POPULATION BASE
OTHERWISE IT'S NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE, BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE TRACKING THE CAR, GO BACK AND FORTH FROM WAREHOUSES AT A POINT WHERE IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE
SO SORRY
THERE'S THREE BIG THINGS
IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUCH ON ANY OF THEM, MIGHT APPRECIATE IT, IF NOT JUST AN IOU
SURE, CHRIS, I'LL BE BRIEF, BUT I THINK I CAN GET IT
ALL THREE OF THEM FIRST WAS AIR CARGO
YOU KNOW, MAYBE I MISREPRESENTED THAT
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE WITH AIR CARGO IS THAT WE HAVE THE SAME KIND OF DILEMMA WITH AIR CARGO THAT WE HAVE WITH PASSENGERS
SO THE DEMAND IS ALMOST EQUAL
WE'RE GOING TO SEE DOUBLE THE DEMAND BASED ON PROJECTIONS FOR AIR PASSENGER SERVICE
AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE DOUBLE THE DEMAND FOR AIR CARGO OPERATIONS
AND YOU'RE RIGHT
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN GO TO OTHER PLACES
I WAS A MEMBER OF THE JOINT AIR CARGO STUDY WHEN IT WAS CONDUCTED, SO I SAT ON THAT
AND MOSES LAKE HAS STARTED DOING SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND THEY ARE KIND OF UPPING THEIR GAME TO FACILITATE ADDITIONAL AIR CARGO
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT CARGO GOES TO WHERE THE PEOPLE NEED IT, SO IT'S GOING TO FOLLOW THE BULK OF THE POPULATION
THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT KIND OF TRICKY
SO YOUR SECOND POINT ABOUT THE REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT
SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT MODELS FOR AN AIRPORT SPONSOR
SO AT SOME POINT IT COULD BE RECOMMENDED THAT, HEY, NOT ONLY DO WE RECOMMEND AIRPORT Z, BUT WE ALSO RECOMMEND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY
AND THERE'S ONE MEMBER THAT HAS DISCUSSED THAT ON THE NUMBER OF CASES WITH THE COMMISSION MEMBERS
THE LAST POINT ABOUT THE REGIONAL AIRPORT IS WE HAVE REALLY LOOKED AT THAT, AND WE'RE ASKING THE CONSULTANTS, WHOEVER SELECTED FOR THE AIRPORT SYSTEM PLAN UPDATES TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE, TO SAY, ALL RIGHT
IF WE WERE TO DO MORE ON A REGIONAL BASIS, EITHER TO DO POINT TO POINT SERVICE THAT DID NOT GO THROUGH SEATAC OR TO GO FROM, SAY, YAKIMA PORTLAND OR YAKIMA SOMEWHERE ELSE, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT DEMAND WITHIN THE STATE? LOOKING AT REGIONALLY? AND AGAIN, IF YOU GO BACK TO WHAT I TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT, THAT ALSO PLAYS INTO THAT WHOLE REGIONAL ASPECT FOR AVIATION, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GO ON A FLIGHT IN PORT ANGELES AND FLY TO WALLA WALLA ON THE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT AT HALF THE COST
THAT'S THE KIND OF FUTURE THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, I THINK
THANK YOU
THAT WAS ACTUALLY EXACTLY WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AS WELL WITH THE ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT FUTURE
AND THEN THINKING ABOUT THE UTILITIES THAT WOULD BE NEEDED AT THOSE PARTICULAR AIRPORTS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO REALLY BE CONSIDERED UPFRONT
BUT PLANNING WHAT THOSE ROUTES ARE, MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS IN THE UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT IT
THAT'S WONDERFUL
WE HAVE
AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT INFRASTRUCTURE, THERE IS A BILL IN CONGRESS RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD HELP AIRPORTS ACROSS THE NATION ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO FACILITATE ALL THIS EMERGING TECHNOLOGY
THANK YOU
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
MOVING TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
HI
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DAVID, FOR YOUR WEALTH OF INFORMATION AND PRESENTATION
IF YOU KNEW OF AN AIRPORT THAT WAS WITHIN AN HOUR OF SEATAC THAT HAD ACCESS TO THE GREAT INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE KENT WAREHOUSE FACILITIES, WAS EXISTING AIRPORT WITH ROOM TO ADD A RUNWAY THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS ALREADY EXPOSED TO HEAVY TRAFFIC, AIR NOISE AND WAS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EXPANDING POPULATION CENTER
WOULDN'T YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY? I WOULD SAY IT MIGHT PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY, COMMISSIONER
BUT THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC ON SOME OF THESE EXISTING AIRPORTS IS THEY DO SOME DON'T NECESSARILY WANT COMMERCIAL SERVICE
AND SO THAT WHEN I GO BACK TO THAT TWO PART REQUIREMENT OF HAVING A WILLING AIRPORT SPONSOR AND THE AIRLINES, IT REALLY HAS TO BE BOTH TEAMED UP TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ULTIMATELY GOING TO EXECUTE WHATEVER IS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION
I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I THINK SOME OF THOSE WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM EITHER THE SPONSORS, THE AIRLINES OR THE PUBLIC
WELL, WHEN YOU SAY SPONSORS, YOU MEAN THE AIRPORT OWNER
OKAY
SO WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE AIRLINES DON'T WANT CONNECTING FLIGHTS
THEY DON'T WANT TO GO ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO EXPAND IN PLACE
THAT IS PREFERRED
NUMBER 1, 1 OF THE THINGS ABOUT THIS HYPOTHETICAL AIRPORT OF THE SOUTH IS THAT IT IS COMPLETELY OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
SO THEY GO WHERE THEY'RE TOLD
AND SO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO GO, THEY CAN GO
AND IN FACT, THERE ARE SEVERAL AIRPORTS AROUND THE COUNTRY, QUITE A FEW THAT SHARE MILITARY BASE WITH A COMMERCIAL AIR
AND IN FACT, JUST EVEN TAKING AIR CARGO OUT OF SOME OF THE ADDING TO THAT MIX WITH, YOU KNOW, NOT HAVING TO HAVE ALL THE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATED WITH PASSENGERS COULD BE AN INTERIM THING
BUT IN FACT, THIS HYPOTHETICAL AIRPORT WAS COMPLETELY NEVER PUT ON THE SCHEDULE FOR CONSIDERATION
SO PERHAPS YOU CAN TELL ME WHY THAT IS
SO IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO MCCORD, MCCORD WAS CONSIDERED, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, PLUS PIERCE COUNTY, PLUS THE SURROUNDING CITIES THAT REQUESTED THE COMMISSION NOT CONSIDER MCCORD
AND THERE IS A REQUIREMENT WITHIN THE LEGISLATION THAT DIRECTS THE COMMISSION THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS CANNOT INTERFERE WITH MILITARY OPERATIONS
SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT IT WAS LOOKED AT, COMMISSIONER
THERE WERE SOME COMMISSION MEMBERS THAT BELIEVED IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT WE VEERED AWAY FROM THAT, MAINLY BASED ON FROM THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED ON ALL THREE OF THOSE LEVELS, FROM THE MILITARY, FROM CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS AND FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL
SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO DWELL ON THIS MUCH LONGER
BUT NO COMMUNITY IS GOING TO EMBRACE THIS, RIGHT? SO LET'S JUST GET OVER THAT, RIGHT
NOBODY WANTS AN AIRPORT SITED IN THE BACKGROUND
CREATING A GREEN FIELD SEEMS TO BE ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE IN MY HUMBLE EXPERIENCE HERE
SO DON'T EXPECT ANY PLACE TO EMBRACE YOUR IDEA
OR NEED, I SHOULD SAY
AND I UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, THAT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THIS WAS JUST TAKEN OFF THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, REALLY, WITHOUT A THOROUGH REVIEW, I THOUGHT IT WAS ALMOST PRECLUDED FROM BEING ACTIVELY CONSIDERED
SO THAT'S NOT THE CASE
IT WAS DEFINITELY CONSIDERED, COMMISSIONER
AND THERE WERE QUITE A FEW DISCUSSIONS IN COMMISSION MEETINGS ABOUT IT AS WELL AS OUTSIDE AS WE RECEIVED INPUT FROM TO WRITTEN LETTERS FROM CONGRESSMAN ADDRESSING THE POTENTIAL FOR IT
YEAH, I KNOW, DENNY HEX IS NOT JUST NO, HELL NO
BUT THE IDEA, THOUGH, THAT IF YOU JUST TOOK THE POLITICS OUT OF IT FOR A MOMENT AND JUST LOOKED AT THE PHYSICAL LOCATION CAPACITY
AND THE FACT IS, LIKE I SAID, OTHER AIRPORTS SHARE SPACE, SO IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE OPERATION OF A MILITARY BASE IF IT WERE TO BE SHARED, ALTHOUGH MILITARY BASES CAN BE MOVED TO MOSES LAKE AS WELL
BUT I'M JUST SAYING FROM A PHYSICAL LOGISTICAL CAPACITY DOES NOT JBLM FILL MOST OF THE BOXES THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
I WOULD SAY THAT THE THERE ARE SOME THERE WERE IT DOES FILL A LOT OF THE REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT HAS ITS OWN CONSTRAINTS AS WELL IN TERMS OF EXPANSION
AND MCCORD IS RIGHT NEXT TO FORT LEWIS
SO AGAIN, I GO BACK TO THE IMPACTS OF TRYING TO EXPAND SOMETHING LIKE MCCORD FIELD HAS AN IMPACT ON MILITARY OPERATIONS, SO THAT HAS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMISSION MEMBERS
VERY GOOD
THANK YOU, MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT
MR BROWN HAD HIS HAND UP A LITTLE WHILE AGO
I'M SORRY, JEFFREY
I GO FOR IT
NO, THAT'S FINE
I THINK DAVID ANSWERED THE QUESTION
BUT DAVID, ALSO, THERE IS A RESTRICTION
AND THE BILL THAT SAYS THE TWO RESTRICTIONS, 1 CANNOT BE AN A COUNTY OF 2,000,000 OR MORE, WHICH IS KING COUNTY, AND IT CANNOT BE ADJACENT TO A MILITARY BASE
RIGHT
THE FIRST ONE IS CORRECT
IT'S NOT ADJACENT TO THE MILITARY BASE
I THINK IT IS MORE YOU CAN CORRECT ME
I'M WRONG
I CANNOT INTERFERE WITH MILITARY OPERATIONS, WITH THE MISSION, WITH THE MISSION OF THE MILITARY
THAT'S CORRECT
RIGHT
AND, OF COURSE, WHERE THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY TO ACCOMMODATE
AND AS I SAID, A HALF DOZEN OTHER STATES HAVE THE COLOCATION OF THESE FACILITIES
BUT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR HENDRICKSON
AND I DO APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME AND ENTERTAINING THIS VERY THOROUGH CONVERSATION
SO I APPRECIATE ONCE AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY CLOSING COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY
THIS ISN'T AN EASY PROBLEM TO SOLVE, AND WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE AND HOW AVIATION IMPACTS OUR STATE
WARREN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO INPUT? IT'S JUST ABSOLUTELY A PLEASURE TO HAVE THIS AUDIENCE
AND THE TYPES OF QUESTIONS AND THE ISSUES THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE TWO OF US, ESPECIALLY THAT DAVID ANSWERED SO WELL, ARE EXACTLY THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE ON THE COMMISSION POINTED FOCUSED AND EXACTLY HIGHLIGHT ALL THE ISSUES
AND THE DILEMMAS THAT FACE IS TOUGH DECISION
BUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE REALLY AT THE TABLE TO MAKE THIS DECISION AS BEST AS POSSIBLE
SO THANK YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR HENDRICKSON
AND WITH THAT CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD
AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK WILL THEN INTRODUCE THE ITEM
THANK YOU
THIS IS ITEM FOUR B, THE JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION FOR ALL PORT EMPLOYEES
COMMISSIONERS
THIS PROCLAMATION BUILDS ON THE ACTION YOU TOOK LAST NOVEMBER TO ENDORSE DESIGNATION OF JUNETEENTH AS A PORT HOLIDAY FOR NONREPRESENTATIVE EMPLOYEES
SINCE THAT TIME, I'VE CONSIDERED THE ISSUE FURTHER AND DECIDED TO EXTEND THE BENEFIT TO ALL EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED TO NONREPRESENTED
THE RECOGNITION OF JUNETEENTH AND SUPPORT HOLIDAYS A SIGNIFICANT WAY WE CAN CELEBATE FREEDOM HELPED CREATE A CULTURE OF BELONGING IN A MORE EQUITABLE, ANTI-RACIST PORT CULTURE
I SUPPORT THE ADOPTION OF THIS AMENDED PROCLAMATION
THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
MY NAME IS AARON PRICHARD
I'M THE POLICY DIRECTOR FOR THE COMMISSION OFFICE
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY COME UP
I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO, I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, AT THIS POINT
HELLO
I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE MY AMENDMENT
I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO AMEND SOMETHING PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED TO THE NOVEMBER 17 2020 COMMISSION PROCLAMATION
ADOPTING JUNETEENTH IS AN OFFICIAL PORT HOLIDAY
AMENDING THE PROCLAMATION TO NOTE ITS APPLICABILITY TO ALL PORT EMPLOYEES
THE AMENDED PROCLAMATION IS CONTAINED IN YOUR MEETING PACKET AND SIMPLY REPLACES THE PHRASE NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES WITH ALL PORT EMPLOYEES
I HAVE A SECOND
THANK YOU
THAT MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? PLEASE DO
AND OKAY, SO, YES, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCUSSION WITH THE MOTION HAVING BEEN MADE
AND SECONDED, DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THE JUST A SHOW OF HANDS
OTHERWISE WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MAIN VOTE
I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS
WILL CALL THE ROLL FOR THE MAIN VOTE, MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
YES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
THERE ARE FIVE YESES AND ZERO NOS FOR THIS MOTION
THE MOTION PASSES
VERY GOOD
THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO, I BELIEVE
YES
I'M SORRY
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE HAD THIS DONE
SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT
BUT BEFORE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER DELMAS WHITTAKER A CHANCE TO OUR DIRECTOR OF THE BIG BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT REG, ERG, IF HE WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS AS I WOULD PROCEED WITH MY OPENING COMMENTS
YOU CAN RECOGNITION OF THIS TRAGIC ANNUAL FIRST ANNIVERSARY MURDER OF MR FLOYD
ARE YOU AVAILABLE? YES, I AM COMMISSION PRESIDENT
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
COMMISSIONERS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS MOMENT
I EARLIER SENT A MESSAGE OUT TO OUR MEMBERSHIP AND OUR ERG MEMBERS
AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU
TODAY MARKS THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRAGIC MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD
THERE'S SENSELESS DEATH SPARKED OUTRAGE AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE
2020 CAN BE DESCRIBED AS A YEAR OF SOCIAL RECKONING, BEGINNING WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TOWN HALL IN WHICH MYSELF, LANCE LITTLE
OUR EXECUTIVE SPONSOR, KINNEY LYLES, OUR MEDIA PRESS PRESIDENT, CONTRIBUTED, AND THE PORT ADOPTING BLACK LIVES MATTERS MANTRA AND LOGO IN BOTH THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING, THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSIONS, ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF BLACK LIVES MATTER AND WHAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TODAY BECOMING A PAID HOLIDAY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES
FURTHERMORE, THE BANISHMENT OF THE USE OF MACULAR NECK RESTRAINTS BY THE PORT POLICE AND THE CREATION OF THE COMMISSION TASK FORCE FOR POLICING AND CIVIL RIGHTS
THE ADOPTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE EQUITY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CHO AND SUBSEQUENTLY REQUIRING THE OFFICE OF EQUITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION TO CONDUCT CAUCUSING AROUND ALL RACES
AND THE SUPERVISORY EQUITY TRAINING THAT WAS PROVIDED ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION
AND THE LAUNCHING OF OUR OWN EQUITY SURVEY
AND FINALLY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ALLOWING FOR THE RAISING OF THE JUNETEENTH FLAGS AT ALL OF OUR FACILITIES HAS BEEN JUST AN AMAZING FIRST STEP
AS WE PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES OF GEORGE FLOYD AND REFLECT ON THE STATE OF OUR COMMUNITY, WE MUST CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE, HEAL THE WOUNDS AND BUILD A BETTER COMMUNITY
WE MUST RISE ABOVE NOT ONLY AS PORT EMPLOYEES, BUT AS MEMBERS OF THIS GREATER COMMUNITY
WE MUST STAND TOGETHER IN SOLIDARITY TO BUILD A BETTER AND BRIGHTER COMMUNITY
OUR ERGS HAVE ADOPTED A SLOGAN, WE SHOW UP
HOPEFULLY EVERYONE THAT'S HEARING THIS STATEMENT WILL SHOW UP TO RAISE SOLIDARITY AND REPAIR OUR COUNTRY
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS TIME
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROCLAMATION
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK
SO THANK YOU, COMMISSION PRESIDENT, THANK YOU, DELMAS, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THIS RECOGNIZING THIS VERY IMPORTANT DAY, I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF MOMENTS AS WELL, AND THEN I'LL PASS THIS ON TO EXECUTIVE METRUCK
SO I'D JUST LIKE TO BEGIN AS WELL TO RECOGNIZE THAT TODAY DOES MARK THIS ONE YEAR TRAGEDY OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD
AND WHILE HIS DEATH WAS GRUESOME AND COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE, THE TRAGEDY DOES SERVE TO ELEVATE THE NEED FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE WHERE WE LIVE AROUND THE WORLD
AND THOUGH TRAGICALLY BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT HAS SINCE MADE SO MUCH PROGRESS TO ELEVATE THIS EXISTENCE OF RACISM HOW IS THIS SO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOURS IS
EXCUSE ME
I AM SO SORRY
HANG ON A SECOND
I'LL FIND OUT WHO THAT IS
APOLOGIES, COMMISSION, COMMISSION PRESIDENT, LET ME LOOK THROUGH THE LIST REALLY QUICKLY
I JUST MUTED THEM
THANK YOU
AUBREE
PLEASE CONTINUE
WELL, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER HAS DONE SO MUCH TO ELEVATE THE EXISTENCE OF RACIAL HATE
THE FACT IS THIS MONTH'S RECOGNITION OF ASIAN PACIFIC HERITAGE HAS BEEN MARRED BY THE HATE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE AAPI COMMUNITY
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THAT MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IS BEFORE US AND MY DAD USED TO REPEATEDLY TELL MY FAMILY HOW LUCKY HE WAS TO BE ALIVE AFTER HAVING FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II
WELL, THERE ARE VERY FEW VETERANS FROM THE PURPORTED GREAT GENERATION STILL ALIVE THEIR SACRIFICE THOSE THAT FOLLOWED SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
ONE POSITIVE SCAR LEFT ON MANY OF US LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN CALLED THE HAVING THEM CALL THEIR PARENTS BEYOND THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SERVICE IS A SENSE THAT RESOURCES ARE NOT UNLIMITED
JUST AS PENNIES WERE MADE OF STEEL WHEN COPPER WAS IN SHORT SUPPLY IN 1943, LEAVING THE LIGHTS ON OR WATER RUNNING IS NOT BEING AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, JUST BEING WASTEFUL
AND LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK JUNE BEING ORCAA MONTH IS OF POIGNANT TO ME, GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF THE SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WELL COMMUNITY
IT IS WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE IN 1980 AND SERVES AS A PRIMARY MOTIVATION FOR MY PUBLIC SERVICE
AND I CONTINUE TO RELISH THE FACT THAT THEY STILL EVEN EXIST DESPITE CAPTURES OF THE AQUARIUM TRADE, DEPLETED SALMON STOCKS, POLLUTION AND ANTHROPOGENIC DISTURBANCE
THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF THE 75 REMAINING INDIVIDUALS WHOSE MATRIARCHS LIVE WITH AND EVEN SHARE THEIR PREY WITH ADULT OFFSPRING OF BOTH SEXES IS TESTAMENT THAT IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH
THEIR COOPERATION PROVIDES A STARK LESSON THAT WE NEED TO PUT OUR PETTY DIFFERENCES ASIDE IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF COEXISTING WITH A FELLOW INTELLIGENT MAMMAL 30,000,000 EVOLUTIONARY YEARS OUR SENIOR, AND IF WE ARE TO PRESERVE THE LIKELIHOOD OF OUR OWN EXISTENCE INTO THE FUTURE
WE ALL HAVE MUCH TO LEARN FROM THEIR PERSEVERANCE
I'D LIKE TO NOW INVITE EXECUTIVE METRUCK TO GET HIS REPORT
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO BEGIN MY REMARKS BY ACKNOWLEDGING TODAY IS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH
THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD IS ONE DEATH AMONG MANY IN A LONG HISTORY OF UNJUST SYSTEMIC RACISM IN VIOLENCE AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OUR COUNTRY
THIS MOMENT, OUR NATION'S HISTORY IS RECOGNIZED AS A TURNING POINT IN THE MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
IN A MODERN MENTAL EVENT FOR THE RACIAL RECKONING OF THE PAST YEAR, BLACK LIVES MATTER
THE PORT IS COMMITTED TO BECOMING A MODEL FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
AND SINCE THAT TIME, YOU HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL MOTIONS ON THESE EQUITY EFFORTS
DELMAS DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF WALKING THROUGH ALL THE ACTIONS TAKEN FOR SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WON'T WALK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIONS THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKING
AND AT THIS TIME, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE AND THANKS FOR THE INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP OF REPORTS CHAPTER, BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT AND BIGGEST PRESIDENT DELMAS WHITAKER FOR HIS INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP
WORKING TIRELESSLY DURING THE PAST YEAR, BIG HAS PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN HELPING OUR ORGANIZATION ADVANCE RACIAL EQUITY AND BOTH OUR POLICIES AND OUR CULTURE
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO
AND THAT'S OBVIOUS FOR US WITH THE EFFORTS THAT WERE OUTLAID BY DELMAS
PART OF OUR EQUITY ASSESSMENT IS GETTING EMPLOYEE FEEDBACK, AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE ALL EMPLOYEES TO TAKE THE EQUITY SURVEY IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR THE FEEDBACK FROM EVERYONE
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MOVE ON AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE, LIKE THE PRESIDENT DID THE UPCOMING MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY NEXT MONDAY
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A LONG WEEKEND OR OUR MARKER FOR THE BEGINNING OF SUMMER
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL THE PORT STAFF WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE MILITARY FOR RISKING THEIR LIVES AND SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY
AND I'M LOOKING AT DELMAS WHITTAKER, A PROUD VETERAN HERE THIS AFTERNOON, MEMORIAL DAY WAS ESTABLISHED AS FEDERAL HOLIDAY TO PAUSE
TO TAKE TIME TO HONOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED WHILE SERVING THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES
THEIR SACRIFICE WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN
OUR MILITARY VETERANS AT THE PORT OR MVP PORT EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP WILL BE HOLDING AN EVENT AT NOON TOMORROW, MAY 26, WHERE A COMMISSIONER CHO WILL BE ONE OF THE GUEST SPEAKERS
HE WILL BE JOINED BY ALFIE ALVERADO RAMOS, THE DIRECTOR FOR WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
TURNING TO OTHER UPDATES IN OUR FIGHT AGAINST THE COVID VIRUS, COVID 19 VIRAL ACTIVITY IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND IN KING COUNTY CONTINUES TO TREND DOWNWARD IS DEMONSTRATED BY DECREASES AND POSITIVE COVID TEST HOSPITALIZATION AND RESULTING FATALITIES
EVEN WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF KEY DATA POINTS, KING COUNTY METRICS ARE STILL HIGHER THAN THE SUMMER OF 2020
THIS HAS LED KING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH TO ISSUE A MASS DIRECTIVE STRONGLY RECOMMENDING THE CONTINUED USE MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ALL INDOOR PUBLIC SPACES, LABOR AND INDUSTRIES
UPDATED COVID 19 DIRECTIVE FOR WASHINGTON STATE EMPLOYERS ALLOWS, WHICH ALLOWS FOR RELAXATION OF MASKS AT WORK SITES WHERE EMPLOYEES TEST OR PROVE THEY ARE FULLY VACCINATED
THE PORT IS REVIEWING THIS NEW DIRECTIVE AND ITS POTENTIAL APPLICATION ACROSS THE DIFFERENT BUSINESS UNITS
IN ADDITION, THE TRANSMISSION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION HAS ISSUED A DIRECTIVE REQUIRING FACE MASKS IN OUR NATION'S DOMESTIC NETWORK OF AIRPORTS
THIS EXTENDS TO PASSENGERS AND CREW MEMBERS CALLING ABOARD AIRPLANES
OPERATED BY DOMESTIC BY OPERATED BY DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN CARRIERS WITHIN TOWARD INBOUND FLIGHTS
THE UNITED STATES PORTS OF ENTRY AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION MODES, INCLUDING PASSENGER RAIL, BUS SYSTEMS AND OVER THE ROAD BUS COMPANIES
SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT MUST COMPLY WITH THE TSA FEDERAL MASS REQUIREMENT
THEREFORE, THE PORT IS CONTINUING ITS MASK POLICY AS WELL AS ALL COVID 19 MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE A LAYERED APPROACH IN ENSURING THE SAFE WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR EMPLOYEES, STAKEHOLDERS, TENANTS AND CUSTOMERS
WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDANCE AS WE RECEIVE IT
VACCINATION RATES IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON REVEAL 48.8% OF RESIDENTS 16 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER ARE FULLY VACCINATED
VACCINATION RATES IN SEATTLE KING COUNTY VALIDATE THAT 56.5% OF RESIDENTS ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND 70.8% OF RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF A COVID 19 VACCINE
AS VACCINE RATES INCREASE, VIRAL ACTIVITIES SHOULD DECLINE WITH A RENEWED HOPE OF OPENING WASHINGTON AND KING COUNTY BY JUNE 30 TH
MOVING ON TO CRUISE WITH A PROGRESS BEING MADE ON THE VACCINE FRONT, MOMENTUM BUILDS TOWARDS CRUISE SHIPS RETURNING TO OUR HARBOR
LAST WEEK, THE TOURISM THE ALASKA TOURISM RECOVERY ACT PASSED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND YESTERDAY PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED THE ACT
THE ALASKAN TOURISM RECOVERY ACT TEMPORARILY WAVES THE PASSENGER VESSELS SERVICE ACT REGARDING CRUISES IS UNTIL FEBRUARY 2022 TO ALLOW FOR DIRECT SAILINGS AND VESSELS BETWEEN SEATTLE, TACOMA OR THE SEATTLE AND ALASKA WITHOUT A STOP IN A FOREIGN PORT THIS SEASON
I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, PARTICULARLY SENATOR CANTWELL, FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN
HOLLAND AMERICA AND PRINCESS CRUISE LINES OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED ALASKA CRUISES IS LEAVING FOR SEATTLE STARTING IN LATE JULY
ACCORDINGLY, THE PORT IS PREPARING FOR THE SAFE RESUMPTION OF CRUISE HAS BEEN THE CASE SINCE THE PANDEMIC
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY, PASSENGERS, CREW AND STAFF REMAIN PARAMOUNT
WE LAUNCHED OUR CRUISE HEALTHY LANDING PAGE ON OUR PORT WEBSITE LAST FRIDAY
THERE THE PUBLIC CAN KEEP UP ON IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE SAFE RESUMPTION OF CRUISE
WE'RE WORKING WITH CRUISE LINES, THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND PUBLIC HEALTH, SEATTLE KING COUNTY AND PORT AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL DEFINE PROTOCOLS TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY DURING THESE CRUISE OPERATIONS
THERE WERE COVID VACCINE, TESTING, MASK REQUIREMENTS, AND OTHER ACTIONS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID 19, AS WELL AS RESPONSE PLANS
IF COVID 19 INFECTIONS DO OCCUR I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS STRATEGY OF PREVENTION AND THEN THE STRATEGIES FOR RESPONSE IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE KNOWN AND FAMILIAR WITH THROUGHOUT MY TIME WITH THE COAST GUARD AS A WAY TO APPROACH PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS
CRUISE LINES MUST HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH LOCAL PROVIDERS FOR BOTH TREATMENT AND QUARANTINING PASSENGERS
IF NECESSARY, THE CDC MUST REVIEW AND APPROVE THESE AGREEMENTS
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CRUISE LINES AND PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS ON AN AGREEMENT TO ENSURE SAFETY AND HEALTH MEASURES ARE IN PLACE THAT VISITORS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE AWARE AND HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THOSE HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES
WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, CRUISE LINES AND LOCAL TOURISM ORGANIZATIONS TO KEEP EVERYONE FOCUSED ON THE SAME GOAL OF A SAFE RESTART TO CRUISING OPERATIONS THAT SUPPORTS APPROXIMATELY 5,500 JOBS AND GENERATES NEARLY 900,000,000 DOLLARS IN LOCAL BUSINESS ANNUALLY
IN OTHER NEWS, THE CITY OF SEATTLE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT THEY HAVE SELECTED KRAMER NORTH AMERICA AS THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER FOR THE WEST SEATTLE HIGH AND LOW BRIDGE REHABILITATION PROJECT
WE APPLAUD THE CITY ON REACHING THIS SIGNIFICANT MILESTONE
THE PORT IN NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE REMAIN ENGAGED WITH THE CITY AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ON THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CRITICAL PROJECT
MOVING TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING, I LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS ON TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA ARE TWO, IDIQ CONTRACTS FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT
IDIQ STANDS FOR INDEFINITE DELIVERY
INDEFINITE QUANTITY
THESE TYPES OF CONTRACTS PROVIDE US WITH THE FLEXIBILITY AND TECHNICAL EXPERTISE NEEDED TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAMS ALTHOUGH THE ACTIONS ON TODAY'S AGENDA SPECIFIED CONTRACT AMOUNTS, AND IT'S IMPORTANT KNOW THAT FUNDING FOR THIS WORK WILL BE REQUESTED IN EACH SUBSEQUENT PROJECT AUTHORIZATION
THE CONTRACTS WE ARE REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR TODAY WILL PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT, PROJECT CONTROLS, MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SUPPORT
ALL RIGHT
ALSO ON OUR AGENDA TODAY'S, THE TERMINAL 106 GROUND LEAVES WITH TREMEL CROWE NORTHWEST
UPON COMPLETION, THIS BUILDING WILL BE THE LARGEST SINGLE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING TO BE BUILT IN THE CLOSE IN SEATTLE MARKET
I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS ITEM DURING THE MEETING
WE ALSO HAVE THE FIRST QUARTER 2021 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE BRIEFING FOR UNFINISHED BUSINESS
I'M GLAD I'M HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION SINCE IT WAS DEFERRED FROM OUR LAST MEETING WHEN I WASN'T PRESENT
ANOTHER NOTEWORTHY ITEM IS THE EQUITABLE RECOVERY PANEL WITH REPRESENTATION FROM WASHINGTON STATE KING COUNTY IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE
COMMISSIONERS, THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS
YOU'RE MUTED, SIR
I GUESS I HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE
THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE METRUCK, FOR THAT REPORT
I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I DIDN'T MISSPEAK IN LIFE STATEMENT THAT WITH REGARDS TO THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, THAT THIS WAS COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE AND UNNECESSARILY GRUESOME
AND I HAD NO INTENTION TO SAY THAT IT WAS SOMEHOW UNAVOIDABLE
SO I THINK I'M JUST MAKING IT LESS CLEAR
I WILL MOVE ON NOW
ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS MR PRICHARD? GOOD AFTERNOON
I'M AARON PRITCHARD, COMMISSION POLICY MANAGER, W CHIEF STAFF
JUST QUICK UPDATE, COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK AND FELLEMAN CONVENED THE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE ON MAY 18 TH AND RECEIVE A BRIEFING ON THE MARITIME CLEAN AIR ACTION, AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL BE BRIEF TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION NOW ON NOVEMBER NINE TH
RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED HAVING A FULL COMMISSION BRIEFING ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION PRIORITIES AND FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE FOCUS AND TO DEVELOP OUTCOME SO WE CAN SHOW SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE COMMITTEE BY THE END OF THE YEAR TIED TO PUBLIC JOBS, CREATED GREEN JOBS AND CARBON REDUCTION
THE NEXT UPCOMING COMMITTEE MEETING IS EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ON JUNE 7TH AND THAT INCLUDES MY REPORT
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
AARON
THE COMMISSION WILL NOW ACCEPT GENERAL COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS RELATED TO THE PORT
WRITTEN MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE CLERK WILL BE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S MEETING RECORD
THE CLERK HAS A LIST OF THOSE PREPARED TO SPEAK AS THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME
WE'LL OPEN THE LINE AND COMMENTERS WILL HAVE TO UNMUTE THEMSELVES
THEN PLEASE REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU'RE ON A TEAM MEETING AND ARE ALSO STREAMING THE MEETING, PLEASE MUTE THE VIDEO TO AVOID FEEDBACK
PLEASE NOTE, THERE WILL BE A SHORT TIME LAG ON THE VIDEO
COMMENT TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER
THANK YOU, MR COMMISSIONER
PRESIDENT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN BUSH
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENT AT TODAY'S MEETING
MY NAME IS JOHN BOUCHER AND I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF TOURISM
VISIT SEATTLE COMMISSIONERS
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT FOR THE GOOD OF THE AUDIENCE, VISIT SEATTLE IS SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY OFFICIAL DESTINATION MARKETING ORGANIZATION
WE PROMOTE THIS REGION TO AUDIENCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALL OVER THE WORLD, TARGETING LEISURE VISITORS, TRAVEL, TRADE, MEETING PLANNERS AND MEET JUST TO NAME A FEW
FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO THANK EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, THE PORT LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC
SPEAKING FROM A TOURISM PERSPECTIVE, THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE PROVIDED OUR INDUSTRY AND ALL THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT MAKE UP THAT INDUSTRY HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS AND I THINK SPEAKS TO THE CRITICAL ROLE THE PORT PLAYS IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY
TODAY, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS 800 PLUS PARTNER BUSINESSES, AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THEY'VE BEEN DEVASTATED BY THE PANDEMIC FOR WELL OVER A YEAR
OUR REGIONS, TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN AWAITING THE RESUMPTION OF TRAVEL IN EARNEST
AND YESTERDAY SIGNING OF THE ALASKA TOURS AND RESTORATION ACT BY PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS YET ANOTHER RECENT SIGN OF OPTIMISM FOR OUR DESTINATION, AND WE COULDN'T BE MORE SUPPORTIVE
EVOLVE YOUR EFFORTS TO RESUME ALASKA BOUND CRUISES FROM SEATTLE THIS SUMMER
FROM RESEARCH ASSOCIATED WITH THE 2019 CRUISE SEASON, WE KNOW THAT THREE QUARTERS OF CRUISE PASSENGERS OVERNIGHT IN SEATTLE BEFORE OR AFTER THEIR CRUISE THAN EACH PARTY SPENT OVER 650 DOLLARS WHILE IT'S THROWING THE DESTINATION AND THIS IS ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT'S FELT ACROSS OUR REGION
AND FRANKLY, I'D SAY ACROSS OUR STATE DIRECTLY IMPACTING IN SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE SUCH A UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DESTINATION EXPERIENCE
SO FROM OUR LOCAL AND TOURISM ECONOMY AND ITS RELIANCE ON CRUISE AND PARTICULARLY IN 2021 MORE THAN EVER, THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT AND VISITATION WILL BE ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL TO OUR DESTINATION RECOVERY
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT YOU DO HAVE OUR SUPPORT FROM VISIT SEATTLE AND OUT OF OUR TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO ENSURE A SAFE AND SUCCESSFUL SEASON
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THANK YOU, JOHN
CLERK HART, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PEGGY PRINCE
PEGGY, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE ON THE PHONE, JOINING US AT STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, WE'LLCOME BACK TO PEGGY
DID I HEAR HER? PEGGY, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? OKAY, WE'LL COME BACK TO PEGGY AND MOVE ON TO IRIS AMMAN, IRIS
ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES, I AM
CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN
IRIS
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
MY NAME IS IRIS ANTMAN AND I'M WITH SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL HERE TO COMMENT ON YOUR ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESTARTING SEATTLE TO ALASKA CRUISES IN JULY
WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ECONOMIC GROWTH TO OUR REGION AND TO PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS YOU'VE MADE, INCLUDING SHORE POWER AND SOLAR PANELS
THESE IMPROVEMENTS HELP, BUT REPRESENT A FRACTION OF THE TOTAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION FROM CRUISING AND AIR TRAVEL
WE UNDERSTAND THAT AFTER A YEAR OF STAYING AT HOME, PEOPLE WANT TO TRAVEL, AND AFTER A YEAR OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, THE PORT WANTS TO RETURN TO BUSINESS AS USUAL
WHAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW YOU AND CRUISERS CAN DELIBERATELY TURN AWAY FROM THE ENORMITY OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS
MAYBE THE CASUAL CRUISER HASN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE NEGATIVE CLIMATE IMPACTS AND DOES NOT YET UNDERSTAND THEM, BUT YOU CERTAINLY DO
I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO THE AIR AND WATER POLLUTION OR THE NOISE POLLUTION OR THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES OR THE FLAGRANT DISREGARD OF THEIR LABOR PRACTICES FOR CREW ON SHIPS OR THE FLAGS OF CONVENIENCE CRUISE SHIPS SAIL UNDER TO AVOID PAYING TAXES AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS
WHAT I WILL SPEAK TO IS THE SPIRITUAL CRISIS WE ARE FACING WHERE BUSINESS AS USUAL CONTINUES TO GUIDE THE PRINCIPLE OF PROFIT OVER PEOPLE AT THE EXPENSE OF ALL OF OUR LIVES
EVEN IF CRUISING IN THE TIME OF COVID IS SAFE AND THAT'S DEBATABLE, IT IS NO LONGER ETHICAL OR MORAL
THE END OF RESPONSIBLE FOSSIL FUEL USE IS HERE
YOU CAN CONTINUE TO IGNORE THIS REALITY AT THE PERIL OF OUR WORLD, OR YOU CAN TURN TOWARDS THE REAL WORK THAT'S NEEDED TO TRANSFORM HOW WE LIVE AND PLAY TOGETHER ON THIS ONE SMALL BLUE PLANET
PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND BEGIN THE WORK OF CHANGING HOW AND WHY YOU DO BUSINESS
I DO NOT THINK IT'S HYPERBOLE TO SAY THAT IF YOU YOUR DAILY WORK AND DECISIONS ARE NOT MADE WITH WISE DISCERNMENT, WITH LOVE AND CARE FOR YOURSELVES AND FOR ALL OF US
IT WILL LEAD TO OUR DESTRUCTION
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, IRIS
CLERK HART, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BOB DONAGHAN
HI
THIS IS BOB DONAGHAN FROM THE SEATTLE HISTORIC WATERFRONT ASSOCIATION
WE REPRESENT THE 45 BUSINESSES FROM PIONEER SQUARE TO PIER 70 AND AN ADDITIONAL 60 NONPROFIT AND RESIDENTS ALONG THE WATERFRONT
WE WANT TO THANK THE PORT FOR SUPPORTING THE ALASKA DELEGATION, AND WE WANT TO THANK MARIA CANTWELL FOR WORKING SO HARD TO GET THE EXEMPTION TO THE PASSENGER VESSEL SERVICE ACT
YOU MAY KNOW FROM OUR TRACKING THAT IN 2019, WE SERVED SIX AND A HALF MILLION CUSTOMERS ALONG SEATTLE'S WATERFRONT
AND IN 2020 WITH CORONA AND NO CRUISE SHIPS, WE SERVED ONLY ONE AND A HALF MILLION CUSTOMERS ON THE WATERFRONT
WE KNOW THAT CRUISERS TEND TO COME OF THEM TWO DAYS EARLY OR STAY TWO DAYS LATE AND DO ALL THE FUN STUFF THERE IS TO DO IN SEATTLE, LIKE VISITING THE SEATTLE ART MUSEUM, STAYING IN DOWNTOWN HOTELS, WATCHING THE SEATTLE AT THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM, AND VISITING ALL THE ATTRACTIONS IN DOWNTOWN
WE LOVE THE GREENINESS OF THE INDUSTRY
WE WANT TO THANK MARIA AND ESPECIALLY ERIC SEINFELD FROM THE PORT
AND IF WE HAD ONE REQUEST, IT WOULD BE THAT YOU WOULD ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CRUISE TERMINAL AT 46
THANKS
THANK YOU, BOB
CLERK HART, NEXT SPEAKER, YES
I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER BOWMAN HAD TO STEP OUT
SHE HAS ADVISED THAT SHE WILL BE AWAY FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES BEFORE RECONVENING
FOR THE RECORD, OUR NEXT SPEAKER, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GO BACK AND CALL PEGGY PRINCE IN CASE SHE IS ON THE LINE
PEGGY STAR SIX TO MUTE
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO JORDAN AND HE MAY HAVE DROPPED OFF THE CALL
JORDAN, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? WAS IT MICHAEL FOSTER? NEXT? JORDAN DAVIS? YES
WHO'S SPEAKING? GOOD AFTERNOON
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
MY NAME IS JORDAN VAN VOS, AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH A GROUP, SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL
WITH PASSAGE OF THE ALASKA TOURISM RECOVERY ACT IN THE PORT OF SEATTLE STATED INTENTIONS TO PRIORITIZE A SAFE RETURN TO THE CRUISE SHIP BUSINESS, I'M ASKING YOU TO LET GO OF GEOLOGICAL FANTASIES ABOUT ANY RETURN TO BUSINESS AS USUAL
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A SAFE RETURN TO CRUISING OR A SAFE INCREASE IN AIR TRAFFIC VOLUMES AT SEATAC ELSEWHERE
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE PLANET TASKED ANOTHER SOBERING MILESTONE EXCEEDING 420 PARTS PER MILLION CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST 3,000,000 YEARS, WHEN SEA LEVELS WERE AT LEAST 50 FEET HIGHER
THERE'S NO DEBATE THAT WE ARE IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY
THE ONLY DEBATE IS HOW WE WILL RESPOND
THERE IS NO TIME FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TO SAVE US
MUCH OF THE WEST IS AGAIN EXPERIENCING RECORD DROUGHT WITH THE THREAT OF EPIC WILDFIRES LOOMING AGAIN
AND NOAH PREDICTING ANOTHER BUSY ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON
THE THREAT FROM COVID MAY BE RECEDING, BUT ATMOSPHERIC CO2 TO CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO THE BURNING OF FOSSIL FUELS
I WAS ENCOURAGED TO READ ABOUT YOUR SUPPORT FOR AN INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE LOCAL TOURISM
THIS IS THE RESPONSIBLE COURSE THAT OUR LEADERS NEED TO BE GUIDING US ON
CRUISE TRAVEL IS A FIRST WORLD LEISURE ACTIVITY THAT INVOLVES MASSIVE AIR AND WATER POLLUTION, DEPLORABLE LABOR PRACTICES, ADVERSE IMPACTS ON OTHERS AND MARINE LIFE, AND A GIGANTIC CARBON PER CAPITA CARBON FOOTPRINT THAT MOCKS ANY CONVERSATION ON GLOBAL EQUITY SETTING
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHORE POWER INFRASTRUCTURE AS EVIDENCE THAT THE PORT IS DOING ITS PART TO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY IS DISINGENUOUS WHEN THIS REPRESENTS LESS THAN 1% OF CRUISE EMISSIONS
PLEASE ADJUST THE COURSE COURSE IN ORDER TO HELP HEAL OUR WORLD BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, JORDAN
NEXT UP, CLERK HART
YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NOW MICHAEL FOSTER
MICHAEL FOSTER, IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE, IF YOU'RE CALLING IN BY THE TELEPHONE, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE, WE'LL COME BACK AND CALL MICHAEL
MOVING TO ALEXANDER YARANEVA
ALEXANDER, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
MY NAME IS ALEXANDER YARANEVA AND I'M THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF SEATAC
WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE RESTART OF THE CRUISE SEASON AND THE SIGNING OF THE ALASKA TOURS RESTORATION ACT
THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IS A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE GREATER SEATTLE REGION AND THE CITY OF SEATAC ECONOMY
THE CITY OF SEATAC BENEFITS GREATLY FROM SERVING CRUISE SHIP PASSENGER TRAVELERS
AND ACCORDING TO THE 2019 ALASKA CRUISE PASSENGER SURVEY THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY AS WELL BY THE MCDOWELL GROUP, ABOUT 85% OF THE CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS ARRIVED BY ERROR IN LARGE PART THROUGH THE STACK AIRPORT, WHICH IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF SEATAC AND ABOUT 26%
SO ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME THROUGH AND GO ON CRUISES ALSO STAY NEAR THE AIRPORT BEFORE AND OR AFTER THEIR CRUISE
THEREFORE, WE DO HAVE A STRONG HOSPITALITY CLUSTER IN THE CITY OF SEATAC, WITH ABOUT 6,000 HOTEL ROOMS IN THE CITY AND MORE THAN 50 FOOD AND RESTAURANT ESTABLISHMENT A SIGNIFICANT INDUSTRY FOR THE CITY SEATAC AND OUR BUSINESSES DO WELL TO SUPPORT AND CAPTURE THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY HERE
SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THE PORT OF SEATTLE HAS HAD OR PROVIDED TO THE RESTART OF THE CRUISE SEASON
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THE PEOPLE WHO COME THROUGH HERE AND HAPPY TO SUPPORT IN ANY OTHER WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VISITORS TO OUR CITY AND TO THE AIRPORT HAVE THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE WITH OUR PARTNERS HERE
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, ALEXANDER
NEXT UP, CLERK HART, YES
HANG ON, LET ME RESET THE CLOCK HERE
JUST NOT COOPERATING WITH ME
THERE WE GO
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIC ROTH ERIC, IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN
YEAH
ALRIGHT
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
MY NAME IS ERIC ROTH COMMENTING ON THE RESTART CRUISES
WHEN I KAYAK THROUGH OUR WATERS, I'M HUMBLED AND AMAZED BY THE BEAUTY OF THIS PLACE WE CALL HOME
I'VE WATCHED GREAT BLUE HERONS AT KARTIK PARK, CHILDREN SPOTTING BALD EAGLES ON ALKAI VOCAL SEA LIONS AT GOLDEN GARDENS
I PADDLED WITH DOLPHINS TO BLAKE ISLAND AND WITNESS ORCA ON THE FERRY FROM VASHON
THE PLACE WE LIVE IN IS MAGICAL
I LOVE IT
AND I KNOW YOU DO, TOO
AS COMMISSIONERS, WE RELY ON YOU TO STEWARD AND PROTECT IT WISELY
BUT THE CRUISE COMPANIES WHO PARK THEIR MASSIVE VESSELS IN OUR PORTS DON'T LOVE THIS PLACE LIKE YOU OR I
INSTEAD, THEY BELCH TOXIC EMISSIONS WITHOUT REGARD FOR OUR NEIGHBORS ON THE DIRTIEST
FUEL NOT FOR AN ESSENTIAL SERVICE, BUT FOR LUXURY
AND TO AVOID PAYING TAXES, LABOR PROTECTIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
CRUISES FLY FOREIGN FLAGS
ANALYZING FEDERAL DATA, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CONCLUDED CRUISE SHIPS STUMP MORE THAN 1,000,000,000 GALLONS OF RAW SEWAGE AND FECAL MATTER OFF OUR COAST
SIMPLY PUT CRUISE COMPANIES OFFSHORE THEIR PROFITS AND IMPORT POLLUTION
MOREOVER, THE CRUISE INDUSTRY EXPLOITS WORKERS
WHEN THE PANDEMIC WAS OBVIOUSLY CIRCLING THE GLOBE, THEY IRRESPONSIBLY SET SALE ONLY TO LEAVE THOUSANDS OF WORKERS STRANDED AT SEA, AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES WITHOUT PAYING SOME WORKERS, EVEN TAKING THEIR OWN LIVES OUT OF DESPERATION
IF YOU TRULY CARE ABOUT WORKERS, IF YOU TRULY CARE ABOUT HEALTH, IF YOU TRULY LOVE OUR SOUND, YOU'D STOP THESE LUXURY CRUISES FROM RESTARTING
I IMPLORE YOU
DON'T ROLL OUT A RED CARPET FOR THESE CRUISE COMPANIES WHO COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, ERIC
CLERK HART OR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
YES, OUR NEXT STICKER IS AMARA DOOLEY, MY NAME IS AMARA DOOLEY
I'M A DOCTOR AND A MEMBER OF WASHINGTON PHYSICIAN FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
YOUR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE REPORT ADDRESSES REVENUE FROM CRUISE SHIPS, BUT I'M HERE TO SPEAK INSTEAD ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH EFFECTS OF THESE CRUISE SHIPS
THE RETURN OF THESE SHIPS WILL INCREASE THE USE OF HEAVY FUELS RICH IN SULFUR ASH FORMING METALS, FUEL THAT SEND SMALL PARTICULATE MATTER NOT JUST INTO THE PORT, BUT THE CITY BEYOND PARTICULATE MATTER FOR WHICH THERE IS NO KNOWN SAFE LEVEL
NOW, THE COMMISSIONERS SPEAK OF BEING THE GREENEST PORT IN THE COUNTRY, BUT THE FIRST SENTENCE ON THIS GREEN STATEMENT IS THAT THE PORT IS PROUD TO BE THE LARGEST AND FASTEST GROWING CRUISE MARKET
YOU CAN'T SEE GROWTH AND AT THE SAME TIME, CREATE A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
THOSE GOALS ARE INCOMPATIBLE
WE'RE HUNG UP ON THIS SHORT TERM IDEA OF GROWTH AND BEING IT GREEN OR BALANCED OR SUSTAINABLE OR WHATEVER WORDS YOU COME UP WITH DOES NOT MAKE IT
OUR FIRST GOLD SHOULD BE CLEAN AIR, WATER AND THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE
AND WITH REVENUE AND GROWTH FOLLOWING FROM THAT AND PLUGGING IN CRUISE VESSELS WILL DEFINITELY LOWER THE EMISSIONS SLIGHTLY, BUT IT WILL NOT ELIMINATE THEM
WE DIDN'T PREPARE FOR THE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS WHY I SAW MY COLLEAGUES END UP IN INTENSIVE CARE LAST SPRING
AND LET'S NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE BY NOT PREPARING FOR A WORSENING CLIMATE cRISIS, HALF OF GLOBAL EMISSIONS ARE FROM JUST 10% OF THE POPULATION AND THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE FLYING HERE TO BOARD CRUISE SHIPS
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT PORT ACTIVITY SHOULD NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AMARA
CAN I HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE? CLERK HART
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHARLOTTE WELL
MISS WELL, IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, IT STARTS TO UNMUTE
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? WE CAN
YES
OKAY
THANK YOU FOR ENABLING CITIZENS TO VIEW THE PORT COMMISSION MEETINGS AND FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COMFORT OF OUR HOMES
I HOPE THIS ACCESS CONTINUES WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO MEET IN PERSON
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER YEAR FOR CRUISE COMPANIES TO SCRAP SHIPS AND DOWNSIZE THE CRUISE SHIP INDUSTRY
I DON'T BELIEVE THESE FOREIGN FLAGSHIPS CONTRIBUTE TO THE ECONOMY NEARLY AS MUCH AS THEY COST TAXPAYERS
EVERYBODY PAYS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND VERY FEW BENEFIT
THIS WAS MADE APPARENT AS SEATAC HAD TO PAY FOR PORTS THAT WERE NOT DOING MUCH BUSINESS IN 2020
I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I READ THAT CRUISES COULD RESUME IN JULY AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED AND SIT UNDER CANTWELL'S ACTIONS
I'M TELLING FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN TEXAS THAT IF THEY ARE PLANNING AN ALASKAN CRUISE, DO NOT TELL ME BECAUSE I WILL SHAME THEM AND GIVE A MULTITUDE OF REASONS FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH TO SOCIAL JUSTICE TO POLLUTION AS TO WHY THEY SHOULD FIND ANOTHER WAY TO VACATION AND ENJOY LIFE
I TOOK AN ALASKAN CRUISE FROM SEATTLE IN 2006
I'VE SEEN THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION PIER
WE CRUISE WITH AT LEAST FOUR SHIPS FOLLOWING EACH OTHER FOR A WEEK AND TOOK TURNS AT THE DOCKS
THE OTHER SHIPS WERE BIGGER THAN OUR HOLLAND AMERICA SHIP
AT THE END OF THE CRUISE, WE WERE GIVEN A PAPER TELLING US HOW MUCH DESALINATED WATER WE HAD USED, THE ENERGY USE, AND I COULD ALWAYS SEE THE STACK BELTING BLACK BUNKER OIL FUEL
THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC CONTINUES
I REMEMBER THAT I BECAME EXTREMELY ILL ON THE LAST CRUISE, EVEN THOUGH I SLATHERED DOWN WITH PUREL NUMEROUS TIMES PER DAY AND NOW REFER TO CRUISE SHIPS AS GERM FACTORIES
AND THAT WAS BEFORE THE 2020 PANDEMIC
IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY BAD IDEA TO START CRUISES DURING A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR COMMUNITIES FROM CRUISE SHIPS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE HIGHLY INFLATED BY NUMEROUS STUDIES
WE CAME 12 PEOPLE STRAIGHT IN AND WE WENT TO THE CRUISE AND THEN WE LEFT SPENT VERY LITTLE MONEY
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
CHARLOTTE CLERK HART, OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANN KRAKER
THANK YOU
THIS IS ANNE KRAKER FROM DES MOINES ENVIRONMENTALIST AND MEMBER OF 350 SEATTLE AVIATION
SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, WHY IS THE PORT OF SEATTLE AS AN AGENCY WHO SERVES THE PUBLIC OF WASHINGTON STATE, NOT ON BOARD WITH TACKLING REDUCTION OF CARBON EMISSIONS OR PART OF THE START OF THE END OF THE FOSSIL FUEL ERA
WORKING ON EMISSIONS FROM ON THE GROUND PORT OPERATIONS, WHICH COME IN AT MOST 5% OF THE TOTAL EMISSIONS PRODUCED BY THE OPERATIONS OF FLYING AND SHIPPING, IS NOT ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM
WITH 80% OF AVIATION EMISSIONS COMING FROM ON ROUTE, WHY DOES THE PORT OF SEATTLE CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT THE FULL RETURN AND GROWTH BEYOND OF ALL AIR AND SHIPPING LAPSES DURING THE PANDEMIC WITHOUT FIGURING IN THOSE CARBON EMISSIONS? THE TEMPORARY AND MOSTLY NON-LOCAL AND LOW PAYING JOBS SUPPORTED BY THE MASS OF CRUISE SHIPS OPERATIONS ARE JUST A SCREEN FOR KEEPING THE STATUS QUO FOSSIL FUEL ERA
RELIANCE ON CRUISE IS NOT CRITICAL TO RECOVERY OF OUR GREEN ECONOMY
WHAT STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE REGARDING MONEY BROUGHT TO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES BY LOCAL TOURISM, FROM OUR OWN RESIDENCES, RESIDENTS AND THEIR OWN VISITORS, OR STUDIES DONE ON THE DESTRUCTION OF NON DIRECTLY BENEFITING BUSINESSES? AND WHY DOES THE PORT OF SEATTLE STILL SERVE FOR-PROFIT AIRLINES AND FOR-PROFIT BUSINESSES, FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO ACCOMMODATE THE SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE PUBLIC FOR NONESSENTIAL FLYING AT THE EXPENSE OF THE MUCH LARGER PERCENTAGE OF NON FLYERS AND OF ALL OF OUR NATURAL HABITAT? IN OTHER WORDS, HOW CAN YOU INTERPRET MEETING DEMAND WITH SUCH A ONE SIDED AND INEQUITABLE PERSPECTIVE TO THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC
THE WORLD, OUR NATION, OUR STATE AND OUR COUNTY ARE ALL ON PATH TO FIGURING OUT TOTAL EMISSIONS AND THE QUICKEST AND MOST EQUITABLE PATH TO REDUCTION
THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS NOT
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
CLERK HART, OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK NETHERLAND
THANK YOU AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
MY NAME IS MARK NETHERLAND
I AM MANAGING DIRECTOR WITH TRAMMEL CROW COMPANY AND I WANT TO SAY JUST A FEW WORDS ABOUT OUR COMPANY AND THE TERMINAL 106 PROJECT
TREMMEL CROW COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1948 AND WE HAVE DEVELOPED OVER 590,000,000 SQUARE FEET NATIONALLY
OUR SEATTLE OFFICE ALONE HAS DEVELOPED 1.9 BILLION OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES SINCE 2014
IN 2019 WE WORK WITH THE PORT TO DEVELOP DES MOINES CREEK NORTH 450,000 SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL PROJECT ON PORT PROPERTY IN SEATAC
TERMINAL 106 IS A UNIQUE SITE AND AN OPPORTUNITY
UNIQUE SITE AND OPPORTUNITY
WE COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT DELIVERING A SUPERIOR OUTCOME FOR ALL INVOLVED
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THE PROPERTY BACK INTO PRODUCTIVE USE AND GENERATE ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY
THE STRATEGIC BUILDING LOCATION SHORTENS THE DISTANCE FOR POTENTIAL END USERS SUCH AS MANUFACTURERS AND LOGISTIC PROVIDERS TO THEIR FINAL DESTINATION, CUTTING TIME, COST, ENERGY AND EMISSIONS
THE PROJECT IS INNOVATED AND THAT IT IS MULTI STORY
THIS MAXIMIZES THE BENEFITS OF THE LOCATION BY INCREASING THE BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE
SUSTAINABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE WILL BE INCORPORATING MANY SUSTAINABLE FEATURES INTO THE PROJECT
WE HAVE ALSO AGREED TO DEVELOP GOALS FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN AND MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES IN BOTH THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASES OF THE PROJECT, AND WE HAVE COMMITTED TO USE APPRENTICESHIPS AND PAY PREVAILING WAGE FOR THIS PROJECT
WITH THE PORT AND NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCES INPUT AND CONCURRENCE, WE WILL ALSO DEVELOP A MARKETING PLAN THAT SPECIFICALLY TARGETS COMPANIES THAT CREATES JOBS AND SUPPORTS YOUR GATEWAYS
FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT WE ARE HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND INCENTIVIZED TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY ENTITLEMENTS AND PERMITS AND BEGIN DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
WE ARE READY TO GET TO WORK
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
MARK
LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT LATER IN THE AGENDA
CLAIRE CART, THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE? YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN LANE
GOOD AFTERNOON
I'M JOHN LANE
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS FOR THE WASHINGTON HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION
ALSO REPRESENT THE SEATTLE HOTEL ASSOCIATION AND THE SEATTLE RESTAURANT ALLIANCE
AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF RESUMING THE CRUISE SEASON
WE'RE AFRAID THAT WAS GOING TO BE LOST AGAIN THIS YEAR
THE HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY IS THE STATE'S LARGEST EMPLOYER AND WAS THE MOST IMPACTED OVER THE PAST 15 MONTHS, PARTICULARLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE CORE WHERE WE HAD A HOTEL, IN SOME CASES, RUNNING IN SINGLE DIGIT OCCUPANCIES
AND IN OTHER CASES, THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT OF OUR HOTELS THAT ACTUALLY CLOSED DURING THIS PERIOD
SEATTLE HAS HAD SOME OF THE LOWEST OCCUPANCY RATES ON THE WEST COAST AND THE COMPARABLE MARKET OVER THIS PAST YEAR
SO THE RETURN OF THE CRUISE SEASON PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING BACK MANY JOBS TO THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IN SEATTLE AND THE DOWNTOWN CORE AND IMPACTS NOT JUST HOTEL, BUT ALSO THE RESTAURANTS AND OTHER HOSPITALITY ACTIVITIES THAT INDIVIDUALS WILL ACCESS WHILE HERE IN TOWN
AND AS MENTIONED, IT'S NOT JUST A SEATTLE ISSUE
THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE COMING FOR THE CRUISES ARE EXPLORING OTHER PARTS OF OUR REGION AS WELL, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO YOU HOSPITALITY BUSINESSES OUTSIDE OF THE DOWNTOWN CORE
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR ITS WORK
THANK YOU
I'M SORRY
THE NEXT UP AFTER OUR NEXT PIER IS STACEY OAKS
THANK YOU
SO IF YOU'RE ON THE TELEPHONE, IT STAR 6 TO UNMUTE
HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN THANK YOU
GREAT
THANKS SO MUCH
YEAH
MY NAME IS STACEY OAKS AND I'M AN ORGANIZER WITH 350 SEATTLE
I USED TO SWIM IN LAKE WASHINGTON IN PUGET SOUND WHEN I WAS GROWING UP
I DID A LOT OF BLUE TARP CAMPING IN THE SUMMERS AND EXPLORED TIDE POOLS ALONG THE COAST, FINDING CLAMS STARFISH SAND DOLLARS
BUT TODAY THERE'S SIGNS THAT OUR BEACHES SAYING THE WATER ISN'T SAFE
THERE'S A WEEKS AT A TIME DURING THE SUMMER WITHOUT EVEN A LIGHT DRIZZLE
AND THE ACIDITY OF OUR OCEAN CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE SHELLFISH HAVE A HARD TIME FORMING THEIR SHELLS AND WALK DOWN THE BEACH FOR MILES WITHOUT SEEING THE LIFE FAMILIAR FROM JUST A FEW DECADES AGO
IF SCIENCE TELLS US WE HAVE LESS THAN A DECADE TO BREAK OUR FOSSIL FUEL ADDICTION TO AVOID LOSING ALL WE LOVE AND THREATENING OUR VERY EXISTENCE, THEN COMMON SENSE TELLS US WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN THINGS THAT DECREASE CURRENT FOSSIL FUEL ROUTE, NOT EXPAND IT, ESPECIALLY LEISURE ACTIVITIES LIKE CRUISE SHIPS
KICKING OUR BAD HABITS WOULD ALSO DIRECTLY IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH
THE EMISSIONS FROM CRUISE SHIPS CONTAINING CARCINOGENS TOXINS, IN PARTICULATE MATTER, SHIP STUMPING, GARBAGE, HUMAN WASTE, AND EVEN ENGINE WAS STRAIGHT INTO THE WATER
ARE WE REALLY A CITY IN A COUNTY SO DESPERATE FOR MONEY THAT WE ACCEPT SOME CASH IN EXCHANGE FOR THE HEALTH OF COMMUNITIES, THE HEALTH OF OUR WATER AND OUR VERY CHANCES OF HUMAN SURVIVAL, OR ARE WE JUST ADDICTED? NOT SURE HOW TO TAKE THAT FIRST STEP
I'D HOPE DURING THE LAST YEAR OF CRUISE SOBRIETY THAT WE WOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK WHAT KIND OF TOUR TO INVEST IN THAT THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS MIGHT BREAK US FREE OF OUR TOXIC HABITS THAT PUT PROFITS OF THE FEW ABOVE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE MANY
BUT HERE WE ARE, RELAPSING WHILE THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO KILL THOUSANDS EACH DAY
COMMISSIONERS, WE NEED YOU TO STOP ENABLING THE HARM
WE NEED YOU TO SET ASIDE THE IDEA THAT IF THERE IS A DEMAND, WE NEED TO FILL IT
SIMPLY HAVING A DESIRE FOR SOMETHING DOES NOT MEAN IT'S A GOOD IDEA, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE ACTIVITY CAUSES HARM TO OURSELVES AND OUR RELATIVES
WE NEED YOU TO IGNORE THE CONVENIENT LIES ABOUT JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR OUR REGION ONLY BEING POSSIBLE THROUGH HARMFUL VENTURES LIKE MASSIVE CRUISE SHIPS
THESE COMFORTING LIES AND EXCUSES HELP THE ADDICT SLEEP AT NIGHT
HELP THE ADDICT IGNORE HEARTFELT, PLEASE FROM THEIR RELATIVES TO STOP THE HARM
PLEASE CONSIDER THE COMMENTS TODAY ABOUT EXPANSION AS AN INTERVENTION
THANK YOU, STACEY
CLERK HART, WE HAVE MICHAEL FOSTER AND PEGGY PRINCE
STILL, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO PEGGY PRINCE
PEGGY IF YOU'RE ON THE LINE
I'M NOT HEARING FROM PEGGY MOVING TO MICHAEL FOSTER
I'M MICHAEL FOSTER, AND I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE TODAY THAT I AM NOT RUNNING FOR PORT COMMISSIONER, YOU HAVE AN IMPOSSIBLE JOB
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGE FLOYDS MURDER, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT BLACK LIVES CANNOT MATTER TO THE PORT IN SEATTLE UNTIL ULTRA ULTRA FINE PARTICLES AND CRUISE SHIP AND SHIPPING PARTICLES MATTER
WE ARE TAKING BLACK LIVES WITH PORT ACTIVITY
YOU KNOW, THE DIFFICULTY IS THAT YOU'RE PAID NOT TO LISTEN TO YOUR OWN INSTINCTS FOR SURVIVAL
YOU'RE PAID NOT TO LISTEN TO THE THINGS THAT AREN'T PAID FOR
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN EXPAND AND MEETING DEMAND OR MEETING THE DEMAND FOR THE CONDITIONS FOR LIFE
THE IEA INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY REPORT THAT CAME OUT THIS MONTH
IT'S VERY CLEAR YOU NEED TO READ IT IF YOU HAVEN'T
THE PATHWAY TO NET 0 2050 IS NARROW, BUT STILL ACHIEVABLE
IF GOVERNMENT ACT NOW, THAT MEANS 4,000,000,000,000 DOLLARS A YEAR OF INVESTMENTS, NO NEW EXPLORATION, DRILLING OR MINING AND NO NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
AND THIS MEANS PORTS AND AIRFIELDS
AND IF WE DON'T DO THAT AND WE'RE NOT, IT MEANS OF 95% ENDEMIC SPECIES GO EXTINCT THIS CENTURY
COVID PROVED THAT WE'VE NEVER TAKEN CLIMATE SERIOUSLY AS AN EMERGENCY
SO I JUST LIKE TO OFFER TO HELP YOU AS A VOLUNTEER TO CREATE THE EXTREMELY CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY IN THE NEAR TERM TO ALLOW OUR KIDS TO SURVIVE THIS CENTURY
IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO VOLUNTEER FOR YOU, I WILL VOLUNTEER AGAINST YOU
WELL, THANK YOU, MICHAEL
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR ORAL COMMENTS
CLERK HART, CAN YOU SUMMARIZE OUR WRITTEN ONES? YES
MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
THIS MEETING IS RUNNING QUITE LATE TODAY
WE HAVE 12 WRITTEN COMMENTS BEFORE US
THEY HAVE ALL BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU IN ADVANCE
WOULD YOU LIKE TO DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE SUMMARY TODAY SO WE CAN CONTINUE ON WITH OUR BUSINESS MEETING, OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THESE INTO THE RECORD? I THINK
HAVE THEY BEEN PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH CRUISE? THE CONTENT IS THE
YES, PRIMARILY
WE HAVE SOME OTHER ONES THERE
BUT AGAIN, THEY EVOLVE AND DISTRIBUTED TO YOU IN ADVANCE
AND THEY ARE PART OF THE RECORD FOR THIS MEETING
SO THEY WILL BE INCORPORATED WITH OUR MINUTES FROM THE MEETING
OKAY
VERY GOOD
THANK YOU
WERE GOING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT, I WOULD ASK IF THERE'S ANY OBJECTION TO THAT FROM THE REST OF YOUR MEMBERS
I'M SORRY
PLEASE SHOW OF HANDS IF THERE'S ANY CONCERN WITH THAT DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT READING THE COMMENTS SEEING NONE
I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA
CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ADOPTED BY ONE MOTION
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADOPTION OF THE REMAINING CONSENT ITEMS WE'VE HEARD NO ITEMS TO BE PULLED TODAY
AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA COVERING ITEMS EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT F SO MOVED
DO I HAVE A SECOND SECOND? THANK YOU
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK
YES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
OH, I'M SORRY
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN IS NOT PRESENT AT THE MEETING OF THE TIME, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
YES, THANK YOU
THAT IT'S
FOUR YESES AND ZERO NOS
OKAY, SO THE MOTION PASSES
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE PAST THE CONSENT AGENDA TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS
DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TO CARRY FORWARD FROM THE LAST MEETING? YEAH
LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THIS ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND THEN WE CAN HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
SO THIS IS ITEM NINE A
THIS IS QUARTER 1 2021
FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE BRIEFING
COMMISSIONERS, DESPITE A VERY CHALLENGING YEAR WITH SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTION TO OUR BUSINESSES, ARE PROACTIVE AND SOLID FINANCIAL ACTIONS FROM THE EARLY STAGES OF THE PANDEMIC AND HELPED US MANAGE STEADILY THROUGH THE CRISIS
AS YOU'LL HEAR IN THE PRESENTATION, WE'RE GENERALLY TRACKING WELL AGAINST THE REVISED 2021 BUDGET
THE STEPS WE TOOK IN 2020, COMBINED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR 2021 BUDGET, HAVE POSITIONED AS A SOLID FOOTING FOR 2021
ALSO, THE AIRPORT IS BENEFITING FROM SUBSTANTIAL FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDING, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL RELIEF TO OUR AIRLINE AND NON AIRLINE TENANTS
HOWEVER, WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MUCH UNCERTAINTY CONTINUES TO EXIST AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR, SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO TOTALLY MANAGE AGAINST OUR FINANCIAL PLAN MOVING FORWARD FOR THE REST OF 2021
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DAN THOMAS, OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND AS WELL AS MICHAEL TONG, DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE BUDGET ORGAN ANDERSON, DIRECTOR AVIATION FINANCE AND BUDGET
AND KELLY ZUPAN, DIRECTOR OF MARITIME FINANCE
DAN, THANK YOU, STEVE
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
COULD WE GET THE PRESENTATION UP ON SCREEN, PLEASE, IF YOU GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE
SO JUST BY WAY OF A QUICK INTRODUCTION, STEVE MENTIONED MUCH OF THIS THAT WE OBVIOUSLY ARE CONTINUING TO BE IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC
THINGS ARE LOOKING BRIGHTER
HOWEVER, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE FEDERAL RELIEF FUNDS HAVE REALLY SUPPORTED THE AIRPORT, SEEING US THROUGH THE FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
THE FOURTH BULLET ABOUT CRUISE IS A LITTLE BIT DATED
THIS WAS PREPARED FOR A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT YOU HEARD THE NEWS THAT NOW WE ARE RESTARTING CRUISE AND THAT AS STEVE MENTIONED, WE ARE CLOSELY TRACKING WITH OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR
AND CERTAINLY WITH THE RESTARTED CRUISE, WE HOPE TO BE CLOSE TO OUR CONSERVATIVELY BUDGETED 25% TRAFFIC COMPARED TO WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NORMAL
SO WE'RE HOPING WE CAN ACTUALLY ACHIEVE THAT LEVEL OF REVENUE
I DID WANT TO MENTION ONE AIRPORT
YOU'LL SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TREND OF AIRPORT REVENUES BEING BELOW BUDGET
AND I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THAT REALLY REFLECTS THE IMPACT OF THE MOST RECENT ROUNDS OF FEDERAL STIMULUS BOARDING WILL GO INTO MORE DETAIL, BUT AT BUDGET TIME, WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR MORE RECENT STIMULUS BILLS
SO AS THOSE MONIES ARE APPLIED THIS YEAR, THEY WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF LOOKING LIKE AIRPORT REVENUES ARE BELOW BUDGET BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, AERONAUTICAL REVENUES ARE BASED ON COST RECOVERY
SO THOSE FUNDS ARE APPLIED TO PAY FOR COSTS THAT THE AIRLINES WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE PAID
AIRLINE REVENUES WILL BE LOWER THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED
AND SIMILARLY, ON THE NON AERONAUTICAL SIDE, AS THOSE FUNDS ARE APPLIED FOR A TENANT RELIEF TO WAIVE RENT FOR TENANTS, NON AERONAUTICAL REVENUES WILL ALSO BE LOWER THAN BUDGETED BECAUSE THE FEDERAL STIMULUS FUNDS ARE THEN BOOKED AS NON OPERATING REVENUES
SO THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT WERE BELOW OUR BUDGET, BUT IN ACTUALITY, WE'RE ACTUALLY TRENDING QUITE WELL
SO WITH THAT, I WILL ASK WORKING TO PROCEED WITH THE AIRPORT SECTION
THANK YOU
DAN
LIKE TO START BY TAKING A LOOK AT OUR PASSENGER LEVELS
AND INDEED, THE PASSENGER GROWTH IS REBOUNDING
AND YOU CAN SEE ON A MONTHLY BASIS WE'RE HAVING A STEADY IMPROVEMENT COMPARED TO 2019 BY THE END OF THE YEAR
WE'RE NOW EXPECTING TO BE BELOW 2019
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT'S AN 84% GROWTH PUT IN THE CONTEXT THOUGH, THIS REALLY REFLECTS THE FACT THAT THINGS HAVE GONE DOWN AND NOW THEY'VE GONE BACK UP A LITTLE BIT COMPARED TO WHAT WE THOUGHT AT BUDGET TIME
IN THE GREEN BOX IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHART, I SHOW OUR ASSUMPTION WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER OUR 2021 BUDGET DOWN 30%
THEN IN DECEMBER, THE FORECAST WAS MODIFIED WITH A MORE PESSIMISTIC VIEW TO THE POINT WOULD BE DOWN 34%
AND WITH THIS LATEST UPDATE, WE'RE DOWN 29%
AND I GUESS I'D LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGE MICHAEL DALLINGER AND THE BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TEAM FOR PROVIDING US WITH REALLY GOOD, SOLID FORECASTS
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THIS SLIDE LOOKS AT OUR TRAFFIC ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR 2019, 2020 AND 2021, AND YOU CAN SEE THE STEADY IMPROVEMENT
THE BLUE BAR IS 2021, THE RED BAR IS 2020 AND THE BROWN BAR IS 2019
I THINK THE KEY MESSAGE HERE IS WE'RE MOVING UP QUICKLY AND BY SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR WILL BE WITHIN 10% OF 2019, WHICH IS GOOD NEWS
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SO AS DAN INDICATED UNDERSTANDING THE AIRPORT FINANCIAL RESULTS, ONE HAS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GRANTS
AND IN THE RIGHT SIDE I'VE LISTED SOME OF THE NEW GRANT MONEY THAT WE WILL HAVE THIS YEAR THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE, AND WE PUT TOGETHER OUR BUDGET AND THAT'S 37 MILLIONS FOR THE CHRYSLER GRANTS OR THE SECOND ROUND OF FEDERAL RELIEF, WHICH CAME THROUGH IN LATE DECEMBER
AND WE STILL THINK OUR ESTIMATE FOR THE APA OR THE THIRD ROUND OF FEDERAL RELEASE THAT CAME THROUGH IN MARCH, IT WOULD BE ABOUT 154,000,000 BETWEEN THOSE TWO
THERE WAS ALSO SOME PASS THROUGH MONEY THAT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO OUR CONCESSIONAIRES, AND THAT'S 27,000,000
AND THAT'S A LITTLE OVER 5,000,000 FROM CRRSAA AND THE REMAINDER FROM ARPA
WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE USING ALL OF THIS FEDERAL RELIEF IN 2021
OUR CURRENT THINKING IS THAT WE WILL DEFER 75,000,000 TO THE FUTURE, WHICH WILL GIVE US FLEXIBILITY NEXT YEAR TO MANAGE COSTS OR UNFORESEEN CONDITIONS AS PART OF THE RECOVERY
SO GOING BACK TO THE NUMBERS HERE AS DAN INDICATED WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME BIG NEGATIVE VARIANCES ON OUR REVENUE SIDE, AND ACTUALLY BOTH OF THOSE ARE IN FACT, DUE TO THE APPLICATION OF THE GRANTS
YOU CAN SEE DOWN BELOW
WE'VE ADDED A LITTLE SECTION BELOW NET OPERATING INCOME OR NOI THAT FOCUSES ON THE FEDERAL RELIEF
SO OUR THINKING RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE'LL USE 161,000,000 DOLLARS THIS YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE DIRECT PASS THROUGH THAT I INDICATED FOR THE CONCESSIONNAIRES
SO THOSE WILL SHOW UP AS NON OPERATING REVENUES AND OUR OPERATING REVENUES ARE REDUCED
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE NOI AFTER FEDERAL RELIEF, WE'RE OVER 50,000,000 DOLLARS POSITIVE, SO WE'RE IN MUCH GREATER SHAPE THAN WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE ABSENCE OF THIS ADDITIONAL RELIEF
SOME OF OUR KEY MEASURES BELOW OUR COST PER EMPLOYMENT OR CPE WILL BE LOWER BECAUSE OUR AIRLINE COSTS ARE LOWER AND THE DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE AND I'LL SHOW IN A FUTURE SLIDE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE
BUT THIS IS QUITE A BIT ENHANCED AND IT HAS TO DO WITH HOW WE APPLY THE GRANTS TO PAY DEBT SERVICE
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE THINK WE'LL BE ON TRACK TO ACHIEVING OUR INCREASED CASH TARGET OR ADF BALANCE
THIS FIGURE HERE 340,000,000 REPRESENTS 12 MONTHS OF OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COSTS AND CAPITAL SPENDING IS RIGHT ON TRACK
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ALRIGHT, QUICKLY, YEAR TO DATE ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BELOW BUDGET
I THINK THE REAL MESSAGE IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS THE FORECAST
LET'S SLIDE FORWARD, PLEASE
ALL RIGHT
SO FROM A FORECASTING STANDPOINT, WE ARE ANTICIPATING RIGHT NOW TO BE OVER BUDGET AND THAT'S DUE TO A FEW THINGS HERE, WE TYPICALLY DON'T BUDGET FOR SNOW REMOVAL COSTS
AND WE DID HAVE A SNOW EVENT EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THAT WE INCURRED COST OVER 2,000,000 DOLLARS
SECONDLY, WE HAD A WATER MAIN BREAK THAT WE HAD TO FIX AND THAT WAS FAIRLY EXPENSIVE
AND THE THIRD MAJOR DRIVER IS WE ARE GOING TO BE ADDING SOME EXPENSE RESOURCES IN OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP TO SUPPORT THE ADR PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE DELAYS THAT HAVE HAPPENED AT THE NORTH SATELLITE BECAUSE WE WANT TO REALLY GET THOSE CONCESSIONAIRES UP AND GOING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
SO WE'RE STILL MANAGING THIS, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE TRENDS WE SEE
BUT OVERALL THIS WOULD STILL BE LESS THAN 1% OVER BUDGET
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DAN INDICATED THAT OUR AERONAUTICAL REVENUES ARE REALLY COST RECOVERY AND THAT'S TRUE FOR THE FIRST FOUR OF THE COLUMNS, THE AIRFIELD MOVEMENT AREA, THE APRON AREA, TERMINAL RENTS AND FEDERAL INSPECTION SERVICES
THESE ARE MAJOR COST CENTERS
AIRFIELD COMMERCIAL AREA IS COMPENSATORY
SO IT'S NOT
BUT YOU CAN SEE BY APPLYING GRANTS, WE ARE ABLE TO REDUCE COSTS ACROSS THE BOARD
AND I'LL SHOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON IN THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO HERE WE CAN SEE THAT WE ARE MANAGING THE DEBT SERVICE AND OUR ONM COST DOWN BY THE APPLICATION OF GRANTS
AND THIS IS THE PORTION THAT WOULD BE APPLIED TO THE AERONAUTICAL COST CENTER
SO OVER 100,000,000 WE'LL GO TO REDUCING DEBT SERVICE AND 18,000,000 DOLLARS TO REDUCE OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COST, WHICH DIRECTLY REDUCES THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT
AND BECAUSE OF THIS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE AIRLINES
WE'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND WE'RE PROPOSING A MIDYEAR RATE REDUCTION THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT JULY ONE
SO WE'RE PASSING ON THE BENEFITS OF THIS FEDERAL RELIEF TO THE AIRLINES MIDYEAR, JUST AS MANY OF THE CONCESSIONAIRES WILL SEE DIRECT RELIEF COMING THROUGH IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS HERE
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SO WHAT WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT OUR NON AERONAUTICAL REVENUES ARE ACTUALLY DOING BETTER THEN PLAN BETTER THAN BUDGET FROM A TRUE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
BUT WITH THE FEDERAL GRANTS, IT WILL GIVE THE APPEARANCE THAT WE ARE RUNNING A NEGATIVE VARIANCE
SO JUST KEEP THIS IN MIND AS WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, BECAUSE I'M ADJUSTING FOR THIS
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SO HERE WE SEE OUR MAJOR BUSINESS UNITS FOR THE NON AERONAUTICAL SIDE, AND YOU CAN SEE PUBLIC PARKING IS ACTUALLY DOING QUITE A BIT BETTER THAN PLANNED AS WE STARTED TO SEE THIS LAST YEAR AND WE'RE SEEING IT CONTINUE THIS YEAR
RENTAL CARS IS A SIMILAR STORY, BUT ALSO AUGMENTED BY THE FACT THAT THE RENTAL CAR COMPANIES HAVE HAD A REAL CAR SHORTAGE, WHICH HAS GIVEN THEM QUITE A BIT OF PRICING POWER
AND OUR CONCESSION REVENUE, THEREFORE HAS BEEN GOING UP WITH THEIR REVENUE INCREASES
EVERYTHING ELSE IS HOLDING REASONABLY CLOSE TO BUDGET
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I WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF SOME OF THE DEFERRED RENT PROGRAMS ON THE NON AERONAUTICAL SIDE, AND YOU CAN SEE IN RED WHAT IS STILL OUTSTANDING COMPARED TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY DEFERRED
AND THERE'S ABOUT 30% LEFT, A LITTLE OVER 5,000,000 DOLLARS, MOSTLY IN AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL BECAUSE THEY WERE GIVEN THE EXTENDED REPAYMENT PLANS
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I MENTIONED BEFORE THE DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TARGET FOR US, AND THE APPLICATION OF THESE GRANTS REALLY BOOSTS THE BOTTOM LINE, AND YOU CAN SEE IN YELLOW DOWN BELOW THE APPLICATION OF TOTAL 143
WHAT I SHOWED YOU BEFORE WAS JUST THE AMOUNT THAT WAS GOING TO THE AERONAUTICAL SIDE
WE'RE ALSO APPLYING SOME OF THE NON AERONAUTICAL SIDE, AND THIS EFFECTIVELY REDUCES THE DEBT SERVICE FOR THIS CALCULATION, AND THAT'S WHAT INCREASES THE DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE CALCULATION SO MUCH
SO THE GRANTS ARE VERY USEFUL HERE
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AND THIS IS JUST THE SUMMARY OF ALL THE GRANTS, ALL THE THREE FEDERAL RELIEF PROGRAMS, AND WE USED 147,000,000 LAST YEAR
WE'RE PLANNING RIGHT NOW ON 188,000,000 FOR THIS YEAR WITH THE REMAINDER FOR THE FUTURE
AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'LL BE MONITORING CAREFULLY, AND WE'LL HAVE THE OPTION TO MOVE MONEY IN OR OUT OF 2021 DEPENDING ON HOW THINGS PLAY OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR
IN SUMMARY, WE'RE GETTING IN TOTAL OVER 400,000,000 DOLLARS OF GRANT, YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO OUR LOST REVENUE AND THE BOX IN THE BOTTOM? I TOOK A LOOK AT OUR 2019 FORECAST PRE COVID AND SAY, WHAT WERE WE EXPECTING IN 2020 THROUGH 2022? AND WE WILL PROBABLY HAVE LOST ABOUT 650,000,000 OF REVENUES AND SOME OF THAT WE REDUCED COST, SO IT HASN'T ALL BEEN LOST
BUT THE GRANTS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL, BUT THEY DO NOT MAKE US COMPLETELY FULL
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I INDICATED IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET IS ON TRACK, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE IT BROKEN OUT BY OUR MAJOR PROGRAMS, THE NORTH SATELLITE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS FACILITY, THE CHECK BAGGAGE OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM, AND THE AIRFIELD PAVEMENT
AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IS LINING UP PRETTY DARN WELL
SO FOR FIRST QUARTER, OUR ESTIMATE IS THAT WE WILL BE AT 95% OF OUR BUDGET, WHICH WOULD BE ONE OF OUR BETTER YEARS
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CASH
THAT'S BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT MEASURE OF OUR WELL BEING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
AND THIS INDICATES THAT WE ARE ENTERING THE LOWER POINT FOR THE YEAR FOR US AS WE HAVE BEEN WITHHOLDING SOME GRANT CLAIMS, JUST TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTOOD HOW THE YEAR WAS PLAYING OUT AND THEN WE CAN TARGET THE GRANTS IN THE BEST LOCATION
SO AS WE START MAKING THE GRANT CLAIMS, WE'LL SEE OUR CASH BALANCES BUILD AND ALSO AS TRAFFIC BUILDS
THIS SUMMER WE'LL SEE AN INCREASE IN THE NON AERONAUTICAL REVENUE
SO THIS WILL ALL BE HELPFUL AND WE'LL CURRENTLY ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE OUR TARGET OF 340,000,000 DOLLARS
YEAR ENDING BALANCE
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AND WITH THAT, I'LL PASS IT ON TO KELLY
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
WE WILL SPEND THE NEXT DOZEN OR SO SLIDES GOING OVER THE SEAPORT DIVISIONS, INCLUDING MARITIME STORM WATER UTILITY JOINT VENTURE WITH THE NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
MARITIME AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGING DIRECTOR STEPHANIE JONES STEVENS AND DAVE MCFADDEN ARE WITH US AS WELL AND MAY ADD SOME ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVE
WE WILL START WITH A FULL ROLL UP OF THE SEAPORT DIVISIONS
THE KEY NUMBER ON THIS SLIDE IS THE FORECASTED OPERATING INCOME VARIANCE OF 300 AND 49,000 OR FAVORABLE TO BUDGET
MOST OF THE BUSINESSES ARE TRACKING FAVORABLE TO BUDGET, BUT GIVEN SOME UNCERTAINTY IN CRUISE AND THE PORT ALLIANCE, WE WILL CONTINUE WITH AUSTERITY MEASURES IN PLACE FOR 2021
WE WILL BE GOING OVER EACH OF THESE GROUPS IN THE COMING SLIDES
SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED A PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS
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NEXT SLIDE, STARTING WITH THE MARITIME DIVISION
NET OPERATING INCOME IS CURRENTLY FORECASTED FAVORABLE TO BUDGET BY 600,000 DOLLARS WITH SOME EXPENSE SAVINGS FROM MAINTENANCE ALLOCATIONS AND REDUCTION PLAN FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
THE GREEN TERMINAL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE STRONG PERFORMANCE AND THE OTHER MARITIME BUSINESSES ARE COMING IN AS PLANNED
WE ARE HOLDING THE BUDGET FOR CRUISE AS IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE
STEPHANIE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON THE CRUISE FORECAST? WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, KELLY
JUST ONE SHORT FOLLOW UP
THEY'RE STILL CERTAINLY UNCERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT THE CRUISE SEASON WILL LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR
WE ARE AT THIS POINT WITH WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING NOW, WHICH IS ABOUT ONE ABOUT 1 TRIP FROM EACH OF OUR LINES
IT'S STARTING IN LATE JULY, RUNNING THROUGH LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER, IT LOOKS LIKE AND AS WELL, THERE WILL BE REDUCED CAPACITY RIGHT NOW
IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE REMARKABLY CLOSE TO WHAT WE PREDICTED LAST YEAR AT ABOUT THIS TIME DURING OUR BUDGET PROCESS
SO AS I SAID, THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY, BUT AT THIS POINT, OUR BUDGET FORECAST STILL SEEMS ABOUT RIGHT
GREAT
THANKS, STEPHANIE
AND UNLESS THE COMMISSION HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IF THAT'S OKAY WITH REGARDS TO THE GREEN TERMINAL
SURE
THE 300,000 DOLLARS, I GUESS YOU CAN CALL IT A SURPLUS AND A 52% INCREASE IN GREEN VOLUME IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT
ARE WE EXPECTING THAT TO BE SUSTAINABLE, OR IS THIS REALLY A KNEE JERK REACTION TO COVID? THIS IS ACTUALLY CONSISTENT WITH OUR YEARS, I THINK
2016 TO 2018
WHEN THE TARIFFS CAME IN, WE SAW THE GRAIN TERMINAL VOLUMES SHRINK DRASTICALLY, SO WE'RE REBOUNDING
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR FEEDSTOCK AND BRAZIL AND SOME OF THE OTHER COUNTRIES WEREN'T ABLE TO PROVIDE ASIA WITH THAT SAME VOLUME OF FEEDSTOCK
AND SO THEY'RE CONTINUING TO USE OUR PRODUCT AGAIN AND RESUMING SORT OF HISTORIC TRENDS ON THERE
OKAY
SO THIS IS IS ACTUALLY A RESULT OF FAVORABLE TRADE POLICY? YESES
AND WE SPOKE WITH LOUIS DRIVES, WHO MANAGES THE TERMINAL AND THEY EXPECT THIS TREND TO CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
AGAIN, THAT'S EXCELLENT
ALRIGHT, NEXT TIME
SO ON THIS PARDON PREVIOUS SLIDE
I'M SORRY
SORRY
AT
SO FOR THIS SLIDE, A YEAR TO DATE REVENUE AND EXPENSES ARE TRACKING BETTER THAN 2020 WITH RETURN AGAIN OF GREEN VOLUMES TO PRE TARIFF REVENUES OR PRE TARIFF LEVELS
ONE THING TO NOTE IS THE 4,000,000 DOLLARS LEASE REVENUE AT PIER 66 FROM NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES WAS BUDGETED EQUALLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT THE ACTUAL INVOICE WON'T APPEAR UNTIL THE SEPTEMBER OCTOBER TIME FRAME
AND THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING THE YEAR TO DATE NEGATIVE REVENUE VARIANCE
BUT AGAIN, WE EXPECT TO CATCH UP AND MAYBE EVEN GET AHEAD TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR
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OKAY
STORM WATER UTILITY IS TRACKING THE BUDGET
YEAR TO DATE EXPENSES ARE SLIGHTLY UNDER DUE TO SOME COVID DELAYS, BUT WE EXPECT TO MAKE MOST OF THAT UP OVER THE LATTER HALF OF THE YEAR
THE NEXT SLIDE, THE SEAPORT ALLIANCE OPERATING INCOME IN Q-1 WAS HIGHER THAN BUDGET, LEADING TO INCREASES IN DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE
MOST OF THATS DUE
CARGO VOLUMES ARE UP FROM 2020
AND THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF EXPENSE SAVINGS AS WELL
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HERE YOU SEE THE CONSOLIDATED JOINT VENTURE, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH THE SEAPORT ALLIANCE AND SOME OF THE COSTS AND REVENUES THAT ARE ON THE ALLIANCE PROPERTIES BUT ARE SEPARATE FROM THE SEPORT ALLIANCE
AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN HERE
THE JOINT VENTURE DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME IS 700 AND 75,000 DOLLARS FAVORABLE TO BUDGET AND OUR TOTAL OPERATING INCOME, 736,000 FAVORABLE BUDGET
MOST OF THIS, AGAIN IS FROM EXPENSE SAVINGS AT THE PORT ALLIANCE AND INCREASED CARGO VOLUMES
SO UNLESS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
MR COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME OR KEEP GOING? WELL, DO WE HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS IF THERE'S FOLKS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I DO NOT SEE ANY
I JUST TELL YOU JUST SAID IN TERMS OF THE SEAPORT ALLIANCE THAT IT WAS BOTH A COMBINATION OF REDUCED EXPENSES AND INCREASED VOLUME, RIGHT
THAT'S THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS, RIGHT? YES
SO FAR
SO A LOT OF IT IS
A LOT OF THE COSTS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH ALSO REDUCING THE PORT COSTS FROM BOTH THE PORT AS WELL IN THERE
BUT YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY LOOKING FAVORABLE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR
I KNOW THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS IN PLAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE MORE PRIVY TO THAN I AM THERE WITH FIVE, FOR SURE UP INTO THIS POINT
THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, BUT WE HAVE STILL A LOT OF SHOVELS TO KEEP IN THE GROUND, SO JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT
ALRIGHT
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OKAY
NEXT SLIDE HERE YOU'LL SEE NET OPERATING INCOME FORECAST TO ABOUT 250,000 DOLLARS BELOW BUDGET DRIVEN BY A CHANGE IN THE MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION POLICY
REVENUES AT THE CONFERENCE AND EVENT CENTER HAD A TOUGH Q-1 OVER THE WINTER, BUT ARE SEEING SOME OPTIMISM WITH INCREASED LEVEL OF PLANNED BOOKINGS THE BACK HALF OF THE YEAR
WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THE SUCCESS OF THE TENANT RENT DEFERRAL PROGRAM
NO MAJOR DELINQUENCIES IN ABOUT HALF THE EXECUTED AGREEMENTS HAVE PAID US BACK
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AGAIN, THIS WAS A CHALLENGING Q-1 FOR BELL HARBOR CONFERENCE CENTER REVENUES, BUT LEASING REVENUE HAS HELD UP AND WE ARE ABLE TO CLOSE THE NET OPERATING INCOME GAP WITH SOME EXPENSE SAVINGS
THIS IS THE END OF THE SEAPORT PRESENTATIONS OVERALL PERFORMING WELL, BUT CONTINUING TIGHT CONTROL OF COST FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR
ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS CURRENTLY RAISE, MR COMMISSIONER
GOING FORWARD INTO FORECAST FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW WITH THE PORT WITH THE CONTAINER BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TONS OF VOLUME, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY BEING CONGESTED BY THE VOLUME, SO I DON'T THINK THERE'LL BE ANY SHORTAGE OF SUPPLY
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER IT CAN BE PROCESSED, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE THIS TILL THE END OF THE YEAR
SO ONE'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT PANS OUT
BUT ARE THERE OTHER IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL FORECAST FROM THIS POINT FORWARD? I WOULD IMAGINE THAT FOLKS ARE ANXIOUS TO GET OUT ON THE WATER AT THE MARINAS, BUT ARE THERE OTHER LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE BASICALLY LOOKING AT A RECOVERY IN GRAIN FROM REBOUNDING FROM TARIFFS, BUT THAT'S LIKELY TO BE SUSTAINED, BUT NOT FURTHER GROWING? YES, IT WILL
I CAN'T FORESEE QUITE WHAT NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE, BUT THIS YEAR WE'RE EXPECTING THIS
WE WERE OVER BUDGET Q-1, AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO CONTINUE
AND PROBABLY EVEN SINCE THIS FORECAST CAME OUT, IT'S PROBABLY EVEN GOING TO BE FAVORABLE TO THAT
AS WE GO FORWARD THE MARINA, WE ARE HEARING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND IN THE MARINA, PARTICULARLY AT SHELL SHOLE
SO I THINK THOSE ARE DOING WELL
AND I SAID ALL THE BUSINESSES ARE HOLDING UP
IT'S JUST A QUESTION HOLDING UP QUITE WELL SO FAR
IT'S CONFERENCE AND EVENTS AND THE CRUISE BUSINESS ARE THE ONES MORE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC, AND THEY'RE HOPING FOR RECOVERY
I KNOW WHAT THE CONFERENCE AND EVENT CENTER IS
THEY'RE REALLY HOPING TO GET ONTO THE NEXT PHASE IN JUNE
AND IF THAT COMES TO PLAY, THERE'S A LOT OF UP DEMAND FOR BOOKINGS OUT THERE AS WELL
I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT THERE IS SOME CONCERN ALSO ABOUT THE BULK CARGO UNIT TRAINS
THERE'S A REAL PROBLEM ABOUT THE DYSFUNCTION OF THE INTERMODAL WORK ON THE RAIL, AND I THINK THAT'S STARTING TO AFFECT OUR BULK COMMODITIES
AND I JUST SAW THE LATEST THING IS THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PALETTES STACK THINGS ON INTOTHE WOOD SUPPLY
SO ANYWAY, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SHORTAGE OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY THE QUESTIONS WHETHER WE CAN GET IT THERE FROM HERE
I THINK THAT'S JUST LIKE THE PROBLEM WHERE ALL OVER THE FACT THAT THE INTERMODAL WORLD IS IN BAD SHAPE
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU
I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER FORECAST THOUGHTS
MOVING ON
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER
EXECUTIVE ROUTE METRUCK FOR CENTRAL SERVICES
WE ANTICIPATE ANTICIPATING OUR FINANCIAL WILL BE STRONG COMPARED TO THE BUDGET
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, ON THE REVENUE SIDE, WE ARE FORECASTING A 948,000,000 FAVOR BUDGET REMUS MANY DUE TO THE POLICE BUDGETED FOR ITS REVENUE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
ON THE EXPENSES SIDE, WE ARE ANTICIPATING 1 6,000,000 FAVORABLE TO THE BUDGET, MAYBE DUE TO LOWER PAYROLL AND ALSO LOWER OUTSIDE SERVICES
ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE IS A FEW BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS AND I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT YOU CAN FIND A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THE [inaudible 02:15:05] IN YOUR PACKAGE
SO HERE I WOULD LIKE TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT THE PORT FINALLY THE AWARDED 14 SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND MEMENTO GRANTS TO THE SIX HIGHLIGHT CITIES AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF HOWEVER BY OUR INTERNAL STAFF AND QUITE A LOT OF EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
AND YOUR SUPPORT IS ALSO WORTH TO POINT OUT THAT THIS SUPPORT CITY OF SEATTLE AND SOUND TRANSIT AGREED TO JOINT 1.7,000,000 TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, TRAINING, BASEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES, ESPECIALLY THE COMMUNITY OF DISADVANTAGES, COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY OF COLORS
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SO HERE'S THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBER AND I WON'T AGAIN MUCH DETAIL OTHER THAN JUST POINTING OUT TWO NUMBERS HERE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU
ON THE EXPENSE SIDE, WE ARE 2.6 MILLION FAVORABLE TO THE BUDGET AND ALSO ALMOST 2,000,000 LOWER THAN 2020 AT THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR
SO A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER HERE, MAYBE DUE TO AGAINST THE PAYROLL AND OUTSIDE SERVICES
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SO I'M MOVING TO PORT WIDE
ALEX IN
YES, THANK YOU
SO FOR THE FIRST QUARTER TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES 27,000,000 FACE UNAVAILABLE TO THE BUDGET I MAY NEED DUE TO NOT GROUP [inaudible 02:16:58] ON THE EXPENSES SIDE THE 6.5 MILLION FAVORABLE TO THE BUDGET AND ALSO 8.7 MILLION LOWER THAN LAST YEAR
AND THE MAIN REASON IS THAT ESPECIALLY WANT TO POINT OUT, THAT COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A NUMBER OF THOSE BUDGET REDUCTION MEASURES AS WELL AS WE HAVE A PORT WIDE 167 POSITION THAT HAVE BEEN [inaudible 02:17:29] OR ELIMINATED DURING THE LAST YEAR
SO THAT'S SAVING IN THE PAYROLL SIDE
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SO FOR THE FULL YEAR, WE ARE FORECASTING 90,000,000 UNFAVORABLE TO THE BUDGET
BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT 190,000,000 OF THAT IS DUE TO THE FEDERAL BELIEF IT FROM FOR THE AIRPORT AS MORGAN MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER
ALSO, ON THE EXPENSES SIDE, WE ARE FORECASTING 1,800,000 UNFAVORABLE TO THE BUDGET AND 16,000,000 HIGHER THAN 2020
BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE PORT GOT A 17,200,000 STATE PENSION CREDIT LAST YEAR
SO IF WE ADJUSTED FOR THE 1,700,000 PENSION CREDIT, THE OPERATING EXPENSES WOULD HAVE BEEN 700,000 FAVORABLE OR BELOW THE 2020 ACTUAL
SO THAT'S CUT OVERALL FORECAST FOR THE YEARS
SO THE EXPENSES SIDE, WE ARE MANAGE IT QUITE WELL
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AND THIS IS THE PORT WIDE CAPITAL SPENDING
THE TOTAL CAPITAL SPENDING FOR THE FIRST QUARTER IS CLOSE TO 100,000,000
AND FOR THE FULL YEAR WE EXPECT TO SPEND A TOTAL OF OVER 500,000,000 OR ABOUT 95% OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR
SO THAT CONCUR REPRESENTATION
I SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE IS SOME MORE SLIDE IN THE APPENDIX IN THIS PACKAGE, AND THEN WE'LL FIND MORE DETAIL IF YOU WANT TO
AND ALSO THERE'S SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT BIT AND BE PUT IN YOUR PACKAGE AS WELL
SO WITH THAT THAT OUR PRESENTATION WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SORT OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE
WELL, THANK YOU
MICHAEL
DAN BORGAN KELLY, QUITE THE WRAP UP, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES
I'LL START THE ROLE WITH COMMISSIONERS STEINBREUCK
THANK YOU FOR THAT MOST INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION
I HAVE TO ABSORB ALL THIS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE MOVING VERY MUCH IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND MORE POSITIVE FINANCIAL STATUS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS HERE
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK PUTTING THIS TOGETHER
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO
NOTHING ON CIRCULAR SERVICES THANKYOU
THANK YOU
ANY QUESTIONS IN GENERAL? COMMISSIONER, I DID HAVE A QUESTION GOING BACK TO THE NON AERONAUTICAL TENANT RENT DEFER STATUS SLIGHT
I'M SORRY, I THINK I DIDN'T CATCH THE CHANCE TO TO ASK THAT QUESTION
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, I LIKE THEIR TEAM
FOR THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING BORGAN, I'M WONDERING IF THIS SLIDE HERE IS ESPECIALLY ON THE ADR SIDE
DOES THIS ALREADY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CONCESSION RELIEF GRANTS THAT IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE? ACTUALLY, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS
THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE DEFERRED RENT
AS PART OF THAT, THE PORT APPROVED AS PART OF OUR OWN PROGRAMS, THE FEDERAL RELIEF WILL COME IN DIFFERENTLY AND REALLY DISPLACE REVENUE, MEANING WILL COLLECT THE MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, NOT FROM THE TENANTS
SO THAT'S NOT A DEFERRAL PER SE
IT'S JUST A REPLACEMENT
BUT IT WOULD RELIEVE THE OUTSTANDING BALANCE
CORRECT? NO, IT WOULD BE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS
OKAY, SO EVEN IF WE RECEIVE THE RELIEF GRANTS FOR THE ADR, THE ADR TENANTS WOULD STILL HAVE AN OUTSTANDING BALANCE YEAH
AND I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY THE WAY THEY WANT IT
SO THAT WAY THEY CAN MAINTAIN THE DEFERRAL FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, BUT GET THE IMMEDIATE RENT RELIEF FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OKAY
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION HERE THAT I'M ASKING IS BETWEEN LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE ADR BAR BETWEEN THE GRAY BAR AND THE RED BAR
THAT THAT DIFFERENCE THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE FEDERAL RELIEF, CORRECT
THAT'S JUST WHAT'S BEEN REPAID SO FAR
OKAY
GOT IT
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
YES
STAY ON BORGAN
AND I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, TOO
AGAIN, MY QUESTION IS BORGAN SHOWED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE ANTICIPATED AT 650,000,000 AND WHAT CAME IN AT 410, WHICH IS A REDUCTION IN CASH OF SORRY, 650,000,000 IN LOST REVENUE
410 IN GRANTS
SO 240,000,000 DOLLAR DELTA THERE
HOW MUCH LOWER WERE OUR EXPENSES? IN OTHER WORDS, DID WE MAKE UP FOR THAT LOSS IN CASH WITH IN PART BY A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION EXPENSES? I IMAGINE SOME OF THOSE ARE VARIABLE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER REVENUE
SO I WOULD HAVE JUST DISAPPEARED ON THEIR OWN
BUT YOU HAVE YOU CALCULATED THAT THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO, NOT SPECIFICALLY
IT IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLEX IF OUR COST REDUCTION EFFORTS ACTUALLY REDUCE THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT AS WELL
SO THESE THINGS KIND OF WORK IN TANDEM
AND WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO IS JUST SHOW THAT COMPARED TO WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE, WHERE THE FEDERAL GRANTS HAVE NOT MADE US COMPLETELY WHOLE
BUT FROM A PURELY CASH FLOW STANDPOINT, OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT SOME PROCEDURES AND POLICIES IN PLACE TO BUILD OUR CASH LEVEL BACK UP
AND THAT'S REALLY THE IMPORTANT MEASURE
AND THAT'S BEEN A KEY PART OF HOW WE CHOOSE TO USE THE FEDERAL GRANTS
WHEN WE USE THE FEDERAL GRANTS TO REDUCE AERONAUTICAL COST, WE DON'T ACTUALLY KEEP ANYTHING WHEN WE USE IT
ON THE NON AERONAUTICAL SIDE, WE ACTUALLY BUILD OUR CASH BALANCE BACK UP
SO AS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT GRANT USE PLAN ALTERNATIVES, WE'VE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN OUR OWN INTERESTS IN BUILDING UP OUR CASH BALANCE AND ALSO MANAGING AIRLINE COSTS
AND THEN HAVE WE NEEDED AT THE OUTSET OF THE PANDEMIC, WE AUTHORIZE THE ACCESSING, I BELIEVE, IS 150,000,000 DOLLAR CREDIT FACILITY
HAVE WE HAD TO ACCESS THAT AT ALL? I DON'T BELIEVE SO
BUT I'M GOING TO DEFER TO DAN ON THAT ONE
YEAH, COMMISSIONER
WE HAVE NOT ACCESSED THAT
WE HAVE NOT HAD TO ACCESS THAT THE COMMERCIAL PAPER MARKETS ARE NOW FUNCTIONING NORMALLY
SO WE HAVE EASIER ACCESS TO OUR CP PROGRAM
SO WE HAVE NOT HAD TO ACCESS THAT LINE OF CREDIT
AND IS THERE A POINT AT WHICH WILL MAKE SENSE TO CLOSE THAT OUT, OR IS THE ONGOING COST OF THAT SO LOW THAT IT'S NOMINAL? NO, IT'S A RELATIVELY LOW COST
BUT TO CLOSE IT EARLY, THERE WILL BE SOME PENALTIES
GOT IT
OKAY
AND THEN BORGAN, I THINK I ASKED YOU THIS IN A BRIEF THING MAYBE A MONTH OR SO AGO
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE ANY RISK THAT WE WOULD LOSE BECAUSE IT'S THE ARPA AND CARES AND OTHER SORTS OF FUNDS ARE A REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES
ESSENTIALLY, WE SHOW RECEIPTS AND THEN THEY REIMBURSE US
IS THERE ANY RISK THAT WE WILL LOSE a PORTION OF THE AMOUNT THAT YOU'VE INDICATED ON HERE IS AVAILABLE TO US IN THOSE THREE RELIEF PACKAGES? I DON'T BELIEVE SO
I BELIEVE THERE'S A FOUR YEAR WINDOW TO USE THE MONEY
AND BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE'LL HAVE USED ALL OF CARES AND ALL OF CRSSA THE FIRST TWO RELIEF PACKAGES AND WILL BE DIPPING INTO THE THIRD
SO I DO NOT FORESEE THAT BEING A PROBLEM
OKAY
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, THANK YOU
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
WE'VE COVERED A LOT HERE
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION
I THINK I'M MORE INTERESTED IN WHICH WE DON'T NEED TO DISCUSS RIGHT NOW IS SORT OF WHERE WE'RE GOING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR
AND I KNOW WE'VE GOT A BUDGET RETREAT COMING UP HERE, BELIEVE IT'S NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO REALLY KIND OF FOCUS ON WHAT THE 2022 BUDGET LOOKS LIKE
BUT I GUESS WHERE I'M HOPING BASED ON THIS INFORMATION AND OUR BUDGET RETREAT, THIS STAFF CAN COME FORWARD AT THAT TIME AND REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE BIG TICKET ITEMS, SORT OF THE OUTLIERS THAT WE ALL NEED TO BE AWARE OF
SO OBVIOUSLY, WITH THIS FEDERAL FUNDING, IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR TENANTS THAT HAVE BEEN HURTING
BUT WE NOW NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEW NORMAL IS
AND ARE WE TRULY EXPECTING THINGS ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY WERE IN? 2022, BACK TO THE 2019 LEVELS
SO I THINK I'M JUST MORE INTERESTED IN THAT THAN THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS INFORMATION TODAY
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN MOVING TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? YES
THANK YOU
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE AIRPORT ACTIVITY, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE CARGO IS THE BRIGHT LIGHT THERE, AS IT SEEMS IN THE CONTAINER BUSINESS, THAT IT'S ACTUALLY 17% YEAR TO DATE IMPROVEMENT FROM 2020, BUT BUT BETWEEN 19 AND 20, IT WENT UP AND THEN 21 IT'S UP AGAIN
IS THAT AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE FORECAST, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE LANDED WEIGHT AS WELL AS THE CARGO TONNAGE, THESE ARE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THE AERONAUTICAL REVENUE SIDE
IS THERE ANY INSIGHTS ON THAT? IS THAT, AGAIN, JUST LIKE THE E COMMERCE SURGE THAT'S OCCURRING ON THE MARINE SIDE? WELL, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ORDERING THINGS AND HAVING IT DELIVERED QUICKLY, AND THAT HAS INCREASED CARGO
I THINK LAST YEAR WE WERE JUST SLIGHTLY POSITIVE
ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, THOUGH, IS THE AIRPORT, SURPRISINGLY, MAYBE DOESN'T ACTUALLY GET A LOT OF REVENUE FROM CARGO LANDED WEIGHT CARGO CARRIERS AND THE LANDING FEES THEY PAY
THAT GOES TO REDUCE THE OVERALL REVENUE REQUIREMENTS
SO, IN EFFECT, THE MORE CARGO LANDED WEIGHT, MEANING THE AIRCRAFT
IT JUST REDUCES THE LANDING FEE FOR EVERYBODY ACROSS THE BOARD
WHERE WE DO GET FEES IS FROM EITHER RENTING SPACE OR LAND AND SOMETIMES OVERNIGHT PARKING
AND THAT'S A NICE LITTLE BIT
BUT THAT'S NOT ONE OF THE PRIMARY REVENUE SOURCES OF THE AIRPORT BY ANY STRETCH
SO HOW DO YOU BREAK OUT? HOW DOES BELLY CARGO BELLY CARGO JUST ADD TO LANDED WEIGHT AGAIN? IT DOESN'T
THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM
IS THIS THE WAY ALL AIRPORTS DO BUSINESS? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SERIOUS WEAR AND TEAR ON THE AIRFIELD AND THINGS LIKE THAT
YEAH
WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT A LANDING FEE IS
WE USE LANDING FEE REVENUES AND WE CAN REINVEST IT IN OUR AIRFIELD PAYMENT PROGRAM, THINGS LIKE THAT
BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, WHEN WE CHARGE AN AIRLINE OR AN AIRCRAFT BASED ON ITS LANDED WEIGHT, IT'S THE MAXIMUM LANDED WEIGHT FOR THAT AIRCRAFT
WE DON'T WEIGH EACH AIRCRAFT
OKAY
SO IT'S A STANDARD FOR A PARTICULAR AIRCRAFT, MUCH EASIER TO CALCULATE THAT WAY
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
OKAY
I APPRECIATE THE BUT THAT DOES SEEM LIKE CARGO
WELL, IT'S A POSITIVE LINE
IT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH
BOTTOM LINE, CORRECT
I MEAN, IT SUPPORTS THE ECONOMY
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE REGION
IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN TO BE A STRONG REVENUE SOURCE FOR THE AIRPORT
VERY GOOD
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHER HANDS, MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT
OKAY, THEN I THINK WE ARE COMING TO KNOW THE NEW BUSINESS PART OF OUR AGENDA WHERE WE HAVE SOME VERY EXCITING NEW NEWS
WOULD YOU READ THAT INTO THE RECORD? YES, ABSOLUTELY
THIS IS ITEM 10, A AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE A GRAND LEASE WITH TRAMMEL CROW NORTHWEST DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP A MULTISTORY MARITIME RELATED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE FACILITY IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE AT TERMINAL 106 FOR OUR PROJECT COST OF 2,750,000 DOLLARS AND 3,100,000 DOLLARS IN INITIAL ANNUAL REVENUE
COMMISSIONERS, OUR NEXT ITEM INVOLVES REDEVELOPMENT OF OUR TERMINAL 106 PROPERTY
THIS PROJECT WILL CREATE NEW JOBS, ADVANCED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT ADVERSITY AND CONTRACTING PROGRAM
THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH TREMMEL CROW, WE WILL REPLACE A DILAPIDATED WAREHOUSE WITH A NEW FACILITY THAT CAN SUPPORT A LOGISTICS AND MARITIME INDUSTRIES TREMORS 700,000 SQUARE FOOT, TWO STORY WAREHOUSE PLAN FOR THE SITE WILL BE THE LARGEST SINGLE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING TO BE BUILT IN THE CLOSE IN IN SEATTLE
MARKET PRESENTERS ARE DAVE MCFADDEN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION
KIRA LISE, DIRECTOR, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT IN
DANIEL HEIGHT OF MANAGER, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
GOOD AFTERNOON
COMMISSIONER IS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
METRUCK, CAN I GET THE SLIDE PRESENTATION GOING? THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING DAY FOR US
WE'VE BEEN AT THE PORT MYSELF FOR ALMOST SIX YEARS, AND THIS IS THE LARGEST REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT DEAL WE HAVE BROUGHT TO YOU FOR APPROVAL
AND IT'S SIGNIFICANT, AS STEVE MENTIONED AND OTHERS MENTIONED, THIS REALLY TURNS AN OLD ASSET INTO SOMETHING NEW AND VITAL FOR US GOING FORWARD
AND I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO KIRA TO GO INTO THE DETAILS HERE
BUT BEFORE I DO, I JUST PROVIDE SOME KUDOS
DANIEL ALHADEFF WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THIS OFF THE GROUND
KIRA BROUGHT IT HOME
SHE DIDN'T START THIS, SHE WAS HIRED, AND THEN SHE SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED THIS LEASE
WE GOT A LOT OF HELP FROM LEGAL, INCLUDING JOHN MCLAUGHLIN AND MANY OTHERS, AS WELL AS OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM
THIS WAS TRULY EVERYBODY ACROSS THE PORT WORKING TOGETHER
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TURN IT OFF TO KIRA
AND WE ARE ASKING YOU AT THIS POINT TO AUTHORIZE THIS GROUND LEASE AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATED EASEMENT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS TERMINAL, SIR
THANKS, STEVE
AND THANKS, STEVE
COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE PLEASED TO BRING THIS GROUND LEASE AGREEMENT AND AN ASSOCIATED EASEMENT FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF 2 6 BETWEEN TREMOR AND THE PORT OF SEATTLE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
JUST A LITTLE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROPERTY
AND THIS IS PART OF A LARGER PARCEL THAT IS OWNED BY THE PORT OF SEATTLE
SOME OF IT UNDER AGREEMENT IN OUR NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE AGREEMENT AND UNDER LEASE ON THE WATER SIDE TO CON GLOBAL, A CARGO FACILITY
THERE ARE OTHER SMALLER TENANTS, INCLUDING THE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL FACILITY AT BUILDING W TWO AND SOME OTHER BUILDING LEASES, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY IS HELD BY THE OLDER WAREHOUSE T-106
IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
I'VE SEEN IN THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS SLIDE
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SITE WE WILL BE DISCUSSING INCLUDES THE THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY, WHICH IS DEPICTED BY A DOTTED LINE JUST NEXT TO THE CON GLOBAL SITE JUST FOR REFERENCE
AND THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED IN THE SODO COMMUNITY ALONG EAST MARGINAL WAY, ALONG WITH SOUTH OF THE WEST SEATTLE BRIDGE
AND THE ASH GROVE CEMENT PLANT IS ITS NEIGHBOR
WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A GROUND LEASE TO THE TRAMMELL CROW COMPANY AND THE ENTITY THAT THEY'VE DERIVED FOR THIS PROJECT
BUT IT WAS PART OF A COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS THAT SENT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO 30 OR MORE QUALIFIED REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA
A SHORT LIST WAS THERE BY DESIGN, AND THEN TRAMMEL CROW BECAME THE PREFERRED DEVELOPER FOR NEGOTIATION PURPOSES
WE'VE HAD A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP IN THE NEAR TERM WITH TRAMMEL CROW
THEY DEVELOPED A WAREHOUSE FACILITY AT DES MOINES CREEK NORTH THAT'S UNDER LEASE RIGHT NOW TO AMAZON AND OTHERS
SO WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNER IN TRAMMEL CROW, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, SOME OF IT DIRECTLY WITH THE PORT, AND THEY ARE IN THE NATIONAL DEVELOPER
I'M NEW TO THE PORT
I'VE WORKED WITH TRAMMEL CROW IN EVERY MARKET, INCLUDING PITTSBURGH IN PORTLAND, SO HAVE A GREAT EXPERIENCE WITH WORKING WITH THEM
NEXT SLIDE
PARTNERSHIP WILL BRING BACK OUT THE 700 PLUS SQUARE FEET, TWO STORY FACILITY
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING AT HOME
IT'S SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THE GEORGETOWN CROSSING PROJECT, WHICH WILL SHOW YOU THAT IS JUST IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD
THAT'S A THREE STORY FACILITY, 590,000 SQUARE FEET
THIS IS LARGER
THE PROLOG GEORGETOWN CROSSING PROJECT WAS THE MARQUEE INDUSTRIAL ROUTE NATIONALLY
SO WE'RE EAGER TO BE IN ON THE STATE OF THE ART AND CAPTURE THE MARKET MOMENTUM THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN THE CLOSE IN MARKET IN SEATTLE WITH THIS PROJECT AND HAVE A TERRIFIC DEVELOPER TO WORK WITH
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A TRUCK RAMP THAT GETS TRUCKS UP TO THE SECOND STORY, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE GEORGETOWN CROSSING, SIMILAR TYPES OF TRUCKS
WE EXPECT THIS TO BE A LOGISTICS ECOMMERCE FIRST MILE FACILITY
NEXT
[inaudible 02:36:22] WHEN WE FIRST CONCEIVED OF MARKETING T 106, OUR APPROACH WAS TO MAXIMIZE TRANSLOAD AND SUPPLY CHAIN BENEFITS AND MEET THE COMPETITIVE DEMANDS OF THE SEATTLE INDUSTRIAL MARKETPLACE TO ENHANCE OUR LOGISTICS AND MARITIME PORTFOLIO
WE THINK THIS PRODUCT ACTUALLY MEETS THE MARK
IT WILL SUPPORT REGIONAL LOGISTICS AND MARITIME MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH COMMERCIAL, HIGH QUALITY WAREHOUSING FACILITIES THAT COULD SUPPORT BETWEEN 650 AND 1,200 JOBS
PROBABLY THE BIGGEST BENEFIT TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND ITS MARITIME OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS IS THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INCOME THAT IS DERIVED FROM A RELATIVELY LOW COST INVESTMENT
THE DEVELOPER WILL COMMIT TO OUR PREVAILING WAGE AND APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION AND DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING GOALS, AS THEY DID WITH OUR PROJECT SEVERAL YEARS AGO
AND IT INTENDS TO ALSO WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT, PROTECT THE INDUSTRIAL LANDS FOR INDUSTRIAL USES AND ENHANCE FREE MOBILITY
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
INDEED, THE MARKET HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY STRONG FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PUGET SOUND
IN PARTICULAR
THIS IS PROBABLY AMONG THE THREE TOP MARKETS FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RIGHT NOW
SO YOU CAN JUST SEE WHAT THE TREND LINES AND FORECAST SHOW IN THE CLOSE END MARKET
THERE'S ACTUALLY NO END FOR THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT
SO IT IS A UNIQUE PRODUCT EAGERLY AWAITED ON ALL SIDES OF THE MARKET, FROM THE TENANT SIDE TO THE DEVELOPER SIDE
SO WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY THESE NUMBERS AND THESE FORECASTS
EVEN WITH THE CHANGING DIRECTION OF COVID RELIEF, CONSUMERS ARE CERTAINLY STILL POISED TO BE BUYING THINGS
THIS WAS EARLIER TO COMMENTED ON IN THE CARGO CAPACITY FOR THE AIRPORT
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO HERE'S THE NITTY GRITTY
AND AGAIN, HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCIAL SUMMARY
THE PORTION THAT WOULD BE UNDER THIS GROUND LEASE IS ABOUT 15 ACRES
THE TOTAL PROPOSED BUILDING SQUARE FEET IS ACTUALLY ABOVE THE 700,000 DOLLARS 700,000 SQUARE FEET MARK ON TWO STORIES WITH AN ANTICIPATED STABILIZED ANNUAL INCOME TO THE QUARTER OF 3.5 MILLION DOLLARS
THERE'S RELATIVELY LOW COST BASIS
THE PORT IS OWNED THIS FACILITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS
BUT ONE OF THE IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT TRAMMEL CROW WILL BE HANDLING THE DISMANTLING OF THE CURRENT WAREHOUSE AND COPING WITH ANY REMEDIATION THAT MAY BE NEEDED BEFORE BUILDING A NEW FACILITY
WE COULDN'T ANTICIPATE EXACTLY WHAT THOSE REMEDIATION NEEDS ARE, AND IT IS NOT PART OF A SUPERFUND SITE OR OTHERWISE DESIGNATED AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL LIKELY PLACE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS TO OCCUR
BUT WE HAD TO RECOGNIZE WHERE THIS FACILITY FITS
AND AS DAVE MENTIONED, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM AND ENVIRONMENTAL ATTORNEYS TO ARRIVE AT A BASIS WHERE THE TRAMMEL CROW CORPORATION, IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS DEVELOPMENT, WILL DO ANY DIRECTORY MEDIATION AND INSULATE LIABILITY FOR THAT TO SOME EXTENT TO THE PORT
IN DEFERENCE TO THAT, WE WILL OFFER THEM A 2.5 MILLION DOLLAR REMEDIATION CREDIT THAT WILL ACTUALLY JUST BE BURNED OFF AS RENT ACCRUE UNDER THE GROUND LEASE
WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY PAYING THEM 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS, BUT JUST RECOGNIZING THE ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY THAT THEY MAY ENCOUNTER IN DOING THE CONSTRUCTION TO SPEND A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY ON FEASIBILITY AND DUE DILIGENCE COSTS
BUT THE OUTCOME FOR THIS PROJECT IS QUITE HIGH, WITH THE NET PRESENT VALUE OF CASH FLOWS ANTICIPATED AT 71,000,000 IN AN INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN OF 12% IN A VERY BRIEF PAYBACK PERIOD
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
IF COMMISSION MOVES FORWARD THE AUTHORIZATION OF THIS GROUND LEASE AND ASSOCIATED EASEMENT TODAY, WE ANTICIPATE UP TO A TWO YEAR INTERVAL OF PERMITTING AND DUE DILIGENCE ON THE PORT TRAMMEL CROW, WHICH THE PORT WILL SUPPORT
THEY CAN COMMENCE EARLIER IF THEIR PERMITTING IS DONE EARLIER, SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON THE PROJECTS
MOVE THROUGH PERMITTING CONTROLS AT THE CITY OF SEATTLE
ONCE THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND THEY WILL COMMENCE THE LEASE, BEGIN DEMO AND CONSTRUCTION
THERE'S AN INTERVAL OF CONSTRUCTION RENT, AND THEN ONCE THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED, FULL RENT WILL COMMENCE
THERE IS A DIFFERENTIAL THERE HERE'S ROUGHLY THE TIMELINES WITH THE POSSIBILITY THAT IF THEY COMMENCE EARLIER, AS EVERYONE IS EAGER FOR THEM TO DO THAT, THAT THE FULL RECOMMENCEMENT WOULD HAPPEN EARLIER AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO IN SUM, WE'RE ASKING FOR COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A GROUND LEASE AND ASSOCIATED EASEMENT WITH TRAMMEL CROW FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE TERMINAL 106 WAREHOUSE, THE FACILITIES THAT WILL SUPPORT LOGISTICS IN MARITIME
AND WE SHOULD SEE A BUILDING THERE SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE BY THE END OF Q 4 2024
SO WITH THAT, I'M OPEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS PROJECT
CLERK HART WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL
ABSOLUTELY
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK FOR QUESTIONS
YEAH
I WANT TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS PROJECT
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST OUTCOMES THAT I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME
WITH REGARD TO OUR REAL ESTATE DIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES, I CAN'T THINK OF ANOTHER PROJECT IN RECENT TIMES THIS LARGE AND THIS IMPORTANT TO INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS
THE ONLY ONE THAT I KNOW OF THAT COMES CLOSE IS THE PRO LOGIS, WHICH WAS NOT OUR PROJECT, THE GEORGETOWN CROSSROADS PROJECT
THAT ONE WAS 590,000 SQUARE FEET ON THREE LEVELS
THIS IS 750
UP TO A MILLION, PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW, BUT 750
50,000 SQUARE FEET
THAT'S HUGE
AND IT SENDS A SIGNAL
THIS IS MY COMMENTARY HERE
THIS PROJECT SENDS A SIGNAL TO ALL THOSE SKEPTICS WHO SAY THAT INDUSTRIAL IS DYING IN SEATTLE
IT IS NOT DYING
IT IS ALIVE AND WELL BOTH IN INNER BAY AND IN THE DUWAMIS, AND WE NEED THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT
IT'S NOT REAL GLAMOROUS, OF COURSE, IT'S A GREAT BIG BOX
A BIG, BIG ONE IS AS BIG AS SOME OF DOWNTOWN'S LARGEST SKYSCRAPERS IN SQUARE FOOTAGE
THAT'S TRUE, BUT IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS
AND NO, IT'S NOT ADDING HOUSING
EVERYBODY WANTS HOUSING ON OUR INDUSTRIAL LANDS RIGHT NOW AND HAVE BEEN FOR NOT EVERYBODY
BUT THAT'S BEEN A THRUST OF SOME INTERESTS, SO CALLED URBANIST GOALS FOR DENSIFICATION OF THE CITY
THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES TO PUT HOUSING, VERY FEW PLACES FOR A PROJECT THIS LARGE AND FOR THIS PURPOSE UNDER THIS LAND USE LAW
THE TEAM FOR HAVING PULLED THIS TOGETHER, I DID DO MY DUE DILIGENCE WITH YOU IN A PREVIOUS BRIEFING AND FELT VERY SATISFIED THAT YOU COVERED ALL THE BASES FROM POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON SITE AND LIMITING OUR LIABILITY
THERE FINANCIAL RISK IN THE PROJECT, THE LEASE TERMS, THE MARKET MARKET RATE IN TERMS OF THE LEASE AND AS LANDLORD OF THE PROPERTY
I JUST THINK THIS IS A REALLY TERRIFIC OUTCOME, AND I THINK IT'LL BODE WELL FOR INNER BAY AS WELL, WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPER
I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE PLAN OR IF WE'LL PUT THAT OUT, BUT THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WE'RE LEADING RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT, 100,000 SQUARE FEET, MUCH TALLER THAN THIS ONE
CLEARLY, WE NEED A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIAL SPACES THAT SERVE AND SUPPORT OUR ENTIRE MARITIME INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, IF YOU WILL, FROM BALLARD, INNER BAY TO DUWAMISH, IT'S ALL INTERCONNECTED WITH THE SERVICES WITH THE WAREHOUSING, LOGISTICS, TRUCKING DEPOTS AND LIGHT MANUFACTURER
AND I HOPE TO SEE MORE DIVERSITY AND MANUFACTURING AS WELL
A SMALL MANUFACTURERS, STARTUPS, INNOVATORS, HYBRID TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT DO MANUFACTURING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND SALES ALL IN ONE
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING MORE OF THAT
I GUESS I ONLY HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE AS BIG AS THIS IN RECENT TIMES? THIS TYPE OF PURPOSE? YEAH
I THINK I WANT TO BE CAUTIOUS, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT WILL BE
THE BIGGEST SINGLE FACILITY IN THE SEATTLE IS THE MARKET IN DECADES, IF NOT EVER
IT'S IMPRESSIVE
THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE
THAT SHOWS CONFIDENCE THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THIS ALSO
AND CONFIDENCE AND FAITH IN THE FUTURE
YEAH
THE REDIRECTION OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS HAS ALLOWED THESE CLOSE END PRODUCTS TO BE SO IMPORTANT TO CITIES THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA, AND THEY'RE HARD TO DO
THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION BEING AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND NOTING IT HAD THESE ASSETS AND WANTED TO PUT IN THE PLAY, REALLY MAKE THIS WORK
SO IT IS A PARTNERSHIP, INCLUDING THE COMMISSIONERS THAT'S TRY THIS ONE
LAST COMMENT WITH REGARD TO GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT KIND OF POLICY AND PRACTICE HERE, IT IS GOOD THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE BUILDINGS WITH THIS KIND OF USE HERE, CLOSE IN TO THE AREAS THAT THEY SERVE, AS OPPOSED TO PUTTING THEM OUT IN GREEN FIELDS IN THE OUTSET, WHICH IS WHAT SOME PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO DO, SEND THEM OUT SOMEWHERE ELSE
BUT THAT'S JUST EXACERBATES TRANSPORTATION
IT DESTROYS LAND, GREENFIELD LANDS AND ALL THE REST
SO IT'S REALLY GOOD THAT WE CAN CENTER THESE KINDS OF USES IN THE CITY LIKE THIS
THAT'S ALL, SIR
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
STEINBRUECK MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO
I THINK PETER COVERED IT AS COMMENDED TEAM FOR THIS GREAT STRATEGIC INITIATIVE
AND I THINK THAT TO ECHO PETER SENTIMENTS, PRESERVING INDUSTRIAL LAND, BUT ALSO SHOWING THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE STILL WORKING WATERFRONT AND A LOT OF NEED FOR INDUSTRIAL SPACE IS REALLY GOOD
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE
AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND PUTTING THIS DEAL TOGETHER
THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS, TRAMMEL CROW, IS IT? YEAH
REALLY EXCITED TO ONE DAY GO IN AND SEE THIS WAREHOUSE
YEAH
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
COMMISSIONER CALKINS FOR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OF STAFF
DOES THAT WORK NOW? YES
OKAY
GREAT
THE THING THAT WE COVERED IN THE BRIEFING THAT I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT IN PUBLIC, TOO, IS JUST THIS IS A VERY LONG TERM LEASE, 50 YEARS OF POTENTIAL OPTION
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE BUILDING IT FOR WHAT WE'LL NEED IN THE BEST OF OUR ANTICIPATED EDUCATED GUESS, NOT JUST NEXT YEAR, BUT IN 20 YEARS, 40 YEARS, ET CETERA
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HOPING THAT TRAMMEL CROW, AS THE TENANT ON THIS PROJECT, WILL REALLY CONSIDER IS HOW DO WE BUILD A FACILITY THAT SERVES A POST FOSSIL FUEL ECONOMY? WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE MAJOR, IF NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT TENANT, AND A LOT OF DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AROUND HERE IS ALREADY COMMITTED TO GOING ALL ELECTRIC IN THEIR VEHICLE FLEET BY 2040, I BELIEVE SO
IF THEY BUILD A BUILDING THAT CAN'T CHARGE TRUCKS, IT MAY BE OBSOLETE BEFORE THEY KNOW IT
SO I REALLY HOPE THAT TRAMMEL CROW WILL THINK ABOUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO PUT IN NOW, WHETHER THAT'S POWER SUPPLY OR THE HOOKUPS IN THE BUILDING SO THAT THEY CAN ATTRACT THE TENANT OF 2040, NOT JUST THE TENANT OF 2022
2023
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT
YEAH
I WONDER TRAMMEL CROW'S MARK MIDLAND IS STILL ON THE LINE THAT CAN TALK TO THAT STILL HERE
YEAH
HI, KARA
STILL HERE
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES
COMMISSIONER CALKINS, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY WE LOOK AT AS INVESTORS IS WHAT WE CALL FUTURE PROOFING THE BUILDING
AND SO THAT IS VERY MUCH ON OUR MINDS, JUST AS LONG TERM INVESTORS AND LOOKING TO THE FUTURE FOR TENANTS, THAT IS CERTAINLY ON OUR MIND
AND AS YOU'VE NOTED, THAT IS CERTAINLY THE WAY THINGS ARE MOVING
SO POWER TO THE BUILDING WILL BE A HUGE COMPONENT AS WE'RE KIND OF WORKING THROUGH FINAL DESIGN
BUT YOU HAVE
OUR ASSURANCE IS THAT WE AS MUCH AS ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS THING IS VIABLE FOR THE LONG TERM NATURE OF THE LEASE
THANKS
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
COMMISSON BOWMAN, THANK YOU
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND SUPPORT THE PROJECT AT LARGE
THE QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE, THOUGH I DON'T THINK I SAW THEM IN THE PRESENTATION
I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER THIS BUILDING IS BEING CONSTRUCTED
IS THERE A COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT THAT'S BEEN CONTEMPLATED ON THIS PROJECT? AND WE HAVE THOSE ON OUR PORT OF SEATTLE PROJECTS
BUT OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A GROUND LEASE
AND THEN IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE APPRENTICE AND PRE APPRENTICE, AND THEN ALSO I NOTICED THAT THERE'S A COMMITMENT TO PREVAILING WAGE
BUT HOW MIGHT THAT IF THERE'S NOT A COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT, HOW WOULD THAT BE REGULATED OR MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE IN PLACE? BECAUSE WE KNOW SOMETIMES THERE'S ISSUES, NOT INTENTIONAL, BUT WHERE SOME SUBCONTRACTORS AREN'T PAYING PREVAILING WAGE
SO CAN YOU HELP ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS? HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS
THANKS
WE DO NOT HAVE A COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT IN PLACE ON THIS PROJECT
WE SAT DOWN AND TALKED TO TRAMMEL CROW ABOUT THIS
WE PROVIDED ENCOURAGEMENT TO CONSIDER A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT
BUT BASED ON THE EXPERIENCE THEY HAD AT SEATAC AND THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROJECT AND THE SMOOTH CONSTRUCTION, THEY FELT LIKE THEY COULD PROMOTE LABOR HARMONY ON THE T-106 PROJECT
FOR THE REST OF IT, THEIR EXPERIENCE ON THE SEATAC PROJECT
THEY FILED THE DAVID WITH LABOR AND INDUSTRIES TO SHOW THAT THEIR SUBS AND CONTRACTOR WILL PAY PREVAILING WAGE
WE ALSO MONITOR APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION AND HAVE FOR THE LAST TWO GROUND LEASE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE ADMINISTERED
SO WE HAVE THE MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO BOTH, I THINK, MONITOR THE WAGES, MONITOR THE APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING OUR CONSTRUCTION POLICY
THANK YOU, DAVE
I APPRECIATE THAT
SO IF I'M HEARING YOU PROPERLY, OUR STAFF IS GOING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITORING THE APPRENTICE AND PRE APPRENTICE
OKAY
THAT'S RIGHT
WE HIRE A SEPARATE CONTRACTOR WHO WILL MONITOR THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT FROM START TO FINISH
OKAY
THANK YOU
WELL, I APPRECIATE THE DIFFERENCE
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOR ANYBODY'S WATCHING A PLA AND A CWA, AND ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS OF A COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT IS HIRING WORKERS FROM THE AREA
AND I GUESS BECAUSE I LIVE IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND I UNDERSTAND THIS AREA REALLY WELL, AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT'S WHAT YOU GET OUT OF THE COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT
THINGS LIKE PRIORITY HIRE THAT WE'RE HIRING THE WORKERS FROM THE MOST DISADVANTAGED ZIP CODES IN OUR AREA, ONE OF WHICH IS WHERE THIS PROJECT IS BEING BUILT
SO IF SOMEBODY COULD SPEAK TO THAT, I'D APPRECIATE IT
YES, WE HAVE NO COMMUNITY WORK FORCE AGREEMENT ANTICIPATED FOR THIS
BUT DULY NOTED, I DON'T BELIEVE WE COULD HAVE A COMMUNITY WORKFORCE AGREEMENT WITHOUT A PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT
SO, AGAIN, WHAT WE DID IN OUR AIRPORT PROJECTS IS WE MADE SURE THAT THEY WERE PAYING PREVAILING WAGES, AND THEN WE'RE PROVIDING APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE MONITORED BOTH OF THOSE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
AND THOSE ARE GREAT
PLEASE DON'T GET ME WRONG
ETHER, TWO LEGS OF THE STOOL, THE THIRD ONE, AS WE'RE COMING OUT OF THIS RECOVERY, AND WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO HAVE THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS ABOUT ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE TALKING TO COMMUNITY ABOUT INEQUITABLE RECOVERY
AND AT THE FRONT AND CENTER OF THAT ARE COMMUNITIES OF COLOR THAT ARE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES
AND I KNOW I APPRECIATE THE COMMITMENT OF PREVAILING WAGE
I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH AND THE COMMITMENT TO APPRENTICE AND PRE APPRENTICE
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING FOR WORKERS THAT ARE IN WASHINGTON STATE, NOT WORKERS COMING FROM IDAHO
SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF WHERE MY CONCERN IS ON THIS, AND MAYBE TRAMMEL CROW IS WILLING TO JUST TOUCH ON THAT
SO IF NOT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THESE THINGS AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR JOBS, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE LOOKING FOR WORK ARE THE ONES FIRST IN LINE TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS
MARK, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT
YEAH
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, I CAN JUST SAY THAT FOR ALL OUR INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS, AND MOST OF THE STUFF, FRANKLY, THAT'S DONE IN AND AROUND THE SEATTLE AREA IS USED IS USING LOCAL LABOR IN CONTRACTORS, CERTAINLY INSIDE THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND MORE LIKELY EVEN CLOSER IN AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROJECTS
SO I THINK UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE WITH THIS PROJECT
IT CERTAINLY HASN'T WITH OUR OTHER PROJECTS
OKAY
WELL, MAYBE THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN MONITOR THAT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD
AND THE REASON I BRING IT UP, I WAS OVER THE HOLIDAYS BACK AT THE END OF THE YEAR, I WAS COMING THROUGH A SMALL AIRPORT IN CALIFORNIA AND ACTUALLY MET AN IRON WORKER THAT LIVES IN CALIFORNIA, BUT WAS WORKING ON THE KEY ARENA PROJECT BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH IRON WORKERS IN THE AREA
AND SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PROBLEM
BUT I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR HOW MANY WORKERS WERE COMING FROM OUT OF STATE TO WORK ON SOME OF THESE BIG PROJECTS
THAT IN AND OF ITSELF COULD POTENTIALLY BE A DIFFERENT PROBLEM IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS
BUT WHEN WE DO AGAIN, I THINK THIS COMMISSION HAS BEEN PRETTY SOLAR IN ITS COMMITMENT TO WANTING TO PROVIDE JOBS FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE OUT HERE
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THAT
THANK YOU
WE'LL EXPLORE WAYS TO MONITOR THAT, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, TO LET YOU KNOW
OH, THAT'D BE GREAT
THANK YOU
KARA, I APPRECIATE THAT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN BACK TO YOU
WELL, THANK YOU
AND IT IS A VERY EXCITING PROPOSAL AND PROJECT TO GO FORWARD
I JUST CAN'T HELP BUT LOOK AT THE THE VAST IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAT IT REPRESENTS
AND NOW I KNOW IT'S BEING BUILT IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA THAT IS GOT VERY LITTLE PLACES FOR THINGS TO ABSORB TO BEGIN WITH
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT OF THIS THE SAME SIZE AS THE BUILDING IS BEING RUN DOWN AND JUST MULTIPLE STORIES BECAUSE IT'S USING THE SAME FOOTING? RIGHT? MORE OR LESS
MARK, YOU HAVE IT'S MORE OR LESS THE SAME
YEAH
COMMERCIAL TELLING THEM THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT, I BELIEVE, IS JUST OVER 550,000 SQUARE FEET OF THE EXISTING BUILDING
SO THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING ITSELF WILL BE SLIGHTLY SMALLER TO GIVE ROOM FOR SOME TRUCK COURTS IN THE BACK
IT IS THE TWO STORY NATURE THAT GETS GETS THE ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE SO YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT IS ROUGHLY TO 350,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER WAY OF LOOKING AT IT, WHICH UNTO ITSELF IS A GREAT THING
AND THE WHOLE IDEA IS A NOVELLY, WONDERFUL USE OF LAND
I'M JUST WONDERING, LIKE I SEE HERE LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE SLIVER OF NON BUILT PROPERTY TOWARDS THE WEST FOR TOWARDS THE RIVER
IS THERE ANY PLACE TO PUT SOME SORT OF RETENTION OR ANY KIND OF GROUND PENETRATION IN THIS PROJECT AT ALL? NOT REALLY, FRED
THE BUILDING IS CAPTURING MOST OF THE BUILDABLE AREA FOR THE NEW PROJECT
SO WHAT IS THAT SPACE TOWARDS THE CON GLOBAL? IS THAT TRAVELING? THAT'S WHERE THE TRUCKS ARE SPINNING AROUND? YEAH, VERY GOOD
AND SO WITH ALL THAT VAST ROOF, NO SOLAR CELLS OR ANY SORT OF GREEN ROOFING
MARK, YOU WITH A COMMENT? NO, ACTUALLY THAT ROOF WILL BE SOLAR READY ROOF DESIGN FOR INSTALLATION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS
SO WE'RE MAKING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THAT
EXCELLENT
ALRIGHT
WELL THEN IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, LESS COMMISSION STEINBRUECK, DO I SEE YOUR HAND? I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THAT GOAL OF GETTING MORE SOLAR UP
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO JOIN THE CITY COUNCIL CLAN THERE FILMING AND PASS LAWS THAT REQUIRE IT
NOW, I TRIED TO GET GREEN ROUTES ON EVERY NEW BUILDING
WE HAD SOME SUCCESS DOWNTOWN, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIG THING TO TAKE ON, BUT IT'S THE RIGHT THING IN THE LONG TERM, SO I APPRECIATE THAT THEY'RE SETTING UP, YOU KNOW, PLANS FOR THE POTENTIAL HOOK UP IN THE FUTURE
I ALSO JUST WANT TO ECHO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN COMMENTS, WHICH I THOUGHT WERE EXCELLENT
I DID ASK THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT IS THIS ANY DIFFERENT WITH OUR OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS REGARDING PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS, APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION, PREVAILING WAGE, ET CETERA
BUT SHE MADE A GOOD POINT ALSO ABOUT LOCAL HIRE AND THE PRIORITY HIRE UNDER A COMMUNITY WORKFORCE
I THINK THIS IS A GREAT COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING HERE
LET'S SEE, THERE WAS ONE MORE THING HERE
I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS
SO I THINK, YEAH, I KNOW WHAT IT WAS
KNOW HOW MANY JOBS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT, BOTH CONSTRUCTION AND LONG TERM
I ASSUME THEY'LL BE FAMILY WAGE JOBS, MARK
SO ON THE CONSTRUCTION SIDE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE CODED THAT I HAVE BETWEEN 650 ON 1,200 HUNDRED WHEN IT'S STABILIZED AS A POTENTIAL
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHO THE SUB TENANTS ARE, SO IT'S HARD TO PROJECT
MARK, DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON A CONSTRUCTION? WHAT LABOR
I KNOW WE HAD GATHERED THAT DATA
I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK ON THE RECORD
I KNOW WE HAD GATHERED THAT DATA OR WHEN WE HAD SUBMITTED RFP, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD FOLLOW UP WITH
WELL, IT'S JUST GOOD TO KNOW
ALWAYS
THANK YOU
WELL, THANK YOU, MARK, FOR HELPING FILL IN THE QUESTIONS
LISA AND KIRA AND DAVE FOR YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND PULLING UP SUCH A BIG PROJECT AND MAKING US ALL PROUD
THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS
IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 10 A? I MOVED TO APPROVE SECOND SECOND
OKAY
YOU'LL FIGURE OUT WHO DID THIS SECTION THERE FOR EACH OTHER TO APPROVE THIS ONE
INITIATE TO COMMISSIONER CHO
THAT'S WHO I HEARD FIRST
ALL RIGHT, GOOD
JUMP FALL
OKAY
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION, PLEASE, IF YOU WANT TO, LET'S JUST GO TO A VOTE ON THE MOTION BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONERS IN BROOK
YES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AYE THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ELEMAN
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU
YOU HAVE FIVE YESES AND ZERO NOS FOR THIS MOTION
THEN THE MOTION PASSES
SO NOW THANK YOU AGAIN
WE'RE EAGER TO GET STARTED
I KNOW MARK AND I COULDN'T WAIT TO GET TO PERMITTING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A CLEAR GLIDE PATH IN A SHORT CONSTRUCTION WILL BE UP AND RUNNING NO TIME
OKAY, SO WE'RE RUNNING ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR LATE
I'M GLAD WE PULLED THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, BUT NOW WE'RE ON TO ITEM 11 PRESENTATIONS AND STAFF REPORTS
GO AHEAD AND READ THAT INTO THE RECORD
PLEASE READ IT INTO THE RECORD AND THEN A METRUCK
INTRODUCE IT
THIS IS ITEM 11 A IS THE EQUITABLE RECOVERY PANEL BRIEFING, COMMISSIONERS
I RECOVER
IT CONTINUE TO BE OUR FOCUS AS WE PLAN FOR OUR 20 AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH 2021 AND THEN INTO OUR 2022 BUDGET PLANNING
THIS BRIEFING WILL COVER WITH PRESENTATIONS FROM WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR CITY, COUNTY AND STATE PARTNERS DOING IN THAT REGARD, AS WELL AS TIE IN SOME OF THE OTHER REGIONAL EFFORTS YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER THIS YEAR IN ORDER TO GIVE YOU A FULLER PICTURE AS WE GO AHEAD AND OUR PLANNING FOR 2022 AND BEYOND
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DAVE MCFADDEN TO INTRODUCE OUR PANEL AND TO PRESENT
THANK YOU, DAVE
YEAH, HERE I AM AGAIN
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
LET'S GET THE DECK GOING
THIS IS REALLY A FOLLOW UP BRIEFING TO THE BRIEFING YOU HAD FROM FEBRUARY FEATURING GREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND THE WASHINGTON TOURISM ALLIANCE
WE'LL SPEND A MOMENT PROVIDING UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH THEIR PLANS OR INITIATIVES SINCE THEY SPOKE TO US IN FEBRUARY
BUT REALLY, WE'RE GOING TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO OUR GUESTS WHO HAVE JOINED US AND HEAR ABOUT THEIR RECOVERY INVESTMENTS AND INITIATIVES
AND WE'LL START WITH PAMELA BANKS
SHE'S THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S DIRECTORY RECOVERY AND EQUITABLE INVESTMENT, AND SHE'S ALSO AN INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
SHE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ASHTON ALLISON AND KATE BECKER FROM KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE OFFERS
ASHTON IS DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RECOVERY, AND KATE IS CREATIVE ECONOMY DIRECTOR
FINALLY, CHRIS GREEN IS JOINING US
SHE'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND HE'LL OUTLINE SOME OF THE STATE'S RECOVERY INITIATIVES
SO WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH A QUICK CONNECT DOTS PRESENTATION FROM ME AND BOOKTS TO JUST PROVIDE YOU UPDATES, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO RIGHT TO PAM, AND THE FORMAT WILL BE WE'LL HEAR A SPEAKER, THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO IN AND ASK QUESTIONS SIMILAR TO OUR FEBRUARY SESSION
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SO I FEEL THE STAKES ARE INCREDIBLY HIGH AND I AM NOT ALONE
A LOT OF FOLKS LOOK ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND FEEL LIKE THE DECISIONS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF RECOVERY ARE PIVOTAL THIS YEAR AND NEXT, WILL WE JUST ENJOY A BRIEF STIMULUS OR TRULY SEE A NEW TRAJECTORY OF INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH? AND SO THE QUESTION I THINK WE NEED TO BE ASKING OURSELVES IS WHICH PLACES WILL MERELY SPEND THEIR MONEY AND WHICH PLACES WILL INVEST IT
AND I'M HOPING WE ARE LEADING A CHARGE TOWARDS AN INVESTMENT PLATFORM THAT RAISES OUR BOATS EXCELLENTLY ACROSS KING COUNTY
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SO THE FIRST PERSON PEOPLE YOU HEARD FROM WAS GREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS, WHO PUT IN A REGIONAL THREE COUNTY EQUITABLE RECOVERY PLAN TOGETHER
THEY REALLY THINK DID A GREAT JOB OF CREATING A CASE FOR EQUITABLE RECOVERY, BASICALLY SAYING THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GOOD JOBS OR SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE WITHIN THE BIPOC COMMUNITY
WE ARE FAILING TO REALIZE THE POTENTIAL OF OUR TALENT POOL
AND SO AS YOU COMPARE THE SEATTLE METRO AREA TO OTHER AREAS, WE CLEARLY HAVE A GAP
AND AS MUCH AS WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING ALONG STRONG UNTIL COVID CAME ALONG, THE PANDEMIC REVEALED A REALLY PREEXISTING CRISIS IN GREATER SEATTLE, A CRISIS OF INCLUSIVITY AND EQUITY
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SO AS THEY PUT THE FRAMEWORK TOGETHER, THEY CAME UP WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT RECOVERY INITIATIVES
THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE A LOT OF DETAILS OR SPECIFICS AROUND THAT
THEY'RE HOPING THAT A NEWLY FORMING GROUP, PARTNER FOR PROSPERITY, WILL BE A BACKBONE GROUP THAT WILL HELP PROVIDE THE MEAT TO THE BONES OF THESE IDEAS AND HELP MOVING THEM FORWARD
THIS GROUP WILL INCLUDE RESEARCH EXPERTISE, CERTAINLY KEY INDUSTRY INPUT, BUT ALSO AT PROJECT MANAGERS AND REALLY SOME OF THE CORE PARTNERS THAT ARE STARTING TO STEP TO THIS TABLE INCLUDE URBAN LEAGUE, THE SEATTLE CHAMBER INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
WE HAVE BEEN, AT LEAST IN THAT CONVERSATION, ALONG WITH THE PUGET SOUND REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
SO THIS GROUP IS NOW TAKING THESE RESPONSIBILITIES FORWARD TO GET INTO THE SPECIFICS AND THRIVE SOME OF THESE EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES FORWARD
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I'D ACTUALLY GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE
EXCUSE ME
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HEARD ABOUT BRIAN MCCALLEN'S DEPARTURE, AND I THINK THAT DOES THROW A LITTLE QUESTION MARK INTO WELL, WHERE ARE THE NEXT STEPS AND WHO'S GOING TO BE THE PERSON IN THE CENTER OF THIS RING? CHAMPION THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO
I FEEL THAT GREATER SEATTLE PARTNERS HAS A GREAT LEADERSHIP QUOTIENT AROUND THE TABLE AND CAN CARRY THIS WORK ON
BUT WE WILL MISS BRIAN IN THE MIDDLE
AND THERE ARE EVEN QUESTIONS IN MY MIND ABOUT HOW FAST WHAT SHAPE AND FORM THIS WILL TAKE GOING FORWARD
SO MORE TO COME ON UPDATES FROM THE WASHINGTON TOURISM ALLIANCE
THEY ARE WELL DOWN THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
THEY'RE TAKING A REGIONAL APPROACH RIGHT NOW
THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT REGIONS AROUND THE STATE, OFFERING TECHNICAL SYSTEMS, REALLY BUILDING CAPACITY, MAKING SURE WE HAVE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR TOURISM PROMOTION AND THAT WE'RE READY TO RECEIVE TOURISTS AND TRAVELS IN ALL PARTS OF THE STATE AND CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT
WE'RE A CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS
THIS IS FEATURES AGAIN, A LOT OF WORKSHOPS, BUT THE FOLKS ATTENDING THE WORKSHOPS CAN GET GRANTS FROM THE TA TO IMPLEMENT THEIR INITIATIVES
A LOT OF TEAM BUILDING HERE ACROSS THE STATE TO RE STITCH OUR TOURISM DESTINATION ORGANIZATIONS BACK TOGETHER
THEY WERE HIT HARD LAST YEAR, AND SO I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO REESTABLISH THE FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS HERE
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THE OTHER THINGS THEY GOT IN MOTION IS REALLY THE BEGINNING OF A TRAVEL PUBLICITY PROGRAM, REALLY TRYING TO GET THAT EARNED MEDIA
THE PUBLIC RELATIONS THAT BOLSTERS TRAVEL FROM THE US AND CANADIAN AIR MARKETS WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF IMPLEMENTING THAT
THAT WILL CONTINUE
WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO GET BACK IN THE SALES CHANNELS
ATTENDING TRADE SHOWS IS ON THE HORIZON
SO WE'RE STIRRING IT UP, SAYING WASHINGTON IS TWO REOPENING FOR THAT VISITOR EXPERIENCE
WHAT'S REALLY STILL ON HOLD IS THAT MULTI MEDIA ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN NOT QUITE HOT ENOUGH, NOT QUITE HEALTHY ENOUGH TO BEGIN DOING THAT, BUT WE'RE POISED READY TO GO
AND WITH SIGNALS ANYWAY, THAT WASHINGS REOPENING, I DON'T SENSE THAT WILL BE TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE BEFORE WE WANT TO START MAKING INVESTMENTS THERE
SO WITH THAT, I THINK THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BOOKTA
THANK YOU, DAVE
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
GOOD AFTERNOON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, THIS IS BOOKTA GHEISAR, DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BIT OF AN UPDATE ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND SOME OF THE PROGRESS THEY'VE MADE ON THEIR EQUITABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS
SINCE MARIE CAROSA'S BRIEFING A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WDC IS LEVERAGING FEDERAL DOLLARS FROM THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY DOLLARS AND ALSO 1,000,000 FROM JP MORGAN TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGIONAL PLAN
THEY ARE ALSO REALLY BEING VERY THOUGHTFUL IN GETTING A LOT MORE COMMUNITY INPUT INTO THE REGIONAL PLAN
THEY ARE DOING AN IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE SUMMIT COMING UP ON MAY 26 TH, GETTING A LOT OF INPUT FROM ORGANIZATIONS SERVING IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS COMMUNITY LEADERS
THEY'RE ALSO SPECIFICALLY LEADING SUMMIT ON THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR, LOOKING AT THE ISSUES OF REPRESENTATION FROM BIPOC COMMUNITY IN TECHNOLOGY SECTOR AND HOW THEY WANT TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT GROWING THE BIPOC POPULATION IN TECHNOLOGY
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PLEASE
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS AND NUMBERS ON THIS SLIDE
IT'S A LOT, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT THE FOUR PILLARS THAT GSB AND WDC PRESENT IN THEIR FRAMEWORK AS METRICS FOR PROGRESS AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY, THE OUT OF WORK, THE LOW WAGE WORKERS, THE UNDEREMPLOYED AND THE MISSING ENTREPRENEURS
I HAVE BEEN HARD AT WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WORKFORCE TEAM AND DAVE MACFADDEN'S TEAM AND HIMSELF AND REALLY TRACKING OUR DATA TO LOOK AT SOME OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2020 AND SOME OF WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO ACCOMPLISH AND THE RESULTS THAT WE PLAN TO SEE THIS YEAR
SO I DON'T WANT TO REVIEW EVERY ONE OF THESE LINES BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE AMAZING SPEAKERS THAT YOU'RE WAITING TO HEAR FROM, BUT I THINK SOME OF WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE IS THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS IN BRINGING PEOPLE INTO ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS AT THE PORT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS PAGE WITH PORT JOBS ON THE FIRST LINE AND THEN IN LOW WAGE ARE EFFORTS TO MOVE PEOPLE UP TO UPSCALE PROVIDE TRAINING EFFORTS
AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT FOR WORK TO LOOK AT THE EQUITY ON OUR SPENDING IN OUR INVESTMENTS, TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH ARE WE PUTTING EFFORTS INTO MOVING PEOPLE INTO, BY THE WAY, LOW WAGE, BY THE DEFINITION OF GSP AND THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE IS AT 18 DOLLARS AND UNDER EMPLOYED IS 25 DOLLARS
OUR EFFORTS TO MOVE PEOPLE UP THROUGH THE PIPELINES AND THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND OUTREACH, TRAINING AND RETENTION
THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE
HERE ARE THE CONTRACTS WITH URBAN LEAGUE AND NEW AND IRON WORKERS AND THE ROUTE MARITIME COLLABORATIVE, THE INTERNSHIPS PLACE WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE IN MARITIME CAREERS
THAT'S 90% BIPOC
I KNOW YOU RECENTLY HAD A BRIEFING ON OUR WINES AND THE STATUS OF OUR WMBE, SO I WON'T GET INTO THAT
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I THIS IS JUST THE CONTINUATION OF THESE FOUR PILLARS ON HOW I'M LOOKING AT IT, WITH OUR TEAMS AS PRIORITY HIGHER, AN APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT MORE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE THAT'S BEHIND ALL OF THESE NUMBERS
BUT WHAT I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING TO NOTE IS THAT 30 PROJECTS ON APPRENTICESHIP UTILIZATION IS PRODUCING THE NUMBERS THAT WE WANT TO SEE AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WOMEN IN APPRENTICESHIP POSITIONS
AND THE THREE PROJECTS ON PRIORITY HIRE, CERTAINLY WHERE I SEE SOME ROOM FOR US TO GROW
AND BELOW IN THE APPRENTICESHIPS AND INTERNSHIPS ARE THE APPRENTICESHIPS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE IN MARITIME AND AVIATION MAINTENANCE INSIDE THE PORT, THE HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS
AND THEN OUR AMAZING NEW OPPORTUNITY YOUTH INITIATIVE, WHICH WE ARE DOING AGAIN THIS SUMMER
AND LAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO ENGAGE 196 YOUTH IN TRAINING PROGRAMS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING THAT FOR ME, AS I TRACK THESE NUMBERS WITH THE HELP OF ALL OF OUR PORT TEAM AND HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH DAVE MCFADDEN, AND THESE ARE THE THREE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT JUMP OUT AT ME AND THAT I WOULD LIKE TO STAY ENGAGED WITH STEVE AND ALL OF YOU COMMISSIONERS AS WE GO INTO OUR BUDGETING PROCESS
CERTAINLY
ONE QUESTION IS, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO DO THE GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY? SOME OF THE EXAMPLES THAT GSP AND WDC POINT TO IS INCREASED GOALS AND TARGETS FOR CAREER PATHWAYS, APPRENTICESHIPS AND MORE WMBE CONTRACTS
HOW DO WE REALLY ENHANCE SOME OF WHAT WE'RE DOING? ENHANCE APPRENTICESHIPS INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE FOCUS ON GSP INITIATIVE ON EARN AND LEARN STRATEGIES, WHICH WE'RE DOING A LOT MORE OF IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE, FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET A STIPEND AS THEY ARE EARNING CREDIT
AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT MORE CAN THE PORT BE DOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC RECOVERY, WHICH IS GSP? AND THEIR FINAL PRESENTATION HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
SO THANK YOU
I KNOW THAT I'M GOING THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY, BUT I'LL SHARE ALL OF THESE DATA WITH YOU, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DAVE MCFADDEN
AND I GUESS THE REASON I RAISED MY HAND IS THAT THE TREMENDOUS PUBLIC COMMENT I'VE GOT A SPEAKER THAT'S GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME HERE
SO COMMISSIONER FILM AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF WE TURN THE MIC AND THE PRESENTATION RIGHT OVER TO PAMELA BANKS THIS TIME
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE HER SPEAK
AND WE'RE GLAD WE GOT TO NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE TIME TO DO A Q AND A WITH HER APOLOGIES
WE LOST SOME TIME WITH ME
OKAY
MY PLEASURE TO BRING PAMELA INTO IT AND WILL USE THE TIME AND SHE HAS AVAILABLE
WE REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US TODAY
AND I THINK OUR CLERK HAS YOUR DECK ALL READY TO GO
AND IF WE COULD JUST SPEND A FEW MOMENTS LEARNING A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING AT CITY HALL, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL
AND THANK YOU
THANK YOU, DAVID
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR HAVING ME TODAY
THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR ME
I PUSHED MY NEXT APPOINTMENT TO 3:45
SO I HAVE A UNTIL 3:45 HEARTSTOP
OKAY, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DID WANT TO BEFORE I START, LIKE DAVE SAID, I WAS HIRED TO BE THE RECOVERY AND EQUAL INVESTMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WHICH WAS A NEW POSITION TO WORK ON THE RECOVERY OF OUR PHENOMENAL CITY AFTER COVID AND THEN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP IN TO BE THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH I WANTED TO SAY I WAS SO EXCITED THAT I GOT TO HEAR ABOUT THIS INDUSTRIAL MARITIME PROJECT WITH TRAMMEL CROW
I WANT YOU TO KNOW AS THE OED DIRECTOR, THAT IS A KEY INDUSTRY FOR THE SEATTLE AREA, AND IT'S A GROWTH INDUSTRY AS FAR AS JOBS
SO TO SEE THIS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENED ON INDUSTRIAL MANS, THE CITY HAS BEEN IN A YEAR LONG PROCESS AROUND EIS TO PRESERVE INDUSTRIAL, ASK FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS
AND I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK THE PORT OF SEATTLE FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP
IT'S GOING TO REALLY ENHANCE WHAT GOES ON IN THIS AREA AROUND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK MY COMMISSIONERS, DEFINITELY BOWMAN, FOR BRINGING UP AND SPEAKING TO THE IMPORTANCE OF HIRING PEOPLE IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, BUT ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN MARGINALIZED
AND I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTO LIVING WAGE CAREERS IS WHAT YOU CALL THEM NOW
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR FOCUSING ON THAT BECAUSE IT GETS SO LOST WHEN WE DO MAJOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS
AND WE'RE HIRING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF STATE WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINED, SITTING IN OUR PRE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS OR WAITING TO GET IT INTO A APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND THE LIKE
AND AS THE FORMER SEAL OF THE URBAN LEAGUE, THEY GOT INTO THAT
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SEATTLE COMMISSIONERS, YOUR STAFF FOR BEING ON TOP OF THOSE ISSUES
NOW ONTO EQUITY RECOVERY, THE CITY OF SEATTLE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR FOCUS TO RECOVER FROM COVID EXASPERATED HUGE NUMBERS OF INEQUITIES THAT ALREADY WERE PRESENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTED OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR WORK IS PARTICULARLY OUR BLACK AND INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES
OUR EQUAL RECOVERY EFFORTS ARE AIMED TO BUILD A THRIVING CITY WITH AN INCLUSIVE ECONOMY WHILE ALSO IMPLEMENTING INTENTIONAL STRATEGIES THAT MEET THE VERY NEEDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR COMMUNITIES
AND WE TALK ABOUT INTENTIONAL STRATEGIES
WE'RE SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT WAYS IN STRATEGIES AND PROCEDURES OR POLICIES THAT WE CAN THAT WE CAN SET UP THAT ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM
AND THAT IS A KEY TO OUR ECHO COVID
WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD BACK THE SAME AS WE WERE IN 2019
WE NEED TO BUILD BACK BETTER
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM AND POLICY PROCEDURES THAT WERE EXPOSED
THAT EXASPERATED WHAT COVID HAS DONE TO BLACK AND INDGINOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES
SO OUR ECHO RECOVERY EFFORT IS READY INTO ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE DOING ALL THIS WORK THROUGH A RACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE LENS
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WE HAVE THREE RECOVERY TIME FRAMES AND WE FOCUSED ORIGINALLY ON RECOVERY, LOOKING AT STRATEGIES THAT WE COULD IMMEDIATELY DO THAT WOULD ADDRESS INITIATIVES AND REOPENING OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
THESE WERE A LITTLE SHORT TERM STRATEGIES BECAUSE THERE WEREN'T PEOPLE VACCINATED
AND SO WE HAD SET UP A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM THAT FOCUSED ON STABILIZATION
SO WE GAVE OUT OVER 1 400 STABILIZATION GRANTS IN 2020 OUR NEAR TERM STRATEGIES
WE'RE FOCUSED ON COORDINATING WHAT A NEW NORMAL WOULD LOOK LIKE
WE COULDN'T REALLY START IMPLEMENTING YOUR TRIP STRATEGY
SO WE HAD MASS VACCINATIONS AND WE'RE ON THE WAY TO THAT GOAL
THE MAYOR TOLD US TODAY THAT WE ARE SEATTLE AND TWO OTHER CITIES
SHE WOULDN'T SAY WHAT THEY WERE ARE TIED FOR THE MOST VACCINATED PEOPLE IN THE COUNTRY
AND THEN OUR LONG TERM STRATEGIES, WHERE ARE TO ADDRESS MULTI YEAR ISSUES THAT WE DON'T KNOW THE LASTING IMPACT OF COVID ONE COMMUNITIES AND THE CHANGING NATURE OF OFFICE WORK
BUT WHAT I FIND VERY FASCINATING IS I WAS GIVEN THIS PRESENTATION OUT AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN RECOVERY SPECIFICALLY AND MENTIONED THAT WE WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING THIS HUGE NUMBER OF OFFICE SPACE AND THAT WE DIDN'T THINK THAT WE START SEEING LEASE UPS FOR THREE TO 5 YEARS
AND THEN I HAD A COUPLE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS CALL ME AND TELL ME, NO, YOU'RE WRONG
THEY'RE SIGNING 10 YEAR LEASES ON OF SPACE DOWNTOWN
AND THEN TO HEAR YOUR PRESENTATION AROUND TRAMMEL CROW WITH THIS 50 YEAR PROJECT
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT OUR LONG TERM STRATEGIES ARE LOOKING TO BENEFIT IT QUICKER THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED
SO THE RECOVERY TIME FRAMES ARE GOING TO SHIFT
LIKE I SAID, AROUND VACCINATIONS AND WHATNOT REOPENING
BUT I THINK WE'RE ON A REALLY GOOD PATH
AND IT'S REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT LIKE I SAID, THAT TRAMMEL CROW PROJECT NEXT SLIDE PLEASE OUR POTENTIAL REVENUE STREAMS WE CANNOT HAVE AN EQUITY COVID UNLESS WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY TO LEVERAGE ALL OUR AVAILABLE RESOURCES
SO WE IN SEATTLE, ARE REALLOCATING CITY RESOURCES TO FOCUS ON EQUITY RECOVERY
I HAVE SHIFTED THE ENTIRE WORKFORCE IN THE OPPOSITE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS
MY ENTIRE STAFF WILL FOCUS ON RECOVERY FOR DOWNTOWN EFFORT
SO OUR DEPARTMENT IS LEADING THE EFFORT FOR THE CITY ON ECONOMIC RECOVERY
WE ARE GETTING FEDERAL STIMULUS DOLLARS
WE ARE IN NEGOTIATION WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL RIGHT NOW ON HOW THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE ALLOCATED
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT AND SUPPLEMENT THESE INVESTMENTS
AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS 100,000,000 DOLLARS, WHAT WE CALL AN EQUITY INVESTMENT COMMUNITY FUND THAT'S GOING TO FOCUS ON BIOP COMMUNITY
AND THEN WE LOOK AT PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE ASSOCIATION AND ABOUT 32 OTHER EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
THAT OUR FOCUS ON THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY ON REACTIVATING AND ENHANCING WHAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN, BRINGING OFFICE WORKERS BACK
TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER
SO ALL THOSE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS, WE'LL CREATE A MORE ECHO RECOVERY FOR OUR CITY
AND I'M REALLY EXCITED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK WITH DAVE AND HIS TEAM ON HOW THE PORT OF SEATTLE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THIS EFFORT
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
AGAIN, OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS BRINGS OUR GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY, BUSINESSES, PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS TOGETHER TO REVITALIZE THE ECONOMIC AGE, THE CITY AND FOSTER INNOVATION AND THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES, CULTURE AND RETAIL
SO AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN SEATTLE BUSINESS CORE AS THE HEARTBEAT OR THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF OUR CITY
IT PRODUCES OVER 47% OF THE TAX BASE OF THE CITY BUDGET OVER 2,000,000,000 DOLLARS
IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR CITY OPERATING
WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOCUSES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOWNTOWN THROUGH PUBLIC SPACE ACTIVATION AND THE COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVATION, AND THEN ENHANCE OUR WORK WITH SMALL BUSINESSES WITH DIRECT FUNDING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND SO WE'RE DOING A VARIETY OF THINGS WITH THIS EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDER GROUP THAT IS FOCUSED ON DOWNTOWN AND THEN A SEPARATE, SEPARATE STRATEGIES THAT ARE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT THE CITY
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO THE SECOND PILLAR IS COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
AGAIN, ENSURING THAT CITY AND OUR PARTNERS ARE INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES THAT ALL SEATTLITES HAVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY
AND ONE OF THOSE STRATEGIES, AGAIN, ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY IS ENSURE THAT WE ARE PREPARING A WORKFORCE THAT IS PREPARED AND READY TO TAKE ON JOBS AND BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON WORKFORCE THAT WE CAN DO RETRAINING AND THE LIKE FOR WORKERS THAT WERE IN LOW WAGE JOBS
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND SMALL BUSINESS TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REOPEN AND RESTRUCTURE AND GROW
AND THEN WE HAVE A CONTINUED RESPONSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD
AS WE KNOW ONE OF OUR FUNDING CYCLES IS TWO YEARS
AND SO WE WILL BE DOING THIS WORK ALL THE WAY FOCUSED ON THROUGH 2024
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO AGAIN, OUR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION EFFORTS ARE FOCUSED ON WORKING WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS, BRINGING DOWNTOWN SEATTLE BACK TO LIFE
OUR GROUP IS FOCUSING ON IMPROVING SAFETY, ENSURING THAT KEY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD, THE COMPLETION OF CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA, THE CONVENTION CENTER, THE DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR WORKERS, OUR VISITORS OR RESTAURANTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS ARE COMING BACK TO DOWNTOWN, AND WE WANT TO CREATE ROOM FOR INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY IN THE ARTS, CULTURE AND RETAIL
SO WE ARE PLANNING A SERIES OF WE HAVEN'T NAMED IT YET, BUT IT'S COME BACK FUN PLAY DOWNTOWN WORK DOWNTOWN IN JULY
IN SEPTEMBER, THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT ARE DEDICATED INTO BRINGING SEATTLE AND TOURISM BACK TO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS CORE
AGAIN, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOU WANT TO SEE HOW THE PORT OF SEATTLE CAN JUMP START OR COME AND WORK WITH US AROUND THOSE TWO WEEKS TO BRING PEOPLE BACK INTO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS CORE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
AGAIN, OUR DOWNTOWN [inaudible] STRATEGIES HAVE GUIDING PRINCIPLES
I TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC ENGINE OF SEATTLE
OUR TASKS, BASICALLY ARE TO LOOK AT WAYS WE CAN ACTIVATE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS
AND SO WE HAVE DEFINED DOWNTOWN SEATTLE AS THE SEATTLE CENTER CLIMATE PLAGE ARENA SOUTH LAKE UNION ALL THE WAY TO THE STADIUM DISTRICT, FROM THE WATERFRONT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER
AGAIN, THESE STAKEHOLDERS ARE WORKING ON ACTIVATION AND PROGRAMMING IN EACH OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS
WE WILL BE HAVING A MARKETING PLAN, BEAUTIFICATION PLAN, AGAIN, FOCUSED ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE BIPOC COMMUNITY AND THE HOSPITALITY TOURISM INDUSTRY THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT WERE LAID OFF
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE FOR IT TO GET BACK UP THERE, THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INTO LIVING WAGE CAREERS OR RETRAINING
AND THEN AGAIN, ADDRESS EMPTY COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE SPACE ON GROUND FLOOR
WE ARE COMING UP WITH SOME REALLY CREATIVE IDEAS FOR THAT SPACE
SO WE HAVE OUR DEPARTMENTS LOOKING AT TEMPORARY USE PERMITS AND JUST REALLY TRYING TO GET CREATIVE TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE EYES ON THE GROUND AND THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
IN ADDITION, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE ARTS AND CULTURAL, SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
THAT INDUSTRY HAS BEEN HIT EXTREMELY HARD
THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO SHUT DOWN THE VENUES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE LAST TO OPEN UP
SO DEVELOPING STRATEGIES AND TO ENSURE THAT THAT INDUSTRY COMES BACK STRONG
AND AGAIN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THAT ALL THESE STRATEGIES DEPEND ON [inaudible] WIDE SCALE VACCINATION THE NEXT SLIDE FROM THE FINDING
SO AGAIN, WE ARE WORKING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC STRATEGIES
WE ARE WORKING IN INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY, THE OFFICE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
WE HAVE A LOT OF DATA WHERE WE HAVE DEFINED WHAT WE CALL OUR EQUITY NEIGHBORHOODS
WE LOOKED AT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS AND DOCUMENT THE DEVASTATING IMPACT THAT THE END ACROSS THAT ROSE UP DURING COVID
AND SO WE KNOW WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS GOT HIT HARDEST AND ARE GOING TO DEFINITELY WORK WITH THE KEY STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS
WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL
WE HAVE CREATED THESE EQUITY DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO WORK WITH BIPOC BUSINESS OWNERS
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE BIAS AND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY GROUPS THROUGHOUT SEATTLE ON SIMILAR STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE WORKING IN DOWNTOWN
SO WE HAVE A FOCUS ON THE ENTIRE CITY
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE
AND I KNOW I TALKED REALLY FAST, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL TIME TO ASK ME QUESTIONS
WELL, THANK YOU, PAMELA
I JUST WANT TO WONDER WHAT YOU DO WITH ALL YOUR FREE TIME
WELL, IT'S VERY INTERESTING, ACTUALLY, WORKING FROM ATLANTA
I'M ACTUALLY MOVING BACK TO SEATTLE, SO I'VE BEEN FLYING
SO I'VE BEEN IN THE AIR FORCE SEATTLE
I LOVE OUR SEATTLE AIRPORT IN ATLANTA
VERY EFFICIENT
SO I'M IN SEATTLE TWO WEEKS
I'M HOME IN ATLANTA A WEEK AND THEN BACK TO SEATTLE
AND THEN I WILL BE MOVING BACK TO SEATTLE FULL TIME IN AUGUST, AS I DO A LOT OF WORK ON THE PLANE
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE IN CONTINUOUS MOTION
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
COULD WE TAKE SOME TIME OF YOURS BEFORE YOU HAVE TO RUN OFF TO A QUESTION? ABSOLUTELY
DAVE, COULD YOU ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO HAND IT BACK TO MICHELLE JUST TO GO INTO THE COMMISSIONERS
THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONERS STEINBREUCK, I THINK PETER COMMISSION, STEINBRUECK HAD TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK
A COMMISSIONER CHO
YEAH
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY AND FOR YOUR PRESENTATION ON THE CITY'S EFFORTS
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IN YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON HOW YOU FEEL, LIKE HOW YOU FEEL THE PORT OF SEATTLE COULD UNIQUELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY'S EFFORTS AND GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHERE WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO AND WE'LL JUST WORK TOGETHER A PARTNER ON THIS RECOVERY EFFORT
THANK YOU FOR THAT
DAVID AND I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT EARLIER ON
ONE OF THE WAYS IS DEFINITELY THESE ACTIVATION WEEKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN JULY AND SEPTEMBER, AND PROBABLY BECAUSE JULY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER
BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GUYS ARE FRAMING COMING BACK TO WORK, BUT I KNOW IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS POLICY WHERE THERE WERE ABOUT 350,000 OFFICE WORKERS IN DOWNTOWN SEATTLE PRIOR TO COVID
APPARENTLY THERE'S ABOUT 15% OF THAT NUMBER WORKING
AND I HAD ASKED DSA AND THE CHAMBER WHAT WOULD BE A GREAT NUMBER THAT WE WOULD WANT TO WHAT WOULD BE SUCCESS THIS YEAR? AND THEY SAID GETTING ABOUT 30% OF THAT 350 BACK
SO WE WANT TO TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST 100,000 PEOPLE BACK WORKING IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS CORE, THAT WOULD BE SUCCESS
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IF YOU ALL ARE PLANNING OR ARE YOU GUYS IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT HOW YOU BRING YOUR WORKERS BACK? IN ADDITION, WE'RE GOING TO DO A BIG SALMON HOMECOMING IN SEPTEMBER, SUPPORT THAT
AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THE PORT TO BE A PART OF THAT AS WELL
WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME WATERFRONT CONCERTS AT 62
SO AS MUCH AS YOU CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES, THAT WOULD REALLY HELP US AND REALLY WE SUPPORT CRUISE INDUSTRY COMING BACK
MY HUSBAND IS A GRAMMY AWARD WINNING JAZZ GUITARIST, AND ALL OF OUR WORK STOPPED FOR IN THE LAST 16 MONTHS
SO THE BIGGEST THING THAT HE HAS COMING UP IN 2020 IS A TWO WEEK CRUISE
SO WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE THE CRUISE INDUSTRY TO COME BACK
IT'S VITAL TO THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY TO THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY OF MY HOUSEHOLD
AND THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PIECE, I HAVE TO SAY, IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ENSURING IT
I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING WITH THE URBAN [inaudible] POLICY
SEATTLE REALM WORKFORCE
WE HAVE SO MANY FOLKS AND YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT REALLY WORKFORCE TRAINING AND REALLY GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THAT INDUSTRIAL MARITIME INDUSTRY
I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THAT INDUSTRY IN MY LAST TWO MONTHS AS THE OED DIRECTOR AND FOLLOWING THIS EIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER COMMISSIONER PETER STEINBRUECK, IN PEOPLE WANT TO BUILD HOUSING ON INDUSTRIAL LAND
AND I'M GOING TO GO ON THE RECORD, NO, WE NEED INDUSTRIAL, A MARITIME MANUFACTURING ON INDUSTRIAL
AND IF YOU TALK TO FOLKS IN THE UNION AND PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THAT INDUSTRY, THEY DON'T WANT TO LIVE WHERE THEY WORK
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE REALLY THINK ABOUT IT
DO YOU WANT TO HEAR THE TRAINS? DO YOU WANT TO HEAR THE TRAIN? SO LET'S GET REAL PEOPLE
WE NEED HOUSING, BUT WE DON'T NEED IT ON INDUSTRIAL
NEW YORK TIME
MY AND SUPPORT THAT EIS PROCESS FOR THAT WOULD BE GREAT
THAT IS EXCELLENT
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ALIGNED ON A LOT OF THINGS
AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS AND TAKEAWAYS FROM COVID 19 IS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO LIVE WHERE WE WORK
SO DEFINITELY
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
CHO MOVE TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
YEAH
THANK YOU
AND THANK YOU, PAMELA, FOR COMING TO SPEAK WITH US TODAY
IT REALLY IS GREAT TO HEAR YOUR REALLY GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON WORKFORCE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY PERSPECTIVES FROM THE CITY OF SEATTLE
YOU'VE JUST BEEN TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR PASSION OF MINE, WHICH IS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND FOCUSED ON THOSE AREAS WHERE EITHER FOLKS HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY FURTHEST FROM EDUCATIONAL JUSTICE OR COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT HAD ACCESS TO IT
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT HOW IF KIDS CAN'T SEE A CAREER, THEY CAN'T BE IN THAT CAREER
AND SO WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON THROUGH THINGS LIKE THE MARITIME COLLABORATIVE, THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT COMMISSIONER BOWMAN HAS REALLY SPEARHEADED
HOW DO WE GET KIDS THINKING ABOUT THESE CAREERS WELL BEFORE THAT TIME WHEN WE NEED TO HIRE THEM, BECAUSE IT REALLY TAKES A DECADE TO GET PEOPLE PREPPED FOR THIS
SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WAYS THAT THE PORT, THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE STATE CAN POOL OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON YOUNG WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR, TO GET INTO THESE CAREERS
AND I ALSO THINK WE NEED TO REINVIGORATE THE PRESTIGE AROUND TRADES CAREERS THAT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN ONE OF THE HURDLES TO GETTING PEOPLE INTO THESE CAREERS THAT ARE BETTER PAYING, MORE STABLE, THEIR FUTURE PROOF IN SO MANY WAYS THAT CAREERS THAT YOU MIGHT PURSUE WITH BACHELOR LAUREATE EDUCATION ARE NOT
WE WANT KIDS MOVING INTO THOSE CAREERS IN MARITIME AND CONSTRUCTION ARE TWO OF THE BEST EXAMPLES
AND NOW, AS WE EXPAND CAREERS IN THE GREEN ECONOMY THAT ARE MUCH THE SAME WAY
SO I HOPE ON A STEP AT THE STAFF LEVEL AND BETWEEN ELECTEDS, WE ARE THINKING ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW DO WE COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS? BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN DO A LOT MORE TOGETHER
AND WE HAVE GREAT EXAMPLES
I THINK OF A NEW APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM OR PRE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM THROUGH THE TRADES
THAT IS SOMETHING WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE IDEA THAT SOME VERSION OF THE AMERICAN JOBS PLAN IS GOING TO PASS THAT'S GREAT NEWS
AND THEN MY FIRST THOUGHT, THE ONE THAT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT IS NOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE SKILLED WORK READY TO BUILD ALL THOSE BRIDGES TO REINFORCE ALL THE PORT, TO CREATE THAT NEXT GENERATION OF GREEN JOBS? WE GOT TO GET THE TRAINING PROGRAMS GOING RIGHT NOW
SO THANK YOU AGAIN
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY AND ADVANCING THESE PROGRAMS I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT
AND I THINK THAT YOUR HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS RIGHT ON TARGET
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE SEATTLE PROMISE PROGRAM
SO WE ARE FOCUSING ON INTERNSHIPS FOR SEATTLE PROMISE STUDENTS BECAUSE, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU DON'T NEED TO GET A BA DEGREE TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION
I KNOW YOU NEED SOME TYPE OF DEGREE TO GO INTO THEM INDUSTRIAL MARITIME, BUT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
I THINK THAT THAT'S OUR BEST BET
AND SO, AGAIN, THAT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM YOU HAVE IS AMAZING
I LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I WANT TO GET THE YOUNG PEOPLE
LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A 10 YEAR PROCESS
SO WE GET THEM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND START TRAINING THEM UP TO LOOK INTO THOSE INDUSTRIES
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT COOPERATION, PARTICIPATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH US TO
AND I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO SARAH SHEER, WHO IS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT, WHO HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY LIAISON BETWEEN MARITIME AND INDUSTRY AND THE CITY OF SEATTLE
AND I CAN'T PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT MARITIME HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH SHE HAS BEEN A HUGE BOOSTER FOR, AND IS ONE OF THOSE EXAMPLES OF A PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO GET KIDS INTO THESE FUTURE PROOF CAREERS IN THE TRADES IN PARTICULAR
YEAH
I WAS GLAD TO SEE THAT COME AFTER AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL
THAT'S AMAZING
SO, AGAIN, KUDOS TO THE PORT FOR THAT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
HI, PAMELA
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
GOOD TO SEE YOU
AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SERVE ON THE REVITALIZATION COMMITTEE
IT'S BEEN GREAT
I'M ON THE MARKETING COMMITTEE, AND OUR TEAM IS DOING A LOT
AND TO COMMISSIONER CHO QUESTION, YOU HAVE THE PORT COMMITMENT TO HELP WITH REACTIVATING, PARTICULARLY THE WATERFRONT
BUT LET'S CONNECT THE WATERFRONT WITH DOWNTOWN AT THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, AS OUR MARKETING COMMITTEE IS PUTTING TOGETHER SOME IDEAS TO FEED UP TO THE LARGER GROUP
IT WAS REALLY WHY I JOINED THE COMMITTEE
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PORT, QUITE FRANKLY, OWNS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE PART OF THE RECOVERY EFFORTS
SO COUNT US IN
WE'RE THERE 100%
BUT BLESS YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING IT
SO IT'S A BIG TASK
IT REALLY IS
I APPRECIATE THE STORY YOU TOLD THIS MORNING ABOUT HELPING OUT THAT THE NEW ETHIOPIAN COFFEE SHOP
AND I KNOW HOW HARD THAT IS
YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU HELP THEM GET THEIR BUSINESS LICENSE AND JUMP THROUGH THE HOOP
AND WE REALLY NEED PEOPLE WITH YOUR COMMITMENT
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT
THANK YOU
I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET PORT INFORMATION OR JUST THE INDUSTRIAL JUST REALLY PORT IN MARITIME INFORMATION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS STITCHES
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN CONNECT, BUT THAT'S ONE THING THAT I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF ON IT
IF A NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS DISTRICT IS GOING TO DO COME SHOP THIS DAY IN RAINIER BEACH AREA IS LIKE, WHAT WE COULD DO TO KIND OF ADVERTISE OR SHOW WHAT THE PORT DOES IS I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND THE PORT AND ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT IS WE'RE MARKETING OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DEFINITELY WANT TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF
SO THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONER STEPHANIE, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, IS COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK BACK ON THE LINE WITH US? MOVING TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
I THOUGHT YOU WERE COMING BACK FOR, BUT THANK YOU, PAMELA
I JOINED THE CHORUS OF YOUR FAN CLUB
I DO I DO WANT TO FOLLOW UP FURTHER ON THE CONNECTING TO THE WATERFRONT
OUR WATERFRONT, LIKE A LOT OF CITY WATERFRONT, BECOME REALLY TARGETED FOR TOURISM, WHICH WE ARE IN THAT BUSINESS
BUT WITH ALL THE INVESTMENT THAT'S GOING INTO RECONNECTING THE CITY TO THE WATERFRONT, IT'S MORE OF A YEAR ROUND THING AND MORE OF THAT CONNECTIVITY THAT, IN FACT, THE WHOLE WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT PLAN
WE WERE ALL, LIKE, WATCHING THE VIADUCT COME DOWN WITH GREAT ANTICIPATION AND DISRUPTION
BUT NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE VISION THING
AND I THINK THERE'S A REALLY A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY EXCITE PEOPLE BY THAT
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND
WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? AND THEY COULD REALLY BE, YOU KNOW, A GREAT DEMONSTRATION OR DOG AND PONY SHOW OF SORTS THAT WOULD REALLY GET YOU ENVISION THIS HERE
AND OBVIOUSLY, ONE OF THE KEY LANDMARKS WILL BE THE REVITALIZED AQUARIUM
AND WE'VE TALKED TO SOME OF THE FOLKS AT THE AQUARIUM WHERE, LIKE, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT YOU LOOKING OUT OVER ELLIOTT BAY, MAYBE LOOKING FOR WHALES, BUT YOU GOT THESE CRANES STICKING UP IN YOUR HEAD
WELL, WHAT DO THEY DO? AND I WAS REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN REALLY INTEGRATE IT'S SIGNAGE AND INTERPRETIVE THINGS, NOT JUST HAVING, LIKE, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
WE SHOULD SEE BEAUTY IN THE RUST
I JUST MADE THAT UP, ACTUALLY
BUT HONESTLY, THERE'S A GROWING OPPORTUNITY FOR APPRECIATION
AND OBVIOUSLY, ONCE YOU'RE NOT ALIENATED FROM IT, CAN YOU THINK ABOUT, WELL, MAYBE I COULD WORK THERE THERE, TOO, BUT IT'S REALLY, I THINK, A CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORT TO LOOK AT THE WATERFRONT FOR RESIDENTS AND HOW TO GET FOLKS DOWN THERE ON THEIR OWN
AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SHOW YOUR VISITORS THE WATERFRONT
BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE REVITALIZATION FOR THE DOWNTOWN WILL BE WHEN PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THE WATERFRONT IS THEIRS, TOO
I THANK YOU FOR THAT, COMMISSIONER PIER
I TELL YOU, THE FIRST VISIT THAT I CAME TO SEATTLE, IT ACTUALLY WAS A SUNNY SATURDAY, AND I ACTUALLY CAUGHT LITE RAIL INTO TOWN
AND I WENT AND BOUGHT MY LUNCH AND SAT AT PIER 62 AND HAD LUNCH
AND I TELL YOU, BECAUSE I WORKED IN THE NICKELS ADMINISTRATION WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT VIADUCT COMING DOWN AND TO BE AWAY FOR THREE YEARS AND THEN COME BACK, I GET CHILLS TALKING ABOUT THIS TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO THE QUIETNESS BEING ON THAT PROPERTY
IT REALLY BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES
SO THAT CONNECTIVITY PIECE ABOUT HOW WE GET LOCAL PEOPLE AND THIS IS EVEN LOCAL PEOPLE TO GO TO THE PIKE PLACE MARKET
I MEAN, I'M A DOWNTOWN SHOPPER
I LIVED IN A CENTRAL DISTRICT
I'M GOING TO BE RELOCATING TO COLUMBIA CITY, BUT I SHOP AND DO EVERYTHING DOWNTOWN
SO I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
THAT THAT'S WHY I'M SUCH A BIG CHEERLEADER DOWNTOWN COMING BACK, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK DOWNTOWN AND NOT SEEING TINTS ON THE SIDEWALKS AND FEEL SAFE
SO I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGES FOR SEATTLE IS AS THAT WATERFRONT GETS BUILT UP
THAT IS NOT A TOURIST
IT'S NOT A TOUR
WELL, IT'S A TOURIST DESTINATION, BUT IT'S ALSO A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE BECAUSE IT SURE IS GOING TO BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE ONES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE CONCERTS GET STARTED
SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME
IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, DAVE KNOWS HOW TO REACH OUT
I'D LOVE TO COME BACK AND TOUCH BASE WITH YOU ALL AGAIN LATER IN THE FOLLOW, OR MAYBE RIGHT BEFORE WE START THIS ACTIVATION WEEKS AND AGAIN, LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY
THANKS AGAIN FOR HAVING ME THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU
I APPRECIATE IT
MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT, BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SEGMENT, I JUST WANT TO DO A TIME CHECK AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW WE ARE AT 3:45
GREAT
SO, DAVE, WE HAVE CHRIS AND THEN WHO ELSE IS LEFT? WE'VE GOT TWO MORE PRESENTATIONS
RIGHT
OKAY
AND CHRIS GREENS NEXT UP
NOPE
I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE ASHTON ALLISON AND KATE BECKER FROM KING COUNTY
AND SO IF THEY COULD STEP UP TO THE DIE AND WE'LL GET YOUR SLIDE DECK READY AND WE'LL JUMP RIGHT INTO IT
EXCELLENT
WELL, THANK YOU, DAVE
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY
WE HEAR YOU
ACTUALLY
YESES
WELL, ON BEHALF OF KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE CONSTANTINE AND THE COUNTY SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM, THANK YOU, DAVE, BOOKTA AND COMMISSIONERS FOR INVITING US TO SPEAK TODAY
FOR THOSE WHO I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET BEFORE, I'M ASHTON ALLISON, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND RECOVERY DIRECTOR FOR THE KING COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE
AND IN ADDITION, TO BEING THE CENTRAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR AT THE COUNTY
I ALSO STAFF EXECUTIVE CONSTANTINE ON THE THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY
AND I'M ALSO INVOLVED IN OUR LOCAL AND REGIONAL WORKFORCE SYSTEMS AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE PORT PARTNERSHIP ON OUR WORKFORCE INITIATIVES
AND I'M VERY GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY WITH MY COLLEAGUE IN THE EXACT OFFICE, KATE BECKER, CREATIVE ECONOMY AND RECOVERY DIRECTOR, WHO I BELIEVE IS COUNTY'S FIRST ECONOMIC OR CREATIVE ECONOMY STRATEGIST AND LAUNCHED OUR FIRST CREATIVE ECONOMY INITIATIVE
KATE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TO SAY A FEW INTRO WORDS? YES
HELLO, COMMISSIONERS
SO HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US WE'RE ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED TO TALK WITH YOU AND EXPLORE POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS
GREAT
SO WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE
AS I MENTIONED, TO CO PRESENT THE COUNTY'S EQUITABLE ECONOMIC RECOVERY STRATEGIC PLAN, WHICH IS EMBEDDED IN THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EXECUTIVE PRIORITY, WHICH KATE AND I ARE CO LEADING
THE EXECUTIVE PRIORITIES ARE A SET OF IMPORTANT INITIATIVES THAT EXECUTIVE CONSTANTINE HAS SET FORTH AS PART OF HIS AGENDA
AND AS CO-LEADS, KATE AND I ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SHEPHERDING AND TRACKING THIS BODY OF WORK COUNTY WIDE WITH COLLEAGUES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS THAT TOUCH ECONOMIC AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND RECOVERY AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH SEVERAL OF OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS
THIS PRIORITY REPRESENTS THE BLENDING OF WHAT WAS IN PRE COVID TIMES LONG, LONG AGO, SEPARATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CREATIVE ECONOMY PRIMARIES
SO MOVING FORWARD, THEY WILL BE COORDINATED TOGETHER
WE'LL MOVE QUICKLY
I KNOW WE HAVE SOME TIME CONSTRAINTS, BUT UNDERSTAND THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END AND JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE DIE FULLY IN, WE CAN'T OVEREMPHASIZE THE OBVIOUS, REALLY, AND THAT THIS IS A HUGE AND NEW BODY OF WORK, NOT ONLY FOR THE COUNTY BUT FOR OUR LOCAL AND REGIONAL PARTNERS IN OUR NATION AS A WHOLE
THIS IS NO ORDINARY ECONOMIC PROCESSION
THIS IS A ONCE IN A CENTURY, PANDEMIC INDUCED ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT IS POISED TO AFFECT GENERATIONS OF OUR KING COUNTY RESIDENTS AND CHANGE OUR REGION FOREVER
AND ALSO, COINCIDENTALLY, THERE'S A PANDEMIC SIZED OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TO WORK FOR OUR BENEFIT
SO IT'S JUST REALLY BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING FOR US TO SEE OUR PARTNERS LIKE THE PORT STEP UP AND COME TOGETHER TO WORK IN UNISON AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS MEETING IS CERTAINLY A REFLECTION OF THAT SPIRIT
KATE AND I ARE PART OF A SMALL BUT SCRAPPY CORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF THREE OF THE COUNTY AND CO-LEAD AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY TASK FORCE OF ABOUT EIGHT FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS WHOSE FUNCTIONS BLEED INTO THE ECON RECOVERY WORKSPACE
AND THIS I WILL SAY THIS SLIDE IS FRESH OFF THE DIGITAL PRESSES OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES, COMMUNICATION SHOP
IN FACT, YOU ALL MAY BE THE FIRST TO SEE IT, I'M NOT SURE, BUT THIS IS THE NEW KING COUNTY EQUITABLE RECOVERY BRAND, WHICH EMBODIES THAT SAME SPIRIT THAT I JUST MENTIONED OF COLLABORATION, PARTNERSHIP AND ALIGNMENT
AND YOU'LL PROBABLY BE SEEING THIS MORE OFTEN
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KATE
TALK MORE ABOUT THE NEW KING COUNTY CREATIVE BRAND
SO THIS LOOKS A TYPICAL FROM OUR USUAL KING COUNTY BRAND, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO RESONATE WITH THE PEOPLE WE'RE WORKING ON BEHALF OF
IN APRIL OF 2019, EXECUTIVE CONSTANTINE HIRED ME TO LAUNCH THE COUNTY'S FIRST CREATIVE ECONOMY INITIATIVE
IT'S A NEW BODY OF WORK FOR THE COUNTY, AS ASHTON REFERENCE
BUT YOU ALL MAY KNOW THE EXEC IS A HUGE FAN OF THE CREATIVE ECONOMY OF ALL THINGS ARTS AND CULTURE, AND HE IS NOT SHY ABOUT THAT AT ALL
SO HE LITERALLY LURED ME FROM THE CITY WHERE I WAS LEADING THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S CREATIVE ECONOMY STRATEGY, LEADING THE OPPOSITE FILM MUSIC NIGHTLIFE AND SPECIAL EVENTS TO COME OVER TO THE COUNTY AND LAUNCH A NEW INITIATIVE THERE
AND THEN LESS THAN A YEAR LATER, THE PANDEMIC HIT
BUT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN LAUNCHING OUR FILM INITIATIVE IN THE FALL OF 2019 AND WE ARE REALLY CENTERING OUR WORK IN EQUITABLE FILM AND MUSIC PRODUCTION
THAT IS THE CENTER OF OUR CREATIVE ECONOMY STRATEGY IS KEEPING PEOPLE, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED OR DISENFRANCHISED, WORKING IN OUR CREATIVE ECONOMY
SO WHEN WE SAY CREATIVE ECONOMY, WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARTISTS, OF COURSE, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT WORKING CREATIVE, THE PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK IN THE PRODUCTION INDUSTRY, SMALL BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUAL CREATIVE WORKERS, AS WELL AS THE LARGE ARTS AND CULTURE ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE OUR MAJOR EMPLOYERS OF THE CULTURAL WORKERS IN OUR REGION
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE SAY A CREATIVE ECONOMY
AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS AS WE MOVE THROUGH OUR SLIDES
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
ALRIGHT
WE WILL START WITH A QUICK SNAPSHOT AND TIME OF THE COUNTY'S CURRENT COVID INDUCED ECONOMIC IMPACT ACROSS ALL SECTORS
AND I SAY QUICKLY, I'LL SAY I'LL MOVE VERY QUICKLY AND THEN I WANT TO HAND IT OFF TO KATE TO TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CREATIVE ECONOMY IMPACT
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL IMMEDIATELY SEE A LOT OF DOWN ARROWS, WHICH I WON'T COME AS A SURPRISE TO INTERVIEW
AND I DOUBT THAT THE TERM SOBERING AND UNPRECEDENTED HAVE CROSSED YOUR PATH OVER THE LAST 15 MONTHS, BUT THEY'RE VERY ACCURATE IN DESCRIBING WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH
THIS PANDEMIC IMPACT HAS BEEN UNLIKE ANYTHING WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS RECESSIONS
AND LIKE I SAID, I WON'T READ THESE LINE BY LINE, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS
AND NUMBER ONE, THAT IS, WE'VE SEEN LOSSES IN ALMOST EVERY CATEGORY AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN EMPLOYMENT IN PARTICULAR HAS SEEN THE WORST DECLINES THEN THE DEPTH OF THE GREAT RECESSION
ALTHOUGH WE'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT GAINS IN MANY SECTORS SINCE THEN, WE'RE NOT BACK TO 2019 LEVELS
NUMBER TWO, THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT YOU'VE LIKELY BEEN HEARING AND AS WE'VE HEARD ON THIS PRESENTATION, BUT IN TERMS OF JOB IMPACTS, LOW AGE AND BIPOC WORKERS ARE BEARING THE BRUNT OF THIS CRISIS, AND THAT IS VERIFIED IN UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS WHICH CONFIRM THESE DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS ACROSS POPULATIONS
THERE IS ONE BRIGHT SPOT, BUT IT'S KIND OF A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD FOR THOSE OF US WHO OWN HOMES IN THAT HOME VALUES HAVE CONTINUED TO RISE
AND WHILE THAT'S A GOOD THING IN TERMS OF EQUITY, IT CONTINUES TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON OUR HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ISSUES
AND ON THAT LAST BULLET, I'LL JUST MENTION THAT AROUND 60% OF JOB LOSSES ARE CONCENTRATED IN THREE SECTORS, WITH ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 35% OF THOSE TOTAL LOSSES IN LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY AND ALONE, WHILE MOST SECTORS HAVE SEEN DECLINES OF AT LEAST 6%
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO OUR CREATIVE ECONOMY, IN FACT, IS SIGNIFICANT NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF JOBS AND BUSINESSES INVOLVED, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF ITS RELATIVITY TO TOURISM, OUR REGIONAL BRAND, ALL OF THAT
SO THESE FIRST TWO STATISTICS ARE STATEWIDE, AND THE BULK OF WASHINGTON'S CREATIVE ECONOMY IS INDEED CENTERED IN KING COUNTY
BUT OUR CREATIVE ECONOMY WAS 8.4% OF OUR GSP PRIOR TO COVID AND SIGNIFICANT LOSSES ACROSS THE STATE, BUT WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM BEING HERE IN KING COUNTY
SO WE HAVE SOME STATS FROM KING COUNTY AS WELL THAT ARE AS FRESH AS LAST MONTH, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM RIGHT THERE
I DON'T NEED TO READ THEM TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT A LOT OF FOLKS ARE STILL OUT OF WORK, A LOT OF BUSINESSES ARE STILL DOWN, AND OUR PERFORMING ARTS SECTOR AND OUR LIVE MUSIC SECTOR ARE STILL ALMOST FULLY SHUT
VERY FEW OF THEM HAVE OPENED AT ALL
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE SHUTTERED VENUE OPERATORS GRANT, WHICH WAS HUGE
IT PAST LAST DECEMBER WITH 16,000,000,000 DOLLARS TO HELP GET OUR SHUTTERED VENUES BACK OPENED
NOT ONE DOLLAR HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED YET
THERE ARE CHALLENGES WITH THE FUNDING OF THAT PROGRAM
THE SBA IS OVERSEEING IT
THEY'RE ALSO OVERSEEING THE RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND, AND THEY ARE INDEED ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND, WHICH ONLY PASSED LAST MONTH
BUT THE SHUTTERED VENUE OPERATORS GRANT PASSED ON DECEMBER 21ST, AND NO ONE IN THE COUNTRY HAS RECEIVED ONE DOLLAR YET
IT REMAINS A VERY CHALLENGED SECTOR, AND IT EMPLOYS A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE
CERTAINLY WE'RE HEARING FROM FOLKS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS SECTOR THAT ONE OF THEIR CHALLENGES IS SKILLED WORKERS AND BRINGING BACK SKILLED WORKERS AND WHETHER THOSE WORKERS ARE STILL EVEN AVAILABLE TO THEM AFTER 14 MONTHS OF THE MANY CHALLENGES THEY'RE WORKING OR THEY'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO IN TERMS OF OVERALL ECONOMIC RECOVERY OUTLOOK, AS I MENTIONED, EMPLOYMENT IS RECOVERED, BUT NOT TO 2019 LEVELS
AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IS SIGNIFICANT ON THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS
WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN HERE IN A MOMENT
IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE THAT THIS KIND OF ECONOMIC SHOCK WILL LIKELY TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS, AND WE HAVE SEEN AND UNEVEN RECOVERY
WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN CERTAIN INDUSTRY SECTORS THAT HAVE SEARCHED TWO IN PAST 2019 LEVELS
OVERALL, MANY HAVE DECLINED
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES KING COUNTY's COVID RECOVERY RESPONSE TO DATE, WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS YOU SEE HERE AS WE SPEAK
IN FACT, IT MAY HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED
I'M NOT SURE
I DON'T KNOW IF CASE WATCHING OR ANY OF YOU ARE WATCHING ALONG ON KING COUNTY TV, BUT THE COUNTY COUNCIL IS POISED TO PASS WHAT WILL BE THE LARGEST SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IN COUNTY HISTORY, ENTITLED COVID7
THIS BUDGET IS AROUND 630,000,000 DOLLARS PROPOSED FROM THE EXECUTIVE CONSTANTINE, WHICH INCLUDES 337,000,000 FROM THE RESCUE ACT AS WELL AS 247,000,000 IN STATE AND FEMA FUNDS AND THEN 16,000,000 FROM THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND
THE BALANCE OF THE RESCUE ACT FUNDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE INCLUDED IN SUBSEQUENT SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGETS LATER THIS YEAR
IN FACT, THE COVID EIGHT BUDGET IS ALREADY IN CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT EXECUTIVE CONSTANTINE SPENDING PROPOSAL INCLUDES THREE KEY PRIORITIES WHICH ARE CONTINUING AND EXPANDING THE PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 42% OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED BUDGET
COMMUNITY SUPPORTS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 33% JOBS IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND JOBS AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 22% IN THE BALANCE IS ADMINISTRATIVE AND OTHER COSTS
OF THAT, THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY BREAKDOWN IS APPROXIMATELY 92,000,000 AND I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL HERE, BUT ABOUT 25,000,000 OF THAT IS FOR A BIPOC BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESILIENTLY RESILIENCY FUND THAT CAME OUT OF THE COUNTY'S RACISM AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS EFFORT IN PROCLAMATION THAT WAS MADE DURING THE SOCIAL UNREST
THESE FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED THROUGH A COMMUNITY LED PROCESS AND WILL INVEST IN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS WHO ARE BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES
20,000,000 WILL BE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION TO THE CREATIVE ECONOMY WHICH WAS HIT HARDEST, AS KATE MENTIONED BY COVID RELATED RESTRICTIONS
AND THESE FUNDS WILL HELP COMMUNITY, ARTS, CULTURAL AND SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS RESUME OPERATIONS AND KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR JOBS
APPROXIMATELY 10,000,000 WILL GO TO FUND NEW CONSTRUCTION, APPRENTICESHIP AND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT CITIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COLLEGES, CREATING LOCAL HIRE PROGRAMS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS THROUGHOUT KING COUNTY
4,000,000
APPROXIMATELY WILL BE PROVIDED AS STARTUP FUNDING FOR STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM TO HELP TACKLE CHRONIC WORKFORCE ISSUES WHICH WERE A BIG ISSUE PRE PANDEMIC AND HAVE ONLY BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE CURRENT PANDEMIC, ESPECIALLY AMONG BIPOC COMMUNITIES AND LGBT PLUS COMMUNITIES
9,000,000 WILL CONTINUE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS
9,000,000 WILL BE TO CONTINUE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY AND ALSO REDUCING A BACKLOG OF PERMITS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL SERVICES, WHICH SERVES UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY
10,000,000 WILL BE FOR FOUR CULTURES ARTS RECOVERY FUND AND THEN A MILLION TO CREATE ECONOMIC PATHWAYS FOR YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS INVOLVED IN GUN VIOLENCE
THERE'S ALSO THE KING COUNTY JOBS PROGRAM AT APPROXIMATELY 40,000,000, WHICH IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT WILL CREATE OVER 400 NEW TEMPORARY JOBS AND RECRUIT PEOPLE TO FILL THEM FROM COUNTY SHELTER OR EMERGENCY AND SUPPORTED HOUSING PROGRAMS OKAY, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
ALRIGHT, SO HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT THE COUNCIL DID JUST PASS COVID SEVEN
SO I GOT A TEXT SAYING THAT IT HAD PASSED
SO THESE ARE REALLY OUR PRIORITIES IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY
DAVE, I SAW YOU GIVING US A HAND SIGNAL
DOES THAT MEAN KEEP MOVING A LITTLE TIME REMINDER? GUYS, IF YOU COULD KIND OF SURFACE, I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO JUST DISRUPT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PRESENTATION
I WAS JUST GIVING YOU A TIME REMINDER
OKAY
ALL RIGHT
SO HERE OUR EXECUTIVE CONSTANTINE AND KING COUNTY ECONOMIC RECOVERY PRIORITIES
SO EQUITABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OBVIOUSLY
CREATIVE ECONOMY STRATEGY
OUR UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY STRATEGY IS ONE THAT HAS MUCH FOCUS ON IT RIGHT NOW AS WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SUPPORT AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY WHO HAVE BEEN SO CHALLENGED DURING THE PANDEMIC
I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT AND CONTINUE MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT SLIDE
YEAH, THESE SHOULD GO VERY QUICKLY
WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AS WE WERE BUILDING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND EXECUTIVE PRIORITY, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT WE CLOSELY ADHERED TO KING COUNTY IS TRUE NORTH, WHICH IS MAKING KING COUNTY A WELCOMING COMMUNITY WHERE EVERY PERSON CAN THRIVE AND FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE HAVE HONORED THAT SPIRIT
NEXT SLIDE
AND SO OUR OVERALL ECONOMIC RECOVERY GOAL IS TO REBUILD AN ANTIRACIST EQUITABLE RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL ECONOMY
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO NOW I WANT TO JUST QUICKLY INTRODUCE OUR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
WELL, THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT TIMES FOR MANY PEOPLE TO CHALLENGE REPRESENTS OPPORTUNITY, AS I MENTIONED
AND SO THIS PRIORITY SEIZES UPON THESE OPPORTUNITIES WHILE HONORING KING COUNTY's TRUE NORTH
NUMBER ONE, TO EXPAND ACCESS TO LIVING WAGE, HIGH DEMAND JOBS FOR BIPOC COMMUNITIES, THUS NARROWING WHITE AND BIPOC WEALTH, EMPLOYMENT AND WAGE GAPS
NUMBER TWO, ATTRACT A NEW HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYERS AND COUNTIES UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, RETAIN THE COUNTY'S HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYERS THAT PAY LIVING WAGES AND SHARE KING COUNTY VALUES OF RACHEL EQUITY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND WORKERS RIGHTS
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AND SO WE ALSO INTEND TO PROTECT AND RETAIN THE CREATIVE HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM INDUSTRIES AND BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE CREATIVE ECONOMY FOR BIPOC COMMUNITIES
I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT THAT AT LENGTH WITH YOU ALL
I DON'T KNOW IF TIME WILL ALLOW AND LEVERAGE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO COORDINATE IN ADVANCED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CRITICAL ACTIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE'VE TAKEN IN A LITTLE MORE DEPTH IN THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SPACE
FOR TIME SAKE
WE WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL HERE
I'LL JUST HIT ON A FEW OF THEM
OKAY
DO YOU WANT TO START WITH NUMBER ONE? I SURE DO
HARBOR ISLAND STUDIOS IS IN PORT COUNTRY, SO I WANT TO BE SURE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THAT
WE HAD A 117,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE OWNED BY KING COUNTY
TECHNICALLY, SOLID WASTE THAT HAS NOT HAD A BETTER ALTERNATE USE FOR 18 YEARS
AND IT WAS SO INTERESTING TO HEAR COMMISSIONER BOWMAN TALK ABOUT MEETING SOMEONE IN THE AIRPORT WHO WAS AN IRON WORKER WHO WAS BEING IMPORTED HERE, WE'VE BEEN EXPORTING OUR FILM TALENT FOR YEARS TO OTHER REGIONS, AND WE KNOW WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE FILM INDUSTRY FOR SEVERAL DECADES NOW THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A FILM PRODUCTION FACILITY
AND SO WE HAVE LAUNCHED ONE
THERE IS AN EPISODIC PRODUCTION WORKING IN THERE RIGHT NOW
YOU CAN SEE THE JOBS THAT ARE UP THERE AND THOSE ARE UNION FAMILY WAGE JOBS
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY
AND OF THE FUNDING THAT ASHTON WAS REFERENCING IN THE COVID SEVEN BUDGET THAT JUST PASSED A FEW MINUTES AGO, THERE IS 3,000,000 DOLLARS FOR HARBOR ISLAND STUDIO DEVELOPMENT
SO JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT WHILE WE'RE HERE, THE REST OF THEM YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDESHOW UNLESS YOU'RE GOING TO EXPOUND UPON THE ASHTON, JUST HIGHLIGHT THE NEXT TO TWO AND 3 AS THINGS THAT I OVERSEE AS BOOKTA AS WELL KNOWN
AND SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE WE HAVE A TRANSFORMATION VISION AND ARE GOING TO COMPLETE THE LOCAL WORKFORCE FOR TRANSFORMATION VERY SOON NEXT MONTH
ACTUALLY, WE HOPE TO GET A VOTE FROM THE BOARD, WHICH IS A REALLY INTEGRAL TRANSFORMATION TO ALLOW FOR MORE STRATEGY, MORE POLICY ON THE LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND MINIMIZING THE COMPLIANCE AND FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES, WHICH THIS BOARD TENDS TO GET BOGGED DOWN INTO A SMALLER COMMITTEE
SO THAT'S EXCITING
ALSO EXCITING IS A REDESIGNATION AND JUST A REFRESHING OF SORTS OF THE ASSOCIATE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS A PRIMARY PARTNER OF OURS THAT THE EXECUTIVE DESIGNATES AND PARTNERS WITH THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND OUR ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS TO CONDUCT BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANDING, HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH DAVE AND BOOKTA ON THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP
I THINK WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND THIS IS JUST SOME MORE IN DEPTH
WE WON'T GO THROUGH THE LINE BY LINE, BUT SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST 15 PLUS MONTHS AND IN TERMS OF OPPORTUNITIES, JUST ON BEHALF OF OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE EXECUTIVE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ONGOING PARTNERSHIP
THANK YOU FOR THIS SENSE OF REGIONALISM THAT WE ALL HAVE AND WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE
I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT
AS I MENTIONED, THE ADO PARTNERSHIP WITH DAVE AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT PARTNERSHIP AND HIS CONVENING OF THE KING COUNTY CITIES
AND KATE
YES
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF HARBOR ISLAND STUDIOS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS SOME SORT OF PARKING SOLUTION
AND IF ANYONE HAS IDEAS ON THAT, I WELCOME YOU TO CONTACT ME INDIVIDUALLY IF THAT MAKES SENSE
AND ALSO, I KNOW THE PORT OWNS A LOT OF REAL ESTATE
FILM PRODUCTION IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SPACE TO PRODUCE IN NOW HAVE AN OFFICIAL SOUND STAGE, BUT MANY THINGS CAN BE PRODUCED IN A WAREHOUSE OR AN EMPTY BUILDING
AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOU ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS WELL
AND APPRENTICESHIPS ARE IN THE PIPELINE FOR THE SOUND STAGE DOWN THE ROAD
WOULD BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH THE PORT ABOUT WHETHER THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT INTERESTS YOU THERE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
YEAH
THAT WOULD JUST EXPAND ON WHAT KATE SAID
WE WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED AS WE LOOK AT OUR OWN INVENTORY AND STRATEGIC ASSETS AS A COUNTY, WHICH ARE BEST AS ARE THE PORT, AND THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT REPURPOSE AND RE ADAPT THOSE ASSETS TO SERVE OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PRIORITIES
WE WOULD WELCOME ANY CONVERSATIONS TO THAT END AGAIN
THANK YOU
AND WE'LL TAKE TIME FOR QUESTIONS NOW
THANK YOU, ASTON
AND KATE AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO MICHELLE QUESTIONS
THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
YEAH
I APOLOGIZE
I HAD TO STEP OUT
I WILL TRY TO FOLLOW UP WITH SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I HAD TO MESS, BUT I'LL PASS ON THE QUESTIONS
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, SIR
COMMISSIONER CHO, I'LL PASS AS WELL
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS
YEAH
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION
SOMETHING YOU SAID, KATE KIND OF REMINDED ME OF A QUESTION I'VE ALWAYS HAD, WHICH IS WE'VE GOT THIS FILM PRODUCTION STUDIO THAT YOU GUYS INITIATED, WHICH I THINK IS TREMENDOUS
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR A CREATIVE COMMUNITY HERE AND USE AND OTHERWISE UNDERUTILIZED FACILITY
I WILL SAY WE WOULD LOVE THAT LAND FOR PORT OPPORTUNITIES
AND SO IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THIS WHEN I THINK, BOY, WOULDN'T IT BE NICE FOR SOUND TRANSIT, THE CITY OF SEATTLE, KING COUNTY, THE PORT, THE STATE TO ALL SIT DOWN AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE ALL GOT SOME PROPERTIES THAT MAYBE DON'T FIT SQUARELY WITHIN OUR OWN PORTFOLIO, BUT MIGHT MAKE SENSE FOR ANOTHER PUBLIC AGENCY AND THINK ABOUT A LAND SWAP OF SOME SORT WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE A PROPERTY ON T 18, BUT MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER AREA THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE FOR CITY OR COUNTY OR SOUND TRANSIT
AND SO JUST KNOW THAT AS YOU MENTIONED, THE NEED FOR MORE SPACE
WE TOO ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SPACES THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR US, TOO
SO THAT KIND OF CREATIVE USE OF PUBLICLY OWNED ASSETS IN A WAY THAT'S OPTIMIZED
THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, GREAT
THANK YOU
AND YOU ALL COVERED SO MUCH
THERE'S JUST A LOT OF MATERIAL THERE, SO THANK YOU
AND I'M SORRY IT WAS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION AT ONE THING YOU DIDN'T MENTION
I JUST WANTED TO BECAUSE I'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT THE APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL
JUST FOR FOLKS TO REMEMBER, THERE ARE ALSO CARPENTERS, ELECTRICIANS, ALL OF THAT
I'VE HEARD YOUR PRESENTATION BEFORE, SO I JUST WANTED TO CALL THAT OUT
IT'S NOT JUST THE CREATIVE CLASS, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT ALSO A LOT OF OTHER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO THAT
COMMISSIONER CALKINS, I LOVE THE IDEA OF PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND SITTING DOWN AND THINKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF A LAND SWAP
I HAD SOMEWHAT OF A SIMILAR IDEA EARLIER IN THE WEEK, SO WE SHOULD ALL TALK
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, WHEN PAMELA IS ON THE PHONE, REALLY JUST APPRECIATE HOW MUCH WORK THE CITY IS PUT IN
AND YOU GUYS ARE JUST DOING THE YEOMAN'S WORK OF TRYING TO HELP THIS REVITALIZATION HAPPEN, AND SO JUST COUNT US AS PARTNERS
I KNOW THAT THERE'S TIMES WHEN PEOPLE JUST THINK ABOUT US AS MARITIME IN THE AIRPORT, BUT WE REALLY ARE, AS WE SAID IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING ABOUT TOURISM AS WELL, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT AN ACTIVE WATERFRONT TIED TO THE DOWNTOWN, THAT OUR STREETS ARE SAFE
WE CARE ABOUT THESE THINGS AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.BOWMAN
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
THANK YOU AGAIN
I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY
ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN YOU GET ELECTED TO A STATE COUNTY WIDE OFFICE, YOU HAVE TO ALLOW LET ME SEE ALL THESE CORNERS OF THIS COUNTY
IT'S PRETTY MASSIVE
AND THEN I SAW THAT IT'S LIKE IT INCLUDES PORTIONS OF THE ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WE HAVE WILDERNESS PROPERTY INSIDE KING COUNTY? AT LEAST I DIDN'T
AND SO I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT FROM WELL, I'M REALLY PURSUING ECOTOURISM TYPE OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT IT'S REALLY THE THE UNINCORPORATED PART OF THE COUNTY WHERE IT REALLY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY SMALL BUSINESSES TO POTENTIALLY BE GATEWAYS TO SOME OF THESE PLACES AND HAVE A THERE ARE REI SET UP IN ISSAQUAH OR THINGS LIKE THAT
THAT WOULDN'T BE THAT SMALLER BUSINESS
BUT HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO EXPLORED THE I KNOW YOU HAD EXCUSE ME, BUT YOU HAD DONE THIS SUBSTANTIAL TOURISM GRANT TO THE SOUTH SOUND ALLIANCE, RIGHT? IT WAS LIKE 5,000,000 DOLLARS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
AND I WAS WONDERING, HAVE YOU YOUR TOURISM PROGRAM IS REALLY WHAT I'M INTERESTED IN AND WHETHER YOU'VE LOOKED INTO THE THE ECO SIDE OF THE TOURISM BUSINESS? WELL, WE DID INDEED AWARD TOURISM FUNDS EARLY ON IN THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO WELL, FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, THE INDUSTRY WAS SO HARD HIT, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY PART OF A KING COUNTY ECOSYSTEM THAT FUNDS FOR CULTURE FOR CULTURE IS FUNDED BY A HEADS AND BEDS TAX
IF THERE IS NO TOURISM, THERE'S NO ONE STAYING IN HOTELS, AND THEN THERE IS NO FUNDING FOR ARTS AND CULTURE
SO THERE'S A WHOLE ECOSYSTEM THERE THAT WE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT
AND I'M SORRY TO SAY WE DIDN'T DO 5,000,000 DOLLARS TO THE SOUTHSIDE REGIONAL TOURISM AGENCY, BUT WE DID DO 2,000,000 DOLLARS EARLY ON TO THE SOUTHSIDE REGIONAL TOURISM AGENCY
AND ECOTOURISM IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN KEENLY FOCUSED ON, TO BE QUITE HONEST
BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE'S TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY THERE
AND OUR UNINCORPORATED KING COUNTY WORK HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED ON SMALL BUSINESS STABILIZATION AND RETENTION RIGHT NOW
BUT TAKING YOUR THOUGHTS INTO CONSIDERATION, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU
I KNOW DOW WAS THE CHAMPION OF THAT BUS TO THE RIGHT, A TRAILHEAD DIRECT
IT IS RELAUNCHED
IT IS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN
AND THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THAT IS FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T HAVE EASY TRANSPORTATION TO GET OUT TO NATURE
THAT'S THE GOAL
AND SO WE DO INDEED FUND THAT PROGRAM
I SEE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THERE
ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STEADY SESSION COMING UP JUST BROADLY
I SEE MANY, MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE COUNTY AND THE PORT TO DO MORE WORK TOGETHER
SO THE LAND COLLABORATION IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THEM
AND WE'RE LOOKING I MEAN, I WAS LOOKING AT THERE'S LIKE A CHECKER BOARD OF COUNTY PROPERTY ALONG THE DUWAMISH THAT WE COULD EASILY TRY TO PIECE TOGETHER SOME STUFF
BUT THE SEE, NOW I'M JUMPING AROUND ALL THIS PLACES
I'M LOSING MY TRACK
THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES IS LIKE GETTING BETTER BUS SERVICE TO SEATAC
I MEAN, IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE TO ME THAT WE HAVE THIS HUGE TRANSPORTATION CENTER THAT IS SO POORLY SERVED BY MASS TRANSIT AND THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GETTING PEOPLE FROM THE AIRPORT TO DOWNTOWN WITHOUT NEEDING CARS
AND CERTAINLY SOUND TRANSIT IS A REALLY A LOT OF STOPS
AND SO DIRECT BUS SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WOULD BE A HUGE POINT OF COLLABORATION
IT WAS TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY
SO I'M STAMMERING A LITTLE BIT HERE
WE ARE EMBARKING UPON A STUDY LOOKING AT SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS
TOGETHER
WE'RE USING YOUR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FROM CEDAR HILLS, WHICH WE'RE VERY MUCH EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT
AND THAT BRINGS ME TO THE OTHER PLACE WHERE I KNOW YOU'VE HAD AIRPORT PROJECTS AS A GENERAL CATEGORY IN SOME OF YOUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING, COULD YOU SHARE WITH US SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON? IT KING COUNTY INTERNATIONAL
YEAH
SO I CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT
AND THE KIND OF THE BOTTOM LINE, THEY ARE IN PROCESS
SO THE KING COUNTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
SO TOM PARROT, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IS ON OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY PRIORITY TEAM
AND SO WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH HIM ON SOME BUSINESS RETENTION EXPANSION, TENANT RELATIONS EFFORTS THERE
AND ALSO HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY JUST LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, WITH ADAPTIVE REUSE OR LEVERAGING THAT ASSET, HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE IT TOWARDS SPECIFIC ECONOMIC RECOVERY OUTCOME? SO I WOULD SAY IT'S MORE IN PROCESS
WE ARE ALSO REVITALIZING THE KING COUNTY AIR SPACE ALLIANCE AND HAVE PUT IN THIS IS A SUB LINE ITEM TO WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER 250,000 DOLLARS PROPOSAL IN THE COVID SEVEN BUDGET, WHICH I HEARD WAS JUST APPROVED TO DO A COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS OF THE COUNTY WIDE COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS THAT WOULD INCLUDE A SUPPLY CHAIN MAPPING EXERCISE, WHICH IS BADLY NEEDED
THE LAST ONE WAS DONE BACK IN 2012 AS PART OF THE KING COUNTY AIR SPACE ALLIANCE
SO THE EXECUTIVE HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THAT
AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER YOUTH WORKFORCE INITIATIVES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH KING COUNTY AIR SPACE ALLIANCE THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT TO GET RE LAUNCHED AS WELL
AND THAT'S GREAT
THERE'S LIKE YOUTH CONSERVATION CORE TYPE PROGRAMS, I THINK, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AS WELL
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK IN THE DUWAMISH DEALING WITH, LIKE DIRT CORE AND THESE OTHER VERY POPULAR SOUNDING NAMES
BUT ANYWAY, I'M REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THE BROAD RANGE OF THINGS THAT YOU FOLKS ARE UP TO
AND I THINK IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIND WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN IDENTIFY FUTURE COLLABORATIONS
SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE WITH US TODAY
AND I THINK UNLESS IT'S ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, DAVE, NO, I'M SORRY
AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION'S PATIENCE
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT STUFF
AND I'VE BEEN ON YOUR LISTENING TOURS, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE COULD PARTNER WITH, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PARTNERS THAT WE CAN ALIGN WITH TO GLAD BRIDGE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
AND I THINK THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME WE'RE SPENDING TOGETHER WITH OUR BIGGEST GOVERNMENT PARTNERS WITH, FRANKLY, A LOT OF BUDGET RESOURCES THAT I THINK WE CAN REALLY PARTNER TOGETHER AND DRIVE EQUITABLE RECOVERY
SO, AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE PATIENCE
THIS IS THE LAST SPEAKER, CHRIS GREEN
HE'S OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
I CAN OUTLINE SOME OF THEIR INITIATIVES
ONE LAST ROUND OF QUESTIONS, AND I PROMISE WE'RE DONE
MR MCCAIN AND MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THAT COMMISSIONER BOWMAN HAD TO LEAVE THIS MEETING
VERY GOOD
BUT WE HAVE COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK BACK, SO THEY'RE JUST TRADING PLACES
AND I TALK TO CHRIS READY TO GO
HEY, DAVE, THANKS A LOT
COMMISSION PRESIDENT FELLEMAN, THANK YOU
AND TO YOUR CO COMMISSIONERS
THANKS FOR HAVING US AND TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE
I'LL TRY TO MOVE SOMEWHAT QUICKLY AND SEE IF THERE'S A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
SO PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
THIS IS JUST A REMINDER ABOUT THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF HOW MUCH DIFFERENT WORK COMMERCE DOES
SO WE'VE GOT OUR HANDS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES
I'LL MOSTLY BE TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE TODAY, NEXT SLIDE
SO OVERALL, AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT RECOVERY, THESE KIND OF CORE TENANTS HAVE BEEN THE THINGS THAT THE STATE HAS FOCUSED IN AND AROUND
AND I'LL TOUCH ON SOME OF THESE THINGS THROUGHOUT THE DECK TODAY
BUT IF FOLKS HAVE SEEN US PRESENT FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO, THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
I THINK THEY MATCH A LOT OF THINGS
WE'VE HEARD OTHER FOLKS TALK ABOUT NEXT SLIDE
AND THIS IS JUST A BRIEF
YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THINGS LIKE THIS BEFORE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A NATIONAL LOOK
THIS IS THE DEPTH OF THE DROP IN GDP AND Q TWO LAST YEAR AND THE REBOUND IN Q THREE
SO LOTS OF VOLATILITY ON THINGS WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE
I THINK YOU'VE SEEN THINGS LIKE THIS
NEXT SLIDE
ONE OF THE THINGS THE TWO SLIDES AGO I MENTIONED IS FOCUS ON DATA
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE STATE DID WAS TO CREATE THIS WASHINGTON RECOVERY DASHBOARD
SO THIS SLIDE HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY YOU CAN FIND THAT ON COMMERCE WI GOV, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT A WHOLE HOST OF DIFFERENT METRICS
YOU CAN PLAY WITH THE DATA
YOU CAN TOGGLE TIMELINES BACK AND FORTH
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WASHINGTON IS RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO JUST A HANDFUL OF OTHER STATES IN THE UNITED STATES IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT DECLINE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE RECESSION
SO YOU SEE THE BIG DROP, YOU SEE THINGS BEGIN TO REBOUND, AND WASHINGTON IS NOW WE'RE NOW BETTER OFF THAN WE WERE AT THE DEEPEST POINT OF THE GREAT RECESSION, AND WE'RE ON PAR WITH THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IN PLACES LIKE TEXAS AND NEW YORK
NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN FROM OUR DASHBOARD HERE, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOME DATA, AND ANYBODY CAN LOOK AT THE INTENTION WAS FOR THIS TO BE A PUBLIC ASSET THAT FOLKS CAN USE
AND WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT MANY FOLKS ARE
BUT IF YOU LOOK ON THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN IS THE MOST REMAIN HERE
LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY STILL HAS THE DEEPEST IMPACT IN TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE RECESSION UNTIL NOW
AND IF YOU LOOKED AT THIS SAME CHART, I DON'T KNOW
6 OR 8 MONTHS AGO, MOST OF THOSE NUMBERS WOULD BE DOUBLE DIGITS ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE IN THE NEGATIVE
SO THINGS HAVE IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT, SPECIFICALLY ON MANUFACTURING
NO SURPRISE
STILL WAYS TO GO WITH LEISURE AND HOSPITALITY
NEXT SLIDE
AND AGAIN, ANOTHER ONE I'LL BRUSH PAST
I THINK YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THINGS LIKE THIS
THIS IS A NATIONAL DATA SET THAT WE GET
THIS IS BROKEN DOWN BY WASHINGTON, BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE NUMBER OR PERCENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT HAVE HAD AT LEAST SOME CLOSURE OR HAVE HAD NO TRANSACTIONS FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME
SO I THINK THE SMALL BUSINESS PART OF THIS RECESSION STILL IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL BASED ON THE DATA WE SEE
NEXT SLIDE, SO WHERE ARE WE DONE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHAT I'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON NOW DURING THE LAST YEAR
THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE HAS INVESTED MONEY
AND, OF COURSE, WE GOT A LOT OF THIS THROUGH THE CARES ACT
INITIALLY, A LOT OF FUNDING WENT OUT TO HOUSING AND TRIBES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND THE FOLKS ON MY TEAM WORKED A LOT ON GETTING GRANTS OUT TO SMALL BUSINESSES
ALL OF THIS WENT OUT MOSTLY LAST YEAR AND A LITTLE BIT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE GOT SOME MORE TO DO
NEXT SLIDE, SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER WHITE
WE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE LEGISLATURE IN AN EARLY ACTION BILL
HOUSE BILL 1368 AGAIN, A LOT INVESTED INTO HOUSING AND RENT ASSISTANCE
AND ON THE BUSINESS SIDE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DISPERSING FUNDS RELATED TO THIS 283,000,000 IN A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS ABOUT 240 OF THAT WAS DIRECTLY FOR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS
AGAIN, AND I THINK WE'VE GOT ABOUT 85% OF THAT NUMBER INTO BANK ACCOUNTS WITH BUSINESSES, AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE LAST HANDFUL THEIR FUNDS
NEXT SLIDE, SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN
AND THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED ABOUT THE KIND OF VOLUME OF GRANTS
SO WE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE FIRST FOUR ROUNDS
THE ROUND FOUR ACTUALLY IS WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW
ONE OF THOSE ROUNDS IS RESILIENCY GRANT ROUND IN GREEN THAT WAS FOCUSED ON MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
WE WORKED A LOT WITH THE NETWORK OF RESILIENCY PARTNERS
WE HAVE A SPECIAL ROUND OF TARGET JUST TO THAT AUDIENCE, AND WE WILL SOON HAVE SOME MORE
THERE'LL BE ANOTHER BAR ON THIS CHART THAT EXPLAINS WHERE THE 240,000,000 DOLLARS WENT
WE'LL PROBABLY END UP FUNDING SOMEWHERE AROUND 10,000 GRANTS OR SO IN THIS NEXT ROUND
WE HAVEN'T QUITE DONE THE REPORTING ON THAT YET
AND SOME FOLKS MAY HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT IN THE FINAL LEGISLATIVE BUDGET ACTION BILL, WE WERE AWARDED ANOTHER 50,000,000 DOLLARS FEDERAL FUNDS FOR ANOTHER SMALL BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM
THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS AROUND THAT
WE'LL BE FOCUSING SOME OF THAT MONEY ON THE CREATIVE SECTOR
AND SO THOSE PROGRAMS HAVEN'T BEEN DEVELOPED YET, BUT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS
NEXT SLIDE, SO IN TERMS OF MORE BROADLY, LIKE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS AS WE GET THROUGH THIS PERIOD WITH SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS, WHICH HAS TAKEN UP A LOT OF OUR TIME, WHAT ARE THE OTHER THINGS WE INTEND TO DO TO CONTINUE WORKING ON RECOVERY AND THINKING ABOUT EQUITY? SO I'LL SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES ON THE NEXT SUBJECTS HERE
NEXT SLIDE ON INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION
WE'VE BEEN REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE PORT WITH FOLKS LIKE CARENZA BLACK AND DAVE MCFADDEN AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THE STRATEGY? HOW ARE WE ENGAGING? HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION THAT THE PORT HAS OR THE STATE HAS OR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE HAS IN SOME OF THESE PLACES? WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, EXPAND SOME OF THE OFFICE PRESENCES THAT THE STATE HAS IN SOME MARKETS
SO KOREA AND JAPAN, TAIWAN AND CHINA AND CANADA WILL HAVE SOME PERMANENT PRESENCE NOW AND ARE HANDLING BOTH EXPORT ASSISTANCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO INBOUND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT PROCUREMENT OF LEADS
AND SO WE'RE DOING SOME WORK THERE
WE HAVE SOME ONE OFF CONTRACTS AND A HANDFUL OF OTHER MARKETS ON TRADE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT AS PART OF OUR INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY, AND AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT ON THESE NEXT SLIDE
SO IN ADDITION TO OUR GLOBAL FOCUS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE, ALWAYS A BIG, INTERESTING TOPIC FOR WASHINGTON STATE
WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN ALSO CULTIVATE A MORE INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN THIS STATE
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON
ONE IS THE EDA AWARDED AS SOME FUNDS LAST YEAR, AND PART OF THAT AWARD WAS TO DEVELOP SOME INDUSTRY CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES
SO VERY MUCH
THIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO LAUNCH IS INSPIRED BY MARITIME BLUE
AND AGAIN, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT AND THE PORT LEADERSHIP THERE WITH COMMERCE
I THINK IT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL
WE WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S A CHANCE FOR MORE OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO HAPPEN ACROSS THE STATE
SO IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS HERE OR SOON, I THINK WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY PUT SOME INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE FOR A SORT OF A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS
THIS WILL RESULT IN SOME FEEDBACK TO THE STATE WILL LAUNCH AN RFP PROCESS FOR THIS, PROBABLY IN JULY
AND WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS AWARD BETWEEN 4 AND 8 EMERGING CLUSTERS, SOME PLANNING AND STRATEGIC FUNDS TO SEE IF THEY MAY BE ABLE TO BEGIN SOMETHING LIKE MARITIME BLUE OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH LOTS OF FOLKS AND INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS ACROSS THE STATE AND THE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND ASSOCIATE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, OF COURSE
AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY THIS AND SEE IF THIS WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT
THE OTHER TWO ELEMENTS HERE THAT I THINK COME INTO PLAY ARE SOME INVESTMENT THE STATE HAS JUST JUST MADE THROUGH HOUSE BILL 1170 TO CREATE A MANUFACTURING INNOVATION COUNCIL
THERE WAS SOME GRANT MONEY AWARDED TO THE DEPARTMENT, SO WE MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO INVEST IN PILOT PROJECTS OR ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THESE CLUSTERS ONCE THEY GET UP AND RUNNING
BUT A BIGGER ISSUE FOR US RIGHT NOW IS TRACKING SOME OF THE WORK IN CONGRESS THROUGH THE ENDLESS FRONTIERS ACT
OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SENATOR COUNSEL'S OFFICE, WHO'S BEEN A REAL LEADER HERE, AS WELL AS SENATOR SCHUMER'S OFFICE A LITTLE BIT AS THEY DEVELOPED THAT POLICY A LITTLE FURTHER
I KNOW THE HOUSE IS NOW TAKING THAT UP AND CONSIDERING IT AS WELL, BUT THERE MAY BE ANOTHER UP TO 100,000,000,000 DOLLARS THAT IS AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE DEVOTED TO THIS ENDEAVOR, DEVOTED TO INCREASING INNOVATION AND TRYING TO GROW THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE REALLY IN TO COMPETE WITH THE OTHER NATIONS IN THE WORLD THAT ARE SPENDING A LOT IN THESE AREAS
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO LAUNCH THIS PROGRAM
IT IS SOMEWHAT NEW, BUT WE THINK WE HAVE A GOOD PARADIGM AND LOOKING AT THE SUCCESS OF MARITIME BELOW TO SEE IF WE CAN RECREATE THAT IN SOME OTHER INDUSTRIES
NEXT SLIDE
SO WE MENTIONED EQUITY, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FANATIC INTEREST IN EQUITY
COMMERCE HAS PRIOR TO COVID ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE COVID OR SO STARTED THIS INITIATIVE, THE SMALL BUSINESS RESILIENCY NETWORK
AND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INITIATIVES
WE HAVE HAD A MINORITY BUSINESS ROUND TABLE AT TIMES IN OTHER WAYS THAT WE ENGAGE
BUT THE POINT OF US LAUNCHING THIS INITIATIVE HERE WAS TO THINK ABOUT A DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR HOW WE DELIVER PROGRAMS AND HOW WE THINK ABOUT BUSINESS SUCCESS AND GROWING BUSINESSES AND THINKING ABOUT MINORITY BUSINESS OWNERSHIP AND TRYING TO GET BETTER AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS
THE POINT OF THIS NETWORK IS TO HAVE A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT WE CAN CONSULT WITH
HOPEFULLY WE'RE COLLABORATIVELY WITH, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, HAVE TRUSTED MESSENGERS AS PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP NETWORK TO TRY TO DELIVER PROGRAMMATIC RESOURCES
AND SO WE'LL BE LAUNCHING SOME NEW PROGRAMS WE'VE BEEN DOING LOTS OF SMALL BUSINESS GRANT WORK
WE HAVE SOME MORE THINGS COMING UP, A LOAN AND FINANCING PROGRAMS THAT I'LL MENTION IN A MINUTE
BUT OUR HOPE, THOUGH, IS IF WE CAN DO TWO THINGS WITH THIS NETWORK IS ASK THEM TO HELP US GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S GOT THE SAME AMOUNT OF ACCESS
AND WE CAN MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND WE CAN TRANSLATE THINGS AND HAVE SOME MORE ONE ON ONE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SORT OF FULLY REALIZE THE POTENTIAL OF THE ECONOMY
THIS IS SORT OF DOWN THE ROAD A BIT HERE
BUT IF WE'VE GOT MORE FOLKS THAT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS
AND SO THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON QUITE A BIT, WE'VE KIND OF BOOTSTRAPPED IT TO BEGIN WITH
WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS NETWORK RIGHT NOW
AND THE LEGISLATURE GAVE US A NICE ENDORSEMENT BY FULLY FUNDING THIS PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT BIENNIUM
WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO THEM FOR LEANING INTO THIS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS WORK THAT WILL HELP ALL OF THE PROGRAMMATIC OFFERINGS OF COMMERCE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
I THINK FOR TIME I'LL JUST SKIP A LITTLE DATA ON THE RESILIENCY NETWORK I JUST MENTIONED, BUT I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
SO THIS IS I THINK THE LAST POINT I WANTED TO MAKE HERE, AND THIS IS ABOUT THE NEXT STAGE OF RECOVERY
SO WE'VE DONE LOTS OF LIQUIDITY AND SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS TO GET OUT THERE
I THINK THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE DIDN'T HAVE 12 YEARS AGO DURING THE RECESSION
SO WITH THE SBA'S HELP AND ALL THE OTHER MONEY AND ACCOUNTING IN THE CITY, THAT HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD THING
WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT WHAT COMES NEXT WHEN WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO GIVE GRANTS OUT
HOW DO WE GET LIQUIDITY FOR BUSINESSES? AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID AS A STATE BACK IN DECEMBER WAS SEED THIS FUND
IT'S NOW CALLED THE WASHINGTON SMALL BUSINESS FLEX FUND
BUT THE STATE USED FEDERAL DOLLARS AND SEEDED THIS FUND WITH 30,000,000 DOLLARS
WHAT THAT DOES IS ACT AS A LOAN LOSS RESERVE TO DERISK OTHER INVESTMENT INTO A FUND
WE'RE NOW AT THE STAGE WHERE WE'RE SOLICITING INVESTMENT FROM LARGE BANKS
WE HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE VERY SOON ABOUT BANKS THAT HAVE COMMITTED BIG DOLLARS TO THIS
BUT WHAT WE THINK WE'LL HAVE IS A FUND OVERALL, THAT'S ABOUT 100,000,000 DOLLARS
WHAT WE'LL DO NEXT WITH WITH THAT FUND IS WORK WITH LOCAL PARTNERS, WORK WITH CDFIS, TRIBAL CDFIS, OR OTHER CDFIS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE AN EYE TOWARD AND A THOUGHT TOWARD EQUITY
AND WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT LOANS AND WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT THEIR CLIENTELE TO GET THOSE FUNDS OUT, I THINK DIFFERENT OR WERE UNIQUE
IT'S GOING TO BE UNIQUE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS WE'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER FUNDS, AND THESE ARE MICRO, NOT QUITE A LITTLE LARGER THAN MICRO, ABOUT 100 TO 150,000 DOLLARS LOANS WITH VERY FAVORABLE TERMS, PROBABLY UNDER THREE AND A HALF PERCENT, AND PROBABLY SOME FEATURES LIKE DEFERRED PAYMENTS OR NO INTEREST PAYMENTS FOR SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR
BECAUSE WE'VE GOT SUCH A BIG LOAN LOSS RESERVE, IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE TO BANKS TO INVEST IN THIS KIND OF A PROGRAM, IN FACT, SO MUCH SO THAT WE MAY NEED TO TURN SOME FOLKS AWAY AT THE END OF THIS BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST
THIS WILL BE A REALLY EFFECTIVE TOOL, AGAIN, THAT SOMEBODY LIKE MYSELF OR OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN AN ECONOMIC DEBIT IN A LONG TIME
REMEMBER, THIS WAS VERY DIFFICULT
THIS WAS A VERY DIFFICULT PART OF THE LAST RECESSION
WE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MANY OF THESE KINDS OF TOOLS WHEN LIQUIDITY WAS AT A PREMIUM
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO ROLL THIS OUT
AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THIS BEING AVAILABLE
I THINK IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS YOU'LL START TO SEE THIS
AND WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THIS
THE LAST THING I'LL SAY JUST ABOUT THIS PART AND OTHERS AS WE THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SOME OF THE DECISIONS THEY'RE ABOUT TO MAKE, UNDERSTANDING INFRASTRUCTURE OR THOSE BIG THINGS THAT THEY'RE UNDERTAKING RIGHT NOW
ONE THING THEY DID DO IN THE ARPA BILL IS CREATE A REAUTHORIZATION OF THE STATE SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT INITIATIVE
SO SOME FOLKS MAY BE AWARE OF THAT THE STATE GOT SOME MONEY FROM THAT ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO OR SO IN THE LAST RECESSION
THEY REAUTHORIZED IT IN A MUCH BIGGER WAY
I THINK LAST TIME OUR UNIT GOT ABOUT IS PROBABLY UNDER 20,000,000 DOLLARS
THIS TIME IT'S BEEN TO REAUTHORIZE THAT 10,000,000,000 DOLLARS
THE STATE, WE BELIEVE, IS ELIGIBLE FOR ABOUT 124,000,000 DOLLARS
SO WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THAT, I TAKE THAT AND TRY TO INVEST THAT INTO THE VEHICLES THAT WILL END UP BEING IN LIQUIDITY PRODUCTS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
AGAIN, IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THE FLEX FUND
WE HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN THERE YET OR SOME OTHER PROGRAMS WITH LOCAL CDFIS OR TRIBAL CDFIS
THE POINT, THOUGH, BEING VERY SIMILAR TO THE THRUST OF THE FLEX FUND THAT'S ON THIS SLIDE HERE
WHAT ARE THE OTHER METHODS TO GET LIQUIDITY TO BUSINESSES, SPECIFICALLY DISADVANTAGE OR HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES THAT DIDN'T HAVE IT BEFORE? SO THAT'S A BIG CHUNK OF INVESTMENT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MADE
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DEVELOPING THAT FURTHER, AND I'LL STOP THERE
I THINK THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND I'M SORRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF, BUT I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE OVER TIME HERE
THANK YOU SO MUCH
VERY GOOD INFORMATION
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO MICHELLE
THANK YOU, DAVE
WE'LL BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK FOR QUESTIONS
I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU GIVEN THE LATENESS OF THE DAY
I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT
BUT IT'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION, AND I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
YOU, SIR
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER CHO
YEAH
THANKS, CHRIS
JUST DO A QUICK QUESTION WITH REGARDS TO THE FLEX ON WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT
AT WHAT POINT WILL BUSINESSES BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT, DO YOU THINK? SO WE'RE WORKING ON I DON'T WANT TO GET AHEAD OF OURSELVES
WE'RE WORKING ON SOME PR, LIKE A LAUNCH EVENT, LIKE WE HAVE A DATE THAT WE'VE GOT SET
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR A COUPLE OF BANKS TO SAY YES, SO THEY CAN BE ON THE STAGE WITH US AND THE GOVERNOR AND FOLKS
SO WITHOUT SAYING DATE, I THINK IT WILL BE LESS THAN EIGHT WEEKS AND THEN OTHER COMMUNITY BASED LENDERS
SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS
THE THE BANKS WILL USE THE COMMUNITY BASED LENDERS AS A CONDUIT FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE FUNDS
OR HOW WILL THE MORE OR LESS SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING BANKS TO DO IS INVEST INTO THIS DECIDED FUND
SO WE'VE SEEN IT WITH A 30,000,000 RANKING BANKS AT WHAT THEY CALL CLASS A CAPITAL INTO THAT FUND
WHAT WE'LL END UP WITH IS ABOUT 100,000,000 DOLLARS POT OF FUNDS MIGHT BE YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT
THE CONDUIT THEN THE ACTUAL SERVICE PROVIDER AND THE UNDERWRITER OF THOSE LOANS WILL BE COMMUNITY BASED BANK CDFIS, MOSTLY CDFIS WHAT WE THINK
AND WE'VE GOT SEVERAL PARTNERS THAT HAVE ALREADY SIGNED ON TO DO THIS WORK WITH THAT
OKAY
SO THE COMMUNITY LENDERS WILL BE DOING AND WRITING STUFF AS WELL, AND THERE MAY BE A CREDIT UNION HERE THERE
THERE'S SOME FINER POINTS THAT WORK OUT, BUT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE COMMUNITY BASED LENDERS
OKAY
I GUESS THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE SOME OF THESE SMALL MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES ARE NOT REALLY TRADITIONAL OR AS WELL ESTABLISHED
AND SO SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TROUBLE WITH KIND OF THE MORE ESTABLISHED INSTITUTIONS AND GETTING LOANS
IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS
I THINK DURING THIS COVID PANDEMIC IS SOME OF THE MINORITY ON BUSINESSES, LIKE THEY HAVE, LIKE, BOOKKEEPING ISSUES AND OR DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LARGER LENDING INSTITUTIONS
AND SO IT'S GOOD TO HEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY BASED LENDERS ARE THE ONES KIND OF INTERFACING WITH THAT FIX
AND I THINK JUST TO ADD TO THAT
THANKS FOR THOSE COMMENTS
WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THAT THIS LAST YEAR AS WE WERE TRYING TO GIVE GRANTS OUT RIGHT
AND ASKING PEOPLE FOR TAX RETURNS AND THINGS
AND HERE WHEN I TALK ABOUT THIS FLEX FUND, AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FEDERAL MONEY, SO MONEY THAT MAY COME IN, WE BELIEVE WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEVOTE QUITE A FEW RESOURCES TO SOME MORE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AND SO THE SEATTLE CHAMBER HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS WITH US AND THINKING ABOUT HOW MIGHT YOU HAVE WEBINARS OR SEMINARS ON ACCOUNTING AND LEGAL AND ACCESS TO CAPITAL IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT LANGUAGES? HOW DO YOU HAVE EXPERTS AND THOSE THINGS COME AND DO THOSE? SO WE DO NEED SOME MORE WORK ON THAT IN THAT NOTE AND CDFIS, I THINK, WILL BE ABLE TO HELP US
BUT THE LARGER POINT, I THINK YOU MAY DO THE MOST SALIENT WHERE YOU FOLKS HAVE A TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP
HOW DO WE FIND THAT AND THEN TRY TO USE THAT AS THE CONDUIT
SO I HOPE WE'LL HAVE SOME SUCCESS
AND I WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON GETTING THIS OUT
I THINK SOME OF EVEN OUR AIRPORT ADR TENANTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THIS
SO LET'S MAKE SURE OUR PEOPLE ARE COORDINATING ON THE ROLL OUT
WELL DO FAIR ENOUGH
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
TIME MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
HEY, CHRIS
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY
YEAH
THIS IS ALL REALLY FUN FOR ME TO HEAR AS SOMEBODY WHOSE SIDE HUSTLE IS WORKING FOR VENTURES AS A CONTRACT CONSULTANT, WORKING WITH A BUNCH OF THESE THE VERY BUSINESSES THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO TARGET
AND I'LL TELL YOU, IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH THESE CLIENTS, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT COME UP, THE BARRIERS BASED ON LANGUAGE, THE BARRIERS BASED ON THE REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE CHALLENGES FOR ANY MICRO BUSINESS
AND SO ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP NAVIGATE THOSE THINGS, EITHER WITH A TRUSTED NAVIGATOR LIKE THE SMALL BUSINESS RESILIENCY NETWORK YOU MENTIONED, OR PARTICULARLY IN THE AREAS WHERE IT'S AN ONGOING SKILL THAT AN ENTREPRENEUR NEEDS TO HAVE, LIKE ACCOUNTING, DOING THE CAPACITY BUILDING SO THAT WE'RE TEACHING A PERSON TO FISH RATHER THAN GIVING THEM A FISH, SOMETHING THAT I WAS PLEASED TO SEE AS I WAS WRITING NOTES ON SLIDE 10 ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS, WHAT'S COME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN IN MY EXPERIENCES, FOLKS DON'T MEET SOME CRITERIA IN SOME OF THE ROUNDS
AND ONE OF THOSE IS THEY ACTUALLY REGISTERED THEIR BUSINESS AFTER THE APPLICABLE DATE
AND IN PART, THAT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN EITHER THE GRAY ECONOMY OR THEY WERE DOING SOME SORT OF GIG WORK AND SHIFTED BECAUSE THAT GIG WORK DRIED UP AND STARTED THEIR ON COTTAGE BUSINESS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
AND SO SEEING A FLEX ON THE NOTE I WROTE TO MYSELF WAS START UP GRANTS
WE'RE ACTUALLY AT A PHASE NOW WHERE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE COMMERCE GRANTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTING HAVE GOTTEN THEM
AND THAT'S KUDOS TO YOU
IT HAS BEEN, SURPRISINGLY, IN SPITE OF ALL THE CHALLENGES OF TRYING TO STAND UP A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IN A PANDEMIC, YOU GUYS HAVE PULLED IT OFF REALLY WELL
BUT NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT THE FOLKS WHO HAVE FALLEN THROUGH THE CRACKS ARE THOSE THAT MAYBE BECAUSE OF THAT CUT OFF DATE HAVE NOT BEEN ELIGIBLE
AND SO MAYBE SHIFTING FROM SORT OF LOSS OF BUSINESS TO NOW A STARTUP GRANT PHASE THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THE FLEX FUND WOULD BE GREAT
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, I WOULD REALLY THERE'S TWO OTHER POINTS THAT COME UP AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN WITH OUR ENTREPRENEURS
ONE IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS CHILD CARE FOR THESE ENTREPRENEURS AT THE SAME TIME? AND I KNOW THAT THE FAIR START FOR KIDS ACT IS A BIG STEP, AND WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP
BUT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES CAN LEAN INTO THOSE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE CHILD CARE RESOURCES FOR WORKERS, ENTREPRENEURS, YOU NAME IT
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A BARRIER TO GENERATING INCOME FOR FAMILIES, HONESTLY
AND FINALLY, PLEASE TO SEE HOW MUCH THOUGHT IS BEING PUT INTO ENGAGING WMBE BUSINESS OWNERS
THAT IS CLEARLY AN AREA WHERE THE PANDEMIC HIT HARDER, AND SO DEVOTING RESOURCES TO THEM WILL ENSURE A MORE RAPID AND EQUITABLE RECOVERY
AND I CAN'T LET YOU GO, CHRIS, WITHOUT MENTIONING THAT
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON OFFSHORE ENERGY TO I THINK I'VE ENJOYED OUR CONVERSATIONS
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MANY MORE ON THAT NOTE
YOU'RE GOING TO GET SICK OF ME, I THINK
WELL, MAYBE NOT, BUT WE'LL SEE YOU GET SICK OF IT FIRST
AND I THINK WE ARE SYMPATICO ON THOSE OTHER POINTS YOU MENTIONED
WE HEAR SIMILAR THINGS
AND SO WE'RE DOING SOME LISTENING AND LEARNING ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THE FOLKS THAT MISSED THE LAST ROUND FOR SOME SORT OF CRITERION MAYBE HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEXT THING
AND SO THOSE ARE ALL TAKEN POINT
SO THANK YOU
THANKS, CHRIS
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, HI, CHRIS
I GET TO PLAY CLEAN UP HERE
SO I JUST HAVE FIVE QUESTIONS
NO, I'M KIDDING
THE ONE THING THAT STRUCK ME AS INTERESTING WAS HAVING BEEN ON THE BOARD OF MARITIME BLUE AND ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU DID TO SPAWN THAT ENTITY THAT YOU SAY YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO CREATE OTHER CLUSTERS ARE THINGS LIKE THE ELECTRIFIED AIRPLANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A CLUSTER FORMING HERE
I URGE YOU NOT TO DO THE SPACE CLUSTER, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU WANT TO PUT THINGS IN SPACE IS THE FIRST INDICATION THAT YOU'RE MAKING TOO MUCH MONEY
SO I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO NEED ANY HELP AT THIS POINT
OF ALL THE CLUSTERS TO SUPPORT, I THINK THEY'LL DO FINE, BUT HONESTLY, BUT THE STARTUP MENTALITY OF FOLKS THAT ARE ELECTRIFYING AIRCRAFT
THAT'S VERY COOL
I'M JUST WONDERING, ARE YOU BEING APPROACHED FOR ENTITIES LIKE WAY MARITIME BLUE WAS TRYING TO SEE? WE SAW THIS NEED AND WE STITCH TOGETHER THIS ENDEMIC EXPERTISE, OR IS THIS JUST, LIKE AN IDEA THAT YOU'RE SORT OF SHOPPING AROUND? ARE YOU BEING APPROACHED? YEAH
WE'RE BEING APPROACHED
EVERY ONE OF THESE HAS A DIFFERENT JOURNEY A LITTLE BIT, AND EVERYONE HAS SOME HAVE SORT OF VERY DISAGGREGATED ASSETS AROUND THE STATE IN THESE PLACES
AND IT ALSO KIND OF MATTERS IF YOU HAVE GOOD LEADERS
I THINK MARITIME BLUE CAME AT THE RIGHT TIME WHERE WE HAD, I THINK, GOOD LEADERS
AND I'M NOT INCLUDING MYSELF IN THAT CATEGORY, BUT I JUST MEAN, WE HAD SOME FOLKS THAT HAD A RESOURCE AND A VISION AND A LITTLE BIT OF A DRIVE TO MAKE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN
AND THE ECONOMICS POUR OUT
IT WAS A GLOBALLY IN DEMAND THING THAT WAS VERY SCALABLE, AND IT WAS IN HIGH DEMAND, A CASE IN POINT, THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD AT PRESENT
AND SO THAT CAME IN AT THE RIGHT TIME
I THINK WHAT WE'RE NOTICING, THOUGH, AROUND THE WORLD IS FOLKS HAVE USED THIS MODEL MUCH MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN WE HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES
AND THERE'S SOME REASONS FOR THAT
GOVERNMENTS HERE INVEST LESS THAN THESE THINGS IN EUROPE
THEY INVEST A LOT
YOU PAY HIGHER TAXES, BUT THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS ON R & D
AND SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO ENGENDER MORE ACTIVITY LIKE THAT IF THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR IT? THESE GRANTS THAT WILL GO OUT ARE 250 TO 500,000 DOLLARS
THIS WILL HELP FOR SOME PLANNING
THIS WILL HELP FOR SOME STRATEGY
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MARITIME BLUE STARTED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BOOTSTRAPPING
WHAT WE ARE SEEING, THOUGH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN THE ENDLESS FRONTIER ACT BILL THAT I MENTIONED THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED IS POSSIBLE VERY LARGE SCALE INVESTMENTS IN SOME INDUSTRY VERTICAL TECHNOLOGIES
AND SO WHAT SHOULD WASHINGTON STATE BE DOING TO MAKE SURE ABOUT THE FOREFRONT OF THOSE KINDS OF OPPORTUNITIES? SO YOU MENTIONED AVIATION ADVANCED ENERGY PROPULSION SYSTEMS IN AVIATION IS A REALLY BIG DEAL RIGHT NOW
BATTERY IS VERY IMPORTANT
WE'RE TALKING TO LOTS OF FOLKS ABOUT MUNICIPAL WASTE OF BIODIESEL AND HYDROGEN AND FUEL CELLS
RIGHT
SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS QUITE WELL
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE AN ADVANTAGE IN BECAUSE OF OUR ENERGY STORAGE CAPABILITY AND OUR PRODUCTION
SO THAT'S AN INTERESTING ONE
SPACE IS INTERESTING TO ME TO YOU A BIT BECAUSE OF LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY ROCKETS, ALTHOUGH WE DO MAKE SOME OF THOSE IN R&D YOU CAN BUILD A LOT OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH IT
AND IT'S A REALLY NICE THING TO HAVE AND PAIR WITH THE COMMERCIAL AIR SPACE SUPPLY CHAIN
WHAT YOU NEED SOME DIVERSITY
SO WE'LL SEE
I THINK WHAT WE'LL END UP WITH IS WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK RIGHT NOW TO KIND OF SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE
THERE WILL BE A COMPETITIVE PROCESS
WE'LL REVIEW THESE THINGS AND SEE, HEY, WHICH ONES OF THESE THINGS MAKE THE MOST SENSE TO INVEST MONEY IN NOW? BUT WE ARE BEING APPROACHED BY FOLKS
I WILL SAY THE MODEL IS CLUSTER MODEL LIKE MARITIME BLUE HAS
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS AS WELL KNOWN AS ANY OTHER SORT OF BUSINESS MODEL OR LIKE A SWAT ANALYSIS
SO THINGS YOU LEARN IN BUSINESS SCHOOL, WE ARE TRYING TO ADAPT SOMETHING THAT HAS WORKED VERY WELL IN OTHER PLACES AND SEE IF IT CAN WORK HERE
THAT'S A LONG ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION
THANK YOU, CHRIS
AND I WAS BEING ONLY PARTIALLY FACETIOUS ABOUT THE SPACE PROGRAM
IT'S JUST WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GEO ORBITAL SATELLITES AND STUFF, I WANT THEM LOOKING DOWN
I WANT TO KNOW WE WANT TO HAVE OCEAN SCIENCE BEING USED WITH SATELLITES
AND I JUST KEEP LANCING
WE KNOW THERE'S INTELLIGENT LIFE THERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MARS, RIGHT
SO THAT'S MY LITTLE BIAS
BUT CERTAINLY WE HAVE THE ECOSYSTEM OF THAT AERONAUTICAL TECHNOLOGY AND STUFF
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
I MEAN, IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THE STATE IS UP TO
YOU'LL BE SURE TO BE HEARING MORE OF US, DEFINITELY
AND THEN
SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME
HERE WE ARE AT QUARTER TO FIVE ON A SUNNY, BEAUTIFUL DAY
I WILL PASS IT BACK TO DAVE, UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THAT WRAPS UP OUR PRESENTATIONS
I HOPE THAT PLANTS SOME GOOD SEEDS FOR A RETREAT
BOTH OF THESE, I THINK, HAVE BEEN REALLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING AND SOME OF THE REGIONAL EQUITABLE RECOVERY PLANS
SO I APPRECIATE AGAIN YOUR PATIENCE TODAY IS WE ABSORB ALL THIS GOOD DETAIL AND COMMIT TO WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE ACTIVELY GOING FORWARD
THANK YOU
ALRIGHT
WELL, THANK YOU, DAVE, FOR PULLING THAT ALL TOGETHER WAS QUITE ENLIGHTENING
AND SO COMMISSIONERS THAT CONCLUDES OUR SCHEDULED BUSINESS ITEMS FOR TODAY
ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS RELATING TO COMMITTEE REFERRALS OR ANY CLOSING REMARKS? AND I SHOULD REALLY HAVE PASSED THIS TO STEVE FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY WANT TO CONCLUDE WITH
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU WERE WANTING TO POP IN SOME QUESTIONS ALONG ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS, BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE SOME PARTING WORDS WITH US? WELL, JUST THAT I APPRECIATE YOU
I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF CONTENT
IT WAS PACKED IN THERE, BUT I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS WORTHWHILE HEARING SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES AS WE LOOK AT HOW WE HEAR THAT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS TO HOW TO LEVERAGE THOSE EFFORTS AROUND US, ESPECIALLY ON EQUATOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY
AND I THINK GETTING THAT BIG PICTURE THIS WILL HELP US PUT IT WITH THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS AND ESPECIALLY AS WE GO INTO THE BUDGET STICKING FORWARD
SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS TIME ON THIS AND AND BASICALLY MOVING THROUGH THAT TODAY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AT THE END OF THE DAY AND THAT IT IS LATE
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS AND THE REST OF THE ITEMS TODAY TOO, ACTUALLY RELATIVELY SHORT
BUT WE HAD SOME MILESTONES AND DID SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TODAY
THANK YOU
VERY GOOD
SO, CLERK HART, IF YOU WOULD GO ONCE AROUND THE ROOM SO WE CAN CLOSE IT OUT WITH EVERYBODY HAVING A CHANCE FOR THEIR TWO CENTS, WELL DO BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A LITTLE VERY NICE LITTLE STORY TO SHARE
THE CAME THROUGH EMAIL TODAY
A CONSTITUENT WROTE ABOUT A GOOD SAMARITAN PORT OF POLICE OFFICER OFFICER GONZALEZ AT SEAPORT SEAPORT TIME
I'M GETTING DINGY THIS AFTERNOON AT SEATAC AIRPORT
SHE WAS TAKING AN 88 YEAR OLD MOTHER TO DROP OFF FOR HER FLIGHT AND SHE WAS WHEELCHAIR BOUND AT THE ALASKA DEPARTURE DRIVE UP
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO STAND YOUR VEHICLE, AS YOU KNOW
WELL, SO SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
SHE DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE THE 88 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER IN A CAR AND SHE DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY THERE TO HELP AS FAR AS THE SKY CAPS AND WAS STRANDED, BASICALLY
SO THE OFFICER NOTICED
AND RATHER THAN YELLING AT HER TO GET MOVING, HE OFFERED ASSISTANCE AND HE GOT A CART AND HE HELPED WITH THE BAGS AND SUITCASES AND HE ASSISTED HER IN HER WHEELCHAIR
AND THEN HE ESCORTED HER TO THE TICKETING AND IT WENT, AS SHE SAID, SO SMOOTHLY
AND SHE TRULY APPRECIATED THE KINDNESS OF OFFICER GONZALEZ
THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE FOR HIM
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS SABRE
THAT IS A HEARTFELT, WONDERFUL TESTIMONY
MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO
NO, I THINK THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS THAT THE LAST WEEK OF API HERITAGE MONTH
FOR THE LAST TIME, WE REMIND EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY
THAT'S IT
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NOTHING FOR ME
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
ALRIGHT
THANK YOU
I GUESS I JUST WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE HAD A GREAT MARITIME BREAKFAST PRESENTATION ON ON FRIDAY AND IT WAS ACTUALLY SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CRUISE RESUMPTION AND THE FOLLOWING DAY OF MARITIME DAY
SO IT WAS QUITE THE SALTY MOMENT IN TIME AND ONLY TO BE CAPPED OFF BY THE OP ED THAT STEVE AND I AUTHORED THAT RAN IN MONDAY SEATTLE TIME
SO FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL LISTENING WITH THOUSANDS THAT ARE AROUND, IT REALLY WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH PORT STAFF, PULLING TOGETHER WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A VERY GOOD PARTING, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF WHAT IS INFRASTRUCTURE
AND WE CERTAINLY GOT AN EAR FULL OF THE HUMAN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH IN THE REGION
THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR INSIGHTS
AND UNLESS THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, I'D BE HAPPY TO CALL THIS MEETING A DAY
IS THERE ANY FINAL WORDS HERE? OKAY
HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, NO FURTHER BUSINESS
IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED AT 4:51
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, EVERYONE
GOOD MEETING
THANKS, COMMISSIONERS
THANKS, COMMISSIONERS
THANKS SO.

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