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The Regular meeting scheduled for 2022-01-25 at Remote

  • Transcript of Regular Meeting on Jan 25, 2022 12:00pm The Port of Seattle Commission
  • START OF TRANSCRIPT [00:00:30] THE REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 25, [00:00:31] 2022
  • THE TIME IS 10:30 A.M.
  • [00:00:35] WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA TEAMS [00:00:37] TO COMPLY WITH SENATE CONCURRENT [00:00:39] RESOLUTION 8402 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH [00:00:41] GOVERNOR INSLEE'S PROCLAMATION 2028
  • [00:00:44] PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONERS [00:00:46] CHO, FELLEMAN, HASEGAWA AND MOHAMED, [00:00:48] WHO ARE CURRENTLY GATHERED ON THE [00:00:49] EXECUTIVE SESSION LINE AWAITING THE [00:00:51] OPENING OF THE PUBLIC MEETING
  • WE'LL [00:00:54] IMMEDIATELY RECESS INTO THE EXECUTIVE [00:00:55] SESSION TO DISCUSS TWO ITEMS REGARDING [00:00:57] AVIATION OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION OR [00:00:59] LEGAL RISK PER RCW 42.30.110.1 (i) [00:01:03] FOR APPROXIMATELY 45 MINUTES, AND [00:01:06] WE'LL RECONVENE IN THE PUBLIC SESSION AT [00:01:08] TWELVE NOON
  • WE'LL NOW GO OVER TO THE [00:01:10] EXECUTIVE SESSION
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:01:15] THE REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 25, [00:01:17] 2022
  • THE TIME IS TWELVE 12:01 P.M.
  • [00:01:21] WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA TEAMS [00:01:23] TO COMPLY WITH SENATE CONCURRENT [00:01:25] RESOLUTION 8402 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH [00:01:28] GOVERNOR INSLEE'S PROCLAMATION 2028
  • [00:01:31] PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONERS [00:01:32] CHO, FELLEMAN, HASEGAWA AND MOHAMED
  • [00:01:35] I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO DO A ROLL CALL OF [00:01:37] ALL COMMISSIONERS
  • THANK YOU, MR [00:01:40] COMMISSIONERS PRESIDENT, BEGINNING WITH [00:01:41] COMMISSIONERS CHO
  • PRESENT [00:01:49] COMMISSIONER FELLEMEN PRESENT
  • [00:01:50] COMMISSION HASEGAWA
  • PRESENT
  • [00:01:53] THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONERS MOHAMED [00:01:55] PRESENT
  • THANK YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONER [00:01:57] CALKINS
  • I'M HERE, TOO
  • THANK YOU
  • WE DO [00:02:00] HAVE ALL COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE [00:02:02] TODAY
  • GREAT
  • TODAY'S MEETING IS [00:02:04] STRUCTURED FOR OUR VIRTUAL FORMAT
  • [00:02:06] WE'VE MADE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO [00:02:08] PROVIDE PARTICIPATION FOR ALL OUR STAFF [00:02:11] AND COMMISSIONERS
  • LATER, WE'LL TAKE [00:02:13] PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE [00:02:15] PARTICIPATING BY TEAMS AND WHO HAVE [00:02:16] SIGNED UP TO SPEAK
  • ALL VOTES TODAY WILL [00:02:19] BE TAKEN BY THE ROLL CALL METHOD
  • SINCE [00:02:21] ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PARTICIPATING [00:02:23] REMOTELY
  • THAT MEANS FOR EACH VOTE, A [00:02:25] CLERK WILL CALL EACH COMMISSIONER'S [00:02:27] NAME
  • COMMISSIONERS ON THE TEAM'S CALL [00:02:28] WILL MAKE SURE THEY'RE UNMUTED AND THEN [00:02:30] ANSWER YAY OR NAY TO BE EQUITABLE
  • [00:02:33] WE'LL ASK ALL COMMISSIONER CHO SPEAK IN [00:02:35] TURN AND WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE [00:02:38] SPEAKING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
  • TODAY WE [00:02:41] ARE MEETING ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS AND [00:02:43] WATERS OF THE COAST SALISH, PEOPLE WITH [00:02:45] WHOM WE SHARE A COMMITMENT TO STEWARD [00:02:46] THESE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR FUTURE [00:02:48] GENERATIONS
  • THIS MEETING IS BEING [00:02:51] DIGITALLY RECORDED AND MAY BE VIEWED OR Page 1 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • Transcript of Regular Meeting on Jan 25, 2022 12:00pm The Port of Seattle Commission
  • [00:02:53] HEARD AT ANY TIME ON THE PORT'S WEBSITE [00:02:55] AND MAY BE REBROADCAST BY KING COUNTY [00:02:57] TELEVISION
  • PLEASE STAND OR JOIN US FOR [00:03:00] THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  • I PLEDGE [00:03:04] ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED [00:03:06] STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC [00:03:09] FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER [00:03:12] GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND [00:03:14] JUSTICE FOR ALL
  • [00:03:18] THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS [00:03:20] APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • COMMISSIONERS, [00:03:22] PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF
  • I'M GOING TO ASK [00:03:24] EACH OF YOU IN TURN, IF YOU HAVE ANY [00:03:26] MOTIONS TO REARRANGE THE ORDERS OF THE [00:03:28] DAY
  • AND IF YOU DO, I'LL ASK FOR A [00:03:29] SECOND
  • IT'S NEEDED
  • PLEASE RESPOND WHEN [00:03:32] THE PORT CALLS YOUR NAME
  • IF YOU HAVE NO [00:03:33] CHANGES, JUST SAY NONE
  • CLERK HART, GO [00:03:36] AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:03:38] THIS IS FOR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA [00:03:39] BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • [00:03:42] NONE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA, [00:03:46] NO CHANGES
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER [00:03:49] FELLEMAN, I'D LIKE TO REMOVE [00:03:52] ITEM EIGHT
  • I FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
  • [00:03:55] THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU, [00:03:59] COMMISSIONER CHO
  • NONE FOR ME
  • THANK [00:04:01] YOU
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS CALKINS
  • [00:04:05] NONE FOR ME EITHER
  • AND JUST A FRIENDLY [00:04:07] REMINDER, ANY ONE OF US CAN PULL AN ITEM [00:04:09] OFF
  • CONSENT JUST BY ASKING DOES NOT [00:04:12] REQUIRE
  • [00:04:16] ALL RIGHT
  • [00:04:20] THE QUESTION NOW, COMMISSIONERS, IS ON [00:04:22] APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • SO PLEASE SAY [00:04:23] YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
  • [00:04:25] CLERK CAR, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
  • THANK [00:04:27] YOU FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • [00:04:29] COMMISSIONER MOHAMED AYE
  • [00:04:31] PROOF
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA [00:04:34] AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONERS FELLEMAN
  • [00:04:38] AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONERS CHO AYE
  • [00:04:43] THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • AYE
  • [00:04:46] THANK YOU
  • THERE ARE FIVE YESES AND ZERO [00:04:47] NOS FOR THIS ITEM
  • ALRIGHT, THE AGENDA [00:04:50] IS APPROVED AS AMENDED
  • NEXT ON OUR [00:04:53] AGENDA IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS [00:04:55] REPORT
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • DO I [00:04:57] SEE YOU ON HERE? YES
  • THERE YOU ARE
  • GO [00:05:00] RIGHT AHEAD
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, [00:05:02] COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU, PRESIDENT [00:05:04] CALKINS
  • JANUARY 21 WAS A SOMBER [00:05:07] ANNIVERSARY ON THAT DATE
  • IT HAD BEEN [00:05:10] TWO YEARS SINCE THE FIRST CASE THE [00:05:11] COVID-19 WAS DISCOVERED IN THE UNITED [00:05:13] STATES HERE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
  • [00:05:16] UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S STILL HAVING AN [00:05:17] IMPACT ON OUR EVERYDAY LIVES
  • THE COVID 19 [00:05:20] SURGE IN POSITIVE CASES AND [00:05:22] HOSPITALIZATIONS IN THE STATE OF [00:05:23] WASHINGTON AND KING COUNTY, DRIVEN BY [00:05:26] THE HOLLY INFECTIOUS OMICRON VARIANT, [00:05:28] CONTINUES
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  • Transcript of Regular Meeting on Jan 25, 2022 12:00pm The Port of Seattle Commission
  • [00:05:30] HORIZON AS POSITIVE CASES IN THE STATE [00:05:32] ARE BEGINNING TO PLATEAU AND KING COUNTY [00:05:35] IS REPORTING A DOWNWARD TREND
  • [00:05:37] WASHINGTON STATE IS REPORTING A SEVEN [00:05:39] DAY CASE RATE OF 15,037 PER 100,000 [00:05:44] POPULATION
  • KING COUNTY IS REPORTING A [00:05:46] SEVEN DAY CASE RATE OF 1099 PER 100,000 [00:05:51] POPULATION
  • THE PORT OF SEATTLE HAS ALSO [00:05:53] EXPERIENCED A LARGE NUMBER OF POSITIVE [00:05:55] COVID CASES WITHIN OUR CRITICAL [00:05:56] WORKFORCE
  • SINCE JANUARY 1, 2022, [00:06:00] 154 PORT EMPLOYEES HAVE TESTED POSITIVE [00:06:03] FOR THE VIRUS
  • THIS NUMBER INCLUDES [00:06:05] EMPLOYEES WORKING THE FRONT LINE, [00:06:07] TELEWORKING AND THOSE ON PAID TIME OFF
  • [00:06:10] WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE VIRAL [00:06:12] ACTIVITY AND ASSESS OUR MITIGATION [00:06:13] STRATEGIES TO PROTECT THE WORKFORCE, [00:06:15] CUSTOMERS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS
  • AS PART [00:06:18] OF OUR FURTHER MITIGATION EFFORTS, [00:06:19] EFFECTIVE MARCH 7, THE PORT OF SEATTLE [00:06:22] WILL REQUIRE CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS [00:06:26] WORKING IN MOST NON PUBLIC PORT [00:06:28] FACILITIES TO BE FULLY VACCINATED [00:06:30] AGAINST COVID-19
  • THIS REQUIREMENT IS [00:06:33] NECESSARY TO HELP PROTECT THE HEALTH OF [00:06:34] PORT EMPLOYEES WHO WORK ALONGSIDE [00:06:36] EMPLOYEES OF CONTRACTORS AND CONSULTANTS [00:06:39] WITHIN ENCLOSED SPACES AND FOR LONG [00:06:41] PERIODS OF TIME
  • THE PORT'S MISSION [00:06:44] INCLUDES CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS AT OUR [00:06:46] MANY LOCATIONS, INCLUDING OUR MARITIME [00:06:48] CARGO, CRUISE, FISHING, MARINAS, [00:06:50] OFFICES AND AVIATION FACILITIES
  • IT'S [00:06:53] IMPORTANT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PORT [00:06:55] EMPLOYEES TO ENSURE WE MAINTAIN THOSE [00:06:56] VITAL OPERATIONS
  • [00:07:01] I'D ALSO LIKE TO REPORT ON THE ISSUE [00:07:04] RELATED TO INNOVATION
  • INNOVATION ACROSS [00:07:06] ALL THE PORTS ACTIVITIES IS CRITICAL TO [00:07:08] OUR SUCCESS IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR [00:07:10] REGION
  • ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING [00:07:12] INITIATIVES IN THIS SPACE IS THE [00:07:13] MARITIME BLUE INNOVATION ACCELERATOR, [00:07:15] WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER ENTREPRENEURS AND [00:07:17] BUSINESS FOUNDERS WITH MENTORS AND [00:07:19] PARTNERS TO GROW THE NEXT GENERATION OF [00:07:22] MARITIME LEADERS
  • THE PORT IS THE [00:07:24] LEADING PARTNER OF MARITIME BLUE [00:07:25] MARITIME BLUE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THE [00:07:27] THIRD WAVE COHORT OF TEN FOUNDERS IN THE [00:07:31] INNOVATION ACCELERATOR PROGRAM COMING UP [00:07:33] ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3
  • THEY ARE [00:07:35] OFFERING THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO [00:07:37] MEET THE FOUNDERS VIRTUALLY AND DISCUSS [00:07:39] THE EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE [00:07:41] MARITIME INDUSTRY
  • WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT [00:07:43] GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE WILL JOIN THIS [00:07:45] VIRTUAL EVENT ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER [00:07:47] SAM CHO
  • I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE INTERESTED [00:07:50] IN THE MARITIME INNOVATION INTERESTED IN [00:07:52] MARITIME INNOVATION TO REGISTER AND TAKE [00:07:54] PART IN THE PROGRAM
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  • Transcript of Regular Meeting on Jan 25, 2022 12:00pm The Port of Seattle Commission
  • [00:08:01] SORRY ABOUT THAT, COMMISSIONERS
  • LET'S [00:08:03] SEE
  • AND I WAS TURNING TO TODAY'S [00:08:05] COMMISSION MEETING
  • I'D LIKE TO [00:08:06] HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS ITEM EIGHT, C ON [00:08:09] THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE APPOINTMENT OF [00:08:11] A PUBLIC MEMBER TO THE PORT WIDE ARTS [00:08:13] AND CULTURE BOARD FOR A TERM OF THREE [00:08:15] YEARS
  • ASIA ASIA TALE, AN ARTIST, [00:08:18] CURATOR AND ORGANIZER BASED IN [00:08:20] WASHINGTON AND A CITIZEN OF THE CHEROKEE [00:08:22] NATION
  • HER EMPHASIS ON INDIGENOUS [00:08:24] ARTISTS WILL BRING A WELCOME PERSPECTIVE [00:08:26] TO THE PORT WIDE ART BOARD, AND WE LOOK [00:08:28] FORWARD TO SEEING HER CONTRIBUTIONS [00:08:30] DURING HER TERM
  • WELCOME, ASIA
  • [00:08:33] ITEM EIGHT, I ON OUR AGENDA IS AN [00:08:35] AUTHORIZATION OF OUR 2022 TOURISM [00:08:37] MARKETING SUPPORT PROGRAM
  • YOU HEARD [00:08:39] ABOUT OUR EFFORTS ON TOURISM AT OUR LAST [00:08:42] COMMISSION MEETING TODAY
  • YOU'LL BE [00:08:43] AUTHORIZING THE PROGRAM
  • CONNECTED TO [00:08:45] THAT BRIEFING
  • THE SOLE BRIEFING WE HAVE [00:08:48] FOR YOU TODAY IS A BRIEFING ON THE 2021 [00:08:51] PROGRAM OF THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH [00:08:53] INITIATIVE, DURING WHICH YOU'LL HEAR [00:08:55] FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARTICIPANTS [00:08:56] OF THE PROGRAM ON OUTCOMES AND IMPACTS
  • [00:08:59] AT OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING IN [00:09:00] FEBRUARY, WE WILL BRING FORWARD A [00:09:02] REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE THE REQUEST FOR [00:09:03] PROPOSALS FOR THE 2022 PROGRAM
  • [00:09:08] THE OPPORTUNITY YOUTH INITIATIVE IS ONE [00:09:10] COMPONENT OF OUR LARGER WORKFORCE [00:09:11] DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
  • YOU WILL HEAR MORE [00:09:14] ABOUT THE STRATEGY WHEN WE PRESENT THE [00:09:16] ANNUAL REPORT LATER THIS YEAR
  • LASTLY, [00:09:19] I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ORDER [00:09:21] 2020 115 REGARDING THIS SEATTLE COMA [00:09:25] TENANT BUILD OUT ANALYSIS PASSED LAST [00:09:27] YEAR
  • ON DECEMBER 14, 2021, THE [00:09:30] COMMISSION APPROVED ORDER 2020 115, [00:09:33] DIRECTING STAFF TO ANALYZE THE PORT [00:09:35] DINING AND RETAIL TENANT BUILD OUT [00:09:38] PROCESS AND TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSION AT [00:09:40] TODAY'S MEETING WITH RECOMMENDATIONS [00:09:42] BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS
  • I'D LIKE YOU TO [00:09:44] PROVIDE YOU WITH STATUS ON THAT WORK
  • [00:09:46] AS YOU RECALL, THE PORT AND OUR ADR [00:09:48] TENANTS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THE IMPACTS [00:09:50] OF UNANTICIPATED ADDITIONAL COSTS [00:09:52] INCURRED BY OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS IN [00:09:54] BUILDING OUT THEIR SPACES AT THE [00:09:56] AIRPORT
  • LEASE GROUPS TWO THREE FOUR AND [00:09:59] FOUR EIGHT INCLUDED APPROXIMATELY 59 [00:10:01] INDIVIDUAL UNITS, AND EACH UNIT HAS ITS [00:10:04] OWN UNIQUE ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
  • WE ARE [00:10:06] STILL RESEARCHING THOSE COSTS AND [00:10:08] FINANCIAL IMPACTS ON EACH UNIT, AND I'VE [00:10:11] CONCLUDED THAT MORE TIME IS NEEDED TO [00:10:13] PROVIDE THE COMMISSION OF COMPREHENSIVE [00:10:15] ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATION
  • TO COMPLETE [00:10:17] THAT WORK, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST AN [00:10:19] EXTENSION ON THE REPORTING DATE TO YOUR Page 4 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • Transcript of Regular Meeting on Jan 25, 2022 12:00pm The Port of Seattle Commission
  • [00:10:22] MARCH 8 MEETING
  • AT THAT TIME, WE'LL BE [00:10:24] PREPARED WITH AN ANALYSIS AND A PROPOSAL [00:10:26] FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN ACTION
  • THANK [00:10:29] YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS [00:10:31] REQUEST
  • COMMISSIONERS
  • THIS CONCLUDES [00:10:32] MY REPORT
  • THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT
  • [00:10:36] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • IS THERE A [00:10:38] MOTION AT THIS TIME TO EXTEND THE [00:10:39] REPORTING DATE BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS [00:10:42] FOR ORDER NUMBER 2020 115 TO MARCH 8, [00:10:45] 2022, REGARDING OUTCOMES [00:10:48] IDENTIFIED IN THE SEA TENANT BUILD OUT [00:10:50] ANALYSIS? SO MOVED
  • [00:10:53] SECOND, THE MOTION WAS [00:10:56] MADE
  • AND SECONDED, COMMISSIONERS, [00:10:59] PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE ANY [00:11:01] QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MOTION
  • [00:11:05] AND I DO NOT SEE ANY
  • MR COMMISSION [00:11:07] PRESIDENT
  • THANK YOU
  • CLERK HART, WILL YOU [00:11:10] PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE YES [00:11:12] FOR THE VOTE ON THIS MOTION TO EXTEND TO [00:11:15] MARCH 8, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER [00:11:17] MOHAMED APPROVED
  • [00:11:21] THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • AYE
  • [00:11:23] THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AYE
  • [00:11:27] THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CHO
  • AYE
  • [00:11:29] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, CALKINS
  • AYE
  • [00:11:32] THANK YOU
  • THERE ARE FIVE YESES AND ZERO [00:11:34] NOS FOR THIS ITEM
  • ALL RIGHT
  • WITH THAT, [00:11:37] THE MOTION PASSES
  • ARE THERE [00:11:40] ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? MR [00:11:43] PRICHARD? THANK YOU
  • COMMISSION [00:11:46] PRESIDENT CALKINS
  • TODAY'S COMMITTEE [00:11:48] REPORTS WILL BE DELIVERED BY ERIKA [00:11:50] CHUNG
  • I'M TURNING OVER THIS [00:11:52] RESPONSIBILITY TO HER
  • SHE'S DONE A [00:11:55] GREAT JOB IN CREATING SYMMETRY [00:11:58] BETWEEN EACH OF THE COMMITTEES
  • SO [00:11:59] YOU'LL SEE EACH AGENDA LOOKS THE SAME [00:12:01] ACROSS
  • SHE'S MOVED US TO HAVING [00:12:03] MEETINGS ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EVERY [00:12:06] MONTH AND HAS CREATED A SYSTEM
  • SO WE [00:12:08] HAVE A GOOD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN [00:12:10] COMMISSIONERS AND SPECIALISTS ON THIS
  • [00:12:12] SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER [00:12:14] WORK ON THAT
  • AND YOU'LL SEE ERICA AGAIN [00:12:16] ON FEBRUARY 8, WHERE SHE WILL PRESENT [00:12:19] THE COMMITTEE WORK PLANS AS THEY'RE [00:12:22] STILL IN A LITTLE BIT DRAFT AT THAT [00:12:24] TIME, BUT THEY WILL BE LARGELY SET [00:12:27] THROUGH ABOUT AUGUST, BUT THOSE ARE [00:12:28] WORKS IN PROGRESS AT ALL TIMES, BUT YOU [00:12:31] WILL SEE AND THAT PRESENTED IN PUBLIC
  • [00:12:34] SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO [00:12:37] ERICA FOR THE COMMITTEE REPORTS
  • THANK [00:12:39] YOU, ERICA
  • THANK YOU, ERIN
  • AND GOOD [00:12:42] AFTERNOON
  • COMMISSIONERS
  • THE WATERFRONT [00:12:45] AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS COMMITTEE WAS [00:12:46] CONVENED BY COMMISSIONERS FELLEMAN MAN [00:12:48] IN HASEGAWA
  • ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, [00:12:51] THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED ITS SCOPE AND [00:12:53] DRAFT WORK PLAN FOR 2022
  • THE COMMITTEE [00:12:57] ALSO RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE Page 5 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • Transcript of Regular Meeting on Jan 25, 2022 12:00pm The Port of Seattle Commission
  • [00:12:59] PORT'S PARTNERSHIP WITH THE [00:13:00] WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND [00:13:02] WILDLIFE AND EXPEDIA TO RESTORE AND [00:13:04] RENOVATE THE PUBLIC FISHING PIER AT [00:13:07] CENTENNIAL PARK
  • THE SUSTAINABILITY AND [00:13:10] ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE COMMITTEE WAS [00:13:11] CONVENED BY COMMISSIONERS CALKINS AND [00:13:13] HASEGAWA
  • ON JANUARY 18, THE COMMITTEE [00:13:16] WAS BRIEFED ON THE CHARTER AND SCOPE OF [00:13:18] THE COMMITTEE
  • THE COMMITTEE ALSO [00:13:20] RECEIVED AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT PROJECTS [00:13:23] AND REVIEWED THE WORK PLAN FOR 2022
  • [00:13:26] THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT [00:13:28] COMMITTEE WAS ALSO CONVENED WAS CONVENED [00:13:32] BY COMMISSIONERS CHO AND MOHAMED
  • ON [00:13:34] TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, THE COMMITTEE [00:13:36] REVIEWED HIS CHARTER AND SCOPE OF WORK
  • [00:13:38] THE COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED HIS PROPOSED [00:13:41] WORK PLAN FOR 2022 AND COMMISSIONERS [00:13:43] MADE CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO THE WORK [00:13:45] PLAN
  • THE COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED A [00:13:47] PROPOSED TIMELINE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF [00:13:49] BOTH THE COMMUNITY EQUITY BOARD AS WELL [00:13:52] AS THE EQUITY POLICY DIRECTIVE
  • PER [00:13:55] COMMISSIONERS REQUEST, STAFF WILL BRING [00:13:57] A PROPOSAL FOR A SHORTENED [00:13:59] IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE TO THE NEXT [00:14:01] MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE FOR [00:14:02] CONSIDERATION
  • THE AVIATION COMMITTEE [00:14:05] WAS CONVENED BY COMMISSIONERS CHO AND [00:14:07] MOHAMED
  • ON JANUARY 18 TO REVIEW THE [00:14:10] CHARTER AND WORK PLAN FOR 2022
  • THE [00:14:13] COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS MOVING THE HUMAN [00:14:15] TRAFFICKING TOPIC TO THE EQUITY AND [00:14:17] WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  • THE [00:14:19] COMMITTEE AFFIRMED JEFFREY BROWN'S [00:14:20] INDEPENDENCE OF THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS [00:14:22] AND VOTING MEMBER ON THE WASHINGTON [00:14:24] STATE CIVILIAN AVIATION COORDINATING [00:14:26] COMMITTEE
  • THE COMMITTEE ALSO WAS [00:14:28] GENERALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE CONCEPT OF [00:14:30] INCREASING DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO [00:14:32] THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR
  • THIS CONCLUDES MY [00:14:35] REPORT
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:14:42] TOOK ME A SECOND MUTED MYSELF THERE
  • [00:14:45] THANK YOU, ERICA, FOR THE REPORT
  • ARE [00:14:47] THERE ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS REGARDING [00:14:49] COMMITTEES? PLEASE USE YOUR HAND RAISE [00:14:52] TOOL TO INDICATE COMMISSIONERS
  • [00:14:57] I DO NOT CURRENTLY SEE ANY HANDS RAISED
  • [00:15:02] JUST ONE CLARIFICATION ON THE DELEGATION [00:15:04] AUTHORITY ASPECT
  • THAT WAS ACTUALLY FOR [00:15:06] THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NOT THE AIRPORT [00:15:08] DIRECTOR
  • INCREASING THE DELEGATION FOR [00:15:10] THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • SO JUST TO [00:15:12] CLARIFY
  • THANKS
  • GREAT
  • [00:15:15] THANK YOU
  • AT THIS TIME, WE'RE MOVING TO [00:15:19] PUBLIC COMMENT
  • THE COMMISSION WILL NOW [00:15:20] ACCEPT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THOSE [00:15:23] WHO'VE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS [00:15:24] RELATED TO THE PORT
  • IT IS NOTED THAT [00:15:27] FOR THIS MEETING THERE IS A SEPARATE [00:15:28] PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR LATER AND Page 6 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:15:30] ANY TESTIMONY ON ITEM TEN A SHOULD BE [00:15:33] GIVEN AT THAT SPECIFIC TIME
  • WRITTEN [00:15:36] MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE CLERK WILL BE [00:15:38] INCLUDED IN TODAY'S MEETING RECORD
  • THE [00:15:40] CLERK HAS A LIST OF THOSE PREPARED TO [00:15:42] SPEAK
  • AS THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME WILL [00:15:44] OPEN THE LINE AND COMMENTERS WILL HAVE [00:15:46] TO UNMUTE THEMSELVES
  • AND PLEASE REPEAT [00:15:48] YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD
  • IF YOU'RE ON [00:15:50] THE TEAM'S MEETING AND ARE ALSO [00:15:52] STREAMING THE MEETING, PLEASE MUTE THE [00:15:53] VIDEO STREAM TO AVOID FEEDBACK
  • PLEASE [00:15:56] NOTE THAT THERE MAY BE A SHORT TIME LAG [00:15:58] ON THE VIDEO STREAM
  • COMMENT TIME IS [00:16:01] LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON
  • [00:16:03] CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST [00:16:05] SPEAKER
  • THANK YOU, MR COMMISSIONERS
  • [00:16:08] PRESIDENT
  • OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JAMES [00:16:09] RASMUSSEN
  • [00:16:14] GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS
  • I HOPE YOU [00:16:17] CAN HEAR ME
  • MY NAME IS
  • [00:16:24] YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU, JAMES
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:16:26] OKAY
  • I'M SPEAKING ON THE [00:16:29] EAST WATERWAY AND THE CLEANUP PLANS [00:16:33] ON THE EAST WATERWAY
  • [00:16:37] IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE [00:16:40] COMMUNITY IS NOT AGREEING [00:16:44] TO IS [00:16:48] AT LEAST PROPOSED RIGHT NOW BY EPA [00:16:52] AS WELL AS THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • [00:16:56] AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE [00:17:01] WE'RE LOOKING AT AN [00:17:04] INCREASED DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOWER [00:17:07] DUWAMISH WATERWAY CLEANUP PLAN AND [00:17:12] THE EAST WATERWAY PLAN
  • [00:17:16] WE ALL HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS [00:17:20] IS THE SAME RIVER
  • [00:17:24] AND I WANT YOU ALL TO MAKE SURE THAT [00:17:28] YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS [00:17:31] TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOLE RIVER [00:17:35] IS CLEANED UP
  • AND THAT IS [00:17:40] OUR MESSAGE TO YOU TODAY
  • [00:17:44] AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT [00:17:48] FOR A HEALTHY CLEANUP [00:17:53] OF THE EAST WATERWAY
  • [00:17:58] THAT'S WHAT I GOT TO SAY
  • I'M MEETING [00:18:01] WITH SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS OR [00:18:04] COMMISSIONERS SHORTLY
  • [00:18:10] THANK YOU, JAMES
  • [00:18:17] YES
  • HANG ON A SECOND
  • LET ME GO AHEAD [00:18:19] AND MUTE WHERE WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK [00:18:22] FROM
  • OKAY
  • OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IRIS [00:18:26] ANTMAN
  • [00:18:34] HI, THERE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON
  • GOOD [00:18:37] AFTERNOON, IRIS
  • WE CAN HEAR YOU
  • [00:18:39] GREAT
  • MY NAME IS IRIS ANTMAN
  • I'M A [00:18:42] MEMBER OF SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL
  • I [00:18:44] WOULD JUST LIKE TO SECOND THE COMMENTS [00:18:46] THAT MR RASMUSSEN JUST MADE TOTAL [00:18:48] SUPPORT OF THAT WE UNDERSTAND
  • [00:18:51] SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL UNDERSTANDS FROM [00:18:53] A-K-O-W
  • REPORT BY JOSH MCNICHOLS [00:18:57] QUOTING COMMISSIONERS, CALKINS
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  • [00:19:00] PORT HAS TAKEN A THIRD CRUISE SHIP [00:19:02] TERMINAL, A T 46, OFF THE TABLE
  • [00:19:05] SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL CELEBRATES THAT [00:19:07] DECISION, THIS DECISION, AND SUPPORTS [00:19:10] THE PORT DOING THE RIGHT THING
  • AND WE [00:19:12] HOPE, POSSIBLY NAIVELY, THAT OUR TWO [00:19:15] YEARS OF OPPOSING TESTIMONY TO THAT [00:19:17] PROJECT PLAYED SOME PART IN THAT [00:19:19] DECISION
  • WE'RE NOW ASKING YOU TO [00:19:22] CONSIDER NOT RENEWING CRUISE LEASES AS [00:19:25] THEY COME UP AND TO BEGIN LIMITING THE [00:19:28] NUMBER OF CRUISES FROM SEATTLE
  • FIRST, [00:19:31] BECAUSE COVID CONTINUES TO BE A [00:19:33] SIGNIFICANT FACTOR AFFECTING EVERY PART [00:19:35] OF OUR SOCIETY
  • WHILE CRUISE SHIPS MAKE [00:19:38] A BIG SHOW OF COVID TESTING BEFORE [00:19:40] PASSENGERS EMBARK, THERE'S NO TESTING [00:19:42] BEFORE DISEMBARKATION
  • THE CDC REPORTED [00:19:46] A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT CULVERT CASES HAD [00:19:48] INCREASED 30 FOLD IN JUST TWO WEEKS ON [00:19:51] BOARD SHIP
  • WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COVID [00:19:54] SITUATION WILL BE IN APRIL, BUT CRUISE [00:19:56] COMPANY OWNERS ARE NOT TAKING [00:19:58] APPROPRIATE MEASURES NOW TO PROTECT THE [00:20:00] HEALTH OF THEIR PASSENGERS AND CREW OR [00:20:02] THE IMPACTS UPON COMMUNITIES
  • FOR THEM, [00:20:05] IT'S ALWAYS PROFIT OVER PEOPLE
  • AND [00:20:08] SECOND, LET'S LOOK AT THE BIGGER [00:20:09] PICTURE
  • IT'S 2022, EIGHT YEARS [00:20:12] FROM THE DATE THE ICC SET TARGET GOALS [00:20:16] FOR SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTIONS IN GREENHOUSE [00:20:18] GAS EMISSIONS IN ORDER TO KEEP GLOBAL [00:20:21] WARMING UNDER ONE, FIVE DEGREES CELSIUS
  • [00:20:24] WE ARE ALREADY AT 1.1 TO 1.2 DEGREES [00:20:27] WARMING, AND WE'VE SEEN THE DEVASTATING [00:20:30] EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS AROUND THE PLANET [00:20:32] AND HERE AT HOME
  • CONTINUING OUR PRESENT [00:20:35] BUSINESS MODEL FLIES IN THE FACE OF [00:20:37] REALISTICALLY MEETING THESE GOALS
  • NOW [00:20:40] IS THE TIME TO BEGIN DEVELOPING NEW [00:20:43] SYSTEMS, USING CLEAN ENERGY TO DEVELOP [00:20:46] INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES THAT TRULY [00:20:48] SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND [00:20:51] THAT LIFT UP THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND [00:20:52] WELFARE OF OUR COMMUNITY
  • YOU ARE IN A [00:20:55] UNIQUE POSITION TO BEGIN MAKING THESE [00:20:57] LIFE AFFIRMING CHANGES
  • PLEASE TAKE THIS [00:21:00] CHARGE TOO HARD
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • [00:21:03] THANK YOU, MS HAMMOND, OUR NEXT [00:21:05] SPEAKER
  • CLARK
  • YES
  • OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [00:21:08] JORDAN VANVOST
  • [00:21:11] GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
  • MY NAME [00:21:13] IS JORDAN
  • IF REPORTS ARE TRUE AND YOU [00:21:17] FINALLY CANCELED THE THIRD CRUISE [00:21:19] TERMINAL, I OFFER SINCERE THANKS
  • OUR [00:21:22] GROUP, SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL, HAS A [00:21:23] MISSION AND VISION THAT EVENTUALLY YOU [00:21:25] WILL CANCEL THE OTHER TWO CRUISE SHIP [00:21:27] TERMINALS
  • I URGE YOU TO BE COURAGEOUS [00:21:30] AND HELP THE PEOPLE OF OUR REGION TO [00:21:32] LOOK UP AND GRASP THE REALITY THAT IF WE [00:21:35] CONTINUE TO BURN FOSSIL FUELS FOR NON [00:21:37] ESSENTIAL TRAVEL, THERE'S LITTLE HOPE Page 8 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:21:40] FOR MAKING THE REALLY DIFFICULT [00:21:41] REDUCTIONS IN EMISSIONS NECESSARY TO [00:21:44] PREVENT CATASTROPHIC CLIMATE WARMING
  • [00:21:46] CUTTING OUT GLOBAL CRUISE TRAVEL IS LOW [00:21:49] HANGING FRUIT
  • IN THE RACE TO SAVE A [00:21:51] LIVABLE WORLD FOR OUR CHILDREN AND 90% [00:21:53] OF SPECIES ON THE PLANET, CLIMATE [00:21:56] SCIENTISTS CALCULATE THAT WE NEED TO CUT [00:21:58] OUR TOTAL GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS [00:22:01] EMISSIONS IN HALF IN THE NEXT EIGHT [00:22:03] YEARS FROM 60 GIGATONS ANNUALLY TO [00:22:06] 30 GIGATONS GIGA IS A BILLION
  • [00:22:09] GLOBAL EMISSION PATHWAYS BASED ON [00:22:11] CURRENT POLICIES WILL LEAD TO AT LEAST [00:22:14] THREE DEGREES CELSIUS OF WARMING
  • WE'VE [00:22:16] ALREADY EXPERIENCED ONE DEGREE OF [00:22:18] WARMING IN THE LAST CENTURY AND A HALF, [00:22:20] AND THE EFFECTS ARE DEADLY AND [00:22:21] DISPROPORTIONATELY FELT BY BLACK AND [00:22:23] BROWN PEOPLE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
  • IF THE [00:22:26] PORT IS SERIOUS ABOUT ITS EQUITY [00:22:27] COMMITMENTS, THIS INCONVENIENT TRUTH [00:22:29] NEEDS TO BE FACED AND RECTIFIED
  • IF THE [00:22:32] PORT IS SERIOUS ABOUT ALIGNING WITH [00:22:34] CLIMATE SCIENTISTS, IT NEEDS TO WORK [00:22:37] WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO REVISE ITS [00:22:39] AUTHORIZING CHARTER SO THAT ECONOMIC [00:22:41] EXPANSION ISN'T BLINDLY TIED TO THE [00:22:43] FOSSIL FUEL INTENSIVE TRAVEL INDUSTRY
  • [00:22:46] THE PORT'S MISSION IS ESSENTIALLY TO [00:22:48] BRING PROSPERITY TO THE WORKERS AND [00:22:50] PEOPLE OF THE REGION
  • I BELIEVE THERE [00:22:52] ARE MANY WAYS TO ACHIEVE THIS OUTSIDE OF [00:22:54] THE TRADITIONAL PARADIGM OF INTERNAL [00:22:56] COMBUSTION ENGINES, BUT IT WILL REQUIRE [00:22:58] ALL OF US TO HEAL OUR INDIVIDUAL AND [00:23:00] COLLECTIVE TRAUMA SO THAT OUR MINDS CAN [00:23:03] WORK TOGETHER CREATIVELY AND [00:23:05] IMAGINATIVELY
  • THANK YOU, [00:23:12] CLERK HART, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:23:15] OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PEGGY PRINCE
  • [00:23:20] PEGGY, IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE AT STAR [00:23:21] SIX TO UNMUTE
  • HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR? [00:23:26] WE CAN HEAR YOU, PEGGY
  • HELLO, I'M PEGGY [00:23:29] PRINCE
  • I'M A MEMBER OF SEATTLE CRUISE [00:23:32] CONTROL AND I'D LIKE TO COMMEND THE PORT [00:23:35] STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS FOR DROPPING [00:23:37] PLANS TO BUILD A CRUISE TERMINAL AT T 46 [00:23:40] AS REPORTED BY K-U-O-W
  • THIS IS A WISE [00:23:43] DECISION FOR MANY GOOD REASONS
  • THE [00:23:46] PANDEMIC, THE CRUISE INDUSTRY'S DREADFUL [00:23:49] ENVIRONMENTAL TRACK RECORD, ITS [00:23:51] AVOIDANCE OF US TAXES, LAWS AND [00:23:53] REGULATIONS, AND SO FORTH
  • [00:23:56] YOU ARE MOVING CLOSER TO FULFILLING YOUR [00:23:59] MISSION, PROMOTING ECONOMIC [00:24:01] OPPORTUNITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN AN [00:24:03] ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER
  • SO [00:24:06] TODAY
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:24:12] THANK YOU, MS PRINCE, AND OUR NEXT [00:24:15] SPEAKER, CLARK
  • YES
  • OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS [00:24:18] RON PECK
  • [00:24:23] CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN
  • THANK YOU
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  • [00:24:26] COMMISSIONERS, PRESIDENT CALKINS, [00:24:28] FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE [00:24:30] DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • MY NAME IS RON PECK
  • [00:24:32] I'M A RESIDENT OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND [00:24:34] SERVE AS VICE CHAIR OF THE STATE OF [00:24:36] WASHINGTON TOURISM
  • I'M PARTICIPATING [00:24:38] TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE 2022 [00:24:41] TOURISM GRANT PROGRAM
  • AS YOU ARE AWARE, [00:24:44] THE PROGRAM WILL BE IN ITS 7TH YEAR AND [00:24:47] HAS THE OBJECTIVE OF INCREASING THE [00:24:49] ECONOMIC VALUE OF TOURISM THROUGHOUT THE [00:24:52] STATE OF WASHINGTON
  • I SIMPLY WANT TO [00:24:54] SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE LARGE [00:24:56] VARIETY OF TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS [00:24:59] THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON STATE, FROM WALLA [00:25:01] WALLA TO WHITBY ISLAND AND EVERYWHERE IN [00:25:03] BETWEEN
  • YOUR GRANT FUNDS ALLOW THESE [00:25:06] TOURISM RELATED ENTITIES TO CONDUCT [00:25:08] ADVERTISING, MARKETING, AND PUBLIC [00:25:10] RELATIONS CAMPAIGNS THAT PROMOTE [00:25:12] WASHINGTON STATE'S NATURAL SCENIC [00:25:15] BEAUTY, ARE OUTDOOR RECREATION [00:25:17] OPPORTUNITIES AND UNIQUE CULTURAL [00:25:19] ATTRACTIONS, AND IT DRIVES ADDITIONAL [00:25:22] BUSINESS TO THE PORT'S TOURISM RELATED [00:25:24] ASSETS
  • THE 130 PLUS PROJECTS [00:25:28] AND RECIPIENTS HAVE OFTEN STATED MANY [00:25:31] TIMES THAT THESE GRANT FUNDS HAVE [00:25:33] ALLOWED THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MARKET [00:25:36] BEYOND WASHINGTON STATE AND POSITIVELY [00:25:38] IMPACT ECONOMIC EXPENDITURES
  • THANK YOU [00:25:42] TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE STAFF, [00:25:44] COMMISSION AND COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR [00:25:46] CONTINUED ONGOING STRONG SUPPORT OF [00:25:49] TOURISM TRAVEL, COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES [00:25:52] THROUGHOUT OUR GREAT STATE
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:25:56] THANK YOU, MR PAT, GOOD TO SEE YOUR [00:25:57] FACE AND THANKS FOR DROPPING IN FOR A [00:25:59] MEETING TO PROVIDE YOUR COMMENTS
  • GOOD [00:26:01] TO SEE YOU
  • CLERK HART, OUR NEXT SPEAKER
  • [00:26:05] YES
  • OUR NEXT AND FINAL SPEAKER TODAY IS [00:26:07] ANNE CREEKOR, [00:26:11] BRINGING UP THE REAR
  • THANK YOU VERY [00:26:13] MUCH
  • I'M ANNE CREEKER, A CLIMATE, [00:26:16] NATURE AND EQUITY ADVOCATE IN WASHINGTON [00:26:18] STATE
  • AS YOU WELL KNOW, I HAVE SOME [00:26:22] NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS REQUEST FOR YOU [00:26:25] FOLKS, AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE [00:26:27] THEM IN THAT VEIN
  • FIRST, UNDER [00:26:29] EMISSIONS EQUITY TRACK AND ACCOUNT FOR [00:26:32] ALL FUEL PUMPED AT SEATAC, INCLUDING [00:26:36] LEADED AV GAS
  • THIS CARBON EMISSIONS [00:26:38] ACCOUNTING STANDARD IS THE ONE THAT THE [00:26:40] STATE USES FOR GASOLINE PUMPED FOR CARS, [00:26:43] TRUCKS AND SIMILAR VEHICLES IN [00:26:44] WASHINGTON
  • IT IS ALSO THE NEW STANDARD [00:26:47] THAT KING COUNTY IS USING FOR THEIR [00:26:48] AVIATION USAGE FROM THEIR AIRFIELDS, [00:26:51] WHICH THE PORT OF SEATTLE SHOULD FOLLOW
  • [00:26:54] TO CONTINUE TO COUNT ONLY 10% OF THE [00:26:56] FUEL PUMPED AT SEATAC AS THE CARBON [00:26:58] EMISSIONS GENERATED IS TO SHUNT OFF THE [00:27:00] RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OTHER 90% CREATED Page 10 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:27:03] AND SUPPORTED, WHICH LEAVES THEM [00:27:04] UNACCOUNTED BY ANY OTHER ENTITY
  • [00:27:08] ANOTHER EMISSIONS REQUEST, EQUITY [00:27:10] REQUEST IS TO CAME [00:27:14] FROM READING ABOUT THE WORLD WILDLIFE [00:27:17] FUND
  • YOU KNOW, THE ONE WITH THE PANDA [00:27:18] ICON, WHICH PROPOSES A TAX POLICY FOR [00:27:21] FREQUENT FLYERS AND FIRST CLASS FLYERS, [00:27:24] WHICH IS HOW THE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION [00:27:26] FUEL DEVELOPMENT COST SHOULD BE [00:27:28] SUPPORTED
  • IN MY OPINION, THE PORT OF [00:27:31] SEATTLE SHOULD SIDE WITH THE STATE'S [00:27:32] TAXPAYERS AND THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO [00:27:34] DON'T FLY AND NOT THE AIRLINES INDUSTRY [00:27:38] TO NOT ASK THOSE WHO DON'T FLY TO PAY TO [00:27:41] MAKE THIS INDUSTRY SUSTAINABLE THROUGH [00:27:43] THEIR TAX DOLLARS FROM THE GOVERNMENT
  • [00:27:45] AND EVEN THOUGH THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO [00:27:48] WITH WHAT I THINK IT WAS CALLED YOUR [00:27:53] NEW BUSINESS WITH THE DES MOINES CREEK [00:27:55] PARK, IT REALLY DOESN'T EXACTLY
  • IT'S [00:27:58] JUST IN REGARDS TO THAT, IT WAS A [00:28:02] TRANSACTION THAT DIDN'T USE A NATURAL [00:28:05] SOLUTION FOR FILTERING RUNOFF, AND IT [00:28:09] NOW CREATES AN UGLY AND HIGH [00:28:13] MAINTENANCE STORM POND WHICH SOMEONE [00:28:14] ELSE HAS TO TAKE CARE OF
  • AND IT JUST [00:28:16] ISN'T A GOOD WAY TO DEVELOP YOUR [00:28:18] INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE
  • SO THANK [00:28:20] YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THESE [00:28:22] REQUESTS
  • THANK YOU, [00:28:25] MR BECAUSE AN ITEM [00:28:28] IS A PORT RELATED ITEM IS NOT ON THE [00:28:31] AGENDA FOR THE DAY, DOES NOT MEAN IT'S [00:28:33] NOT GERMAINE TO PUBLIC COMMENT
  • YOU'RE [00:28:34] WELCOME TO COME AND SPEAK AT ANY PORT [00:28:36] RELATED MATTER IN OUR PUBLIC COMMENT [00:28:38] ANYTIME
  • THAT CONCLUDES OUR SIGN [00:28:41] UPS FOR TODAY
  • IS THERE ANYONE ELSE [00:28:43] PRESENT WHO DIDN'T SIGN UP WHO WISHES TO [00:28:44] ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? IF SO, PLEASE [00:28:47] STATE AND SPELL YOUR NAME FOR THE [00:28:49] RECORD
  • [00:28:54] ALL RIGHT
  • AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE [00:28:56] CLERK TO PLEASE GIVE A SYNOPSIS OF ANY [00:28:58] WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN [00:29:00] ANTICIPATION OF THIS MEETING
  • THANK YOU, [00:29:03] MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT
  • WE HAVE [00:29:05] RECEIVED FOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR [00:29:06] TODAY'S MEETING
  • THE FIRST COMES FROM [00:29:09] SHARE THE CITY'S ACTION FUND, THANKING [00:29:11] THE PORT FOR THE CANCELATION OF A THIRD [00:29:13] CRUISE TERMINAL AND URGING THE [00:29:15] COMMISSIONER CHO CONSIDER POSSIBILITIES [00:29:17] OTHER THAN USING TERMINAL 46 AS A [00:29:19] REDEVELOPED CARGO PORT
  • THEY ALSO [00:29:21] SPOKANE TO PUGET SOUND CRUISE AND [00:29:23] TESTING FOR COVID-19
  • TOM BERNARD [00:29:27] OF SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL SPEAKS TO THE [00:29:29] CANCELLATION OF THE NEW CRUISE TERMINAL [00:29:30] AT T 46 AND URGES THE PORT TO NOT ALLOW [00:29:33] CRUISE SHIPS TO DOCK UNTIL IT IS CLEAR [00:29:36] THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS FULLY RUN ITS Page 11 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:29:38] COURSE AND TO PROVIDE TESTING FOR [00:29:39] PASSENGERS DISEMBARKING FROM SHIPS AND [00:29:42] MEDICAL AND QUARANTINE FACILITIES FOR [00:29:44] THOSE DISEMBARKING THAT HAVE TESTED [00:29:45] POSITIVE FOR COVID
  • BERNARDIN LUND, [00:29:49] 350 SEATTLE AVIATION GROUP MEMBERS, [00:29:51] SPEAKS TO THE DEMAND FOR FLIGHTS BEING [00:29:53] ONE OF THE MAIN ARGUMENTS FOR GROWTH OF [00:29:56] THE AVIATION INDUSTRY AND THE COST [00:29:58] BENEFIT RATIO OF AIR TRAVEL
  • SHE SPEAKS [00:30:01] TO COMMUNITY IMPACTS FROM NOISE INTO THE [00:30:03] CLIMATE AND REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS [00:30:04] EMISSIONS BY ELIMINATING FLIGHT
  • AND [00:30:07] FINALLY, JORDAN VANVOS SUBMITTED WRITTEN [00:30:09] COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF HIS SPOKEN [00:30:11] COMMENTS
  • ALL OF THESE WRITTEN COMMENTS [00:30:13] HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE [00:30:14] COMMISSIONERS TODAY AND ARE PART OF THE [00:30:16] MEETING RECORD AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR [00:30:18] WRITTEN SIGN UP TODAY
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:30:21] HEARING NO FURTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY, [00:30:23] WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA
  • ITEMS [00:30:26] ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED [00:30:28] ROUTINE AND WILL BE ADOPTED BY ONE [00:30:29] MOTION
  • ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT [00:30:32] AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY [00:30:34] IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADOPTION OF THE [00:30:35] REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS [00:30:37] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAS PULLED ITEM [00:30:39] EIGHT I AT THIS TIME
  • AT THIS TIME, THE [00:30:41] CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE [00:30:43] THE CONSENT AGENDA COVERING ITEMS EIGHT [00:30:46] A, EIGHT B, EIGHT C, 8D, EIGHT E, EIGHT [00:30:48] F, EIGHT G, AND EIGHT H
  • [00:31:01] WHO'S THE INITIAL MOTION? [00:31:05] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:31:08] COMMISSIONER HASIGAWA FOR THE SECOND
  • SO [00:31:10] THAT MEANS THE MOTION WAS MADE AND [00:31:11] SECONDED
  • COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY YES [00:31:14] OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
  • [00:31:17] SPEAKING WITH COMMISSIONERS MOHAMED
  • [00:31:19] YES
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • [00:31:23] AYE
  • [00:31:34] THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CHO AYE
  • [00:31:38] THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • AYE
  • [00:31:42] THANK YOU
  • THERE ARE FIVE YESES AND ZERO [00:31:43] NOS FOR THIS ITEM
  • WITH THAT, THE MOTION [00:31:47] PASSES
  • CLERK HART, PLEASE READ ITEM [00:31:49] EIGHT I INTO THE RECORD
  • WE WILL THEN [00:31:51] HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK TO [00:31:52] INTRODUCE THE ITEM
  • AFTER THAT, I WILL [00:31:54] ASK FOR A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONERS [00:31:56] FELLEMAN TO MOVE THE ITEM, AND THEN [00:31:58] COMMISSIONERS MAY SPEAK TO IT, [00:31:59] BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, [00:32:00] WHO ASKED FOR IT TO BE PULLED
  • [00:32:04] THANK YOU
  • THIS IS ITEM EIGHT I, [00:32:06] COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION OF THE 2022 [00:32:08] TOURISM MARKETING GRANT PROGRAM, AN [00:32:11] AUTHORITY FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO [00:32:13] APPROVE EXECUTION FOR ALL RELATED [00:32:15] CONTRACT AGREEMENTS FOR THE 2022 [00:32:17] SELECTED TOURISM MARKETING SUPPORT Page 12 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:32:19] PROGRAM RECIPIENTS AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO [00:32:21] EXCEED $200,000
  • [00:32:26] WE ARE ASKING YOU TO AUTHORIZE OUR PORT [00:32:29] TOURISM MARKETING GRANT PROGRAM
  • THIS [00:32:31] AUTHORIZATION FALLS UP ON OUR TOURISM [00:32:33] BRIEFING AT OUR LAST MEETING
  • THIS [00:32:35] INITIATIVE PROVIDES MATCHING FUNDS TO [00:32:37] TOURISM PARTNERS ACROSS THE STATE
  • [00:32:40] ACROSS THE STATE HELPS MARKET TRAVEL [00:32:42] OPPORTUNITIES THAT USE SCA IN OUR [00:32:44] MARITIME GATEWAYS
  • THIS PROGRAM HAS [00:32:46] HELPED AN IMPORTANT INDUSTRY HIT HARD BY [00:32:48] THE PANDEMIC THIS YEAR STAFF IS PUTTING [00:32:50] EXTRA EMPHASIS ON SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE [00:32:53] TOURISM
  • WE HAVE OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR [00:32:55] OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DAVE MCFADDEN, [00:32:57] AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS [00:32:59] AUTHORIZATION
  • ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER [00:33:03] FELLEMAN, WOULD YOU MOVE THE MAIN [00:33:04] MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE [00:33:11] SUPPORT ITEM EIGHT
  • I SORRY, [00:33:16] SECOND CALL
  • SECOND
  • [00:33:20] ALL RIGHT
  • THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND [00:33:22] SECONDED
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, GO [00:33:24] AHEAD AND YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
  • WELL, I [00:33:27] WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD JUST GET A [00:33:30] BRIEFING FROM MR MCFADDEN AND [00:33:35] WE CAN THEN JUST HAVE QUESTIONS AS A [00:33:37] REGULAR PRESENTATION
  • [00:33:41] ALL RIGHT, DAVE, ARE YOU PREPARED FOR [00:33:42] THE COUPLE OF MINUTE PRESENTATION? [00:33:45] YEAH, YOU BET
  • [00:33:49] GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND [00:33:51] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, WE'RE ASKING [00:33:54] YOU TO AUTHORIZE OUR 2022 TOURISM [00:33:58] GRANT PROGRAM, ALLOWING OUR EXECUTIVE [00:34:01] DIRECTOR TO EXECUTE CONTRACTS NOT TO [00:34:03] EXCEED $200,000
  • [00:34:06] THE PROGRAM REALLY IS ABOUT [00:34:10] BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS TO PROMOTE OUR [00:34:12] TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE [00:34:14] STATE, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE ACTIVITIES [00:34:17] THAT INCLUDE TRAVEL OR USE OF OUR PORT [00:34:20] FACILITIES, SEATAC, AIRPORT OR CRUISE [00:34:24] OR MARITIME TERMINALS
  • WE'VE HAD A LOT [00:34:27] OF SUCCESS
  • WE'VE HAD 120 PARTNERS USE [00:34:31] THESE FUNDS APPROPRIATELY AND PROVIDE [00:34:35] GOOD RETURN ON INVESTMENT
  • OVER THE LAST [00:34:37] SIX YEARS, THOSE EXPENDITURES AMOUNT TO [00:34:40] ALMOST $900,000 IN POOR FUNDS, BUT [00:34:43] THEY'VE BEEN MATCHED BY OVER $750,000 OF [00:34:47] LOCAL FUNDING AS WELL
  • SO IT TRULY IS A [00:34:49] PARTNERSHIP
  • AFTER A [00:34:53] COUPLE OF YEARS, WE EXPANDED INTO [00:34:55] SUSTAINABLE AND ECO TOURISM THAT HAS NOW [00:34:58] BEEN A FIXTURE PART OF THE PROGRAM WITH [00:35:01] A RENEWED EMPHASIS ON RESPONSIBLE [00:35:03] TOURISM
  • I WAS ABLE TO LOOK THROUGH ALL [00:35:05] OUR APPLICATION MATERIALS BECAUSE [00:35:07] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN ASKED A QUESTION [00:35:08] ABOUT THAT AND WAS SMILING, SAYING, [00:35:10] YES, WE REALLY ARE ACCENTING THAT [00:35:13] RESPONSIBILITY AS PART OF YOUR ADVENTURE Page 13 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:35:18] TRAVEL
  • THE OTHER THING WE'VE DONE IN [00:35:20] THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS ADD AN [00:35:22] EMPHASIS ON CULTURAL TOURISM OR [00:35:26] SUPPORTING SOME OF OUR ETHNIC [00:35:27] DESTINATION AND EVENTS
  • AND EARLIER YOU [00:35:31] SAW RON PECK, MY FORMER TOURISM [00:35:33] DIRECTOR, WEIGH IN AND TOUT THE PROGRAM, [00:35:36] AND I APPRECIATE IT
  • BUT I ALSO [00:35:38] APPRECIATE REALLY HIS ONGOING OUTREACH [00:35:40] EFFORTS
  • IT REALLY TOOK SOME CULTIVATION [00:35:44] TO GET SOME NEW ORGANIZATIONS TO [00:35:48] APPLY
  • I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, LIKE [00:35:49] SUQUAMISH MUSEUM
  • I KNOW RON WORKED [00:35:51] PROBABLY FOR TWO YEARS TO CULTIVATE [00:35:54] THEIR INTEREST AND COACH THEM ON AN [00:35:57] APPLICATION ARE [00:36:00] PLEASED WITH THOSE EFFORTS, AND WE WANT [00:36:02] TO DOUBLE DOWN
  • AND WE THINK THAT'S [00:36:04] IMPORTANT
  • AND I THINK THE ONLY THING WE [00:36:07] ALSO APPRECIATE MORE RECENTLY IS ADDING [00:36:11] SOME MORE NAMES TO OUR LIST
  • I [00:36:13] APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER HAS TO GO AS [00:36:15] REVIEW OF OUR LIST
  • I THOUGHT IT WAS [00:36:17] PRETTY GOOD, BUT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE [00:36:19] ADDING MORE
  • IT'S GREAT PROGRAM
  • IT'S A [00:36:21] GREAT RESOURCE
  • WE WANT TO GET THE WORD [00:36:23] OUT
  • WE WANT TO PARTNER NORTH, EAST, [00:36:25] WEST AND SOUTH
  • AND SO I ASKED HER YOUR [00:36:29] SUPPORT TODAY, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER [00:36:31] ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS
  • [00:36:36] THANK YOU, DAVE
  • ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS [00:36:38] FOR COMMISSIONERS? [00:36:42] I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, DAVE, FOR [00:36:44] THE PROGRAM
  • I'VE BEEN A BIG FAN SINCE [00:36:46] ITS INCEPTION, AND I WAS ASKING FOR [00:36:50] JUST A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING IN [00:36:52] TERMS OF THE SELECTION PROCESS
  • DO YOU [00:36:55] HAVE SOME EXTERNAL TEAM OF FOLKS THAT [00:36:58] TAKE THE SCREENING THAT YOU SET FORWARD [00:37:01] AHEAD OF TIME LIKE WE SORT OF DO WITH [00:37:03] THE ADR TENANTS? [00:37:09] WE SEND OUT THE INFORMATION [00:37:12] COMMISSIONERS, FELLEMAN
  • WE HAVE A [00:37:14] COUPLE APPLICATION WORKSHOPS, THEN WE [00:37:16] ARE ONGOING STAFF HELPS
  • ANYBODY THAT [00:37:19] MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION NEED A LITTLE HELP [00:37:21] WITH THE APPLICATION IN AN APPROPRIATE [00:37:22] WAY
  • [00:37:30] SORRY, I'M HAVING SOME FEEDBACK [00:37:31] PROBLEMS [00:37:38] SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE DO
  • AND THEN I [00:37:41] THINK THE REST OF THE STORY IS THAT WE [00:37:43] JUST WORK ON THE IMPLEMENTATION FRONT TO [00:37:45] MAKE SURE THAT SUCH [00:37:50] A REALLY EMBRACING AGAIN OUR PROGRAM [00:37:54] PARTNERSHIP AND SOME OF OUR VALUES
  • AND [00:37:56] FRED, I'M SORRY
  • I HAD SOME BREAKUP [00:37:59] RIGHT ON ME IN THE MIDDLE
  • I'M NOT SURE [00:38:01] I ANSWERED THE QUESTION COMPLETELY
  • [00:38:08] YOU'RE ON MUTE
  • I'M SORRY
  • I'M NOT SURE [00:38:12] WHETHER IT'S MY BAD RECEPTION, BUT CAN [00:38:14] YOU HEAR ME OKAY, YES
  • [00:38:17] I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO SHUT OFF MY Page 14 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:38:19] PICTURE FOR ALL YOUR BENEFIT
  • BUT [00:38:22] ANYWAY, THE PROGRAMS EXPANSION [00:38:26] IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GREAT
  • THE [00:38:29] EXPECTATION OF THE APPLICANT IS REALLY [00:38:31] WHAT I WAS SPEAKING TO
  • WE KNOW THAT THE [00:38:35] ANALOGY I LIKE TO USE IS WHEN YOU LOOK [00:38:37] AT KING TIDES THAT HAPPEN IN THE [00:38:39] WINTERTIME, YOU HAVE A GLIMPSE INTO THE [00:38:41] FUTURE OF WHAT SEA LEVEL RISE IS GOING [00:38:43] TO LOOK LIKE
  • AND SCIENTISTS FROM ALL [00:38:45] OVER THE COUNTRY GO IN, OUT AND [00:38:47] PHOTOGRAPH AND LOOK AT THE NEEDS FOR [00:38:49] RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR SHORELINE [00:38:52] RESOURCES AS A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE
  • [00:38:55] AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST [00:38:57] TWO YEARS WITH THE COVID EPIDEMIC IS A [00:39:00] GLIMPSE INTO WHAT UNBRIDLED PROMOTION OF [00:39:02] THE NATURAL WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE [00:39:04] BECAUSE VERY FEW PLACES COULD YOU HAVE A [00:39:07] VACATION AND GO INDOORS
  • AND WE SAW A [00:39:11] REAL ADVENT OF DAMAGE TO THE VERY THING [00:39:14] THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE
  • AND SO FOLKS [00:39:17] AT THE WASHINGTON TOURISM ALLIANCE [00:39:19] REALLY CREATED THAT PROGRAM WITH A BIG [00:39:21] COALITION OF FOLKS THAT RECREATE [00:39:23] RESPONSIBLY
  • AND THERE WAS THIS VERY, I [00:39:26] THINK, SUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO, [00:39:30] I GUESS THERE IS BAD RECEPTION FOR [00:39:34] EVERYBODY
  • HOPEFULLY YOU'RE STILL [00:39:36] HEARING ME
  • [00:39:42] ALL RIGHT
  • THE NEED FOR THAT PROGRAM OF [00:39:43] RECREATE RESPONSIBLY WAS [00:39:47] EXPLICIT BY THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PAST [00:39:50] COUPLE OF YEARS
  • AND SO WHEN I READ THE [00:39:52] MEMO THAT TALKS ABOUT PROMOTING OUR [00:39:54] NATURAL, SCENIC BEAUTY, OUTDOOR [00:39:56] RECREATION, CULTURAL ATTRACTIONS, [00:39:58] ONLINE, DIGITAL MARKETING, IT IS [00:40:01] IMPORTANT TO SHARE THE NATURAL AND [00:40:03] CULTURAL WEALTH THAT WE HAVE IN SPADES [00:40:05] IN WASHINGTON
  • I'M HOPING [00:40:09] THAT WHEN WE TELL FOLKS TO COME AND [00:40:11] SOLICIT PUBLIC FUNDS THAT THEY ARE [00:40:14] SEEING AS PART OF THAT PROMOTION, THIS [00:40:17] EXPECTATION THAT IT INCLUDES THE [00:40:19] STEWARDSHIP AND RESPECTFUL VISITATION, [00:40:22] WHETHER IT BE TRIBAL COUNTRY OR [00:40:23] WHEREVER
  • SO I JUST THINK IT'S THAT [00:40:27] MESSAGING FOR THE APPLICANTS THAT I [00:40:29] THINK WE WILL GET MORE AND MORE OVERT [00:40:33] EXPRESSIONS OF EDUCATION TO THE VISITOR [00:40:36] THAT THIS ISN'T JUST ANYWHERE, USA
  • [00:40:38] THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE THAT WE WANT TO [00:40:40] KEEP THIS WAY
  • [00:40:44] THANK YOU
  • TRISHA
  • [00:40:49] MY COMPUTER SHUT DOWN ON ME TO UPDATE, [00:40:53] SO I SWITCHED THE PHONE RIGHT NOW
  • BUT [00:40:55] THANKS TO AN AMAZING CLERK WHO GOT ME [00:40:57] PREPARED WITH PRINT COPIES OF [00:40:59] EVERYTHING, WE SHOULD BE GOOD FOR [00:41:07] YOUR QUESTION
  • YOU ARE BREAKING UP, [00:41:10] COMMISSIONER
  • COPIES DISENGAGE [00:41:15] MY CAMERA TO HOPE THAT IT HELPS WITH Page 15 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:41:17] BANDWIDTH
  • DAVE, I WOULD [00:41:20] JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR [00:41:22] CONSIDERATION OF MY FEEDBACK TO YOUR [00:41:24] DISTRIBUTION LIST
  • I REALLY APPRECIATE [00:41:28] YOUR CASTING A WIDE NET TO MAKE SURE [00:41:31] THAT FOLKS ACROSS DIFFERENT [00:41:33] HISTORICALLY, I THINK ON THAT [00:41:37] NETWORK QUALITY AND TO CALL ME BACK, [00:41:43] WE CAN STILL HEAR YOU
  • COMMISSIONERS, [00:41:44] I'M NOT SURE WHY YOU'RE COMING THROUGH
  • [00:41:45] CLEARLY, WE'RE OKAY
  • [00:41:50] WELL, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT, DAVE, I [00:41:53] REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CASTING A WIDE [00:41:54] NET SO THAT COMMUNITIES WHO [00:41:58] HAVE BEEN NOT HISTORICALLY PARTICIPATORY [00:42:00] IN THIS SORT OF PROGRAM, I MIGHT HAVE [00:42:02] THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW ABOUT IT
  • AND I [00:42:05] ALSO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT SORT OF [00:42:09] THE SELECTION CRITERIA OR THE [00:42:14] PROCESS, THE REVIEW PROCESS, OR THE [00:42:16] APPLICANT, IF NOT EVERYONE IS [00:42:19] IN A POSITION TO CONTEND
  • NOW, SORT OF, [00:42:22] WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT DOES THE PORT OF [00:42:25] SEATTLE PROVIDE IN ORDER TO HELP SOME OF [00:42:27] THOSE CBOS OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS [00:42:33] TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY IN [00:42:35] ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BETTER CONTEND FOR [00:42:37] SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES? [00:42:42] GREAT QUESTIONS
  • COMMISSIONER HAS A [00:42:43] GALA
  • [00:42:46] I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND [00:42:50] YOUR INTEREST IN BROADENING OUR OUTREACH [00:42:52] EFFORTS, AND I THINK IT'S ABOUT [00:42:55] EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT
  • AND YET WHEN WE [00:42:58] ADD SOMEBODY TO THE LIST, I WAS PRETTY [00:43:01] HONEST SAYING WE'LL DO THAT, WE CAN GET [00:43:03] THEM, BUT IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE [00:43:05] CONVERSATION AND EVEN MORE THAN AN [00:43:08] APPLICATION WORKSHOP TO REALLY GET THEM [00:43:10] TO BE A TRUE POTENTIAL PARTNER AND [00:43:14] GET AN APPLICATION IN
  • WHAT HAPPENS [00:43:17] THERE IS WE WILL DO OUR GENERAL OUTREACH [00:43:20] AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS THE [00:43:22] QUESTIONS BEING EQUAL AND TRANSPARENT [00:43:26] TO ALL
  • BUT THEN WE'LL TAKE A SPECIAL [00:43:28] NOTE OF THE FOLKS THAT MIGHT NEED A [00:43:29] LITTLE MORE HELP
  • AND I REMEMBER AGAIN, [00:43:32] RON, MY FORMER DIRECTOR AND MY STAFF, [00:43:35] IN BETWEEN THESE GRANT CYCLES, HAVE DONE [00:43:38] SOME OF THAT SPECIAL OUTREACH AND [00:43:40] CULTIVATED POTENTIAL APPLICANTS TRYING [00:43:42] TO BRING THEM CLOSER TO THIS PROGRAM
  • I [00:43:45] WANT TO CONTINUE THAT, BUT I'M GOING TO [00:43:47] BE HONEST
  • IT'S NOT A HUGE DEPARTMENT
  • [00:43:51] WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE TOTAL, AND SO THE [00:43:54] RESOURCES WE HAVE TO REALLY DOUBLE DOWN [00:43:58] AND EXPONENTIALLY INCREASE THE OUTREACH [00:44:00] WOULD BE A LITTLE HARDER
  • BUT I'M [00:44:01] ANXIOUS TO THINK OUT LOUD WITH YOU
  • IF [00:44:05] THERE IS AN INTEREST THERE, I'D LIKE TO [00:44:07] PUT A STRATEGY TOGETHER IN TERMS OF HOW [00:44:09] WE CAN IMPROVE THERE
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  • [00:44:14] TO OR COMMISSIONERS FELLEMAN ALLUDED TO [00:44:16] EARLIER IS ONCE WE GET THE APPLICATIONS [00:44:20] AND WE HAVE AN INTERNAL STAFF TEAM OF [00:44:22] PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE CLOSEST TO [00:44:24] TOURISM THAT REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND [00:44:26] MAKE THE SELECTION, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU [00:44:30] ALL A MEMO AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE [00:44:32] DETAIL ON THE CRITERIA AND JUST WHAT [00:44:34] THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE
  • AND SO I WILL [00:44:37] FOLLOW UP THERE AND I WILL ALSO FOLLOW [00:44:39] UP WITH COMMISSIONERS DEVELOPMENT AND [00:44:41] SEND THEM PIECES OF OUR APPLICATION THAT [00:44:43] EMPHASIZE HOW WE DEFINE AN ADVANCED, [00:44:46] RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
  • SO TWO THINGS I'LL [00:44:49] DO FOR YOU
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:44:52] THANK YOU, DAVE
  • COMMISSIONERS MOHAMED, [00:45:02] LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MUTED
  • YOU DEFINITELY [00:45:05] CAN'T HEAR ME
  • CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? [00:45:07] YES
  • OKAY
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:45:11] THANK YOU, DIRECTOR DAVE, FOR ALL THE [00:45:13] INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED IN YOUR [00:45:15] WORK ON THIS
  • AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN [00:45:18] SOUTHEAST COUNTY, A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS [00:45:20] WORK IN TOURISM, AND A MAJOR SOURCE OF [00:45:24] REVENUE COMES FROM TOURISM
  • [00:45:26] AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS PROGRAM [00:45:29] THAT FOCUSES ON CREATING MORE OF THOSE [00:45:31] OPPORTUNITIES AND PARTNERING WITH THE [00:45:34] INDUSTRY
  • AND SO IN THE SAME LINE OF [00:45:36] QUESTIONS THAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE [00:45:39] ALREADY ASKED, IT MADE ME THINK, ARE [00:45:41] THERE SPECIFIC TOOLS THAT ARE USED TO [00:45:44] MEASURE SUCCESS? AND IS THE OEDI [00:45:47] OFFICE PROVIDING ANY SUPPORT AROUND [00:45:51] THIS? AND IF NOT, LIKE, IS THERE [00:45:55] SOMEONE ON YOUR TEAM THAT IS AN EQUITY [00:45:57] MANAGER? GOOD QUESTION
  • [00:46:00] THANK YOU
  • [00:46:08] I GUESS I SMILE BECAUSE I GUESS I DO [00:46:10] HAVE SOME EXPERTISE IN OUR STAFF
  • GAIL [00:46:12] MOLER IS MY PROGRAM ASSISTANT FOR [00:46:15] TOURISM GRANTS, AND I SHARE HER WITH [00:46:18] BOOKDA, AND SHE'S AN ADMINISTRATOR FOR OUR [00:46:21] YOUTH OPPORTUNITY FUNDING PROGRAM
  • SO [00:46:23] SHE BRINGS THAT UNDERSTANDING AND [00:46:25] PHILOSOPHY TO OUR TABLE
  • AND THEN [00:46:28] THROUGHOUT OUR DIVISION
  • AND AS A RESULT [00:46:30] OF THE ADI, OUR ENTIRE DIVISION HAS BEEN [00:46:32] TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS TO ADVANCE [00:46:35] EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT, NOT JUST ECONOMIC [00:46:39] DEVELOPMENT
  • SO EACH OF MY DEPARTMENTS [00:46:42] HAVE LOOKED DEEPER AT HOW THEY CAN [00:46:44] CONTRIBUTE TO THAT
  • AND ONE OF THE [00:46:46] THINGS TOURISM DID WAS ADD AN EMPHASIS [00:46:48] IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ON ETHNIC [00:46:50] AND COMMUNITY BASED TOURISM
  • [00:46:54] SO WE DO HAVE SOME OF THAT EXPERTISE [00:46:58] ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE ON THAT VEIN
  • [00:47:01] AND I [00:47:06] HOPE THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION THAT DOES [00:47:09] ANSWER MY QUESTION
  • THAT'S SUPER [00:47:11] HELPFUL
  • AND AS YOU KNOW, EQUITY AND [00:47:12] INCLUSION IS AN IMPORTANT WAY THAT Page 17 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:47:14] TOURISM CAN EITHER BENEFIT OR HARM [00:47:17] COMMUNITIES
  • AND SO I'LL JUST SAY I WILL [00:47:20] MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE [00:47:22] PROGRAM AND FIGURE OUT HOW IT CAN REACH [00:47:25] ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:47:30] ALL RIGHT
  • BEFORE I GO BACK TO [00:47:33] COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER CHO, DO YOU [00:47:35] HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO
  • I'M VERY [00:47:38] SUPPORTIVE OF THIS
  • THANKS FOR ALL THE [00:47:40] GREAT WORK, DAVE
  • I KNOW YOU PUT A LOT [00:47:41] INTO IT, AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE [00:47:43] FRUITS OF YOUR LABOR
  • [00:47:47] OKAY
  • COMMISSIONERS, TELL ME
  • [00:47:50] I WAS WONDERING IF COMMISSIONERS CHOKE [00:47:51] COVID, TELL US ABOUT THE TEN DAY [00:47:53] WARRANTY NECESSARY TO GO TO KOREA
  • AND [00:47:56] HOW DO YOU THINK THAT AFFIX TOURISM [00:47:57] PROGRAMS? I'M JUST SYMPATHIZING WITH [00:48:01] YOU
  • IT DIDN'T STOP ME
  • BUT I'LL TELL [00:48:03] YOU, IT'S NOT GOOD FOR MENTAL HEALTH, [00:48:05] THAT'S FOR SURE
  • MY SYMPATHIES
  • BUT [00:48:08] ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR [00:48:10] THAT IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM DO I THINK [00:48:12] THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE DOESN'T SUPPORT [00:48:15] THE SENTIMENT OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM [00:48:17] PROMOTION
  • MY QUESTION REALLY HAD TO DO [00:48:20] WITH THE MESSAGING THAT WE'RE SENDING TO [00:48:22] THE APPLICANTS, AND THAT THE MORE [00:48:24] EXPLICIT THAT WE ARE, THAT ACTUALLY WE [00:48:25] CAN ENCOURAGE THEM TO INCLUDE ON THEIR [00:48:28] BROCHURES OR WEBSITES, LEAVE NO TRACE, [00:48:31] WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE
  • I'M GOING TO GET [00:48:33] OFF THE PICTURE AGAIN
  • AND I [00:48:37] THINK THE ULTIMATE EXPRESSION OF THE [00:48:38] FACT THAT WE GET IT AS AN ORGANIZATION [00:48:41] IS THE FACT FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WE'RE [00:48:43] HOSTING AN ECOTOURISM CONFERENCE AS [00:48:45] PIGGYBACKING ON THE WASHINGTON TOURISM [00:48:48] ALLIANCE
  • AND I'M JUST SEARCHING [00:48:52] THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE TO JOIN [00:48:55] US IN THIS SYMPATHETIC AND GREAT [00:48:59] ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
  • AND SO WE JUST [00:49:01] CAN'T DAMAGE THE [00:49:05] GOOSE WITH THE GOLDEN EGG
  • SO THANK YOU [00:49:07] FOR ALL THAT WORK, DAVE, AND I REALLY [00:49:08] APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING ALL [00:49:10] THESE YEARS
  • ALL RIGHT
  • [00:49:14] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • NO [00:49:16] FURTHER DISCUSSION
  • CLERK HART, YOU [00:49:18] PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE
  • [00:49:20] COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY AYE OR NAY [00:49:21] WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED YES FOR THE [00:49:24] VOTE, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER [00:49:25] MOHAMED AYE
  • THANK YOU, [00:49:29] COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU, [00:49:32] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AYE
  • [00:49:35] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
  • AYE
  • [00:49:39] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • AYE
  • [00:49:43] THANK YOU
  • THERE ARE FIVE YESES AND ZERO [00:49:44] NOS FOR THIS ITEM
  • ALL RIGHT
  • AND WITH [00:49:47] THAT, THE MOTION PASSES
  • OKAY
  • SO MOVING [00:49:50] ON IN THE AGENDA, WE HAVE ONE NEW [00:49:52] BUSINESS ITEM TODAY
  • CLERK HART, CAN YOU Page 18 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:49:54] PLEASE READ THE END OF THE RECORD? [00:49:56] WE'LL THEN HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [00:49:57] METRUCK TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM
  • YES
  • [00:50:01] THIS IS AGENDA ITEM TEN, A PUBLIC [00:50:03] HEARING AND INTRODUCTION FOR RESOLUTION [00:50:05] NUMBER 3799 DECLARING SURPLUS AND NO [00:50:09] LONGER NEEDED FOR PORT DISTRICT [00:50:11] PURPOSES
  • APPROXIMATELY TWO POINT 56 [00:50:13] ACRES OF PORT OWNED REAL PROPERTY, [00:50:16] COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS TRACK B AND [00:50:19] LOCATED IN THE CITY OF DES MOINES, KING [00:50:20] COUNTY, AND FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE [00:50:22] TRANSFER OF SAID REAL PROPERTY TO THE [00:50:24] CITY OF DES MOINES FOR STORMWATER [00:50:26] FACILITIES AND SUPPORTIVE IMPROVEMENTS [00:50:28] AT DES MOINES CREEK BUSINESS PARK
  • [00:50:32] COMMISSIONERS, STATE LAW REQUIRES A [00:50:34] PUBLIC HEARING WHEN CONVEYING OR [00:50:36] TRANSFERRING SURPLUS PROPERTY
  • THIS [00:50:38] ACTION IS NECESSARY TO FULFILL A [00:50:40] REQUIREMENT OF OUR CLEAN WATER PERMIT AS [00:50:42] PART OF OUR GROUND LEASE FOR THE [00:50:44] CONSTRUCTION OF DES MOINES CREEK [00:50:45] BUSINESS PARK
  • ONCE WE COMPLETE THE [00:50:48] FIRST READING, THIS ITEM WILL RETURN TO [00:50:50] OUR AGENDA AT THE NEXT COMMISSION [00:50:51] MEETING FOR ADOPTION
  • PRESENTERS
  • [00:50:54] PRESENTER IS STEVE CONVERT, PROPERTY [00:50:57] MANAGER, AVIATION PROPERTIES
  • [00:51:00] STEVE, [00:51:03] AFTERNOON
  • THERE'S A [00:51:07] WIDE DECK THAT GOES WITH THIS
  • [00:51:11] SO GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE
  • YES
  • DEPUTY [00:51:14] CLERK IS CALLING UP THE SLIDE [00:51:16] PRESENTATION
  • THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A [00:51:18] DELAY AUBREE AND JUST TELL HER WHEN [00:51:21] YOU NEED HER TO FORWARD THE PRESENTATION [00:51:23] FOR YOU
  • STEVE, PLEASE
  • OKAY
  • IT'S [00:51:26] PRETTY SHORT
  • THE COMMISSION APPROVED A [00:51:28] DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN 2012 FOR THE [00:51:32] DEVELOPMENT OF DES MOINES CREEK BUSINESS [00:51:33] PARK THAT WAS IN THREE PHASES, AND A [00:51:36] COUPLE OF THE PHASES THAT WERE DEVELOPED [00:51:39] IN 2016 AND 2017 HAD GROUND LEASES [00:51:43] THAT REQUIRED THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO [00:51:47] STORM WATER TRACKS
  • TRACKED A AND TRACK [00:51:49] B, AND THOSE WERE BUILT AS PART OF THE [00:51:52] DEVELOPMENT
  • AND THEN ONCE THEY WERE [00:51:54] COMPLETE, EACH ONE, WHEN IT WAS COMPLETE [00:51:56] WAS TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE CITY OF DES [00:51:58] MOINES AS HAVING ADEQUATELY PROVIDED THE [00:52:01] FACILITIES THAT WERE NEEDED
  • AND THEN [00:52:03] THE CITY WOULD SAY THEY WERE READY TO [00:52:05] ACCEPT THESE
  • AND THEN BOTH THE [00:52:07] DEVELOPMENT LEASE AND THE GROUND LEASE [00:52:09] ANTICIPATED TRANSFERRING THESE [00:52:10] PROPERTIES IN FEE TO THE CITY OF DES [00:52:13] MOINES
  • AND THAT WAS DONE IN 2017 WITH [00:52:16] TRACK A
  • AND NOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO [00:52:19] THAT WITH TRACK B
  • AND YOU CAN GO TO THE [00:52:20] NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE MAP OF THE AREA
  • [00:52:24] SO THIS IS THE DES MOINES CREEK BUSINESS [00:52:27] PARK, AND THE TRACK A AND TRACK Page 19 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:52:30] B ARE BOTH IDENTIFIED
  • TRACK A WAS [00:52:32] ALREADY TRANSFERRED TO THE SEA OF DES [00:52:34] MOINES AND APPROVED BY COMMISSION IN [00:52:35] 2017
  • AND NOW WE'RE ASKING FOR TRACK FEE [00:52:38] TO BE TRANSFERRED AND APPROVED BY [00:52:41] COMMISSION
  • WELL, APPROVAL WILL BE AT [00:52:44] THE NEXT MEETING, BUT THIS IS A CHANCE [00:52:46] FOR QUESTIONS
  • THE FOLLOWING [00:52:49] SLIDES ARE ONLY NECESSARY IF WE HAVE [00:52:52] FURTHER QUESTIONS
  • THIS IS SOME OF THE [00:52:54] EXCERPTS OF THE LANGUAGE FROM THE [00:52:55] DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE GROUND [00:52:57] LEASE THAT WERE BOTH APPROVED BY [00:52:59] COMMISSION AND REQUIRED THE TRANSFER [00:53:01] TRACK BE UPON ITS COMPLETION
  • [00:53:05] ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY
  • THANK YOU
  • STEVE [00:53:09] CLERK HART, YOU CALL THE ROLL ON THE [00:53:11] SITE FOR QUESTIONS? YES, I'LL CALL THE [00:53:14] ROLL FOR QUESTIONS, BEGINNING WITH [00:53:15] COMMISSIONER MOHAMED I [00:53:21] FOR QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER
  • OH, SORRY
  • [00:53:24] I HAVE NO QUESTIONS
  • THANK YOU, [00:53:27] COMMISSIONERS HASEGAWA
  • I HAVE NO [00:53:30] QUESTIONS EITHER
  • THANK YOU, [00:53:32] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • NO QUESTIONS
  • [00:53:37] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
  • NONE FOR ME [00:53:40] EITHER
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU, [00:53:42] COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • [00:53:45] NONE FOR ME EITHER
  • IT'S PRETTY PRO [00:53:47] FORMA
  • SO AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO GO [00:53:50] AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IN [00:53:52] WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK TO THIS [00:53:54] PARTICULAR ITEM
  • EACH SPEAKER HAS TWO [00:53:57] MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION
  • [00:53:59] CLARK, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO [00:54:01] GET TESTIMONY ON THIS? [00:54:04] WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK [00:54:06] TODAY
  • ALL RIGHT
  • WITH THAT, I'LL GO [00:54:10] AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND [00:54:12] MOVE DISCUSSION
  • IS THERE A MOTION TO [00:54:15] INTRODUCE A RESOLUTION NUMBER 3799? [00:54:25] ALL RIGHT, IT HAS BEEN MOVED IN, [00:54:30] AND YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF FOR [00:54:34] DISCUSSION
  • WHY DON'T YOU USE THE [00:54:35] HANDBASED FUNCTION ON THIS ONE IF YOU [00:54:37] HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND [00:54:42] I AM NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL HANDS
  • [00:54:45] ALL RIGHT, QUICKER
  • CAN YOU GO THROUGH [00:54:46] THE ROLE FOR OUR VOTES ON RESOLUTION 37
  • [00:54:50] 99? THIS IS FOR INTRODUCTION 37
  • [00:54:53] 99, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED [00:54:56] AYE
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • [00:55:07] AYE
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • [00:55:11] AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • THERE ARE FIVE YESES AND [00:55:14] ZERO NOS FOR THIS ITEM
  • THANK YOU SO [00:55:17] MUCH
  • THE MOTION TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION [00:55:18] NUMBER 3799 PASSES
  • THIS ITEM [00:55:22] WILL BE BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION FOR [00:55:24] CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION AT THE [00:55:26] FEBRUARY 8, 2022 MEETING
  • OKAY
  • WE ARE [00:55:29] NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM ELEVEN, [00:55:30] PRESENTATIONS AND STAFF REPORTS
  • [00:55:34] QUICK HEART
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  • [00:55:35] INTO THE RECORD
  • ED METRUCK WILL THEN [00:55:38] INTRODUCE THE ITEM
  • THANK YOU
  • THIS IS [00:55:41] AGENDA ITEM ELEVEN A THE 2021 [00:55:43] OPPORTUNITY YOUTH INITIATIVE BRIEFING
  • [00:55:50] THANK YOU, CLERK HART
  • COMMISSIONERS, [00:55:52] TODAY YOU'LL BE BRIEFED ON ONE OF THE [00:55:53] PORT'S MOST IMPORTANT RECENT EFFORTS TO [00:55:55] ADDRESS CRITICAL ISSUES OF UNEMPLOYMENT [00:55:58] AND OUR NEED TO DEVELOP A PIPELINE OF [00:56:00] YOUNG WORKERS TO SUPPORT MARITIME AND [00:56:02] AVIATION INDUSTRIES
  • THE OPPORTUNITY [00:56:05] YOUTH INITIATIVE WAS LAUNCHED IN 2020 IN [00:56:07] RESPONSE TO VERY HIGH RATES OF YOUTH [00:56:10] UNEMPLOYMENT ARISING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC [00:56:12] RELATED ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, AS WELL AS [00:56:15] HISTORICAL CHALLENGES OF POVERTY, [00:56:16] HOMELESSNESS, AND DISCRIMINATION
  • WE [00:56:19] CONTINUE THE PROGRAM IN 2021 TO ADDRESS [00:56:21] THE ONGOING CHALLENGES FACING THE [00:56:23] COMMUNITY
  • WHILE THE PANDEMIC CONTINUED [00:56:26] TO CARRY OUT THESE PROGRAMS, FOUR [00:56:28] CONTRACTS WERE EXECUTED WITH EXPERIENCED [00:56:30] COMMUNITY AGENCIES, SEATTLE GOODWILL [00:56:32] INDUSTRIES PARTNER AND EMPLOYMENT URBAN [00:56:35] LEAGUE OF METROPOLITAN SEATTLE AND [00:56:37] SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION
  • TODAY YOU'LL [00:56:39] HEAR THAT THAT PROGRAM ACHIEVED MANY OF [00:56:41] ITS GOALS AND PROVIDED REWARDED TRAINING [00:56:43] EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
  • [00:56:47] THEY EARNED AS THEY LEARNED
  • THE [00:56:49] PROGRAMS ALSO FACED A NUMBER OF [00:56:51] CHALLENGES, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH WERE [00:56:53] COVERT RELATED RESTRICTIONS ON [00:56:55] GATHERINGS, TOURS, AND DIFFICULTIES IN [00:56:57] SECURING MATERIALS
  • I'M VERY PLEASED [00:57:00] WITH OUR PROGRESS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP [00:57:03] OF BUDDHA GHEISAR, OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF [00:57:05] OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY DIVERSITY [00:57:07] INCLUSION
  • AS YOU RECALL, DURING THE [00:57:09] DEVELOPMENT OF OUR 2022 BUDGET, I STATED [00:57:12] MY INTENTION WAS TO ESTABLISH THE [00:57:14] OPPORTUNITY YOUTH INITIATIVE AS A [00:57:15] PERMANENT PROGRAM UNDER THE PORT [00:57:17] WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION
  • [00:57:21] IT IS FILLING A CRITICAL GAP IN OUR [00:57:23] COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO CHRONIC ISSUES [00:57:24] OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE NEED TO SUPPORT [00:57:26] POORLY INDUSTRIES
  • LOOKING AHEAD AT OUR [00:57:30] NEXT MEETING, I'LL BE REQUESTING YOUR [00:57:31] APPROVAL FOR $2.1 MILLION TO BE SPENT [00:57:35] OVER THREE YEARS TO SUPPORT A PERMANENT [00:57:37] YOUTH TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
  • [00:57:39] WE THINK WE'LL SEE BETTER OUTCOMES BY [00:57:42] SPREADING THE FUNDING OVER THREE YEARS
  • [00:57:43] THIS WILL EASE SOME CONTRACTING [00:57:45] CHALLENGES AS WELL AND IMPROVE [00:57:46] CONTINUITY
  • I WILL HAVE MORE TO SAY [00:57:48] ABOUT THIS AT OUR NEXT MEETING
  • SO FOR [00:57:50] THIS AFTERNOON, I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER TO [00:57:52] BOOKDA GHEISAR, OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR [00:57:54] EQUITY DIVERSITY INCLUSION
  • [00:57:58] THANK YOU
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, [00:57:59] COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK YOU
  • EXECUTIVE Page 21 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [00:58:02] DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • MY NAME IS BOOKDA AND [00:58:05] I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF [00:58:07] EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
  • AND AS [00:58:09] YOU'VE JUST HEARD, I'M HERE TO REPORT [00:58:11] BACK ABOUT SOME OF THE AMAZING RESULTS [00:58:15] OF OUR 2021 PROGRAM, AND YOU'LL HAVE A [00:58:18] CHANCE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF OUR [00:58:20] COMMUNITY PARTNERS
  • CLARK, IF YOU HAVE [00:58:23] ANY TROUBLE HEARING ME BY FREEZE, I [00:58:26] WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU LET ME KNOW I [00:58:28] CAN TURN OFF MY CAMERA AND SEE, [00:58:31] BUT I'LL JUST CONTINUE ON THE SITE TO [00:58:34] HEAR FROM YOU
  • I WILL DO IT
  • THANK YOU
  • [00:58:37] I APPRECIATE THAT
  • LET'S MOVE ON TO THE [00:58:39] NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO DURING THIS [00:58:43] PRESENTATION, I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME [00:58:45] BACKGROUND AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE [00:58:48] LAST TWO YEARS OF THE PROGRAM
  • I'LL TALK [00:58:50] TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RESULTS OF [00:58:53] THE LAST YEAR, AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR FROM [00:58:56] OUR FOUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WHICH WE [00:58:58] ARE VERY LOOKING FORWARD TO
  • NEXT SLIDE, [00:59:02] PLEASE
  • AND NEXT SLIDE
  • [00:59:07] IN 2020, WE ALLOCATED ONE AND A [00:59:11] HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR STARTING
  • AT [00:59:15] THAT POINT, WE WANTED TO RESPOND TO THE [00:59:18] ECONOMIC CRISIS THAT COVID WAS CAUSING [00:59:21] IN OUR COMMUNITIES BY OFFERING A ONE [00:59:24] TIME SHORT TERM SUMMER EMPLOYMENT [00:59:27] PROGRAM IN PORT RELATED INDUSTRIES FOR [00:59:30] YOUTH 16 TO 24 YEARS OLD
  • IF YOU'RE NOT [00:59:34] FAMILIAR, THE TERM OPPORTUNITY USE IS [00:59:40] USED TO TALK ABOUT YOUNG ADULTS 16 TO [00:59:44] 24 YEARS OLD WHO ARE OFTEN DISCONNECTED [00:59:47] FROM SCHOOLS AND JOBS AND TRAINING [00:59:50] PROGRAMS AND THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTED [00:59:53] ECONOMIC RECOVERY THAT WAS DIRECTLY AS A [00:59:55] RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC FOR ITS FIRST [00:59:57] YEAR
  • IN THE SECOND YEAR, WE CONTINUED [01:00:00] THE PROGRAM AGAIN, WE DECIDED THIS TIME [01:00:04] TO MOVE FROM JUST THE SUMMER JOB [01:00:07] EMPLOYMENT TO A BROADER ALL YEAR [01:00:10] PROGRAM
  • WE DEDICATED $2 MILLION FROM [01:00:13] THE COVID 19 EMERGENCY FUNDS TO BE [01:00:16] CONTRACTED WITH THE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS [01:00:19] PARTNERS IN EMPLOYMENT, SEATTLE [01:00:21] GOODWILL, SEATTLE PARKS FOUNDATION, AND [01:00:23] URBAN LEAGUE TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH [01:00:26] TRAINING PROGRAMS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • [01:00:36] THE PANDEMIC HAS UNDOUBTEDLY AFFECTED [01:00:40] ALL OF US AND OUR FAMILIES AND [01:00:42] COMMUNITIES, BUT THOSE EFFECTS HAVE NOT [01:00:45] BEEN FELT EQUALLY
  • HERE'S A SNAPSHOT OF [01:00:49] WHAT THE IMPACT IN KING COUNTIES LOOKS [01:00:52] LIKE
  • IN FEBRUARY OF 2020, BEFORE THE [01:00:55] START OF THE COVID 19, PANDEMIC, [01:00:58] UNEMPLOYMENT IN KING COUNTY WAS REPORTED [01:01:01] AS 2.5%, [01:01:03] AND AMONG YOUTH THAT ARE 16 TO [01:01:06] 24 YEARS OLD, UNEMPLOYMENT WAS AT 10% [01:01:12] WHEN PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS BEGAN [01:01:15] BEING FILED IN
  • BY APRIL OF 2020, 16 TO [01:01:18] 24 YEAR OLDS MADE UP THE HIGHEST Page 22 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:01:22] PERCENTAGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS IN [01:01:24] COMPARISON TO OTHER AGE GROUPS, THIS [01:01:27] PACE WAS SUSTAINED THROUGH 2020
  • THIS IS [01:01:30] ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE 16 TO 24 [01:01:33] YEAR OLD POPULATIONS MAKE UP ONLY 12% [01:01:37] OF THEIR WORKFORCE IN KING COUNTY, BUT [01:01:40] UNEMPLOYMENT IN THAT GROUP KEPT RISING
  • [01:01:42] ADDITIONALLY, WITHIN THIS 60 TO 24 YEAR [01:01:45] OLD RANGE, WE KNOW THAT WORKERS OF [01:01:48] COLOR, WORKERS WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE [01:01:50] ARE EQUIVALENT, AND WORKERS IN SOUTH [01:01:52] KING COUNTY HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE [01:01:55] GREATEST RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT
  • NEXT [01:01:58] SLIDE, PLEASE
  • [01:02:01] SO THE PORT RESPONDED TO THE COMMUNITY [01:02:04] NEED, AS I MENTIONED, BY INVESTING [01:02:07] DOLLARS AND ALSO SPECIALLY TARGETING [01:02:10] BIPOC USE
  • AT THE SAME TIME, I REALLY [01:02:13] WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU THAT WE KNOW [01:02:16] THAT COVID IMPACT IS SIGNIFICANT, BUT [01:02:19] ALSO THAT THIS NEW CRISIS OF THE [01:02:23] NATIONAL LABOR CRISIS AND THE AGING [01:02:26] WORKFORCE IN MARITIME AND AVIATION [01:02:29] INDUSTRIES, LACK OF RACIAL AND GENDER [01:02:31] DIVERSITIES IN THE INDUSTRIES, AND LACK [01:02:35] OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ACTUALLY [01:02:38] PUTS YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE PIPELINES OF [01:02:41] THE CAREERS THAT WE ARE INTENTIONALLY [01:02:44] WANTING TO BRING YOUNG PEOPLE INTO
  • THE [01:02:46] COMBINATION OF THESE IS WHAT WE'VE HEARD [01:02:49] MULTIPLE TIMES FROM OUR COMMUNITIES IS [01:02:51] WHAT THE PORT NEEDS TO RESPOND TO
  • AND [01:02:54] AGAIN, OUR INVESTMENTS OVER THE LAST TWO [01:02:56] YEARS HERE HAVE BEEN AT THE PORT 5 [01:02:58] MILLION TARGETING SPECIFICALLY THIS AGE [01:03:02] GROUP OF 16 TO 24 YEARS OLD
  • NEXT SLIDE, [01:03:05] PLEASE
  • AND NEXT
  • [01:03:11] SO AS WE MENTIONED, WE WORKED WITH THE [01:03:15] FOUR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND JUST [01:03:18] VERY BRIEFLY, SEATTLE GOODWILL EMPLOYED [01:03:21] 86 YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE MARITIME, [01:03:23] AVIATION AND GREEN JOB SECTOR
  • SEATTLE [01:03:26] PARKS FOUNDATION WAS ABLE TO SUBCONTRACT [01:03:30] WITH THE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU SEE [01:03:32] HERE ON THE SLIDE, AND THEY EMPLOYED 42 [01:03:35] YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE SECTORS OF GREEN [01:03:38] JOBS, MARITIME, ENVIRONMENTAL [01:03:40] SUSTAINABILITY, AND GREEN JOBS
  • [01:03:44] NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • [01:03:47] PARTNERING EMPLOYMENT
  • I WAS ABLE TO [01:03:50] EMPLOY 68 YOUNG PEOPLE AND SUBCONTRACTED [01:03:54] AS WELL WITH MID SOUND FISHERIES AND [01:03:56] MACHINIST INSTITUTE FOR AVIATION AND [01:03:59] AEROSPACE AND MANUFACTURING AND ALSO [01:04:02] GREEN JOBS AND URBAN LEAGUE WAS ABLE TO [01:04:04] SUBCONTRACT WITH A NEW AND YOUTH BUILD [01:04:07] SEATTLE AND EMPLOY 95 YOUNG PEOPLE
  • [01:04:11] NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • [01:04:15] SORRY, YOU SKIPPED ONE
  • YEAH
  • THANK YOU
  • [01:04:18] SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS SLIDE IS [01:04:22] THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW [01:04:25] IMPORTANT IT HAS BEEN THAT THIS PROGRAM [01:04:28] HAS PROVIDED A STIPEND TO THE YOUNG Page 23 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:04:31] PEOPLE THAT, AS STEVE MENTIONED, HAVE [01:04:33] EARNED WHILE THEY LEARNED THE FIRST [01:04:35] YEAR, WE PROVIDED $15 AN HOUR TO THE [01:04:38] YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE PROGRAM
  • [01:04:40] THE SECOND YEAR, IN ORDER TO [01:04:42] INTENTIONALLY CONTINUE TO MOVE YOUNG [01:04:45] PEOPLE IN THE PIPELINE OF PORT RELATED [01:04:48] JOBS, WE OFFERED MORE DOLLARS TO THE [01:04:51] YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE IN FOR THE SECOND [01:04:53] YEAR SO THAT THEY COULD MENTOR THE [01:04:55] NEWCOMERS AND ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO [01:04:58] CONTINUE THEIR LEARNING
  • SO MENTOR LEADS [01:05:01] WERE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN $$16 TO $20 AN [01:05:04] HOUR
  • WE HEARD MANY STORIES LAST YEAR, [01:05:07] AS SOME OF YOU COMMISSIONERS MIGHT [01:05:09] REMEMBER, THERE WERE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO [01:05:11] CAME AND SHARED WITH YOU THAT IN MANY [01:05:14] CASES DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC, THEY [01:05:16] WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE EARNING MONEY IN [01:05:19] THEIR FAMILIES
  • AND THOUGH TODAY YOU [01:05:21] MIGHT SAY THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF JOBS [01:05:24] IN THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY, IN [01:05:26] RESTAURANTS, IN HOTELS, WE ARE REALLY [01:05:29] HEARING THAT THESE JOBS PROVIDE [01:05:32] OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE [01:05:34] LEARNING THAT EVENTUALLY LEADS TO LIVING [01:05:37] WAGE AND QUALITY JOBS IN COMMUNITIES
  • [01:05:40] YOU SEE THE AGE AND GENDER BREAKDOWN [01:05:44] HERE, BUT THE DIVERSITY [01:05:48] OF THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS IS SOMETHING [01:05:50] THAT WE'RE INCREDIBLY PROUD OF BECAUSE [01:05:53] IT MEANS THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING A [01:05:55] DIRECT RESPONSE TO THE NEED AND [01:05:57] DISPARITIES THAT I SPOKE TO EARLIER
  • AS [01:06:00] YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART IN THE BOTTOM [01:06:02] LEFT, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR [01:06:05] PARTICIPANTS, ABOUT ROUGHLY 95%, [01:06:09] IDENTIFY AS PEOPLE OF COLOR
  • AND WHAT'S [01:06:11] NOT REPRESENTED ON THIS SLIDE IS THAT [01:06:13] NEARLY HALF OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS COME [01:06:16] FROM WHAT WE DEFINE AS ECONOMICALLY [01:06:18] DISTRESSED ZIP CODES, WHICH MEANS HIGH [01:06:20] PERCENTAGE OF RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN [01:06:23] 200% POVERTY LINE OR ABOVE, HIGH [01:06:26] PERCENTAGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THOSE [01:06:28] COMMUNITIES OR HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE [01:06:31] LIVING WITHOUT A COLLEGE DEGREE
  • ALL [01:06:33] RIGHT, MOVING ON TO THE LAST SLIDE
  • [01:06:37] ALL RIGHT
  • SO I JUST [01:06:40] WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE SOME OF [01:06:42] THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVALUATION OF [01:06:44] YOUNG PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE [01:06:47] PROGRAM
  • THE DATA ON THIS SLIDE IS ONE [01:06:50] OF SEVERAL WAYS THAT WE KNOW THIS [01:06:53] PROGRAM IS A SUCCESS
  • AS YOU CAN SEE, [01:06:56] REPRESENTED BY THE FIRST TWO BULLET [01:06:58] POINTS, AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF [01:07:00] YOUTH REPORTED THAT THEY LEARNED MORE [01:07:02] AND INCREASED THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT [01:07:04] PROFESSIONS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES IN [01:07:06] PORT RELATED INDUSTRIES
  • THIS IS [01:07:09] CRITICAL AS WE'RE TRYING TO OVERCOME AN [01:07:11] AGING AND RETIRING WORKFORCE IN AVIATION Page 24 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:07:14] AND MARITIME INDUSTRIES, AND WE'RE [01:07:16] TRYING TO BRING SOME RACIAL AND GENDER [01:07:18] DIVERSITY TO THIS WORKFORCE
  • 92% [01:07:22] REPORTED HAVING DEVELOPED SKILLS THAT [01:07:24] WILL LAUNCH THEM INTO QUALITY JOB OR A [01:07:27] CAREER PATH, AND 79% REPORTED THAT THIS [01:07:31] EXPERIENCE GAVE THEM MORE CLARITY ABOUT [01:07:34] THEIR CAREER GOALS AND HOW TO REACH [01:07:36] THEM
  • SO BEFORE I TURN IT [01:07:39] OVER TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, I WANT [01:07:41] TO THANK DAVE MCFADDEN
  • AS HE MENTIONED, [01:07:44] HE WAS ABLE TO LOAN TO US A STAFF MEMBER [01:07:47] WHO WAS ABLE TO SUPPORT ME WITH ALL OF [01:07:50] THE DETAILS OF THE PROGRAM
  • SO THANK [01:07:52] YOU, DAVE MCFADDEN AND GAIL MUELLER, [01:07:54] FOR SUPPORTING THIS WORK
  • AND THANK YOU, [01:07:56] STEVE METRUCK AND COMMISSION FOR [01:07:58] SUPPORTING THIS WORK
  • AND I AM VERY [01:08:01] EXCITED THAT WE HAVE OUR COMMUNITY [01:08:04] PARTNERS HERE TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT THE [01:08:07] PROGRAM
  • IF YOU COULD PLEASE TURN TO THE [01:08:09] NEXT SLIDE AND THEN [01:08:13] THE NEXT THIS IS THE ORDER [01:08:16] THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM OUR [01:08:18] SPEAKERS, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER [01:08:20] TO HE AND Q, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE [01:08:22] DIRECTOR OF PARTNERING EMPLOYMENT KIEN
  • [01:08:27] THANK YOU
  • BOOKEDA AND GOOD AFTERNOON, [01:08:30] COMMISSIONERS
  • IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE [01:08:32] HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR [01:08:35] EXPERIENCES WITH THE OPPORTUNITY USE [01:08:38] INITIATIVE, WHICH THE PORT COMMISSIONER [01:08:40] CREATED BACK IN 2020 TO ADDRESS THE [01:08:43] COVID-19 ECONOMIC RECOVERY, ESPECIALLY [01:08:46] AMONG BIPOC IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES AND [01:08:48] OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES
  • LIKE [01:08:51] BOOKDA MENTIONED IN 2021, [01:08:54] POD ENGAGED AND TRAINED 68 YOUNG [01:08:57] INDIVIDUALS FROM THE IMMIGRANT AND [01:08:59] REFUGEE COMMUNITY, MANY OF WHOM WERE NEW [01:09:04] TO THE COUNTRY OF LESS THAN TWO YEARS
  • [01:09:09] AND THESE INDIVIDUALS, DEFINITELY THE [01:09:12] IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC WAS EXPERIENCED
  • [01:09:16] THEY EXPERIENCED IT THE HARDEST, [01:09:20] THEIR FAMILIES ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH [01:09:23] LIMITED ENGLISH
  • THERE'S CULTURAL SHOCK, [01:09:26] LOW WAGE JOBS, HOMELESSNESS, AND HAVING [01:09:29] TO DEAL WITH THE CHILDREN'S MENTAL [01:09:31] HEALTH, MENTAL WELL BEING AS THEY'VE [01:09:35] BEEN ISOLATED FOR MORE THAN LONG ENOUGH, [01:09:38] AS YOU ALL KNOW, DOING THE SHUTDOWN
  • SO [01:09:41] WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY USE [01:09:45] INITIATIVE STARTED BACK IN 2020, IT WAS [01:09:48] JUST REALLY THE PERFECT TIME
  • WE HAVE [01:09:52] HEARD FROM OUR COMMUNITY HOW MUCH IT [01:09:54] COST THEM, BEING THAT THE DROP LOSSES [01:09:58] AND THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP THAT THEY'VE [01:10:00] GONE THROUGH AND WANTING [01:10:03] IT TO FOCUS ON THE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS
  • [01:10:06] I THINK THE YOUNG INTERVALS WERE REALLY [01:10:09] SUFFERING DURING THAT TIME
  • AND TO OFFER [01:10:12] SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR THEM THAT'S PAID [01:10:16] AND OFFERING THEM OPPORTUNITIES INTO Page 25 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:10:20] A FIELD THAT IS UNTRADITIONAL FOR [01:10:23] IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, SUCH AS THE [01:10:25] ENVIRONMENTAL GREEN JOB SECTOR, [01:10:28] AEROSPACE, MANUFACTURING
  • THOSE ARE [01:10:32] VERY UNCOMMON AMONG IMMIGRANTS AND [01:10:34] REFUGEE COMMUNITY
  • AND THERE ARE VERY [01:10:37] LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCESS LEARNING [01:10:41] AND EMPLOYMENT AND A CAREER IN THAT [01:10:43] FIELD
  • AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BE [01:10:45] SUPPORTED BY THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO DO [01:10:48] SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THE IMPACT IS [01:10:50] GREATER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE
  • AND WITH [01:10:54] THAT, I AM JOINED BY ONE OF OUR YOUTH [01:10:58] WHO WILL SHARE WITH YOU HIS EXPERIENCE [01:11:01] WITH THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE OFFERED [01:11:04] HIM
  • I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO A [01:11:07] PATIENT WHO WILL THEN SPEAK NEXT
  • THANK [01:11:10] YOU
  • THANK YOU
  • [01:11:14] GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK [01:11:17] YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
  • MY NAME IS [01:11:20] PESHEN DUSHA
  • I'M FROM SIERRA CONGO, [01:11:23] AND I'VE BEEN IN AMERICA FOR SIX MONTHS
  • [01:11:27] LAST FALL, I JOINED THE PARTNER IN [01:11:29] EMPLOYMENT RESTORATION CREW, AND IT WAS [01:11:32] REALLY HELPFUL AND FUNNY TO ME
  • [01:11:36] I REALLY LEARNED STUFF THAT I DIDN'T [01:11:38] KNOW ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM
  • I [01:11:41] LEARNED SKILLS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PLANTING [01:11:44] TREES, REMOVING UNWANTED TREES, AND [01:11:47] RESTORATION
  • I REALLY ENJOYED THIS [01:11:50] BECAUSE I MEET NEW PEOPLE AND I MADE [01:11:53] FRIENDS, AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO ME [01:11:55] AND HELPFUL
  • THIS PROGRAM HELPED US [01:11:58] BECAUSE WE LEARNED HOW TO BUILD RESUME [01:12:01] AND HOW TO APPLY FOR FUTURE JOBS
  • [01:12:05] AND IN THIS, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO [01:12:08] GAIN A CAREER IN ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD IN [01:12:11] THE FUTURE
  • AND RIGHT NOW, I THINK I [01:12:14] HAVE APPLIED FOR A JOB IN ENVIRONMENTAL [01:12:19] PROGRAM
  • IT WAS AT CSA, [01:12:22] BUT I'M STILL ON THE WAITING LIST, AND I [01:12:24] HOPE SOON I'LL GET A NEW JOB IN [01:12:27] ENVIRONMENTAL SKILL
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH [01:12:30] FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU'RE GIVING [01:12:33] TOWARDS MEGA BESTIO
  • [01:12:36] I'LL PASS THIS TO THE SEATTLE GOODWILL [01:12:39] INDUSTRY
  • RODNEY WILL BE THE PROGRAM [01:12:42] MANAGER
  • THANK YOU
  • [01:12:53] TECHNICAL ISSUES HERE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, [01:12:56] COMMISSIONERS
  • GOOD TO BE HERE TODAY
  • [01:12:58] MY NAME IS RODNEY SISTER
  • I'M THE YOUTH [01:13:00] PROGRAM MANAGER HERE AT EVERGREEN [01:13:01] GOODWILL
  • I RUN ABOUT THREE PROGRAMS IN [01:13:03] THE U DARREL SPACE PROGRAM, YOUTH STEM, [01:13:06] AND ALSO THE YOUTH MARITIME PROGRAM
  • I [01:13:09] LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT THIS [01:13:11] HAS BEEN A TRUE BLESSING BY THE FACT [01:13:13] THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE WERE [01:13:17] RIGHT
  • YOU BECAME MUTED
  • SORRY
  • YOU [01:13:19] MUTED YOURSELF, I THINK
  • [01:13:25] YEAH
  • OKAY
  • SO, YEAH, SORRY FOR THAT
  • [01:13:27] BUT ANYWAY, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT [01:13:30] WE BECAME ABLE TO BRING OUR YOUTH AS Page 26 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:13:32] FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AND GIVE THEM HEALTH [01:13:34] BENEFITS, WHICH THEY REGAIN HEALTH, AND [01:13:37] DENTAL, WHICH A LOT OF THEM HADN'T BEEN [01:13:39] ABLE TO GO TO A DOCTOR OR A DENTIST IN [01:13:41] QUITE SOME TIME
  • SO THAT WAS A BIG [01:13:43] BOOST, MAN
  • THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT [01:13:45] REALLY TOOK US TO HEART
  • [01:13:48] ALSO, AS WE KNOW, FUNDING IS A [01:13:51] STREAMLINED TO OUR PIPELINE EQUITABLE [01:13:54] EMPLOYMENT
  • SO WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE [01:13:56] HAS ACTUALLY PUSHED US INTO THE REALM OF [01:13:58] PUSHING IT TO CATEGORIES IN THE [01:14:01] WORKFORCE, TO WHERE THESE YOUTH DON'T [01:14:02] EVEN UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE JOB [01:14:05] MAGNITUDES OR THE PLATEAU OF WHAT THEY [01:14:06] STAND FOR
  • AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH [01:14:09] AEROSPACE IN A NEW LIGHT, PUSH MARITIME [01:14:12] AND A NEW LIGHT
  • ALSO GIVE TRAINING [01:14:17] AND CRANE OPERATING TRAINING IN FORKLIFT [01:14:20] TRAINING IN CONSTRUCTION
  • AND ALSO WE [01:14:23] WERE ALSO ONE OF MY FAVORITES, ALSO TO [01:14:25] GET THE KIDS OSHA CERTIFIED, ALL THOSE [01:14:27] PERTAINING TO THE PORT AND OTHER [01:14:29] ENTITIES THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH [01:14:30] SIMULTANEOUSLY THE SAME AS THE OTHERS
  • [01:14:34] AND WITH THAT, I SAY, THANK YOU GUYS FOR [01:14:37] YOUR GIFT, BUT I LIKE TO LEAVE THIS WITH [01:14:40] A LITTLE STORY
  • I HAVE THE IMPACT ON THE [01:14:43] YOUTH
  • I HAD A STUDENT WHO CAME TO ME [01:14:46] AND HE WAS LIKE, MR RODNEY, THANK YOU [01:14:48] FOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE ME A [01:14:50] CHANCE AND SHOW ME HOW TO SAVE MONEY
  • [01:14:53] HE SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT [01:14:55] I'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO SAVE MONEY
  • HE [01:14:56] SAID, BUT ALSO TO MAKE THE KIND OF MONEY [01:14:59] THAT I'VE MADE TO PAY FOR THREE QUARTERS [01:15:02] OF COLLEGE OUT OF MY OWN POCKET WITHOUT [01:15:05] WORRYING ABOUT IT
  • IT KIND OF TOUCHED ME [01:15:07] A LITTLE BIT AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, [01:15:08] DON'T ONLY THANK ME, BUT YOU ALSO THINK [01:15:13] FUNDING, WHICH HAS GRANTED US [01:15:14] OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU THIS OPPORTUNITY [01:15:16] YOURSELF
  • AND HE LOOKED AT ME AND HE [01:15:18] SAID, WHAT IS THE PORT? SO I SAID, ARE [01:15:21] YOU KIDDING ME? YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE [01:15:22] PORT IS
  • SO I SAID, THE AIRPORT
  • [01:15:25] HE WAS LIKE, OH, IT'S THE AIRPORT
  • I [01:15:28] SAID, NO, IT'S PART OF THE AIRPORT
  • I [01:15:30] SAID, BUT IT'S A WIDE ENTITY OF THINGS [01:15:32] THAT GO ON INSIDE THE PORT
  • HE SAID, [01:15:33] WELL, LOOK, YOU, MR RODNEY, I'M GOING [01:15:35] INTO AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
  • HE SAID, DO [01:15:37] YOU THINK THEY'LL HIRE ME? I SAID, I [01:15:39] THINK THEY WILL
  • AND SO WITH THAT, I [01:15:41] LEAVE YOU
  • I SAID, THANK YOU FOR AGAIN [01:15:43] FOR DOING WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
  • AND IF [01:15:45] THERE'S ONE THING THAT I WOULD CHANGE, [01:15:48] IT WOULD BE THAT YOU GUYS PUSH JUST A [01:15:50] COUPLE OF MONTHS LONGER
  • I'M GOING TO [01:15:53] LEAVE YOU WITH THAT
  • YOU GUYS HAVE A [01:15:54] GOOD DAY
  • WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO PASS [01:15:56] IT ON TO WHO ARE ONE OF MY FORMER [01:15:57] STUDENTS
  • HE IS NOW MY ASSISTANT TO SHOW Page 27 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:16:00] YOU HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS MOVED THE [01:16:03] NEEDLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY IN THE [01:16:05] PROGRAM
  • SO I PASS IT TO ISAIAH [01:16:07] MODEKY
  • HELLO EVERYONE
  • [01:16:11] I'M ISAIAH WITH THE YOUTH PROGRAM [01:16:13] ASSISTANT
  • I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A [01:16:14] GREAT DAY TODAY
  • I LIKE TO START OFF BY [01:16:18] SAYING BEING IN THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN [01:16:20] ALLOWING ME TO KEEP A PASTOR IN MIND [01:16:21] ALIVE, WHICH IS CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, [01:16:24] BEEN ABLE TO BUILD MY PROFESSIONAL [01:16:26] NETWORK AND KEEP MY FOOT IN THE DOOR
  • [01:16:29] BUT MANY DIFFERENT SKILLS THAT I NEVER [01:16:31] THOUGHT I'D BE GOOD AT UNTIL NOW
  • LIKE [01:16:33] DRIVING A FORKLIFT, FOR EXAMPLE
  • ONE [01:16:36] THING I LIKE TO MENTION IS THE AMAZING [01:16:37] MENTORSHIP HERE AT GOODWILL
  • BEING [01:16:39] SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN DIFFERENT [01:16:41] PROGRAMS, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE BEST, [01:16:42] RIGHT? THESE MENTORS STICK WITH YOU [01:16:45] EVERYWHERE YOU GO AND ARE ALWAYS [01:16:47] AVAILABLE OR ALWAYS MAKING TIME FOR YOU
  • [01:16:50] THAT BEING SAID, I BELIEVE I MADE A 180 [01:16:52] WITH MY WIFE SENT
  • THIS PROGRAM IS FUN, [01:16:55] BUT WE ARE ALSO LEARNING STUFF MOST HIGH [01:16:56] SCHOOLS DON'T EVEN TEACH
  • ALSO, THIS [01:16:59] PROGRAM HAS HELPED ME AND MY FAMILY WITH [01:17:01] SOME OF OUR HARDSHIPS
  • ONE THING THAT [01:17:03] MADE ME REALLY HAPPY, I WAS ABLE TO SAVE [01:17:05] A LITTLE BIT OF MY STIPEND BACK THEN AND [01:17:07] HELP MY LITTLE SISTER WITH A LAPTOP FEE [01:17:09] FROM SCHOOL
  • I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS [01:17:11] PROGRAM AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE THE SAME [01:17:13] OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE I'VE SEEN WHAT IT [01:17:15] HAD DONE FOR ME AND MY FAMILY
  • THANK [01:17:17] YOU
  • AND I'D LIKE TO PASS IT ON TO NEW
  • [01:17:20] KAREN DOVE, [01:17:23] THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE [01:17:25] HERE BEFORE YOU COMMISSIONERS, AND THANK [01:17:28] YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS IMPORTANT FUNDING [01:17:30] THAT YOU PUT ASIDE TO ENSURE THAT YOUTH [01:17:34] IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS TO FAMILY [01:17:37] WAGE CAREERS
  • I'M KAREN DOVE
  • I'M THE [01:17:40] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ANU, AND WE'VE [01:17:42] BEEN PROVIDING QUALITY PRE [01:17:43] APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMMING SINCE 1980
  • [01:17:46] WE'VE PARTNERED WITH THE PORT IN VARIOUS [01:17:48] PROGRAMS SINCE 1994
  • WE RECENTLY [01:17:51] PARTNERED WITH URBAN LEAGUE ON THE [01:17:52] OPPORTUNITY YOUTH PROJECT
  • AND IN THE [01:17:55] LAST SIX MONTHS OF 2021, ANU WAS ABLE TO [01:17:58] ASSIST 55 YOUTH WITH THIS FUNDING
  • [01:18:02] 22% OF THESE YOUTH WERE FEMALES AND 78% [01:18:06] WERE PEOPLE OF COLOR
  • SINCE OUR [01:18:08] TRAINING, WE'VE PLACED OVER 60% OF [01:18:12] THESE YOUTH IN APPRENTICESHIP OR FAMILY [01:18:14] WAGE EMPLOYMENT AND CONTINUE TO PLACE [01:18:17] GRADUATES WHO JUST FINISHED THE PROGRAM [01:18:18] IN DECEMBER
  • THIS PROGRAM IS CRITICALLY [01:18:22] IMPORTANT, AND THE SIPHONED IS REALLY [01:18:25] IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR YOUTH [01:18:27] WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE [01:18:29] AND TO GAIN ACCESS TO THESE FAMILY WAGE Page 28 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:18:31] CAREERS
  • THESE APPRENTICESHIP [01:18:33] OPPORTUNITIES IF THE STIPENDS WERE NOT [01:18:36] AVAILABLE TO THEM TO GO THROUGH THIS [01:18:37] PROGRAM
  • OUR PROGRAM IS TWELVE WEEKS [01:18:40] LONG, AND TO GO THROUGH THAT AS A YOUTH [01:18:42] WITH NO INCOME, COMING IN IS VERY [01:18:45] DIFFICULT
  • SO THIS ALLOWED THEM TO BE [01:18:47] ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR NEEDS WHILE THEY [01:18:50] WERE ABLE TO GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAM AND [01:18:51] THEN BE PLACED INTO FAMILY WAGE CAREERS
  • [01:18:54] AND I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO ONE OF [01:18:56] OUR GRADUATES, DAMIAN VALENCIA
  • [01:19:02] AYE
  • THANK YOU, KAREN
  • MY NAME IS DAMIEN, [01:19:05] AND I GRADUATED FROM NEW ABOUT [01:19:09] HALF A YEAR AGO
  • AND SINCE THEN, [01:19:13] IT'S BEEN A WILD RIDE, AND IT'S BEEN A [01:19:15] FUN RIDE
  • I'M IN A TRUCK RIGHT NOW [01:19:19] ON THE WAY TO A JOB THAT ALONE SHOWS YOU [01:19:22] THAT THIS WHOLE THING, IT ALL WORKS
  • [01:19:29] SINCE THEN, I WAS THERE
  • I MOVED ACROSS [01:19:32] THE STATE
  • I MOVED TO AUBURN, AND THE [01:19:34] SCHOOL WAS NOT THAT FAR AWAY
  • AND I WAS [01:19:37] ABLE TO LEARN THINGS AND MEET NEW [01:19:38] PEOPLE
  • AND MY MENTORS, BO AND DEE, WERE [01:19:41] JUST AMAZING, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO [01:19:43] TEACH ME SO MUCH TO THE POINT WHERE I [01:19:46] DID REALLY WELL
  • AND I GOT OFFERED A JOB [01:19:49] WHERE I WAS EVEN DONE
  • AND THAT ALONE [01:19:52] SHOWS YOU I CAN DO IT THERE, AND I CAN [01:19:55] DO IT HERE
  • IT CAN WORK ANYWHERE, GIVEN [01:19:58] THE HELP AND THE SKILLS AND THE TOOLS [01:20:01] THAT ANYONE NEEDS TO SHOW YOU THAT [01:20:04] ANYTHING CAN WORK ANYWHERE
  • YOU KNOW [01:20:06] WHAT I MEAN? [01:20:10] I'VE BEEN PRACTICING
  • [01:20:15] I'LL PASS THIS ON TO RUBY VIGGO, [01:20:19] AND THANK YOU
  • [01:20:23] THANK YOU, DAMIEN
  • HI, [01:20:27] EVERYONE
  • MY NAME IS RUBY
  • I'M WITH THE [01:20:30] DUWAMISH VALLEY YOUTH CORPS, THE [01:20:32] DUWAMISH RIVER COMMUNITY COALITION
  • AND [01:20:35] I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING, [01:20:38] SORRY ABOUT THE BACKGROUND NOISE
  • IT'S [01:20:41] BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH THIS [01:20:43] OPPORTUNITY
  • I STARTED BACK IN 2020
  • [01:20:45] AND I WAS GRATEFULLY ABLE TO CONTINUE TO [01:20:49] THE SECOND YEAR
  • SOMETHING THAT I REALLY [01:20:50] APPRECIATE WAS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO [01:20:52] CONTINUE THE GREEN JOBS TRAINING
  • BUT IN [01:20:54] ADDITION TO THIS YEAR, WE WERE ACTUALLY [01:20:56] ABLE TO ADD ON MARITIME TRAINING, WHICH [01:20:58] I APPRECIATE BECAUSE IT WAS NEW TO BOTH [01:21:00] THE YOUTH AND MYSELF
  • WE WERE ABLE TO GO [01:21:03] ON A BOAT FOR A WEEK, FOR INSTANCE, AND [01:21:04] LEARN ABOUT NOT THE SONGS, HOW TO SAIL A [01:21:08] BOAT IN GENERAL
  • IN ADDITION, WE'VE BEEN [01:21:12] ABLE TO CREATE A WONDERFUL [01:21:16] RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MARITIME HIGH [01:21:18] SCHOOL RIGHT ACROSS THE CORNER, RIGHT [01:21:20] AROUND THE CORNER FROM US
  • AND IT'S [01:21:24] JUST BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE
  • OVERALL, [01:21:25] OUR YOUTH HAVE REALLY APPRECIATED THIS [01:21:27] OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT BROUGHT Page 29 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:21:29] SOME FINANCIAL STABILITY TO THEM, AS [01:21:32] OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, BUT ALSO IT'S [01:21:34] BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN [01:21:36] OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY TO [01:21:38] MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR [01:21:40] NEEDS
  • SO, YEAH, WE TRULY APPRECIATE [01:21:44] THIS EXPERIENCE
  • AND WE WANT TO THANK [01:21:46] THE PORT, BUT ESPECIALLY THE OFFICE OF [01:21:50] EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION FOR [01:21:53] SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH AND PROVIDING THESE [01:21:55] OPPORTUNITIES
  • AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO [01:21:58] WORKING WITH YOU ALL TO BREAK DOWN [01:22:00] BARRIERS, ESPECIALLY IN RESTRICTED [01:22:03] FUNDING
  • AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S MANY [01:22:05] CHANGES THAT GO ON WITHIN THE [01:22:07] COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, AND WE REALLY NEED TO [01:22:09] ADAPT TO THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, NOT [01:22:10] NECESSARILY THE PORT PORTS PROCESSES
  • [01:22:12] SO WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, [01:22:15] AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE
  • [01:22:19] NOW, I WILL PASS IT ON TO ONE OF OUR [01:22:21] GREAT INTERNS
  • UNFORTUNATELY, FAITH VIA [01:22:23] LOCALS WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY, [01:22:24] BUT WE WILL PASS IT ON TO KELSEY VALDEZ, [01:22:27] WHICH HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE FOREVER
  • [01:22:33] HELLO, EVERYONE
  • MY NAME IS KELSEY [01:22:35] VALDEZ
  • UNFORTUNATELY, MY CAMERA IS NOT [01:22:37] WORKING, BUT I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME VERY [01:22:39] WELL
  • I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR [01:22:42] HAVING THIS AMAZING PROGRAM FOR US [01:22:44] YOUTH
  • IT HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT HELP FOR [01:22:47] ME, BEING ABLE TO LEARN AS MANY SKILLS [01:22:49] AS POSSIBLE
  • I WAS EVEN ABLE TO GET AN [01:22:52] OWN JOB WITH A DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIP AS [01:22:56] WELL, JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY I WAS [01:22:58] PARTICIPATING IN THIS INTERNSHIP
  • AND IT [01:23:01] HELPED ME SO WELL BECAUSE I LEARNED [01:23:03] SPEAKING SKILLS, PRESENTING SKILLS, AS [01:23:06] WELL AS COMMUNICATION AND MANAGEMENT, [01:23:08] TIME MANAGEMENT
  • SO THAT REALLY HELPED [01:23:10] WITH EVERYTHING
  • AND I HOPE THAT YOU [01:23:13] GUYS CONTINUE THIS PROGRAM FOR ALL OF [01:23:15] OUR YOUTH THAT NEED THIS PROGRAM TO BE [01:23:17] ABLE TO GET OUT AND EXPRESS THEMSELVES [01:23:19] WITH THESE TYPES OF INTERNSHIPS
  • THANK [01:23:22] YOU SO MUCH
  • [01:23:25] THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR [01:23:28] SPEAKERS, THE POWERPOINT SLIDES, [01:23:32] IF YOU COULD PLEASE STOP SHARING THEM
  • [01:23:34] WE'RE NOW HERE AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER [01:23:38] ANY QUESTIONS THAT COMMISSIONERS HAVE
  • [01:23:40] BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR [01:23:42] COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR BEING HERE, [01:23:44] TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR JOBS AND [01:23:47] TRAINING PROGRAMS TO JOIN US
  • SO WE'RE [01:23:50] HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
  • [01:23:52] COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU, BOOKDA
  • AND I [01:23:55] JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HEN [01:23:57] PATIENT KAREN, DAMIEN, [01:24:00] RUBY, RODNEY, ISAIAH, AND KELSEY FOR [01:24:04] PINCHING TODAY TO COME AND PRESENT
  • WE [01:24:05] REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS
  • IT [01:24:07] REALLY HELPS US TO FILL OUT AN Page 30 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:24:09] UNDERSTANDING OF A PROGRAM THAT IS JUST [01:24:13] A COUPLE OF YEARS OLD, AND IT SOUNDS [01:24:14] LIKE IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
  • SO [01:24:16] WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE ROLL [01:24:18] FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM [01:24:20] COMMISSIONERS CLERK HART,
  • CAN YOU PLEASE CALL [01:24:22] THE ROLL? YESES
  • SPEAKING WITH [01:24:24] COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • [01:24:29] YES, THANK YOU
  • CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN
  • [01:24:32] GREAT
  • YEAH
  • I WANT TO ALSO THANK [01:24:36] ALL THE PRESENTERS TODAY AND ALL THE [01:24:37] COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO SHARED IT WAS [01:24:40] REALLY INSPIRING TO HEAR YOUR STORIES [01:24:43] AND HOW THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO [01:24:46] HELP SUPPORT THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING
  • [01:24:48] I ALSO WANTED TO THANK EXECUTIVE [01:24:50] METRICS, DIRECTOR BUKDA GHEISAR AND [01:24:53] THE CURRENT AND FORMER COMMISSIONER'S [01:24:56] LEADERSHIP WHO HELPED MOVE THIS [01:24:59] INITIATIVE FORWARD
  • [01:25:02] REALLY, THIS PROGRAM STARTED IN LIGHT OF [01:25:06] THE PANDEMIC AS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE
  • [01:25:09] THAT SAID, PROGRAMS LIKE THE YESES [01:25:13] NEEDED TO EXIST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
  • [01:25:15] RIGHT
  • FOR MANY OF US WHO WORK IN [01:25:17] COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE SAID OVER AND OVER [01:25:19] AGAIN THAT THE PANDEMIC REALLY JUST [01:25:22] UNDERSCORED EXISTING INEQUITIES IN OUR [01:25:25] WORKFORCES AND OTHER AREAS
  • AND SO I [01:25:29] THINK THERE'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO [01:25:31] TRANSFER THIS PROGRAM INTO SOMETHING [01:25:34] MORE PERMANENT AND FOR US TO THINK [01:25:36] REALLY DEEPLY AROUND THAT
  • AND EXECUTIVE [01:25:39] STEVE METRICS, THE FACT THAT YOU'RE [01:25:41] ALREADY THINKING THAT IS WONDERFUL
  • AND [01:25:43] I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN THOSE [01:25:46] DISCUSSIONS AS A COMMISSIONERS
  • [01:25:50] MY QUESTION IS FOR DIRECTOR [01:25:55] AT PARTNERS AND EMPLOYMENT, HE AND SALAM [01:25:57] ALIKUM
  • SISTER, IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU IN [01:26:00] THE SPACE
  • HOPEFULLY YOU'RE STILL WITH [01:26:01] US
  • I DON'T SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN, BUT [01:26:06] I'M HERE
  • I'M STILL HERE
  • OKAY
  • YOU'RE [01:26:08] HERE
  • OKAY, GREAT
  • NOW I SEE YOU ON THE [01:26:10] SCREEN
  • SO MY QUESTION [01:26:14] IS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BIGGEST [01:26:16] BARRIERS TO MAXIMIZING THE SUCCESS OF [01:26:19] THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT WOULD ADDITIONAL [01:26:22] RESOURCES DO FOR THE PROGRAM [01:26:25] AND TO MAXIMIZE ITS POTENTIAL? [01:26:30] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • THAT'S [01:26:32] A GREAT QUESTION
  • I THINK WHAT WE'VE [01:26:34] COME ACROSS IS THAT CAPACITY IS ONE OF [01:26:37] THE BIGGEST THINGS WE HAVE YOUTH THAT [01:26:40] WERE REALLY INTERESTED, BUT WE HAD ONLY [01:26:42] A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FTE THAT CAN [01:26:44] ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, [01:26:46] AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS THAT [01:26:50] WE CAN GIVE OUT A STIPEND TO SUPPORT [01:26:53] THESE INDIVIDUALS
  • [01:26:57] WE DEFINITELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SERVE [01:26:59] MORE INDIVIDUALS, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD [01:27:02] BE THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE
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  • [01:27:04] AND I THINK WITH THE CONTINUATION OF [01:27:07] THIS INITIATIVE, WE HOPE FOR [01:27:11] ALL OF US HERE, NOT ONLY FOR PART OF [01:27:13] EMPLOYMENT, BUT FOR ALL OF US HERE TO BE [01:27:14] ABLE TO EXPAND AND REACH OUT TO MORE [01:27:18] YOUTH AND ALSO USING [01:27:22] THE OPPORTUNITY OF THIS FUNDING TO THEN [01:27:26] CREATE LIKE REALLY TANGIBLE PATHWAYS [01:27:29] INTO CAREERS
  • RIGHT
  • SO IT DOES [01:27:31] DEFINITELY TAKES TIME FOR THAT [01:27:35] RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT
  • FOR EXAMPLE, [01:27:37] PARTNER EMPLOYMENT HAVE BEEN HAVING [01:27:39] CONVERSATIONS WITH UNION LABORS [01:27:43] THAT OFFER LIVABLE WAGES AND [01:27:46] GREAT BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS AND HOW [01:27:49] DO WE THEN CONNECT THEM TO THOSE GREAT [01:27:51] OPPORTUNITIES? AND SO ESTABLISHING THOSE [01:27:53] TYPE OF RELATIONSHIPS AND [01:27:55] COMMUNICATIONS, BUT ALSO THIS WOULD [01:27:59] BE IF WE'RE EXPANDING, THIS IS AN [01:28:01] OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE THAT [01:28:05] DIRECT RELATIONSHIP AS WELL WITH [01:28:07] COLLEGES, WITH THEIR ADDITIONAL [01:28:10] EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND BUILDING [01:28:12] CREDITS OUT OF THOSE THINGS, I WOULD SAY [01:28:16] FOR PARTNER EMPLOYMENT IN PARTICULAR, [01:28:19] BECAUSE OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE INDIVIDUALS [01:28:22] WHO ARE QUITE NEWER TO THE COUNTRY, WE [01:28:25] DEFINITELY NEED A LOT OF TIME TO GIVE [01:28:28] THEM ENOUGH ATTENTION AND SUPPORT
  • IT [01:28:30] DOES CONSUME MORE TIME IN THAT ASPECT
  • [01:28:33] SO THAT'S WHERE THAT CAPACITY WOULD BE [01:28:36] REALLY HELPFUL IF THIS GETS EXPANDED
  • [01:28:40] AND I WANT TO COMMENT AROUND, LIKE THE [01:28:43] SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS INITIATIVE IS SO [01:28:46] IMPORTANT
  • ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE [01:28:48] FELT THAT WAS A BIT DISRUPTIVE [01:28:52] TO OUR COMMUNITY WAS THAT THIS [01:28:55] WAS A ONCE A YEAR PROGRAM AND THEN [01:28:59] THE REST OF THE HALF OF THE YEAR, [01:29:01] NOTHING HAPPENS
  • AND SO OUR COMMUNITY [01:29:04] AND DURING THAT TIME FELT LOST AND [01:29:08] DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT
  • [01:29:11] SO FOR THE ORGANIZATION, AS WELL [01:29:14] AS A SMALLER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WE [01:29:16] FELT LIKE THAT WAS REALLY INTERRUPTING [01:29:19] THE PROGRAMMING AND THE SUCCESSES OF THE [01:29:21] PROGRAM
  • AND SO THAT'S DEFINITELY I [01:29:23] THINK OTHERS HAVE ECHOED THAT IT'S [01:29:25] IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS AS A CONTINUOUS [01:29:29] PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND BEYOND
  • [01:29:32] THANK YOU
  • [01:29:35] THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HAN
  • THANK YOU FOR [01:29:37] THAT ANSWER
  • THAT WAS SUPER HELPFUL
  • I [01:29:39] TOOK NOTES ON THAT
  • I CAN HOLD FOR MY [01:29:42] SECOND QUESTION TO ENSURE THAT THE REST [01:29:45] OF MY COLLEAGUES CAN ASK THEIR QUESTIONS [01:29:47] AS WELL
  • COMMISSIONERS MOHAMED, [01:29:51] YOU'RE WELCOME TO ASK YOUR SECOND [01:29:53] QUESTION THEN
  • OKAY
  • MY SECOND QUESTION [01:29:55] IS FOR DIRECTOR BOOKDA GHEISAR
  • [01:29:59] IN LIGHT OF WHAT JUST HE AND SHARED, [01:30:02] I'M WONDERING WHAT DO YOU SEE AS SOME Page 32 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:30:05] OF THE BENEFITS AROUND USING [01:30:10] A FRAMEWORK LIKE THE CAREER CONNECTED [01:30:12] LEARNING THAT REALLY FOCUSES ON CREATING [01:30:14] PATHWAYS TO HIGH QUALITY JOBS THAN THE [01:30:17] EXISTING FRAMEWORK THAT IS BEING USED [01:30:19] FOR THIS PROGRAM? YEAH
  • [01:30:23] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR THAT [01:30:24] QUESTION
  • MY OFFICE, [01:30:28] MYSELF HAVE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF [01:30:31] CONVERSATIONS WITH PARTNERS IN THE [01:30:34] COMMUNITY THAT HOLD TRAINING PROGRAMS [01:30:36] AND REALLY HEARING THAT THERE'S [01:30:41] A DISCONNECT BETWEEN ALL THE TRAINING [01:30:44] PROGRAMS, FOR EXAMPLE, GOODWILLS [01:30:46] TRAINING AND ACTUAL JOB PLACEMENTS
  • [01:30:50] THAT WHERE THE PORT CAN SUPPORT THE [01:30:53] EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITY IS BY BRINGING [01:30:56] EMPLOYERS AND INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO THE [01:30:58] TABLE THAT REALLY CONNECT WITH A [01:31:02] TRAINING PROGRAM LIKE GOODWILLS OR PIES [01:31:05] AND ACTUALLY OFFER JOBS FOR WHETHER [01:31:09] THOSE JOBS ARE AGAIN EARN AS YOU LEARN [01:31:12] MODELS OF APPRENTICESHIPS, PRE [01:31:15] APPRENTICESHIPS, BUT CONTINUED LEARNING [01:31:17] WITH EMPLOYERS
  • SO I THINK FOR US TO [01:31:20] DESIGN A PROGRAM AS HE [01:31:25] HAS JUST SPOKEN ABOUT, WHICH HAS A MULTI [01:31:27] YEAR COMMITMENT SO THAT ORGANIZATIONS [01:31:30] THAT ARE LEADING TRAINING PROGRAMS CAN [01:31:32] COUNT ON CONTINUED FUNDING AND CAN [01:31:36] ENGAGE YOUNG PEOPLE FOR SEVERAL YEARS [01:31:39] INSTEAD OF JUST ONE OFF, AS WE'VE BEEN [01:31:42] DOING
  • AND THE SECOND IS REALLY LOOKING [01:31:45] AT ENGAGING MORE EMPLOYERS AND [01:31:48] LOOKING AT THE CORE COMPETENCIES THAT [01:31:50] THEY NEED AND SUPPORTING NONPROFITS LIKE [01:31:53] PI TO BUILD THOSE CORE COMPETENCIES IN [01:31:55] THEIR TRAININGS AND CONNECTING THE TWO [01:31:58] SO THAT WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THIS [01:32:00] ACTUALLY WILL RESULT IN A JOB PLACEMENT
  • [01:32:05] I WONDER IF STEVE, DID YOU WANT TO ADD [01:32:08] TO THAT? ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU HAVE, [01:32:10] STEVE? [01:32:18] NO
  • I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN ADD ANY MORE [01:32:19] TO THAT, BUT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE [01:32:21] LOOKING FOR
  • [01:32:26] THERE'S A WHOLE CONTINUUM OF WORKFORCE [01:32:29] DEVELOPMENT AND HOW THIS ALL FITS [01:32:30] TOGETHER
  • WE SHOULD JUST HAVE THAT [01:32:32] STRATEGY THAT FITS TOGETHER AND [01:32:34] LEVERAGES ALL OF THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES [01:32:36] THAT ARE OUT THERE
  • [01:32:40] YOU MUTED YOURSELF SOMEHOW
  • I MUTED [01:32:42] MYSELF
  • I DON'T KNOW SOMETHING'S GOING [01:32:44] ON TODAY
  • BUT ANYWAY, I THINK WE JUST [01:32:47] HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC IN HOW WE PUT [01:32:50] TOGETHER THIS WHOLE CONTINUUM OF [01:32:52] OPPORTUNITIES AND BUILDING UPON THAT [01:32:54] WHICH I'VE HEARD HERE TODAY IN DOING [01:32:56] THAT, AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR FURTHER [01:32:59] IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS BETTER
  • [01:33:01] THANK YOU
  • BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS [01:33:04] WHILE I'M TALKING, BUT THIS IS JUST SO Page 33 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:33:05] INSPIRATIONAL TO HEAR ALL OF YOU AND TO [01:33:07] HEAR BOTH FROM THOSE THAT ARE RUNNING [01:33:10] THE PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO THOSE THAT ARE [01:33:11] PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM
  • SO IT [01:33:13] REALLY FEELS INSPIRATIONAL TO ME TO GET [01:33:16] THIS FEEDBACK
  • THANK YOU
  • [01:33:21] THANK YOU
  • EXECUTIVE STEVE METRUCK AND [01:33:24] DIRECTOR BOOKDA GHEISAR
  • THAT WAS [01:33:26] HELPFUL
  • THAT'S IT FOR MY QUESTIONS
  • I [01:33:30] JUST AGAIN WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL [01:33:31] OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND [01:33:33] PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM AND JUST [01:33:36] WANT TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE THE [01:33:38] EXPERTS AND KNOW WHAT IS BEST WHEN IT [01:33:40] COMES TO ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF [01:33:43] OUR WORKFORCE ISSUES
  • AND SO I'M LOOKING [01:33:45] FORWARD TO ENGAGING IN FURTHER [01:33:47] DISCUSSIONS TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT ARE [01:33:49] SIMILAR TO THIS
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU, [01:33:52] COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, COMMISSIONER [01:33:54] HASEGAWA
  • WELL, I ACTUALLY [01:33:58] HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR PROGRAM [01:34:00] PARTICIPANTS
  • AND HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE [01:34:03] PROVIDED PUBLIC COMMENT IN A PUBLIC [01:34:06] FORUM LIKE THIS BEFORE? CAN YOU RAISE [01:34:09] YOUR HAND OR GIVE A REACTION ON THERE? [01:34:13] YOU CARRY YOURSELVES WITH SO MUCH [01:34:15] CONFIDENCE AND POISE
  • I JUST REALLY [01:34:20] NEED TO USE THIS PLATFORM TO CELEBRATE [01:34:23] YOU, BECAUSE ONE THING THAT I DO BELIEVE [01:34:26] IS THAT LEADERS ARE SELF IDENTIFIED
  • [01:34:30] RIGHT
  • AND WE CAN PUT OPPORTUNITIES OUT [01:34:32] THERE, BUT WITHOUT PEOPLE WANTING TO [01:34:34] STEP UP AND STEP INTO THAT POWER, INTO [01:34:36] THAT POTENTIAL, IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE
  • [01:34:39] AND YOU ALL HAVE IDENTIFIED YOURSELVES [01:34:42] AS HAVING DREAMS, AS HAVING AMBITION, [01:34:45] AS HAVING INTEREST
  • RIGHT
  • AND FOR YOU [01:34:47] TO SHINE SO BRIGHT RIGHT HERE FOR ALL OF [01:34:50] US TO SEE, IT IS TRULY JUST A PRIVILEGE
  • [01:34:53] I THINK THIS IS THE EXACT KIND OF [01:34:55] PROGRAM THAT I'M JUST SO PROUD THAT THE [01:34:58] PORT HAS BEEN ABLE TO OFFER
  • AND I WANT [01:35:02] TO SHARE, TOO, THAT MY POINT OF ENTRY [01:35:06] INTO PUBLIC SERVICE WAS AS AN INTERN AT [01:35:10] THE US SENATE
  • RIGHT
  • THAT'S WHAT [01:35:13] BUILDING THE PIPELINE IS ALL ABOUT, [01:35:16] BECAUSE IT IGNITES SOMETHING IN YOU [01:35:19] ABOUT WHERE YOUR POTENTIAL, WHERE YOUR [01:35:22] DREAMS, WHERE YOUR INTERESTS, WHAT [01:35:23] RESONATES WITH YOU ON AN INTRINSIC LEVEL [01:35:27] AND FOR YOU TO COME BACK AND SHARE THAT [01:35:30] AND SPEAK TO THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS SO [01:35:32] THAT IT LIVES ON PAST YOUR PARTICIPATION [01:35:35] FOR THE NEXT COHORT
  • RIGHT
  • I WOULD JUST [01:35:39] LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DIRECTOR KFAT FOR [01:35:42] CAPTURING THIS INFORMATION, HAVING THE [01:35:45] DATA AND THE STATISTICS THAT BACKS IT UP [01:35:47] SO WE CAN QUANTIFY SAY LOOK AT THE [01:35:51] IMPACT OF THIS PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN [01:35:53] SEE IT INTO CONTINUITY
  • I LOVE THE TWO [01:35:56] STEP APPROACH SO THAT THERE'S A WAY FOR [01:35:58] FOLKS TO GRADUATE AS MENTORS BECAUSE AS Page 34 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [01:36:02] WE SUCCEED
  • RIGHT
  • WE HAVE TO ALSO LOOK [01:36:06] AT WHERE THE PLACES THAT WE'RE VACATING [01:36:09] AND SEEING HOW WE ARE EXTENDING A HAND [01:36:12] IN SO THAT THE NEXT PERSON CAN STEP IN
  • [01:36:14] THAT'S WHAT THE PIPELINE IS ALL ABOUT
  • [01:36:17] IT'S NOT JUST WHERE YOU'RE GOING, BUT [01:36:19] WHO'S COMING WITH YOU
  • AND SO I COMMEND [01:36:22] ALL OF YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THAT [01:36:25] PIPELINE AND DIRECTOR
  • YESES
  • FOR BEING [01:36:28] SUCH A STRONG TESTAMENT TO ITS POWER
  • [01:36:31] AND SO MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE HEIGHT [01:36:35] OF THAT LADDER
  • AND I'M WONDERING WE [01:36:38] TALKED ABOUT REALLY WANTING TO MAKE SURE [01:36:41] THAT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH LABOR AND [01:36:44] COLLEGES
  • I HEARD FROM KEN THAT WE ARE [01:36:48] GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN [01:36:49] LANGUAGE ACCESS, RECOGNIZING HOW MANY [01:36:52] NEW ARRIVALS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE [01:36:54] LEARNERS ARE ACTUALLY BEING ENGAGED IN [01:36:56] THIS PROGRAM
  • I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S [01:36:59] SOME SORT OF YOU DID ONE EXIT [01:37:03] SURVEY, AND I WONDER IF THERE'S GOING TO [01:37:05] BE LIKE A FOLLOW UP EXIT SURVEYS THAT WE [01:37:07] TRACK PLACEMENT
  • RIGHT
  • OR THAT WE [01:37:09] CONTINUE TO CHECK IN SO WE CAN OFFER [01:37:12] THAT CONTINUITY OF SUPPORT FOR OUR [01:37:16] GRADUATES OR HOWEVER WE'RE REFERRING TO [01:37:19] THEM, OUR ALUMNI, [01:37:24] AND JUST HOW WE'RE REALLY GOING TO MAKE [01:37:26] SURE THAT WE ARE RETAINING THE TALENT [01:37:29] THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN ON THE FRONT [01:37:31] END
  • [01:37:35] THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, [01:37:37] COMMISSIONERS
  • I WONDER IF SOME OF OUR [01:37:39] COMMUNITY PARTNERS WANT TO GO FIRST
  • DO [01:37:43] RODNEY, KAREN HEN OR RUBY, DO YOU HAVE [01:37:46] SOME THOUGHTS YOU WANT TO SHARE? [01:37:47] RODNEY, [01:37:51] YOU HAVE TO UNMUTE
  • [01:37:55] THIS THING IS KILLING ME
  • COULD YOU [01:37:58] REPEAT THAT QUESTION FOR ME? AGAIN, [01:38:02] THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF A [01:38:03] FOLLOW UP TO TRACK THE PLACEMENT OF OUR [01:38:05] ALUMNI
  • OKAY
  • YEAH
  • I'M DEFINITELY [01:38:12] WITH OUR PROGRAMS THE NEXT MOVE IS [01:38:14] ALWAYS TO GO EITHER TO COLLEGE OR TO THE [01:38:17] WORKFORCE
  • RIGHT
  • THAT'S HOW WE TRACK [01:38:19] IT
  • WE PRIMARILY PREFER [01:38:23] COLLEGE FIRST, THEN ON TO GET THE BETTER [01:38:25] PAYING JOBS
  • BUT A LOT OF THE YOUTH THAT [01:38:27] WE DO HAVE, AND THAT'S WHY WE DO PUSH [01:38:29] THIS BLUE COLLAR FORCE
  • RIGHT
  • AND EVEN [01:38:31] THE WHITE COLLAR, WE PUSH THEM BOTH
  • [01:38:33] BUT PRIMARILY, I'M A BLUE COLLAR TYPE [01:38:35] GUY
  • I DID 27 YEARS OF BORN BEFORE I [01:38:37] CAME IN TO RUN AEROSPACE PROGRAM
  • SO I [01:38:39] PUSH THAT BLUE COLLAR A LOT BECAUSE [01:38:41] COLLEGE IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY
  • AND I KNOW [01:38:43] THE PORT OFFICE A LOT MORE THAN JUST THE [01:38:46] UPPER ECHELONS OF ENGINEERS AND THINGS [01:38:49] OF THAT NATURE
  • I MEAN, YOU GOT THE LONG [01:38:51] SHORELINE, YOU GOT THE CONSTRUCTION [01:38:53] WORKERS, YOU GOT EVERYTHING
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  • [01:38:56] I SAID, WHAT I SAID IN MY PRESENTATION, [01:38:58] WITH THAT FUNDING, WE PUSH ALL OF THAT
  • [01:39:00] WE PUSH ALL OF THAT
  • SO THE EXCELLENCE [01:39:02] OF THAT IS JUST GET THEM SOMEWHERE WHERE [01:39:06] THEY'RE PROSPEROUS, THEY HAVE SOME KIND [01:39:09] OF JOB THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR THEIR [01:39:11] FAMILY
  • AND THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE IT
  • [01:39:15] THAT'S WHERE WE TAKE IT
  • THAT'S OUR [01:39:16] LADDER
  • IT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE [01:39:17] SUCCESSFUL AT THE END
  • AND WE FOLLOW [01:39:19] THEM NOT ONLY ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THEM, [01:39:22] WE FOLLOW THEM ABOUT TWO YEARS OUT
  • SO [01:39:24] WE STAY WITH THEM TWO YEARS OUT
  • IT [01:39:27] DOESN'T MEAN JUST BECAUSE YOU LEAVE HERE [01:39:29] MY PHONE CONTINUES TO RING FROM STUDENTS [01:39:31] ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO TO MAKE SURE THAT [01:39:33] THEY'RE STILL LIVING WELL AND THAT [01:39:35] THEY'RE DOING GREAT
  • AND WHEN THEY'RE [01:39:36] DONE, I STILL TREAT THEM LIKE THEY WERE [01:39:38] HERE FIVE YEARS AGO
  • SO IT DOESN'T [01:39:39] MATTER
  • SO WE KEEP THEM HERE WITH US FOR [01:39:41] A WHILE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GREAT
  • [01:39:47] THAT IS SO GREAT
  • AND I JUST [01:39:51] HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT WE'LL BE ABLE TO [01:39:53] HEAR FROM YOU ALL AGAIN
  • IT JUST BRINGS [01:39:55] ME SO MUCH JOY TO SEE A PROGRAM LIKE [01:39:57] THIS OPERATING OUT OF THE PORT OF [01:39:59] SEATTLE AND JUST HEAR YOU ALL COME BACK [01:40:01] AND SHARE THAT WITH US
  • WE HEAR YOUR ASS [01:40:03] AND YOUR NEEDS
  • AND SO I JUST WANT TO [01:40:06] LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE LISTENING
  • AND [01:40:08] THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO [01:40:10] SHARE
  • THANK YOU, [01:40:13] COMMISSIONER, HOW'S IT GOING? I'M MOVING [01:40:14] TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • [01:40:21] LET'S SEE HOW LONG BEFORE I GLITCH OUT
  • [01:40:23] I JUST WANT TO THANK BOOKDA FOR BRINGING [01:40:27] THE FOLKS WHO ARE THE ALUMNI AND THE [01:40:29] STEWARDS OF THIS PROGRAM
  • IT REALLY IS A [01:40:32] LOT EASIER AS A COMMISSIONER CHO SEE [01:40:34] WHERE THE MONEY GOES RATHER THAN SOME [01:40:36] DATA DRIVEN ANSWER
  • AND SO YOU GUYS [01:40:39] PROVIDE THE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE NEED [01:40:41] TO KNOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ON THE RIGHT [01:40:43] TRACK
  • AND I HOPE WE'RE ALSO SOLICITING [01:40:46] YOUR FEEDBACK MORE THAN JUST THIS MOMENT [01:40:48] IN TIME TO TELL US HOW WE CAN DO BETTER [01:40:51] AND WE GOT TO BUILD BACK BETTER, RIGHT? [01:40:53] THAT'S THE MANTRA
  • BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE [01:40:55] ON THE RIGHT TRACK, WHICH IS REALLY [01:40:59] PLEASING TO SEE
  • AND I ALSO WANT TO [01:41:01] THANK OUR LAWYERS AND STUFF WHO WERE [01:41:03] WILLING TO FIND WAYS TO MAKE PROGRAMS [01:41:06] LIKE GREEN JOBS, A PORT RELATED [01:41:09] EMPLOYMENT, LEGITIMATELY PORT RELATED [01:41:12] EMPLOYMENT
  • I REMEMBER GETTING BOOKED, [01:41:14] ALL SORTS OF REFERENCES, ALL THE MONEY [01:41:16] THAT GOES INTO RESTORATION
  • WE SPEND ALL [01:41:19] THIS MONEY ON DUWAMISH, CLEAN UP
  • [01:41:21] SOMEBODY'S MAKING SOME MONEY ON THAT [01:41:23] DEAL
  • SO I DON'T RECOMMEND YOU GUYS [01:41:26] GETTING INTO HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL
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  • [01:41:29] ARE MAKING BIG MONEY ON THAT SORT OF [01:41:31] WORK
  • AND I ALSO APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER [01:41:34] MOHAMED FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT [01:41:36] PREVIOUS COMMISSIONERS, IN PARTICULAR, [01:41:38] COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, WHO REALLY DID LEAD [01:41:40] THIS EFFORT TO CREATE THIS FUND AND ALSO [01:41:43] THE EXECUTIVE METRUCK, SEEING THAT THIS [01:41:46] IS NOT A ONE OFF KIND OF A THING, THAT [01:41:49] THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR CREATING [01:41:51] BROAD BASED ECONOMIC EQUITABLE RECOVERY
  • [01:41:55] WE'VE GOT A LONG WAY STILL TO GO
  • BUT [01:41:57] THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THAT WE'RE ON [01:41:59] THE RIGHT PATH
  • APPRECIATE IT
  • THANK [01:42:02] YOU, COMMISSIONERS
  • THANK YOU, [01:42:04] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • COMMISSIONER [01:42:05] CHO
  • YEAH
  • I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT [01:42:08] TO REALLY POUR ON TO THE CHORUS OF [01:42:11] PRAISE THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING FROM MY [01:42:13] COLLEAGUES
  • I REALLY COMMEND YOU ALL FOR [01:42:17] ALL YOU'VE DONE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM
  • [01:42:19] IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY AMAZING AND [01:42:21] UNTHINKABLE THAT THIS HAS ONLY EXISTED [01:42:24] FOR TWO YEARS NOW, IF THAT AND WE'VE [01:42:27] COME A LONG WAY
  • I REMEMBER WHEN THIS [01:42:31] PROGRAM WAS FIRST BEING PROPOSED, AND IT [01:42:35] WAS ACTUALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT INSIDER [01:42:37] BALL
  • IT WAS PROMISED THAT IT WOULD BE A [01:42:39] ONE OFF BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING ISSUES
  • [01:42:45] IT WAS NEVER INTENTION TO BE INTENDED TO [01:42:48] BE A LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM
  • BUT [01:42:51] I THINK IT BECAME IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS [01:42:53] THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO [01:42:55] CONTINUE TO DO
  • AND SO AS WE [01:42:58] CONTEMPLATE WHAT THIS PROGRAM LOOKS LIKE [01:43:00] IN THE LONG TERM AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE, [01:43:03] I ACTUALLY THINK YOU'VE TOUCHED UPON [01:43:04] SOMETHING IN YOUR TESTIMONIES, BUT ALSO [01:43:07] I THINK MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONERS [01:43:09] MOHAMED, TOUCHED UPON THIS, IS THAT THE [01:43:12] TRUE VALUE OF THIS PROGRAM IS THERE'S [01:43:15] OBVIOUSLY VALUE IN HELPING THOSE WHO [01:43:18] NEED THE JOBS
  • BUT I THINK THE [01:43:21] CAREER I THINK THE OPERATIVE WORD [01:43:25] HERE IS THAT WE ARE HELPING THE YOUTH [01:43:29] DISCOVER CAREERS
  • RIGHT? THAT IS, IT'S [01:43:33] NOT JUST A ONE TIME SUMMER JOB THAT PAID [01:43:35] $15 AN HOUR AND THEN YOU JUST ONTO THE [01:43:39] NEXT JOB
  • RIGHT? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT [01:43:41] A JOB
  • WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING [01:43:44] THAT IS A ONE TIME DEAL
  • WE ARE OPENING [01:43:48] DOORS AND EXPOSING THE YOUTH TO [01:43:50] OPPORTUNITIES THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, [01:43:53] WE'RE NOT EXPOSED TO AT TIMES
  • I WONDER [01:43:57] IN MY YOUTH, IF I HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO [01:43:59] SOME OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE I [01:44:01] WOULD BE IN MY CAREER
  • NOT THAT I'M [01:44:03] COMPLAINING ABOUT WHERE I AM TODAY, BUT [01:44:06] THERE IS A WHOLE NEW WORLD, A DIFFERENT [01:44:09] WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT I JUST [01:44:11] DIDN'T KNOW
  • AS THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS, [01:44:13] AS THE SON OF PARENTS WHO DIDN'T KNOW [01:44:16] THE SYSTEM AND WAS NOT EXPOSED TO THESE [01:44:19] DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES
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  • [01:44:22] WHERE I CONTEMPLATE, HAD I KNOWN THE [01:44:24] SYSTEM, HAD I KNOWN THESE OPPORTUNITIES, [01:44:26] WHAT PATH I WOULD HAVE CHOSEN, [01:44:29] AND WE'LL NEVER KNOW
  • BUT ONE THING THAT [01:44:32] I WANT TO MAKE SURE AS A PORT IS THAT [01:44:35] WE'RE PRESENTING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO [01:44:38] THE YOUTH TODAY AND THE NEXT GENERATION
  • [01:44:41] AND OFTENTIMES PEOPLE SAY LUCK IS WHEN [01:44:45] PREPARATION MEETS OPPORTUNITY
  • BUT I [01:44:48] THINK HERE AS POLICYMAKERS, IT'S OUR [01:44:50] JOBS TO PREPARE THE YOUTH AND CREATE [01:44:53] OPPORTUNITIES
  • RIGHT
  • AND SO I SINCERELY [01:44:56] APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TODAY
  • I [01:44:58] THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF BEING A [01:45:00] POLICYMAKER AT OUR LEVEL IS THAT [01:45:02] SOMETIMES YOU CREATE POLICIES, YOU'RE [01:45:04] NOT REALLY SURE IF THINGS WERE WORKING [01:45:07] OR IF IT'S BEING EXECUTED
  • AND SO YOUR [01:45:11] PRESENCE HERE TODAY HAS REALLY HUMANIZED [01:45:13] THIS PROGRAM IN A WAY THAT I THINK NOT [01:45:16] JUST THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY [01:45:18] ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT ALL THE [01:45:20] STAFF WHO ARE WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW [01:45:22] WITHIN THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • YOU'RE GOING [01:45:23] TO SEE A LOT OF BUY IN FOR THE PROGRAM [01:45:26] IN THE FUTURE
  • SO THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU [01:45:28] SO MUCH
  • I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER [01:45:30] QUESTIONS
  • I THINK MY COLLEAGUES HAVE [01:45:32] ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE BEEN [01:45:35] CONTEMPLATING
  • SO ALL YOU HAVE THE REST [01:45:37] OF MY TIME
  • THANK YOU AGAIN
  • [01:45:41] THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONERS CHO, [01:45:42] COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • I'M JUST LOVING [01:45:45] THE VISUAL IMAGE OF INSTEAD OF [01:45:47] COMMISSIONER CHO, CAPTAIN CHO OUT ON ONE [01:45:49] OF THESE SUPER FREIGHTERS OUT HERE THAT [01:45:53] GOING BACK, DOING NOT TOO LATE, RIGHT? [01:45:55] NO, YOU GOT TIME, BUDDY
  • NEVER TOO LATE
  • [01:45:59] YEAH
  • I REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS [01:46:02] SO FAR
  • MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALL SPOKEN TO [01:46:05] ONE OF THE WINS, AND WHAT I THINK IS A [01:46:07] WIN WIN, WHICH IS WHAT IT MEANS FOR [01:46:09] THESE HISTORICALLY BURDENED COMMUNITIES [01:46:11] AND THE YOUTH IN THOSE COMMUNITIES [01:46:14] CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER [01:46:17] PATHWAYS
  • I THINK THAT'S EXTRAORDINARILY [01:46:18] IMPORTANT AND THE HIGHEST PRIORITY
  • I [01:46:21] ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHAT I BELIEVE IS [01:46:24] THE OTHER ONE, AND THAT IS THE [01:46:29] COMMERCIAL BENEFITS OF HAVING A [01:46:31] FANTASTIC WORKFORCE
  • [01:46:35] THIS IS NOT JUST THE PORT DOING A GOOD [01:46:38] DEED
  • THIS IS ENLIGHTENED SELF INTEREST
  • [01:46:40] THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SAY WE [01:46:42] NEED TO GROW THE POOL OF APPLICANTS IN [01:46:45] CONSTRUCTION AND MARITIME AND AVIATION [01:46:48] AND GREEN JOBS
  • AND FURTHERMORE, THAT'S [01:46:50] ACTUALLY, I THINK WHAT THE ROLE OF THE [01:46:53] PORT IS
  • WE'RE A CONDUIT FOR COMMERCE, [01:46:54] FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OUR REGION
  • AND [01:46:57] MY PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY IS THAT ECONOMIC [01:46:59] GROWTH HAPPENS IN PLACES WHERE YOU HAVE [01:47:01] THE BEST WORKFORCE
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  • [01:47:03] GOOD ECONOMY, YOU INVEST IN THE WORKERS
  • [01:47:07] IT REMINDS ME OF THE PARABLE OF THE [01:47:09] SEWER
  • RIGHT
  • COMPANIES AREN'T GOING TO [01:47:11] GO PAST THEIR SEEDS [01:47:14] INTO ROCKY SOIL
  • IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANT [01:47:17] TO CREATE FERTILE TERRAIN HERE FOR [01:47:19] BUSINESSES TO LOCATE THEMSELVES, TO [01:47:22] START TO GROW
  • AND I KNOW THAT THE KEY [01:47:26] INGREDIENTS TO THE FERTILE SOIL OF [01:47:29] THE ECONOMY IS A REALLY STRONG [01:47:31] WORKFORCE
  • SO THIS IS SOMETHING [01:47:34] THAT I'VE NOTICED AS A COMMISSIONER THAT [01:47:37] THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASING DISCONNECT [01:47:39] BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND FUTURE [01:47:43] WORKFORCE
  • IN MOST CASES, YOUTH [01:47:45] EMPLOYERS HAVE DISTANCED THEMSELVES OVER [01:47:48] A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS FROM THE ROLE OF [01:47:50] EDUCATING AND TRAINING WORKERS
  • AND I [01:47:53] THINK THAT'S A HUGE MISTAKE
  • AND WE NEED [01:47:55] TO REVERSE THAT TREND
  • AND WE [01:48:00] CAN'T PUT IT ON EDUCATIONAL [01:48:01] INSTITUTIONS
  • WE CAN'T PUT IT ON WHETHER [01:48:03] THAT'S K TWELVE OR POST SECONDARY
  • IT [01:48:05] REALLY MEANS THAT WE LARGE [01:48:08] ORGANIZATIONS, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, [01:48:11] NONPROFIT, YOU NAME IT
  • WE ALL HAVE AN [01:48:14] OBLIGATION TO ENGAGE IN WORKFORCE [01:48:17] DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORKER TRAINING
  • [01:48:20] THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN
  • AND I THINK THE [01:48:22] BENEFIT OF THAT IS NOT ONLY EVERYTHING [01:48:24] WE'VE HEARD TODAY, BUT IT ALSO MEANS [01:48:26] THAT THE EDUCATION THAT FUTURE WORKERS [01:48:29] RECEIVE IS MUCH MORE RELEVANT TO THE [01:48:31] WORK THAT THEY'RE MOVING INTO
  • AND SO [01:48:35] WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE [01:48:37] OF THIS
  • AND I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN, AS [01:48:40] WE'VE DONE WITH OUR INTERNSHIPS AND [01:48:42] OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE PAST, CREATE A [01:48:45] MODEL THAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, PEER [01:48:47] AGENCIES LIKE US, BUT ALSO OTHER [01:48:49] ORGANIZATIONS OF OUR SIZE, PRIVATE [01:48:51] BUSINESSES IN MARITIME, AVIATION AND [01:48:53] ELSEWHERE, BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT MODEL [01:48:55] THAT WE'VE CREATED SUCCESSFULLY AND DO [01:48:57] IT
  • I WOULD LIKE TO TALK MORE [01:49:00] WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK ABOUT HOW [01:49:03] WE LOOK AT FUNDING FOR THIS
  • IS THERE A [01:49:05] MECHANISM TO SORT OF TIE THE [01:49:08] BENEFICIARIES OF THESE PROGRAMS TO THE [01:49:11] COST OF THE PROGRAMS? AT THIS POINT, [01:49:13] IT'S ESSENTIALLY A LEVY FUNDED PROGRAM
  • [01:49:18] AS WE TALK ABOUT IT'S REMAINING IN [01:49:22] PERPETUITY
  • HOW DO WE LINK THAT TO THE [01:49:24] BENEFICIARIES IN SOME WAY? BUT I THINK [01:49:26] THAT'S A DISCUSSION FOR US TO CONDUCT [01:49:28] OVER THE COURSE OF THE BUDGET SEASON
  • [01:49:29] SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR FOR SHARING
  • [01:49:33] I'M GOING TO BE A PROUD YES ON THIS [01:49:35] VOTE
  • CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, [01:49:38] PLEASE? GO AHEAD
  • I JUST KNOW [01:49:41] THAT WE WERE MAKING SOME REALLY GREAT [01:49:43] INROADS AND REACHING OUT TO YOUTH OF THE [01:49:46] NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES IN OUR AREA
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  • [01:49:49] AND I WAS WONDERING, WERE WE ABLE TO DO [01:49:52] SOME WORK WITH MUCKLESHOOTS OR SUQUAMISH [01:49:55] OR ANY OF OUR URBAN INDIANS IN THE [01:49:57] NEIGHBORHOOD? COMMISSIONERS, THE [01:50:00] INTERNAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THROUGH [01:50:03] AMBER AND WILSON HAS DONE A BEAUTIFUL [01:50:05] JOB ON THAT AND HAS OFFERED, I BELIEVE, [01:50:09] SIX TO TEN PLACEMENTS FOR EACH OF THE [01:50:13] TWO TRIBES IN THIS PROGRAM
  • WE DIDN'T [01:50:16] SPECIFICALLY DO ANY OUTREACH TO THE [01:50:19] TRIBES, BUT CERTAINLY AS THE PROGRAM [01:50:20] GROWS AND BECOMES A PERMANENT YOUTH [01:50:23] PROGRAM, WE'VE HEARD FROM THOSE PARTNERS [01:50:25] THAT THEY WOULD ALSO REALLY LIKE TO SEE [01:50:27] INTENTIONAL PIPELINES AND TRAINING [01:50:29] PROGRAMS THAT PUTS INDIGENOUS YOUTH INTO [01:50:32] THE PORT INDUSTRIES
  • SO THAT'S [01:50:35] ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO DO [01:50:38] BECAUSE I CERTAINLY HAVE HEARD FROM [01:50:40] THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS THE DESIRE TO [01:50:42] DEFINITELY DO SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL [01:50:43] WORK
  • AND I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF [01:50:46] INTEREST IN THE AIRPORT, FROM STUDENTS [01:50:48] FROM MUCKLESHOOT
  • SO WE NOW HAVE A [01:50:50] NATIVE ART PROGRAM IN THE AIRPORT AS A [01:50:53] RESULT OF THAT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
  • SO [01:50:55] ANYWAY, I KNOW THERE'S GREAT INTEREST TO [01:50:57] OTHER NEIGHBORS THAT WE WANT TO HELP [01:50:59] SERVE AS WELL
  • SO THANK YOU AGAIN
  • [01:51:01] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
  • HOW'S IT [01:51:05] GOING? [01:51:08] THANK YOU
  • PRESIDENT CALKINS, MY [01:51:10] APOLOGIES FOR SPEAKING OUT OF ORDER, [01:51:12] BUT I WANTED TO ASK WHAT ROLE [01:51:15] COMMISSIONERS COULD PLAY IN SUPPORTING [01:51:17] OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT EFFORTS IN THE [01:51:19] FUTURE
  • I NOTICED THAT I THINK IT SAID [01:51:22] ONLY 7% OF PARTICIPANTS WERE OF ASIAN [01:51:24] ANCESTRY, WHEREAS ASIANS ARE THE SECOND [01:51:28] LARGEST AND FASTEST GROWING MINORITY [01:51:29] POPULATION HERE AT HOME
  • AND SO [01:51:32] RECOGNIZING THAT YOU HAVE ASKED FOR [01:51:34] SUPPORT FOR LANGUAGE ACCESS, [01:51:38] IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO ALSO [01:51:41] TO HELP WITH THAT RECRUITMENT EFFORT, [01:51:44] PLEASE DO LET US KNOW
  • [01:51:49] ABSOLUTELY
  • THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT [01:51:51] UP, COMMISSIONER
  • BOTH YEARS OF [01:51:55] THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE WE WERE IN [01:51:58] A HURRY
  • WE IDENTIFIED RECOGNIZABLE [01:52:02] REPUTABLE PARTNERS THAT HAD TRAINING [01:52:05] PROGRAMS IN PLACE FOR THE FOUR TRACKS OF [01:52:09] GREEN JOBS, AVIATION, MARITIME AND TRADE [01:52:12] CONSTRUCTION
  • AND SO OUR [01:52:15] PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF [01:52:18] THIS PROGRAM IS TO REALLY DO AN OPEN RFP [01:52:22] TO DO MUCH BETTER OUTREACH TO [01:52:24] ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY AND CAN [01:52:27] CONTINUE TO INTRODUCE NONPROFITS THAT [01:52:31] ENGAGE AND WORK WITH YOUTH TO OUR [01:52:33] PROGRAMS AND TO BE BROADER [01:52:37] OUTREACH
  • BUT THANK YOU FOR OFFERING [01:52:40] YOUR SUPPORT
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  • [01:52:42] YOU AND SEE WHAT PARTNERS IN THE [01:52:44] COMMUNITY WE COULD REACH OUT TO THROUGH [01:52:46] YOUR SUPPORT
  • [01:52:50] OKAY
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, ANY [01:52:52] FURTHER COMMENTS ON SETTING? YESES
  • [01:52:55] THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CALKINS
  • ONE THING [01:52:58] I THINK IS YOU REALLY LISTEN TO THIS AS [01:53:00] WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE STAGE FROM 2020, [01:53:02] WHICH IS YOU HAVE AN IDENTIFIED NEED, [01:53:05] WHICH THEN COMES WITH THE IDEA TO DO [01:53:07] THAT
  • AND I DO THINK THE LEADERSHIP OF [01:53:09] THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME, INCLUDING [01:53:11] COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN, WHO IDENTIFIED HIS [01:53:13] NEED AS WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE [01:53:14] PANDEMIC, BUT SAID THIS IS WHAT WE [01:53:16] NEEDED TO DO
  • BUT THEN YOU IDENTIFIED [01:53:19] THAT'S EASY, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO [01:53:21] OPERATIONALIZE IT BY GETTING IT OUT [01:53:23] THERE
  • AND I DO WANT TO THANK OUR TEAM [01:53:26] HERE AT THE PORT AND OUR CENTRAL [01:53:27] SERVICES THAT INCLUDES OUR CONTRACTING [01:53:30] AND OUR LEGAL STAFF AND ALL THE TEAMS [01:53:31] THAT LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR [01:53:34] ME TO SAY LET'S GO DO THIS, BUT IT'S [01:53:37] HARD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND THEN BOOKED [01:53:38] UP FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN GETTING THIS [01:53:40] OUT THERE AND MAKING IT HAPPEN
  • AND THEN [01:53:42] ALL OF YOU THE PROGRAMS TO TAKE THIS ON [01:53:45] A SHORT TIME FRAME AND DO THIS, AND [01:53:48] PERHAPS IF YOU HAVEN'T WORKED WITH THE [01:53:49] PORT, THEN TO DEVELOP THAT IN THEIR [01:53:51] DIFFERENT CULTURES AND THEN THE [01:53:53] PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM AND THEN TO [01:53:55] GET THE FEEDBACK HERE
  • SO IN MY MIND, I [01:53:57] SEE THIS BIG STRUCTURE OF SUCCESS OF HOW [01:53:59] WE PUT THIS PROGRAM INTO EFFECT, [01:54:01] LESSONS LEARNED, FOCUS IT AND THEN MAKE [01:54:04] IT EVEN BETTER GOING FORWARD
  • AND THAT'S [01:54:06] KIND OF COMMISSIONERS, THAT WILL COME [01:54:08] BACK TO YOU NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, [01:54:10] AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE REFINING
  • [01:54:12] BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A SUCCESS OF [01:54:14] HOW WE NEED THOSE FEEDBACK LOOPS AND HOW [01:54:16] WE CAN PUT A THOUGHT AND IDEA INTO [01:54:19] ACTION
  • SO I'LL STOP THERE
  • THANK YOU
  • [01:54:22] ALL RIGHT
  • WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN TO ALL [01:54:24] THE PRESENTERS, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN [01:54:27] BOOKDA
  • WE SO MUCH APPRECIATE ALL OF [01:54:30] THE EXTERNAL PRESENTERS MAKING TIME [01:54:32] TODAY, PARTICULARLY DAMIEN AS HE'S OFF
  • [01:54:34] IT LOOKS LIKE WORKING NOW
  • THANK YOU, [01:54:37] DAMIEN, FOR MAKING TIME
  • I HOPE IT [01:54:38] WASN'T DRIVING
  • SURETY
  • FIRST, DAMIEN [01:54:48] OKAY WITH THAT
  • [01:54:51] THAT CONCLUDES OUR SCHEDULED BUSINESS [01:54:53] ITEMS FOR TODAY
  • [01:54:57] THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • GUPTA
  • ARE THERE ANY [01:54:59] MOTIONS RELATING TO COMMITTEE REFERRALS [01:55:02] OR ANY CLOSING COMMENTS TODAY? I'M GOING [01:55:04] TO HAVE THE CLERK CALL THE ROLL FOR [01:55:08] COMMITTEE REFERRALS OR CLOSING COMMENTS [01:55:10] BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED NO
  • [01:55:13] BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR THANK YOU
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  • [01:55:15] THOSE OF YOU WHO PRESENTED TODAY
  • THIS [01:55:17] WAS A REALLY GREAT MEETING
  • THANK YOU
  • [01:55:20] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • [01:55:22] COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA NO ITEMS [01:55:24] THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU, [01:55:26] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AND NO ITEMS FOR [01:55:28] ME EITHER
  • THANKS
  • THANK YOU, [01:55:32] COMMISSIONER CHO
  • NOT FOR ME
  • THANK YOU
  • [01:55:36] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS
  • CALKINS, [01:55:39] JUST ONE NOTE THAT I WANT TO LET THE [01:55:42] PUBLIC KNOW WE ARE BEING VERY [01:55:44] CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT HOW WE MANAGE OUR [01:55:45] PUBLIC MEETINGS
  • PRINCIPALLY, OF COURSE, [01:55:48] WE'RE FOLLOWING EVERYTHING THAT THE [01:55:49] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE STATE GOVERNMENT [01:55:51] OR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RECOMMEND FOR IN [01:55:54] PERSON MEETINGS
  • AND THEN, OF COURSE, [01:55:55] WE'VE GOT GUIDANCE AS PROVIDED BY [01:55:57] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • SO WE'RE [01:55:59] QUEUING TO THOSE GUIDELINES AS BEST [01:56:02] AS POSSIBLE
  • AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, [01:56:06] WE'RE REVIEWING AS THE SITUATION [01:56:09] CHANGES, WE REALIZE THAT IN PERSON [01:56:12] MEETINGS ARE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [01:56:15] ENGAGEMENT IN A DEEPER WAY THAN VIRTUAL [01:56:18] MEETINGS
  • AND SO AS SOON AS IT IS SAFE [01:56:20] AND PRUDENT TO DO SO, WE'RE HOPING TO BE [01:56:22] ABLE TO GATHER AGAIN IN PERSON
  • [01:56:26] I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE
  • [01:56:29] I THINK I'M GOING TO KICK IT TO [01:56:30] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK FOR [01:56:32] RECOGNITION RIGHT NOW
  • [01:56:38] MR COMMISSIONERS, PRESIDENT, [01:56:39] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN DOESN'T HAVE HIS [01:56:41] HAND UP
  • I MIGHT BE [01:56:45] SUPPORTING STEVE, I'M NOT SURE
  • ARE WE [01:56:47] TALKING ABOUT OUR LABOR? YES
  • [01:56:51] OKAY
  • SO THAT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THAT WAS [01:56:53] WHAT I FORGOT TO MENTION
  • SO YOU GO [01:56:54] FIRST, STEVE
  • THANKS, [01:56:57] COMMISSIONERS, AND THANKS
  • PRESIDENT [01:57:00] CAUGHT
  • I THINK I DO WANT TO MENTION ONE [01:57:02] THING ABOUT THE MEETINGS IN PERSON IS [01:57:04] THAT WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR
  • YOU HEARD [01:57:05] OF MY REPORT
  • WE'RE CONTINUING TO SURGE
  • [01:57:07] AND ACTUALLY, THERE WAS GUIDANCE, AND [01:57:10] I'M REVIEWING THAT RIGHT NOW
  • BUT I [01:57:12] EXPECT TO CONTINUE THE GUIDANCE TO [01:57:14] GENERAL FOR PORT ACTIVITIES THAT WE ONLY [01:57:18] HAVE THOSE IN PERSON MEETINGS THAT ARE [01:57:20] NECESSARY FOR BUSINESS, FOR BUSINESS [01:57:22] REASONS TO DO THAT
  • THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE [01:57:24] CAN'T HAVE THEM
  • WE JUST HAVE TO BE [01:57:26] PRUDENT IN THAT AVIATION
  • SO I JUST [01:57:28] WANTED TO ADD TO THAT
  • AND WHAT I REALLY [01:57:30] WANT TO DO IS SAY AT THIS POINT IS WE'RE [01:57:34] GOING TO MARK A BIG TRANSITION HERE AT [01:57:35] THE END OF THE MONTH AS OUR HEAD OF [01:57:38] LABOR RELATIONS, DAVID FRY, BOTH WILL [01:57:42] BE LEAVING THE PORT AND RETIRING AFTER [01:57:45] SERVING WITH THE PORT FOR SEVEN YEARS
  • [01:57:46] AND I DON'T KNOW
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  • [01:57:56] THERE HE IS
  • YEAH, THERE HE IS
  • [01:57:59] AND DAVE IS DRESSED UP FOR THE OCCASION
  • [01:58:03] BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS, [01:58:05] COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN [01:58:07] HERE FOR JUST BEGINNING MY FIFTH YEAR, [01:58:09] BUT DAVE HAS BEEN WITH THE PORT NOW FOR [01:58:11] SEVEN YEARS
  • AND I THINK THE HEAD OF [01:58:13] LABOR RELATIONS, I JUST WANT TO THANK [01:58:14] HIM PERSONALLY FOR WHAT HE'S DONE IN THE [01:58:17] GUIDANCE THAT HE'S PROVIDED TO ME
  • AND I [01:58:19] LIKE TO SAY THAT FRANK, WITH LOTS OF [01:58:21] SPIRITED DISCUSSIONS, HE BRINGS A [01:58:23] PASSION TO HIS JOB WITH LABOR RELATIONS [01:58:25] AND THE IMPORTANT WORK CALL THE [01:58:29] ROLL OF THOSE LABOR RELATIONS
  • AND JUST [01:58:31] WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS OF THAT EVERY [01:58:34] DAY
  • AND I KNOW TOGETHER THAT WE'VE [01:58:36] ADDRESSED THE COMMISSIONERS AND MYSELF [01:58:39] AND ALL OF OUR STAFF
  • WE'VE ADDRESSED A [01:58:41] NUMBER OF ISSUES HERE
  • DAVE HAS ALWAYS [01:58:42] PROVIDE STEADY COUNSEL OVER THAT TIME [01:58:44] PERIOD
  • AND I KNOW THAT I VALUE THAT [01:58:47] FRIENDSHIP AND THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP [01:58:50] WITH HIM
  • SO I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR THE [01:58:53] TIME OVER OUR PERIOD
  • BUT ALSO BEFORE [01:58:55] THAT IS A COMPLETE SERVICE HERE TO THE [01:58:57] PORT
  • IT HAS REALLY ADVANCED THE [01:59:00] WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR [01:59:03] REPRESENTATIVE WORKFORCE AND OUR LABOR [01:59:04] PARTNERS IN THE REGION
  • LET ME JUST SAY [01:59:07] THIS ALSO, AND THEN IN THE INTERIM, I [01:59:09] APPRECIATE MICHAEL O'BRIEN WILL BE [01:59:12] SERVING AS THE INTERIM SENIOR DIRECTOR [01:59:15] FOR LABOR RELATIONS IN THE INTERIM, AND [01:59:18] SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR AWHILE AND HAS 25 [01:59:20] YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LABOR RELATIONS [01:59:22] AND THAT SHE HAS MY UTMOST CONFIDENCE
  • [01:59:24] WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRY TO MOVE ON WITHOUT [01:59:27] DAVE, BUT I KNOW HE [01:59:31] PROBABLY FEELS GOOD, AND HE AND I'VE [01:59:34] TALKED ABOUT THIS, THAT IT LEAVES IT IN [01:59:35] GOOD HANDS THERE
  • BUT I DO WANT TO SAY [01:59:36] THANK YOU, DAVE, FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE TO [01:59:38] THE PORT THESE LAST SEVEN YEARS
  • THANK [01:59:40] YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONERS, [01:59:43] IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A [01:59:45] COMMENT ABOUT DAVE'S RETIREMENT, [01:59:49] PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
  • I SEE
  • [01:59:50] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • WELL, DAVE, WE DID [01:59:53] GO TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR RETIREMENT [01:59:55] PARTY, BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT TAKING [01:59:57] ANOTHER SWING AT YOU
  • AND HAVING KNOWN [01:59:59] YOU FOR A COUPLE OF DECADES, I GET A LOT [02:00:02] TO PUNCH AT
  • BUT I DO RECALL, THOUGH, I [02:00:04] THINK WE BASICALLY BOTH ARRIVED AT THE [02:00:06] PORT THE SAME TIME
  • I REMEMBER I HAD [02:00:08] JUST BEEN ELECTED AND THE ELT WAS HAVING [02:00:11] A RETREAT OVER AT THE CEDAR BROOK
  • AND I [02:00:15] SAID, WELL, HEY, I'M NOT REALLY SEATED [02:00:17] YET, BUT LET'S HEAR WHAT THESE GUYS HAVE [02:00:19] GOT TO SAY
  • AND THERE YOU WERE IN THE [02:00:22] DOORWAY AND SAYING, WELL, FRED, I WENT [02:00:24] TO THE OTHER SIDE AND I GO, WELL, AND Page 43 of 47 This transcript is not an official record
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  • [02:00:27] NOW YOU GET TO GET OUT BEFORE I DO
  • SO [02:00:29] WE GOT IN TOGETHER
  • I MEAN, I THINK I [02:00:31] ALSO ARRIVED WHEN LANCE CAME IN
  • SO I'M [02:00:33] FEELING WE HAVE A TEAM THAT CAME IN AND [02:00:37] I'M MISSING YOU, BUT WE'RE GOING TO NOT [02:00:39] BE ABLE TO LOSE YOU
  • I'M SURE WE'LL BE [02:00:41] SEEING YOU ON THE STREETS
  • AND I THANK [02:00:44] YOU FOR ALL THE SERVICE YOU'VE GIVEN TO [02:00:45] THE PORT AND THE FRIENDSHIP WE'VE HAD [02:00:47] OVER THE YEARS
  • SO THANKS
  • THANKS, [02:00:50] COMMISSION COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, [02:00:56] THANK YOU
  • YEAH, I JUST ALSO WANT TO [02:00:59] SAY CONGRATULATIONS, DAVE, FOR YOUR [02:01:03] RETIREMENT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR [02:01:05] LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO ORGANIZE LABOR ON [02:01:08] BOTH SIDES OF LABOR AND THE MANAGEMENT [02:01:11] DIVISION
  • YOUR SERVICE HAS MADE OUR [02:01:14] REGION A BETTER PLACE FOR WORKERS AND AT [02:01:16] THE PORT
  • AND WHILE WE JUST RECENTLY [02:01:19] MET, EVEN THAT FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAD [02:01:21] WITH YOU WAS VERY INFORMATIVE AND YOUR [02:01:24] PASSION REALLY SHOWED AND YOUR CARE FOR [02:01:26] WORKING PEOPLE
  • AND SO I'M REALLY SAD [02:01:29] THAT WE'RE LOSING YOU AT THIS MOMENT [02:01:30] WHERE WE'RE STEPPING INTO THE PORT, BUT [02:01:33] I AM WISHING YOU THE BEST IN YOUR [02:01:35] FUTURE
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS
  • [02:01:41] YEAH
  • DAVE, THIS IS A BITTERSWEET [02:01:43] MOMENT
  • I'VE ALWAYS TRULY APPRECIATED [02:01:46] HOW FORTHRIGHT YOU ARE WITH IN EVERY [02:01:50] SCENARIO
  • RIGHT
  • EVEN IN SCENARIOS THAT [02:01:53] WERE CONTROVERSIAL OR NOT ALWAYS [02:01:57] BLACK AND WHITE FOR US COMMISSIONERS, [02:01:59] THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES WE DEAL WITH [02:02:01] THAT ARE TOUGH, AND YOU'VE ALWAYS GIVEN [02:02:05] IT TO US STRAIGHT
  • I'VE ALWAYS [02:02:07] APPRECIATED ALL THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT [02:02:09] THAT YOU PROVIDE THAT IS INVALUABLE TO [02:02:13] US IN MAKING DECISIONS, TO UNDERSTANDING [02:02:16] THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE PRESENTED [02:02:19] WITH
  • AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR [02:02:22] YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE PORT, BUT ALSO [02:02:24] TO WORKING FAMILIES EVERYWHERE WHO HAVE [02:02:27] BENEFITED FROM ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE [02:02:29] THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER
  • AND AS I ALWAYS [02:02:33] SAY TO THOSE WHO ARE DEPARTING THE PORT, [02:02:35] I HOPE YOU FEEL THAT DESPITE THE FACT [02:02:37] THAT YOU ARE RETIRING FROM THE PORT OF [02:02:38] SEATTLE, THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE A HOME [02:02:39] HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • AND SO [02:02:42] THERE ARE NO GOOD BUYS HERE
  • I'LL BE [02:02:44] SEEING YOU
  • THANK YOU, [02:02:46] COMMISSIONER
  • [02:02:51] DAVE, BEFORE I GIVE MY REMARKS, IS THERE [02:02:53] ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SHARE? I WANT TO [02:02:56] MAKE SURE THAT I CAN REBUT ANYTHING YOU [02:02:58] SAY BEFORE WE CLOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO [02:03:01] SPEAK IN PUBLIC, PLEASE
  • THANK YOU, [02:03:05] COMMISSION PRESIDENT AND [02:03:06] COMMISSIONERS FOR THE EXECUTIVE METRUCK [02:03:10] FOR THE KIND WORDS
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  • [02:03:17] LYING ABOUT ME, BUT ENJOY EVERY MINUTE [02:03:20] OF IT
  • BUT SERIOUSLY, [02:03:25] AND NOW THAT I'M ON MY WAY OUT, I CAN [02:03:27] CORRECT ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, [02:03:28] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • I THINK WHAT I [02:03:30] ACTUALLY SAID TO YOU WAS WE BOTH GONE TO [02:03:32] THE GRAY SIDE
  • NOW, HOW DOES IT FEEL [02:03:34] BEING ON THE INSIDE? BUT REALLY [02:03:40] SERIOUSLY NOW, THIS ALL STARTED FIVE, [02:03:45] SIX, SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN COMMISSIONER [02:03:47] GREGOIRE CAME TO ME WAS THE LABOR [02:03:49] COUNCIL AND SAID, WHY DOES THE PARTNER [02:03:51] HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH LABOR? AND I [02:03:53] SAID, IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE REACTIVE TO [02:03:56] MAKE BUSINESS DECISIONS
  • YOU HAVE THIS [02:03:58] KIND OF OLD FASHIONED SELF IMAGE OF [02:04:01] BEING A PUBLIC AGENCY THAT OPERATES LIKE [02:04:03] A PRIVATE SECTOR OPERATION, AND YOU MAKE [02:04:06] BUSINESS DECISIONS BASED ON YOUR [02:04:08] BUSINESS NEEDS, AND THEN YOU END UP [02:04:10] REACTING TO LABOR IF THEY DON'T AGREE [02:04:13] WITH THOSE BUSINESS DECISIONS
  • AND I [02:04:15] SAID THAT DOESN'T MEAN NECESSARILY THAT [02:04:17] YOU HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING LABOR WANTS
  • [02:04:18] RIGHT
  • THAT'S NOT HEALTHY, BUT IT [02:04:22] DOES MEAN IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE [02:04:24] PRACTICED
  • TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF [02:04:27] A BUSINESS DECISION IS GOING TO RUFFLE [02:04:29] THE FEATHERS OF A MAJOR STAKEHOLDER WE [02:04:32] CALL LABOR PARTNERS
  • AND YET WE DON'T [02:04:35] ALWAYS ACT LIKE THEY'RE PARTNERS
  • [02:04:36] THEY'RE ONLY PARTNERS WHEN THEY'RE DOING [02:04:37] WHAT WE WANT THEM TO DO
  • SO IN THE LAST [02:04:40] FIVE YEARS, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE
  • AND [02:04:42] I THINK WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF [02:04:44] BEING PROACTIVE WITH LABOR, OF [02:04:47] INTERNALIZING A TRUE PARTNERSHIP WITH [02:04:50] OUR LABOR STAKEHOLDERS, OF ENGAGING THEM [02:04:53] ON LEVELS THAT I DON'T THINK FIVE YEARS [02:04:54] AGO, WE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF ENGAGING [02:04:56] THEM ON AND ACTUALLY MAKING A LOT OF [02:04:58] PROGRESS IN TERMS OF MUTUAL RESPECT
  • [02:05:00] THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IN THIS ROLE
  • [02:05:03] AND I WOULD TELL MY OLD LABOR BUDDIES [02:05:05] THIS, THEY'D ASK ME WHY IT WAS BEING SO [02:05:07] DIFFICULT AND LIKE BARGAINING
  • AND I [02:05:08] SAID, WELL, WAIT, WE'RE GOING TO BARGAIN [02:05:10] HARD
  • YOU HAVE TO EARN THIS RIGHT
  • [02:05:13] MY PRINCIPLE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE [02:05:16] MAKING GOOD JOBS
  • THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M [02:05:17] NOT GOING TO LOOK OUT FOR THE INTERESTS [02:05:19] OF THIS PUBLIC AGENCY
  • AND SOMETIMES [02:05:21] WE'RE GOING TO BE AT ODDS
  • SERIOUSLY AT [02:05:24] ODDS
  • AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT LOST ME A [02:05:26] FEW LABOR FRIENDS
  • THERE ARE SOME FOLKS [02:05:27] TO THIS DAY, I THINK I SOLD OUT BECAUSE [02:05:30] I DIDN'T JUST GIVE THEM WHAT THEY [02:05:31] WANTED
  • BUT OVERALL, I THINK WE'VE [02:05:35] STRUCK A REALLY GOOD BALANCE
  • I'M REALLY [02:05:37] PROUD OF MY GROUP, MY LITTLE CREW THAT [02:05:41] INTERFACES WITH LABOR ON A DAILY BASIS
  • [02:05:44] YOU FOLKS ARE IN GREAT HANDS
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  • [02:05:48] BASIS AND THE CREW THAT WE'VE ASSEMBLED, [02:05:53] I THINK WE'RE IN REALLY, REALLY GOOD [02:05:54] SHAPE
  • I'M PROUD OF THAT
  • AND IT'S NOW [02:05:57] TIME FOR ME TO RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET
  • [02:05:59] AND I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONERS CHOSE [02:06:02] SENTIMENTS COMING FROM THE MARITIME [02:06:04] SECTOR
  • I'VE ALWAYS HAD KIND OF A SOFT [02:06:06] SPOT FOR THE PORT PUERTO SCOUT, AND IT'S [02:06:09] NICE TO KNOW THAT I WON'T ACTUALLY BE [02:06:10] GOING THAT FAR AWAY
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH [02:06:13] FOR ALL YOUR SENTIMENTS
  • IT IS [02:06:15] BITTERSWEET, BUT IT'S TIME
  • [02:06:20] WELL, THANK YOU, DAVE
  • WHAT I [02:06:24] WANTED TO SHARE TODAY WAS SOMETHING THAT [02:06:27] I THINK IS ONE OF YOUR [02:06:31] TRUE ATTRIBUTES
  • THAT IS REALLY RARE, [02:06:36] AND THAT IS YOUR UNIMPEACHABLE [02:06:41] HONESTY, THAT IT TAKES SO MUCH COURAGE [02:06:45] TO ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH
  • AND BECAUSE [02:06:49] OFTENTIMES TELLING THE TRUTH MEANS NOT [02:06:53] OMITTING THE TRUTH
  • [02:06:56] AND THAT'S HARD WHEN YOU'RE IN A MEETING [02:06:59] WITH SUPERIORS, WITH STAKEHOLDERS, [02:07:03] WITH OTHERS WHO PROBABLY DON'T WANT TO [02:07:05] HEAR THE TRUTH
  • AND IT WILL LIKELY MAKE [02:07:09] THINGS IN THE SHORT TERM HARDER, BUT IN [02:07:10] THE LONG TERM, A LOT BETTER
  • BUT YOU [02:07:13] HAVE AN UNCANNY KNACK TO ALWAYS TELL THE [02:07:16] TRUTH
  • AND OUR JOBS AS [02:07:20] LEADERS ARE OFTEN ABOUT BALANCING [02:07:23] COMPETING VALUES, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT [02:07:26] IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE WHICH VALUE [02:07:29] NEEDS TO TAKE PRIORITY
  • BUT RARELY DOES [02:07:33] THE TRUTH EVER NEED TO TAKE A BACKSEAT [02:07:34] TO ANY OTHER PRIORITY
  • AND SO YOUR [02:07:36] WILLINGNESS TO SPEAK THE TRUTH TO POWER [02:07:40] HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE ASSET FOR OUR [02:07:43] LEADERSHIP TEAM PORT OF SEATTLE
  • AND [02:07:45] WE'RE REALLY GOING TO MISS THAT
  • I'M [02:07:47] GOING TO TRY TO LEARN THAT LESSON FROM [02:07:49] YOU AND CARRY SOME OF THAT ON MYSELF
  • [02:07:52] THE OTHER THING IS, PERSONALLY, I JUST [02:07:54] LIKE YOU, DAVE
  • I'M GOING TO MISS HAVING [02:07:56] YOU AROUND
  • AS I SHARED WITH [02:08:00] YOU PREVIOUSLY, YOU WERE SOMEONE WHO, [02:08:02] IN A VERY TOUGH MOMENT FOR ME [02:08:04] PERSONALLY, REACHED OUT AND OFFERED A [02:08:08] LISTENING YEAR AND A KIND WORD AND [02:08:10] COMPASSION, AND I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT
  • [02:08:13] SO I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT
  • THANK YOU [02:08:15] FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE TO THE PORT OF [02:08:16] SEATTLE
  • WE'RE GOING TO MISS YOU AROUND [02:08:19] HERE AND WELL WISHES, DAVE
  • [02:08:22] THANK YOU ALL
  • THANKS, COMMISSION
  • [02:08:24] THANK YOU, EVERYBODY
  • ALL RIGHT
  • [02:08:29] I THINK WITH THAT WE HAVE NO FURTHER [02:08:32] COMMENTS AND NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND SO [02:08:34] IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE ARE [02:08:37] ADJOURNED AT 02:08 P.M.
  • [02:08:39] OH, SORRY, I'M HOLDING THAT
  • [02:08:43] I SEE COMMISSIONER CHO RAISED HIS HAND
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  • [02:08:52] THE ISSUE OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO THE [02:08:54] EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT [02:08:57] COMMITTEE
  • I THINK AFTER A LOT OF [02:08:59] THOUGHT AND DELIBERATION WITH [02:09:02] COMMISSIONER HAMDI AND OTHERS, WE FEEL [02:09:04] THAT THAT ISSUE IS BEST PLACED IN THAT [02:09:07] COMMITTEE AND SO I'D LIKE TO GO [02:09:10] AHEAD AND MAKE THAT REFERRAL
  • ALL RIGHT
  • [02:09:14] AND I THINK THAT TAKES A MOTION IN A [02:09:17] SECOND
  • IS THAT CORRECT? CLERK HART IS [02:09:20] CORRECT
  • IT IS A FORMAL MOTION TO REFER [02:09:21] TO COMMITTEE
  • OKAY, [02:09:25] GREAT
  • ANY DISCUSSION BY SHOW OF HANDS [02:09:28] ON THAT
  • EXCUSE ME, MR COMMISSIONERS [02:09:30] PRESIDENT, DID WE GET A SECOND? [02:09:34] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS MOHAMED OKAY, [02:09:40] I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS SO LET'S GO [02:09:41] DIRECTLY TO THE VOTE ON THAT
  • GO AHEAD, [02:09:44] CLERK HART
  • THANK YOU
  • BEGINNING WITH [02:09:46] COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU, [02:09:49] COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU, [02:09:52] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • [02:09:56] AYE
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
  • AYE
  • [02:09:59] THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS
  • CALKINS
  • [02:10:01] AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • THIS MISSION, IT HAS FIVE [02:10:04] YESES AND ZERO NOS FOR REFERRAL OF HUMAN [02:10:06] TRAFFICKING TO THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE [02:10:08] DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  • OKAY, SO THE [02:10:10] MOTION PASSES
  • ANY OTHER REFERRALS TO [02:10:12] COMMITTEE OR OTHER BUSINESS FOR THE [02:10:15] RECORD, IT'S ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING
  • [02:10:20] WE REGULARLY CATCH OURSELVES
  • [02:10:24] WE'RE NOT WORKING ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
  • [02:10:25] WE'RE TRYING TO ANSWER CORRECT
  • THANK [02:10:27] YOU
  • OKAY
  • [02:10:31] SEEING NONE AND HEARING NO FURTHER [02:10:34] COMMENTS THERE'S NO OBJECTION
  • WE ARE [02:10:37] NOW ADJOURNED AT 2:10 P.M.
  • [02:10:40] THANK YOU ALL
  • [02:10:44] THANK YOU
  • THANKS, [02:10:47] EVERYONE
  • THANK YOU, EVERYONE
  • [02:10:50] THANK YOU, DANIEL
  • BYE
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