The Regular meeting scheduled for 2022-05-10 at Pier 69

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The Regular meeting scheduled for 2022-05-10 at Pier 69

GOOD AFTERNOON
THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT RYAN CALKINS CONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 10, 2022
THE TIME IS 12:00 P.M.
WE AYE MEETING TODAY HERE AT THE PIER 69 COMMISSION CHAMBERS AS WELL AS ONLINE THROUGH THE MICROSOFT TEAMS PLATFORM
THIS IS ONLY OUR SECOND MEETING IN THIS NEW HYBRID MEETING ENVIRONMENT, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AS WE ADDRESS TECHNOLOGY ADJUSTMENTS ALONG THE WAY AND SETTLE INTO THE NEW MEETING FORMAT
PERFECT EXAMPLE
YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A HEADS UP WHEN WE'RE GOOD? I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT CAME FROM
ALL RIGHT
I'M GOING TO ASSUME WE'RE OKAY
CLERL HART, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLL? THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CHO PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER MOHAMED PRESENT
THANK YOU
AND COMMISSIONER CALKINS PRESENT
THANK YOU
YOU DO HAVE A QUORUM IN ATTENDANCE DUE TO THE CONTINUED VIRTUAL COMPONENT OF PARTICIPATION
FOR OUR MEETINGS, WE HAVE STAFF, EXTERNAL PRESENTERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MAY BE PARTICIPATING ON THEIR PERSONAL DEVICES OR FROM THEIR TELEPHONES
TODAY, WE'VE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THIS VIRTUAL FORMAT
LATER, WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING BY TEAMS AS WELL AS IN PERSON AND HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ANYONE PARTICIPATING ON MICROSOFT TEAMS PLEASE MUTE YOUR SPEAKERS WHEN NOT ACTIVELY SPEAKING OR PRESENTING
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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION MAY TURN ON THEIR CAMERAS WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED TO SPEAK
FOR ANYONE AT THE DAIS HERE TODAY, PLEASE TURN OFF THE SPEAKERS ON ANY COMPUTERS AND SILENCE YOUR DEVICES
WHEN YOU'RE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK, YOU WILL PRESS THE BUTTON FOR YOUR MICROPHONE TO BE AUDIBLE AND YOU WILL PRESS IT AGAIN TO SILENCE IT WHEN YOU'RE NOT ACTIVELY SPEAKING
ALL THE ITEMS NOTED HERE WILL ENSURE A SMOOTHER MEETING
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING OUT WITH THAT
ALL VOTES TODAY WILL BE TAKEN BY THE ROLL CALL METHOD SINCE THERE IS A VIRTUAL COMPONENT TO THE MEETING SO IT IS CLEAR FOR EVERYONE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY HOW VOTES ARE CAST
COMMISSIONER WILL SAY AYE OR NAY WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED TO BE EQUITABLE
ASK THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE SPEAKING
WE ARE MEETING ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS AND WATERS OF THE COAST SALISH, PEOPLE WITH WHOM WE SHARE A COMMITMENT TO STEWARD THESE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
THIS MEETING IS BEING DIGITALLY RECORDED AND MAY BE VIEWED OR HEARD AT ANY TIME ON THE PORT WEBSITE AND MAY BE REBROADCAST BY KING COUNTY TELEVISION
PLEASE STAND OR JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS TO REARRANGE THE ORDERS OF THE DAY OR ANY ITEMS TO REMOVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION? I DON'T SEE ANY COMMISSIONERS
THE QUESTION IS NOW ON APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA SO MOVED? SECOND, THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE
AND SECONDED, IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS CURRENTLY PRESENTED? HEARING? NONE
THE AGENDA IS APPROVED AS PRESENTED
OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS TODAY IS SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY CLERK HART, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD? WE'LL THEN HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM
YES, THIS IS AGENDA ITEM FOUR, A PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF MAY AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH
COMMISSIONERS, SOME OF THE FASTEST GROWING RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE NATION
ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES REPRESENT A MULTITUDE OF ETHNICITIES LANGUAGES AND EXPERIENCES THAT ENRICH AMERICA AND STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY
DURING MAY, WE TAKE TIME TO HONOR, RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE INNUMERABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, VIBRANT CULTURES AND RICH HERITAGE OF ASIAN AMERICANS IN NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES
FROM SERVING OUR COUNTRY IN UNIFORM, ADVOCATING FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, STARTING NEW BUSINESSES, AND WINNING OLYMPIC MEDALS, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASIAN AMERICANS AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES TOUCH THE LIVES OF AMERICANS EVERY DAY
OUR HOME OF ASIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HAPPY EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP
OUR EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP IS HOSTING TWO EVENTS WITH COMMISSIONER CHO AND HASEGAWA ON MAY 12 FROM TWELVE TO 1:00 P.M
AND ON MAY 26 FROM TWELVE TO 1:00 P.M
TO CELEBRATE THE MONTH AND HEAR FROM COMMISSIONERS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE AS AAPI LEADERS
I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THOSE EVENTS
SO NEXT I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER TO BOOKDA GHEISAR, OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, TO LEAD US THROUGH THE DISCUSSION OF THE PROCLAMATION
THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
MY NAME IS BOOKDA GHEISAR
I USE SHE, HER PRONOUNS, AND I IDENTIFY AS WEST ASIAN, BORN AND RAISED IN IRAN
AND I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY ALONG WITH MY PORT COLLEAGUES TO HELP READ THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH AND TO BE A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT MAKES TIME AND SPACE FOR SUCH COMMEMORATIONS
THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE BROUGHT MANY CHALLENGES AND DIFFICULTIES FOR THE MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY
WE'VE EXPERIENCED AN UNTHINKABLE RISE IN ANTIASIAN DISCRIMINATION AND RACISM, INCLUDING PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, VERBAL ATTACKS, DISPROPORTIONATE ECONOMIC STRUGGLES IN THE COMMUNITY
IT'S WIDELY THOUGHT THAT COVET BROUGHT ALL OF THIS TO THE SURFACE, AND THE PORT HAS DONE MANY THINGS TO RESPOND, FROM MESSAGES OF SUPPORT TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO TRAINING AND EDUCATION FOR OUR WORKFORCE TO SOLIDARITY EVENTS ORGANIZED BY OUR EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUPS
ONE THING IS CLEAR
THE ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES ARE STRONG, ORGANIZED, UNITED AND RESILIENT OUR COMMUNITIES, MAKE OUR REGION AND OUR NATION STRONG
LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR, CELEBRATE AND EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR THE INNUMERABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER NATIVE HAWAIIAN COMMUNITIES
TODAY I'M HERE, ALONG WITH MY FOUR COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS TO READ THIS PROCLAMATION
I'M HERE, ALONG WITH BURIEN COWS, SENIOR PORT BUDGET ANALYST, JANICE DON, ASSISTANT ENGINEERING DIRECTOR, AND BRENDA LENTOLE SENIOR MANAGER OF AVIATION MAINTENANCE
AND WE'RE GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION TOGETHER, AND I'LL START PROCLAMATION OF THE PORT PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION
WHEREAS EVERY MAY, WE CELEBRATE THE HISTORY, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS ACROSS OUR NATION AND AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
AND WHEREAS THE ANNUAL ASIAN AND PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE WEEK WAS FIRST INTRODUCED BY CONGRESSMAN NORM MINETA AND FRANK HORTON AND TRANSFORMED OVER THE FOLLOWING DECADES TO A MONTH LONG CELEBRATION KNOWN AS APA HERITAGE MONTH, WHICH IS OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED IN 1990 WITH THE PASSING OF THE PUBLIC LAW 101-37
MY NAME IS BURIEN KAU
I'M A CHINESE AMERICAN FROM THE ISLAND OF GUAM
WHEREAS DESPITE DISCRIMINATION SUCH AS THE CHINESE COLLUSION ACT OF 1882, THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1924, AND EXCLUSIONARY LAWS AND PRACTICES THAT PREVENTED ACCESS TO NATURALIZATION EDUCATION, JOBS, HOUSING, AND PUBLIC SERVICES, EACH SUCCESSIVE GENERATION OF AA AND HPIS HELPED BUILD OUR GREAT NATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMY AND DEFENDED OUR DEMOCRACY IN TIMES OF CRISIS
AA AND HPIS HAVE LAID RAILROAD TRACKS TILL FIELDS, STARTED BUSINESSES, CARED FOR INFIRM, AND SERVED HONORABLY IN THE MILITARY TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM
AND WHEREAS WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS, THE FIRST PERSON OF SOUTH ASIAN DESCENT TO HOLD THE SECOND HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE NATION AND WHO IS BLAZING A TRAIL FOR AN HPI COMMUNITIES AND WOMEN IN GENERAL, AND THAT AA AND HPI ARE PART OF THE AMERICAN FABRIC AND HIGHER AVIATION ARE ACHIEVABLE
AND WHEREAS WE ALSO CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSIONERS, SANCHO AND TOSHIKO GRACE HASEGAWA, WHO ARE OF ASIAN ANCESTRY, PAVING THE WAY FOR FUTURE AA AND HPI LEADERS
AND WHEREAS, DESPITE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS, DISPARITIES DO EXIST
WHEN ASIAN AMERICAN, HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES ARE DISAGGREGATED ON A RACIAL AND ETHNIC BASIS, WE MUST DRIVE TO DISAGGREGATE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY THESE DISPARITIES AND WORK TO CLOSE THE EQUITY GAPS THAT CONTINUE TO EXIST AMONG AANHPI COMMUNITIES
HI, I'M JANICE ZHAN
MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE, HER AND I IDENTIFY AS CHINESE AMERICAN
WHEREAS WE RECOGNIZE THE VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND MANY SACRIFICES OUR DIVERSE AANAPI COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE MADE TO OUR NATION AND TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE AS WE REMAIN COGNIZANT OF THE CONTINUAL STRUGGLES FACED BY OUR AA AND HPI COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS AN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IN NEED OF COMPREHENSIVE REFORM AND SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO ECONOMIC JUSTICE, HEALTH, EQUITY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, PERSONAL SAFETY, AND GLASS CEILINGS IN THE WORKPLACE
AND WHEREAS AANHPI COMMUNITIES HAVE LONG HISTORIES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND TOGETHER MAKE UP THE LARGEST NONWHITE GROUP IN KING COUNTY, REFUTING THE PERCEPTION THAT THEY WE ARE PERPETUAL FOREIGNERS
AND WHEREAS IN THE WAKE OF THE COBBIN 19 PANDEMIC, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN ANTIASIAN SENTIMENT AND VIOLENT ACTS TOWARDS PEOPLE OF ASIAN DESCENT, INCLUDING ELDERS MARCH 16 MARKED THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE 2021 ATLANTA [inaudible 00:11:53] , WHERE SIX ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN, TWO OF CHINESE DESCENT, AND FOUR OF KOREAN DESCENT WERE TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR ETHNICITIES AND BRENDA LYNN, YOU'RE MUTED
GOOD AFTERNOON
MY NAME IS BRENDA LYNN [inaudible 00:12:21]
MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER
I AM SAMOAN, BORN AND RAISED ON THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND OF AMERICAN SAMOA
I AM PACIFIC ISLANDER
WHEREAS THE COVID-19 DISPARATELY IMPACTED NATIVE HAWAIIAN, PACIFIC ISLANDER, AND COFA ISLANDER COMMUNITIES WHO EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER INCIDENCE OF CONTRACTION, HOSPITALIZATION, AND DEATH, AND EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION
AND WHEREAS THE RECOGNITION OF MAY ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH IS AN IMPORTANT AND MEANINGFUL STEP IN HONORING THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AANHPI PEOPLE AND POOR EMPLOYEES
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION HEREBY COMMEMORATES ME AS ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH ACKNOWLEDGES THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE HOME OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER, ALSO KNOWN AS HAPI PORT OF SEATTLE EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP, AND COMMIT TO DEMONSTRATING AN INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR AANHPI PEOPLE AND PROMOTING RACIAL EQUITY
THANK YOU BOOKDA, BRIAN, JANICE AND BRENDALEN FOR READING THROUGH THAT
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO COMMISSIONERS FOR COMMENTS, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY CHO, THE TWO SPONSORS OF THIS RESOLUTION
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CALKINS
IT BRINGS ME GREAT PRIDE TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S PROCLAMATION HONORING OUR DIVERSE AANHNPI COMMUNITIES
AS THE FIRST WOMAN OF ASIAN ANCESTRY TO SERVE UPON THIS COMMISSION, I'D LIKE TO THANK BOOKDA, BRIAN, JANICE, AND BRENDA LYNN FOR THIS THOUGHTFUL READING OF THE AANHPI HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION
I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK COMMISSION STAFF, THE HOME OF ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER, HAPI PORT EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP, AND THE EQUITY DIVERSITY INCLUSION OFFICE
IN PREPARING THIS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN PROCLAMATION, I HAMDI THE HONOR OF SERVING IN ANOTHER CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WASHINGTON STATE'S COMMISSION ON ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN AFFAIRS, WHERE I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE AND JOY OF WORKING INTIMATELY WITH OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE
TOGETHER, ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS, AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS REPRESENT THE SECOND LARGEST AND THE FASTEST GROWING MINORITY POPULATION IN OUR STATE
MOST RECENT DATA SHOWS THAT WE NOW MAKE UP 11% OF THE STATE'S OVERALL POPULATION, AND AT THE SAME TIME, OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY COMPLEX AND DIVERSE
OUR COMMUNITIES REPRESENT OVER 42 DIFFERENT NATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD, AND WE SPEAK OVER 100 LANGUAGES IN OVER 1000 DIFFERENT DIALECTS
AS A PORT COMMISSIONER, I'M ALSO MINDFUL THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE ITSELF SERVES AS THE PRIMARY POINT OF ENTRY INTO OUR REGION FOR PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE WORLD AND THAT OUR TOP FIVE TRADE PARTNERS ARE BASED IN ASIA
IT IS EXACTLY OUR DIVERSITY THAT MAKES OUR ECONOMY RESILIENT AND MAKES OUR SOCIAL FABRIC STRONG
AND AS WE CELEBRATE AN AANHPI HERITAGE MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR COMMUNITIES TO THIS PORT, TO THIS REGION, AND TO OUR NATION
WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SIGNIFICANT WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO EMPOWER AND UPLIFT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES FOR WE ARE NOT MONOLITHIC AND WE HAVE TO, INCLUDING HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE, IMPROVE OUR PRACTICES, INCLUDING TRACKING DATA DISAGGREGATED ON AN ETHNIC BASIS TO CLOSE THE EQUITY GAP AND ADVANCED ACHIEVEMENT OUTCOMES
AND I ALSO WANT TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE WITH HAPPY, OUR POOR ERG
I LOVE YOUR ERG NAME FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP TO WORK TO HOST TWO INTERNAL EVENTS IN CELEBRATION THIS MONTH
MAY 12 WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMISSIONER CHO AND I LATER THIS WEEK TO CONNECT WITH OUR BROADER PORT COMMUNITY AND HOSTED BY HAPPY, AND MAY 26 WILL BE A DISCUSSION WITH THE ANHPI COMMUNITY IN SOLIDARITY
SO I'D LIKE TO THANK ANDREW CO, NORME MILNDRES, ESTHER SWAN CHU, AND PETER CHO, AS WELL AS JODYAI AND TAVANZA FOR STEPPING UP ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS
I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THESE EVENTS AND CONTINUING THE CELEBRATION WITH EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY
IN CLOSING, THANK YOU TO OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PASSING OF THE FOUNDER OF AANHPI HERITAGE WEEK, WHICH WAS LATER EVOLVED IN FOLLOWING DECADES INTO A MONTH LONG CELEBRATION THAT WE RECOGNIZE TODAY
SECRETARY NORM MINETA, WHO IS A TRAILBLAZER FOR SO MANY OF US AND A CHAMPION FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
WE HONOR YOUR LEGACY AND IT'S OUR DUTY TO CARRY IT FORWARD
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT CALKINS AND COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
I KNOW THAT WE CELEBRATE THIS EVERY MONTH, BUT I FEEL LIKE THE SENTIMENT OF CELEBRATING OUR HERITAGE, OUR DIVERSITY, AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF APIS TO THIS COUNTRY NEVER WANED, AND IT FEELS JUST AS IMPACTFUL EVERY YEAR
I THINK COMMISSIONER HASEGAW HAS DONE A TERRIFIC JOB OF KIND OF SUMMARIZING THE SENTIMENTS AND ALL THE THINGS
I ALSO WANT TO THANK BOOKDA, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY INCLUSION, JANICE, BRENDA LYNN, BRIAN FOR THEIR READING OF TODAY'S PROCLAMATION, AND TO THE HAPPY ERG FOR ALL YOU THAT YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT
BUT IF I MAY, I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT AND POINT OF PRIVILEGE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A MENTOR OF MINE WHO WE LOST LAST WEEK, AND THAT'S SECRETARY NORM MINETA AND I'VE HAD THE DISTINCT HONOR AND PLEASURE AND PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING NOR PERSONALLY AS A MENTOR OF MINE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF MY CAREER WHEN I WAS A YOUNG STAFFER ON CAPITOL HILL
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU OR ANYONE WHO DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE STORY BEHIND THE MANTRA, THIS IS A SECOND GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICAN WHO AS A CHILD WAS IMPRISONED DURING WORLD WAR II SIMPLY FOR HAVING JAPANESE AMERICAN OR JAPANESE HEROIC ANCESTRY
THIS EXPERIENCE INEVITABLY SHAPED NORM IN SO MANY WAYS
IN FACT, HE WOULD OFTEN TELL ME AND ADVISE TO HIS MENTEES THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO THINGS IN LIFE YOU REALLY, TRULY OWN
THE FIRST THING IS YOUR NAME, AND THE SECOND ONE IS YOUR INTEGRITY
AND HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY THAT WHETHER YOU'RE IN PUBLIC OFFICE OR PROFESSIONAL IN OTHER WAYS, THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS YOU SHOULD ALWAYS PROTECT
AND AYE
PHILOSOPHY COMES FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING STRIPPED OF ALL AYE
BELONGINGS AND BEING SENT TO PRISON
FAST FORWARD, 50 SOME YEARS LATER, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001, THE TALIBAN ATTACK THE UNITED STATES
THE TWIN TOWERS COME DOWN, AND IT WAS SECRETARY NORM MINETA OF DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WHO ISSUED THE ORDER TO LAND ALL PLANES, AS ALL THE AIRLINES REMEMBER
BUT WHAT'S OFTEN FORGOTTEN IS ACTUALLY TEN DAYS LATER, NORM ISSUED A POLICY AND A LETTER TO EVERY AIRLINE IN THE COUNTRY THAT REMINDED THEM THAT IT WAS ILLEGAL TO RACIALLY PROFILE, THAT AIRLINES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO IMPOSE HIGHER SECURITY PROTOCOLS ON ANYONE OF MUSLIM OR ARABIC HERITAGE
AND THAT WAS VERY CLEARLY A RESULT OF AYE
EXPERIENCE AS A JAPANESE AMERICAN, HAVING BEEN PROFILED IMPRISONED FOR HIS RACE AND aNCESTRY.HIS AND SO THE POINT I AM TRYING TO MAKE HERE IS THAT WE OFTEN SAY AS PEOPLE OF COLORS, AS LEADERS, THAT REPRESENTATION MATTERS
AND NORM MINETA IN HIS POSITION AS SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WAS LITERALLY THE EMBODIMENT OF WHY REPRESENTATION MATTERS
OFTENTIMES I THINK TO MYSELF, IF IT WASN'T NORM AND IF IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE SITTING IN THAT SEAT IN THE SITUATION ROOM MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AT THE TABLE, HOW DIFFERENT THE POLICIES COMING OUT OF THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION COULD HAVE BEEN
AND SO NORMS, LIFE HISTORY IS A TESTAMENT TO WHY WE NEED TO HAVE CONTINUED REPRESENTATION IN ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING ON A LOCAL LEVEL
WHEN BOWMAN WAS IN CONGRESS, HE FOUNDED WHAT'S NOW CALLED THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONGRESSIONAL STUDIES
HE WAS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN CAUCUS
AND HE FOUNDED THAT BECAUSE HE NOTICED THAT ALL THE OTHER ETHNIC MINORITIES IN CONGRESS WERE GETTING MEETINGS IN AN AUDIENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT WHEN THE ASIAN AMERICANS WERE NOT
AND APEX, AS WE CALL IT, STARTED A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM CALLED THE CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP
AND I WAS A FRESH GRAD OUT OF GRAD SCHOOL WHEN I APPLIED FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP AND GOT MY START WORKING ON CAPITOL HILL IN WASHINGTON, DC
AND THAT'S ALL THANKS TO THE FACT THAT NORM WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THE PROGRAM
AND SO I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT I WOULD NOT BE SITTING HERE TODAY HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR NORM AND ALL THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE
I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING THIS, THAT I RAN FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE AT THE AGE OF 29
AND PEOPLE OFTEN ASK, HOW DID YOU WIN? HOW DID YOU GET HERE? HOW ARE YOU SO FAR AHEAD AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE? AND TO ME, THE ANSWER IS SO SIMPLE
IT'S BECAUSE OF GUYS LIKE NORM, BECAUSE I STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF GUYS WHO CAME BEFORE ME
HE SHOWED ME THE WAY
HE TOLD ME HOW TO GET IT DONE
AND IT'S THE REASON WHY I STAND HERE TODAY AND WHY COUNTLESS GENERATIONS OF APIS WILL BE ABLE TO RUN FOR OFFICE, BECOME LEADERS BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT NORM, DID PEOPLE ALSO ASK ME, WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT ARE YOU RUNNING FOR NEXT? AND YOU'RE SUCH A LONG RUNWAY AHEAD OF YOU
AND EVEN TO THAT QUESTION, I KNOW EXACTLY HOW NORM WOULD ADVISE ME
HE WOULD SAY, DON'T LOOK SO FAR AHEAD THAT YOU TRIP OFF SOMETHING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU
HE WAS FILLED WITH TREMENDOUS WISDOM
HE'S GOING TO BE TREMENDOUSLY MISSED
BUT I HOPE HE'S RESTING IN PEACE, KNOWING THAT THERE IS AN ARMY OF HIS PUPILS WHO WILL CARRY OUT HIS LEGACY
SO THANK YOU
THAT WAS AN EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY
COMMISSIONER SHOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS THAT WAS REALLY POWERFUL
THIS PROCLAMATION IS EXTREMELY POWERFUL
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THE PROCLAMATION
THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER CHO AND COMMISSIONER HASAGAWA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE AANPI COMMUNITY AND FOR YOUR SOLIDARITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE
WE HONOR THE DIVERSE CULTURE AND THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE AANHPI COMMUNITY THAT HAVE PLAYED SUCH A CRITICAL ROLE IN OUR REGION, IN OUR HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT
OUR REGION IS HOME TO SO MANY DIFFERENT AA AND HPI COMMUNITY THAT CONTINUE TO HELP OUR REGION AND PORT EXPAND, GROW, AND THRIVE
WE CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR AA AND HPI COMMUNITY
WHILE WE CELEBRATE, WE ALSO MUST NOT FORGET THE LONGSTANDING DISCRIMINATION AND ATTACKS THE COMMUNITY HAS FACED WITHIN THE PAST FEW YEARS
NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE NEED TO STAND WITH OUR AAHPI COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO COMBAT THE SURGE OF HATE CRIMES AGAINST THEM
IT IS ALSO CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUE TO INVEST IN OUR AANHPI COMMUNITY
THAT MEANS INVESTING IN OUR WORKFORCE, LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAMS, AND SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGH GRANTS AND FUNDING
FOR INSTANCE, THE LITTLE SAIGON COMMUNITY THAT I JUST TOURED YESTERDAY, THAT HAS BEEN AYE
SO HARD BY THIS PANDEMIC
AS A COMMISSIONER, I'M PROUD TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND COMMIT TO SUPPORTING THEM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE SO MANY AANHPI LEADERS AT OUR PORT, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN COMMISSIONERS
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA AND COMMISSIONER CHO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
ANY FURTHER, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER FELONY, REALLY BRIEFLY, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY GREAT GRATITUDE FOR BOTH COMMISSIONER CHO AND HASEGAWA FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND STAFF FOR MAKING THIS ALL POSSIBLE
AND IT'S A REALLY GREAT HONOR TO BE ABLE TO SERVE WITH YOU IN BRINGING FORTH YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS
I WANT TO JUST REFLECT ON ONE OTHER GREAT ASIAN AMERICAN PERSON, WHICH WAS SENATOR INOYA, WHO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING SOME WORKING WITH
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS HE WAS SOMETIMES CALLED THE THIRD SENATOR WASHINGTON STATE
HE WAS REALLY A PHENOMENAL ASSET, ESPECIALLY WITH NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES WHO I WORKED A LOT WITH
AND SO HE WAS TRYING TO GET SOVEREIGNTY TO NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND SO UNDERSTOOD INTRINSICALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIVE RIGHTS IN WASHINGTON STATE
BUT ONE THING THAT I'VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED AND WILL EVER ALWAYS REMEMBER IS THAT HE WOULD HOST AN EVENT IN SEATTLE
I WENT THROUGH SEVERAL TIMES WITH SURVIVORS OF THE INTERNMENT CAMPS THERE
THERE ARE ALWAYS OLD WOMEN BECAUSE MOST OF THE GUYS HAD DIED BY THEN
BUT IT WAS JUST REMARKABLE TO SEE THE PROUDNESS OF THE INTEGRITY OF THESE ELDER WOMEN AND STANDING UP AND REPRESENTING ATROCITY THAT THEY WERE EXPOSED TO
AND ALSO KIND OF WAS A BONDING FEELING FOR ME AS BEING FROM RUSSIAN AND POLISH, RUSSIAN AND GERMAN JEWISH DESCENT
SO IT WAS A GREAT AFFINITY THAT I HAD PRESENTED IN A WAY FOR BOTH AYE
RELATIONSHIP WITH TRIBES AND WITH FOLKS THAT WERE UNJUSTLY DETAINED
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BRINGING THIS ALL FORWARD, AND I'LL LEAVE IT TODAY
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, THE ONLY REMARKS I WOULD ADD IS TO REFLECT ON HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR AN INSTITUTION LIKE THE PORT OF SEATTLE THAT IS BOTH THE ENTRYWAY FOR MANY OF THE PEOPLE TO WHOM THE ANCESTRY THAT OUR AANHPI COLLEAGUES AND NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME THROUGH INITIALLY, AND ALSO THAT WE CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A DOORWAY AND AS A MEANS OF CONNECTING BACK TO THE PLACES FROM WHICH OUR NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME FROM
SO I THINK IT'S ESPECIALLY POIGNANT FOR US TO BE MARKING THAT THIS MONTH
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR I CAN'T MAKE A REAL QUICK COMMENT
I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT, BUT SPEAKING TO YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT US BEING A GATEWAY, I THINK THE PORT OF SEATTLE STAFF AND THOSE LISTING MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE SPECIFICALLY HAS A VERY SPECIAL CONNECTION TO NORM, HIS FATHER, WHEN HE IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES, ACTUALLY IMMIGRATED FROM JAPAN THROUGH THE PORT OF SEATTLE
YEAH
AND OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T HAVE PLANES BACK THEN, BUT HE CAME HERE ON A STEAM SHIP INTO OUR HARBORS, AND THAT'S HOW THEIR FAMILY GOT THEIR START IN THE UNITED STATES
SO IT REALLY IS FULL CIRCLE FOR US
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE IF THE PORT OF SEATTLE DIDN'T EXIST OR IF WE WEREN'T A WELCOMING PORT? HEALTH HISTORY WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT
SO I THOUGHT MAYBE THE FOLKS AT THE PORT MIGHT BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THE CONNECTION WE HAVE TO THE MEN IN THE FAMILY
THERE IS ONE OTHER THING TODAY IS THE OPENING OF THE IAF OFFICIALLY
RIGHT
SO IT JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE A MOMENT OF GREAT WELCOMING TO OUR ASIAN PACIFIC PEOPLE ACROSS THE OCEANS AND EVERYTHING HEARING
NO FURTHER COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM
IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVE, MR PRESIDENT, IN A SECOND
A SECOND
ALL RIGHT
THE MOTION WAS MADE
AND SECONDED CLERK HART, YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE
COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY AYE OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED FOR THE VOTE, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO YAY
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
COCKTAIL
AYE
THANK YOU
THERE ARE FIVE YA'S AND ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM
WITH THAT, THE MOTION PASSES
THANK YOU SO MUCH
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
BEFORE WE START, I WANT TO THANK ALL COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR TIME AND PARTICIPATION IN THIS MORNING'S STUDY SESSION FOCUSING ON ADVANCING OUR CREWS ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY
I APPRECIATED YOUR GREAT QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW WE WORK TOGETHER TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, INCREASE COMMUNITY AND INCREASE COMMUNITY BENEFITS
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US PLOT THE WAY FORWARD
I WANT TO BEGIN BY MAKING NOTE OF A VERY IMPORTANT MILESTONE FOR THE PORT TODAY, WHICH COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAMDI ALREADY MENTIONED, AND THAT'S THE OFFICIAL FULL OPENING OF OUR NEW INTERNATIONAL RIVALS FACILITY AT SEA
THE IAF HAS BEEN OPERATING AT LIMITED CAPACITY SINCE THE PORT OPENING ON APRIL 19, AND TODAY MARKS THE OFFICIAL TRANSITION FROM OUR OLD FEDERAL INSPECTION SERVICES IN THE SOUTH SATELLITE TO OUR NEW, LARGER, BRIGHTER FIS IN THE IAF
HOW'S THAT FOR ACRONYMS? THE OLD SOUTH SATELLITE FIS WAS PUT INTO SERVICE IN 1973, AND OF COURSE IT SHOWED ITS AGE IN THAT, AND IT'S 49 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR
THIS LONG PASSED TO RETIREMENT AND PROVIDE THE KIND OF OUTSTANDING TRAVEL EXPERIENCE OUR PASSENGERS DESERVE
THE IF NOW PROVIDES A MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE ARRIVING INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR IF PROJECT TEAM LED BY OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER DAVE SOIKI, OUR BUILDER CLARK CONSTRUCTION, OUR PARTNERS AT TSA AND CBP, AND OUR MANY SUBCONTRACTORS AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES, AS WELL AS OUR ARCHITECT, SOM AND THE ENTIRE AVIATION TEAM, BUT ESPECIALLY OUR OPERATIONS, SECURITY AND OWAT TEAMS FOR GETTING US TO THIS POINT WE'VE BEEN ANTICIPATING FOR SO LONG
REGARDING COVID, WHICH MY REGULAR UPDATES USUALLY INCLUDE A COVID UPDATE, SEATTLE KING COUNTY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT IT'S TRANSITIONING AWAY FROM ITS EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO THE VIRUS TO A LONG TERM COVID PREVENTION MANAGEMENT PLAN WITH CONTINUED FOCUS ON COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED
THIS TRANSITION INCLUDES THE CLOSURE OF SEVERAL DRIVETHROUGH AND WALK UP TESTING SITES WITHIN THE COUNTY AND REALLOCATING ITS RESOURCES TO HIGHER RISK COMMUNITIES
THE LONGTERM COVID PREVENTION MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING PORT OF SEATTLE EMPLOYEES, STAKEHOLDERS AND CUSTOMERS CONTINUES TO INCLUDE BEING UP TO DATE ON COLON VACCINE AND THE RECOMMENDED BOOSTER DOSES, IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY THROUGH VENTILATION FILTRATION AND OTHER STRATEGIES LIKE OPENING WINDOWS AND ENTERTAINING FRIENDS AND FAMILY OUTDOORS USING A QUALITY AND WALL FITTING MASK WHEN IN CROWDED INDOOR SETTINGS
I'M DEMONSTRATING THAT AND GETTING TESTED AND ISOLATE WHEN YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS, NO MATTER HOW MINOR THE SYMPTOMS APPEAR
JUST A REMINDER TO TEST YOURSELF BEFORE PARTICIPATING IN LARGE GATHERINGS OF HIGH RISK PEOPLE OR OTHER FAMILY GATHERINGS
COMMISSIONER, I'D LIKE TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MAY 11 THROUGH 17 IS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK
I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR PORT OF SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ALL THEY DO TO KEEP OUR AVIATION AND MARITIME GATEWAY SAFE AND SECURE
YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THE WIDE RANGE AND SCOPE OF THEIR OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS A BRIEF STATUS ON THE UPDATE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR ASSESSMENT RECOMMENDATIONS DURING THEIR ANNUAL PORT OF SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORT OUT SCHEDULED FOR THE JUNE 28 COMMISSION MEETING
THIS RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL POLICE WEEK IS A FITTING OCCASION TO HIGHLIGHT AN EXAMPLE OF AN OUTSTANDING WORK BY A MEMBER OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE POLICE FORCE
I OFTEN SAY THAT OUR OFFICERS INTERACT WITH PEOPLE IN OUR FACILITIES WHEN THEY'RE HAVING A REALLY BAD DAY, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR PROFESSIONALS RESPOND IN THOSE INSTANCES
LAST WEEK, OUR POLICE RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A PASSENGER IN DISTRESS AT SEATAC AIRPORT
WE LEARNED THE PASSENGER WAS STRUGGLED OVER TERMINAL ISSUES AND WAS TRAVELING ALONE TO DALLAS
HIS BEHAVIOR WAS DISTURBING AND THE AIRLINE WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO BOARD HIS FLIGHT
BUT OFFICER MICHELLE BRIGAL, OUR CRISIS CARE COORDINATOR, STEPPED IN TO HELP CALM THE PASSENGER AND INTERCEDE ON AYE
BEHALF
SHE ASSISTED AYE
IN MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR ANOTHER FLIGHT AND CONTACTED AYE
EAST COAST RELATIVES
SHE ALSO PERSONALLY WORKED WITH THE AIRLINE REPRESENTATIVES TO GET AYE
SAFELY ON BOARD ANOTHER FLIGHT AFTER SISTER IN LAW WROTE IN AN EMAIL THAT OFFICER BERGEL WAS PROFESSIONAL, KIND AND EVERYTHING HE NEEDED IN THAT MOMENT WHEN HE WAS ALONE AND LOST IN THE WORLD
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE THAT THAT OFFICER SAVED MY BROTHER IN LAW'S LIFE LAST NIGHT
THIS EMAIL FROM THE FAMILY MEMBER IS A TREMENDOUS TRIBUTE TO OFFICER BRIELLE, AND WE THANK HER FOR EMPATHY, PROFESSIONALISM AND SERVICE, AND IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I KNOW ACTING CHIEF THEO WAS IN THE ROOM HERE WITH US TODAY OF JUST HIM AND ALL THE OFFICERS AND EVERYBODY THAT WORKS FOR HIM, WHAT THEY DO DAY IN AND DAY OUT
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND THANK THEM
I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PLANNED FOR AND PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS AROUND THE PORT
MARKETING PUBLIC SERVICE RECOGNITION WEEK LAST WEEK I WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE ALL THE FUN PHOTOS POSTED IN THE SHARED GALLERIES TO HEAR ABOUT THE POSITIVE STORIES AND INTERACTIONS FROM THE VARIOUS SITE VISITS BY PORT EXECUTIVES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
AND I REALLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT MET OFF HOURS AROUND THE CLOCK BECAUSE THE PORT IS A 24/7 OPERATION
BUT TRY TO GROW AND SHOW APPRECIATION FOR EVERYONE THROUGHOUT THE PORT THAT WORKS, THAT WORKS IN DELIVERING THE MISSIONS FOR US
AS YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, I BELIEVE PUBLIC SERVICES ARE CALKINS AND IT'S GREAT THAT WE TAKE TIME TO RECOGNIZE OUR COLLEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE PORT THAT ARE MOTIVATED BY MAKING THE LIVES OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY BETTER THROUGH OUR OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS MOVING TO TODAY'S COMMISSIONER MEETING, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS WE HAVE RELATIVELY SHORT AGENDA TODAY
ON A CONSENT AGENDA, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM EIGHT E, WHICH SUPPORTS OUR OVERALL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND BE GOOD STEWARDS OF OUR ASSETS THROUGH THE REMOVAL OF FREE ASSAULT PILINGS AT SILCHEL BAY MARINA
UNDER NEW BUSINESS, WE HAVE TWO RESOLUTIONS RELATED TO SURPLUS PROPERTY, ONE IN OUR MARITIME PORTFOLIO AND ANOTHER AS PART OF OUR AVIATION PORTFOLIO
FOLLOWING THESE DISCUSSIONS IS AN ACTION RELATED TO CONCOURSE A AT SEA IN A CLOSE UP REPORT ON OUR GREEN CITIES PARTNERSHIP COMMISSIONERS
THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS FOR TODAY
THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TURN TO MISS CHUNG FOR OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS
GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT CALKINS
COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE THREE COMMITTEE REPORTS TODAY
THE WATERFRONT INDUSTRIAL LANDS COMMITTEE CO CHAIRS FELL IN AND HAS GALAXY AND PORT STAFF MET WITH LEADERSHIP FROM THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM ON APRIL 27 TO DISCUSS THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PORT AND THE AQUARIUM TO COLLABORATE ON MATTERS OF COMMON INTEREST
A KEY AREA OF FOCUS IS A PORT SPONSORED EXHIBIT IN THE FORTHCOMING OCEAN AVIATION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN THE EXISTING AQUARIUM AND THE PIPE PLACE MARKET
THE COMMITTEE EXPECTS TO HAVE A FINAL REPORT FOR THE EXHIBIT AS WELL AS A LIST OF OTHER POTENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PORT AND THE AQUARIUM TO COLLABORATE COMPLETED BY JULY OF THIS YEAR
COMMISSIONERS CHO AND MOHAMED ATTENDED THE AVIATION COMMITTEE MEETING ON APRIL 29 AND DISCUSSED THREE TOPICS THE FLIGHT CORRIDOR SAFETY PROGRAM, THE TAXI PILOT PROGRAM, AND AN UPDATE ON THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL FACILITY
OPENING THE FLIGHT QUARTER IS COMPLETING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE FAA MANDATED REGULATORY PROGRAM AND LOOKING AHEAD TO THE NEXT PHASE
PROPOSED NEXT STEPS FOR THE PROGRAM EXPECTED TO BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSIONER IN JUNE
THE TAXI PILOT PROGRAM EXPIRES ON SEPTEMBER 30
DISCUSSION OUTLINED THE HISTORY OF THE PILOT AND A PROPOSED PATH FORWARD
THE COMMISSIONER'S, MOHAMED AND CHO CONVENED THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 29, TO DISCUSS TWO AGENDA ITEMS, THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ANNUAL REPORT AND AN UPDATE ON THE PORT'S APPRENTICESHIP AND PRIORITY HIRE EFFORTS
THE FULL COMMISSION WILL REVIEW RECEIVE A BRIEF ON BOTH OF THESE TOPICS DURING THE MAY 24 COMMISSIONER MEETING
DURING THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION, COMMISSIONER MOHAMED HIGHLIGHTED A NEED TO RAISE AWARENESS OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO AIRPORT WORKERS, INCLUDING AIRPORT UNIVERSITY
STAFF RESPONDED THAT OUR NEW CONTRACT WITH AIRPORT JOBS WILL ALLOW US TO DO MORE CAREER PATHWAYS DEVELOPMENT AMONG AIRPORT WORKERS
COMMISSIONER MOHAMED ALSO EXPRESSED THE DESIRE TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIRPORT UNIVERSITY PROGRAM IS UNDERSUBSCRIBED BEFORE APPROVING ADDITIONAL FUNDING
COMMISSIONER CHOSE SECOND THIS POINT, COMMISSIONER CHO ASKS FOR STAFF TO INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF THE PORT'S PRIORITY HIRE GOALS AND RESULTS RELATIVE TO OTHER LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PRESENTATION FOR THE FULL COMMISSION, STAFF AGREED TO DEVELOP THIS ANALYSIS AND IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MAY 24 PRESENTATION
THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT
THANK YOU
THAT SHOULD BE BETTER
WRITTEN MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE CLERK WILL BE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S MEETING RECORD
THE CLERK HAS A LIST OF THOSE PREPARED TO SPEAK
WE ARE TAKING COMMENTS FROM ANYONE WHO DES MOINES US WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY, AS WELL AS FROM ANYONE WHO HAS JOINED US IN IN THE CHAMBERS, AS THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME
IF YOU AYE JOINING REMOTELY, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF
THEN PLEASE REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD
IF YOU'RE ON THE TEAM'S MEETING AND ARE ALSO STREAMING THE MEETING ON THE WEBSITE, PLEASE MUTE THE WEBSITE STREAM TO AVOID FEEDBACK
COMMENT TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON
CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER? YES
THANK YOU
GIVE ME ONE MOMENT HERE
I'LL GET THE TIMER UP
AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TRACY BUXTON
HI, I'M TRACY BUXTON, DEPUTY MAYOR IN THE CITY OF DES MOINES
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME AND GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ACE GRANTS AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WAS CREATED
IT WAS A GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIP
I HAVE MY MANUAL RIGHT HERE THAT WE'RE KIND OF AFFECTIONATELY CALL OUR URBAN CANOPY MASTER PLAN, A FABULOUS DOCUMENT THAT WAS CREATED THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP, THE ACE GRANTS, THE PORT TERRA CAME AND WAS ABLE TO CREATE THIS MANUAL FOR OUR CITIES
AND SO THANKING THE PORT FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, FOR TARA FOR THEIR RESEARCH AND THIS RESOURCE
IT WAS AN INVENTORY OF OUR URBAN CANOPIES THAT ALSO INCLUDED A PLAN FOR MOVING FORWARD IN CREATING AND RESCUING AND SUSTAINING OUR URBAN CANOPIES IN THIS AIRPORT CITIES AREA
SO THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
I WAS INVOLVED IN SEVERAL EVENTS, RECLAIMING SOME AREA, PLANTING TREES
WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PARK STEWARDS NOW
IT WAS A FABULOUS COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE
AND NOW WE HAVE THIS RESOURCE FOR FUTURE WORK
SO JUST WANT TO OFFER A LOT OF THINGS
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
DEPUTY MAYOR BUXTON
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JC HARRIS
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER
YEAH, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED BY THE STUDY SESSION THIS MORNING AND THE QUESTIONS WERE FANTASTIC
AND I WISH ANYONE WHO IS INVOLVED IN THE AIRPORT WOULD WATCH THOSE SESSIONS
I MENTIONED TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO, SOMETHING I USED THE WORD STACOMA
IT MEANS A BLIND SPOT
YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF
THE COMMISSION REALLY DIGS IN
I'VE NOTICED ON MARINE ISSUES IN A WAY THAT THE AIRPORT, IT JUST DOESN'T GET THE ATTENTION
I AM HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER NORTH SEATAC PARK
MY COLLEAGUE, DEPUTY MAYOR BUXTON, MENTIONS THE TREE CANOPY AROUND THE AIRPORT IN GENERAL IS STRUGGLING
AND THAT PARK WAS PART OF A COMMITMENT THAT THE PORSCHE MADE GOING BACK TO
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT I CAN'T FIND ON YOUR OWN WEBSITE A FULL COPY OF THE SEATAC COMMUNITY PLAN, WHICH I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE TO THE DONATE TO THE PORT
THE PORT WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF CREATING NOISE BUMPERS FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT PART WAS AN INTRINSIC PORTION OF THAT PLAN
YOU GUYS WERE AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL AIRPORTS
AND I HOPE YOU WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION
AS YOU THINK ABOUT THE STAMP, PLEASE SET ASIDE THAT LAND IN PERPETUITY FOR THE PURPOSE INTENDED IT TO BE IN
THANK YOU
COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS, NEXT SPEAKER
YES
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A COUPLE FROM THE ROOM NOW
WE'LL START WITH MARGUERITE RICHARD
GOOD DAY, EVERYONE
I'M MARGUERITE BASHARD
BORN AND RAISED IN SEATTLE
THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY, MS HASEGAWA, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU MOVE FORWARD ON ANYTHING THAT I SAID
IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THAT I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I BOUNCE AROUND A LOT BECAUSE I DEAL WITH A WHOLE LOT OF ISSUES HERE IN SEATTLE
WHEN THEY TOLD THE HISTORY ABOUT ASIAN AMERICANS, MY UNCLE HAD A RECORD STORE BACK IN THE 60S ON JACKSON STREET KNOWN AS CHINATOWN
IT WASN'T CHINATOWN INTERNATIONAL
IT WAS CHINATOWN TO US
AND HE BROUGHT JAZZ TO THE CITY
AND SO I SAT THERE AND I TRIED TO STOMACH EVERYTHING
AND THEN I WAS TOLD THAT MY AUNT'S FIRST JOB WAS WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE
YOU WANT TO KNOW HIS NAME? BOB SUMMARIZED LOOK HIM UP
BUT I HAVE SOME RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION RIGHT NOW
SEE, BECAUSE I WAS OVER IN BELLEVUE, THEY GAVE THE HISTORY ALSO ABOUT THE POLICE OVER THERE
AND I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CONSENT DECREE AND I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BE OUT FRONT WHEN I SEE OUR BLACK BLOOD STILL BEING SPLATTERED ON THE STREETS FOR NO REASON
NOW I'M SAYING THAT THERE ARE SUCH THINGS AS CRIMINALS THAT DO CRIMINAL STUFF
BUT WHEN YOU JUST GET POINTED OUT FOR THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN, THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER BALL GAME
YOU NEVER TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE POLICE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO, PROTECT AND SERVE
AND SO WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET UP OUT OF THIS CUSP OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS THAT SEEMS TO COME TO OUR DOORSTEP AND OUR FRONT DOOR
AND I SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING ELSE REALLY
BUT BECAUSE MY AUNT WAS A PART OF RESURRECTION CITY, THE POOR PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGN ON WASHINGTON, SHE KIND OF LEFT THIS HERE FOR ME TO CARRY ON
MR RICHARD, PLEASE CONCLUDE YOUR WORK
GOOD DAY
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MR SHARD, NEXT SPEAKER
YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEX EMERMAN
HI
MY DAMN NAZI FASCIST MADITA
MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN AND I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FOR ME IMPORTANT
AND I LIVED HERE 35 PLUS YEARS
I SEE SOMETHING ABOUT RACISM, SOMETHING ABOUT NOT EQUALLY TO ME, IT LOOKS LIKE 100% BS IN MY BIG JEWISH NOSE
YOU KNOW WHAT GO BIGGER AND BIGGER? WHAT HAS HAPPENED RIGHT NOW FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS? THIS HOW DEMOCRAT MAFIA WON'T DESTROY A FUNDAMENTAL AMERICAN PRINCIPLE
MID CLASS MOTIVATE POOR PEOPLE, MOTIVATE MINORITY GO AGAINST THESE PEOPLE
IT'S NOT ABOUT RACE
IT'S ABOUT ELITE WHO WANT TO CONTROL AMERICA
IT'S HAPPENED FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS
TOTALLY CONCENTRATION CAMP EVER
HITLER AND STALIN
DON'T DO IT SO FAST LIKE THIS
DEMOCRAT FOR LAST TWO YEARS
UNIQUE SITUATION, NO ANALOGY
NEW HUMAN HISTORY
IT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT POINT
AND I GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES ABOUT RACISM
BUT AS WE HAVE, WE'RE NOT EQUAL FIVE CONSOLE FOR SEATTLE FOR LAST FIVE YEARS IS A MINORITY
IT'S A MEXICAN, LATINO
WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH SEATTLE RIGHT NOW? TOTAL COLLAPSE
THEY CANNOT QUALIFY FOR THE JOB
REMINDER, MR ZIMMERMAN, PUBLIC COMMENT AT PORT MEETINGS IS ABOUT PORT BUSINESS
NO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS
IS THIS ANOTHER POINT? WHAT? AYE
YOU SUPPOSED TO BE DOING BY YOUR STANDARD BECAUSE YOU CARE ONLY ABOUT YOUR SHARE
YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT NOTHING
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN AMERICA FOR THE LAST YEAR WHEN YOU INTERRUPT, YOU POSSIBLY GIVE ME BACK MONEY
SO I GIVE YOU A CLASSIC EXAMPLE
SCHOOL BOARD, SIX WOMEN, MINORITY
YES
SO WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT? EQUAL PROTECTION AND EVERYTHING IS A PURE SEASON
IS THIS EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED? IS THIS EXACTLY WHAT HAS BEEN STOPPED? ZIG HEIL MEIN FEUHRER
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JORDAN VENTOS
SORRY YOU HAD TO LISTEN TO THAT
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER
MY NAME IS JORDAN VANVOST
THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S CREW
CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN
GO AHEAD, JORDAN
THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S CRUISE SHIP BUSINESS HAS A MASSIVE CARBON FOOTPRINT
WHEN ONE ACTUALLY COUNTS THE FLIGHT MILES AND SHIPPING MISSIONS OUTSIDE OUR AIRSHED, THAT'S NOT GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE IN THE NEXT DECADE WITH SHORE POWER, KELP FORESTS OR SOLAR PANELS, ALTERNATIVE FUELS
THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY IS HERE NOW AND WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT
A TIBETAN MONK FRIEND LIVING IN INDIA WROTE TO ME A FEW DAYS AGO ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE RECORD HEAT WAVE THERE
DEAR JORDAN LAW TASHI, DELAY
THE HOT WEATHER IS CREATING HUGE PROBLEMS MANY MONKS HAVE CONTRACTED DENGUE FEVER AND ALSO THE HEAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO ATTEND CLASS OR STUDY
OLDER MONKS CANNOT GO OUTSIDE
I GET HEADACHES VERY OFTEN
WELLS ARE RUNNING DRY AND WATER MUST BE DELIVERED IN TANKER TRUCKS FROM THE RIVER
IF THE MONSOON RAINS DON'T COME SOON, WE WILL FACE HUGE PROBLEMS DUE TO WATER SHORTAGE
I THINK THESE WARNING SIGNS TELL US WE MUST TAKE BETTER CARE OF THIS EARTH
I HOPE YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF THE CLIMATE PROBLEMS WE ARE EXPERIENCING NOW WITH LOVE AND PRAYERS
LOBSUNG TASHI INDIA AND PAKISTAN HAVE BEEN IN THE GRIPS OF RECORD HEAT FOR THE LAST MONTH AND IT IS ABOUT TO GET WORSE
CROP FAILURES, WATER SHORTAGES, HEAT INDUCED ILLNESSES AND DEATH ARE ALL INCREASING
THIS HEAT WAVE IS DEFINITELY UNPRECEDENTED, SAID DR CHANNI SINGH BIPOC, LEAD AUTHOR AND SENIOR RESEARCHER AT THE INDIAN INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
THIS IS WHAT CLIMATE EXPERTS PREDICTED AND IT WILL HAVE CASCADING IMPACTS ON HEALTH
HOW CAN WE JUSTIFY THE HUGE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF THE NON ESSENTIAL CRUISE INDUSTRY PROMOTED BY THE PORT WHEN SOUTH ASIA AND MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD ARE BECOMING UNLIVABLE NOW DUE TO A CLIMATE EMERGENCY WHICH IS PRINCIPALLY CAUSED BY THE LIFESTYLES IN THE GLOBAL NORTH AND THE FAILURE OF OUR LEADERS TO END BUSINESS AS USUAL? WHERE IS THE EQUITY IN THAT? THANK YOU
THANK YOU
MR VAN BOAST, NEXT SPEAKER
YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCY KEBER
THANK YOU
MY NAME IS MARCIA KEBER
I DIRECT THE OCEANS AND VESSELS PROGRAM AT FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
I'M HERE TODAY TO REITERATE OUR CONCERNS ABOUT CRUISE SHIP EXHAUST GAS, RUBBER WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUGET SOUND AND THE LACK OF INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT IN THE NORTHWEST WITH THE DEFUNDING OF THE ALASKA OCEAN RANGER PROGRAM
WE APPRECIATE THE PORT'S BAN OF THE DISCHARGE OF CRUISE SCRUBBER WASTEWATER AT THE DOCK AND ITS WORK TO ACHIEVE A PAUSE IN SCRUBBER DISCHARGES LAST YEAR WHEN THE CRUISE INDUSTRY REFUSED TO AGREE TO A BAN AS A PART OF THE CRUISE MOU
WE ALL KNOW SCRUBBER WASTEWATER IS INCREDIBLY HARMFUL TO THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT AND THE MARINE CREATURES THAT INHABIT
WE ALL KNOW HOW ENDANGERED OUR ORCHESTRAS ARE
OUR ORCHESTRAS ARE INCREDIBLY STRESSED AND HUNGRY, AND CRUISE INDUSTRY POLLUTION IS ONLY MAKING MATTERS WORSE
WE'VE SHARED OUR SPECIFIC CONCERNS BY EMAIL REGARDING PREVIOUS CRUISE INDUSTRY FUNDED STUDIES ON SCRUBBER WASTEWATER AND THE LACK OF QUALITY DATA INSERTED INTO THOSE STUDIES, LEADING THEM TO BE REJECTED BY THE LIKES OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
WE ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION AND PORT STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THE DATA THAT IS BEHIND THE SCRUBBER STUDY IS AS INDEPENDENT AND HIGH QUALITY AS THE STUDY ITSELF
CARNIVAL CORPORATION WAS JUST RELEASED FROM A FIVE YEAR FEDERAL TERMINAL PROBATION WHERE THEY WERE PROSECUTED FOR ILLEGALLY DISCHARGING OILY WASTE SINCE AT LEAST 2005
DURING THEIR FEDERAL PROBATION, THEY REFINED A TOTAL OF $61 MILLION AND CONTINUED TO COMMIT THOUSANDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS WHILE ON PROBATION, INCLUDING IN WASHINGTON WATERS
THE ONLY REASON WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE VIOLATIONS WAS BECAUSE OF THE INDEPENDENT COURT ORDERED MONITOR THAT WAS APPOINTED TO KEEP TRACK OF THE COMPANY WHILE IT WAS STILL ON PROBATION
WE ARE INCREDIBLY CONCERNED THAT THERE'S ALMOST ZERO INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT OF THE INDUSTRY IN THE NORTHWEST MOVING FORWARD, WHETHER FROM OCEAN RANGERS OR THE QUARTER POINTED MONITOR FOR CARNIVAL, THE COAST GUARD AND ECOLOGY DO A GOOD JOB WHEN THEY DO ANNOUNCED INSPECTIONS AND THE SPOT CHECKS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM WITH THEIR BROAD MANDATE
BUT CARNIVAL WAS CAUGHT BY A WHISTLEBLOWER, NOT A REGULATOR
WITHOUT THAT WHISTLEBLOWER, CARNIVAL SHIPS WOULD LIKELY STILL BE POLLUTING IN VIOLATION OF STATE, FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL LAW
PLEASE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE CONCERNS IN MIND AS THE SCRUBBER STUDY IS COMPLETED AND THE INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO GROW
THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU, MS KEBERT
NEXT SPEAKER
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IRISH ANTMAN
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER
MY NAME IS IRIS ANTMAN AND I'M WITH SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL
DURING THE STUDY SESSION THIS MORNING, IT WAS REITERATED BY COMMISSIONER CALKINS AND AGREED TO BY OTHER COMMISSIONER THAT EVEN IF CRUISE IN SEATTLE ENDED TOMORROW, IT WOULD ONLY GO ELSEWHERE
THAT MAY BE TRUE, BUT DOCUMENTARY ACTIVITIES BY OTHERS DON'T CONDONE THOSE SAME ACTIONS COMMITTED HERE
THE GOAL OF ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050 IS A WORTHY GOAL, BUT IT'S OPERATIONALIZATION FLIES IN THE FACE OF THE INCREASING NUMBERS OF CRUISE SAILINGS AND AIR FLIGHTS INTO AND OUT OF SEATTLE
CRUISE SHIPS USE DIRTY BUNKER FUELS
AIRPLANES USE FOSSIL FUELS
SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET TO ZERO EMISSIONS BY 2050 IF WE INCREASE THESE HEALTH AND CLIMATE DESTROYING ACTIVITIES? WELL, IT MAY BE TRUE THAT CRUISE REPRESENTS ONLY 18% OF MARITIME EMISSIONS VERSUS THE 70% FROM CARGO SHIPPING
THOSE NUMBERS DON'T FACTOR IN THE AIR MILES, GARBAGE AND SEWAGE OF 5000 PASSENGERS AND 1500 CREW ON A CRUISE SHIP VERSUS THE ZERO PASSENGERS AND 20 OR 30 CREW ON A FREIGHTER
SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL IS ASKING FOR A TRANSITION TO A CRUISE FREE SAILOR SEA
THE SCIENTISTS ARE TELLING US WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR ALLIANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS NOT IN TEN OR 20 YEARS OR BY 2050
BUT NOW
CRUISING IS A NONESSENTIAL LUXURY PASTIME ENGAGED IN BY PEOPLE WITH MEANS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE MASSES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING JUST TO SURVIVE
AS POOR COMMISSIONERS, YOU HOLD THE POWER
SET A COURAGEOUS EXAMPLE OF CLIMATE LEADERSHIP
FOR OTHERS TO FOLLOW BE THE GREENEST PART
LIFE ON EARTH IS NOT A ZERO SUM GAME
WE WILL ALL LOSE EVERYTHING IF WE KEEP PROCRASTINATING ON ADDRESSING THE UNFOLDING DRASTIC CONSEQUENCES OF EXTRACTIVE AND EXPLOITATIVE INDUSTRIES WHICH ARE ESSENTIAL FOR CRUISING TO CONTINUE
AND UNTIL WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY FUELS, CRUISING WILL BE EMBLEMATIC OF OUR OUT OF TOUCH CONNECTION WITH LIFE AND HEALTH
I HAVE TWO MORE SENTENCES, PLEASE
UNTIL WE HAVE REAL SUSTAINABLE FUELS, CRUISING WILL BE EMBLEMATIC OF OUR OUT OF TOUCH CONNECTION WITH LIFE AND HEALTH
IT'S TIME TO DOWNSIZE OUR CONSUMER LIFESTYLES
WE ARE ASKING FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT, NOT FOR TWEAKING AROUND THE EDGES, BUT RATHER FOR MAKING BIG CHANGES
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU, MS ANTMAN
NEXT SPEAKER
YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CYNTHIA PIER
HI, I'M CYNTHIA PIER, AN INDEPENDENT SECURITY RESEARCHER IN SEATTLE RESIDENT
ON APRIL 9, I PARTICIPATED IN SEATAC AIRPORT'S NEW INTERNATIONAL RIVALS FACILITY, OR IAF PASSENGER FLOW SIMULATION AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE ZERO SIGNAGE REGARDING THE COLLECTION OF BIOMETRIC DATA FROM TRAVELERS IN THE SIMPLIFIED ARRIVALS AREA
EVEN WORSE IS WHEN I ASKED ABOUT THE LACK OF SIGNAGE
PORT STAFF AT THE SIMULATION TRIED TO WASH THEIR HANDS OF IT BY SAYING THE PORT HAS NO CONTROL AND THAT THE PORT CAN'T CHANGE FEDERAL
THIS IS INCORRECT BECAUSE THE PORT DOES HAVE CONTROL, AND EXERCISING THAT CONTROL DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY CHANGE TO FEDERAL LAW
SPECIFICALLY, NO LAW PROHIBITS A PORT FROM POSTING LAWFUL AND FACTUAL SIGNAGE ON PORT PROPERTY
MOREOVER, THE CDP FCAIAS STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE STATES THAT THE PORT DIRECTOR DETERMINES THE EXTENT OF CBP SECURITY AREAS
BEAR IN MIND THAT NO FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES CVP TO COLLECT BIOMETRIC DATA OF US CITIZENS
ALL THE LAWS CITED BY CBP AND REGURGITATED BY THE PORT IN THE PAST ARE ONLY APPLICABLE TO NON US PERSONS
GIVEN THAT A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS THROUGH SCA ARE US CITIZENS, THIS MEANS THE BIOMETRIC DATA COLLECTION AND THE NEW IAF IS A TRULY EGREGIOUS AVIATION OF PEOPLE'S RIGHTS
ADDITIONALLY, THE PORT'S EXECUTIVE POLICY ON FEDERAL COLLECTION OF BIOMETRIC DATA SPECIFIES THAT THE PORT WOULD CREATE GUIDELINES FOR AVOIDING UNINTENDED IMAGE CAPTURE, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE, FOR EXAMPLE, QUOTE BY POSITIONING THE CAMERA IN A DIRECTION THAT DOES NOT FACE THE MAIN PASSENGER AREA, USE OF A SCREEN BEHIND THE INDIVIDUAL BEING PHOTOGRAPHED, OR USE OF A CAMERA WITH A MINIMAL FIELD OF VIEW
END QUOTE HOWEVER, THERE WERE NO OPAQUE SCREENS BEHIND WHERE PEOPLE ARE PHOTOGRAPHED AND THE CAMERA CAN CIRCLE ON THREE SIDES THE ENTIRETY OF THE WAITING LINES, MEANING THAT UNINTENDED IMAGE CAPTURE IS GUARANTEED BY DESIGN
THE IF BIOMETRIC DATA COLLECTION IS WITHOUT ANY FORM OF CONSENT AND THE ONLY WAY TO OPT OUT IS TO WEAR A SKI MASK, WHICH I'M SURE YOU WOULD AGREE IS NOT LIKELY TO GO WELL FOR THAT TRAVELER
THIS IS ABSURD
THE PORT IS NOT BEING GAGGED BY CDP
IF YOU DO NOTHING, THEN YOU ARE CULPABLE POST THE SIGNAGE COMMISSIONERS, EVEN IF YOU PERSONALLY HAVE TO DO IT YOURSELF
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
MS SPEECE, NEXT SPEAKER
YES, I ACTUALLY MISSED A SPEAKER
SO GOING BACK TO BYRON AND BYRON, PLEASE CORRECT MY PRONUNCIATION
FUJAVE
YES
THANK YOU
GOOD MORNING
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY
MY NAME IS IRON CHOH
I AM THE GENERAL MANAGER OF CEDARWOOD LODGE AND I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE UPCOMING ALASKA CRUISE SEASONS
THE TWO REASONS THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, AS YOU ALL KNOW, HAS BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE PROLONGED GLOBAL COB 19 PANDEMIC
THIS WAS CERTAINLY SEEN WITHIN THE CRUISE INDUSTRY ITSELF, OUR HOTELS, OUR RESTAURANTS, AS WELL AS YOUR TEAM MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
BUT NOW WE BELIEVE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPITALIZE ON THE LEISURE MARKET THAT IS OUT THERE, SPECIFICALLY IN SEATTLE
PEOPLE ARE GEARING UP TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR UNUSED PERSONAL TIME OFF
AND SEATTLE MAY NOT BE THE PREFERRED DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN VACATIONS BY THE OCEAN, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A LOCATION THAT IS RICH WITH ADVENTURE AND BEAUTIFUL OUTDOORS
SO TWO THINGS PEOPLE ARE NOW CRAVING MORE THAN EVER AFTER BEING QUARANTINED IN THEIR HOMES FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS
THEREFORE, I CANNOT STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF CRUISE SHIPS AND THE MANY THOUSAND OF HOTEL GUESTS WHO COMES TO EXPERIENCE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BEFORE AND AFTER THE CRUISE SEASON IN 2019
DURING THE CRUISE SEASON MONTH, THE HOTEL EXPERIENCE AROUND A 90% OCCUPANCY AND THAT ALLOW US TO EMPLOY ABOUT 179 TEAM MEMBERS
THIS WAS SERIOUSLY EFFECTIVE IN 2019 AND 2021 WITH THE RESTRICTIONS ON CRUISES, WHICH WE DROP OUR OCCUPANCY MORE THAN 30%, AND WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO EMPLOY 68 TEAM MEMBERS
THAT'S A 60% DECREASE FROM 2019
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR YOUR ROLE IN DRIVING POSITIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT IN THIS REGION, ESPECIALLY IN THE COMING SEASONS AS WE STRIVE TO MAINTAIN OUR HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU
MR PIJUAVE, NEXT SPEAKER
CLARK
YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STACY OAKS
STACEY, IF YOU'RE ON THE TELEPHONE AT STAR SIX TO UNMUTE
GOOD MORNING
MY NAME IS STACY OAKS, AND I WANT TO THANK THE PORT OF SEATTLE FOR HAVING A STEADY SESSION ON CRUISE SHIPS THIS MORNING WITH A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSIONERS WHO TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ELSE COULD BE DONE TO DECREASE THE HARMFUL IMPACTS OF THE INDUSTRY, SUCH AS CREATING A COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP SUPPORTING THE ALASKA RANGERS PROGRAM, DRAFTING SPECIFIC BENCHMARKS FOR HOW TO GET TO ZERO EMISSIONS VESSELS, ATTACHING STRONGER MEASURES TO TARIFFS AND LEASE AGREEMENTS, AND INCLUDING CRUISE WORKER CONDITIONS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING CONCERNS IN FUTURE CRUISE DISCUSSIONS
I ALSO NEED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO POINT OUT SOME OF THE HARMFUL LOGIC AND INCOMPATIBLE ANSWERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PART OF THE BACKBONE BEING USED TO JUSTIFY SUPPORTING THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IN SEATTLE
THE NOTION THAT WE NEED THE MONEY FROM CRUISE TO SUPPORT OTHER SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS HAS A PAINFUL SIMILARITY TO THE WAY OUR STATE TIES SCHOOL FUNDING TO THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR FORESTS FOR THE LOGGING INDUSTRY, WE'RE CUTTING DOWN OUR OWN LUNGS, OUR CHILDREN'S LUNGS, INSTEAD OF DOING THE WORK TO FIND TRULY SUSTAINABLE WAYS TO FUND EDUCATION AND BOLSTER THE POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO CHANGE A LONG ENTRENCHED INDUSTRY
SEVERAL COMMISSIONER HAVE REPEATEDLY SHARED THE IDEA THAT WE'RE STAYING ENGAGED IN CREWS SO WE CAN FIX IT FROM THE INSIDE, BE A LEADER IN DRIVING BETTER PRACTICES, AND IF WE SENT CREWS AWAY, THEY WOULD JUST GO SOMEWHERE ELSE
WORSE THAN SEATTLE, THE GREENEST PORT IN NORTH AMERICA
YET WHEN PRESSED ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO WITH TARIFFS AND LEASE AGREEMENTS, ENFORCEMENT TOOLS, SCOPE THREE EMISSIONS, REMOVING BAD ACTORS, THE ANSWERS SUDDENLY SHIFT TO THE STANCE THAT WE'RE JUST ONE PORT
IT'S AN INTERNATIONAL ISSUE
CRUISE PARTNERS COULD JUST LEAVE IF NEW TERMS ARE TOO STRICT
THIS FEELS LIKE DOUBLE TALK, AND THAT MAKES IT HARD TO BELIEVE ANY OF THE ARGUMENTS
IF SEATTLE DIDN'T RENEW CRUISE AGREEMENTS, WOULD THE SHIPS REALLY JUST GO TO VANCOUVER, WHICH IS ALREADY FULL AND INCAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING THE LARGEST SHIPS? OR WOULD THE TEMPORARY LACK OF A PORT PERHAPS BECOME PERMANENT, LIKE THE CANCELLATION OF PLANS TO BUILD A THIRD CRUISE TERMINAL IN SEATTLE, THUS CREATING AN ACTUAL REDUCTION IN AN INDUSTRY THAT IS WAY TOO HARMFUL TO SUPPORT IN ITS CURRENT STATE? THANK YOU
THANK YOU, MS OAKS
CLERK HART, SPEAKER
YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DONALD BROWN
GOOD AFTERNOON
COMMISSIONER NAMED DONALD BROWN VICE PRESIDENT POLICY WITH CRUISE LINES INTERNATIONAL AVIATION CLIA IS THE UNIFIED VOICE OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY GLOBALLY
MANY OF OUR CRUISE LINE MEMBERS OPERATE FROM OR CALL ON THE PORT OF SEATTLE
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IS NOT ONLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO, IT IS AN OPERATIONAL IMPERATIVE FOR THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
WE ARE HIGHLY REGULATED AT THE INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, AND LOCAL LEVELS
BEYOND COMPLIANCE, KIA MEMBERS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLIA GLOBAL WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY, WHICH IS A CONDITION OF MEMBERSHIP
THE INDUSTRY'S ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP IS STRONG
EACH YEAR, WE PUBLISH AN INVENTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICES WHICH DEMONSTRATES THE INDUSTRY'S COMMITMENT AND INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES AND OPERATIONS
THIS DATA SHOWS THAT DESPITE ONLY 14 PORTS WORLDWIDE WITH SHORE SIDE ELECTRICITY CAPACITY
AT LEAST ONE BERTH, 35% OF GLOBAL CRUISE CAPACITY IS CURRENTLY SERVED BY ELECTRICITY
22% MORE IS BEING RETROFITTED, AND 82% OF NEW SHIPS ON ORDER WILL BE FITTED WITH SHORE SIDE ELECTRICITY CAPABILITY
LEE IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS TO PROTECT THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
THIS WORK IS ONGOING, BUT INCLUDES PROPOSALS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MARITIME RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO RAISE $5 BILLION OVER TEN YEARS TO ACCELERATE DEVELOPMENT OF ZERO CARBON FUELS AND PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES
LEAH, IN CONSULTATION WITH CRUISE LINE MEMBERS, HAVE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED OUR GLOBAL DIRECTIONAL VISION TO PURSUE NET CARBON ZERO CRUISING GLOBALLY BY 2050 TO JOIN THE GLOBAL MARITIME FORUM CALL TO ACTION FOR SHIPPING, DECARBONIZATION AND FOR ALL SHIPS CALKINS AT SFE STORE SIDE ELECTRICITY CAPABLE PORTS TO BE EQUIPPED BY 2035 OR USE ALTERNATIVE LOW CARBON TECHNOLOGIES
THAT'S SHORT, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE HERE TODAY
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, MR BROWN
AND A REMINDER, WE MEET A COUPLE OF TIMES A MONTH, SO IF THERE'S MORE YOU WANT TO SHARE, YOU'RE WELCOME BACK
A PUBLIC COMMENT, TOO
NEXT SPEAKER? YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CASEY STANLEY
GOOD AFTERNOON
MY NAME IS CASEY STANLEY AND I'M THE INTERIM DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF BUREAU IN PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES
THE CITY OF BURIEN WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE PORT OF SEATTLE FOR PROVIDING RESOURCE SUPPORT TO BENEFIT AND IMPROVE OUR URBAN FOREST
WITH THIS SUPPORT, FORTERRA WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO THE BEER AND COMMUNITY THROUGH MEETINGS AND SURVEYS
WITH THE INFORMATION GATHERED, AN URBAN FOREST STEWARDSHIP GUIDE WAS DRAFTED AND ADOPTED BY THE BURIEN CITY COUNCIL IN OCTOBER OF 2020
THIS GUIDE HELPS BURIEN SET CANOPY COVER, INCREASED GOALS THE TREES AND BURYING SUPPORT HEALTHY AIR QUALITY, SPECIFICALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS CLOSER AND UNDER OUR FLIGHT PATH
THE URBAN FOREST STEWARDSHIP GUIDE IS A TOOL USED TO GUIDE VOLUNTEERS AND CREW WORK
THIS GUIDE ALSO PROVIDES A TOOL FOR STAFF AND COMMUNITY TO SEE WHERE THE LACK OF TREES AND HEALTHY URBAN FORESTS WAS IMPACTING OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORHOODS
WITH THE END OF FUNDING AND THE CONTRACT WITH FORTERRA, THE GREEN BEARING PARTNERSHIP IS NOW SUPPORTED INTERNALLY
THE CHALLENGE IN THIS IS THAT OUR BUDGETS HAVE NOT INCREASED
THE SERVICE HAS IN AN EFFORT TO MIGRATE, THIS BURIEN HAS APPLIED FOR AND SUPPORTED PARTNERS AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING A 20 WEEK OUR POSITION AND STAFF AND FUNDING FROM KING COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT
ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH THE SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND, SEVERAL NEW AND ONGOING PROJECTS HAVE BEEN FUNDED IN BURYING
THIS FUNDING WILL ALLOW FOR ONE TO THREE YEAR INVESTMENT IN PARKS WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND THANK YOU
THANK YOU, MS STANLEY
NEXT SPEAKER? YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREW AND HELLO
I AM FED UP WITH WHAT I FEEL IS THE PATHOLOGICAL VIEW THAT BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY, JOBS, WE ARE CONTINUING WITH PRACTICES WE KNOW CAUSE HARM HERE
THE PORT IS CELEBRATING CRUISE SEASON AND I'M FEELING AGGRIEVED FROM THE FRENCH MAKE HEAVIER DISTRESS
THE LATEST ICC REPORT CLEARLY STATES THAT WE MUST STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS NOW TO EVEN HAVE THE SLIMMEST CHANCE OF KEEPING WARMING TO 1.5 DEGREES CELSIUS
CRUISE SHIPS BURIEN THE DIRTIEST FOSSIL FUELS AND FOR WHAT? A CHEAP, CONVENIENT VACATION
I SEE MASS EXTINCTION AND HUMAN SUFFERING ON ONE HAND AND A CRUISE VACATION ON THE OTHER
NOT ONLY DO CRUISE SHIPS EARN FOSSIL FUELS, BUT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FLYING IN FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
THEY'RE DRAWN HERE BY A GOOD TIME ON A FLOATING CITY
HARMING THE VERY THINGS THEY'RE COMING TO SEE ORCA SALMON, WILDLIFE AND THE BEAUTIFUL SAILOR SEA
HARMING WITH CRUISE NOISE SOLUTIONS WITH TOXIC EMISSIONS
AND OF COURSE, LET'S ADD THE EMISSIONS OF ALL THOSE PLANES THAT GOT THEM HERE
AND WHAT'S SO GOOD ABOUT CRUISES? ECONOMIC BENEFITS ARE HIGHLY INFLATED, WORKERS MAKE LOW WAGES, WORK LONG HOURS, LACK LABOR LAW PROTECTIONS, AND THE SHIPS SERVICE PETRI DISHES FOR INFECTIONS
SOUNDS DELIGHTFUL
THE PORT OF SEATTLE WANTS TO BRING THE GREENEST PORT IN NORTH AMERICA WHILE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTALLY UNFRIENDLY CRUISES TO ALMOST 300 THIS YEAR, UP FROM 200 IN 2019
MY MIND IS BOGGLED BY THE INSANITY THAT WE'RE LIVING IN
WHILE WE SHOULD BE CURTAILING ENERGY USE AND ENVIRONMENTALLY HARMFUL ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE THIS PROLOGUE AND I LOOK THIS ONE UP TO RECKLESSLY, EXTRAVAGANT OR WASTEFUL IN THE USE OF RESOURCES PROFLIGATE CRUISE EXPANSION WHEN WE NEED A CRUISE FREE
THANK YOU, MS O'FARROW
CLERK HART, SPEAKER
YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS HANNAH ERICKSON
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF DISCOVERY HEALTH, WHICH WAS FOUNDED BY DR GRAY AND ANNE JARRISON
SEATTLE DISCOVERY HEALTH IS CREATED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO EXPERT MEDICAL ADVICE AND LOGISTICS FOR REMOTE WORKERS, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE MARITIME AND FISHING INDUSTRIES
WE SPECIALIZE IN EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH EMERGENCY MEDICINE, OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, REMOTE MEDICINE, TELEMEDICINE, AND WE HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THE C 19 PANDEMIC
IN ADDITION TO THE PREVENTATIVE AND ACUTE MEDICAL CONSULTATIONS, WE ARE LEADERS IN PROVIDING THE COVID JUNETEENTH TESTING, VACCINATIONS AND MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE PUGET SOUND AREA
OUTSIDE OF EXTENDING OUR COVID-19 MANAGEMENT FOR MARITIME AND FISHING VESSELS, WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR HANDLING HIGH VOLUME DRIVETHROUGH TESTING SITES IN ORDER TO PROMOTE TRACKING AND SYMPTOM TRACKING
AS THE CRUISE LINES HAVE RETURNED TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE, WE'D LIKE TO OFFER INFORMATION FOR FINDING RAPID TESTING OPTIONS FOR CRUISE LINE REQUIREMENTS
WITH OUR LOCATIONS AROUND THE SEATTLE AREA, WE CAN HANDLE BOTH MOBILE TESTING, MOBILE VACCINATIONS AND RAPID TESTING OPTIONS
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
THANK YOU, MS ERICKSON
NEXT SPEAKER
YES
OUR FINAL SPEAKER SIGNED UP TODAY IS NAOMI MAXWELL
HELLO
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING MY COMMENTS
I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK YOU TO DEFEND TREE EQUITY AND JUSTICE FOR THE NEAR SEATAC AIRPORT COMMUNITY
THE DEFENDERS OF NORTH KOREA PARK COMMUNITY FOREST CONSENSUS CALL FOR ONE PERMANENT PROTECTION OF THE ENTIRE 220 ACRES OF NORTH DETACH PARK, TWO, A MORATORIUM ON PORT DEFORESTATION OF PUBLIC LAND WITHIN 2 MILES OF THE PORT, AND THREE, A COMPREHENSIVE FOREST PLAN TO PROTECT AND RESTORE A JUST AND HEALTHFUL LEVEL OF TREE CANOPY NEAR THE AIRPORT
THE PORT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AN ESTIMATED 107 ACRES OF MOSTLY TREE COVERED LAND IN SEATTLE
THIS IS A CITY WITH ONE OF THE LOWEST LEVELS OF TREE CANOPY IN THE COUNTY, RANKING 40TH OUT OF 45, ACCORDING TO KING COUNTY'S THREE YEAR FOREST PLAN
THE PORT'S PROPOSALS ARE OPPOSITE TO THE RECENT RECOMMENDATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY TO INCREASE TREE CANOPY NEAR THE AIRPORT TO LIMIT HUMAN EXPOSURE TO AIRPORT POLLUTION
WE KNOW THIS POLLUTION IS CAUSING PEOPLE TO LIVE THICKER AND DIE SOONER
WE KNOW IT'S LINKED TO PREMATURE BIRTHS, UNDERWEIGHT BABIES, AND LEARNING PROBLEMS IN CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY
THE PORT'S PROPOSALS WOULD ALSO VIOLATE ITS OWN COMMITMENTS TO REDUCE SPRAWL, PROTECT FOREST, PROTECT OUR CLIMATE, AND ACT WITH SOCIAL AND RACIAL JUSTICE
YOU, AS OUR ELECTED COMMISSIONERS, HAVE AUTHORITY TO WITHDRAW THESE PROPOSALS AND REQUIRE THE TREE EQUITIES IN ALL YOUR PLANS
WE CAN'T DEPEND ON THE FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS TO PROTECT US, BUT WE CAN DEPEND ON YOU
TODAY, OVER 1450 COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED THE CONSENSUS
THIS INCLUDES THE MAYOR AND THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN SEATAC AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DES MOINES, NORMANDY PARK, AND TUKWILLA, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER JC HARRIS, WHO SPOKE HERE TODAY
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HARRIS
IT INCLUDES 26 ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES
WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO GATHER THE VOICES OF THE CONSENSUS THAT ALREADY EXISTS, THAT IT'S A SIMPLE MATTER OF JUSTICE TO ALLOW ALL COMMUNITIES TO RETAIN A HEALTHFUL LEVEL OF TREE CANOPY, AND THAT THE PORT, AS A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, MUST PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE IMPACTED BY ITS OPERATIONS
THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU, MS MAXWELL
THAT CONCLUDES OUR SIGN UPS TODAY
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT ON THE TEAM'S CALL WHO DIDN'T SIGN UP BUT WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? YEAH, I DID SIGN UP
ALL RIGHT
IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS
STATE AND SPELL YOUR NAME, AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES
YEAH
AYE, MY NAME IS PATRICK MCKEE, M-C-K-E-E
GO AHEAD, PROCEED
OKAY
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
I WATCHED LAST MEETINGS, PUBLIC COMMENT WITH INTEREST
THEY WERE PRO CRUISE COMMENTS FROM THE FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE WYOMING REPUBLICAN PARTY AND A CORPORATE ATTORNEY, AND THEY COULD HAVE BEEN READING FROM THE SAME PLAYBOOK
CLEARLY, THE CRUISE LOBBY IS EMPLOYING THE STRICT TALKING POINT DISCIPLINE THE TOBACCO LOBBY AND THE OIL LOBBY DID BEFORE THEM
WHEN THEY MENTIONED CREW TOURISM, THEY CRUISE TOURISM
THEY PROCEEDED IT WITH THE ADJECTIVE SUSTAINABLE
SO IT FEELS LIKE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT ALREADY EXISTS
SUSTAINABLE CRUISE TOURISM
BUT SUSTAINABLE HAS AN ACTUAL DEFINITION
IN THE SIMPLEST TERMS, IT MEANS MEETING OUR NEEDS WITHOUT RUINING THE PROSPECTS OF OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
AND BY THIS DEFINITION, NO ASPECT OF CRUISE TOURISM IS SUSTAINABLE, FROM ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE TO PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT TO LABOR CONDITIONS TO PERVERSION OF LOCAL ECONOMIES IN ALASKA AND SEATTLE
YOU AYE TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF THIS YOURSELF, TRYING TO BALANCE ROSY ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS WITH TRAGIC AND PAINSTAKINGLY EXTERNALIZED COSTS
IS THERE MONEY IN IT? WELL, THERE MUST BE
FOR SOMEBODY WE KNOW
THE MAYOR IS HERALDING THE RETURN OF CRUISE, AND THE PORT IS TROLLING WORLDWIDE TO RUN UP THE NUMBERS
NUMBERS NOT ONLY OF SHIPBOARD PASSENGERS, BUT OF JET FLIGHTS INTO AND OUT OF SEATTLE
BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING, REALLY? WHAT ESSENTIAL SERVICE IS THE PORT OF SEATTLE PROMOTING? WE'RE SETTING A COUPLE OF MARINE OIL BURNING VEGAS CASINOS AFLOAT IN THE SAILORS SEA EVERY DAY
THAT'S ALL THERE
SEWERS AND ENGINE WASTE DRAIN INTO THE OPEN OCEAN WHILE THEIR EXHAUST SYSTEMS EXPEL PARTICULATE MATTER THAT SICKENS KIDS AND MELTS ARCTIC ICE
A SINGLE SUMMER OF ALASKA CRUISE PRODUCES GREENHOUSE GASSES EQUAL TO A THIRD OF THE ANNUAL OUTPUT OF THE ENTIRE CITY OF SEATTLE
THE PLANET IS ALREADY FEELING THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE COOKING MORE IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH THAN IN THE FORTUNATE GEOGRAPHY OF MOUNTAINS AND FJORDS WE CALL HOME
EVEN HERE, THOUGH, WE LIVE THROUGH THE HEAT DOME, EXCEPT FOR THE ONES WHO DIDN'T, MOSTLY POOR OUR STARVING RESIDENT ORCA'S NUMBER IN THE MERE DOZENS OUR GRANDCHILDREN WON'T EVER KNOW THERE WERE ONCE GLACIERS JUST ACROSS THE WATER
COMMISSIONERS, THE UN IS TELLING US 2050 IS TOO LATE
DOING THE RIGHT THING WILL BE A CHALLENGE FOR EVERYONE
LET'S START NOW UNTANGLING OUR FUTURES FROM CRUISE
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
MR MCKEE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, EITHER VIA TEAMS OR HERE IN PERSON? OKAY
AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO GIVE A SYNOPSIS OF ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED
THANK YOU
AND MY APOLOGIES TO MR MCKEE
THAT WAS MY FAULT
GOOD AFTERNOON
WE HAVE RECEIVED 20 WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR THE MEETING TODAY, AND I WILL DO A SUMMARY OF THOSE HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY
MEGAN LAST, TRACY MCALFEIN, SELENE RIOSO, ROBIN PETERSON, JENNIFER POTTER, CRAIG A, EDEN LITTLE, THOMAS REESE, BARBARA MCMICHELS, DAVE LIPS, EMILY NEELY, DAN CARRA, STEPHANIE FATU, ERIN NEELY, REGINA MUTTER, AND CHRISTOPHER CONQUER
ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS SUPPORTING THE CITY OF SEATAC, TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THE ENTIRETY OF NORTH SEATAC PARK, WITH PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR ITS RESIDENTIAL USES AND NATURAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING FORESTED LAND, WATERWAYS, AND PUBLIC BOG
JORDAN VAN VOS, HANNAH ERICKSON, PATRICK MCKEE, AND NO AMY MAXWELL SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR SPOKANE COMMENTS
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED TODAY
ALL RIGHT HERE
NO FURTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA
MR MCKEE, YOU CAN TURN OFF YOUR CAMERA AT THIS TIME
OH, I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS ON
I'M SORRY
NO WORRIES
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
OKAY
BYE BYE
THAT WAS EXCITING
ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP IS THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ADOPTED BY ONE MOTION
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADOPTION OF THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WE'VE HEARD OF NO ITEMS TO BE PULLED TODAY
AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COVERING ITEMS EIGHT, A-B-C-D-E-F-N-G
SO MOVED
SECOND, THE MOTION WAS MADE
AND SECONDED, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY I OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS AYE
PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAS LEFT THE ROOM MOMENTARILY
YES, THERE ARE FOUR AYES AND ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME
WITH THAT, THE MOTION PASSES
MOVING ON IN THE AGENDA, WE HAVE THREE NEW BUSINESS ITEMS TODAY
CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM INTO THE RECORD
WE'LL THEN HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM
YES, THIS IS AGENDA ITEM TEN
A INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 382, A RESOLUTION TO AMEND UNIT 18 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME OF HARBOR IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE BY DECLARING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY SURPLUS AND NO LONGER NEEDED FOR PORT DISTRICT PURPOSES
DELETING SAID PROPERTY FOLLOWING A PUBLIC HEARING IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW FROM UNIT 18 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS FOR THE SALE OF SUCH REAL PROPERTY TO BRIDGEPOINT SEATAC 300, LLC
COMMISSIONERS, THIS ACTION SUPPORTS THE EXTENSION OF STATE ROUTE 509 BY DECLINING PARCELS THAT WE HAVE NO OPERATIONAL USE FOR THE SURPLUS PROPERTY
ONCE WE COMPLETE THE FIRST READING, THIS ITEM WILL RETURN TO OUR AGENDA AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING FOR ADOPTION
PRESENTER WE HAVE IS STEVE CANARD, PROPERTY MANAGER FOR AVIATION PROPERTIES, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PORT COUNCIL, SENIOR PORT COUNCIL JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, AVAILABLE AS NEEDED
STEVE, THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK AND COMMISSION
SO FIRST OFF, THERE IS A TECHNICAL AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION 3802 ON LINE 38 39
EXCUSE ME, THE YEAR 2008 SHOULD BE 2009
STEVE, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND PULL UP IN YOUR PRESENTATION, OKAY? OKAY
SO LET'S GO TO THE OPENING SLIDE
THE ISSUE BEFORE US TODAY IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES THAT WERE CALLING THE REMNANT PARCELS WERE PURCHASED AS PART OF A LARGER ACQUISITION WITH FAA FUNDS, NOISE FUNDS IN JUNETEENTH 76 AND LATER ON IN THE 70S, THE PARCELS THAT ARE REMAINING OR PART OF THE PORT AYE LEFT OVER FROM THE PORT'S 2009 SALE OF MOST OF THE PARCELS THAT IT HAS ACQUIRED
SO JUST LEAVING A LITTLE BIT AFTER ABOUT SELLING ABOUT 19 ACRES
BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL OWNS PROPERTY TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE 509 RIGHT OF WAY THAT WAS PURCHASED, AND WSDOT AND BRIDGE HAVE WORKED ON A GRADING PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE ELEVATION DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS
ONE IS THE 509 EXTENSION AND THE OTHER IS THE BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT
SO BOTH WASH DOT AND BRIDGE HAVE APPROACHED THE PORT LOOKING TO HAVE THE PORT SELL THESE REMNANT PARCELS TO BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH IS CALLED BRIDGE 300 BRIDGEPOINT SEATAC $300
SO IN ORDER TO SUPPORT WSDOT'S EXTENSION OF 509 AND ALSO TO SUPPORT THE PORTS MAINTENANCE, FUTURE MAINTENANCE OF THESE PROPERTIES, WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD
SO LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS AREA IS AND LOCATION OF THE AIRPORT
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE AIRPORT PROPERTIES AND THE SLIDE ON THE UPPER RIGHT SHOWS THE 2009 SALE TO WSDOT FOR THE 509
RIGHT AWAY, THE RED AREAS SHOW THE PARCELS THAT WERE NOT ACQUIRED
SO WSDOT HAS A REQUIREMENT TO BUY ONLY THE LAND THAT THEY NEED, AND SO WE END UP WITH THESE REMNANT PARCELS
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO US BEFORE
THE 2019 IMAGE ON THE BELOW RIGHT SHOWS THE SAME REMNANT PARCELS IN A MORE MODERN IMAGE
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE SCHOOL BUILDING, WHICH IS THE OLD MAYWOOD SCHOOL, WHICH HAS BEEN UNUSED FOR MANY YEARS, RECENTLY ACTUALLY CAUGHT FIRE, AND NOW IT'S BEEN DEMOLISHED
BUT THAT SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE SHAPE OF AN H IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY PARCELS THAT BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL PURCHASED FOR THE BRIDGE POINT PROJECT
SO THESE REMNANTS ARE ABOUT AN ACRE
THEY'RE INSIDE THE FLIGHT CORRIDOR SAFETY PROGRAM THAT THE AIRPORT OPERATES WHERE WE REMOVE OBSTACLES AS NEEDED TO MAINTAIN SAFE MOVEMENT OF AIRCRAFT
AND OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM HAS DONE A SURVEY OF THESE AREAS TO DOCUMENT WHAT KIND OF VEGETATION AND TREE GROWTH WE HAVE IN THESE AREAS
SO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE IMAGES, THE FUTURE SITE OF 509 WILL RUN TO THE NORTHEAST OF THOSE PARCELS, AND THE BRIDGE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL RUN TO THE SOUTHWEST
AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW HOW THESE THINGS LAY OUT
SO IN THE BLUE, THAT'S THE ORIGINAL 509 RIGHT OF WAY AND THE 509 WAS EXTENDED WITH THE SALE OF THE PORT PROPERTIES TO WSDOT TO THE PURPLE LINE
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE PORT PARCELS THAT ARE KIND OF SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE WSDOTS FIVE AND NINE RIGHT AWAY AND THE PARCELS THAT HAVE BEEN ASSEMBLED BY BRIDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SOME WAREHOUSE PROPERTIES
SO THE PORTS AREAS ARE IN THAT ZONE THAT BOTH WSDOT AND BRIDGE NEED TO DO GRADING
NO CONSTRUCTION WILL HAPPEN ON THESE SITES OTHER THAN A GRADE CHANGE, BUT THE GRADE CHANGE WILL ALLOW WSDOT TO AVOID HAVING TO BUILD A RETAINING WALL AND THE COST AND THE MAINTENANCE AND THE SCHEDULE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
AND FOR THE PORT, THE BENEFIT IS THAT WE WILL HAVE NO MAINTENANCE ON SITES THAT ARE CUT OFF FROM ACCESS
AND WE WOULD ALSO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE TO REMOVE OBSTACLES FROM THESE PARCELS
BUT WHEN WE SELL THEM, THERE WILL BE AVIATION EASEMENTS PLACED ON PARCELS, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER PARCELS THAT BRIDGE HAS ACQUIRED AND ASSEMBLED FOR THIS PROJECT WILL PUT NAVIGATION EASEMENTS, WHICH REQUIRE THE OWNER TO PREVENT THE GROWTH OF TREES OR ERECTING OBSTACLES IN A FLIGHT PATH
SO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING? COMMISSIONER, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND OR INDICATE TO ME
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, SO AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE AN AVIATION AGREEMENT ON THE SITE IF WE'RE NOT FOR THE SALE? WE WENT FOR THE OTHER PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY, NOT FOR THE SALE
WE ALWAYS SEEK NAVIGATION AGREEMENTS, EASEMENTS ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES, AND IN SOME CASES, WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN THOSE
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO OBTAIN THOSE AS PART OF A TRANSACTION AND THEN DO IT ALL AT ONCE
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YES, GO AHEAD
COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, THANK YOU
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION
I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS
ONE, ARE WE GOING TO BE SELLING THIS AT MARKET PRICE? YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION
THE FAA PROVIDED THE FUNDS FOR THIS PURCHASE BACK IN THE 70S, AND THEY REQUIRE THAT WE SELL THESE AT MARKET PRICE AND THE FUNDS WILL BE RETURNED TO THE NOISE PROGRAM FOR FUTURE WORK AND MITIGATION
OKAY, GREAT
THAT'S HELPFUL
THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE NOISE MITIGATION PROGRAM
IF THAT WAS GOING TO GO TOWARDS NEW PROJECTS OR EXISTING PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING
DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S TOWARDS APARTMENT COMPLEX? DO YOU KNOW ANY OF THAT INFORMATION? WHAT WE WILL DO IS RETURN THE PROCEEDS TO THE NOISE PROGRAM, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL BE EARMARKED
I THINK THEY'LL GO INTO A GENERAL FUND, BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP ON THAT AND FIND OUT
OKAY
I SEE
EXECUTIVE METRUCK IS CHECKING
IT'S PROBABLY THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WE'VE CONFIRMED THAT
COMMISSIONER, HOW'S IT GOING? YES, I'M WONDERING IF THIS PROJECT WOULD HAVE ANY IMPLICATIONS FOR OLD GROWTH TREES
NO
THE TREE SURVEY THAT WAS DONE BY THE PORT'S ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM DID NOT SHOW ANY OLD GROWTH TREES IN THIS AREA
AND I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN ANY SORT OF RACIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ON HOW THE REMOVAL OF TREES OR GREEN SPACE WOULD IMPACT AIR QUALITY FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS
WE HAVEN'T GONE TO THAT LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM LOOKED AT THESE PARCELS IN THE CONTEXT OF HOW DO YOU PROMOTE OUR MITIGATION AROUND URBAN FORESTS? AND BECAUSE THE PARCELS ARE DISCONTINIGUOUS AND THE TREE COVER IS SEPARATED FROM AND WILL BE SEPARATED BETWEEN BOTH DEVELOPMENTS FROM OTHER AREAS OF FOREST, IT'S CONSIDERED NOT TO BE A HIGH PRIORITY FOR THE PORT IN THIS AREA TO PRESERVE, BUT WE COULD FOLLOW UP TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT YOU REQUESTED
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAS AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION LOOKING FOR YOU UP THERE
SO IS THERE NOT AN OBLIGATION IF WE CUT TREES TO HAVE, LIKE A FOUR TO ONE RATIO OR SOMETHING? I MEAN, WE JUST ARE ABLE TO SAY, WELL, IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF HALF ACRES
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT EITHER
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM ABOUT WHAT OBLIGATIONS ARE THERE
WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO THE PROPERTY
WE'RE TRANSFERRING THE PROPERTY
WE'RE TRANSFERRING THE PROPERTY KNOWING ITS USE WITH THE VALUATION
I WAS JUST WONDERING I KNOW THAT
IS THE CURRENT VALUATION BASED ON PARK VALUE OR IS IT BASED ON THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE TURNED INTO A COMMERCIAL REALESTATE DEVELOPMENT? 509 FACILITATION
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IS THE VALUATION PREMISED ON AND GIVEN THAT WE KNOW IT'S END USE, IT SEEMS THAT WE SHOULD BE AND IT'S IN KIND, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN PLACE
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE AYE I'M SURE OTHER PLACES WE COULD PLANT TREES
WE HAVE BEEN A COMMERCIAL APPRAISAL AND THE APPRAISERS USING COMPS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SIMILAR TYPES OF PROJECTS
SO OTHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE REGION
AND SO THEN THE PRICE WOULD BE DISCOUNTED FOR THE SPECIFIC CONDITION OF THE PARCELS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION TO GET ACCESS FOR THESE PARCELS
BUT IT WILL BE BASED NOT ON THEIR CURRENT USE, BUT ON THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE
AND SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET BACK TO US ABOUT REPLACEMENTS FOR THE CANOPY COVER
YEAH, I'LL FIND OUT ABOUT IF THERE'S A REQUIREMENT FOR THAT AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU
THANKS
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA, IF THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S IS IN THE BUSINESS OF SELLING LAND, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S BEEN ANY EXPRESS INTEREST FOR ACQUIRING THIS LOT SPECIFICALLY IN COMPETITION? NO, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY EXPRESS INTEREST IN THESE PARTICULAR PARCELS
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THEY'RE ISOLATED AND CUT OFF FROM ACCESS
SO NO, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE DONE
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER, WHEN YOU SAY THAT IT WASN'T THE PORT'S PRIORITY TO PRESERVE TREES, CAN YOU CLARIFY IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? NO, NOT NOT THAT I SAID THAT IT'S NOT THE PORT'S PRIORITY TO PRESERVE TREES, BUT THESE PARTICULAR PARCELS
AYE
SEPARATED AND DISCONTINUOUS
AND SO THE REPORT THAT WE HAD DIDN'T PLACE THEM IN THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR CREATING A CONTIGUOUS FOREST PARCEL
OKAY
THANK YOU FOR THAT, CLARIFICATION
I APPRECIATE IT
ALL RIGHT
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? I THINK SANDY CARE ROY CAN ADD TO THAT ANSWER MORE THAN THAT ABOUT THE CANOPY
WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, MR PRESIDENT
GO AHEAD, MS KAROI
THANKS
WE DEFINITELY WILL GET AS A FOLLOW UP TO THIS MEETING, MORE IN DEPTH ANSWERS
BUT THE AIRPORT, WE DO HAVE DEVELOPING LANDSTORE CHIP PLAN TO GUIDE OUR WORK AS WELL AS COMPLETING TREE REPLACEMENT RATIOS
THERE ARE OTHER WHEN A PROPERTY WE DON'T OWN GETS DEVELOPED
IN THIS CASE, IF THIS IS SOLD, THEN THE OWNER AND DEVELOPER HAS TO FOLLOW WHATEVER THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS ARE FOR ANY CLEARING OR GRADING OR TREE REPLACEMENT
MOST COMMUNITIES HAVE LOCAL REQUIREMENTS, AND THERE ARE ALSO OTHER STATE AND PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS HAVING TO DO WITH HOW TREES ARE MANAGED DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
BUT WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE MORE IN DEPTH DETAIL ON HOW WE DO TREE MANAGEMENT AT THE AIRPORT
OKAY
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? AND CLERK HART, REMIND US THIS IS AN INTRODUCTION RESOLUTION
SO WE WILL HAVE THIS AGAIN BEFORE US NEXT MONTH
THAT IS CORRECT
AT THE NEXT MEETING
AND THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ASSOCIATED WITH IT AT THAT TIME
GO AHEAD
SO WE MAY NOT HAVE TO WE COULD BIND TO THIS PROPERTY THE SALE THAT THEY ASCRIBE THE SAME GROWBACK AS WE DO
THERE'S NOTHING THAT WOULD PRECLUDE US FROM SAYING AS A CONDITION OF THE SALE, YOU WILL DO THE SAME FOUR TO ONE THAT WE DO AT THE AIRPORT
WITHOUT DOING THAT
THEY WILL JUST DEFERRED TO WHATEVER THE LOCAL ORDINANCES
BUT NOTHING PRECLUDES US FROM CONDITIONING
THAT TRUE
WELL, I'LL SPEAK THEN, SANDRA, FROM A TRANSACTION PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE
WE COULD REQUIRE THAT AS PART OF THE TRANSACTION
THANK YOU
AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS THAT I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THE VALUATION
PROPERTIES VALUE IS VERY MUCH DEPENDENT ON WHAT IT'S ADJACENT TO
SO FOR THIS PARKING LOT, OBVIOUSLY, FOR THE 509, I SEE THIS AS A PUBLIC THING, BUT THERE'S A PRIVATE INTEREST THAT IS GOING TO SEE SOME PROBABLY MORE VALUE THAN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE HAS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
HOW IS THAT CONSIDERED? THE VALUATION IS USING COMPS
IN FACT, ONE OF THE COMPS USED IN THE APPRAISAL IS THE PURCHASE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDING THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN
SO THE PRICING WILL BE BASED ON COMPARABLE TYPES OF SALES
THE PARCELS THEMSELVES DON'T ADD TO THE ABILITY OF THE DEVELOPER TO EXPAND THEIR BUILDINGS
IT JUST ALLOWS BOTH THE DEVELOPER AND WSDOT TO COME UP WITH A GRADING PLAN THAT WILL BE EASIER FOR WASH
DOT TO MAINTAIN
THE BENEFIT IS TO WASH
DOT
YEAH, OF COURSE THERE'S BENEFIT TO THE DEVELOPER AS WELL
BUT WSDOT DIRECTLY CALLED US AND ASKED ABOUT THIS FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE 509 PROJECT
FOR THEM, IT'S A BENEFIT IN BOTH SCHEDULE AND COST
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY
I WANT TO JUST MAKE A SPECIAL SHOW OF APPRECIATION TO STEVE FOR TAKING ON SOME REALLY INTENSE QUESTIONING OVER THIS
I KNOW WE HAVE ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS TO REVIEW IT
I PRESUME WE WILL GET SOME ANSWERS ON THOSE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, BUT AT THIS TIME, THERE
AYE
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM
DO I HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND
SO MOVED SECOND
IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND
AND CLARK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR COMMISSIONERS? YES
AND BEFORE I DO THAT, JUST TO NOTE THAT THAT TECHNICAL CORRECTION THAT MR KHAN MENTIONED
WELL, ACTUALLY, IT'S JUST A DATE TYPO, SO IT WILL NOT REQUIRE A FORMAL AMENDMENT
CORRECT
AND IT WILL COME IN AS PROPER FORM AT THE NEXT MEETING
OKAY
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED FOR THE VOTE ON INTRODUCTION
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU
THERE ARE FIVE AYES AND ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM
WITH THAT, THE MOTION PASSES
RESOLUTION NUMBER 3802 WILL BE BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON MAY 24, 2022, FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION
AND IN THE INTERIM, COMMISSIONER MAY REACH OUT TO STAFF WITH ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THAT
CLERK HART, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD? WE'LL THEN HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM
YES, THIS IS AGENDA ITEM TEN B
IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 3803, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE PORTION OF THE PARCEL
THIS IS PARCEL NUMBER 536-72-0255 TO KING COUNTY TO BE USED AS A SITE FOR BUILDING A NEW COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW FACILITY AND APPLYING A BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENT TO DIVIDE THE PARCEL COVERING BOTH NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE AND PORT OF SEATTLE PROPERTIES INTO TWO PARTS, THE BIGGER AND THE MAJORITY PART TO REMAIN WITH THE ALLIANCE
THE SMALLER PART, WHICH IS AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SOUTHWEST MICHIGAN STREET AND SECOND AVENUE SOUTHWEST, TO BE SOLD TO KING COUNTY AND AMENDING THE PORTS COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME TO DELETE THE SMALLER PART OF THE PARCEL, SAME PARCEL NUMBER, BOUNDARY LINE ADJUSTMENTS PENDING FROM UNIT 20 OF THE PORT'S COMPREHENSIVE SCHEME AND AUTHORIZED THAT SALE TO KING COUNTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT DIVISION
YES, I MUST, COMMISSIONER
STATE LAW REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING WHEN CONVEYING OR TRANSFERRING SURPLUS PROPERTY
THIS ACTION SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW TANK ON A PARCEL SOUTH OF TERMINAL 115
THIS WOULD RESULT IN WATER QUALITY AND HEALTH BENEFITS ON THE DUWAMISH RIVER, LIKE THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION
ONCE WE COMPLETE THE FIRST READING, THIS ITEM WILL RETURN TO OUR AGENDA AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING FOR ADOPTION
PRESENTER IS LILY NINBERG, REAL ESTATE MANAGER FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PORTFOLIO AND ASSET MANAGEMENT OFFICE
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE METRUCK
MY NAME IS LILY YUAN NIMBERG
PRONOUNS SHE HER AND I WANT TO SAY ALSO HAPPY AAPI HERITAGE MONTH, AND I MYSELF, AS AN IMMIGRANT TO THIS COUNTRY, I CAME TO LEWIS COUNTY WHEN I WAS 25, SO I WITNESSED ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THE PORT IS DOING AT ADVANCING EDI
THANK YOU FOR THAT
IT ALSO SEGUES REALLY WELL TO WHAT THE ITEM THAT I'M PRESENTING ON
I BELIEVE THE STAFF BELIEVES THIS ITEM WILL BRING GREAT BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THE PORT SERVES
TODAY IS THE FIRST HEARING AND INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION 3803 REGARDING THE SALE OF A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY TO KING COUNTY
THAT RESOLUTION IS ALSO ATTACHED TO YOUR COMMISSION MEMO
THERE WILL BE A SECOND HEARING FOR THE FINAL APPROVAL, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN ON MAY 24, WHICH IS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AWAY
THE PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MAP, IT'S A POSTAGE STAMP SIZED, BLUE SHADED AREA
IT'S SEPARATED BY A RIGHT AWAY FROM THE LARGER TERMINAL ONE ONE FIVE, THE BIGGER PARCEL, AND IT'S ABOUT 1.3 ACRES, AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO SELL TO KING COUNTY AT 2.2 MILLION AT MARKET VALUE
CURRENTLY, THERE'S A TENANT ON A MONTH TO MONTH LEASE
AMERICAN BEST TRACKING NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
WHERE DO I RUN THE SLIDE? THERE'S A LOT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THIS
THE MAIN POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS REALLY KING COUNTY NEEDS THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY TO BUILD A COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW FACILITY TO COMPLY WITH THE EPA CONSENT DECREE
THIS DECISION IS MADE AFTER RIGOROUS SITE SELECTION PROCESS
IF WE CAN'T COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH KING COUNTY, THEN KING COUNTY CAN RESORT TO USING EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO AGAIN, AS WE DESCRIBED IN THE MEMO, ACTUALLY AN VERY EXTENSIVE AND RIGOROUS SITE SELECTION PROCESS DETERMINED THAT THIS IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE SITE AND US BASED ON ITS LOCATION AND SIZE
SO ASIDE FROM THE LOCATION, WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON THE BENEFITS OF THE PROPOSED CSO FACILITY TO THE COMMUNITIES WHICH THE PORT ALSO SERVES
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
THIS PROPOSED CSO FACILITY WILL CONTROL SOURCE BILLS INTO THE DUWAMISH RIVER FROM TWO DIFFERENT OUTBALLS
THIS WILL HAVE GREAT WATER QUALITY AND HEALTH BENEFITS
SO TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE DUWAMISH RIVER AND EVEN THE FISHERY RESOURCES IN THE RIVER, WE NEGOTIATED OVER THREE YEARS WITH KING COUNTY ON THE VALUE AND LOCATION OF THIS PROPOSED CSO FACILITY, COMPARED AND EXPLORED DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
IT'S CLERK HART WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS
WE LAID OUT OTHER ALTERNATIVES IN GREATER DETAIL IN THE MEMO
SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE GENERAL TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
JUST A QUICK REMINDER
THIS PROPERTY IS ABOUT 1.3 ACRES, SO IT'S NOT BIG
IT'S ALSO SEPARATED BY A RUNAWAY FROM THE LARGER TERMINAL
ONE ONE, FIVE
THERE WAS AN APPRAISAL THAT WAS DONE BACK IN 2018
THE APPRAISAL WAS THEN REVIEWED AND DETERMINED THE SALE PRICE OF ONE POINT 89 MILLION
SO WE HAVE THEN ADJUSTED THE SALE PRICE TO 2.2 MILLION TO REFLECT THE PASSING TIME AND ALSO WITH THE MARKET RATE INCREASE
SO THE SALE PRICE NOW IS JUST UP TO $2.2 MILLION
ALSO, KING COUNTY HAS ENTERED INTO TWO SITE INVESTIGATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH THE PORT AND AMERICAN BUS TRUCKING LIEUTENANT THERE TO CONDUCT DUE DILIGENCE OF WORK
THEY HAVE TWO YEARS FROM EXECUTION OF THE PURCHASE AND SALES AGREEMENT TO CLOSE THE TRANSACTION
THE DEAL
ANOTHER REMINDER IS THE SECOND READING, WHICH WILL HAPPEN ON MAY 24
THE SLIDE HAS GOT THE DATE WRONG
SORRY ABOUT THE MISTAKE THERE
IT SHOULD BE MAY 24
THAT'S IT
THANK YOU, LILY
ANY QUESTIONS FOR LILY OR FOR STAFF? YEAH
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, LILY, AND FOR YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE HERITAGE MONTH
TWO YEARS OF DUE DILIGENCE SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE TENANT IN THOSE TWO YEARS? THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO SELL, BASICALLY
SO THEY'RE UNDER A PPCD
THEY PURCHASE CONSENT DECREE WITH ECOLOGY ALSO
SO THEY NEED A PERIOD OF TIME TO DO THE SITE INVESTIGATIVE WORK TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE PPCD
ACTUALLY, I WAS REFERRING TO
I THINK YOU SAID EARLIER THAT THERE WAS A TRUCKING COMPANY THAT WAS A COMPANY
SO WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT TENANTS DURING THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD? DURING THE DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, THEY CAN STAY ON SITE AND WE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH THE TENANT FROM THE GET GO
SO FROM 2018, WHEN ONCE KING COUNTY HAS APPROACHED THE PORT, WE HAD MADE THIS KNOWN TO THEM AND THEY HAVE WILLINGLY ENTERED INTO TWO SITE ACCESS AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT AND KING COUNTY TO ALLOW KING COUNTY ACCESS SITE TO DO THE GEOTECHNICAL WORK ON SITE
I'M SORRY, JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK THAT WAS A MONTH TO MONTH
PLEASE
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, MR FELONY? SO GETTING BACK TO THE TRUCKS, HOW MANY TRUCKS CAN PARK THERE RIGHT NOW ABOUT THEY NEED TURNING RADIUS
SO WHEN YOU GO THERE, IT LOOKS AS IF IT'S NOT FULL, BUT IT IS COMPLETELY FULL
BUT YET THERE IS A GAP IN THE BETWEEN BECAUSE IT'S TURNING RADIUS HAS TO BE THERE
IT'S ABOUT ANYWHERE 20 TO 35 DEPENDING ON THE DAY
PRETTY SMALL NUMBER
IS THERE IDENTIFIED A PLACE FOR THEM TO GO? WELL, PIER LEASE, WE ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO THAT, BUT WE CAN HELP THEM
I DID NOTIFY THEM CALL THE ROLL START LOOKING ALSO ON THEIR OWN
SO WE HAVE BEEN IN TALKS WITH OTHER REAL ESTATE MANAGERS ABOUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING EVEN AVAILABLE BECAUSE I KNOW WE DELAYED THE SALE OF T TEN
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THERE WAS SPACE THERE BEFORE POTENTIALLY HAVING TO MOVE THEM AS WELL
BUT AS AN INTERIM, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW WHETHER WE COULD PICK THEM UP AS A TENANT OVER THERE
BUT I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS THE FACT THAT STORMWATER IS LIKE THE BIGGEST IMPACT OF PUGET SOUND
SO HAVING A CSO IS A GOOD THING
AND SO ALSO THE CLEANUP OF THE DUWAMISH, THE CHALLENGE THERE IS THE BACKGROUND POLLUTION
SO AS LONG AS THERE'S RUNOFF COMING OFF THE HILLSIDE, WE'RE CONTINUING
WE'RE PUTTING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD
SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO DO
I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING GOOD PROGRESS ON THAT
AT THE SAME TIME, TRUCKS ARE A PROBLEM TO OUR COMMUNITIES AS WELL
AND SO I URGE US TO FIND A WIN WIN SITUATION
THANK YOU
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? OKAY WITH THAT, COMMISSIONER? AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING
EACH SPEAKER HAS TWO MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION
CLERK HARY, DO YOU HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO GIVE TESTIMONY ON THIS ITEM? NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK
IF YOU'D LIKE TO CALL FOR ANYONE WHO HASN'T SIGNED UP, SIR, ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WHO HAS NOT SIGNED UP, HAVING NO ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE DISCUSSION OF THE COMMISSIONER
IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION 38? THREE
SO MOVE
SECONDED, THE MOTION WAS MADE
AND SECONDED, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL RIGHT WITH THAT, CLERK HARY, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY I OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED COMMISSIONER CHO, IF YOU SAY YAY
WE WON'T COUNT IT
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
I THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
YEAH
THANK YOU
I WON'T DO IT
THERE ARE FIVE AYES AND ZERO NAYS THIS ITEM
AND WITH THAT, THE MOTION INTRODUCED RESOLUTION NUMBER 3803 PASSES
THIS ITEM WILL BE BACK BEFORE THE COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF THE MAY 24, 2022 MEETING
CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD
WE'LL THEN HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
INTRODUCE IT
THANK YOU
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM TEN C, AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AUTHORIZE A BUDGET INCREASE FOR THE CONCOURSE A BUILDING EXPANSION FOR LOUNGES PROJECT AT SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY DELTA AIRLINES INCORPORATED AND AUTHORIZED AN INCREASE TO THE REIMBURSEMENT AMOUNT TO DELTA FOR A TOTAL COST OF $26,500,000 OF AN ESTIMATED TOTAL PROJECT COST OF $105,000,000
COMMISSIONER, LAST YEAR, YOU APPROVED A TENANT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT TO EXPAND CONCOURSE A FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL LOUNGE SPACE
SINCE THAT TIME, COSTS HAVE ESCALATED DUE TO A NUMBER OF REASONS
STAFF WILL WORK TIRELESSLY TO RUN THE NUMBERS AND VALIDATE ESTIMATIONS TO BRING FORWARD THIS REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING
TODAY
HAVING AN ADEQUATE LOUNGE SPACE IS ONE OF THE MANY MEASURES THAT CAN HELP US GET TO A FIVE STAR AIRPORT
OUR PRESENTERS TODAY ARE JEFF MOCHEN, INTERIM DIRECTOR, AVIATION, BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES, AND JOHN MCWILLIAMS, CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER
SO I GUESS I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, JEFF
YEAH
GOOD AFTERNOON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
AND THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND PORT COLLEAGUES
AS JUST MENTIONED, THERE'S A POWERPOINT THAT SHOULD GO ALONG WITH THIS
IF WE COULD HAVE THAT ON DISPLAY, PLEASE
YES
GIVE ME ONE MOMENT
ALL RIGHT
THANKS, BILL
OKAY
IT DID NOT OPEN IT
BEAR WITH ME
AND HERE WE GO
GREAT
THANKS FOR THAT
AND THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
OKAY
AND JUST TO REPEAT, ONCE AGAIN, JOHN MC WILLIAMS AND I ARE REQUESTING THE COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION FOR A BUDGET INCREASE FOR $26.5 MILLION, AS WELL AS A REIMBURSEMENT INCREASE TO DELTA AIRLINES FOR CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE TENANT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BY APPROXIMATELY $24 MILLION
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
WELL, I KNOW THIS TOPIC HAS BEEN SOCIALIZED AS A VERY IMPORTANT AND EXCITING INITIATIVE HERE
PROVIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BACKGROUND, IF YOU WILL, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR TWO NEWEST COMMISSIONERS, BUT PREDOMINANTLY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, THE EXPANSION OF OUR LOUNGES HERE AT FCA WILL SUPPORT INCREASED PASSENGER LEVELS, ESPECIALLY IN CONCERT WITH THE OPENING OF OUR IAF FACILITY, WHICH IS BEING CELEBRATED AND RIGHTFULLY SO
AND I THINK ALSO NOTING THAT AS WE BRING ON THE IAF, AS IT'S CALLED, WE'RE ALSO SEEING A RESURGENCE NOT ONLY FROM OUR FORMER AIRLINE PARTNERS WITH THEIR TRAVEL BACK INTO SCA, BUT WE'RE ALSO INTO THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS, WE'LL BE EMBARKING ON SOME NEW SERVICE, SPECIFICALLY WITH AIRLINES SUCH AS TURKISH AIRLINES AND AIR TAHITI NEW EAST
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE SLOWLY STARTING TO SEE A RESURGENCE BACK TO NORMALCY
AND I KNOW WE'RE ALL GREETED OUT WITH A GREAT SENSE OF ENTHUSIASM
A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND ON THE LOUNGE
JUST SPECIFICALLY, BETWEEN 2015 AND 2019, WHAT WE SAW IN THESE AMENITIES, KNOWN AS OUR AIRPORT LOUNGES, WAS A TOTAL IMPROVEMENT OR VOLUME INCREASE OF 390% SHARED USE LOUNGE
THAT'S ACTUALLY PHENOMENAL
AND WHEN YOU CONSIDER A CONCOURSE A ALONE, 899% OF OUR CUSTOMERS JOINT CUSTOMERS SEEKING A LOUNGE
NOTABLY IN THE CONCOURSE A AREA WHICH, AS WE KNOW, IS ADJACENT TO THE IS
YOU CAN SEE THE TWO ARE BOTH ALIGNED
THE CLUB AT SEA, WHICH IS OUR OWN BRANDED LOUNGE
WE HAVE TWO OF THEM, AS YOU KNOW, ONE IN THE SOUTH SATELLITE AS WELL AS IN CONCORDE
UNFORTUNATELY, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE'RE SEEING A GREAT RESURGENCE IN OUR BUSINESS
THE BAD NEWS IS OUR LOUNGES ARE VERY SPACE CONSTRAINED, AND THAT CERTAINLY TAKES AWAY FROM THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING SO INCREDIBLY HARD TO ADDRESS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU WISH TO BE A FIVE STAR CARRIER JUST PIER TO THE PANDEMIC
WHAT WE WERE SEEING ON A MONTHLY BASIS IS JUST ROUGHLY 861 CUSTOMERS A MONTH WERE BEING TURNED AWAY DUE TO A LACK OF SPACE FOR THEIR NEEDS
AND THIS IS A CRITICAL POINT BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES THIS MEAN THESE AIRLINES THAT ARE FLYING FROM LONG HAUL OVERSEAS DESTINATIONS WHO DON'T HAVE THEIR OWN BRANDED LOUNGE HERE AND THUS CHOOSE TO USE THE CLUB AT SEA, THOSE VALUABLE CUSTOMERS, THOSE IMPORTANT CUSTOMERS, WE WANT TO GIVE THEM A GREAT EXPERIENCE, AND WE'VE HAD TO ACTUALLY TURN THEM AWAY
FROM AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, 861 CUSTOMERS PER MONTH AVERAGES ANYWHERE FROM $20,000 TO $30,000 IN INCREMENTAL REVENUE THAT WE'VE HAD TO DENY
AND SO WE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE MOTIVATED ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT FRONTS TO BE PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE
ALSO NOTING THAT DELTA AIRLINES WILL BE CONSTRUCTING THEIR OWN LOUNGE ON CONCORDE USING A TENANT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
AND SO PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL HERE AT THE PORT, WE CAME TO YOU APRIL 27, 2021, FOR THE FIRST APPROVAL FOR THIS REALLY EXCITING PROJECT
AND THEN I CAME BEFORE YOU ON DECEMBER 14 TO DISCUSS THE 60% DESIGN
AND SO NOW WE'RE RETURNING TO YOU TO ASK FOR AN INCREASE IN OUR PROJECT BUDGET
SO WITH THAT, I'LL ASK JOHN MC WILLIAMS TO GIVE US SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFICS ON AYE
PROJECT
THANKS, JEFF
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GOOD AFTERNOON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND COMMISSIONERS
SO HERE YOU SEE THE PROJECT AVIATION
IT IS NEAR THE END OF CONCOURSE A, ACROSS FROM GATE A, ELEVEN AND SOUTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL FACILITY
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AND HERE IS AN EXTERIOR RENDERING VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST CONCOURSE A IS SHOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THE IAF IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE
THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES A 52,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING ADDICTION AND A RECONFIGURATION OF EXISTING SPACES IN THE ADJACENT AREA IN ORDER TO INTERFACE WITH THE BUILDING
AVIATION THE MEZZANINE LEVEL OF THIS AVIATION WILL HOUSE THE PORT PORTS, COMMON USE PASSENGER LOUNGE AND HOLD LEASABLE OFFICE SPACE
ABOVE THAT IS THE DELTA SKY CLUB ON TWO LEVELS
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THIS AERIAL VIEW SHOWS THE RELOCATION OF THE EXISTING AIRPORT MAINTENANCE STOP WHERE THEY WORK ON PASSENGER LOADING BRIDGES
THE STOP IS AT THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE SCREEN
THAT'S THE CURRENT LOCATION, AND IT'S BEING DISPLACED BY THE NEW BUILDING EXPANSION ON CONCORDE A, AND IT'S BEING MOVED TO A NEW FACILITY AT THE 188 M SITE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE AIRFIELD
THE NEW LOCATION IS GOING WITHIN THE RED CIRCLE NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE
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THE INCREASED PROJECT COSTS FALL INTO THE CATEGORIES SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN
THERE ARE SCOPE ADDITIONS, INCLUDING DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING AIRPORT BUILDING DEEMED UNFIT TO RENOVATE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BUILDING IN ITS PLACE SO THAT WILL HOUSE THE RELOCATED MAINTENANCE SHOP AND THAT'S BEING DISPLACED
THEN THERE ARE THE CONSTRUCTION MARKET CONDITIONS IMPACTED BY GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN CONDITIONS THAT HAVE CREATED SIGNIFICANT COST INCREASES, UNCERTAINTY AND VOLATILITY WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR BUYOUT CONTINGENCY, SO THIS IS ADDITIONAL CONTINGENCY
THE CONTRACTOR HAS APPLIED TO THE PROPOSAL TO COVER COST INCREASE RISKS UNTIL ALL TRADE PARTNER SUBCONTRACTORS ARE UNDER CONTRACT
PRICES KEEP GOING UP AT SUCH A RATE, THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWN UNTIL THE TRADE PARTNERS ACTUALLY SIGN THE CONTRACTS AND SOFT COST FOR DELTA AIRLINES AND THE PORT
THESE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPING THE DESIGN AND PROVIDING SUPPORT DURING CONSTRUCTION
AND DELTA AND THE PORT ARE EAGER FOR DELTA TO EXECUTE A FIXED, GUARANTEED MAXIMUM PRICE WITH THEIR CONTRACTOR TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FURTHER MARKET VOLATILITY AND COST INCREASES
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THE INCREASED PROJECT COSTS FALL INTO FIVE CATEGORIES DESCRIBED ON PREVIOUS SLIDE, AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THOSE COSTS
AND THAT THE TOTAL UP TO THE $26.5 MILLION BUDGET INCREASE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING TODAY
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THE PROJECT RISKS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE SCHEDULE IMPACT
IF THE DESIGN AND PERMITTING OF THE NEW MAINTENANCE SHOP TAKES LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED CONSTRUCTION OF THE CONCORD A EXPANSION COULD BE FURTHER DELAYED AND THERE WILL BE SOME CONSTRUCTION IN AND AROUND THE ADJACENT FORT COMMON USE PASSENGER LOUNGE
WE HAVE TEMPORARY ALTERNATE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PASSENGER LOUNGE USERS DURING THAT CONSTRUCTION
IF THAT CONSTRUCTION TAKES LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED, THE ALTERNATE ACCOMMODATION WOULD NEED TO BE EXTENDED
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THE CURRENT AUTHORIZED PROJECT BUDGET IS $78.5 MILLION AND THE TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET BEING REQUESTED TODAY IS $105,000,000
THE TRA AMOUNT WITH DELTA WOULD INCREASE AS WELL
TR IS OUR TENANT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT FROM THE PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED VALUE OF 65 POINT 92 MILLION TO ABOUT $90 MILLION UP TO THE SORRY I LOST MY PLACE
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE GOES, CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE STARTING IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR AND FINISHED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024
OKAY
THIS CONCLUDES A PREPARED PART OF OUR PRESENTATION
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN ANSWER? THANK YOU, JEFF
AND JOHN, FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS REALLY WELL PRESENTED
ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONER OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER CHO
YEAH
OUT OF CURIOSITY, THIS IS STILL GOING TO BE A SHARED LOUNGE, CORRECT? OR IS IT STILL EXCLUSIVE? YEAH
SO THIS IS A BUILDING FELON CORE THAT THE PROJECT IS BUILDING
SO IT WILL BE A DELTA LOUNGE ON TWO LEVELS AND A PORT COMMON USE LOUNGE EXPANSION AREA ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL
SO THE DELTA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING THE INTERIOR OF THEIR OWN LOUNGE
AND THE PORT HAS A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT'S AUTHORIZED FOR DESIGN CURRENTLY TO DESIGN THE INTERIOR OF THE EXPANDED PORT COMMON USE LOUNGE
OKAY
THAT'S GOOD CLARITY, ACTUALLY
AND THEN WITH REGARDS TO THE COMMON USE LOUNGE, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT AIRLINES WOULD BE UTILIZING THAT ONE? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE FOR THE AIRLINES THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FLIGHTS THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE AIRLINES TO HAVE THEIR OWN DEDICATED LINES LIKE DELTA AIRLINES OR ALASKA AIRLINES OR VIA SOME OF THE SMALLER OR INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS WITH FEWER FLIGHTS
OKAY
I CAN INFER FROM THAT WHAT THOSE AIRLINES WOULD BE
THANK YOU
I CAN OFFLINE THOSE AIRLINES TO YOU IF YOU NEED THAT INFORMATION
THANKS, JEFF
I APPRECIATE IT
COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, GREAT
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION
I ASKED A QUESTION DURING AVIATION COMMITTEE REGARDING ACCESSIBILITY IN THE SKY LOUNGE AREA
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE TWO FLOORS
AND THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED DURING THE AVIATION COMMITTEE WAS WHEN THERE ARE TWO FLOORS IN A MEZZANINE AREA, IS A RAMP OR AN ELEVATOR REQUIRED? AND THE RESPONSE BACK I GOT WAS THAT IF THE MEZZANINE IS LESS THAN 25% OF THE TOTAL AREA OF THE LOUNGE AND OFFERS THE SAME SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE LOWER AREA, THEN WE'RE EXEMPT BY CODE TO REQUIRE AN ELEVATOR OR RAMP
I THINK FROM A CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDPOINT OF HAVING A RAMP JUST HELPS US GET TO THAT FIVE STAR GOAL
AND I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT
YEAH
THANKS, COMMISSIONER, FOR THE QUESTION
SO THESE LOUNGES ARE SERVED BY THE ELEVATORS THROUGH THE FOOTPRINT WE'RE WORKING WITH, RAMPS DO TAKE UP QUITE A BIT MORE SPACE, AND WE AYE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO FIND SPACE ANYWHERE WE CAN ON THIS SMALL AIRPORT FOOTPRINT
SO THERE WILL NOT BE A RAMP UP THERE LIKE A GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM SPIRAL, BUT THERE IS DEFINITELY ACCESS TO ALL AREAS FOR ALL USERS VIA ELEVATOR
THANK YOU
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, MR FELLEMAN? SO DOES THIS BLOCK ANY OF THE LIGHT OUT OF THE IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT BUTTS UP RIGHT INTO
YEAH, THIS AREA
SO AT THE SOUTH END OF THE IAF, WHERE THIS UP TO THAT IS REALLY A BANK OF ELEVATORS, SO THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY VIEW
THERE'S SOME SMALL BAND OF CLEAR STORY LIGHTING, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT MUCH
IT'S MOSTLY BLOCKED IN THE IAF BY THEIR OWN ELEVATORS, SO WE'RE NOT IMPACTING THIS MUCH AT ALL
GREAT
THANK YOU
THANKS, COMMISSIONER, JUST ONE QUESTION FOR ME
HAS THE MAJORITY OF INTEREST WEIGHED IN ON THIS PROJECT? YES, THEY DID VOTE ON THIS AND APPROVE IT BACK AT THE END OF LAST YEAR
IN FACT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEFING UPDATE FOR THEM THIS WEEK AS WELL ON THE SCHEDULE UPDATES
AND I GUESS I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A BIG CAPITAL PROJECT LIKE THIS, I ALWAYS WONDER ABOUT THE PAYBACK PERIOD
WHAT DO WE THINK THE PAYBACK PERIOD IS FOR THIS WITHIN THE KIND OF UNIQUE FINANCIAL SYSTEM THAT WE USE WITH OUR RATES AND CHARGES, COVERING THE OVERALL AIRPORT BUDGET EACH YEAR AND FIGURING OUT HOW TO AMORTIZE A BIG PROJECT LIKE THIS OVER MANY YEARS, WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE BEING THE PAYBACK PERIOD FOR ALL THE REVENUES THAT WILL COME IN AFTER THIS IS CONSTRUCTED? YEAH
OUR FINANCE AND BUDGET STAFF HAVE ANALYZED IT AND DETERMINED THAT IT DOES PAY BACK
SO THIS IS A PROFITABLE UNDERTAKING FOR THE AIRPORT
AS FAR AS A SPECIFIC PAYBACK AMOUNT, I'M SORRY, I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION AT THIS TIME
IF ANYBODY ELSE KNOWS OTHERWISE, I WILL BE HAPPY TO GET BACK TO COMMISSIONER
YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT
OKAY
YES
SORRY, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS THE SPECIFIC DETAILS, BUT THE FINANCE TEAM HAD DONE THE MTV CALCULATION AND IT WAS UPDATED THE SPECIFICS
WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU AT A LATER DATE, IF THAT'S OKAY
I MEAN, HONESTLY, IT WAS SORT OF A YES NO QUESTION, AND YOU'VE ANSWERED IT WITH THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE A NICE FOLLOW UP
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, SO DELTA IS BUILDING THE WHOLE THING
IT'S UNDER THERE
IS THAT THE WAY? RIGHT? YEAH
THIS IS A TENANT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
RIGHT
AND SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE PORT FACILITY, WHATEVER THE RENOVATIONS TO THE INTERIOR
WE DO THE INTERIOR, BUT WHATEVER STRUCTURAL STUFF IS BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS ADDITIONAL ESCALATION OF COST THAT WE'RE PAYING DELTA BASED ON THESE OTHER PARAMETERS THAT YOU SAID, IN ADDITION TO THE OVERALL COST, OUR PORTION OF IT WITH THE $24 MILLION
HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE PIECE THAT THE PORT IS OBLIGATED TO DELTA FOR
OKAY, SO WE WOULD INCREASE THE OVERALL BUDGET BY THE 26.5 MILLION, AND THAT WOULD INCREASE TO THE DELTA TENANT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WOULD INCREASE UP TO $90 MILLION
OKAY
SO THE OVERALL RATE
SO THE OVERALL EXPENSE GOES UP AND SO THE TENANT REIMBURSEMENT
THAT'S JUST THE TOTAL AMOUNT
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY
IS THERE A MOTION A SECOND FOR THIS ITEM? SECOND
ALL RIGHT
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE
COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY AYE OR NAYE WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER HOSKOWA AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CHO AYE
THANK YOU
AND COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU
YOU HAVE FIVE AYES AND ZERO NAYS
THIS ITEM, ALL RIGHT
WITH THAT, THE MOTION PASSES
WE ARE NOW MOVING TO ITEM ELEVEN, WHICH IS PRESENTATIONS AND STAFF REPORTS
THIS IS A UNIQUE STAFF PRESENTATION THAT HAS BEEN PRE RECORDED, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING TO ALLOW OUR STAFF TO PRERECORD PRESENTATIONS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE A SORT OF MORE ROBUST PRESENTATION METHOD
AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS ONE MYSELF
I'M GRATEFUL TO THE STAFF THAT UNDERTOOK THIS INITIATIVE TO BE THE KIND OF GUINEA PIGS IN THIS FIRST ATTEMPT
BUT PLEASE TAKE GOOD NOTES, COMMISSIONERS, WHILE THIS VIDEO IS PLAYING, BECAUSE YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP AND ASK THEM
IT'S PRERECORDED
THEY DIDN'T ANTICIPATE A QUESTION
THEY DID
THAT'S THE THING
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AFTER
CLARK, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD, AND THEN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK WILL INTRODUCE IT
THANK YOU
AUBREE, ARE YOU READY? OKAY
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM ELEVEN, A FORTERRA A SCREEN CITIES CLOSE OUT REPORT
COMMISSIONER AND MR PRESIDENT, THANKS FOR LETTING US TEST DRIVE THIS METHOD BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS UNKNOWN TIME FOR THE PRESENTATION AS WELL
SO THANKS FOR LETTING US TEST OUT AND TRY TO INNOVATE IT IN THIS SIDE
COMMISSIONERS, THE AYE GREEN CITIES PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS IN THE NEAR AIRPORT CITIES OF BURIEN, DES MOINES AND SEATAC WAS MADE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE 2016 ALLOCATION OF FUNDING BY THE PORT COMMISSION
THE PORT TOURIST STAFF WILL CO PRESENT A CLOSE OUT REPORT ON THE ACE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM
THIS REPORT WILL INCLUDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE URBAN FOREST ENHANCEMENT PLANS OR EFFORTS INCREASING TREE CANOPY IN OUR LEADERSHIP MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE PRESENTATION, THE VIDEO, WE HAVE ANDY GREGORY, SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, ENVIRONMENTAL ENGAGEMENT, AND JENNY YUGOLINO, GREEN CITY'S PROGRAM MANAGER WITH FORTERRA, WHO WILL BOTH BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE VIDEO
CLIFFORD, JUST GIVE US A MOMENT HERE WHILE WE GET THAT VIDEO UP
YOU ALREADY ARE
HANG ON
I KNOW IT'S INVITED
GOT IT
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY
WE'RE HERE TO DISCUSS THE ACE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIPS CLOSE OUT REPORT
MY NAME IS ANDY GREGORY AND I'M SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WORKING TO SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM AT THE AIRPORT
AND I'M JENNY UGLINO, GREEN CITIES PROGRAM MANAGER AT FORT ERA
SO TODAY WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THIS WORK, STARTING WITH THE BACKGROUND OF THE AYE OR AIRPORT COMMUNITY ECOLOGY FUND
THEN TALKING THROUGH THE URBAN FOREST ASSESSMENTS THAT FORTERRA CONDUCTED FOR EACH OF THE CITIES BUREAU SEATAC IN DES MOINES, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE UNIQUE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS DONE TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM, THE URBAN FOREST ENHANCEMENT PLANS THAT HAVE FORMED THE FOUNDATION OF THE STEWARDSHIP WORK THAT'S TAKING PLACE TODAY, THE WORK TO SUPPORT DES MOINES MEMORIAL DRIVE AND THE REFORESTATION OF ELM TREES ALONG THE DRIVE, IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS GREAT WORK IN THE THREE CITIES THAT WERE SUPPORTED, ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND NEXT STEPS I'D LIKE TO START TODAY WITH SOME BACKGROUND ON THE ACE, OR AIRPORT COMMUNITY ECOLOGY FUND
THIS FUND WAS LAUNCHED IN 2016 AND PROVIDED $1 MILLION OF SUPPORT TO THE CITIES OF BURIEN, DES MOINES, AND SEATAC
THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME RECOGNIZED THAT THESE CITIES CLOSEST TO THE AIRPORT RECEIVED DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACTS FROM AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND THEREFORE SHOULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
THE WORK WAS INTENDED TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS IN THE CITIES AND WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PRIMARY PROGRAMS, ONE A SMALL MATCHING GRANTS PROGRAM THAT WAS PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS TO APPLY FOR FUNDING UP TO $10,000 TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY LED RESTORATION AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
THE NEXT CONTRACT WITH FORTERRA TO LAUNCH GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS IN EACH OF THE CITIES
THE GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH JENNY WILL DISCUSS FURTHER, ARE THE REGIONAL STANDARDS FOR URBAN FOREST RESTORATION AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIES AND COMMUNITIES TO GET TOGETHER TO PLOT A PLAN TO RECOVER URBAN FORESTS
SO WITH THAT, I'LL SWITCH TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND HAND IT OVER TO JENNY
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANDY
VERY PROUD TO BE HERE AND REPRESENT FORTERRA 30 YEAR NONPROFIT WORKING ACROSS THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND SPECIFICALLY OUR GREEN CITIES PROGRAM, WHICH HAS A 15 YEAR HISTORY BEGINNING IN 2005 WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND DEVELOPING UNIQUE PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITIES FOR TERROR AS A NONPROFIT, OTHER NONPROFIT AND PRIVATE FUNDERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
YOU'LL SEE WITH AN ADJACENT MAP THAT IN THE PAST 15 YEARS WE'VE EXPANDED, AND WITH SUPPORT PORTS SUPPORT, WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE OUR WORK IN SOUTH KING COUNTY, BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS IN SEATAC, BURIEN, AND DES MOINES
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THIS FUNDING, RECOGNIZING FOR TERRA'S LEADERSHIP IN A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP, REALLY INTERESTED IN A LONG TERM STEWARDSHIP OF URBAN PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS, WORKING ALONGSIDE AN INFORMED AND ENGAGED COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT
WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO TYPICALLY WHEN WE BEGIN A GREEN CITY PARTNERSHIP, FIRST WE UNDERGO A FOREST ASSESSMENT
IN MOST CASES, AND IN THIS CASE WITH OUR AYE CREAM CITIES PARTNERSHIPS, WE WORKED WITH A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SUBCONSULTANT IN FOREST MANAGEMENT, AMERICAN FOREST MANAGEMENT, AND COLLABORATED WITH EACH CITY TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR ASSESSMENT
WHAT WAS UNIQUE IN THIS CASE, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE PORT, WAS TO NOT ONLY PERFORM AN ASSESSMENT OF URBAN PARKS AND NATURAL AREAS WITHIN EACH CITY LIMITS, BUT TO EXTEND OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE URBAN CANOPY INTO ALL TREES WITHIN EACH CITY PARK WITHIN EACH CITY MUNICIPALITY, LOOKING AT STREET TREES, BACKYARD TREES, AND OTHER TREES WITHIN THE REGION
AND THIS ASSESSMENT BREAKS DOWN CANOPY INTO HABITAT MANAGEMENT UNITS, WHICH ARE UNITS OF TEN ACRES OR LESS IN SIZE THAT ARE CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR HABITAT AND OTHER NATURAL BOUNDARIES
AND THIS HELPS US TO BREAK APART AND PRIORITIZE OUR WORK IN URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT AND RESTORATION
TAKING A LOOK AT INVASIVE AND NATIVE SPECIES COVER IN WHAT WE CALL A TRIAGE MODEL TO PRIORITIZE WORK IN AREAS OF THE HIGHEST RISK THAT WILL ALSO RECEIVE THE GREATEST BENEFITS
ADDITIONALLY, WE WORKED WITH ANOTHER SUB CONSULTANT CALLED CORE GIS TO OVERLAY SPECIFIC ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL FACTORS, WHICH HELPED US UNDERSTAND WHERE CANOPY WAS AND WHERE CANOPY WASN'T IN RELATION TO THINGS LIKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LOW INCOME HOUSING, SENIOR CENTERS, AND THE LIKE
AND WHAT WE FOUND WAS SPECIFICALLY THAT URBAN CANOPY PERCENTAGE WAS LESSER WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH PROVIDED THE IMPULSE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND PILOT A NEW GREEN CITIES MODEL, WORKING SPECIFICALLY WITH PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ON PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPUSES
CONTINUING THIS WORK NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
THIS PROJECT WAS ALSO UNIQUE IN OUR APPROACH TO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AS ANDY RECOGNIZED NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES RECEIVING MORE BENEFITS IN TERMS OF THIS PROJECT, RECOGNIZING A LONG HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE INHERENT BARRIERS OF RECEIVING PERSONALIZED FEEDBACK THAT WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE WERE WORKING IN
SOME BARRIERS THAT WE WORK TO REMOVE, SUCH AS LANGUAGE BARRIERS AND COMMUNITY TRUST, WAS ONLY MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH GLOBAL TO LOCAL A LOCAL NONPROFIT USING A COMMUNITY CONNECTORS MODEL, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO REACH HARDER TO REACH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
AND SO, IN ADDITION TO HAVING TRADITIONAL OPEN HOUSES AND SURVEYS, COMMUNITY CONNECTORS MADE ONE ON ONE RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ACROSS THE BOARD, WE HEARD MORE BROADER CONCERNS
BEYOND THE SPECIFIC MAPPING OF URBAN FOREST CANOPY AND CANOPY COVER, WE HEARD FEEDBACK MORE BROADLY ON CONCERNS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE, THOSE IMMEDIATE IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY'S BASIC NEEDS, AND HOW ALL OF THESE ISSUES IMPACT YOUNG PEOPLE OF TODAY
AND THIS DIRECT FEEDBACK, ALONG WITH THE RESULTS FROM THE FOREST ASSESSMENT, REALLY DROVE US TO FOCUS INCREASING CANOPIES IN YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS NEXT SLIDE
SO BASED ON ALL OF THAT RESEARCH AND QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE INFORMATION, BUT INCORPORATING RESULTS FROM OUR ANALYSIS AND MODELING AND FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE CREATED 20 YEAR PLANS AND GUIDES TAILORED TO THE NEEDS OF EACH CITY AND DES MOINES
WHILE AN INITIAL IMPETUS MIGHT BE TO PLANT TREES STRAIGHT AWAY AND CERTAINLY THE PLANT MANY TREES OVER THE LIFE OF THE PROJECT, THIS INVESTMENT FROM THE PORT REALLY NAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR CONTINUED STRATEGIC PLANNING
THESE ARE 20 YEAR PLANS WHICH OUTLINE COSTS AND RESOURCES NEEDED, HIGHLIGHT PRIORITY PARK AREAS, AND THIS CONTINUES TO SHAPE OUR FOCUS, OUR FUNDRAISING, STEWARDSHIP PLANS FOR PARKS, AND WORK WITH NEW PARTNERS
EXCELLENT
ANOTHER UNIQUE ELEMENT OF THIS PROJECT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ALONG THE DES MOINES MEMORIAL DRIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DES MOINES MEMORIAL DRIVE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION AND THEIR VERY IMPORTANT WORK OF DRAWING ATTENTION AND COMMEMORATING THE LIVES OF WASHINGTON RESIDENTS LOST IN THE GREAT WAR
NOW, MANY OF THE TREES THAT WERE INITIALLY PLANTED ALONG THIS EIGHT MILE STRETCH HAVE SINCE DIED OR WERE REMOVED FOR OTHER REASONS
AND THIS PROVED A UNIQUE CHALLENGE AS A MULTI JURISDICTIONAL SPACE WHERE NOT ALL LAND IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
AND SO WHAT WE DID, WITH THE SUPPORT OF FORTE'S GIS DIRECTOR AND CITY PARTNERS, WAS TO ACCESS BOTH ARCGIS SHAPE FILES, NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL DATA, AND TAX PARCEL INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY PRIVATELY HELD LANDS AND THEIR LAND COVER CRITERIA, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WERE BUILDINGS, OTHER GREEN SPACE, OPEN WATER, AND TAYLOR DESIGN A VERY TAILORED AND INTERACTIVE RTS WEB MAP FOR LANDOWNERS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK UP ON THEIR PROPERTY AND SEE IF IT WAS SUITABLE FOR AN ELM TREE PLANTING AND COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE
WE ALSO CREATED A COMPLIMENT OF AN OUTREACH MAILER AND FLYER TO DO THIS DIRECT OUTREACH
NOW, WHILE WE REGRET THAT NO ELM TREES WERE PLANTED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS RESEARCH AND BODY OF WORK WILL CONTINUE TO BE A SUCCESSFUL WAY FOR THE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS GREAT WORK
NEXT SLIDE THE UNDERGROUND IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE URBAN FORESTRY PROJECTS IS THE LIFEBLOOD OF FORTERRAS WORK
IT'S THE WORK THAT REALLY BRINGS ENERGY IN THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS
AND THE FOUNDATION OF THIS WORK TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN OUR FOUR STEWARD PROGRAM WHERE WE TRAIN COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO LEAD RESTORATION EVENTS IN THEIR LOCAL PARK OR GREEN SPACE
AND ONE STORY THAT COMES TO MIND IS FOR STEWARD IN THE CITY OF DES MOINES WHO HAD LEARNED ABOUT THE PORT'S INVESTMENT AND REACHED OUT TO THE CITY PARKS DEPARTMENT FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO CLEAN UP THE MOURNS KATY CITY PARK, WHICH, ALTHOUGH IN A VERY RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES, WAS UNDERUTILIZED AS THE SPACE WAS OVERRUN BY A LOT OF INVASIVE, DIDN'T HAVE THE KIND OF SIGHT LINES TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL ENCOURAGED TO JOIN THE SPACE AND THROUGH FOR TERRORIST SUPPORT
THEY ORGANIZED COMMUNITY GROUP GATHERINGS TO REMOVE TRUCKLOADS OF LITTER FROM THE SPACE AND BEGAN INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL IN ORDER TO CREATE A GATHERING SPACE WHERE NOW BOY SCOUTS IMPLEMENT SERVICE PROJECTS
FAMILIES COME AND LEARN AND SHARE WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND WE HOLD ONGOING RESTORATION EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
I'D ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK OF PARTNERING EMPLOYMENT PARTNER
UNEMPLOYMENT IS ANOTHER LOCAL NONPROFIT WORKING WITH RECENT IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN SOUTH KING COUNTY WHO REALLY RECOGNIZE, ESPECIALLY OVER THE TIME OF COVID, THAT MORE YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES WERE NEEDED AND WE WERE ABLE TO PAY THROUGH A SUBCONTRACT 25 YOUTH TO LEARN RESTORATION TECHNIQUES, TO LEARN LEADERSHIP SKILLS, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GREEN JOB PATHWAYS IN THE REGION
AND THEY WERE THE ONES LAST YEAR, IN THE FALL OF 2021, WHO HELPED US IMPLEMENT GREEN CITY DAY EVENTS, WHICH ARE LARGE SCALE PLANTING EVENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE IN EACH OF THE THREE CITIES AND THEY HELPED PUT TOGETHER PLANTING PLANTS, PLANT ORDERS, GAVE PLANT DEMOS, DAY OF AND HELPED US ALL TO CELEBRATE THE URBAN FOREST NEXT SLIDE
SO HERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE KEY MEASURES OF SUCCESS FOR THIS ON THE GROUND IMPLEMENTATION
PARTICULARLY, I LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT WE TRAIN 14 FOR STEWARDS, MUCH LIKE THE STEWARD AT KITTY CITY PARK TO STEWARD THEIR LOCAL PARK OR GREEN SPACE
WE'RE CURRENTLY ACTIVE DOING RESTORATION EVENTS IN ELEVEN PARKS ACROSS THE REGION AND HAVE PLANTED NEARLY 1000 TREES
NEXT SLIDE AND THE PORT'S INITIAL INVESTMENT OF $450,000
LOOKING AT THIS PIE CHART HERE, YOU CAN TRULY SEE THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AND THE PARTICIPATION, NOT JUST ON A COMMUNITY LEVEL OF FORCE, STEWARDS, CITY STAFF, AND OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERS REALLY COMING TOGETHER TO CHAMPION THIS WORK
OVER ONE POINT, $28 MILLION HAS BEEN INVESTED TO DATE, INCLUDING ALMOST A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF NONPORT MATCHING FUNDS
AND I KNOW THAT THIS NETWORK THAT HAS BEEN LEVERAGED THROUGH THESE PARTNERSHIPS BUILT, LITERALLY PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR CONTINUED WORK IN URBAN FOREST RESTORATION IN THE REGION
AND WE AYE GRATEFUL FOR THE PORT LEADERSHIP IN THAT PROCESS
NEXT SLIDE
THANK YOU, JENNY, FOR BOTH YOUR PRESENTATION AS WELL AS YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THIS SPACE
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ALL THE WORK THAT FOR TARA HAS PUT INTO THIS PROJECT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS
I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT NEXT STEPS AND THE CONTINUED ROLE OF PORT LEADERSHIP IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE IN SOUTH KING COUNTY
THE PORT HAMDI THE FORESIGHT TO PROVIDE THIS INITIAL INVESTMENT TO THE COMMUNITY, WHICH, AS YOU CAN SEE, HAS BLOSSOMED INTO AMAZING NEW PARTNERSHIPS AND NEW LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN SOUTH KING COUNTY
WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT WORK BY CONTINUING THE INVESTMENTS OF THE SOUTH KING COUNTY COMMUNITY IMPACT FUND, SPECIFICALLY IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM
THIS PROGRAM BUILDS OFF THE SUCCESSFUL AIRPORT COMMUNITY ECOLOGY FUND SMALL MATCHING GRANTS MODEL AND EXPANDS OUT THE WORK BEYOND JUST SEATAC DES MOINES AND BURYING TO INCLUDE OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES AND TO FUND LARGER PROJECTS UP TO $60,000 OVER THE COURSE OF THREE YEARS
WE REALLY SEE THIS AS THE BEST WAY TO DIRECTLY INVEST IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINES OF THIS WORK TO EMPOWER THE LEADERS OF THE FUTURE
HERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF CURRENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND, WHICH ARE DOING JUST THAT, IMPLEMENTING THE WORK FOR TERRACE URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS AND EMPOWERING FRONTLINE COMMUNITIES TO BE THE LEADERS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT GOING FORWARD
FIRST WOULD BE THE AFRICAN YOUNG DREAMERS EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS GOING TO BE DOING YOUTH ACTIVISM AND RESTORATION IN THE CITY OF DES MOINES, SERVE ETHIOPIANS WASHINGTON, WHICH WILL BE TRAINING FOREST STEWARDS TO WORK IN ANGLE LAKE PARK AND PAYING THEM FOR THEIR WORK
THE DIRT CORPS, WHICH WILL BE WORKING WITH STUDENTS FROM NEW START HIGH SCHOOL TO CONDUCT FOREST RESTORATION IN SALMON CREEK PARK AND PARTNER EMPLOYMENT, WHICH YOU HEARD FROM
JENNY HAS BEEN JUST A FOUNDATIONAL PARTNER IN THIS WORK AND SHARING THEIR INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE OF COMMUNITY AND WHAT IT TAKES TO PROVIDE WRAP AROUND SERVICES FOR YOUTH AND OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES TO CONDUCT THIS WORK
AND FINALLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLOSE BY SAYING THAT WE WILL BE ALSO INVESTING $400,000 IN A COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING CONTRACT THAT WILL PROVIDE DIRECT SUPPORT AND RESOURCES TO OTHER NONPROFITS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS AS WELL AS THE CITIES WHO ARE JUST INCREDIBLY VALUABLE PARTNERS IN THIS WORK GOING FORWARD SO THAT THE MOVEMENT CONTINUES TO GROW AND THIS WORK CAN BE SUSTAINED GOING INTO THE FUTURE
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY
WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
ANDY AND JENNY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRERECORDED PRESENTATION
THAT WAS EXCELLENT
THANKS FOR BEING OUR GUINEA PIGS, AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, FOR THAT ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION WAY THAT EASILY DISTRIBUTABLE, TOO, FOR FOLKS WHO AREN'T ABLE TO TUNE IN EITHER IN PERSON OR IN THE LIVE STREAM RIGHT NOW
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER NOW WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION
MR MOHAMED, I SAW YOU
YEAH
JENNY AND ANDY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION
THAT WAS SUPER INFORMATIVE
AND I WILL JUST SAY I LOVE THIS FUND AND PROJECT THAT YOU GUYS ALL AYE TAKING ON
THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY ECOLOGY FUND IS THE TYPE OF FUNDS AND PROJECTS THAT EXCITE ME AND HAPPY TO BE ON THE PORT COMMISSION TO SUPPORT SIMILAR PROJECTS
I LOVE THE COMMUNITY CONNECTOR MODEL, THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR MODEL, THE GREEN CITY DAY EVENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE
AND I'VE PARTICIPATED IN THOSE IN SOUTH KING
THE QUESTION I HAD WAS AROUND SLIDE TEN
JENNY, YOU SAID YOU GUYS PLANTED ABOUT 1000 TREES
IS THERE EFFORTS TO MONITOR THOSE TREES? HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GROWING? SURETY, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
PART OF OUR MODEL IS WHEN WE SELECT PARK SITES FOR PLANTINGS FOR GREEN CITY DAYS
AND NORMALLY WE SELECT ONE PARK SITE PER CITY ANNUALLY AND THAT ROTATES THE DIFFERENT PARKS THAT HAVE ACTIVE RESTORATION PROJECTS DURING THE YEAR
WE SELECT PROJECTS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR STEWARDS WORKING AND HOSTING EVENTS IN THAT SPACE
AND SO THEY'RE REALLY THE FOLKS THAT ARE KIND OF THE AYES AND EARS ON THE GROUND TO CHECK IN ON THINGS AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS LOOKING HEALTHY, REACH OUT TO US AND REQUEST ADDITIONAL RESOURCES OR PARK STAFF THAT WE NEED TO MULCH THIS AREA OR WORK ON A WATERING PLAN OR GATHER ADDITIONAL VOLUNTEERS FOR THIS SPACE AND FOLLOW UP
BUT IT'S ALL PART OF SITE SPECIFIC STEWARDSHIP PLANS THAT WE CREATE FOR THE YEAR AND REVISIT YEAR OVER YEAR
AND IS THAT REPORTED BACK TO THE PORT IN TERMS OF THE STEWARDSHIP PLANS? YEAH
LIKE DATA ON, LIKE, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE TREE OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES, DOES THAT INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE SHARING GET REPORTED BACK TO AYE.? NOT CURRENTLY, NO
HOWEVER, WITH OUR EVERGREEN CARBON CAPTURE PROGRAM, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROGRAM OF FORTERRA, WE DO WORK ON A SIMILAR MODEL TO FUNDERS
AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT FOUNDATION AS AN ORGANIZATION TO CONTINUE OUT WITH A MODEL LIKE THAT
THANK YOU
YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT
I'M SURE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR OUR PORT TEAM
THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD WAS AROUND THE 20 YEAR PLAN THAT WAS TAILORED TO EACH CITY
WHERE IS THAT INFORMATION FOUND? IS THAT LIKE, PUBLISHED ON EACH CITY SITE, OR IS THAT ON OUR NEXT SLIDE? YES, I BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED COPIES OF THESE PLANS, BUT THEY ARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND THEY'RE HOSTED ON USUALLY CITIZEN'S WEBSITE, FORTERRA'S WEBSITE, AND HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE OFFLINE AS WELL
OKAY, GREAT
THAT'S HELPFUL
THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO GET THE LIVE ONES BACK AGAIN, SO THANK YOU
THIS JUST AVOIDS US FROM INTERRUPTING YOU ALONG THE WAY, BUT WE STILL GET THE SUBJECT ENTIRELY
MASTER MODE
THANK YOU
AND SO IT IS THE END OF AN ERA HERE WHERE THE ACE FUND IS NOW EMPTIED
THIS IS THE CASE, YOU'RE SAYING
RIGHT
SO I THINK IF I COULD JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THIS IS THE COMPLETION OF THE FORTERRA CONTRACT PORTION OF THE ACE FUND
THERE ARE SOME, AS WE NOTED, AS WE TRANSITION FROM THE A SMALL MATCHING GRANTS PROGRAM INTO THE SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND, THERE WERE SOME FUNDS LEFT IN THE MATCHING GRANTS PROGRAM
I THINK WE HAVE FINALLY ALLOCATED ALL OF THOSE FUNDS WITH THE PROJECTS THAT CAME IN IN ROUND TWO OF THE SOUTH KING COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS PROGRAM THIS YEAR
WELL, IT'S GREAT THAT THE SPIRIT OF IT CONTINUES
AND I WAS VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THAT WITH THE COMMISSIONER CRAYON
SO RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, I THINK THOSE PLANS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVE THE HARD COPIES
YOU SHOULD ALL GET A COPY OF THOSE
THEY'RE GREAT PLANS
AND THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THEM IS MORE IMPORTANT
I WAS DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT THERE AYE NO ELMS BEEN PLANTED YET
I UNDERSTAND IT'S A DIFFICULT, MULTIJURISDICTIONAL THING, BUT IT ALSO HAD THAT PARTICULARLY SENTIMENTAL QUALITY TO IT
WAS THERE SOME TECHNICAL IMPEDIMENT OR WHAT WAS THE CHALLENGE THERE? SURE
I THINK I'LL JUMP IN AND THEN JENNY, YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AS WELL
I THINK COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND THERE WERE SEVERAL CHALLENGES IN SIGHTING AND STEWARDING THE TREES IS A CHALLENGE
IDENTIFYING A SOURCE
I THINK FORTERRA IDENTIFIED A NURSERY THAT COULD SOURCE THE TREES, AND THEY HAD SORT OF LIKE MINIMUM QUANTITY ORDER REQUIREMENTS
AND WE HAD CHALLENGES EVEN IN THE OUTREACH THAT WAS DONE IN MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS
ADDITIONALLY, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT COVID HAS PLAYED A MAJOR IMPEDIMENT ROLE IN THE PREVENTION OF SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ON THE GROUND IMPLEMENTATION THAT WAS ENVISIONED AT THE ONSET OF THIS PROGRAM
I THINK THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS WERE REALLY SPENT IN THIS PLANNING AND COORDINATION PHASE, AND THEN IT WAS ENVISIONED THAT WE'D HAVE AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS OUT THERE PLANTING TREES
AND I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY THE SUPPORT FOR DES MOINES MEMORIAL DRIVE WAS IMPEDED IN THAT WAY
I THINK
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE DES MOINES MEMORIAL DRIVE PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION IS A CURRENT RECIPIENT IN ROUND TWO OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL GRANT NOT TO PLANT ELM TREES, BUT THIS ONE IS TO PROVIDE UTILITY WRAPS, COMMEMORATIVE UTILITY WRAPS AT 14 INTERSECTIONS ALONG THE DRIVE
AND SO JUST A NOTE THAT THEY CAN QUALIFY AS RECIPIENTS OF OUR FUNDING AND OTHER FUNDING GOING FORWARD
AND I THINK WE ALL FEEL REALLY STRONGLY THAT THEY NOW HAVE THE TOOLS TO TAKE THAT PROGRAM TO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND TO REALLY GET SOME TREES IN THE GROUND AT THIS POINT
THANK YOU FOR THAT
I HAD A COUPLE MORE
I WAS REALLY DELIGHTED TO SEE THE KING COUNTY AND DNR HAVE STEPPED UP IN PART OF PROVIDING THIS MATCHING
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE TO THE DEGREE WHAT THOSE ADDITIONAL IT'S GREAT THAT MONEY CAN LEVERAGE MONEY
AND TO THE DEGREE HOW THESE PROGRAMS GET EXPANDED DUE TO THOSE MATCHING FUNDS WOULD ALWAYS BE GREAT
CERTAINLY VALUE ADDED TO ENCOURAGE US TO DO MORE
SO IT'S IN YOUR ELEVATED SELF INTEREST TO TELL US HOW MUCH OUR MONEY LEVERAGED ADDITIONAL FUNDS
AND I JUST THINK MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS ALSO IS A GREAT THING
THE THING THAT I ALSO NOTED WAS THAT IN THIS ITEM THAT WE JUST HAD A TEN A WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THOSE TWO LITTLE TRIANGLES, WHERE WOULD WE PLANT THOSE TREES? IT SEEMS TO ME THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT WOULD INFORM YOU'RE SAYING THAT AROUND SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A PARTICULARLY DEARTH OF TREES
SO, I MEAN, IF YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE THESE TWO TRIANGLES AND HOW MANY OF THE TREES ARE COMING OUT, IF WE CAN PLANT THEM NEAR SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SPACES, YOU'VE ALREADY PROVIDED, HAVING A PLAN LIKE THAT AFFORDS US A VERY THOUGHTFUL WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS STRATEGICALLY
AND I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NORTH SEA TECH PARK HAS BEEN A BENEFICIARY OF THIS
RIGHT
I'VE WALKED IT WITH NAOMI, AND IN FACT, BECAUSE OF THE STEWARDSHIP PROGRAMS, WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE SOME INVASIVE REMOVAL
AND I THINK THAT'S PARTICULARLY GREAT
AND THEN JUST FINALLY THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS ALSO A TOOL
I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALSO ENUMERATED WHAT THE GREENHOUSE GAS BENEFITS WOULD BE IF THE FULL RESTORATION OF THE PLAN WENT FORWARD BY CITY, WHICH I THINK THAT IS ALSO A GREAT TOOL, ALTHOUGH I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF ESTIMATIONS GOING ON THERE
BUT AGAIN, IN TERMS OF GUIDING FUTURE WORK, I THINK THAT AS A TOOL, I THINK THAT'S GREAT
AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT THIS WORK IS GOING TO BE USED IN OUR AVIATION OF THE QUESTION ABOUT PRESERVATION OF THE WHOLE OF NORTH SEA TECH PARK, AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE DATA ARE INCORPORATED INTO THAT REVIEW
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
ANDY, I'M NOT SURE YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO SPEAK TO THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE
THAT MIGHT BE FOR GENERAL COUNSELOR STEVE
BUT STEVE, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC QUESTION THERE, BUT I NOTE THE OVERLAPPING OF THE FORTERRA WORK WITH THE NORTH SEATAC PARK AS WE TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE GOING FORWARD, COMMISSIONER
RIGHT
IT'S JUST A QUESTION
IT'S LIKE NOT ALL TREES ARE CREATED EQUAL
RIGHT
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY ARE, THEIR CONTEXT NEXT TO WHETHER IT BE A BUILDING OR THE REST OF A FOREST
AND SO THIS PLANNING EFFORT HELPED PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE OTHERWISE KIND OF EPHEMERAL VALUATIONS THAT I WOULD HOPE WOULD BE PART OF THAT AJAC PROCESS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT SAYING JUST IN GENERAL WHEN YOU'RE SAYING, YEAH, IT'S NOT LIKE ALL TREES, BUT HOW CHEESE TREES, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND WHAT THE IMPACTS OF THEM SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT WHEN WE LOOK AT
RIGHT
WHEN WE LOOK AT REPLANTING ELSEWHERE, BUT ALSO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE RELATIVE VALUE OF NORTH SEA TYPE PARK, THOSE TREES IN THOSE PLACES HAVE A DIFFERENT VALUE PERHAPS, THAN THOSE ALONG MEMORIAL DRIVE FROM AN ECOLOGICAL OR HEAT DOME OR WHATEVER THE QUESTION MAY BE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT REASON TO HAVE FORTERRA AS PARTNERS ON THIS
FOLKS WHO BRING THAT KIND OF EXPERTISE TO HELP US ANALYZE
WELL, THEY'VE PROVIDED A BETTER ROADMAP TO DO THE ANALYSIS THAT NOW WE'RE OBLIGATED TO DO FOR THIS REVIEW OF NORTH SEA TECH PARK
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS USED AS PART OF THAT STUDY
GREAT
COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE TAKING UP AT THE JC AND THE SEATAC CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO THIS
I THINK THEY HAVE A STUDY THAT'S COMING UP AROUND IT
AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY
GREAT
OKAY WITH THAT
THANK YOU AGAIN, ANDY AND JENNY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY
AND THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME, COMMISSIONER
WE ARE CLOSE TO CLOSING OUT THE MEETING HERE
AND BEFORE WE DO SO, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE FLORIDA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK FOR ONE PARTICULAR
THANKS, COMMISSIONERS, AND I APPRECIATE THE TIME HERE AT THE END, BEFORE JUST ENDING, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK LARRY EYL FOR MY STAFF TO COME UP AND JOIN US IN THE CHAIR UP ZERO NOS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THEM QUESTIONS
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL LARRY UP
I THINK THIS IS A BITTERSWEET MOMENT, BUT LARRY, I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE
LARRY'S BEEN AT THE PORT NOW FOR EIGHT YEARS, AND I DON'T KNOW, LARRY, DURING MY TIME, I DON'T THINK YOU'VE APPEARED AT THE COMMISSIONER MEETING, BUT THIS BREAKS MY RECORD
LET ME JUST SAY THIS IS THAT LARRY WAS INTEGRAL TO ALL THE THINGS THAT GET US PREPARED FOR ALL THE COMMISSION MEETINGS AS A CHIEF OF STAFF
SO HE'S PERFORMED AS A CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THESE EIGHT YEARS AT THE PORT, AND HE'S BEEN INVALUABLE FOR THAT
AND HE'S BEEN WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES PRIMARILY WITHIN THE STAFF, GETTING THE STAFF READY FOR COMMISSION MEETINGS
BUT ALSO REALLY I'VE RELIED ON AYE
IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT OUR INTERNAL STAFF AND BEING KIND OF A SOUNDING BOARD AND PROVIDING COUNSEL FOR THAT
AND ESPECIALLY LET ME JUST SAY THIS FOR LARRY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS UNDER THE PANDEMIC AND ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED, AYE
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS AND AYE
ABILITY TO REALLY ORGANIZE US IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES HE FACES HAVE BEEN INVALUABLE TO ME INTO THE PORT
AND SO DURING THAT TIME, TOO, WHEN WE HAD TO REORGANIZE, HE ALSO TOOK ON LEADERSHIP OF THE CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT TEAM, EXPERT IN THAT AND CONTINUOUS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT AND LEAN, AND ALSO TOOK OFF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AND LEADING THOSE EFFORTS WHEREVER YOU SAW US ADVANCING THAT WORK
THAT WAS LARRY'S WORK BEHIND THAT AS WELL
SO ANYWAY, I THINK BITTERSWEET BECAUSE LARRY IS LEAVING US, BUT I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AYE
THE OPPORTUNITY AND JUST WANT TO THANK AYE
PUBLICLY FOR ALL AYE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PORT OVER THESE LAST EIGHT YEARS
I THINK I'LL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU TOO
THAT SO MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WE DO COMMISSION AND EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM IS FACILITATED BY REALLY BY YOU, LARRY, BY THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE, FILL THE INTERSTITIAL SPACES BETWEEN THE CONVERSATIONS, HEAR WHAT WASN'T SAID
AND SO WHOEVER GETS YOU AFTER THIS, THEY'RE REALLY LUCKY
WE'RE REALLY GOING TO MISS YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE
YOU NEVER WANTED THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT YOU CERTAINLY DESERVE IT TODAY, THE RECOGNITION
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, LARRY, FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
THANK YOU, STEVE, FOR THOSE VERY NICE COMMENTS
SHOULD I MAKE A FEW COMMENTS? PLEASE DO, SINCE I'M BREAKING MY STREAK
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STEVE AND ALSO TO DAVE SOIKI MY POSITION IS AT WILL AND BOTH OF THEM CONTINUED ME IN THIS ROLE AND ALLOWED ME TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE
SO I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THAT
AND ALSO NOTE THAT BOTH OF THEM, DAVE SOIKI WAS AN INTERIM CEO FOR A WHILE AND BOTH OF THEM REALLY BROUGHT JUST A TREMENDOUS HUMANITY TO THE ROLE AND A TREMENDOUS CONCERN FOR THE STAFF AT ALL LEVELS AND REALLY HELPED TO TAKE OUR CULTURE, PUT OUR CULTURE ON A DIFFERENT ROAD
I SAW THIS GREAT QUOTE THE OTHER DAY FROM SUE BIRD
EVERYBODY IS INTERVIEWING HER ABOUT THE POTENTIAL END OF HER CAREER
AND SHE WAS ASKED ABOUT ALL THESE AWARDS, AMAZING, HUGE NUMBER OF AWARDS SHE HAD
AND HER COMMENT WAS EVERY KUDO THAT I GET IS REALLY A TEAM KUDO
AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE THAT'S VERY APPROPRIATE FOR ME TO THE WORK THAT I'VE DONE WITH MICHELLE AND HER TEAM AND HER PREDECESSORS AND WITH ERIN, WITH TONY VAN, WHO WE CREATED THAT POSITION AND HIRED AYE
A LITTLE BIT OVER TWO YEARS AGO
JUST AN AMAZING PERFORMER THAT HAS TOOK TO THIS WORK SO QUICKLY AND SO EXPERTLY AND SO MANY OF THE KUDOS THAT I'M GETTING TODAY AND OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS ARE REALLY A REFLECTION OF MY TEAM, MY STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TEAM, JUST REALLY OUTSTANDING PEOPLE
ALL I HAD TO DO WAS KIND OF SIT BACK AND ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS ONCE IN A WHILE, AND THEY'RE OFF AND RUNNING JUST REALLY TREMENDOUS PEOPLE
THE TWO KUDOS, THOUGH, THAT I'M THE MOST PROUD OF IS NOT A PARTICULAR PROJECT
IT'S HEARING FROM PEOPLE ACROSS THE PORT, PARTICULARLY SOME FRONTLINE PEOPLE, HOW WELCOMING I WAS TO THEM, TO AN ELT MEETING OR MAYBE A MEETING TO STEVE STOPPING AND TALKING TO THEM IN THE HALLWAY AND PEOPLE THANKING ME FOR THAT
PEOPLE SOMETIMES FEAR THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
IT CAN BE VERY INTIMIDATING
AND SO IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A VERY HIGH PRIORITY FOR ME TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNEW THAT THEY WERE WELCOMED
THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT US EXECUTIVES
WE JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF WORK
OUR WORK IS NO MORE, NO LESS STRESSFUL THAN MOST PEOPLE AROUND THE PORT
IT'S NO LESS OR MORE IMPORTANT
AND I REALLY TRIED TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT
AND SO IT'S REALLY BEEN TOUCHING FOR ME IS TO HEAR THAT FROM PEOPLE AND TO HEAR THE IMPACT I'VE HAD
THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS, AND YOU ALL KNOW THIS, BUT THE PORT IS SUCH AN AMAZING PLACE TO WORK, AND YOU'VE HEARD IT IN THESE PRESENTATIONS TODAY, STARTING WITH THE CRUISE PRESENTATION AND ENDING WITH THIS LAST ONE IS KIND OF APPROPRIATE THAT I FOLLOWED THE ACE AND THE PORT BECAUSE THAT'S, I THINK A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE MANY INSTANCES WHERE STAFF WHO HAVE THE BEST OF INTENTIONS AND THEIR HEARTS ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND THEY'RE CONTINUALLY PUSHING TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT OR DO SOMETHING ADDITIONAL FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HELP YOU GET JOBS, TO GET SOME EXPERIENCE
AND AT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, WE HAVE THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE ALWAYS PUSHING US TO EXECUTE ON NEW IDEAS AND CHALLENGING US TO TAKE OUR WORK IN PLACES THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T YET THOUGHT OF AND ASKING US THE WHAT IF QUESTION AND STAFF REALLY RISING TO THOSE OCCASIONS AND FIGURING THINGS OUT
AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO THE PORT, BUT IT'S PRETTY RARE
AND IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK FOR A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY COMMITTED TO MAKING THINGS BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT
SO THANK YOU
IT'S BEEN GREAT
I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE TWO OF YOU MORE
I'VE ENJOYED WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU SO FAR, AND THE THREE OF YOU REALLY HAVE ENJOYED OUR TIME TOGETHER AS WELL
RYAN, WE GO BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND SUPPORT OF THE LEAN WORK AS WELL, IN PARTICULAR
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU, LARRY
THAT WAS REALLY AT THIS TIME
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CLOSING COMMENTS FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? I DO NOT
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR YOUR TIME TODAY
COMMISSIONERS
ANY OTHER CLOSING COMMENTS AT THE TIME? I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE
THIS IS OTHER BUSINESS
IN OUR STUDY SESSION THIS MORNING WE TALKED ABOUT SOME BENCHMARKS THAT STAFF HAD PUT FORWARD FOR THE FIRST TIME
PUBLICLY, I WOULD LIKE TO REFER THOSE TO THE ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE TO THE SEA COMMITTEE AND SO THAT WILL TAKE A VOTE ON REFERRAL AND OTHER BUSINESS
SO I WOULD MOVE WE DO SO
DO I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY
ALL RIGHT
IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED, I'M JUST GOING TO CALL FOR A VOICE VOTE
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE
AYE
AYE
OPPOSED
ALL RIGHT
IT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO COMMITTEE AND WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 2:53.

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