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The Regular Meeting meeting scheduled for 2023-02-14 at Pier 69

  • THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT SAM CHO CONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 14, 2023
  • THE TIME IS NOW 10:32 A.M.
  • WE'RE MEETING IN PERSON TODAY AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AT PIER 69 IN VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS PRESENT TODAY WITH ME ARE COMMISSIONERS CALKINS, FELLEMAN, HASEGAWA AND MOHAMED, WHO ARE CURRENTLY CURRENTLY GATHERED IN THE EXECUTIVE SESSION ROOM
  • WHILE WAITING FOR THE OPENING OF THE PUBLIC MEETING, WE'LL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS ONE ITEM REGARDING LITIGATION AND OR POTENTIAL LITIGATION OR LEGAL RISK PER RCW 42.30.110 SUB ONE, SUB I FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AND WE'LL RECONVENE INTO PUBLIC SESSION AT NOON SHARP
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • THANK YOU
  • WE ARE IN RECESS
  • GOOD MORNING, THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT SAM CHO RECONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 14, 2023
  • THE TIME IS 12:03 P.M.
  • WE'RE MEETING IN PERSON TODAY AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
  • COMMISSION CHAMBERS AS WELL AS VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL OF ALL COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSION PRESIDENT, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • YES
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA? PRESENT
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • I'M HERE AS WELL
  • AND THAT WAS MY FAULT
  • I WAS JUST DISTRACTING COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • THANK YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONER CHO? PRESENT
  • THANK YOU
  • WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM AND ATTENDANCE TODAY
  • GREAT
  • DUE TO THE CONTINUED VIRTUAL COMPONENT OF PARTICIPATION FOR OUR MEETINGS, WE HAVE STAFF, EXTERNAL PRESENTERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO MAY BE PRESENTING ON THEIR PERSONAL DEVICES OR FROM THEIR TELEPHONES TODAY
  • WE'VE MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE THE VIRTUAL FORMAT
  • LATER, WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF THE PORT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING BY TEAMS, AS WELL AS FROM THOSE IN PERSON WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK
  • FOR ANYONE PARTICIPATING ON MICROSOFT TEAMS, PLEASE MUTE YOUR SPEAKERS
  • WHEN NOT ACTIVELY SPEAKING OR PRESENTING
  • PLEASE KEEP YOUR CAMERAS OFF UNLESS YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, OR YOU ARE A MEMBER OF STAFF IN A PRESENTATION AND OR ACTIVELY ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION
  • MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ADDRESSING THE COMMISSIONER MAY TURN ON THEIR CAMERAS WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED TO SPEAK FOR ANYONE AT THE DIOCESE HERE TODAY
  • PLEASE TURN OFF THE SPEAKERS ON ANY COMPUTERS AND SILENCE YOUR DEVICES
  • RIGHT ON CUE
  • THANK YOU
  • CELL PHONES
  • WHEN YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK, YOU WILL PRESS THE BUTTON FOR YOUR MICROPHONE TO BE AUDIBLE AND WE'LL PRESS IT AGAIN TO SILENCE IT WHEN NOT ACTIVELY SPEAKING
  • ALL THE ITEMS NOTED HERE WILL ENSURE A SMOOTHER MEETING AND I THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
  • ALL VOTES TODAY WILL BE TAKEN BY ROLL CALL METHOD SO THAT IT IS CLEAR FOR ANYONE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY HOW THE VOTES ARE CAST
  • COMMISSIONERS WILL SAY AYE OR NAY WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED
  • I 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'S WEBSITE AND MAY BE REBROADCAST BY KING COUNTY TELEVISION
  • PLEASE JOIN ME NOW IN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  • [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED] ALL RIGHT, SO THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR MOTIONS TO REARRANGE THE ORDERS OF THE DAY? I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER MOHAMED HAS A MOTION TO REARRANGE THE AGENDA
  • THAT'S CORRECT, PRESIDENT CHO
  • I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO REARRANGE THE AGENDA AND HAVE ITEM TEN C COME RIGHT AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT
  • GREAT
  • DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND
  • EXCELLENT
  • WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND
  • I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SECOND CHANGE TO THE AGENDA
  • I JUST WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM EIGHT I FROM CONSENT
  • OKAY, GREAT
  • AND ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT WILL BE CONSIDERED RIGHT AFTER WE WE CONSIDER AND VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA
  • COMMISSIONERS, THE QUESTION IS NOW APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? SO MOVED
  • CAN I GET A SECOND? SECOND
  • EXCELLENT
  • THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED
  • IS THERE ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? HEARING NONE
  • THE AGENDA IS APPROVED AS AMENDED
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
  • COMMISSIONERS, WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY TO BEGIN OUR MEETING
  • CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD
  • WE'LL THEN HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK TO INTRODUCE THAT
  • THANK YOU
  • THIS IS AGENDA ITEM FOUR A PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • FOR THE RECORD, I'M LEEANNE SCHIRATO, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION
  • SORRY, LEEANNA, CAN WE ACTUALLY HAVE STEVE PRESENT THE ITEM AND THEN YOU CAN GO? YES, I'M SORRY
  • NO, YOU'RE OKAY
  • GO AHEAD, STEVE
  • SORRY, LEEANNE
  • SORRY, STEVE
  • THIS IS IMPORTANT
  • I JUST WANTED TO AN INTRO OF THIS
  • SO, COMMISSIONERS, FROM INVENTORS TO SCHOLARS, BUSINESS LEADERS TO PRESIDENTS AND POLITICAL LEADERS AND ADVOCATES OF EQUITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE, AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE HISTORY FOR OUR COUNTRY AND ENRICHED OUR SOCIETY
  • BLACK HISTORY NEW MONTH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND BETTER THAT HISTORY AND TO HONOR THE EXPERIENCES AND ROLES THAT IMPORTANT ROLES THAT AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE IN SHAPING OUR NATION
  • AS PART OF OUR ONGOING EQUITY WORK, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY DIVERSITY INCLUSION IN THE PORT CHAPTER OF BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT ARE HIGHLIGHTING A BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPOTLIGHT EVENT EVERY WEEK
  • BIG IS ALSO HOSTING A SERIES OF EVENTS TO COMMEMORATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH
  • TOMORROW, THEY WILL HOST A LUNCH AND LEARN ON THE DOCUSERIES HIGH ON THE HOG, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS HOW AFRICAN AMERICAN CUISINE TRANSFORMED AMERICA
  • THE PORT CONTINUES TO STRIVE TO BE A MODEL FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
  • TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL, WE MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE RACIAL OPPRESSION AND DEEPLY ROOTED RACISM IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND COMMIT TO WORK EVERY DAY TO COMBAT SYSTEMIC RACISM IN ALL OF ITS FORMS SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER NOW TO LEEANNE SCHIRATO, DEPUTY COMMISSION CHIEF OF STAFF, TO INTRODUCE THIS PROCLAMATION
  • THANK YOU, DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES FOR JUMPING IN THERE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • FOR THE RECORD, I'M LEEANNE SCHIRATO, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • COMMISSIONER, IT'S MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE TODAY'S PROCLAMATION HONORING AND RECOGNIZING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE PORT CHAPTER OF BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT
  • I'D LIKE TO DO SO BY FIRST BY READING THE BIG COVENANT
  • I REGARD MYSELF AND YOU AS BEING CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD
  • I SEE YOUR BEAUTY, I SENSE YOUR POWER
  • I CELEBRATE YOUR POTENTIAL
  • I SUPPORT YOUR PREROGATIVE TO SING YOUR SONG
  • I SHARE YOUR PURSUIT OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LIFE
  • I WILL TELL YOU THE TRUTH, AND IT WILL HAVE YOUR TRUST
  • I WILL LISTEN TO YOU WITH MY HEART AND I SHALL SPEAK TO YOU WITH MY SMILE
  • I SHALL CARE ENOUGH TO CONFRONT YOU AND TO COMFORT YOU
  • IN YOU I SEE GOD
  • AND IN GOD I SEE YOU
  • YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I LOVE YOU
  • BEFORE I PASS ON TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER, I'D LIKE TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEDICATION AND CARE PUT INTO THIS PROCLAMATION BY COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION
  • AND TO OUR NEXT SPEAKER BIG PRESIDENT, MISS PATRICIA LEE
  • THANK YOU, LEANNE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON TO OUR COMMISSIONERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRICK, AND TO THOSE JOINING US TODAY
  • I AM PATRICIA LEE, HONORED TO BE THE 2023 PRESIDENT OF BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT
  • WE HAVE JOINED THE DISTINGUISHED BODY TODAY TO READ INTO OUR HISTORY A PROCLAMATION THAT COLLECTIVELY, WE ARE COMMITTED TO EMPOWERING THE BLACK YOUTH OF THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND THE BIG SCHOLARSHIP FUND
  • AND- MARTIN? GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE METRUCK
  • I'M MARTIN DOYLE, 2023, VICE PRESIDENT OF BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT
  • AND JUST A BIT, BEFORE WE GET TO THE PROCLAMATION, I JUST WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT PATRICIA HAD MENTIONED ABOUT EMPOWERMENT
  • AND PART OF THAT EMPOWERMENT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE NEXT GENERATION HAS RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL AND PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION
  • SO NOW TO THE PROCLAMATION
  • THANKS, PATRICIA
  • WHEREAS BLACKSTONE GOVERNMENT BIG, AS WE'RE FONDLY CALLED, ESTABLISHED IN 1993 AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE, IS AN EMPLOYEE RESOURCE GROUP DEDICATED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND MANDATED FOR THEIR CHARTER TO PROMOTE EXCELLENCE THROUGH EMPLOYEE ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
  • WHEREAS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR, THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF BIG ARE TO BE AN ADVOCATE OF EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT, TO ELIMINATE PRACTICES OF RACISM AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT, TO PROMOTE PROFESSIONALISM AMONG BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT, TO DEVELOP AND PROMOTE PROGRAMS WHICH WILL ENHANCE ETHNIC PRIDE AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT, TO ESTABLISH A MECHANISM FOR GATHERING AND DISSEMINATING OF INFORMATION TO BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT AND TO PROVIDE A NONPARTISAN PLATFORM ON MAJOR ISSUES OF LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT AFFECTS BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT
  • AND WHEREAS ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION TRANSLATE INTO OPPORTUNITY AND OPEN DOORS, IT CAN BE THE WEIGHT THAT TIPS THE SKILLS AND MOVES A PERSON OR A FAMILY OUT OF POVERTY
  • QUALITY EDUCATION USUALLY MEANS MORE ECONOMIC SECURITY AND BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE
  • WHEREAS JUST LAST WEEK, THE SEATTLE TIME PUBLISHED A STORY ABOUT HOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, YOUTH OF COLOR MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS IN WASHINGTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS
  • OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE CHANGING AND WE AS A STATE NEED TO CHANGE TOO
  • AND WHEREAS ANOTHER COMPLEX PART OF THIS CHANGE IS THAT STATEWIDE, THE PERCENTAGE OF BLACK STUDENTS IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS ACTUALLY DECLINING
  • WHILE WE MAY BE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THIS DECLINE DUE TO HOW DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IS COLLECTED, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE DATA ABOUT HOW BLACK STUDENTS ARE TREATED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PUNISHED IN HIGHER RATES AND EXPERIENCING WORSE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES THAN OTHER RACES
  • HOW WE TREAT BLACK STUDENTS AFFECT HOW WE TREAT ALL STUDENTS
  • AND WHEREAS, WE KNOW THAT REPRESENTATION HAS THE POWER TO RAISE UP THE VISIBILITY AND THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED, UNSEEN AND SILENCED
  • AND WHEREAS, REPRESENTATION ON THE COMMISSION WAS RESET WITH THE HISTORIC ELECTION OF COMMISSIONER HAMDI MOHAMMED AS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION AND THE FIRST SOMALI WOMAN ELECTED TO PUBLIC OFFICE IN WASHINGTON STATE
  • AND WHEREAS, THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2019 TO CREATE A CULTURAL SHIFT AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE BY IDENTIFYING AND ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF INEQUITIES AND TO DEEPEN THE PORT'S EFFORTS TOWARDS EQUITY AND ANTIRACISM
  • AND DOES SO IN PARTICIPATION WITH ERGS LIKE BIG AND WHEREAS THE PORT OF SEATTLE CHAPTER OF BIG AIMS TO UPLIFT AIMS TO LIFT UP THE NEXT GENERATION THROUGH PROVIDING SUPPORT AND EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION THROUGH THEIR BIG SCHOLARSHIP FUND AND INITIATIVES LIKE STUFF THE BUS PROJECT, PROM AND THEIR PORTWIDE FALL FOOD, COAT AND TOY DRIVES WHICH COLLECT SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND CLOTHING FOR LOCAL FAMILIES
  • AND WHEREAS BIG AND THEIR ALLIES CONTINUE TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY WE ALL CALL HOME
  • NOW, THEREFORE, THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSIONER HEREBY HONORS AND RECOGNIZES THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PORT'S CHAPTER OF BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO AMPLIFY THE BIG SCHOLARSHIP FUND TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF ITS EDUCATION GRANTS FOR COLLEGE BOUND BLACK
  • STUDENTS AND CELEBRATES THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY [IN UNISON] PROCLAIMED BY THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSIONER, THIS 14TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023
  • THANK YOU
  • AWESOME
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO THANK THE READERS OF OUR PROCLAMATION TODAY AND A BIG THANK YOU TO BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR THEIR ONGOING COMMITMENT AND REPRESENTATION
  • I'M GOING TO NOW TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSION AND PROVIDE SOME REMARKS
  • COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
  • THANK YOU
  • PRESIDENT CHO
  • WELL, FIRST OF ALL
  • I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE TODAY
  • THIS IS AN IMPORTANT TIME IN OUR HISTORY, AN IMPORTANT MOMENT TO BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES
  • I WANT TO THANK THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S CHAPTER OF BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT FOR WORKING WITH THE COMMISSION OFFICE ON THIS PROCLAMATION
  • IT WAS A PROCESS OF CO CREATING
  • IT TOOK A LOT OF GRACE, PATIENCE AND A LOT OF LOVE TO MAKE THIS PROCLAMATION HAPPEN, AND I MUST SAY I'M SO PROUD OF IT
  • I WANT TO THANK BIG'S PRESIDENT, MS PATRICIA LEE AND MR MARTIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
  • I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, LEEANNE, FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN HELPING CO CREATE THIS PROCLAMATION
  • CO CREATION IS ABOUT THE PRACTICE OF COLLABORATING WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO GUIDE THE DESIGN OF A PROCESS
  • WHEN IT'S DONE WELL, IT IS BEAUTIFUL AND IT IS POWERFUL
  • AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
  • THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY IS ABOUT SPOTLIGHTING BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND THE AMAZING CONTRIBUTION YOU ALL HAVE DONE IN OUR COMMUNITY
  • I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE INSPIRED BY YOUR WORK
  • IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE INSPIRED BY BIG'S SCHOLARSHIP AND ITS IMPACT THAT IT'S HAD
  • I'VE TALKED TO REAL EVERYDAY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS SCHOLARSHIP
  • WE OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EDUCATION AS THE GREATER EQUALIZER IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING GAPS IN OUTCOMES AMONG RACES, GENDERS AND DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES
  • AND WHILE EDUCATION IS NOT THE MAGIC WAND THAT UNDOES CENTURIES OF SYSTEMIC RACISM, IT IS A POWERFUL TOOL
  • IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M SITTING HERE IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU IS HAVING THAT ACCESS TO EDUCATION
  • SHOUT OUT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND ALL HUSKIES
  • [LAUGHTER] ACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATION TRANSLATES TO OPPORTUNITIES AND OPENS DOORS
  • IT HAS OPENED DOORS FOR ME AND I WOULD SAY ALL OF THE COMMISSIONER WHO ARE SITTING HERE TODAY
  • IT CAN BE THE WEIGHT THAT TIPS THE SCALE AND MOVES A PERSON OR A FAMILY OUT OF POVERTY
  • QUALITY EDUCATION USUALLY MEANS MORE ECONOMIC SECURITY AND A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE
  • THIS IS ALSO WHY THE WORK OF BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT AND THE BIG SCHOLARSHIP IS CRITICAL
  • I AM HONORED TO COMMIT TO WORKING WITH BIG TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO EXPAND THIS FUND TO INCREASE THE IMPACT OF ITS EDUCATIONAL GRANTS FOR COLLEGE BOUND BLACK STUDENTS
  • AND WHILE THE BIG SCHOLARSHIP MIGHT SEEM LIKE A SMALL THING TO SOME OF YOU, IT IS HUGE TO SO MANY
  • WE CAN CHOOSE TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE
  • WE COULD PUT OUR WORDS INTO ACTION
  • NOT ONLY IS EDUCATION NOT JUST THROUGH EDUCATION, BUT THROUGH OUR WORK AND OUR LIVES
  • I ENCOURAGE US, MYSELF INCLUDED, I HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE TO THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF OUR ACTIONS
  • IN THE SPIRIT OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND BECAUSE HE WAS BRILLIANT
  • I WANT TO SHARE A JAMES BALDWIN QUOTE
  • HE WROTE, "HISTORY DOES NOT REFER MERELY OR EVEN PRINCIPALLY TO THE PAST
  • ON THE CONTRARY, THE GREAT FORCE OF HISTORY COMES FROM THE FACT THAT WE CARRY IT WITHIN US AND ARE UNCONSCIOUSLY CONTROLLED BY IT IN SO MANY WAYS
  • AND HISTORY IS LITERALLY PRESENT IN ALL WE DO." IN OTHER WORDS, DESPITE OUR BEST INTENTIONS, WE ARE ALL INFLUENCED BY THE PRODUCT OF THE PAST, THE UNJUST, THE JUST, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN IT
  • AND WHILE THERE ARE MANY INCREDIBLE THINGS ABOUT THE UNITED STATES, I AM SO GRATEFUL FOR THIS COUNTRY, WE CANNOT IGNORE THE FACT OF OUR DARK HISTORY, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ANTIBLACK RACISM
  • IT IS BAKED INTO OUR INSTITUTIONS, IT IS BAKED INTO OUR CULTURE
  • AND AT TIMES IT HAS BECOME SO NORMAL THAT IT'S HARD TO SEE
  • BEING WELL ATTENDED IS NOT ENOUGH
  • WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH
  • WE MUST SPEAK WITH OUR ACTIONS
  • WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, ARE WE CREATING OPPORTUNITIES OR BARRIERS? WHO IS BENEFITING FROM OUR WORK AND WHO IS LEFT OUT? WE MUST SLOW DOWN, CHALLENGE BUSINESS AS USUAL, RECOGNIZE OUR ASSUMPTIONS AND ASK HARD QUESTIONS AND CENTER THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO ARE MOST IMPACTED TO FIX ISSUES THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US
  • WE CAN CREATE A TRULY INCLUSIVE, MULTICULTURAL, MULTIRACIAL DEMOCRACY
  • BUT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE, GET UNCOMFORTABLE AND DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY
  • I AM SO INSPIRED BY THE WORK THAT BIG IS DOING
  • I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT IT
  • SOMEONE ONCE SAID, STAY FAR FROM TIMID
  • ONLY MAKE MOVES WHEN YOUR HEART IS IN IT, AND LIVE THE PHRASE THE SKY IS THE LIMIT
  • B.I.G
  • IF YOU KNOW
  • YOU KNOW
  • [LAUGHTER] I AM SO INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF BIG
  • I AM SO INSPIRED BY THE WORK OF BIG
  • YOU ARE DOING IT BIG
  • AND THE BIG SCHOLARSHIP IS JUST THAT
  • THIS BLACK HISTORY MADE WE ALL THINK BIGGER
  • THE SKY IS THE LIMIT FOR THE BIG SCHOLARSHIP FUND
  • I HOPE OTHER ERG GROUPS ARE INSPIRED BY IT, INSPIRED BY THIS WORK AS MUCH AS I AM
  • I'M INTERESTED IN WORKING ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU
  • I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH OED'S DIRECTOR BOOKDA GEISAR AND MOVING THIS WORK FORWARD
  • THANK YOU AGAIN, BIG, FOR THIS, FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY YOU'VE CREATED AND HELPING CREATE WRITE THE PROCLAMATION TODAY
  • WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT YOUR WORK
  • AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO EVERYONE AGAIN, HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH
  • HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH
  • [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED, THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE YOU HERE UP ON THIS DIOCESE
  • I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR COMMENTS
  • DO ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE COMMENTS? IT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW
  • I DON'T BLAME ANYONE, BUT I'M SURE- COMMISSIONER CALKINS, SURE I'LL BE THE LOUNGE SINGER WHO GOES UP AFTER BEYONCE
  • [LAUGHTER] THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THINK NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT OUR WORK IS, BUT HOW WE DO OUR WORK
  • AND OUR MISSION VERY EXPLICITLY STATES THAT WE ARE TO DO THIS WORK IN A WAY THAT RESULTS IN EQUITY
  • AND EQUITY MEANS THAT IT'S NOT SIMPLY ENSURING THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT THAT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE TYPES OF RESOURCES YOU NEED TO EVEN BE ABLE TO MAKE USE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S A CONTRACTOR OR A POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE OR OTHER TENANTS AT OUR FACILITIES OR ALL- WE HAVE A LOT OF INTERRUPTIONS TODAY [LAUGHTER] BUT I THINK WE HAVE JUST I FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE'RE AT THE END OF THE BEGINNING OF OUR WORK TO REALLY RECTIFY A LONG HISTORY OF RACIST LEGACY IN OUR OWN INSTITUTION
  • AND I KNOW THAT I GETTING TO BE YOUR COLLEAGUE, LEARN FROM YOU ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW TO DO THIS BETTER, AND PARTICULARLY WHAT MY ROLE CAN BE IN THAT, IN SERVING TO UNDERSTAND HOW I CAN COMMUNICATE TO FOLKS WHO LOOK LIKE ME WHAT THAT EXPERIENCE IS LIKE
  • AND I'M COMMITTED TO THAT
  • AND SO, ONCE AGAIN, I'M TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, AND I'M GLADLY GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS PROCLAMATION
  • SO, RIGHT ON QUEUE, I'M GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR PHONES REAL QUICK
  • EVERYONE LOOK AT THEIR PHONES
  • SERIOUSLY
  • PULL OUT YOUR PHONES AND SILENCE IT
  • OR TURN IT OFF
  • OR TURN IT OFF
  • EVEN BETTER
  • ALL RIGHT
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • WELL, TODAY, COLLECTIVELY, WE JUST WITNESSED COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED BECOME THE FIRST COMMISSIONER TO QUOTE NOTORIOUS BIG FROM THE DAIS
  • I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LABOR OF LOVE THAT WENT INTO DRAFTING THIS INCREDIBLY THOUGHTFUL PROCLAMATION
  • I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING FOR IT
  • IT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE DREAM OF THIS NATION WAS BUILT OFF OF THE BACKS AND THE SUBJUGATION OF BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY
  • AND THAT HISTORY IS SO IMPORTANT
  • IT'S IMPORTANT THE WAY THAT WE REFLECT UPON IT
  • IT'S IMPORTANT THE WAY WE TALK ABOUT IT, THE WAY WE TEACH ABOUT IT, AND THE WAY WE LEARN FROM IT SO THAT WE MIGHT NOT REPEAT THE SAME ERRORS OF THE PAST
  • AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ADVANCING EQUITY, IT'S INSUFFICIENT
  • IT'S INSUFFICIENT BECAUSE, AS COMMISSIONER MOHAMED SAID, IT'S EMBEDDED, IT'S INGRAINED INTO OUR STRUCTURES AND OUR CULTURE AND OUR VERY WAY OF BEING
  • WE MUST PAIR PRO EQUITY WITH ANTIRACISM AS WELL
  • WE HAVE BARRIERS TO TEAR DOWN
  • WE HAVE NORMS TO UNLEARN
  • SO I WANT TO THANK BIG FOR THE INCREDIBLE THOUGHT THAT YOU'VE PUT IN TO UPLIFTING THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT IN THIS PROCLAMATION
  • AND THOUGH HISTORY IS IMPORTANT, A WISE WOMAN ONCE SAID FROM THE DAIS, EXACTLY ONE YEAR AGO, COMMISSIONER MOHAMED SAID, I'M LESS INTERESTED, THOUGH, IN BLACK HISTORY AS I AM IN BLACK FUTURES
  • AND TO SIT ALONGSIDE YOU AND TO WITNESS THE WORK THAT BIG DOES IN CONJUNCTION WITH PORT OF SEATTLE STAFF TO UPLIFT NOT JUST THIS PORT COMMUNITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IS TRULY A PRIVILEGE
  • I THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • WELL, I'D LIKE TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE HOW MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS THIS YEAR WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE SYNERGY THAT IS BETWEEN BIG AND YOUR OFFICE, PARTICULARLY
  • AND SO IT'S REALLY ALWAYS A VERY REWARDING EXPERIENCE TO HAVE DIFFERENT GROUPS BRING FORWARD THESE EDUCATIONAL MOMENTS AND THESE IMPORTANT RECOGNITIONS, BUT TO KNOW THAT WE CAN CARRY IT FORWARD FROM THE INSIDE OUT AND THE SUPPORT FROM THE STAFF ALL AROUND, IT'S BEEN REALLY A REWARDING EXPERIENCE THIS PAST YEAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • I'LL POST COMMENTS ABOUT PILING ON AND YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE
  • WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER WITH YOUR PRESENCE HERE ON THE DIAS
  • AS I SAID EARLIER, IT'S SO CLEAR FROM HOW MUCH MORE ENGAGEMENT WE GET FROM THE COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF YOU BEING HERE
  • YOU'VE SPEARHEADED ISSUES THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, MANY OF OUR FORMER COLLEAGUES AND US ON THE DIAS HAVE BEEN AFRAID TO TOUCH
  • AND I THINK THAT YOU HAVE A HUGE PRESENCE OF PEOPLE FROM COMMUNITY HERE BECAUSE OF THAT
  • AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE AND I KNOW WE ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT YOU
  • I ALSO WANT TO THANK BIG, PATRICIA LEE, THE NOTORIOUS AND ALL THE OTHER- I SAW THAT EYE ROLL, PATRICIA MARTIN AND ALL THE FORMER BIG LEADERSHIP AS WELL
  • WE HAVE A LONG LEGACY OF LEADERSHIP HERE
  • BIG IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST ERGS WE HAVE HERE
  • I HAD THE HONOR OF SPEAKING AT YOUR DINNER EVENT A FEW YEARS AGO AND I WAS JUST SO TOUCHED BY THE LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BLACK EMPLOYEES AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • I THINK IT'S ONE OF OUR GREATEST ASSETS
  • I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
  • WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS SUPPORT THE NEXT GENERATION THROUGH SCHOLARSHIP, THROUGH TRAINING
  • AND SO I PERSONALLY LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING IN THAT EFFORT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR SCHOLARSHIP EFFORTS AND POTENTIALLY USE THAT AS A RUBRIC FOR SCHOLARSHIP EFFORTS FOR ALL THE OTHER ERGS AS WELL
  • AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GREAT WORK IN THAT SPACE WITH THAT HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION FOR THIS ITEM
  • IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED
  • SECOND
  • THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED
  • CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR A VOTE
  • THANK YOU
  • BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • AYE, THANK YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONER CHO
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • THERE ARE FIVE AYES, ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM
  • EXCELLENT
  • THE MOTION PASSES
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS
  • NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
  • THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHO
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
  • AND LET ME AGAIN WISH YOU A HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND ESPECIALLY THANKS FOR THOSE MOVING IN, VERY INSPIRATIONAL STATEMENTS, AND COMMISSIONER MOHAMED AND ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR THAT, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE RECOGNITION OF THE HARD WORK OF OUR PORT OF SEATTLE BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT CHAPTER AND ALL THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PORT FOR A LONG, LONG TIME
  • HERE AT THE PORT, I HAVE A FEW QUICK UPDATES
  • I'D LIKE TO SHARE
  • BUT BEFORE WE MOVE TO TODAY'S AGENDA, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO MENTION TODAY IS ESPECIALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT OPERATIONS AND OPERATIONS ARE HAPPENING ALL THE TIME
  • AND SO LAST NIGHT AT THE AIRPORT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THE UPDATE FROM MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AVIATION LANCE LITTLE LAST NIGHT ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED AND HOW WE RESPONDED TO IT, WHICH YOU HAD A LIGHTNING STORM FOLLOWED BY RAIN, SNOW, HAIL AND SLEET AND ICING
  • SO THERE WERE A LOT OF OPERATIONS GOING ON
  • MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I TALKED TO MANAGING DIRECTOR LITTLE THIS MORNING BEFORE I CAME HERE, IT'S LIKE THAT'S WHERE HE IS AND HE'S WORKING HARD ON THAT WITH A WHOLE TEAM THAT WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT TO DO THAT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE OPERATIONS WERE RESTORED BY THE TIME WE'RE GOING ON THERE
  • BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF ONE OF OUR GATEWAYS, IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALWAYS PREPARED AND RESPONDING TO THAT GOING FORWARD
  • I HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER PORT OF SEATTLE STAFF UPDATES THAT AREN'T AS EXCITING AS THAT WORK GOING ON LAST NIGHT, BUT ARE VERY IMPORTANT
  • YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE GOOD NEWS FROM MANAGING DIRECTOR LITTLE THAT EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HAS HIRED ARIF GAUSS AS THE NEW AVIATION CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
  • NOW ARIF RETURNS TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE AFTER EIGHT SUCCESSFUL YEARS AT THE AIRPORT
  • DIRECTOR OF PAINFIELD SONOHOMISH COUNTY AIRPORT
  • HE WORKED PREVIOUSLY AT THE PORT FROM 2000 TO 2014, LEADING AIRPORT SECURITY AND THEN DIRECTING SEAPORT SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, AS WELL AS BEING AN AIRPORT DUTY MANAGER DURING THAT TIME
  • WARM WELCOME BACK TO ARIF
  • I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF YOU MEETING ARIF IN THE STARTING WEEK
  • AND ACTUALLY IT WAS A GREAT HONOR TO WORK WITH ARIF IN MY PREVIOUS POSITION BEFORE I BECAME TO THE PORT AS WELL
  • AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO BOTH DON HUNTER AND WENDY RYDER FOR SERVING AS INTERIM AVIATION CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER DURING THE PAST YEAR AND FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE DURING THAT TIME PERIOD
  • AND I KNOW THAT MANAGING DIRECTOR LANCE LITTLE APPRECIATES THAT TOO
  • AS HE SAID
  • YOU MAY HAVE ALSO SEEN THAT WE'VE BEGUN THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS FOR A NEW DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • AS YOU KNOW, DAVE SOIKI, OUR CURRENT DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WILL BE RETIRING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, A DATE TO BE DETERMINED
  • AND I THINK WE'RE ALL WISHING THE BEST FOR DAVE, BUT FIRST WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOMEBODY TO TRY TO FILL HIS RATHER LARGE SHOES GOING FORWARD
  • AND SO WE'LL BE HOSTING A SHOWCASE AND A QUESTION AND ANSWER TO SHARE MORE ABOUT THE POSITION
  • THIS COMING ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17 AT NOON
  • FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE JOB AND THE POSITION AND WHAT IT TAKES
  • SOMETHING THAT'S JUST AS IMPORTANT AS FILLING OUR TOP JOBS IS KEEPING OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE AS PART OF OVERALL RETENTION EFFORTS, NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES WILL SEE A 6% COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT REFLECTED IN THEIR FEBRUARY 17 PAYCHECKS
  • THIS INCREASE IS OVER AND ABOVE THE REGULAR PAY FOR PERFORMANCE PROCESS THAT WILL BE FINALIZED AT THE END OF THIS WEEK
  • WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF OUR PORT STAFF, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF INFLATION ON THE COST OF LIVING IN THE SEATTLE REGION
  • AND SO THIS CHANGE IN OUR APPROACH TO COMPENSATION TO A COMBINATION BOTH OF COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT AND PAY FOR PERFORMANCE IS KEY TO OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF OUR VALUABLE WORKFORCE
  • SWITCHING TO OPERATIONS ONE OF OUR SIGNATURE INITIATIVES, THE CRUISE GREEN CORRIDOR, REACHED A KEY MILESTONE THIS MONTH WHEN THE FIRST MOVERS COALITION FINALIZED A PROJECT CHARTER
  • THE CHARTER DEFINES THIS GREEN CORRIDOR AS A SHIPPING ROUTE WHERE LOW AND ZERO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS SOLUTIONS ARE DEMONSTRATED AND SUPPORTED THROUGH COLLABORATION ACROSS SECTORS TO ACCELERATE MARITIME DECARBONIZATION
  • REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THESE FIRST MOVER ORGANIZATIONS HAVE MET REGULARLY SINCE THE LAUNCH LAST YEAR TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT'S OBJECTIVES, DEFINITIONS, VALUES, GOVERNANCE AND APPROACH
  • THESE DECISIONS ARE FORMALIZED IN THE PROJECT CHARTER, WHICH WILL GOVERN THE PARTNERSHIP AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIPHASE GREEN CORRIDOR FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT TO INFORM THE PROCESS OF DECARBONIZING THE CRUISE CORRIDOR
  • GOING FORWARD, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEDICATION OF ALL THE PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT
  • BRINGING 14 VERY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS TO THE TABLE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS CHALLENGE OF OUR TIME HAS REQUIRED TRUST AND COMMITMENT FROM EVERYONE
  • ESTABLISHING THE NORMS FOR DOING THIS WORK IS TIME VERY WELL SPENT, NOT JUST FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONS, BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CRUISE PORTS AROUND THE WORLD
  • THIS IMPORTANT MILESTONE SETS A STRONG FOUNDATION FOR ONGOING COLLABORATIVE WORK, STARTING WITH THE FIRST PHASE OF THE FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT THIS YEAR
  • COMMISSIONERS RECEIVED BRIEFINGS ON THE KIA MONTHS WITHIN THE CHARTER IN LATE FALL 2022, AND THE CHARTER REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE PORT'S EXPECTATIONS
  • WE'RE PLEASED TO HAVE A FINAL VISION AND TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON LAUNCHING A SOLICITATION FOR CONSULTANT SUPPORT FOR THE FEASIBILITY STUDY IN THE COMING MONTHS AND MAKING US A PRIORITY FOR THAT AS WELL
  • WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON WAYS TO UPDATE THE PUBLIC AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AS WE ACHIEVE ADDITIONAL GREEN CORRIDOR MILESTONES MOVING FORWARD
  • MOVING TO TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS ITEM EIGHT C ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA IS A MODIFICATION OF THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
  • THE PORT OF SEATTLE HAS PARTNERED WITH NREL TWICE BEFORE THROUGH THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
  • THIS IS FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS FOR ANALYZING ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY ALTERNATIVES FOR BOTH AVIATION AND MARITIME FACILITIES, AND THE SECOND TIME WAS TO DEVELOP A PASSENGER MODE CHOICE SIMULATOR
  • THIS AUTHORIZATION AMENDS THE SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT TO INTEGRATE THE PORT'S EXISTING TRAFFIC MODEL TO DETERMINE THE IMPACTS OF CHANGES IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON PASSENGER BEHAVIOR
  • THE USER INTERFACE IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR
  • ITEM 8D ON YOUR CONSENT AGENDA IS A TENANT
  • REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT FOR A BUILDOUT OF A NEW LOCATION FOR PLANEWARE AT SEA
  • THIS POPULAR WOMEN OWNED SHOP STARTED OFF AS A KIOSK AND HAS SUCCESSFULLY AND STEADILY GROWN THEIR OPERATIONS
  • THEIR CURRENT LOCATION WILL BE IMPACTED BY OUR C CONCOURSE EXPANSION, WHICH IS PROMPTING THEIR RELOCATION
  • I WANT TO THANK THE AIRPORT STAFF WHO WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A NEW LOCATION THAT WAS MUTUALLY AGREEABLE TO ALL PARTIES
  • ITEM EIGHT E ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA AUTHORIZES THE POPULAR PORT VALET PROGRAM THROUGH 2025
  • THIS PROGRAM FREES CRUISE PASSENGERS OF THEIR LUGGAGE UPON DISEMBARKATION, WHICH IN TURN ENABLES A MORE SEAMLESS TRIP THROUGH SEA FOR THE NEXT LEG OF THE VOYAGE
  • IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR PASSENGERS TO CONTINUE SPENDING THEIR TOURISM DOLLARS IN THE REGION WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE THEIR LUGGAGE IS AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT
  • WE'RE PLEASED TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS SERVICE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS
  • WE ALSO HAVE TWO ITEMS RELATED TO GROUND TRANSPORTATION, AND I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT EACH OF THOSE ACTIONS DURING THEIR INTRODUCTION
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS
  • THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS
  • THANK YOU, STEVE
  • APPRECIATE IT
  • WE ARE NOW AT COMMITTEE REPORTS
  • ERICA CHUNG, COMMISSION STRATEGIC ADVISOR, WILL PROVIDE THE REPORT
  • ERICA
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT CHO AND COMMISSIONER
  • I HAVE THREE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR YOU TODAY
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND CALKINS CONVENED THE WATERFRONT AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS COMMITTEE ON FEBRUARY 6
  • THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF SEATTLE TO DISCUSS THE CITY'S WORK ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO INDUSTRIAL LAND ZONE
  • ON JANUARY 31, COMMISSIONERS HASEGAWA AND CALKINS CONVENED THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  • COMMISSIONER REVIEWED THE DRAFT 2023 EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT WORK PLAN AND MODIFIED AND ADDED SEVERAL ITEMS TO THE WORK PLAN, INCLUDING A PLAN TO DISCUSS THE SEA CHILDCARE STUDY AT THE JULY MEETING
  • COMMISSIONERS THEN APPROVED THE COMMITTEE WORK PLAN FOR THE YEAR
  • COMMISSIONERS ALSO RECEIVED AN ABRIDGE PREVIEW OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND DIVERSITY INCLUSION'S ANNUAL PRESENTATION, WHICH INCLUDED A LOOK BACK AT 2022 AND A LOOK AHEAD AT OEDI'S WORK PLAN FOR 2023
  • THE FIRST HIGHLINE FORUM MET ON JANUARY 25 AND WAS CHAIRED BY COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE MEETING WAS REVIEW OF THE TOP THREE ISSUES FROM EACH OF THE NINE FORUM MEMBERS 2023 STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDAS
  • COMMON ISSUES AMONG FORUM MEMBERS INCLUDED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND FACILITIES, CLARIFICATION AROUND THE BLAKE DECISION, AND POLICE VEHICLE PURSUITS, AND VARIOUS CAPITAL BUDGET REQUESTS
  • AVIATION MANAGING DIRECTOR LANCE LITTLE PROVIDED AN UPDATE FROM THE DECEMBER START MEETING, NOTING THE FOCUS ON THE PELICIODI BILL AND THE START OF THE PROCESS FOR A NEW PART 150 NOISE STUDY
  • DURING THE MEETING, MEMBERS SELECTED DES MOINES MAYOR MATT MAHONEY TO SERVE AS A 2023 COMMITTEE CO CHAIR
  • THIS CONCLUDES THE REPORT
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU, ERICA, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ERICA OR STEVE? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT
  • WE ARE NOW AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA
  • THE POOR COMMISSION WELCOMES PUBLIC COMMENT AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS
  • COMMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED BY COMMISSIONER IN ITS DELIBERATIONS
  • BEFORE WE TAKE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO REVIEW OUR RULES FOR IN PERSON VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT
  • EACH COMMENTATOR WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK AND SHOULD STAY WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME
  • A TIMER WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN AND A BUZZER WILL SOUND AT THE END OF THE TWO MINUTE PERIOD
  • FOR EACH SPEAKER, YOU MUST LIMIT REMARKS TOPICS RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF SUPPORT BUSINESS
  • THESE RULES APPLY TO INTRODUCTORY AND INCLUDING REMARKS
  • ALL REMARKS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSION AS A BODY, NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER
  • DISRUPTIONS OF COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE PROHIBITED
  • DISRUPTIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING REFUSAL OF A SPEAKER TO SPEAK TO LIMIT REMARKS TO TOPICS RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF POOR BUSINESS THREATS AND ABUSIVE OR HARASSING BEHAVIOR AND LANGUAGE OF SEEING LANGUAGE AND GESTURES
  • REFUSAL OF A SPEAKER TO COMPLY WITH THE ALLOTTED TIME SET FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER'S PUBLIC COMMENT LEAVING THE POND DM OR TESTIMONY TABLE TO PHYSICALLY APPROACH COMMISSIONERS OR STAFF DURING ONE'S PUBLIC COMMENT PROVIDED SPEAKERS MAY OFFER WRITTEN MATERIALS TO THE COMMISSION CLERK AND ANY BEHAVIOR THAT DISRUPTS, DISTURBS OR OTHERWISE IMPEDES THE MEETING
  • ANY DISRUPTION WILL RESULT IN A SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE BEING IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF AND A WARNING OR LOSS OF SPEAKING PRIVILEGES OR REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING AS PROVIDED IN THE COMMISSION'S BYLAWS 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 HAS SIGNED DEATH TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY, AS WELL AS ANYONE WHO HAS JOINED US IN THE CHAMBERS TODAY
  • WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU ARE JOINING VIRTUALLY, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, THEN PLEASE REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND STATE YOUR TOPIC RELATED TO THE CONDUCT REPORT BUSINESS
  • IF YOU'RE ON THE TEAM'S MEETING AND ARE ALSO STREAMING THE MEETING ON THE WEBSITE, PLEASE MUTE THE WEBSITE STREAM TO AVOID ANY FEEDBACK
  • IF YOU ARE SPEAKING FROM THE ROOM, PLEASE COME TO THE TESTIMONY TABLE, REPEAT YOUR NAME AND SET YOUR TOPIC RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS
  • AS A REMINDER, COMMENT TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON
  • AND TODAY I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH ON COMING PUBLIC TESTIMONY
  • I USUALLY GO IN PERSON, VIRTUAL AND ROTATE, BUT WE HAVE SOME THEMATIC OR TOPIC RELATED SPEAKERS
  • I'M GOING TO GO BY TOPIC
  • THE FIRST PERSON I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS ACTUALLY SHANICE WILSON
  • IS SHANICE IN THE ROOM? SHAWNEES, COME ON UP
  • IF YOU COULD RESTATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC YOU'LL BE SPEAKING TO, AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
  • THANK YOU
  • SO, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS SHANI SWOLSON
  • SHE HER AND I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S CHAPTER OF BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT
  • ALL RIGHT, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FORGIVE ME
  • IT'S MY FIRST TIME IT'LL FLASH, RIGHT? OR TWO MINUTES WILL SHOW UP
  • ALL RIGHT
  • SO GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER, AND HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND FUTURE MONTH FOR THE RECORD
  • AGAIN, MY NAME IS SHANI SWILSON, AND I AM HERE TODAY IN SUPPORT OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S CHAPTER OF BLACKS AND GOVERNMENT AND THEIR BIG SCHOLARSHIP WITH MANY LOCAL JURISDICTIONS LIKE YOURSELF
  • HAVING PROCLAIMED FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I AM HERE TODAY TO URGE YOU ALL TO PUT ACTION BEHIND THOSE WORDS AND TRULY SUPPORT EFFORTS THAT CULTIVATE A MORE EQUITABLE AND JUST WORLD
  • ONE WAY IN WHICH I BELIEVE YOU ALL CAN BE A PART OF THIS CHANGE IS WITH INVESTMENTS TO ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BIG AND ITS BIG SCHOLARSHIP
  • AS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF SOUTH KING COUNTY WITH DREAMS OF GOING TO COLLEGE AND BEING A LEADER WITHIN MY OWN COMMUNITY, IT WAS SCHOLARSHIPS LIKE THE ONE I RECEIVED FROM BIG THAT ALLOWED ME TO GET THE EDUCATION I NEEDED TO DO SO
  • STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT WORK AND IMPACT BIG SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM HAS HAD ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY
  • ONE OF THE FEW PROGRAMS IN OUR REGION WORKING TO ELIMINATE FINANCIAL BARRIERS FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH INTERESTED IN GOING TO COLLEGE
  • I AM PROUD TO SAY I GRADUATED CUM LAUDE FROM SEATTLE UNIVERSITY AND NOW HAVE THE HONOR OF SERVING MY COMMUNITY AS A PUBLIC SERVANT
  • THANKS TO BIG
  • I'M TRULY THANKFUL
  • THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I ASK YOU ALL TO PUT YOUR WORDS TO ACTION AND EXPAND THE BIG SCHOLARSHIP
  • FROM POLICE BRUTALITY TO VOTER SUPPRESSION AND THE UNEVEN ECONOMIC RECOVERY COMING OUT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, BLACK COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND
  • IF CHANGE IS TRULY WHAT YOU HOPE TO SEE, PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT
  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH, SHANI
  • ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP ON THE LIST, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR HAYWARD EVANS TO COME UP AND PROVIDE AYE
  • TESTIMONY
  • MR EVANS, IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND THE TOPIC RELATED TO THE PORT FOR THE RECORD
  • THANK YOU
  • I'M SO I'M SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE
  • MY NAME IS HAYWARD EVANS
  • I'M WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE CIVIL RIGHTS COALITION
  • WE'RE MADE UP OF A BROAD CROSS SECTION OF COMMUNITY BASED AND FAITH BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES, AND WE'RE HERE TO SAY WE SUPPORT YOU, COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED, 100%
  • WE ARE SO PROUD OF HER
  • STEVE, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, TOO
  • YOU KNOW THIS
  • BUT ANYWAY, VERY INTERESTING
  • BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU HERE, DOWN TO SUPPORT
  • THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE ME THAT MUCH
  • BUT THIS BIG IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
  • WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DISPARITY GAPS IN WEALTH, THE DISPARITY GAPS IN EDUCATION, AND WHAT YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS, CLEARLY, I LIKE TO SAY PEOPLE'S HEARTS, WHERE THEIR WALLETS AT? WHERE'S YOUR WALLET? WHERE'S YOUR HEART? AND WHEN YOU DO, WRITE THAT CHECK FOR BIG, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WILL AND COMMISSIONER HAS A GOAL
  • WAS SO PROUD OF YOU
  • BUT THAT'S ANOTHER STORY
  • WHEN YOU DO WRITE THAT CHECK, MAKE SURE YOU'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THERE'S OVER 8% DROP OFF RATE OF AFRICAN AMERICANS
  • IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENROLLMENT IN COLLEGES, IT'S DOWN CRITICALLY
  • AND IF YOU JUST LOOK AT SEATTLE, AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE, MOST BLACK YOUTH WON'T STAY IN SEATTLE
  • THEY SAY THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY
  • MY DAUGHTER IS MOVING TO DC
  • MY SON MOVED TO CALIFORNIA
  • EDDIE'S DAUGHTER'S NOT HERE EITHER
  • THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE AND I CAN NAME SOME OTHER NAMES
  • AS YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE WERE SUPPOSEDLY PART OF THE BLACK LEADERSHIP, DESCENDANTS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ENSLAVED
  • OUR CHILDREN ARE SAYING WHERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY? WELL, THE SCHOLARSHIP THROUGH BIG PROVIDES SOMETHING THAT THEY SAY I CAN BUILD ON THIS AND I CAN STAY A PART OF THIS AND BECOME A STAKEHOLDER INVESTED MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY
  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
  • THANK YOU MR EVANS
  • SO AS I STATED EARLIER, I'M APPROACHING PUBLIC COMMENTS THEMATICALLY TODAY, WHICH IS WHY I'M GOING TO ASK MR EDDIE RYAN TO COME UP FOR AYE
  • TESTIMONY AS WELL
  • THANK YOU
  • MR RYAN, YOU SAID STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ON
  • YES SIR
  • EDDIE RYAN JR
  • WITH THE WASHINGTON STATE CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY CONTRACTORS AND HOST OF URBAN FORM NORTHWEST RADIO
  • I HAD SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ON, I THINK I'VE HAD ALL OF THEM ON RYAN
  • CALKINS IS A LITTLE LATE BUT I'LL CATCH UP WITH AYE.
  • BUT I'M HERE
  • THAT'S BECAUSE I'M INVITED AYE
  • YET, BUT HE'S NEXT
  • BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A DOLLAR AMOUNT OF WHAT THE PORT IS GOING TO COMMIT TO UPLIFTING BLACK STUDENTS, TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO COLLEGE AND GET A HIGHER EDUCATION, TO GET A BETTER JOB
  • WE HAVE A LOT OF SERIOUS ISSUES IN THIS STATE
  • AS YOU KNOW, THERE WASH DOT, AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR 23 YEARS
  • LAST YEAR GARY LOCKE RESCINDED AYE
  • GOVERNOR'S DIRECTIVE 980 ONE SO THE JMZ COULD INSTITUTE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
  • THE SAD THING IS THAT WE'VE HAD NINE DISPARITY STUDIES IN THE LAST TEN YEARS
  • ALL SAY THE SAME THING BLACK FOLKS ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST
  • MOST RECENTLY WE GOT THIS FROM THE STATE BLACK PARTICIPATION LAST YEAR WAS ZERO POINT 18
  • I'M SURE THE PORT IS DOING BETTER THAN THAT
  • BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND IS MEANINGFUL AND SUBSTANTIAL SO FOLKS CAN BE HELPED
  • THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT GOVERNOR DESANTIS IN FLORIDA DOES NOT WANT ANYBODY TO KNOW THE TROSCITIES OF BLACK FOLKS FACED IN THIS COUNTRY
  • THERE WERE AFTER RECONSTRUCTED THE CIVIL WAR, THERE WERE OVER 1100 BLACK ELECTED APPOINTED OFFICIALS
  • WHEN PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON REMOVED THE FEDERAL TROOPS, THEY WERE RAN OUT OF BUSINESS, THEIR LAND WAS TAKEN
  • AND THERE WAS ATROCITY IN 1920 IN FLORIDA WHERE A BLACK MAN WENT TO VOTE AND THE FOLKS BURNED DOWN THE ENTIRE BLACK COMMUNITY AND KILLED ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE THERE
  • THEY'RE STILL FINDING GRAVES OF BLACK FOLKS WHO WERE MURDERED AND TORTURED A LONG TIME AGO
  • WE HAVE PAID ALL THE PRICES FOR THIS, MAKE THIS COUNTRY GREAT
  • WE'VE DIED IN EVERY WAR
  • AND BEFORE THE UNITED STATES BECAME THE UNITED STATES, THIS COUNTRY HAD 254 YEARS OF FREE LABOR CALLED SLAVERY
  • YOU GIVE ME 254 YEARS OF FREE LABOR AND I'D BE RICH TOO
  • SO I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND HOPEFULLY THE PORT HAS DONE A LOT BETTER WITH EQUITY AND CONTRACTING THAN EVERYBODY ELSE
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • THANK YOU, MR RAI
  • APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN, PROVIDING TESTIMONY
  • NEXT ON OUR LIST OF SPEAKERS, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE THEME OF TAXIS
  • JOSHUA WALTER
  • THANK YOU, JOSHUA
  • IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC
  • RAISE THEM HIGH
  • ALL COMMISSIONERS, PRESIDENT CHO AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION
  • FOR THE RECORD
  • MY NAME IS JOSHUA WELTER FROM TEAMSTERS 117
  • I THINK IT'S REALLY FITTING THAT WE'RE EXPECTING A VOTE TODAY DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTHS AND ON VALENTINE'S DAY
  • AND WE WANT TO SAY TWO WORDS THAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T HEAR OFTEN ENOUGH
  • THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO
  • THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO
  • LIFTING UP VOICES OF FOLKS WHO ARE TOO OFTEN NOT HEARD AND MARGINALIZED FOLKS WHO FACE A LEGACY OF EXCLUSION
  • EXCLUDED, NOT YOUR FAULT
  • EXCLUDED FROM THE PROTECTIONS AT WORK UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT TO HAVE A VOICE AT WORK
  • AND WE'RE DOING STUFF TO ADDRESS THAT HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • WE'RE DOING STUFF TO MAKE SURE THAT DRIVERS HAVE A VOICE AT WORK
  • AND WE REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
  • WE WANT TO LOOK FORWARD TO THE ONGOING WORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TOGETHER BOTH WITH THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND ALSO WITH OTHER PARTNERS AT KING COUNTY AROUND ISSUES RELATED TO MINIMUM FARES AND SHORT TRIPS, ISSUES RELATED TO MARKETING, ISSUES RELATED TO DISPUTE RESOLUTION
  • WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING IN A COLLABORATIVE WAY AS WE MOVE FORWARD
  • AND ONE MORE TIME, THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • THANK YOU, JOSH
  • REALLY APPRECIATE IT
  • THE NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE ON THE LIST IS SAMSON
  • OH, MY GOODNESS
  • HILO JURIS
  • I'M SORRY IF I PUT YOU THERE
  • WHY ARE YOU IGNORING SAMSON? ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? YES, MR COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT, YOU MAY WANT TO QUEUE UP THE NEXT PERSON AFTER SAMSON
  • IT'S GOING TO BE WORKU BELINA SAMSON, IF YOU COULD SAY YOUR FULL NAME AND THE TOPIC RELATED TO PORT
  • OKAY, MY NAME IS SAMSON AYE.THE JURIS I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE DRIVER ISSUE
  • I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU TO THE PORT COMMISSIONER, THE PORT STAFF, OUR UNION SENIOR LOCAL 1117, THE MEDIA AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO BOTH ADVOCATED AND STOOD FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITY
  • WE ARE STANDING ON OUR FINAL BATTLE ON WE ARE STANDING ON OUR FINAL BATTLE GROUND FOR SURVIVAL
  • IF WE LOSE THIS FIGHT, TODAY WILL BE THE END OF MY 18 YEAR CAREER
  • BUT WITH YOU, THE COMMISSIONER WE WILL BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WITHOUT ANXIETY
  • ON BEHALF OF ALL THE PORT DRIVER, I RECOGNIZE AND WITNESS EUROSTAND FOR THE PORT, CORE PRINCIPLE, FOR CORE PRINCIPLE, MISSION VALUE AND EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE MINORITY
  • THANK YOU AND HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND HAPPY VALENTINE TO ALL OF YOU
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • NEXT IS WORKU
  • VALENE
  • AND THEN AFTER WORKU IT'S GOING TO BE HEAVY JAMAL, SO PLEASE BE READY
  • WORKU, IF YOU COULD SAY YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC RELATED TO THE PORT YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ON
  • OKAY
  • MY NAME IS WORKU VALENA
  • I'M SPEAKING TODAY ABOUT THE AIRPORT CONTRACTS
  • I AM DRIVING ONE FOR IRE
  • I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL YOUR DIRECT COMMISSIONER FOR TODAY'S DECISION
  • I'M HONORED TO WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISH AS A FINAL DECISION
  • ALSO I'D LIKE TO SAY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TOO
  • ALSO I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU
  • THE PORT STAFF, THEY WORK HARD AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU
  • THAT ONE
  • THERE YOU GO
  • IF YOU CAN SAY YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC OF YOUR COMMENTS, VITABER GUIDANCE IS NEXT
  • MAY YOU
  • MY NAME IS JAIME JAMAL
  • MY FRIENDS KNOW ME AS JAMAL
  • THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU
  • I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THE TIME YOU PUT UP ON THE EFFORTS
  • I'M THANKFUL TO THE PORT EMPLOYEES SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR WORKING WITH US
  • WE WERE HAVING A LITTLE BIT PUSHBACKS ON ALL THIS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAD A TEAM, WE WORK TOGETHER
  • MY FRIEND, FELLOW DRIVERS, THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH ME AND BACKING ME UP ALL THE TIME AND THANK YOU
  • AND THANK YOU TO THE DAY
  • FEBRUARY 14, BLACK HISTORY DAY
  • WE APPRECIATE THAT AND IT'S A GREAT ALWAYS TO REMEMBER THE BLACK MEN WHO WERE HERE AND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH FOR SOMETHING ELSE, FOR WHATEVER YOU DO FOR US TOO
  • THANK YOU GUYSABAR
  • IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND TOPIC FOR THE RECORD
  • THANK YOU
  • MY NAME IS FITABER GUDINO
  • YOU TRY TO CALL MY LAST NAME, IT'S OKAY
  • THANK YOU
  • IT'S DIFFICULT
  • YEAH
  • I DON'T HAVE A LONG STORY, BUT I REMEMBER WE STARTED STRUGGLE 2018 WITH I NEVER FORGET WE CAME FROM HOME JUST PART OF SEATTLE AND 1117 OUR TEMPERATURE
  • THEY HELPED ME, THEY HELPED US A LOT
  • STILL WE ARE WORKING THANKS TO GOD
  • AND I NEED SAY THANK YOU FOR GIVING US FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOOD, EVERYTHING FOR FIVE YEARS CONTRACT
  • VERY, VERY
  • I'M SO GLAD AND I SAY THANK YOU
  • GOD BLESS YOU GUYS AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTE WITH LADY I WAS WITH GROW MOHAMED AND I LIKE JUST SAY THANKS TO GOD AND THANKS TO HER TOO
  • THIS IS A BIG CHANGE FOR US
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • I NEED TO SAY GOD BLESS YOU GUYS, ALL OF YOU
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • NEXT, CONTINUING ON THE THEME IS PIER
  • IS IT Q OR CRAY? PETER YEAH, I SHOULD JUST IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC RELATED TO THE PORT
  • THANK YOU, PETER
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SHOW
  • THANK YOU ALL OF YOU
  • MY NAME IS PETER QUILL
  • I'M PRESIDENT OF DRIVER UNION
  • I'M HERE TODAY TO THANK YOU ON WHAT YOU ARE WORKING FOR, FOR TNC DRIVERS OVER AND LIVE DRIVERS IN PORT OF SEATTLE
  • I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE WORKING FOR
  • IT IS NECESSARY
  • IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
  • IT'S A LIFE SAVING
  • I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU ON THAT
  • AND ALSO IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR BROTHERS, THE TAXI CAB DRIVERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR THEM, TOO
  • AND ALSO I WILL STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH VIP, THE BLACK IN THE GOVERNMENT
  • I WOULD LIKE TO BE STAYING IN CELADARI
  • THIS IS A BLANK, MAN
  • BLOG IS CIRCLED, MAN
  • AND IT'S WONDERFUL FOR GLAMATION THAT I MADE
  • THANK YOU FOR THE WORD YOU HAVE GIVEN SISTER AMD
  • IT'S AMAZING
  • IT'S MOVING AYE
  • FEET
  • AND THANK YOU FOR THAT
  • I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR ALL WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN OUR STATE OF WASHINGTON
  • I THINK WE ARE DOING A LOT MORE THAN ANY STATE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
  • SO WE HAVE MAKING HB 27 SIX BEEN FAST, AND THAT IS GIVING A LOT OF SHINE TO MANY WORKING FAMILY
  • AND THANK YOU FOR ALL WHAT YOU ARE DOING
  • MAY GOD BLESS YOU
  • THANK YOU, PETER
  • AND THEN LAST SPEAKER ON THE TOPIC OF TAXIS ISMIL HERE
  • SUMATAR
  • SUMATAR
  • SORRY
  • ACDBE MUTED
  • THAT'S RIGHT
  • OKAY
  • IS HE HERE? YOU SIGNED YOUR NAME NOT HERE
  • OKAY, WELL, MAYBE WE'LL COME BACK TO AYE
  • AT THE END OF THE END OF THE SESSION
  • ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON IN OUR AGENDA, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL
  • OH, ARE YOU RIGHT THERE? I'M HERE
  • I WANTED TO SPEAK I WANTED TO BE SIGNED UP MYSELF, BUT I WANTED TO SPEAK WHEN I BE ABLE TO SPEAK
  • I'M SORRY, I'M CONFUSED
  • SO WHAT'S GOING ON? SO YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL SO I WILL CALL FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS AT THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT
  • YOU HAVE NOT PUT YOUR NAME DOWN HERE, AND SO I CAN'T CALL ON YOU UNTIL UNTIL I GO THROUGH EVERYONE WHO'S COMMENTED
  • AND THEN PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND LET ME KNOW WHEN I CALL FOR ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS
  • OKAY? SO JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT
  • NEXT SPEAKER IS ALEXANDERMAN ALEX
  • IF YOU COULD SAY YOUR WHOLE NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC THAT'S YOU
  • YEAH, ALEX
  • YOU DON'T KNOW MY NAME
  • IT'S HARD TO READ YOUR HANDWRITING
  • I TELL YOU A WORDY, MAN
  • COME ON
  • HELLO
  • MY BEST FRIEND MICROPHONE
  • THAT'S
  • NORKY ALEX
  • I'LL TURN IT ON
  • IF YOU COULD REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR NAME IS ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM
  • YEAH, I WILL DO IN THIS EXACTLY
  • BUT FIRST I NEED TO TALK
  • HELLO
  • HELLO
  • MY BEST FRIEND WORST PROBLEM
  • IT'S NOT A BAD TIMER
  • OKAY
  • HELLO, MY BEST FRIEND
  • MY NAME IS ALEX ZIMMERMAN, A PRESIDENT OF STAND UP AMERICA
  • WHEN I SPEAK ABOUT AGENDA, TC, ABOUT CONTRACT WITH THESE POOR BABIES, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEAR CONTRACT AND A BUSINESS CONSULTANT FOR MANY YEARS TOP EDUCATE YOU
  • ME, I NEVER SEE CONTRACT FOR FIVE YEARS WITH TAXI DRIVER IN MY LIFE
  • AND THIS ABSOLUTELY BE YES, BECAUSE PRICE ONLY FOR THE LAST TWO, THREE YEARS TRIPLE IN EVERYTHING
  • SO AFTER FIVE YEAR WHEN DOLLAR WILL BE FELLEMAN, INFLATION WILL BE KILLED, EVERY SIGN IN AMERICA GOING DOWN RIGHT NOW, DOLLAR WILL BE COST NOTHING IN THIS FIVE YEAR IS ABSOLUTELY STUPID
  • NOT MERE CORRECTION WHAT IS YOU HAVE FOR THIS FIVE YEAR
  • BUT SITUATION SIMPLE, YOU ARE CROOKED BY DEFINITION
  • IS THIS A POOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE? IT'S NUMBER ONE
  • NUMBER TWO ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE
  • I HAVE BLACK BLOOD TOO, YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEAN? I HAVE MANY BLOOD BECAUSE I'M A JEW
  • SO, SITUATION VERY SIMPLE RIGHT NOW, IT'S NO MORE BLACK COMMUNITY IN SEATTLE
  • IT'S ALL GONE
  • YEAH, IT'S VERY INTERESTING
  • IN ANOTHER MINORITY, ALL GONE FOR THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS
  • THIS UNDER DEMOCRAT MAFIA PANDITA, A PURE FASCIST, IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED
  • SO, SALARY IN SEATTLE RIGHT NOW, $120,000
  • WHO GUIDE YOU? HALF, $120,000 PER YEAR
  • SHOW ME WHO
  • ALEX, I'M GOING TO CUT YOU OFF
  • YOU NEED TO STAY WITHIN THE TOP OF THE PORT
  • BECAUSE I SPEAK ABOUT WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE NEED THIS BRAINWASH, YOU UNDERSTAND? WE NEED A DOING SOMETHING WHAT IS REAL
  • YOU DON'T DO IT UNDER DEMOCRAT MAFIA
  • IT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED
  • NOW, YOU DON'T SHOW ME YOUR LOW BACK, BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS WHEN I SPEAK, SIR, YOU ALWAYS ALEX, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU OFF
  • YOU NEED TO STAY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF TOPICS RELATIVE TO THE PORT
  • THIS IS YOUR SECOND WARNING, ALEX
  • NO, I ONLY KNOW IF I WANT THIS IS A SECOND WARNING
  • IF YOU GET IT THERE, YOU'LL BE KICKED OUT
  • MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT
  • GOVERNOR SWITCH
  • IT'S KILLED TOM
  • SPEAK ABOUT YOUR TIME'S UP
  • OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PATRICK MCGEE
  • PATRICK, ARE YOU IN THE ROOM? THERE YOU ARE
  • IF YOU WANT TO CALL THE SPEAKER AGAIN, MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT, I'M SURETY I FIND YOU
  • OKAY, THANK YOU
  • THANKS, PATRICK
  • IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ON
  • YEAH, MY NAME IS PAT MCKEE, AND FIRST I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE REALLY PROFOUNDLY MOVING COMMENTS HERE TODAY, AND THAT'S A CREDIT TO ALL OF YOU
  • BUT MY OBJECTIVE IN COMING HERE TODAY IS TO PURSUE THE RESTORATION OF A CRUISE FREE SAILAGE SEA MEGA SHIPS CARRYING THOUSANDS OF PASSENGERS, MOST OF THEM ARRIVING BY AIR, HAVE NO PLACE PLYING AND DESPOILING THE COASTLINE OF THE PLANET'S LAST GREAT TEMPERATE RAINFOREST
  • FOSSIL FUEL CREWS IS AN UNSUSTAINABLE MODEL THAT COMMODIFIES AND ULTIMATELY DESTROYS THE VERY WEB OF LIFE IT PURPORTS TO CELEBRATE
  • THAT'S MY OBJECTIVE
  • WHAT ARE YOUR OBJECTIVES AS LEADERS OF THE PORT
  • WHAT ARE THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSUMPTIONS THAT DRIVE DECISION MAKING REGARDING CRUISE? HAS THERE BEEN AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF CRUISE'S ACTUAL COSTS IN HUMAN HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY, NOT JUST FOR SOME NARROWLY DESIGNATED NEAR PORT SCOPE, BUT FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE ALASKA ROUTE? BY THESE METRICS, WHAT DOES CRUISE COST IN SEATTLE AND VICTORIA AND JUNEAU AND KETCHIKAN? AND UNTIL WE KNOW, HOW IN THE WORLD DO WE JUSTIFY GROWING THIS BUSINESS? IS THERE AN END GAME? OR JUST A HOPE THAT SOME ZERO EMISSION, OR IS IT NET ZERO SOLUTION WILL MIRACULOUSLY BECOME AVAILABLE IN 2050? GREEN HYDROGEN, AMMONIA, METHANOL? WE HAVE NO IDEA YET
  • RIGHT? BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WHY WOULD WE KEEP EXPANDING AN INDUSTRY THAT DEMONSTRATES ITS CONTEMPT FOR ALL OF US? EVERY DAY, CRUISE SHIPS, THEY BURN THE CHEAPEST FUEL AVAILABLE
  • THEY DUMP INCREDIBLY TOXIC SCRUBBER RESIDUE INTO THE OCEAN
  • THEY DISCHARGE THE ACCUMULATED DAILY GARBAGE AND PLASTIC WASTE AND SEWAGE OF THE SMALL CITIES
  • THEY ARE INTO OUR COASTAL WATERS
  • THEY PAY WORKERS AS LITTLE AS $2 AN HOUR
  • AND WHAT ABOUT EXHAUST AND PARTICULATE MATTER IN PORTS? ONLY ONE OF SEATTLE'S CRUISE FACILITIES IS EQUIPPED FOR SHORE POWER
  • HOW MANY IN SKAGWAY, NOT TO MENTION DR BURTON'S, ESTIMATE THAT A SIX MONTH SEASON OF ALASKA CRUISE AND ASSOCIATED AIR TRAVEL PRODUCES GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS EQUAL TO A THIRD OF SEATTLE'S OVER A WHOLE YEAR
  • SO IT'S A LOT TO SORT OUT, BUT SHOULDN'T THE PORT AT LEAST START BY CAPPING PASSENGER AND SAILING? DONE
  • SO THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS
  • NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO JENNIFER LONGLEY
  • THE NEXT FOUR SPEAKERS ARE VIRTUAL, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR HANGING IN THERE VIRTUALLY WHILE WE GET THROUGH THOSE FOLKS IN PERSON
  • JENNIFER LONGLEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES
  • EXCELLENT
  • COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND TOPIC RELATED TO THE PORT FOR THE RECORD? AND THEN YOU'LL GET TWO MINUTES
  • MY NAME IS JENNIFER LONGLEY AND I'M THE OWNER OF PLANEWARE, AND THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE TRA FOR PLANEWARE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
  • THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW ME TO SPEAK ON MY BEHALF
  • I AM A BOWMAN OWNED ACDBE LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS, AND HAVE BEEN OPERATING AT CTECH AIRPORT SINCE 2014
  • I HAVE PUT MY HEART AND SOUL INTO THIS BUSINESS
  • WE STARTED AT THE INTRODUCTORY KIOSK PROGRAM WHERE WE PROVED OUR CONCEPT AND ARE LOVED BY PASSENGERS, AIRLINE CREW AND FLIGHT ENTHUSIASTS
  • WE HAVE ACTUALLY BECOME A DESTINATION STORE FOR MANY
  • WE COMPLETED THE 18 MONTH INTRODUCTORY PROGRAM AND AT THE TIME THE INTERMEDIATE PROGRAM HADN'T BEEN DEVELOPED YET
  • WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN A TEMPORARY LOCATION IN THE B CONCOURSE WHILE WE WAITED FOR AN RFP TO BE RELEASED FOR US TO BID
  • WE WERE AWARDED THE RFP AND NEW STORE LOCATION IN THE BEE CONCOURSE AND BEGAN THE DESIGN PROCESS
  • WHEN WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE SPACE WE WERE AWARDED WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AND WERE GIVEN A DIFFERENT SPACE IN THE D GATES WE AGAIN BEGAN OUR DESIGN PROCESS, BUT DUE TO NOT ENOUGH INFRASTRUCTURE WE COULDN'T BUILD OUT OUR BRAND DESIGN AND CONCEPT AND WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO RENOVATE THE SPACE
  • WE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY IMPACTED THROUGH THE YEARS BUT THE ADR TEAM HAS BEEN EXTREMELY GRACIOUS IN HELPING US THROUGH THESE HARDSHIPS
  • BUT HERE I AM AGAIN
  • AFTER OPERATING MY BUSINESS SUCCESSFULLY FOR TWO YEARS IN THE CURRENT LOCATION AND ARE NOW BEING SERIOUSLY IMPACTED BY THE NEW CAPITAL PROJECT AND C CONCOURSE EXPANSION, WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD BE SHUT DOWN FOR THREE TO FOUR YEARS
  • I AM GRATEFUL FOR THE ADR TEAM WHO WERE ABLE TO FIND A SPACE AND SOLUTION TO KEEP US VIABLE
  • THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON SMALL BUSINESS AND THIS TRI WILL MAKE US WHOLE AGAIN
  • THANKS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SHARE MY STORY WITH YOU AND I WANT TO THANK DON HUNTER, KALIA MOORE AND OF COURSE LANCE LITTLE FOR SUPPORTING ME AND WORKING EXHAUSTIVELY THROUGH THIS TIME
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU, JENNIFER
  • NEXT SPEAKER IS DON HUNTER
  • AYE.DON
  • HI, HOW ARE YOU? GOOD AFTERNOON, DON, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC YOU'RE SPEAKING ON AND THEN YOU'LL GET YOUR TWO MINUTES
  • GOOD TO SEE YOU
  • GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL
  • HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH
  • MY NAME IS DON HUNTER AND I AM SPEAKING ON ITEM EIGHT D, THE TENANT REIMBURSEMENT, AND ALSO COMMENT ON ITEM TEN C, THE ON DEMAND TAXI FLAT RATE MOTION IN SUPPORT OF THE AVIATION COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT TEAM
  • AS I SAID, MY NAME IS DON HUNTER, AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE AVIATION COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT TEAM
  • FIRST ON THE FIRST END, JENNIFER LONGLEY IS THE OWNER OF PLAYWRIGHT, WHO YOU JUST HEARD AND HAS BEEN PART OF THE SA FAMILY SINCE 2014, STARTING IN THE SMALL BUSINESS KIOSK AND ULTIMATELY IN HER SPACE
  • AND AS SHE DESCRIBED, HER SPACE HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY IMPACTED OVER AND OVER AGAIN BY, FOR DIFFERENT REASONS
  • FIRST INFRASTRUCTURE THAN CAPITAL PROJECTS, BUT THE PORT
  • UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE REALLY GAINED GROUNDS OF BECOMING GOOD BUSINESS PARTNERS WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESS DBE AND ACDBE COMMUNITY
  • THIS REIMBURSEMENT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT PARTNERSHIP
  • AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO COMMENT ON ITEM TEN C
  • I'M GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE HAPPY AND SMILING
  • I REFLECTED BACK ON THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING WE HAD WHERE STAFF GAVE A BRIEFING ON TAXIS AND I LEFT THERE RELATIVELY SAD
  • SAD BECAUSE I'M THE DAUGHTER OF BLACK IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SIT BY AND WATCH OTHER IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES BEING MISINFORMED OR EVEN MANIPULATED IN CERTAIN WAYS
  • AND ALSO LISTEN TO MISINFORMATION ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT STAFF AND THE OPS TEAM, ESPECIALLY HOW THEY HANDLED THE PILOT ALLUDING TO THEM NOT GETTING YOUR APPROVAL BEFORE MOVING OVER, WHICH WAS ALSO NOT TRUE
  • I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU COMMISSIONERS FROM BEING IN THE TRENCHES, THESE TEAMS WORK HARD AND SPEND MANY HOURS
  • TO ENSURE THAT THE STAFF IS DOING THE RIGHT THING, NOT ONLY FOR THE AIRPORT, BUT DEFINITELY ALSO FOR THE DRIVERS
  • SO I URGE YOU, AS WE SUPPORT OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY WHERE WE DON'T LEAVE THEM VULNERABLE TO MISINFORMATION AND IT PROMOTES THEIR SUCCESS SO THEY CAN FEED THEIR FAMILIES
  • I MISSED MY TIME AT THE PORT, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, I'LL ALWAYS SHOW UP TO ADVOCATE FOR SMALL BUSINESS, WOMEN, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, MINORITY COMMUNITIES THAT DO BUSINESS HERE
  • SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING MY TESTIMONY
  • THANK YOU
  • DON, GOOD TO SEE YOU
  • NEXT ON OUR LIST OF SPEAKERS IS AUBREE WISDOM
  • IS AUBREE THERE? YES, I'M HERE
  • AYE.AUBREE
  • YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
  • IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ON
  • MY NAME IS AUBREE WISDOM
  • I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE THREATS TO NORTH HITCH PARK AND FORESTED LAND AROUND SEATAC AIRPORT
  • GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE COMMISSION
  • MY NAME IS AUBREE AND I'M A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, INTERNING WITH SOUTH SEATTLE CLIMATE ACTION NETWORK AND THE DEFENDERS OF NORTH SEA TECH PARK
  • I'M SPEAKING TODAY BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLANS PUBLISHED IN THE PORT SUSTAINABLE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AND REAL ESTATE STRATEGIC PLAN
  • IF THESE PLANS ARE FOLLOWED, TREE COVERED LAND WITHIN NORTH SEATAC PARK, IN ADDITION TO AN ESTIMATED 107 ACRES OF FORESTED LAND IN SEATAC, WILL BE DEFORESTED AND DEVELOPED
  • THE 2020 PUBLIC HEALTH REPORT TO THE WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURE CLEARLY DETAILS HOW COMMUNITIES LIVING NEAR SEATAC AIRPORT FACE DISPROPORTIONATE HEALTH IMPACTS, INCLUDING HIGH RATES OF ASTHMA, STROKE, HEART DISEASE, AND LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCIES
  • IT ALSO EMPHASIZES THAT ACCORDING TO CENSUS DATA, NEARLY THREE QUARTERS OF ALL KING COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO IDENTIFY AS BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDE WITHIN 10 MILES OF SEATAC AIRPORT
  • AND THE MAJORITY OF OTHER MINORITY COMMUNITIES ALSO RESIDE HERE
  • THIS IS CLEARLY NOT JUST AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE, BUT AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE
  • RESEARCH SHOWS THAT URBAN TREE CANOPIES ARE CRITICAL TO MITIGATING THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIRPORT POLLUTION
  • AND FAA DOCUMENTS FROM 2016 EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NORTH SEATAC PARK WAS INITIALLY CREATED TO COMPENSATE THE AREA RESIDENTS FOR CUMULATIVE AIRPORT IMPACTS
  • PEOPLE DESERVE TO LIVE HEALTHY LIVES IN A HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS WITH UNDISTURBED ACCESS TO COMMUNITY AND HEALTH ENRICHING GREEN SPACES
  • I'M URGING YOU TODAY TO ENACT A MORATORIUM ON TREE FOREST STATION WITHIN 2 MILES OF SEATAC AIRPORT UNTIL THERE'S A PLAN IN PLACE TO ENSURE ADEQUATE TREE CANOPY FOR THIS COMMUNITY
  • THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME WILL AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THESE COMMUNITIES FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
  • THANKS, AUBREE
  • AND THEN LAST ON SPEAK OUR SIGN UPS IS JOE KUNZLER
  • JOE, ARE YOU WITH US? YES, SIR
  • EXCELLENT
  • CAN YOU HEAR ME, SIR? YES
  • IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND THE TOPIC FOR THE RECORD
  • AND IF YOU COULD SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT, YOU'RE A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE SOUND
  • OKAY, JOE KUNZLER HERE
  • MY TOPIC IS GENERALLY THE CONDUCT OF THE PORT ENFORCING PUBLIC COMMENT
  • YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED I'M A WHITE GUY AND I VERY STRONGLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DID TODAY
  • PRESTON SHOW
  • I HOPE THAT IT'S A NEW DORM DEALING WITH A CERTAIN TROUBLED INDIVIDUAL WHO COMES TO YOUR MEETINGS TO CAMPAIGN AND TO HURL HATE, AND I THINK THERE SHOULD JUST BE A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR THAT
  • I DON'T FIND MOST OF THIS TROUBLED INDIVIDUAL ALEX'S COMMENTS RELEVANT TO THE CONDUCT OF THE PORT
  • I ALSO SHOULD SAY EARLY ON IN MY COMMENTS THAT I DO WRITE PROFESSIONALLY ABOUT THE PORT FOR AN OUTLET
  • I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THE OUTLET BECAUSE MY COMMENTS ARE NOT REFLECTIVE OF THEIRS OR RELATED TO THAT WORK
  • BUT I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE ALL THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S WONDERFUL PROFESSIONALS, WHETHER THEY BE PUBLIC RELATIONS OR YOUR WONDERFUL CLERK HART, OR THE REST OF YOUR STAFF, YOUR WONDERFUL PORT POLICE
  • I WOULD HAVE CONCLUDED WITH A POSITIVE THOUGHT ON VALENTINE'S DAY, AND THAT IS GENERALLY THAT I LOVE THE SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
  • I THINK IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AIRPORT IN THE WORLD, AND I CERTAINLY WISH THE AIRPORT GREAT SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE AND MORE AIRCRAFT AND MORE SLEEK JET NOISE
  • AND AGAIN, I THINK YOUR CORK DOES A GREAT JOB AS WELL
  • SO THANK YOU
  • THANKS, JOE
  • COME BY MORE OFTEN
  • THAT CONCLUDES OUR SIGN UP TODAY
  • IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT ON THE TEAM'S CALL OR PRESENT IN THE ROOM TODAY WHO DIDN'T SIGN UP BUT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSIONER? IF SO, PLEASE STATE AND SPELL YOUR NAME AND SAY THE TOPIC RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF THE PORT YOU WSDOT SPEAK ABOUT FOR THE RECORD, HANDS UP
  • ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL HERE
  • IF YOU COULD JUST COME UP TO THE DYESS HERE AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND THE TOPIC RELATED TO THE PORT
  • YOU'LL GET TWO MINUTES
  • ONE OVER
  • ONE OVER
  • IT'S FINE
  • ONE OVER
  • THERE YOU GO
  • GREAT
  • GOOD AFTERNOON
  • MY NAME IS ADEN HASAN
  • I'M AN OPERATOR TAXI AT SEATTLE CTECH
  • FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE PORT COMMISSIONERS AND PORT STAFF AND THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION FOR BEING THERE FOR US FRIENDLY WHEN WE APPROACH THEM BEING APPROACHABLE
  • FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU
  • THAT DOES NOT MEAN THINGS HAS BEEN VERY SMOOTH AND CERTAIN
  • ACTUALLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN TERMS OF HAVING A JOB SECURITY AND IN TERMS OF MANY TIMES WE HEARD LIKE, THERE IS A SITUATION THAT THE PORT WOULD RAISE PER THREE FEE OR THE PILOT PROGRAM THAT WAS YEAR TO YEAR AND THAT WAS NOT STABLE SITUATION FOR US TO WORK
  • I WANT TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS TAXI DRIVERS AT THE PORT
  • WE ARE ABOUT 400 PLUS TAXI DRIVERS
  • WE ARE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE HERE IN THE US
  • WE HAVE FLAGS FROM ETHIOPIA, ERITTERIA, WE ARE FROM EAST INDIA
  • WE ARE FROM PHILIPPINES
  • WE EVEN HAVE A FEW CAUCASIANS, RIGHT? SO NO ONE EXPECTED, RIGHT? SO WE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF LADIES DRIVING WITH US, JUST A LACK OF BEER RIGHT THERE DRIVING WITH US
  • SO WE ARE FAIRLY DIVERSE
  • IF THE PORT IS TALKING ABOUT DIVERSITY, EQUITANT INCLUSION, IT'S US
  • SO TODAY I WANT TO ASK ALL OF YOU GUYS TO END THAT UNCERTAINTY WE HAD FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND VOTE FOR US FOR FIVE YEARS OF CERTAINTY FOR THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE
  • A LOT OF YOU GUYS, WE APPRECIATE YOU
  • ALL OF YOU, HAMDI AND GAIA AND JOE, ALL OF YOU GUYS, THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU FOR YOU GUYS THAN MOST OF YOU, WE VOTED WHO WE CAN IN OUR JURISDICTION, BUT ALSO FOR YOU
  • WHY? BECAUSE WE READ ABOUT YOUR PLATFORM AND WE SAW THAT YOU STAND FOR JUSTICE AND YOU STAND FOR EQUITY
  • THANKS
  • YOUR TIME IS ACTUALLY UP, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, WE APPRECIATE YOU
  • YEAH
  • ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM OR VIRTUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT COMMENT, PLEASE? IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND THE TOPIC ON SUPPORT
  • YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES
  • MY NAME IS STEVE WONG AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TAXICAB PROPOSAL
  • COMMISSIONER, THIS TAXICAB PROPOSAL CAN INFLUENCE AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE
  • WHY? NUMBER ONE, THE AIRPORT GETS GOOD, RELIABLE AND DEPENDABLE SERVICE PLUS FINANCIAL BENEFIT
  • NUMBER TWO, PASSENGERS GETS CHEAP AND COULD RISE
  • NUMBER THREE, PEOPLE LIKE ME, TAXICAB PEOPLE LIKE ME, WE GET A JOB AND THIS TAXICAP PROPOSAL, EVERYBODY WINS
  • EVERYBODY
  • COMMISSIONER, PLEASE GIVE US YOUR APPROVAL SO WE CAN ALL INFLUENCE AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • THANK YOU
  • ANYONE ELSE IN THE ROOM WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, IF YOU COULD HAVE YOU COME UP TO THE DIAS AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND THE TOPIC FOR THE RECORD
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • MY NAME IS MICHAEL XIO
  • I'M FROM GREEN CAP TAXI AND GREEN FORT HIRE
  • AND THANK YOU, THE UNION FOR WORKING HARD AND THANK YOU FOR YOU GUYS TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE A COMMUNITY LIKE WORKING AT THE AIRPORT
  • AND I HAVE A KIND OF A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OPINION THAT LIKE THE TAX INDUSTRY GENERALLY ABOUT TAX INDUSTRY, SO THE TAX INDUSTRY IS WITH THE LIMITED NUMBER TO GIVE A SERVICE
  • THERE ARE LIKE SO MANY COMPETITIONS ARE THERE LIKE OVER OR LIKE TENNESSEE, THEY HAVE KIND OF THOUSANDS OF DRIVERS, BUT THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE KING COUNTY, THEY ONLY ALLOW 1500 OR 1600
  • IT'S KIND OF FIGHTING LIKE 500 KILOGRAM WITH 550 KILOGRAM LIKE JUST IN DEMANDING THE SUBPLAY ONE
  • IF THE PEOPLE NEED A TAXI, THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TAXIS
  • SO WHAT I'M SAYING THAT IT IS GOOD TO HAVE THE CONTRACT FOR THE FOR THE AIRPORT, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LIKE DOUBLE PLATES LICENSES OUT THERE WHO WANT TO SERVE AT THE AIRPORT
  • SO YOU GUYS NEED TO CONSIDER LIKE ABOUT 30 TO 40 OR 50 DRIVERS CAN BE SIGNED WITH THIS CONTRACT
  • I JUST WANT TO JUST PUT MY OPINION THERE
  • ALL RIGHT, SO LIKE, BE FAIR
  • I DON'T MIND TO GET IT, BUT TO GET LIKE MORE ONE
  • ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS
  • ALL RIGHT, ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? OH, WE GOT ONE IN THE BACK THERE
  • COME ON UP
  • IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND THE TOPIC THAT YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ON
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME ISA, AND TODAY I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TAXI AT THE PORT
  • WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS CAN KEEP THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DRIVERS RIGHT NOW IN THE AIRPORT AND ALL OF US, WE DO ROTATION AND A LOT OF DRIVERS ARE HAPPY WITH THAT
  • SO IF YOU GUYS CAN PROCESS A LITTLE BIT FASTER FOR THE CONTRACT YOU GUYS GIVE WITH US, THIS WILL REALLY BE APPRECIATED
  • AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY
  • THANK YOU
  • ANYONE ELSE? GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE
  • OH YES, PLEASE, IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND THE TOPIC
  • HELLO
  • MY NAME IS AMARJEE SINGH
  • I WORK AS DRIVER CDEC AIRPORT
  • SO I SHALL BE VERY THANKFUL TO YOU BECAUSE WE JUST BE HAVING MORE CONTRACT AND TO WORK IN THE AIRPORT
  • AND I AM REALLY THANKFUL TO GROUND TRANSPORTATION PORT OF SEATTLE, AND THEY ARE VERY COOPERATIVE PEOPLE AND SO NICE OF SO BECAUSE IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE MUTED TO WE LIVE WITH THE FAMILY AND SO NICE OF YOU AND HAPPY VALENTINE DAY
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU
  • ANY OTHERS IN THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, I'M GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE GIVE US A SYNOPSIS OF ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS WE MAY HAVE RECEIVED
  • THIS ONE
  • IT'S EASY THEN
  • WE HAVE RECEIVED NO WRITTEN COMMENTS TODAY
  • GREAT
  • ALL RIGHT, HEARING NO FURTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY, WE WILL MOVE NOW ONTO THE CONSENT AGENDA
  • MR COMMISSIONER
  • EXCUSE ME
  • WE REARRANGED THE AGENDA
  • MY SCRIPT IS A LITTLE OFF
  • WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO CONSIDER ITEM TEN C ON THE AGENDA
  • IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF PRESENT THE ITEM OR ACTUALLY, STEVE, GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE ITEM
  • LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ IT INTO THE RECORD
  • YEAH, GO AHEAD
  • THIS IS AGENDA ITEM TEN C, ORDER NUMBER 2023-04, AN ORDER OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM FOR ON DEMAND TAXI FLAT RATE FOR HIRE SERVICE AT SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR A PERIOD OF UP TO FIVE YEARS
  • THERE HE GOES
  • THAT WAS FOR YOU, STEVE
  • YEAH, THANKS
  • COMMISSIONERS
  • GROUND TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE KEY SERVICES THAT AIRPORT TRAVELERS REQUIRE
  • PORT STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO UNDERTAKE A PILOT PROGRAM DESIGNED WITH SIGNIFICANT INPUT FROM DRIVERS AND OPERATORS AT SEA
  • THAT EFFORT BALANCES PASSENGER NEEDS WITH ENSURING SUSTAINABLE LIVING WAGE JOBS FOR WORKERS
  • AS THE CURRENT PROGRAM ENDS, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING MOVING FORWARD WITH AN APPROACH THAT ESSENTIALLY CARRIES FORWARD WITH THE ELEMENTS DRAWN FROM THE THREE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM
  • WE BELIEVE THAT IS THE APPROPRIATE PATH AND OUR RECOMMENDATION REFLECTS BOTH EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO THE DRIVERS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION FIRST ESTABLISHED IN THE PILOT PROGRAM
  • I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONERS ARE PROPOSING CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM AND STAFF IS HERE
  • WE'RE HERE MORE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ANY INPUT YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE IDEAS, BUT AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO TURN OVER TO COMMISSION CHIEF OF STAFF, AARON PRITCHARD
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK
  • FOLLOWING A THREE YEAR PILOT PROJECT, THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION HAS ENGAGED IN ROBUST OVERSIGHT AND STAKEHOLDER OUTREACH WITH THE TAXI FLAT RATE FOR HIGHER PROGRAM DRIVERS
  • THE FOLLOWING ORDER LAYS OUT THE ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE NEW ITEMS SUCH AS EDUCATION, OUTREACH ON VIRTUAL QUEUE, WHICH EMPHASIZING CURBSIDE MANAGER, CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING, ENFORCING COMPLIANCE AND EXPLORATION OF A DRIVER TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS I WON'T GO THROUGH READ THE WHOLE TEXT OF THE ORDER, BUT I WILL HIT A FEW HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED AND TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS THAT WE EXPECT AS WELL
  • SO THE ORDER DIRECTS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ESTABLISH THE ON DEMAND PROGRAM FOR TAXI FLAT RATE FOR HIRE
  • IN PARTICULAR
  • THIS CREATES A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM
  • WE'VE MOVED THROUGH THE PILOT AFTER THREE YEARS AND NOW WE'RE SETTING A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM
  • IN COURSE, THE PORT WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT THE ALL INCLUSIVE $6 PER TRIP FEE WITH DIRECT PAYMENT FROM THE DRIVERS TO SEA
  • AND THE PORT COMMISSION WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THE VIRTUAL QUEUE OPTIONS WITH OPERATORS THROUGH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION AND CONSULTATION WITH THE DRIVER COMMUNITY
  • THE PORT WILL CONTINUE TO RECOGNIZE THE VOLUNTARY DRIVER ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED IN 2019, AND THE PORT SHALL EXPLORE AND DEVELOP A DRIVER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR INTERESTED DRIVERS
  • FURTHER, THAT THE PORT COMMISSION AVIATION COMMITTEE OR THE DESIGNEES SHALL REVIEW THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION DISPUTE SYSTEM AT THE AIRPORT WITH THE DRIVERS AND THE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION REPORT RESULTS BACK TO THE COMMISSIONER BY THE END OF AUGUST 2023
  • FINALLY, THE PORT SHALL REVIEW AND EMPHASIZE THE CONTRACTUAL CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDARDS FOR THE CURBSIDE MANAGER TO ASSURE COMPLIANCE AND PROVIDE A REPORT TO COMMISSION AS WELL WITHIN SIX MONTHS PASSAGE OF THIS ORDER
  • FINALLY, THIS MORNING FROM THE COMMISSION OFFICE, WE SENT A LETTER TO KING COUNTY URGING ADOPTION OF A MINIMUM FARE FOR TAXI FOR HIRE TRIPS FOR SEATAC AND HAVE ASKED FOR A REPORT BACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITHIN 90 DAYS JUST ON THE STATUS OF THAT PROPOSAL
  • KING COUNTY HAS LISTED MINIMUM FARES AT SEATAC ON THEIR WEBSITE IN THE PROPOSAL FOR THEIR NOTICE OF PROPOSAL OF AN ORDINANCE
  • AND SO THAT'S A VERY POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND WE DRAFTED THAT LETTER AND SENT IT OFF THIS MORNING AND IT'S REFERENCED HERE IN THE ORDER
  • AND SO THAT'S OUR BIG NEXT STEP AS WELL AS SOME FOLLOW UPS IN THE AVIATION COMMITTEE
  • BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THERE AND TURN IT OVER BACK OVER TO COMMISSIONER CHO
  • EXCELLENT
  • THANK YOU, AARON
  • ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME FROM COMMISSIONERS? PLEASE INDICATE IF YOU LIKE TO SPEAK
  • ALL RIGHT, I WILL TAKE COMMENTS
  • ACTUALLY, NO, I'LL TAKE COMMENTS AFTER I GET A MOTION AND A SECOND
  • SO HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM
  • IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND? SO MOVED
  • SECOND
  • THE MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED
  • ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN, ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
  • THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHO
  • FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO'S HERE
  • NAMASTE
  • SALAM
  • SALAM
  • AYAKUM
  • PEACE BE UPON ALL OF YOU
  • AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE PORT'S LEADERSHIP TEAM, SPECIFICALLY THE AVIATION TEAM, OUR AVIATION MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR, LANCE LITTLE
  • THIS ORDER TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
  • AND WE ARE PART TIME COMMISSIONERS, SO THAT YOU ALL KNOW IT REALLY TAKES STAFF TO MOVE THE WORK THAT WE DO
  • AND SO I JUST WANT TO HOLD SPACE FOR ALL THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORKED ON THIS TAXI ORDER WITH US
  • ALONGSIDE US
  • I WANT TO THANK OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, AARON PRITCHARD
  • HE WORKED HARD ALONGSIDE ME ON THIS TAXI ORDER AND ALONGSIDE ALL THE OTHER COMMISSIONER
  • I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS TAXI ORDER
  • IT IS NO SECRET THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON TAXI DRIVERS
  • THIS IS A WORKFORCE THAT IS PREDOMINANTLY IMMIGRANT
  • AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR OPERATIONS
  • AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET
  • I HEARD THAT DIRECTLY FROM SO MANY OF YOU IN THIS ROOM TODAY
  • AND THIS IS WHY THIS TAXI ORDER INCLUDES NO INCREASES TO THE PORT TRIP FEE, AND WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT $6 AMOUNT
  • WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PANDEMIC IMPACTS THE TAXI DRIVERS, AND THERE IS A NEED FOR ECONOMIC RELIEF, WHICH IS WHY WE ARE PROPOSING A FIVE YEAR OPERATION AGREEMENT
  • WE WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS THAT ECONOMIC RELIEF
  • I BELIEVE ALL MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO DO THAT TODAY
  • AND WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE ISSUE CAUSED BY SHORT TRIPS, BASICALLY THE LACK OF A MINIMUM FARE AT SEATAC AIRPORT
  • I LIVE IN SEATAC, AND WHEN I'M TRAVELING THROUGH THE AIRPORT, SOMETIMES I TAKE TAXI
  • AND WHEN I DO, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, I SOMETIMES PAY TRIPLE THE AMOUNT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH IT HURTS YOU TO GET IN THE BACK OF THE LINE WHEN YOU TOOK ME A MILE OR TWO DOWN THE STREET AND I CAN'T WALK IT BECAUSE I HAVE MY SUITCASES
  • AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS A PROBLEM
  • THAT IS AN ISSUE COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAS TAKEN ON
  • YOU GUYS HEARD FROM OUR COMMISSION CHIEF OF STAFF THAT THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A LETTER SENT TO KING COUNTY AROUND THIS, AND THERE'S LEGISLATION AROUND IT
  • AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE DISPUTE ISSUES, I WOULD SAY, LIKE, MAYBE 80% OF IT IS EMBEDDED IN THIS ISSUE AROUND SHORT TRIPS
  • AND I THINK IF THAT ISSUE GETS RESOLVED, THE DISPUTES WILL DECREASE AS WELL
  • AND SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES
  • AND SO I DON'T WANT TO GO ON ABOUT ALL OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE IN THIS ORDER, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS
  • AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE VIRTUAL QUEUING
  • WE'RE EXPLORING THAT IDEA
  • I'M ASKING THE TAXI DRIVERS TO BE OPEN MINDED AS WE EDUCATE YOU GUYS ON IT
  • THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO BUY INTO IT, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT STAFF ARE HEARD OUT AND YOU HEAR US OUT, AND THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO COLLABORATE AND TO ENGAGE
  • I AM AS A COMMISSIONER, AS A SEPARATELY ELECTED OFFICIAL, I AM DEEPLY COMMITTED TO BEING A PARTNER FOR THE COMMISSION'S STAFF AROUND THIS ISSUE AND TO BE A BRIDGE ON THAT
  • AND I TRUST THAT ALL MY COLLEAGUES FEEL THE SAME WAY
  • WE WANT TO BE THAT BRIDGE THAT HELPS YOU GUYS RESOLVE THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE FACING
  • THAT IS WHY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IS EMBEDDED IN THIS ORDER, THAT WE PUT SO MANY GOOD THINGS IN THIS ORDER BECAUSE WE DO DEEPLY CARE ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO YOU ALL
  • WE UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEMS YOU ALL ARE FACING, AND WE CAN'T DO THAT WORK WITHOUT EVERYONE BEING AT THE TABLE AND WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER
  • SO FOR THE TAXI COMMUNITY, I ASK FOR YOUR GRACE
  • I SAY TRUST THE PROCESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN BEST HELP ADDRESS YOUR NEEDS
  • WE HAVE TO WORK AS A TEAM, AND I SAY THE SAME THING TO OUR PORT STAFF MEMBERS, RIGHT? WE ALL HAVE TO COME TO THE TABLE TO DO THIS WORK TOGETHER
  • AND I KNOW THAT THAT IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO OUR STAFF HERE
  • THIS WASN'T AN EASY TAXI ORDER
  • IT KEPT ME UP AT NIGHT AT TIMES, TAKING LATE MEETINGS ON THIS ISSUE
  • I WAS WORRIED ABOUT COMING INTO THIS MEETING, AND I AM PROUD OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY
  • AND I THINK WE COULD DO BETTER IF WE CONTINUE TO BE OPEN TO NEW IDEAS, OPEN TO INNOVATION, THAT WE'RE OPEN TO COLLABORATION, THAT WE TRUST EACH OTHER, THAT WE TRUST THE PROCESS
  • AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M READY FOR MORE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU ALL
  • TO TEAMSTER LOCAL 117
  • I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AND HOW MUCH YOU PUSHES US AS COMMISSIONERS AS WELL
  • WE HAVE TO ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN
  • AND QUITE FRANKLY, I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT TODAY'S TAXI ORDER
  • I THINK THERE IS A LOT IN HERE THAT INCLUDES OUR SHARED VISION
  • AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING IT FORWARD
  • AWESOME
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT
  • I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE MANY MINDS THAT WENT INTO BUILDING THIS ORDER TO BEING WHAT IT WAS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE UNION AND ALL THE TAXICAB DRIVERS WHO ARE HERE WITH US TODAY
  • THIS IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF YOU ENGAGING THE SYSTEM TO CHANGE THE SYSTEM FOR THE BETTER
  • THAT IS WHAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE
  • WE ARE SO DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THE PAINSTAKING WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE LEADING UP TO THIS MOMENT TO HELP EDUCATE US AND EQUIP US WITH THE TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO GET TO AN OPTIMAL OUTCOME
  • I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF FOR THEIR PAINSTAKING WORK OVER THE COURSE OF MANY, MANY, MANY MONTHS OF COMMISSION STAFF, THE AVIATION STAFF, GROUND TRANSPORTATION
  • IT'S BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE
  • AND I WOULD JUST LIKE EVERYBODY TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE STAFF HAS THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN MIND AND AS WE DO, THAT HARD WORK OF COMING TO AN OPTIMAL OUTCOME
  • THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS ASSUMING BEST INTENTIONS IN THIS COLLABORATIVE PROCESS
  • AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE AND THINK COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, WHO HAS FEARLESSLY CHAMPIONED THIS, WHICH IS ARGUABLY THE MOST DIFFICULT AND CONTENTIOUS ISSUE HISTORICALLY FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION
  • BUT WHEN OTHER COMMISSIONERS HISTORICALLY HAVE RUN FROM IT, SHE RUN TOWARDS IT
  • SHE RUN TOWARDS IT
  • AND SAYS, THIS IS IMPORTANT
  • HOW DO WE MAKE THIS THE BEST OUTCOME POSSIBLE FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL LOVE AND WE ALL SERVE AND FOR YOU ALL AS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY
  • SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH
  • I LOOK INTENTLY FORWARD TO VOTING IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDER
  • [APPLAUSE] HASEGAWA ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHO
  • AND THANK YOU FOR ALL MY COLLEAGUES
  • BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR PARTICIPATION
  • AND LOCAL 117 LIKE FOLLOWING UP ON THE POINT THAT DEMOCRACY IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT
  • YOU GUYS OBVIOUSLY KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE
  • WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT
  • BUT HAVING BEEN AROUND A COUPLE OF YEARS TO WATCHING, THIS ISN'T MY FIRST RODEO AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE PUNTED IT DOWN THE ROAD
  • I THINK WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS
  • AND I REALLY DO GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU HANGING IN THERE AND SEEING THE WORK OF OUR MUTUAL LABOR
  • AND I DO OBVIOUSLY THIS DOESN'T GET DONE WITHOUT THE STAFF'S WORK BEHIND THE SCENES FRONT LINE WITH YOU GUYS
  • SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE HOLDING IT TOGETHER ALL TOGETHER AND I THINK WE STILL HAVE GREAT THINGS TO DO TOGETHER
  • I JUST ONE LAST THING IS WE WROTE THIS LETTER TO THE COUNTY NOT TO PUNT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT TO PLAY FULLHEARTEDLY IN THAT RULEMAKING PROCESS
  • I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN THERE THAT WILL HAVE DIRECT BEARING AND IT'S BECAUSE OF 117 AND OTHERS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TO US THAT FINALLY THE COUNTY IS GOING TO TAKE ON THESE RESPONSIBILITIES
  • NOT ONLY WILL THE SHORT FARE ISSUE, I THINK, REDUCE THE CONFLICTS ON THE, ON THE GROUND, BUT ALSO IF WE HAVE METERED CABS ALL AROUND, FROM WHAT I HEARD, THAT THAT'S OKAY FOR THE DRIVERS AND IT REDUCES SOME OTHER CONFUSION FOR THE FOR THE PASSENGERS
  • I THINK WE HAVE A GLIDE PATH FOR THE FUTURE THAT LOOKS PROMISING, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOUR INPUT ALONG THE HALLWAYS
  • SO THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • [APPLAUSE] COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • YEAH, I CONCUR WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID
  • AND I REMEMBER TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN'S POINT SITTING IN A MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO AS WE WERE NEGOTIATING THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT AND HEARING A BRIEFING FROM AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT THAT HAD BEEN PAID TO LOOK AT THINGS AND HAD ESSENTIALLY PROPOSED SOMETHING THAT WAS ESPECIALLY CONSCIENTIOUS OF THE PORT'S BOTTOM LINE, BUT NOT PARTICULARLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT EQUITY AND THE CONCERNS OF EVERYDAY WORKING FOLK WHO DRIVE TAXIS FOR A LIVING
  • AND OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR, LANCE LITTLE, AT THE TIME, I RARELY SEE THE MAN EXERCISED, BUT HE WAS EXERCISED NOT
  • I'M SURE HE EXERCISES ALL THE TIME, WORKED UP
  • I RARELY SEE HIM WORKED UP, BUT HE WAS VERY WORKED UP IN HIS RESPONSE AND BROUGHT THE MEETING BACK TO OUR FOCUS, WHICH IS ON HOW DO WE DO RIGHT BY THE FOLKS WHO MAKE OUR AIRPORT THE BEST IN NORTH AMERICA? AND THAT HAS CONTINUED TO INFORM MY WORK AS WE HAVE ADDRESSED THIS
  • WE HAD A PERIOD OF TIME THERE WHERE WE HAD A SIGNED CONTRACT AND THERE WERE THINGS TO WORK OUT IN THE PROCESS
  • BUT I DO THINK THIS NEXT EVOLUTION CONTINUES TO REFLECT THAT THINGS ARE CHANGING IN THIS MARKETPLACE
  • THE LAST TIME YOU ALL WERE HERE AND WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS, I TALKED ABOUT THE DESIRE TO SEE A COLLECTIVE MARKETING EFFORT BY YOU ALL ON YOUR OWN BEHALF
  • HOW DO YOU REINVEST IN NOW THAT THE MARKET HAS STABILIZED AND THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLAW BACK SOME OF THAT MARKET SHARE? WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING TO PROMOTE THE GREAT SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE? AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, OFTEN AT BETTER PRICES, I THINK THERE'S OPPORTUNITY NOW
  • WE RESOLVE THIS
  • YOU GUYS CAN PUT ALL OF THIS GREAT ATTENTION TO THAT KIND OF WORK
  • I WOULD ALSO REFLECT ON SOMETHING THAT I KNOW WAS A KIND OF BUR THE SADDLE OF SOME OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS
  • IT WAS THAT QUESTION OF THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION BODY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT WAS A GRAVE CONCERN AND SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR CLOSELY AS A COMMISSION
  • I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN A DRB WOULD BE A RDB, WHICH WOULD BE A RESEARCH AND DESIGN BODY FOR THIS GROUP
  • IN OTHER WORDS, A GROUP THAT SAYS, HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO INNOVATE OUR SERVICE EVERY DAY SO THAT WE DON'T GET CAUGHT ON OUR HEELS AGAIN IN A MARKETPLACE AND LOSE THAT MARKET SHARE AGAIN? WHAT CAN WE DO, THE PORT AND THE DRIVER ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR TAXIS ARE WORLD LEADERS IN QUALITY OF CUSTOMER SERVICE, IN TIMELINESS, IN PRICE, IN AVAILABILITY, IN BENEFITS TO THE DRIVER COMMUNITY? WE AREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IF WE DON'T SIT DOWN AND CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT THE NEXT INNOVATIONS THAT ARE COMING
  • THIS MARKET ISN'T GOING TO SIT STILL NOW THAT WE'VE GOT THIS CONTRACT IN PLACE
  • IT'S GOING TO KEEP EVOLVING
  • AND SO MY QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU IS HOW DO WE COLLECTIVELY CREATE THE KIND OF INNOVATIONS THAT WILL KEEP YOU AHEAD OF THE GAME? AND I WOULD STRONGLY SUPPORT THAT FROM THE PORT SIDE OF THINGS AS WELL
  • ALL RIGHT
  • I THINK COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAD AN ADD ON
  • I JUST MEANT TO ADD THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NEGOTIATING THIS THAN THE PREVIOUS ONES I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH IS HAVING COMMISSIONER MOHAMED IN PART OF THIS DISCUSSION AND THE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS RESULTED IN THAT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC
  • AND TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH US, WE MAKE BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS
  • AND SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION
  • [APPLAUSE] BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE VOTE
  • I ALSO JUST WANT TO CONTINUE THE PILING ON, BUT I CAN SAY WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, HAVING WORKED WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY ON THIS POLICY IF IT WASN'T FOR HER
  • AND LET ME JUST SAY, THIS IS SUCH A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY REPRESENTATION MATTERS, THE FACT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HERE, BUT ALSO THERE WAS TRUST BETWEEN COMMISSIONER MOHAMED AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE CAN HAVE VERY CANDID CONVERSATIONS, TOUGH CONVERSATIONS
  • THIS IS A LABOR OF LOVE
  • TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STAFF
  • COMMISSIONER MOHAMED AND I SERVING ON THE AVIATION COMMUNITY TOGETHER
  • LAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD TOUGH CONVERSATIONS WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE WITHIN THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • BUT I THINK THAT TO YOUR POINT, AS BRIDGE BUILDERS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR STAFF, THAT'S THE SECRET SAUCE HERE
  • AND SO I AM NOT ONLY EXTREMELY EXCITED TO BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION TODAY IN POLICY, BUT I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO GOING FORWARD ON ALL OUR OTHER POLICIES THAT PERTAIN TO TNCS TAXIS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO AT THE PORT
  • SO
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • IN LINE WITH THAT, I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OUR STAFF WHO WORKED ON THIS
  • THIS IS A VERY COMPLICATED ISSUE
  • I LOOK FORWARD TO WHOEVER WRITES THE FIRST PHD THESIS ON THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY
  • AND SO TO EVERYONE, I SEE PETER LINDSAY ONLINE, EVERYONE ON OUR GROUND, TRANSPORTATION STAFF, YOU ALL MOVED MOUNTAINS AND REALLY WORKED WITH US AS COMMISSIONERS, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY TO MAKE THIS WORK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DISMISS THAT
  • AND THEN LASTLY, YOU ALL HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, I DON'T THINK, AT LEAST IN MY FOUR YEARS HERE AT THE PORT, WE'VE HAD SO MUCH ENGAGEMENT ON ANY ISSUE, AS MUCH AS WE'VE SEEN THE DRIVERS
  • AND I THINK IT'S NOT LOST UPON US THAT YOU ARE ALL HERE TODAY WHEN YOU COULD BE OUT THERE
  • RIGHT? AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • I ALSO WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT PEOPLE COME HERE TO THANK US AND
  • YOU SAW US TAKE OUR PHONES OUT AND TAKE A VIDEO AND PICTURE
  • WE SIT UP HERE AND DO A LOT OF POLICY AND YOU SEE A LOT OF REALLY WEIRD PEOPLE COME AND MAKE A LOT OF WEIRD PEOPLE MAKING WEIRD COMMENTS
  • BUT WE RARELY EVER SEE COMMUNITY COME HERE WITH SIGNS THAT SAY THANK YOU
  • SO FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT
  • THAT MEANS A LOT TO US AND IT VALIDATES WHAT WE'RE DOING
  • THANK YOU
  • SO WITH THAT AND SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, THE MOTION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE AND SECONDED
  • CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE
  • COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY AYE OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
  • THANK YOU
  • AND SEE IF I CAN GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME
  • BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CHO
  • I'M SORRY
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONER CHO
  • YAY
  • [APPLAUSE] FIVE AYES AND ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM
  • THE MOTION PASSES
  • THANK YOU, EVERYBODY
  • CONGRATULATIONS
  • THANK YOU
  • GREAT WORK
  • ALL RIGHT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT ON THE AGENDA, WHICH 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 THE ADOPTION OF REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR COMING
  • WE'LL GIVE IT JUST A SECOND HERE
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • THANK YOU
  • BILLY, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR TAXIS IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE, SO WE'RE DOING EVERYBODY A FAVOR
  • [LAUGHTER] SO AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS COVERING EIGHT A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J
  • AND EIGHT ACTUALLY
  • THAT'S IT
  • 8I WAS REMOVED
  • YES
  • AND I'M NOT SURE I HEARD 8E
  • OH, I MAY HAVE SKIPPED THAT 8E AS WELL
  • ALL RIGHT
  • COULD HAVE JUST BEEN ME
  • DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED
  • RIGHT
  • DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND
  • GREAT
  • THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
  • COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY AYE OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
  • WE DO HAVE A RECESS BEING RECOMMENDED
  • ALL RIGHT
  • WE CAN DO A SHORT RECESS
  • WE'LL GIVE IT FIVE MINUTES
  • WE'LL COME BACK IT IS 1:47 AND WE'LL COME BACK AT 1:52
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU
  • ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING BACK INTO ORDER
  • IT IS 01:51 P.M.
  • THE MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
  • CLERK HART, GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE
  • THANK YOU
  • BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONER CHO
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • FIVE AYES, ZERO NAYS FOR ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
  • GREAT
  • THE MOTION PASSES
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO THEN GO ON TO ITEM EIGHT I, WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE CONSENT AGENDA
  • CLERK HART, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE THE ITEM AND THEN I'LL GIVE IT TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVE TO INTRODUCE ITEM THANK YOU
  • THIS IS AGENDA ITEM EIGHT I, AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO AMEND A PROJECT SPECIFIC DESIGN CONTRACT TO INCREASE THE CONTRACT VALUE BY $5,200,000 AND TO EXECUTE A CHANGE ORDER TO THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER PRECONSTRUCTION SERVICES CONTRACT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,800,000 IN SUPPORT OF THE POST IAF AIRLINE REALIGNMENT PROJECT AT SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
  • COMMISSIONERS, THE OPENING OF OUR NEW INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS FACILITY CREATED A NEED FOR US TO REVIEW THE RELOCATION OF AIRLINES AT SEA TO BALANCE AIRPORT FACILITIES WITH A NEW FACILITY
  • SINCE THE INITIAL AUTHORIZATION FOR DESIGN SERVICES IN MARCH 2021, THE PROJECT TEAM HAS DISCOVERED DURING PRECONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES THAT ADDITIONAL WORK PACKAGES ARE NEEDED TO CORRECT CODE DEFICIENCIES AND REPLACE HVAC IN AIR HANDLING UNITS
  • THIS AUTHORIZATION INCREASES DESIGN FUNDS AND ENABLES CHANGE ORDERS TO FACILITATE THOSE TWO PACKAGES
  • THE TEAM WILL COME BACK AT 30% DESIGN LATER THIS YEAR TO THE COMMISSION
  • SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE TODAY
  • WE HAVE STUART MATTHEWS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF AVIATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT
  • WE HAVE JANICE ON, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES, AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR CONTRACTOR SPECIALIST, LEDDY POWELL, HERE AS WELL
  • SO I THINK WE HAVE THE WHOLE TEAM HERE, RIGHT? SO, STEWART, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU
  • OR IS THAT CORRECT? I GUESS
  • OKAY
  • THANK YOU
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, COMMISSIONERS
  • WITH ME TODAY ARE MANY MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT ARE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THIS PROJECT
  • I'VE GOT JANICE ON, OUR DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, AS WELL AS LEDDY POWELL, WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT
  • AND REMOTELY, WE'VE GOT SEAN ANDERSON, THE PROGRAM LEADER FOR OUR TERMINAL PROGRAM, WHO WOULD NORMALLY BE HERE IN MY SEAT BUT IS FEELING ILL TODAY
  • SO I'M PITCHING IN ON HIS BEHALF
  • AND IN ADDITION, I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT JEFF MOCHAN, WHO IS OUR SENIOR MANAGER OF AIRLINE AFFAIRS AND AVIATION PROPERTIES
  • HE'S THE SPONSOR FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL
  • SO BEFORE YOU START REAL QUICK, I JUST WANTED TO JUST MENTION THAT I THINK WE CAN DO AN ABBREVIATED VERSION OF THE COMMISSIONER CALKINS JUST HAD A FEW THINGS TO SAY, AND THEN WE CAN JUST KIND OF VOTE ON IT
  • SO JUST SAVE US ALL SOME TIME
  • THANK YOU
  • MY INTENT WAS JUST TO SAY WHERE WE PROVIDED THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE TODAY AND ARE OPEN TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE THAT WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN TO BEST OR OUR ABILITY
  • SO THE MEMO WAS DETAILED AND THOUGHTFUL AND REALLY PRETTY CLEAR, AND YET THE TOPIC ITSELF IS QUITE COMPLICATED
  • AND SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS I JUST WANTED SOME STAFF ANSWERS TO
  • I BROACHED THOSE QUESTIONS WITH STEVE
  • HE CAME BACK WITH EXCELLENT ANSWERS, AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO DAYLIGHT THOSE WITH EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE VOTED ON THEM
  • SO A COUPLE OF THE THINGS I JUST WANTED A BIT OF A REMINDER ON WHAT IS OUR SCHEDULE
  • NOW, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO THE ORIGINAL SCHEDULE COMPLETION? IF I'M RECITING THIS CORRECTLY OR IF I'M MESSING THIS UP, PLEASE LET ME KNOW
  • BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ORIGINALLY WE HAD A BUDGET OF 102,000,000 WITH A PLANNED COMPLETION OF Q THREE, 2024
  • WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT PLANNED COMPLETION FOR CONCOURSE B ON Q1 2025, PLANNED COMPLETION FOR CONCOURSE A ON Q1 OF 2026
  • IS THAT ALL ACCURATE? THAT IS CORRECT
  • AND WE'RE NOW USING A RANGE OF BUDGET CENTERING AROUND 122,000,000, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT
  • OKAY
  • AND THAT THE SCOPE THE THE CHANGES IN SCHEDULE AND BUDGET ARE RELATED TO SCOPE CHANGES THAT EMERGED WHEN WE LEARNED OF REGULATORY STUFF THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE IN PRE DESIGN
  • CORRECT
  • OKAY
  • WILL WE BE INTRODUCING ANY ADDITIONAL SCOPE CHANGES OR IS THAT WINDOW CLOSED AT THIS POINT? SO THE INTENT OF THE PROJECT TEAM HERE AS WELL AS OUR SPONSOR, IS THE SCOPE THAT WE HAVE TODAY, IS THE SCOPE THAT WILL BE DELIVERED
  • NO DISCRETIONARY ADDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED OR ARE BEING EVEN ENTERTAINED AT THIS TIME
  • WE'VE BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND OUR SPONSORS THAT THIS PROJECT NEEDS TO BE RETAINED WITHIN WHAT WE HAVE THERE
  • WE ARE STILL EARLY IN THAT DESIGN PHASE, AS WE NOTE, AND WE'LL BE BACK FOLLOWING THAT 30% DESIGN TO SAY AS THE EXISTING SCOPE THAT WE HAVE IS DEVELOPED, THERE MAY BE OBVIOUSLY, PRICING AND MARKET CHANGES THAT WILL DRIVE THOSE COSTS, BUT NO ADDED SCOPE IS INTENDED
  • AND IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO CLAW BACK SOME OF THAT SCHEDULE? THAT IS OUR FULL INTENT
  • WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT, AND I'M GOING TO LET YOU SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT
  • BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR GCCM CONTRACTOR TO SEE CHOOSING AN END DATE OF IDEALLY END OF 2024, CLAWING THAT BACK
  • WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE DESIGN DELIVERABLES, AND IS THAT ATTAINABLE? WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF THAT RIGHT NOW
  • AND I'LL LET LEDDY SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE
  • YEAH, ABSOLUTELY
  • OUR TARGET DATE IS BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS, 2024
  • WE KNOW THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS
  • WE'VE DONE SOME SIGNIFICANT PULL PLANNING EFFORTS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS TO IDENTIFY EARLY WORK PACKAGES, LONG LEAD PROCUREMENT ITEMS THAT WE CAN DO TO BRING FORWARD THAT SCHEDULE AND GET STARTED ON THE THINGS THAT WE CAN
  • THE DESIGN TEAM IS PROGRESSING TOWARDS 30%
  • WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE EARLY WORK PACKAGE TO PROGRESS TO 60%, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT NOW
  • WHEN WE COME BACK IN QUARTER TWO, WE WILL HAVE WORKED WITH OUR GCCM PARTNER AND THE DESIGNER TO HAVE A REAL SOLID COST AND SCHEDULE EVALUATION, AND WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE A LOT OF THE RISKS RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH VERIFYING UNKNOWN EXISTING CONDITIONS AND IMPLEMENTING THESE CODE DEFICIENCIES INTO THE DESIGN
  • AND THAT REALLY IS A GOOD SEGUE TO MY LAST QUESTION, WHICH WAS ABOUT IT'S NOT USUAL FOR US TO VOTE ON SOMETHING AND THEN A MONTH OR TWO OR THREE MONTHS LATER, THEN VOTE AGAIN ON THAT SAME PROJECT
  • AND SO I WAS WONDERING WHY WE'RE VOTING NOW
  • AND THEN AGAIN, THE MEMO MENTIONED THAT WE'D BE VOTING AGAIN IN THE SECOND QUARTER ON SOMETHING
  • AND SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THAT VERY QUESTION
  • IF WE DON'T VOTE ON SOMETHING NOW, THEN IT'S GOING TO SLOW DOWN DESIGN, WHICH IS A CRITICAL PATH ITEM FOR GETTING THIS COMPLETED
  • SO WE'RE TAKING TWO VOTES BECAUSE THE NEXT VOTE IS PREDICATED ON SOME INFORMATION WE DON'T YET HAVE, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT
  • OKAY, WELL, I APPRECIATE THE THANKS FOR COMING IN ON A CONSENT ITEM
  • I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO COMMISSIONER CHO
  • GREAT
  • JANICE, DID YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? YEAH
  • I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE THING, AND I WOULD SAY THAT AS WE DO MORE GCCMS ON THESE PROJECTS AND BRING THE CONTRACTOR IN AT THE SAME TIME AS THE DESIGNER, WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT HOW MUCH PRECONSTRUCTION COSTS WE SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR AND HOW MUCH DESIGN COST WE SHOULD BE PLANNING FOR BECAUSE THIS IS A BIT OF THE GO SLOW TO GO FAST
  • THAT AS WE GET MORE PARTNERS TOGETHER, WE ARE ACTUALLY LEARNING THAT WE ARE SPENDING MORE DOLLARS NOW BECAUSE WE ARE FLUSHING OUT THE KIND OF ISSUES THAT WE MAY NOT IN OUR NORMAL DESIGN BID BUILD, DISCOVER FOR MANY MONTHS AND IT GIVES US MORE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THROUGH AND BETTER MANAGE OUR RISKS
  • BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS ONE WAS ADVERTISED EARLY ENOUGH IN THAT PROCESS THAT THERE'S BEEN MORE LESSONS LEARNED ALONG THE WAY
  • AND SO AS WE GET BETTER AT FORECASTING THAT, I ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE LESS OF THOSE OOPS, WE NOW NEED TO COME BACK FOR MORE MONEY JUST FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS
  • SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT
  • THANKS, JANICE
  • ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON TOPIC 8I? YEAH, STEVE, GO AHEAD
  • I WOULD LIKE TO PUT I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE THIS TERM, BUT PUT A PIN IN SOMETHING THAT LEDDY SAID, WHICH IS THE CONDITIONS
  • RIGHT? WHICH IS I JUST WANT TO GO BACK BECAUSE WE JUST SAID IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT 30% DESIGN, BUT AND THEN WE USED TO CALL IT OPEN AND INSPECT TO SEE AS BUILT
  • AND THEN COMPARED TO THAT SO THERE IS WHEN YOU TALK, COMMISSIONER, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION ABOUT SCOPE, DISCRETIONARY SCOPE VERSUS MANDATORY SCOPE VERSUS WHAT YOU OPEN UP
  • SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS A PROJECT
  • WE KIND OF WENT OVER THAT AND IT WAS SAID VERY QUICKLY, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE'LL KNOW MORE AND THEY'LL COME BACK AT 30%
  • CORRECT
  • I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT
  • SO I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO COME BACK AND SAY, WELL, YOU SAID, BUT THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY THERE WHICH WILL ELIMINATE AS WE MOVE TOWARDS A 30% DESIGN
  • GREAT, GO AHEAD
  • I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, STEVE, IN THE EFFORT OF TRANSPARENCY ON THAT, OBVIOUSLY THE NEXT ASK WHEN WE DO COME BACK WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT ONE FOR POTENTIALLY OUR CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AS WELL
  • SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT EITHER THROUGH A MULTIPLE STEP BRIEFING OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A BETTER LOOK AT IT IN ADVANCE OF THE TIME NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY MAKE A DECISION UPON THAT
  • EXCELLENT
  • DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? NO
  • OKAY
  • YOU WERE READY TO MOTION, HUH? ALL RIGHT, SO I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR ITEM ITEM EIGHT I
  • SO MOVED
  • SO MOVED
  • SECOND
  • THERE YOU GO
  • EXCELLENT
  • SO THE MOTION HAS MOVED AND SECONDED
  • CLERK HART, GO AHEAD AND READ THE ROLL CALL
  • THANK YOU
  • BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONER CHO
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • FIVE AYES, ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM
  • GREAT
  • THE MOTION PASSES
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE FOR THAT
  • MOVING ON IN THE AGENDA, WE HAVE ONE NEW BUSINESS ITEM TODAY LEFT
  • CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE ITEM INTO THE RECORD
  • WE'LL THEN HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM
  • THANK YOU
  • JUST TO NOTE THAT AGENDA ITEM TEN A WAS NUMBER NOT USED
  • SO WE'RE MOVING TO TEN B
  • THIS IS AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ADVERTISE, AWARD AND EXECUTE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT AND AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL $6,083,000 FOR THE SOUTH 160TH STREET TNC LOT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FOR A TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF $7,300,000
  • COMMISSIONERS THE PORT-OWNED SOUTH 160 STREET GROUND TRANSPORTATION HOLDING LOT IS USED BY TAXIS AND TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES TNCS, SUCH AS UBER AND LYFT FOR VEHICLE STAGING
  • THIS AUTHORIZATION INSTALLS PERMANENT LIGHTING SYSTEMS, TEN NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGERS FOR THE TNC FLEET, AND FOUR PERMANENT RESTROOM FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THEIR OPERATIONS
  • WE'RE ALSO PLEASED THAT THIS WORK IS SUPPORTED BY A GRANT FROM THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
  • SO THE PRESENTERS ON THIS ARE PETER LINDSAY, WHO'S HERE VIRTUALLY, AND RAY MORENO
  • CAPITAL
  • PETER IS THE SENIOR MANAGER OF LANDSIDE OPERATIONS, AND THEN RAY IS THE CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER
  • SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO PETER
  • AND THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CHO
  • COMMISSIONERS
  • AND AS STEVE JUST MENTIONED, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY FOR THE SOUTH 160TH LOT, WHICH SERVICES OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES, NAMELY UBER AND LYFT
  • THESE IMPROVEMENTS HELP US MODERNIZE THE LOT AND MAKE THE OPERATION MORE SUSTAINABLE TO ADDRESS THE USE AND OPERATION OF THE LOT GOING FORWARD
  • WITH ME TODAY IS RAY MORENO
  • HE IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER WHO WILL REVIEW THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT AS WE PREPARE FOR CONSTRUCTION
  • AND THEN WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS DURING THE PRESENTATION OR FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION
  • WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT TO RAY TO TAKE US THROUGH SOME OF THE PROJECT DETAILS
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER AND DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THE SOUTH 160 TNC LOT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, OF PRESENTING THE PROJECT
  • SO THE PROJECT PURPOSE, AS SHOWN HERE ON THE SLIDE, IS WE'RE WORKING TO TRY TO REDUCE THE OPERATIONAL MAINTENANCE COST OF THE FACILITY AND ENCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE GROUND TRANSPORTATION SERVICE BY INSTALLING PERMANENT LIGHTING AND INSTALLING THE RECHARGERS
  • WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT BY THE SCOPE
  • WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THE EXISTING DIESEL POWERED LIGHT PLANTS THAT THEY USE OUT THERE IN THE EVENING WITH NEW LIGHTING
  • AND THE LUMINARIES WILL HAVE LED LIGHTING AS PART OF THAT ILLUMINATION
  • WE WILL BE INSTALLING TEN EV CHARGING STATIONS AND ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
  • THAT INCLUDES TWO NEW TRANSFORMERS AND A SWITCH GEAR TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE CAPACITY FOR THE CHARGERS
  • AND WE WILL ALSO BE INSTALLING FOR PERMANENT RESTROOMS AT THE LOT TO REPLACE THE EXISTING THE PORTO POTTIES THAT ARE OUT THERE
  • WE WILL ALSO BE INSTALLING TWO SECURITY CAMERAS FOR OPERATIONAL AWARENESS FOR THE LOT
  • AND WE WILL ALSO BE UPGRADING THE LANDSCAPING AND IRRIGATION IN THERE AT THE LOT TO MEET CURRENT PORT STANDARDS
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE PARKING LOT
  • IT IS AT THE NORTH END OF THE AIRPORT, JUST ACROSS FROM THE RENTAL CAR FACILITY
  • THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE MAJORITY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO OCCUR TO THE RIGHT HALF OF THE PARKING LOT AND PRIMARILY ON THE UPPER PART OF THAT LOT, BECAUSE THAT LOT HAS SORT OF A TWO TIERED CONDITION THERE
  • AND ALL THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK IS GOING TO HAPPEN UP THERE AT THE TOP LOT, PART OF THE LOT
  • BUT WE WILL BE TRENCHING THE ELECTRICAL SERVICES FROM THE SUBSTATION THAT'S TO THE RIGHT OF THE EXISTING TAXI, TAXI TAXI BUILDING THAT THE TAXI DRIVERS USE
  • AND WE'RE TRENCHING ACROSS THAT LOT TO SERVICE THE NEW ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PARKING, PARKING STALLS, EV CHARGING PARKING STALLS
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • THIS SHOWS THE REPLACE THE EXISTING DIESEL POWERED LIGHTS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND THE NEW LUMINARIES WILL REPLACE THAT
  • THIS SHOWS THE CONDITION OF THAT LOWER TIERED PARKING AREA WITH NO PRIMARY LOAN IMPROVEMENTS HAPPENING THERE, OTHER THAN, LIKE I SAID, LANDSCAPING UPGRADES THERE
  • AND THIS SHOWS THE EXISTING PORTER PARTIES AND ACTUALLY WHERE THE PORT PARTIES ARE
  • THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE THE NEW PARKING STALLS FOR THE EV CHARGERS
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CURRENT BUDGET AS WAS DESCRIBED
  • THIS PROJECT IS RECEIVING A GRANT FROM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND THIS SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE GRANT
  • THE PORT WILL BE RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY $757,000 OF THAT GRANT AND THEN EVGO WILL BE THE TENANT THAT WILL BE LEASED
  • THE CHARGING UNITS AT THE LOT WILL GET A REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE CHARGERS THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING
  • AND THERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF OF THE, THE BUDGET, TRANSFORMERS, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND CHARGERS
  • AND THE KEY MILESTONES WE ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY BE ADVERTISING THIS QUARTER 2023, BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION IN Q TWO OF 2023 AND WITH AN IN USE DATE OF Q ONE 2024
  • THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO PRESENT
  • ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK QUESTIONS
  • ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS OF STAFF? YEAH, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD
  • I REMEMBER WORKING ON BATHROOMS FOR CABS EARLY IN MY CAREER, SO WE'VE BECOME A BIT OF A BATHROOM EXPERT, COMMISSION
  • [LAUGHTER] NO POTTY HUMOR HERE
  • BUT ANYWAY, THE ONE THING I DID NOTICE ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL OR THE PRESENTATION IS THAT THERE ARE REALLY THREE DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE AUTHORIZING HERE, RIGHT? THERE'S LIGHTING, THERE'S THE CHARGING, AND THEN THERE ARE THE BATHROOMS BUT WE SEE A BUDGET THAT JUST REALLY REFLECTS THE CONGLOMERATION OF THE THREE
  • I DON'T SEE HOW THOSE ARE BROKEN OUT
  • WE DO SEE FOR THE GRANT FOR THE ELECTRICAL, HOW THE ELECTRICAL PART HAS THAT PIE CHART, WHICH SORT OF SEPARATES
  • BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, DO WE HAVE HOW MUCH OF THIS IS BROKEN OUT BETWEEN THOSE THREE COMPONENTS? WELL, SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT DETAIL TODAY, COMMISSIONER, BUT IT IS READILY AVAILABLE
  • WE WE PUT TOGETHER OUR BIDS AND OUR COSTING BY SCOPE ELEMENT
  • AND THOSE SCOPE ELEMENTS WHICH YOU IDENTIFIED WOULD HAVE A COST ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE OF THEM
  • SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION FAIRLY READILY, I'M CERTAIN OF IT
  • AND I WOULD HATE TO JUST FLOAT OUT NUMBERS, BUT I KIND OF REMEMBER THE BUDGETS
  • BUT AGAIN, I COULD GET YOU THAT DETAIL IN THE FORMAT YOU WOULD LIKE
  • I'M JUST SORT OF LIKE REFLECTING ON LET'S JUST SAY THIS WAS A DELEGATED AUTHORITY QUESTION AND WE JUST WANTED TO READ THE MEMO AND NOT TAKE IT TO A VOTE AT ALL
  • I WOULD JUST THINK THAT LEVEL OF BREAKDOWN WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE AUTHORIZING
  • BUT I ALSO HAD A BATHROOM QUESTION IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS AND THE FACILITY THAT IT'S TO SERVE
  • I WAS JUST WONDERING, COMPARED TO THE FAR FEWER CABS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW, ARE THE ARE THESE FACILITIES ABLE TO BE SHARED? I MEAN, THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR TNCS, BUT ARE CABS ABLE TO USE THESE FACILITIES AND ARE TNCS ABLE TO USE CAB FACILITIES? I THINK I THINK NOT
  • BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW THAT DIVIDES UP
  • YEAH
  • SO FOR OUR OPERATION IN THIS LOT, WE DO HAVE A TAXI BUILDING, YOU MIGHT BE AWARE, A TAXI STAGING LOT WITH A SERVICE BUILDING WITH RESTROOMS FOR TAXI DRIVERS
  • AND THE TAXI OPERATORS TEND TO USE THAT BUILDING AND STAY ON THAT SIDE OF THE LOT
  • FOR THIS OPERATION, WE'VE HAD PORTABLE RESTROOMS FOR MANY YEARS, AND AS AN EFFORT TO MAKE IT MORE SUSTAINABLE AND TO HAVE SOME PERMANENCE AND A HIGHER LEVEL OF SERVICE, FRANKLY, IS TO HAVE A FULLY PLUMBED AND READY PERMANENT RESTROOM
  • AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOUR FOR THIS LOT
  • AND THE MEANING OF YOUR QUESTION, WE DID EVALUATE WHAT THE KIND OF ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS AND WILL RECALL THE ENGINEERING REQUIREMENT FOR A LOT OF THIS SIZE AND ITS CAPACITY MIGHT RECOMMEND TWO RESTROOMS BUT STAFF LOOKED AT THAT AND SAID IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT BASED ON THE ACTIVITY, THE TURNOVER, AND A LOT, THAT TWO ADDITIONAL
  • AND SO WE MADE THE DECISION TO REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FOR TWO ADDITIONAL RESTROOMS TO A TOTAL OF FOUR FOR THIS FACILITY
  • SO THAT'S THE NATURE OF THE PROGRESS ON RESTROOMS AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ANTICIPATE TNC DRIVERS TO USE, NOT THE TAXI DRIVERS
  • BUT THERE'S NO RIGID ENFORCEMENT
  • IN THE EVENT THAT A TAXI DRIVER WANTED TO USE THE RESTROOM, IT WOULD BE AVAILABLE
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN JUST ASKED AROUND THE USE OF THOSE RESTROOMS LIKE THE TNC SIDE AND THE TAXI SIDE
  • THIS WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING I JUST RECENTLY BROUGHT UP WITH SOME OF THE DRIVERS
  • MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE SORT OF DIVIDE ON BOTH SIDES IS REALLY ABOUT A CAPACITY ISSUE BECAUSE I'VE MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE TNC DRIVERS, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS USE THE RESTROOMS WHERE THE TAXI DRIVERS USE? AND THEY ULTIMATELY SAID, AT TIMES WE DO, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, IT IS A CAPACITY ISSUE, WHICH I THINK IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BUILD ON THE SIDE AND THINK ABOUT NOT ONLY THE LIGHTING AND THE CHARGING STATIONS, BUT THE SHELTERS IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL
  • I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT POINT
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO
  • OKAY, GREAT
  • HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM
  • IS THERE A MOTION? IN A SECOND
  • SO MOVED
  • SECOND
  • GREAT
  • THE MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED
  • CLERK HART, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL FOR A VOTE
  • THANK YOU
  • BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS? AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AYE, THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONER CHO
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • FIVE AYES AND ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM, ACTUALLY
  • THE MOTION PASSES
  • ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON
  • RIGHT ALONG IN OUR AGENDA
  • I THINK THAT CONCLUDES NEW BUSINESS
  • WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM ELEVEN PRESENTATIONS AND STAFF REPORTS
  • CLERK, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK WILL INTRODUCE IT
  • THANK YOU
  • THIS IS AGENDA ITEM ELEVEN A, 2022 ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
  • COMMISSIONERS, ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO, THE PORT CREATED THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION OEDI
  • THIS WAS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MADE US THE FIRST PORT AUTHORITY IN THE COUNTRY TO CREATE SUCH AN OFFICE AS AN INTEGRATOR ACROSS THE PORT
  • AND IT DEMONSTRATED THAT WE WERE WILLING TO COMMIT TIME AND RESOURCES TO EMBED EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION IN OUR ORGANIZATION AND IN OUR WORK
  • SHORTLY THEREAFTER, YOU UPDATED OUR CENTURY AGENDA TO ADD A GOAL FOR THE PORT TO BECOME A MODEL FOR DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION
  • SINCE THAT TIME, OEDI'S IMPACT HAS BEEN CRITICAL IN OUR EFFORTS TO ADVANCE EQUITY INTERNALLY AND THEN OUR EXTERNAL WORK AS WELL
  • A FEW HIGHLIGHTS I'D LIKE TO SHARE WE BECAME THE FIRST GOVERNMENT ENTITY TO ESTABLISH JUNETEENTH AS A PAID HOLIDAY
  • AND I LIKE THAT STAFF ADDED THIS, AND SOON AFTER, GOVERNOR INSLEE FOLLOWED OUR FOLLOWED SUIT WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION
  • [LAUGHTER] BUT WE WERE AND THAT WAS IMPORTANT TO US
  • AND ACTUALLY IT WAS A WORKING WITH THE PORT CHAPTER OF BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT THAT LED TO THAT
  • IF YOU REMEMBER BACK TO THAT, THAT WAS A VERY GREAT TIME AND A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT
  • WE ESTABLISHED THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AS A MEMBER OF OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
  • MATTER OF FACT, WE DID THAT AS BEFORE BOOKDA CAME ON
  • AND THAT'S BEEN AN IMPORTANT OUR ABILITY TO ADVANCE THIS WORK
  • AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I UNDERSTAND I'VE WRITTEN HERE TOO, THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING AS WELL
  • SO PERHAPS IT WAS LOWER IN THE ORGANIZATION
  • BUT WE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS WHEN BOOKDA WAS COMING ON ABOUT WHAT'S THE VISION FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, AND YOU NEED TO BE AT THE TABLE AND YOU NEED TO BE PART OF THOSE, AND IT NEEDS TO BE INTEGRATED IN ALL THAT WE DO TO DO THAT
  • AND FINALLY, WE CENTER ANTIRACISM AND EQUITY AS ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES TO GUIDE OUR WORK AND CULTURE
  • AND OF COURSE, EVERYBODY KNOWS OUR RACE VALUES, RIGHT? WELL, REPEAT AFTER ME
  • EVERYBODY'S READY? NO, BUT IT'S RESPECT, ANTIRACISM AND EQUITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND EXCELLENCE IN ALL THAT WE DO
  • THOSE ARE OUR CORE VALUES AND THEY ARE EASY TO REMEMBER
  • LATER THIS YEAR, YOU'LL CONSIDER THE EQUITY POLICY DIRECTIVE, WHICH BEEN MUCH WORK TO GO ON IN THAT
  • AND THAT CODIFIES MUCH OF THIS WORK AND PUTS THIS WORK INTO WE'VE HEARD THAT BOTH FROM COMMISSIONERS AND FROM OTHERS ABOUT HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE IT'S INSTITUTIONALIZED INTO THE ORGANIZATION THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS WITH THAT COMMISSIONER
  • SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO OUR OUTSTANDING LEADER OF THE OFFICE OF EQUITY DIVERSITY INCLUSION, BOOKDA GEISAR AND SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE AND THEN THE REST OF THE TEAM, I GUESS YOU'LL INTRODUCE THEM AS WE GO
  • BOOKDA TO DO THAT AND TALK SHARE ABOUT THEIR WORK IN 2022 AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THEM IN 2023
  • SO BOOKDA
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
  • FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BOOKDA GEISAR
  • I'M THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
  • AND I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS
  • I'M HERE WITH MEMBERS OF OUR OFFICE AND MEMBERS OF THE CHANGE TEAM AND PARTNERS IN THE ORGANIZATION TO OFFER TO YOU OUR ANNUAL REPORT, SOME OF OUR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM 2022 AND ALSO SOME OF THE PLANS AHEAD FOR 2023
  • UP HERE SITTING WITH ME ARE TANYA PARK, WHO'S THE SYSTEMS CHANGE MANAGER, AND JAY DORAN, WHO'S THE ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
  • THE THREE OF US ARE GOING TO SPEAK FOR A FEW MINUTES, THEN WE'RE GOING TO STAND UP
  • IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE FINISHED, BUT WE'RE NOT
  • THREE MEMBERS OF CHANGE TEAM ARE GOING TO JOIN UP HERE
  • SARAH JEER, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF MARITIME ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
  • KATIE GERARD, WHO'S THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND JERMAINE MORY, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF PORT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
  • AND THEY WILL OFFER A COUPLE OF MINUTES EACH ABOUT HOW THEY'RE OPERATIONALIZING EQUITY INTO THEIR WORK
  • WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED, WE'LL HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK AND ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
  • BUT BEFORE WE START, I WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE PROCLAMATION TODAY
  • HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH
  • THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO UPLIFT BLACK HISTORY
  • BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY
  • AND THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY, BLACK AMERICANS HAVE LED THE STRUGGLE FOR EQUITY, SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY
  • I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE LEADERS OF BLACKS IN GOVERNMENT FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY DO
  • ALL OF THE LEADERS DELMAS WHITTAKER, KENNY LYLES, DON HUNTER, AND TODAY, PATRICIA LYLE, FOR THE EFFORT THAT THEY PUT INTO CONTINUING TO EDUCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS FOR ALL OF US
  • AND COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR THE CHALLENGE THAT YOU OFFERED TODAY THAT WE MUST SPEAK WITH OUR ACTIONS
  • I'M REALLY PROUD TO SAY THAT IN THE EQUITY MOTION THAT COMMISSIONER CHO LED AND ALSO IN THE POLICY DIRECTIVE THAT YOU'LL HEAR SOON, THERE'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT ELEMENT THAT RENEWS OUR COMMITMENT TO IDENTIFYING RACISM TOWARDS BLACK COMMUNITIES AND TO REALLY UPROOTING THAT WORK AND CONFRONTING RACISM TOWARDS THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN EVERY STEP OF OUR WORK
  • SO, MOVING ON TO OUR PRESENTATION, AS I MENTIONED, WE'LL SPEAK FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND HAVE ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO HEAR FROM YOU
  • SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • I WILL BE OFFERING YOU SOME BACKGROUND TO OUR WORK, AND THEN TANYA AND JAY WILL COVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PORT TEAM, AND THEN TANYA WILL COVER SOME OF WHAT'S AHEAD FOR US
  • AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION TOGETHER
  • SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORDS ON THIS SLIDE
  • WORRY NOT, I'M GOING TO COVER MOST OF IT IN THE HIGHLIGHTS OF IT
  • OUR GOAL THROUGH OUR OFFICE IS TO TRANSFORM THE PORT OF SEATTLE INTO AN ORGANIZATION THAT EMBEDS EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN ALL OF ITS OPERATIONS AND TO CREATE AN ORGANIZATION WHERE ALL PEOPLE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCCESS
  • WE DO THIS BY STARTING FROM THE GREEN COMPONENT OF THIS KEY
  • WE NORMALIZE RACIAL EQUITY
  • YOU KNOW THAT WE DO A LOT OF EDUCATION FOR OUR EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE ORGANIZATION IN MULTIPLE FORMS TO BRING ALL OF US ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT WHAT WE MEAN BY EQUITY AND HOW EQUITY IS DIFFERENT THAN DIVERSITY AND THE PATH AHEAD
  • SO A LOT OF ENERGY GOES INTO THIS WORK
  • WE ORGANIZE OUR EMPLOYEES THROUGH THE CHANGE TEAM, WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT TODAY, AND ALL OF THAT TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF BELONGING AND INCLUSION WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION SO THAT AS
  • WE AND KATIE GERARD WILL SPEAK TODAY ABOUT OUR HIRING PROCESS
  • AS BIPOC EMPLOYEES ENTER THE ORGANIZATION, THEY FEEL WELCOME, THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED AND THEY FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING IN THE ORGANIZATION
  • AND THEN A LOT HAS BEEN SAID TODAY ABOUT HOW WE CENTER THE VOICES OF THE COMMUNITIES MOST IMPACTED
  • I THOUGHT THAT THE TAXI ORDER WAS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AND DECIDE TOGETHER ON WHAT IS BEST FOR COMMUNITIES
  • WE OPERATIONALIZE EQUITY AND POLICIES AND PROGRAMS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY
  • AND SOME EXAMPLES OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE NOW ONE OF THE LEADING GOVERNMENTS IN THE COUNTRY IN DOING EQUITY WITH A BUDGETING LENS AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW EQUITY CAN INFUSE EVERY DECISION, EVERY PROCESS IN THE ORGANIZATION
  • WE ALSO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER JURISDICTIONS
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS, I KNOW YOU'VE ASKED A LOT ABOUT HOW WE LOOK AT BEST PRACTICES
  • HOW DO WE KNOW THAT WHERE WE NEED TO CHECK, ADJUST AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY? AND WE'RE REALLY IN COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER PORTS
  • WE HOST A QUARTERLY CALL OF PORTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN EQUITY EFFORTS AND ARE ENGAGED IN EQUITY EFFORTS
  • WE ARE A MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE FOR RACE AND EQUITY
  • WE ARE WORKING WITH AIRPORT COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL WHO ARE HOSTING AN EDI TASK FORCE
  • SO WE ARE REALLY AT THE TABLE TO LOOK AT AND REFLECT WITH PARTNERS AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT HOW EQUITY CAN CONTINUE TO ADVANCE AND WHERE WE NEED TO ADJUST OUR WORK
  • AND THE OUTCOME OF ALL THIS IS IN THE CENTER OF THE KEY, WHICH IS THAT RACE IS NO LONGER A PREDICTOR OF OUTCOMES FOR OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO THIS IS THE ROADMAP OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS FOR THE ORGANIZATION
  • I, AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, EXPLAINED SOME WORK WENT INTO ORGANIZING THE MOTION THAT RESULTED IN HIRING ME AS THE SENIOR DIRECTOR
  • I THINK THAT ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL ACTIONS OF THE FIRST YEAR WERE THAT I WAS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND I HAD ACCESS TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND WAS AT THE TABLE AS DECISIONS WERE BEING MADE
  • SO THE OFFICE WAS FORMED IN JUNE OF 2019
  • COMMISSIONER CHO LED THE EQUITY MOTION THAT AT THE SAME TIME AS THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER UPRISINGS AND OR ORGANIZING AND PROTEST AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THE DEMAND FOR RACIAL EQUITY REALLY ALL HAPPENED AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH I THINK REALLY ACCELERATED OUR WORK
  • WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED IN THREE AND A HALF YEARS WHAT MOST EQUITY OFFICES ACHIEVE IN SIX OR SEVEN
  • AND I REALLY THINK THAT THE EVENTS IN OUR CULTURE AND OUR COMMUNITY OF THE FIRST YEAR HAD A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON THAT
  • THE EQUITY MOTION ALLOWED US TO FORM THE CHANGE TEAM WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EVERY TEAM ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION
  • WE THEN REQUIRED RACIAL EQUITY TRAINING FOR ALL EMPLOYEES
  • AND WE CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS TO EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE IN THE ORGANIZATION AND CURRENTLY HAVE A MANDATE THAT EVERY SUPERVISOR NEEDS TO ATTEND 6 HOURS OF TRAINING
  • WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS POINT IN A MOMENT
  • WE CONDUCTED THREE MASSIVE ASSESSMENTS IN 2021
  • WE DID AN EQUITY ASSESSMENT OF THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION
  • WE CONDUCTED AN ASSESSMENT PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON WOMEN OF COLOR'S EXPERIENCES AND THEN OUR POLICING ASSESSMENT, WHICH WAS A LOT OF WORK TO CONDUCT ALL OF THIS
  • AND NOW TANYA WILL SPEAK TO HOW WE ARE TRACKING THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE ASSESSMENTS SO THAT THEY'RE NEVER FORGOTTEN AND THEY CONTINUE TO PROVIDE A ROADMAP FOR THE WORK AHEAD
  • AND WE THEN STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR TO REQUIRE THAT EVERY TEAM SET EQUITY GOALS ALONG WITH THE BUSINESS PLANNING PROCESS AND THE BUDGETING WITH EQUITY
  • SO REALLY, THE WORK HAS BEEN HUGE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS
  • AND I JUST WANT TO POINT TO THE FUTURE STATE FOR A MOMENT THAT THE OUTCOME THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE HERE IS NO, I HAVE TO PUT MY GLASSES ON TO SEE WHAT IS THE OUTCOME FOR A MOMENT
  • THE PORT IS RESPECTED AS AN AUTHENTIC AND ANTIRACIST LEADER AMONG COMMUNITIES AND INSTITUTIONS IS REALLY THE VISION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE WORK AHEAD
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • I KNOW ALL OF YOU HAVE SEEN THIS MULTIPLE TIMES
  • AND I JUST WANT TO SPEAK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT THE FOUR ASSESSMENTS ON THE LEFT, TWO OF WHICH WERE CONDUCTED BY OUR OFFICE AND TWO BY HUMAN RESOURCES
  • IN ALL OF THESE, WE SAW THE FIVE THEMES THAT YOU SEE IN THE CENTER, AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT A FEW OF THESE TODAY
  • AND THEN THE SYSTEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SUPERVISORS WAS A THEME THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND PROMINENT ACROSS ALL FIVE
  • AS WE'VE HEARD MULTIPLE TIMES THAT OUR COMMUNITY WANTS THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, OUR COMMISSIONER CHO LEAD BY EXAMPLE, AND FOR ALL OF THE SUPERVISORS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR REALLY PRACTICING EQUITY IN THEIR DAY TO DAY WORK
  • SO YOU'LL HEAR A LOT FROM TANYA, JAY AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM TODAY WITH US ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING THAT AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IS ON THE RIGHT THAT THE CULTURE OF ANTIRACISM THAT WE ARE WANTING TO SEE AND WANT TO BE SURROUNDED BY
  • AND I THINK OF THIS AS THE AIR THAT WE WANT TO BREATHE EVERY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT IT REALLY BREEDS TRUST, RESPECTS COMMUNICATION, RECOGNITION, FAIRNESS, INCLUSION AND BELONGING
  • SO I'M GOING TO PAUSE THERE AND HAND IT OVER TO TANYA
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • SO AS SENIOR DIRECTOR, MY NAME IS TANYA PARK
  • SHE HER PRONOUNS
  • AND I'M THE SYSTEMS CHANGE PROGRAM MANAGER WITH OUR OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
  • AS SENIOR DIRECTOR, GEISAR FRAMED FOR US, THE 2020 EQUITY MOTION MANDATED THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT
  • THE SAME EQUITY MOTION ALSO MANDATED THE FORMATION OF OUR CHANGE TEAM
  • AND MUCH OF WHAT WE WILL SHARE TODAY WITH YOU WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT AND EFFORTS OF OUR CROSS FUNCTIONAL CHANGE TEAM
  • YOU MIGHT HAVE TO COME QUITE THAT'S WHAT JH SHOULD I START OVER AGAIN? I CAN KEEP GOING
  • OKAY, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE CHANGE TEAM MEMBERS WHO HAVE DONE SUCH TREMENDOUS WORK OVER THIS PAST YEAR
  • COMMISSIONERS
  • I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY TO SHARE ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF OUR EFFORTS COLLECTIVELY, THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE OVER THIS PAST YEAR
  • IT'S BEEN REALLY REWARDING, ACTUALLY, FOR ME TO PULL THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND SEE HOW WE'VE BEEN MAKING GOOD ON OUR COMMITMENTS TOWARDS THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS OUR BROADER COMMITMENTS TOWARDS ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION
  • AND WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • I'D LIKE TO START BY HIGHLIGHTING THE FIRST OF SIX DIFFERENT AREAS IN WHICH WE'VE INVESTED AND ARE TRYING TO EMBED EQUITY INTO OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR BUDGETING EQUITY CHANGE TEAM COMMITTEE WHO STARTED OVER TWO YEARS AGO
  • THEY'VE DONE SOME TRAILBLAZING WORK FOR US HERE AT THE PORT
  • THEY DEVELOPED BEST PRACTICE GUIDANCE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN EMBED EQUITY INTO SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF MUNDANE OUR BUDGETING PROCESS
  • SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T OFTEN THINK MUCH ABOUT
  • BUT AT THIS POINT, WHAT WE HAVE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL BUDGET PREPARERS AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO ANSWER FOUR TO FIVE QUESTIONS AS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET REVIEW
  • AND WHAT THAT DOES IS ALLOWS US TO THINK THROUGH INTENTIONALLY OUR INVESTMENTS, OUR APPROACH, AND THE IMPACTS OF OUR RESOURCES THAT WE'RE SPENDING HERE AT THE PORT AND TO UNDERSCORE THIS
  • THE OTHER THING THAT THE BUDGET AND EQUITY COMMITTEE HAS STATED IS THAT OUR BUDGET IS AS MUCH A MORAL DOCUMENT AS IT IS A FINANCIAL ONE
  • AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT TO UNDERSCORE AND TO PAUSE AND DIGEST HERE BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS STEWARDS OF PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC RESOURCES, RIGHT? BUT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES WITH THAT, I THINK IS JUST REALLY SIGNIFICANT
  • SO I JUST WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF THE BUDGETING AND EQUITY CHANGE TEAM FOR BUILDING THAT FOUNDATION FOR US TO BUILD ON
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO 2022 WAS CERTAINLY NOT THE FIRST YEAR IN WHICH WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BE DELIBERATE OF OUR HIRING AND RECRUITMENT PRACTICES
  • 2022 WAS, HOWEVER, THE FIRST YEAR IN WHICH WE MADE THESE EXPECTATIONS CLEAR AND MADE IT A REQUIREMENT ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION
  • SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IN THIS PAST YEAR IS ENCOURAGE HIRING MANAGERS TO ALSO STEP UP AND TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THE SIX DIFFERENT COMPONENTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ALL HAVE A ROLE IN MINIMIZING BARRIERS TO ENTRY FOR WORK AT THE PORT, ASKING QUESTIONS OF OUR CANDIDATES THAT REFLECT OUR VALUES, HAVING PANEL PERSPECTIVES TO WEIGH IN ON IMPORTANT DECISIONS SUCH AS HIRING, AND ALSO LOOKING AT PATTERNS OF OUR CANDIDATE DEMOGRAPHICS TO INFORM INTENTIONAL OUTREACH OF OUR WORK
  • SENIOR DIRECTOR KATIE GERARD OF OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WILL SPEAK WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF HOW THIS HAS SHAPED US AND HOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD ON THIS MOVING FORWARD
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • OUR REPRESENTATIVE WORKERS MAKE UP NEARLY HALF OF THE PORT'S WORKFORCE
  • SO ENGAGING AND CREATING SPACE FOR THE ENGAGEMENT OF THIS POPULATION IS HUGE
  • IT'S A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO INFLUENCE THE CULTURE OF THIS ORGANIZATION
  • WE HAVE A CHANGE TEAM COMMITTEE WHO HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO DEVELOP FOUR PRINCIPLES AROUND ENGAGING REPRESENTED WORKERS
  • AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO SPEAKING TO PORT CONSTRUCTION DIRECTOR, PORT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIRECTOR JEREMY MURRAY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND
  • BUT THE FOUR PRINCIPLES THAT THEY'VE LAID OUT FOR US IS REALLY STARTING AT NORMALIZING EQUITY
  • HOW ARE WE MAKING THIS A PART OF OUR DAY TO DAY CONVERSATION AND CENTERING THAT IN OUR REGULAR WORK? HOW ARE WE MODELING THE EXPECTATIONS, THE TONE, THE CULTURE OF INCLUSION AND BELONGING THAT WE WANT TO SEE ACROSS OUR TEAMS? AND LASTLY, REMOVING BARRIERS, WHETHER THEY BE FINANCIAL, TECHNICAL, OR LOGISTICAL? WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING? HOW CAN WE BE CREATIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN ENGAGE ENGAGE THIS LARGE POPULATION OF THE PORT COMMUNITY? SO SOME OF THESE THINGS INCLUDE HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT BUDGETING TIME AND RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN OFFSET THE COST FOR TRAINING FOR OUR REPRESENTED WORKERS? CAN WE THINK CREATIVELY ABOUT SCHEDULING OPPORTUNITIES OR ROTATING OPPORTUNITIES AMONG OUR COLLEAGUES? DO WE HAVE LOGISTICAL WORK CODES AND ORDERS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THEIR TIME TOWARDS RIGHT WHEN THEY ARE AWAY FROM THEIR WORKBENCHES? SO WHILE THESE MIGHT SEEM LIKE LOW HANGING FRUIT OR KIND OF TANGIBLE COMPONENTS OF THE WORK, I DON'T WANT TO UNDERESTIMATE THE FINANCIAL COST AND INVESTMENT THIS WILL REQUIRE
  • I'D LIKE US TO ALSO THINK ABOUT THIS AS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR PEOPLE
  • AND AGAIN, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE DIRECTOR MURRAY COME AND SPEAK WITH US ABOUT HOW HE'S MODELING THAT IN HIS WORK WITH PORT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
  • AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JAY JORDAN, WHO'S GOING TO SPEAK A BIT MORE ABOUT THE INTENSIVE TRAINING EFFORTS THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED OVER THIS PAST YEAR TO CULTIVATE OUR WORKFORCE
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE TODAY
  • THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN
  • MY NAME IS JAY DORAN
  • HE/HIM/HIS
  • I'M THE ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER WITH OFFICE OF EQUITY TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IS A CENTRAL PART OF OUR WORK TO ADVANCE EQUITY AT THE PORT
  • AND THINKING BACK TO THE THEORY OF CHANGE THAT BOOKDA TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT'S ONE WAY THAT WE NORMALIZE EQUITY, THAT WE FOSTER A CULTURE OF BELONGING AND INCLUSION, AND THAT WE OPERATIONALIZE EQUITY INTO OUR WORK
  • AND TRAINING IS NOT AN END GOAL
  • IN AND OF ITSELF
  • IT IS A TOOL TO REACH A LARGER GOAL TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE ORGANIZATION
  • AS A REMINDER, THE RACIAL BIAS AND EQUITY MOTION THAT THIS BODY PASSED AND COMMISSIONER CHO LED BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2020 MANDATED THAT ALL EMPLOYEES TAKE AND TAKE ANNUAL EQUITY TRAINING AS AS AS A REQUIREMENT MOVING FORWARD
  • SO IN JANUARY OF 2021, WE BEGAN ON THIS ENDEAVOR TO MEET THAT MANDATE
  • AND WE'VE STRUCTURED THIS WITH TWO DIFFERENT TRAINING TRACKS
  • SO WE DEVELOPED A TRACK SPECIFICALLY FOR SUPERVISORS, AND THIS TRAINING FOCUSES ON DEVELOPING THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES OF SUPERVISORS TO LEAD AND SUPPORT MULTICULTURAL MULTIRACIAL TEAMS THE SECOND TRACK IS FOR FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES AND INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
  • AND THIS REALLY FOCUSES ON HELPING PEOPLE DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF EQUITY, SHARED TERMINOLOGY, AND BEING ABLE TO USE CRITICAL THOUGHT TO IDENTIFY WAYS IN WHICH INEQUITIES OCCUR AND IDEALLY, HOW TO CREATE SOLUTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD
  • IN 2022, WE DELIVERED AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TRAINING, 37 TOTAL TRAININGS
  • ALSO IN THAT YEAR, WE BEGAN OFFERING THE FRONTLINE THE EMPLOYEES FOR THE TRAINING FOR FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES IN HOUSE
  • SO OF THOSE 37 TRAININGS, 32 OF THEM WERE FACILITATED BY THE OEDI TEAM AND MEMBERS OF THE CHANGE TEAM
  • WE TRAINED OVER 600 EMPLOYEES THROUGH THOSE TRAININGS, AND WE TRAINED VIRTUALLY
  • WE TRAINED IN PERSON, WE TRAINED EARLY MORNINGS, WE TRAINED LATE EVENINGS
  • WE WORKED SPECIFICALLY WITH DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE A LOT OF REPRESENTED AND SHIPPED WORKERS TO FIND TIMES AND LOCATIONS THAT WORK FOR THEM
  • AND WE ENDED UP TRAINING OVER 250 REPRESENTED AND SHIPPED WORKERS AS PART OF THAT GROUP OF 600 EMPLOYEES
  • THE REMAINING FIVE TRAININGS WERE CONDUCTED BY A CONSULTANT, EQUITY MATTERS, AND THOSE WERE TRAININGS FOR SUPERVISORS
  • AND THEY WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH US TO TRAIN 237 SUPERVISORS IN THE ORGANIZATION
  • SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE A SAMPLING OF QUOTES
  • ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS THAT WE MEASURE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS WORK IS THROUGH FEEDBACK AND EVALUATIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS
  • AND SO THE QUOTES YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT OF THIS SLIDE ARE FROM SUPERVISORS THAT WENT THROUGH THE SUPERVISOR TRAINING
  • THE QUOTES YOU SEE ON THE LEFT ARE FROM FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES, INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
  • I THINK THAT THESE QUOTES ARE FAIRLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED
  • THEY'RE POSITIVE IN NATURE TO ME
  • THEY SHOW GROWTH AND LEARNING AND CRITICAL THOUGHT
  • OVERALL, AGAIN, I REPRESENTATION OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE RECEIVED
  • ONE NUMBER THAT'S NOT ON THE SCREEN THAT I WANT TO SHARE IS FROM FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES AND SUPERVISORS
  • WE HEARD FROM OVER 90% OF THEM THAT DURING THESE TRAININGS, THEY LEARNED AT LEAST ONE IDEA OR SKILL THAT THEY CAN DIRECTLY TIE BACK TO THE WORK THEY DO ON A DAILY BASIS, WHICH I THINK IS AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE CONTINUALLY LEARNING AND GROWING AS AN ORGANIZATION
  • IN ADDITION TO REQUIRED RACIAL EQUITY TRAININGS, WE OFFER A NUMBER OF OPTIONAL WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
  • THINGS LIKE LUNCH AND LEARNS, CAUCUSING, BOOK CLUBS, TOOL SPECIFIC TRAININGS LIKE TRAINING IS ON USING, SAY, THE EQUITY AND BUDGETING TOOL
  • AND ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF ALL THESE TRAININGS, REQUIRED AND OPTIONAL, IS THAT WE ARE HELPING EMPLOYEES TO DEVELOP A RACIAL EQUITY LENS
  • AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS TO HELP EMPLOYEES DEVELOP A WORKING UNDERSTANDING OF HOW RACISM OPERATES, THE SKILLS TO IDENTIFY RACISM AND RACIAL INEQUITIES AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND CREATIVITY TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THOSE INEQUITIES
  • AND I'D LIKE TO BE CLEAR IN THIS INSTANCE, A RACIAL EQUITY LENS IS A SKILL
  • IT'S SOMETHING YOU DEVELOP AND YOU PRACTICE AND YOU WORK ON AND IT'S HARD
  • AND WE'RE ASKING EMPLOYEES TO DO REALLY HARD AND CHALLENGING WORK
  • SO WHILE THE INFORMATION THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT NOW IS, I THINK, OVERALL POSITIVE AND THE QUOTES THAT I'VE SHARED ARE DEMONSTRATING LEARNING AND CRITICAL THOUGHT, THESE TRAININGS ARE NOT ALL SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS
  • THEY'RE DIFFICULT AND THERE'S PUSHBACK
  • WE'RE TEACHING IDEAS THAT ARE UNCOMFORTABLE AND GOES AGAINST THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHT FOR YEARS OR MAYBE EVEN A LIFETIME
  • AND SO I'D LIKE TO DELVE INTO THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT WHAT THAT PUSHBACK LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES I THINK THERE ARE
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO ON THE SCREEN, YOU'LL SEE A SAMPLING OF FEEDBACK FROM DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED OVER THE LAST YEAR
  • THE TOP ROW ARE QUOTES FROM EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PROCESSING AND GRAPPLING THE TRAINING MATERIAL
  • I THINK THEY'RE ASKING REALLY THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL THESE IDEAS? YOU'RE TELLING ME, OKAY, SO WHAT'S NEXT SLIDE? IMPLEMENTATION
  • HOW DO WE OPERATIONALIZE THIS? HOW DO I TAKE ALL OF THIS LEARNING AND ACTUALLY PUT IT INTO PRACTICE? I THINK THIS IS REALLY NORMAL
  • IT'S EXPECTED
  • AGAIN, WE'RE TEACHING EMPLOYEES TO THINK AND ACT DIFFERENTLY AND IT'S A CHALLENGE
  • WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO MEET EMPLOYEES WHERE THEY'RE AT
  • SO WE GET A WIDE RANGE OF KIND OF STARTING POINTS AROUND PEOPLE'S KIND OF EXPOSURE TO AND UNDERSTANDING OF ISSUES RELATED TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
  • THE BOTTOM ROW SHOWS A SAMPLE OF QUOTES FROM EMPLOYEES WHO ARE STRUGGLING IN A DIFFERENT WAY
  • AND I WOULD GENEROUSLY DESCRIBE THIS AS PUSHBACK
  • AND AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS REALLY NORMAL, ESPECIALLY FOR AN ORGANIZATION OF OUR SIZE AND FOR SUCH A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE
  • AND I'M REALLY ENCOURAGED BY COMMENTS LIKE THIS BECAUSE WHILE I THINK THEY SHOW US WHERE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WORK TO DO, I ALSO THINK THAT IT IS A SIGN THAT PEOPLE FEEL RESPECTED AND MAYBE EVEN SAFE
  • SAFE ENOUGH TO DISAGREE, TO GET UPSET, TO VOICE OPPOSITION AND TRUST THAT THEY'LL BE HEARD AND VALUED, SO THEY TRUST THEY WON'T BE REPRIMANDED IN ANY WAY FOR DISAGREEING WITH THE CONTENT OF THESE COURSES
  • IN THE BEST CASE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS CREATE KIND OF A CONTAINER WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE BRAVE WHEN THEY COME INTO THIS WORKSHOP
  • YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS THAT ARE HARD, YOU CAN CHALLENGE THE IDEAS THAT WE'RE TEACHING AND YOU CAN BE BRAVE AND SUPPORTED IN THAT AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT ARE SAID ARE DEALT WITH IN A WAY THAT'S RESPECTFUL AND AUTHENTIC AND IDEALLY IS BUILDING BRIDGES
  • SO AT OFTENTIMES IT CAN BE TENSE, UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT AGAIN, I THINK AT BEST IT TEACHES PEOPLE TO CHALLENGE THEIR ASSUMPTIONS AND TO REALLY LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER
  • SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS CONVEYING SOME OF THE NUANCES OF THIS WORK AND KIND OF WHAT WE ARE NAVIGATING AND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS AS WE IMPLEMENT THIS TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES
  • AND I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE OF ALL OF THIS IS THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'RE SEEING THAT WE'RE GROWING, WE'RE CHANGING, WE'RE IMPROVING
  • EMPLOYEES ARE LEARNING AND DEVELOPING SKILLS TO NOT ONLY ADDRESS INEQUITIES, BUT ALSO TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS INTERPERSONALLY ACROSS DIFFERENCE
  • AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT ULTIMATELY THIS MEANS THAT WE DO A BETTER JOB OF DOING OUR JOB, OF SERVING THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE AND OF BEING PARTNERS WITH EACH OTHER IN THIS WORK
  • THANK YOU
  • YOU'VE JUST HEARD US TALK ABOUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF OUR WORK, FROM BUDGETING TO HIRING TO TRAINING
  • AND I WANT US TO ZOOM BACK A BIT AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE TIE THIS WORK TOGETHER
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • HOW WE WANT TO ALIGN IT WITH OUR OVERARCHING GOALS AND THE ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURE OF OUR ORGANIZATION
  • I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOW MINDFUL THE PORT TRIES TO BE TO ENSURE THAT OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE CLEAR AND CONNECTED FROM THE BROADEST LEVEL OF OUR CENTURY AGENDA GOALS TO THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL
  • AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS ILLUSTRATION, WE TRY TO BE CLEAR HOW EACH OF US FITS INTO THE WHOLE OF THE PORT'S MISSION
  • SO HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BLUE HERE ARE AREAS IN WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO BE CLEAR ABOUT OUR EQUITY RELATED, EQUITY RELATED EXPECTATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY AS WELL
  • STARTING IN 2022, WE INSTITUTED INDIVIDUAL EDI GOALS FOR ALL NONREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVE PARTNERS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT EDI EXPECTATIONS AND BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AS WELL
  • ROLLING THESE UP, I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF OUR CHANGE TEAM, WE HAVE OVER 40 SETS OF DEPARTMENTAL EDI GOALS FOR THE PORT AND ONE OVERARCHING DIVISION LEVEL EDI GOAL
  • THESE WERE DEVELOPED THIS PAST YEAR AND WE ARE NOW WORKING TO IMPLEMENT AND TRACK PROGRESS ON THESE EFFORTS OVER THE COURSE OF 2023
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO HOW THIS IS ALL COMING TOGETHER IS IN WHAT YOU SEE HERE
  • IT'S A BIT OF A PROOF OF CONCEPT
  • SO IMAGINE, IF YOU WILL, THIS IS A WEB PAGE AND YOU'RE CRUISING HERE TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY, I KNOW THAT THE PORT HAS SOME EXPECTATIONS AND HAS SOME GUIDANCE AROUND DATA AND EQUITY, AROUND HOW TO TRACK AND REPORT INFORMATION, AROUND EDI GOALS, AROUND HOW I CAN ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS
  • WHERE DO I GO FOR THAT? SO I FIND THIS WEB PAGE
  • I CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THESE TILES THAT CORRESPOND TO WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT OR WHAT I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND
  • SO FOR INSTANCE, IF I'M A PROJECT MANAGER AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PORT HAS EXPECTATIONS AROUND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, BUT I REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE, WHERE DO I GO? WHAT DO I DO? HOW DO I EVEN BEGIN? THEN IDEALLY, YOU WOULD GO FIND THIS RESOURCE PAGE AND CLICK ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TILE AND BE DIRECTED FROM POINT A TO POINT Z
  • IN TERMS OF WHAT CONSIDERATIONS NEED TO BE MADE, WHAT KIND OF TIME ALLOCATIONS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE PROJECT PLAN, WHO YOU CAN CONTACT IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS OR YOU JUST NEED SOME CLARIFICATION ON HOW TO APPLY THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INTO YOUR STAKEHOLDER PROCESS
  • SO WHAT'S REALLY FUN ABOUT THIS HANDBOOK THAT THE CHANGE TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER OVER THIS PAST YEAR WITH A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF DEDICATION IS THAT IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT, IT'S A LIVING RESOURCE
  • WE CAN ITERATE ON IT, WE CAN IMPROVE ON IT, AND WE CAN ADD TO IT
  • SO AS THIS ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO MATURE AND DEVELOP ITS ORGANIZATIONAL MATURITY, WE WILL UNDERSTAND MORE NEEDS, WE WILL WANT TO DEVELOP MORE TOOLS, AND WE CAN ADD TO THIS RESOURCE
  • SO THAT'S WHAT I SEE AS A REALLY FUN PART OF THIS
  • IN ADDITION, A THIRD STRATEGY FOR OUR OFFICE IS TO BE A LEADER NATIONWIDE IN EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION EFFORTS, RIGHT? SO WE SEE THIS AS THE DRAFT IN YOUR IN YOUR HANDS, IN YOUR PACKET ALSO INCLUDES THIS AS A PDF
  • AND WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO SHARE THIS AS A RESOURCE AND A GUIDE FOR OTHERS SO THAT OTHERS DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THAT WHEEL, RIGHT? AS WE'RE LEARNING, AS WE'RE ITERATING, AS WE'RE GROWING, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT AND GROW WITH THE BROADER COMMUNITY OF FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO FIGURE THIS STUFF OUT
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO WHAT'S NEXT? WE JUST TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE HIGHLIGHTS
  • WE JUST REALLY DID A FLYOVER OF ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THIS PAST YEAR
  • HOW ARE WE MEASURING THIS? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? WHAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON IN THIS NEXT SLIDE IS THE OUTPUTS AND THE OUTCOMES, BECAUSE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEASURING THE OUTPUTS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, RIGHT? ARE WE DOING WHAT WE SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO IN TERMS OF OUR FACILITATION AND TRAINING? HOW MANY TRAININGS DID WE CONDUCT? HOW MANY FOLKS PARTICIPATED? DID WE INCORPORATE EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION AND COMPETENCIES INTO JOB DESCRIPTIONS, AS WE SAID WE WOULD? RIGHT? OR IS THAT PENDING? WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THAT? SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEASURING AND TRACKING THAT
  • IN ADDITION, WE ALSO WANT TO MEASURE THE OUTCOMES OF ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES AND INVESTMENTS WE'RE MAKING
  • ARE THOSE HELPING TO ACTUALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE AND IF SO, HOW? SO WE HAVE A SURVEY THAT IS GOING TO HELP US TRACK THAT AND COMPARE APPLES TO APPLES YEAR OVER YEAR
  • AND THIS WILL ALL BE CAPTURED IN NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • WHAT? WE OUR CHANGE TEAM COMMITTEE
  • ONE OF OUR CHANGE TEAM COMMITTEES HAS DEVELOPED AS OUR EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING DASHBOARDS
  • BECAUSE THIS IS NEW WORK FOR THE PORT, WE'VE DEVELOPED SOME INTERIM TOOLS TO HELP US BE ABLE TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION AND ALSO VISUALLY REPORT THAT INFORMATION
  • SO ALL THE ASSESSMENTS AND GOALS THAT ARE SHOWN HERE WILL BE REPRESENTED IN THE DASHBOARD
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • I KNOW THIS IS A BIT OF A BUSY SLIDE, BUT THE INTENT WITH THIS SLIDE IS TO JUST SHOW YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THOSE TOOLS WILL LOOK LIKE
  • THE EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION REPORTING FORM THE DASHBOARDS THAT WE HAVE TO TRACK OUR MEASURES OF SUCCESS
  • AND AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PROUD OF BECAUSE IT'S A WAY FOR US TO DEMONSTRATE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
  • WE ANTICIPATE ANYONE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION CAN ACCESS THESE DASHBOARDS TO SEE WHERE WE ARE, TO AGAIN TRACK HOW WE'RE DOING AGAINST WHAT WE'VE COMMITTED TO, AND ALSO TO HOLD US LIKE, ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING THAT? ARE WE'RE FALLING BEHIND? WHY IS THAT? AND THEY CAN ASK US FURTHER QUESTIONS AND KEEP US HONEST
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • AND MOVING FORWARD INTO 2023
  • THE WORK OF THE ASSESSMENTS IS NOT ONE AND DONE IN 2022
  • SO WE ANTICIPATE CONTINUING IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS WORK IN 2023 AND TRACKING AND MONITORING THE PROGRESS AND PUSHING OURSELVES TO TO CONTINUE TO DO BETTER AND TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE FOR THE SAKE OF OUR INTERNAL COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS OUR EXTERNAL COMMUNITIES
  • THE EQUITIES POLICY DIRECTIVE, AS YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR, IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
  • OUR TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY ON THAT EFFORT AS WELL, BEEN ENGAGING STAKEHOLDERS INTERNALLY
  • YOU ALL HAVE BEEN A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF HELPING PUSH THIS AND PROVIDE VALUABLE INPUT
  • WE'VE ALSO GOTTEN EXTERNAL FEEDBACK ON THIS PROCESS AND ON THE PRODUCT
  • SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PASSAGE OF THAT IN 2023 AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT
  • LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
  • WHILE THIS IS NOT NEW FOR US AT THE PORT, ONE OF THE ASPECTS THAT IS NEW THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IS DEVELOPING A COORDINATED AND CONSISTENT STRATEGY
  • SO A FRAMEWORK FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COLLECTIVELY COME AROUND, BECAUSE NEARLY EVERYTHING THAT THE PORT TOUCHES AND DOES HAS AN IMPACT ON EQUITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, RIGHT? SO WE WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL AND DELIBERATE ABOUT HOW WE'RE BRINGING OUR MATRIX ORGANIZATION ALONG AND BEING AGAIN COHERENT, CONSISTENT, AND COMPETENT IN THIS AREA AND MAKING GOOD AGAIN ON OUR COMMITMENTS TO OUR COMMUNITIES
  • SO, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • I'M REALLY HONORED TO INVITE OUR CHANGE TEAM PARTNERS TO JOIN US HERE WHO WILL SPEAK TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THIS WORK, ABOUT HOW THIS IS LANDING FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVES AND IN THEIR AREAS OF OPERATION, AND CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND
  • SO I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO SENIOR DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES KATIE GERARD
  • AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE
  • WELCOME TO THE DIAS
  • I JUST WANT TO DO A QUICK TIME CHECK HERE
  • IT'S 2:50, AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE WITH THIS AT 2:40, BUT THAT'S NOT YOU GUYS SHOULD GET THROUGH ALL YOUR THINGS
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR EQUITY WORK WITH REGARDS TO HIRING AND RECRUITMENT
  • 2022 WAS A BUSY YEAR
  • WE FILLED 556 POSITIONS
  • 162 OF OUR OWN CURRENT EMPLOYEES TOOK ON NEW ROLES, AND WE BROUGHT IN 394 NEW EMPLOYEES TO THE PORT
  • WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OEDI AND THE CHANGE TEAM TO BRING MORE STRUCTURE AND CONSISTENCY TO SEVERAL OF OUR HIRING PRACTICES
  • THINGS LIKE HAVING PANELS WATCH AND DISCUSS THE COUNTERING BIAS VIDEO PRIOR TO INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES, AND INCORPORATING EDI QUESTIONS INTO ALL INTERVIEWS
  • WE ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY COUNCIL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JUAN MARTEL TO PROVIDE FIVE INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS CALLED SHOWCASES TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT JOB OPPORTUNITIES
  • THESE SHOWCASES GAVE STAFF A CHANCE TO LEARN AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES IN AVIATION, PROCUREMENT, PROJECT MANAGEMENT, MARINE MAINTENANCE, AND OTHERS
  • OVER 400 OF OUR EMPLOYEES ATTENDED THESE FIVE SHOWCASES
  • TALENT ACQUISITION STAFF ARE STARTING THIS YEAR OFF JUST AS BUSY
  • WE'VE ALREADY FILLED 57 POSITIONS IN 2023, AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE ALL BENEFITING FROM SOME OF THESE NEW PRACTICES IN OUR PROCESSES
  • PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL CHANGES WE MADE LAST YEAR IS A RECOMMENDATION THAT CAME SPECIFICALLY FROM THE WOMEN OF COLOR ASSESSMENT
  • WE INSTITUTED A PROCESS FOR INTERNAL CANDIDATES WHO APPLIED FOR A POSITION BUT WERE NOT SELECTED TO ASK FOR DIRECT FEEDBACK FROM THEIR HIRING MANAGERS
  • THE GOAL OF THIS FOR OUR INTERNAL CANDIDATES WAS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE WANT THEM TO FEEL VALUED AND RESPECTED FOR TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE CHANCE BY APPLYING FOR A NEW POSITION, BUT GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME DIRECT FEEDBACK TO SEE WHERE THEY COULD IMPROVE AND THEN HOPEFULLY DEVELOP A DEVELOPMENT PLAN FROM THERE
  • TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE TAKES TIME
  • WHILE IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO REALLY UNDERSTAND AND MEASURE THE IMPACT OF ALL OF THESE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS, I WILL SAY THAT I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE ARE CREATING GREATER ENGAGEMENT FROM STAFF AS WE NORMALIZE AND OPERATIONALIZE THIS WORK IN OUR PRACTICES
  • AND THIS IS JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OEDI AND THE HR TEAM
  • BUT I CAN BE PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE FURTHERING OUR PORT VALUES AROUND EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
  • WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO JERMAINE MURRAY OF PORT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
  • ALL RIGHT
  • THANK YOU, KATIE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • THE AIRPORT AND MARITIME OPERATIONS OPERATES 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, 365 DAYS A YEAR
  • OUR REPRESENTATIVE AND SHIFT EMPLOYEES MAKE UP JUST UNDER HALF OF OUR EMPLOYEES
  • IN MY OPINION, THEY ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR ORGANIZATION
  • THEY MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO FUNCTION SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY
  • SO EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE RECEIVING THE INFORMATION THEY NEED AND HAVE ACCESS TO TRAININGS AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND REALLY FEEL VALUED
  • LIKE, VALUED MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ME
  • SINCE TAKING OVER AS DIRECTOR OF PORT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, I'VE BEEN WORKING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE BARRIERS TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE WORKERS WORKFORCE
  • SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PORT CONSTRUCTIONS TEAM AND I ARE PART OF THE CHANGE TEAM REPRESENTED SHIFT WORKERS COMMITTEE
  • WE CREATED A LIST OF BEST PRACTICES FOR SUPERVISORS OF REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES TO USE WHEN FIGURING OUT HOW TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE ENGAGEMENT
  • AT PORT CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED AND MODELED MANY THINGS TO HELP REDUCE OR ELIMINATE LOGISTICAL BARRIERS INCLUDING WE'VE ADDED WORKSTATIONS
  • ALL EMPLOYEES HAVE PORT CELL PHONES SO THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO EMAILS AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION AND SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES LIKE LINK LEADERSHIP OR ON VIRTUAL INTERVIEW PANELS, OR ATTEND TRAININGS AND EVENTS LIKE TOWN HALLS
  • WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED EDI BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS INTO EMPLOYEE WORK RULES SO THAT WE CAN HOLD EMPLOYEES ACCOUNTABLE
  • WE RECLASSIFIED POSITION TITLES TO SOUND LESS GENDER SPECIFICS, SUCH AS GENERAL FOREMAN TO GENERAL SUPERVISOR AND FOREMAN TO FIELD SUPERVISOR
  • WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED CONSISTENT, REGULAR MEETING EQUITY MOMENTS AND MADE EDI TRAININGS REQUIRED AND MORE ACCESSIBLE
  • BOTH IN TERMS OF OUR BUDGET BARRIERS AND LOGISTICAL BARRIERS
  • I CAN SAY OUR TEAM HAS REALLY BEGUN TO PROSPER AND BECOME WILLING TO BE VULNERABLE AND UNCOMFORTABLE IN POSITIVE WAYS
  • OVERALL, I BELIEVE OUR EMPLOYEES FEEL MORE INCLUDED AND MORE VALUED
  • THEY FEEL LIKE THEY BELONG
  • THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS
  • THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND HOLD MANAGERS ACCOUNTABLE
  • WE MIGHT NOT GIVE THEM THE ANSWERS THAT THEY LIKE, BUT WE CAN GIVE THEM A DETAILED EXPLANATION
  • I ALSO BELIEVE THAT MY TEAM IS TEAM MEMBERS ARE FEELING ENCOURAGED, RESPECTED AND EMPOWERED BY OUR FOCUS ON EQUALITY, ESPECIALLY THE TRAININGS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER SO FAR
  • AND THEY'RE EXCITED TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD
  • AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SARAH
  • THANKS, JERMAINE, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS, EXECUTIVE METRUCK
  • IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT IT'S BEEN LIKE TO PARTNER WITH YOUR FABULOUS OEDI STAFF AND PROGRAMS I WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT SETTING DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC EDI GOALS AND WHAT THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN LIKE FOR DEPARTMENTS AND FOR MY DEPARTMENT IN PARTICULAR
  • SO GOAL SETTING AS WE KNOW IT'S OFTEN A BIG UNDERTAKING, BUT IT'S CRITICAL AS WE STRIVE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS FOR EDI AND TO MEASURE OUR IMPACT
  • LIKE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, WE WERE LED THROUGH AN EQUITY SWEAT ANALYSIS [LAUGHER] A LOT OF SWEAT EQUITY INVOLVED THERE
  • THERE WAS EQUITY SWAT, ANALYSIS, STRENGTH, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, THREATS
  • AND LED BY OUR CHANGE TEAM MEMBERS IN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR, THE PROCESS ITSELF WAS ENLIGHTENING AND WE HAD CANDID CONVERSATIONS
  • I THINK, AS SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID HERE, SOME OF THE BEST WORK ARE SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS AMONGST YOUR SMALL TEAMS AND YOUR COLLEAGUES
  • AND BASED ON THAT, WE LOOKED AT WAYS THAT WE COULD WHAT CAN WE BUILD ON AND HOW CAN WE IMPROVE? WE HAVE A LOT OF IDEAS, AND FROM THAT WE PRIORITIZED A FEW
  • AND WE SET EQUITY GOALS FOR 2023 THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO OUR DEPARTMENT'S WORK AND WITHIN THE REALM OF THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTROL AND INFLUENCE
  • AND WE TOOK TIME IN THESE FINAL MONTHS OF 2022 TO DISCUSS HOW WE'RE GOING TO MEASURE OUR PROGRESS ON THESE VERY SPECIFIC GOALS FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, WHAT TYPE OF GOALS DO WE SET
  • I'VE GOT TWO EXAMPLES I CAN SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, AND AS I TALK ABOUT THEM, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT IN ADDITION TO CHANGE TEAM MEMBERSHIP IN MY DEPARTMENT, WE ALSO HAVE HAD FOR SEVERAL YEARS AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TEAM SO THAT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TEAM OF STAFF WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CHANGE TEAM MEMBERS
  • SO ONE OF THE FIRST GOALS I'LL SHARE IS THAT WE'RE COMMITTING TO HAVE AN EJ OR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE TEAM MEMBER FROM MY DEPARTMENT REVIEW EACH OF OUR DEPARTMENT JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE HIRING MANAGER AS WE PREPARE FOR A RECRUITMENT
  • THIS IS ADDITION TO THE GREAT WORK THAT DOES TOO
  • ANOTHER GOAL EXAMPLE IS THAT EACH OF MY DEPARTMENT'S SEVEN WORK GROUPS, AND NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO SMALLER TEAMS THEY WILL WORKSHOP TOGETHER TO DEVELOP A WORK GROUP OR PROGRAM SPECIFIC EDI GOAL FOR 2023
  • AND THE CHANGE TEAM AND THE EJ TEAM MEMBERS WILL SUPPORT THE GROUPS IN THAT EXERCISE AND THUS MAKING THE MEASURES AND GOALS VERY TANGIBLE FOR THE SPECIFIC TEAMS WHAT I LIKE ABOUT SETTING DEPARTMENT SPECIFIC EDI GOALS IS THE ABILITY TO NARROW OUR FOCUS, TO HOLD OURSELVES AND EACH OTHER ACCOUNTABLE, AND TO PRACTICE EQUITY AS A COLLECTIVE WORK
  • IT CAN BE HARD WHEN GOALS ARE SET AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS, BUT WE DON'T GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND STEPS TO BRING THESE GOALS INTO FOCUS FOR THE TEAM AND FOR THE INDIVIDUAL
  • FOLKS MAY THINK THIS GOAL SOUNDS GOOD, BUT HOW DOES MY WORK FIT INTO THAT ORGANIZATIONAL GOAL? SO, TO MY EARLIER POINT, SETTING THESE DEPARTMENT GOALS HELPS US TO MOVE FORWARD TO CREATE A MORE EQUITABLE PORT
  • AND IT ALLOWS DEPARTMENTS THE FLEXIBILITY TO SET GOALS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THE WORK THEY DO AND THE THINGS WE CAN INFLUENCE
  • IN CLOSING, IT'S JUST BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH THIS GROUP, AND I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT WE HAVE SUCH A COMMITTED TEAM AND A COMMITTED LEADERSHIP TO EQUITY DIVERSITY INCLUSION
  • THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS
  • I'M GOING TO BRING THEM BACK, THE OEDI TEAM
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU ALL
  • ALL RIGHT, SO WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? YES, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • WELL, THIS IS JUST SUCH A TREMENDOUS BODY OF WORK
  • IT HAS NOT BEEN A FAST PROCESS
  • IT'S NOT BEEN AN EASY PROCESS, BUT IT HAS BEEN AN HONEST PROCESS AND TO SEE THAT REPRESENTED HERE, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND AND THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING
  • AND THERE IS NEW INFORMATION HERE FOR ME
  • I'VE GOT A FEW DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND JUST KEEP IT AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE, SO I DON'T NEED SUPER LENGTHY ANSWERS
  • WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS DAY, SO WE GOT A LOT OF TIME
  • OKAY
  • LORD HAVE MERCY
  • ALL RIGHT, SO THE TRAINING INFORMATION, THE DATA THAT YOU COLLECT OF WHO HAS TAKEN THE TRAINING, ARE YOU ABLE TO SORT THAT INFORMATION BY DEPARTMENT? YES, WE CAN
  • AND YOU'RE ABLE TO REPORT OUT ON PARTICIPATION? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES
  • YEAH, WE WERE ABLE TO SORT BY DEPARTMENT, WE'RE ABLE TO REPORT OUT ON PARTICIPATION
  • OKAY
  • HOW DID COMMISSIONERS DO? I DON'T KNOW
  • OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'D BE HAPPY TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT INFORMATION, THOUGH
  • I WAS JUST WONDERING
  • DIRECTOR GEISAR
  • YES
  • COMMISSIONERS ALL ATTENDED THE TRAINING, AND WE DO, FOR EXAMPLE, REACH OUT TO LANCE AND SAY, X NUMBER OF SUPERVISORS HAVE STILL NOT ATTENDED IN AVIATION OR TO STEPHANIE IN MARITIME AND ASK FOR THEM TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE
  • AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF REACHING OUT TO THEIR TEAMS AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO ATTEND
  • IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD FULL PARTICIPATION FROM THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND COMMISSION, BECAUSE THE POINT ABOUT LEADING BY EXAMPLE, FOR YOU TO BE VISIBLE, FOR YOU TO BE PRESENT IN TRAININGS, IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY
  • YEAH
  • I ACKNOWLEDGE THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP IN PARTAKING IN THESE TRAININGS, NOT JUST SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS, BUT THAT ALSO MEANS THE COMMISSION OFFICE
  • SO I DID NOT KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION
  • I'M GLAD I ASKED IN PUBLIC
  • IT'S A GOOD ANSWER
  • IS THE COMMISSION OFFICE ALSO REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE? YES, COMMISSION OFFICE, ALL STAFF ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND
  • AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH AARON ABOUT HOW MANY ARE AND I THINK YOU NOW HAVE A CHANGE TEAM MEMBER, AND ERICA IS OUR CHANGE TEAM MEMBER
  • WONDERFUL
  • ERIN, SHE WAS LEANNE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD
  • LEANNE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD
  • THAT'S WONDERFUL
  • OKAY, I'M WONDERING WHAT'S THE VISION FOR CONTINUED TRAINING? IS IT A ONE AND DONE
  • HAS THERE BEEN A DEMAND FOR MORE? DO WE SEE EXPANDING THIS AND ROLLING THIS OUT AS A SERIES? I'M THINKING OF KING COUNTY AND THEIR EQUITY PROGRAM AND HOW THEY OFFER A SERIES OF COURSES AND A CERTIFICATE AT THE END FOR THOSE WHO FORMALLY GRADUATE
  • WHAT IS YOUR VISION, DIRECTOR GEISAR? I'M GOING TO ASK JAY IF YOU WOULD SPEAK TO THIS FIRST
  • HONESTLY, IT'S EVOLVING
  • WE HAVE DEVELOPED WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO AS FOUNDATIONAL COURSES IN BOTH OF THE TRACKS THAT I REFERRED TO
  • SO THERE'S LIKE WHAT YOU CAN THINK OF AS A 101 AND A 102 COURSE FOR EACH TRACK FOR SUPERVISORS AND FOR FRONTLINE EMPLOYEES OR INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTORS
  • AND THIS YEAR WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS OR TRANSITIONING TO A MODEL OF SETTING AN HOUR LIMIT OR HOUR REQUIREMENT ON WHAT PEOPLE MUST COMPLETE, WITH AN EXPECTATION THAT FOLKS COMPLETE THAT FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS
  • AND IN THE INTERIM, PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE THEIR OWN PATH ON HOW THEY WANT TO COMPLETE THAT USING DIFFERENT WORKSHOPS THAT WE OFFER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, WHETHER THOSE ARE ONE OFF STANDALONE WORKSHOPS OR THINGS LIKE CAUCUSING EVENTS OR BOOK CLUBS OR LUNCH AND LEARNS
  • AND SO TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAILOR THAT LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT PEOPLE HAVE THAT SAME FOUNDATION
  • THANK YOU
  • CAN I ADD TO THAT, COMMISSIONER? I THINK THE TRAINING, AS YOU KNOW, IS EVERGREEN, RIGHT? AND YOU HEARD KATIE REPORT ABOUT NEW EMPLOYEES COMING IN, SO IT'S CONSTANTLY TURNING
  • BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR FOCUS ON THAT BECAUSE IT IS AS WE DEVELOP, AND WE ALSO HAVE A LARGE BODY OF OTHER MANDATORY TRAINING, AND THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO MAKE IT FIT ALL TOGETHER SO WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT TO DO THAT
  • BUT DON'T ASK ME ABOUT MY REPORTING ON ALL MY MANDATORY TRAINING RIGHT NOW
  • IT MAY NOT BE AS GOOD AS MY PARTICIPATION IN THE EQUITY TRAINING
  • I'M JUST PARTICULARLY PLEASED TO HEAR HOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM IS REALLY STRUCTURING THIS EFFORT IN COLLABORATION WITH THEIR OUTREACH TEAM
  • I'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU ALL, AND THE FEEDBACK THAT I'M HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE DUWAMISH VALLEY, IS THAT THE EFFORT IS PALPABLE AND IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE
  • I REALLY APPRECIATE HEARING YOUR FRAMEWORK ABOUT THE OUTWARDS FACING VERSUS THE INWARD FACING AND HOW BOTH OF THOSE ARE CENTRAL COMPONENTS TO WHAT WE DO AS AN INSTITUTION
  • IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL BODY OF WORK, AND I'M SO HONORED TO BE ABLE TO BE A PART OF IT
  • MY LAST QUESTION IS ABOUT YOUR CAPACITY AS THE COORDINATORS AND THE THOUGHT LEADERS AND IN MANY WAYS THE DRIVERS BEHIND ALL OF THIS
  • AND WHAT MORE DO YOU PUT EVERYTHING IN? YOU TALK ABOUT BUDGETING THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS, EXCEPT NOT IN THE CONTEXT OF YOUR OWN OFFICE'S CAPACITY
  • SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AROUND THAT? WELL, THERE IS THAT SAYING OF BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WE KEEP SAYING WE WANT EQUITY TO BE INFUSED EVERYWHERE, AND SO WE KEEP ON BEING INVITED TO THE TABLE AND BE ENGAGED IN MORE AND MORE WORK
  • SO SOME OF THIS IS A LEARNING PROCESS, I THINK, FOR US, OF FIGURING OUT WHAT IS OUR SCOPE OF WORK, WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE? BUT CURRENTLY OUR STAFF IS SIX, AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS WHO ARE SITTING HERE GUADALUPA TORRES, BUSHRA ZAMAN, AND V NGUYEN, WHO ARE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM
  • AND WE'RE ADDING AN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EXPERT THIS YEAR
  • SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION
  • IT FEELS LIKE MORE AND MORE WORK COMES TO OUR WAY
  • BUT I'VE BEEN REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE GENEROSITY AND SUPPORT THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK HAS HAD TO HEAR, SEEING HOW WE NEED TO EXPAND, AND THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER TIME
  • SO I FEEL CONFIDENT THAT AS WE LEARN MORE, THERE WILL BE MORE SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE
  • GREAT
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? WOW, YOU GUYS ARE THAT THOROUGH
  • ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, GO AHEAD
  • I'M CHANNELING COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN'S ENERGY
  • I'M, LIKE I ALWAYS HAVE QUESTIONS
  • RIGHT
  • I SAY THAT IN THE MOST LOVING WAY
  • WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I ALSO SIMILAR TO COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO AND HOW MEANINGFUL IT IS
  • I THINK EVEN AS A COMMISSIONER, HAVING YOUR OFFICE IN PLACE HAS BEEN SUCH A WELCOMING THING FOR ME, AND SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND HOLD THAT
  • AND DIRECTOR GEISAR, SPECIFICALLY, YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE OFFICE, I THINK IT'S AMAZING
  • THIS IS HEAVY WORK
  • IT'S A LOT OF WORK AS A DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE WHEN I'M NOT HERE
  • IT'S A LOT TO DO THIS WORK AND CARRY IT THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION, AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB
  • I DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF ANY SORT OF QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO ASK, BUT I DO WANT TO HOLD SPACE FOR EMPLOYEES OF COLOR
  • RIGHT
  • ESPECIALLY BLACK EMPLOYEES
  • IT'S HARD TO COME TO THE TABLE AND WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS STUFF, AND WHEN IT'S, LIKE, MANDATORY, IT FEELS EXHAUSTING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE COMING TO THE TABLE AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO TEACH IT
  • THAT IS HARD WORK
  • AND SO I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT
  • WE HAVE TO DO THIS WORK IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD
  • IT'S A MUST
  • AND YOU CAN SAY THAT, LOOK, BECAUSE I AM A CHANGE TEAM MEMBER DOES NOT MEAN I'M AN EXPERT ON EQUITY, NOR DO I WANT TO BE YOUR EXPERT ON EQUITY
  • THAT IS SO IMPORTANT
  • YOU CAN'T PICK OUT STAFF MEMBERS AND EXPECT THEM TO CARRY IT ALL
  • IT TAKES INVESTMENT
  • WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO INVEST IN PEOPLE WHO WANT TO DO THAT WORK, WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THAT TRANSITION
  • AND SO I FEEL LIKE THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO SAY
  • AND INVESTING IN YOU GUYS' WORK IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THIS COMMISSION IS ALL COMMITTED TO DOING AND FINDING OUT WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THE WORK
  • AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS
  • AWESOME
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • COMMISSIONER, FELLEMAN, IN KEEPING WITH YOUR POINT? NO, I ACTUALLY AM
  • I'M TRYING TO EMPATHIZE WITH THE CHALLENGE OF TAKING THESE CONCEPTS AND TRYING TO PUT THEM INTO A DASHBOARD
  • HOW DO YOU QUANTIFY THIS TRACKING OF YOUR PROGRESS? AND SO I SEE THIS ONE VERY COMPLICATED PAGE WITH MULTIPLE PIE CHARTS AND HISTOGRAMS, AND IT'S VERY SMALL, SO I CAN'T LOOK AT IT VERY CAREFULLY
  • BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THAT AND TO YOUR QUESTION WAS, LIKE, BY DEPARTMENT, THIS IS ALL KIND OF SEEMS LIKE A VERY THOROUGH BREAKOUT, AND SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS POPULATED BY ONE YEAR WORTH OF DATA
  • OR IS THIS JUST SORT OF LIKE WHAT YOU HOPE TO DO IN THE FUTURE? BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE THE PUNCHLINE, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU COME TO US ON AN ANNUAL REPORT, HOW WE DOING IS THE QUESTION RIGHT
  • SO THIS SEEMS LIKE A GREAT CONDENSATION OF ALL YOUR WORK, OR AT LEAST THE RESULTS THEREOF
  • THAT'S RIGHT
  • SO WHAT YOU SEE THERE SO THE LARGER SLIDE WITH THE PIE CHARTS IS REPRESENTATIVE
  • THE LEFT SIDE IS ACTUALLY ACCURATE
  • IT REPRESENTS Q THREE DATA IN TERMS OF OUR PROGRESS ON EQUITY ASSESSMENT AND WOMEN OF COLOR ASSESSMENT ACTIONS
  • THE PIE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS FOR DEPARTMENTAL GOALS
  • WE MADE UP DATA FOR THAT JUST SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A VISUAL
  • BUT THAT WILL START TO POPULATE IN Q ONE OF THIS YEAR WHEN WE START TO COLLECT REPORTING FROM THAT
  • AND THAT IS BROKEN DOWN BY DEPARTMENTS, IT IS BROKEN DOWN BY EQUITY ASSESSMENT ACTIONS
  • WE CAN FLIP THAT INFORMATION AND YOU CAN LOOK AT IT BY ISSUE AREAS, YOU CAN LOOK AT IT BY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES
  • SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS YOU CAN SLICE AND DICE AND VIEW THIS INFORMATION
  • THE POINT IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT WITH HOW WE'RE DOING ACCORDING TO WHAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO COMMIT TO
  • IF I COULD ADD THAT THIS IS TREMENDOUSLY INNOVATIVE WORK
  • BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SAYING, BASICALLY IS THAT WE ARE QUALITATIVELY, WANTING TO CHANGE THE AIR THAT WE BREATHE
  • BUT ALSO, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO QUANTIFY WHERE WE ARE, REPORT ON PROGRESS, SHOW THAT WE ARE CHANGING THINGS AND KEEP EVERYONE'S EYES ON THAT INTERNALLY, BUT ALSO, HOPEFULLY, SHARE THIS WITH OUR COMMUNITY EXTERNALLY
  • AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS INCREDIBLY HARD TO DO
  • AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO US AS LEADERS FOR
  • HENCE MY EMPATHY TOWARDS YOUR
  • BUT I ALSO WAS THINKING THAT THIS IS SORT OF THING THAT ON AN ANNUAL REPORT BASIS, AS THIS GETS POPULATED, THIS WOULD BE JUST A REALLY GREAT WAY TO REFLECT ON HOW YOU'RE EVALUATING YOURSELF AND WHICH AND THE PUNCHLINE IS HOW THE COMMUNITY IS EVALUATING THE SITUATION
  • SO THAT'S THE THAT'S THE RESULTS WE'RE LOOKING AT
  • AND I JUST SALUTE YOU FOR TRYING TO PUT IT DOWN IN A QUANTIFIABLE FASHION WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS OF THIS SORT OF SOCIETAL QUESTIONS
  • SO, ANYWAY, SO I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THIS IN A SORT OF STANDARDIZED BASIS
  • I WAS ALSO WONDERING BECAUSE THE LAST MOTION OR ORDER THAT WE DID WAS REGARDING HOLOCAUST, WHAT'S THE PROCESS BY WHICH YOU DEVELOP A LUNCH AND LEARN? WHAT IS THE INITIATION OF AN ISSUE, WHATEVER ONE WE BRING UP
  • BECAUSE I THINK THE WAY THAT PARTICULAR ORDER WAS THAT WE WOULD TRY TO INTEGRATE IT INTO TRAINING OR EDUCATION
  • AND YOU SUGGESTED A LUNCH AND LEARN AS POTENTIALLY I'M JUST WONDERING HOW DO WE FOLLOW THROUGH OR ASK FOR SOMETHING SPECIFIC OR JUST I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW THAT PROCESS WOULD GO
  • WE ACTUALLY ALREADY FOLLOWED THROUGH ON THAT AND CONNECTED WITH THE SPEAKERS THAT WE HEARD FROM THAT DAY AND YOU WERE ON THE RADIO WITH
  • AND WE ARE PLANNING A LUNCH AND LEARN THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO REALLY DO A DEEP DIVE ON THAT ORDER AND LEARNING HOW WE CAN CONFRONT ANTISEMITISM
  • BUT MORE BROADLY, WE'RE CONTINUALLY HEARING FROM OUR EMPLOYEES ABOUT WHAT ARE THE TOPICS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO YOU, WHAT ARE THE LUNCH AND LEARNS THAT YOU WANT TO SEE MORE OF? AND BOOK CLUBS PEOPLE MAKE SUGGESTIONS ABOUT, BOOKS, PODCASTS
  • IS THERE MORE YOU WANT TO ADD? I WOULD JUST SAY IT'S WORKING WITH A LARGER COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE WE AREN'T THE EXPERTS IN ALL OF THESE AREAS, AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN BRING AS EXPERTS, EITHER THROUGH OUR EDUCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUNDS OR LIVED EXPERIENCES, BUT IT'S NOT EVERYTHING
  • AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE ORGANIZATION THAT CAN LEAD TO KIND OF A LARGER COMMUNITY OF LEARNING AND LIKE, THAT MENTALITY OF WHAT'S LEARNED TOGETHER IN PUBLIC
  • SO I DON'T KNOW
  • I THINK IT'S MY QUESTION WAS REALLY MORE ABOUT PROCESS AND SUBSTANCE
  • OF COURSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF OUR WORLD'S EXPERIENCE
  • AND SO JUST IN TERMS OF PROCEDURALLY, I MEAN, LUNCH AND LEARN SEEMS LIKE A REALLY CLEVER THING
  • ARE COMMISSIONERS ABLE TO SIT IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM? I MEAN, NOT TO BE OVERT PRESENCE ON THOSE SORT OF THINGS? ABSOLUTELY
  • YEAH
  • I MEAN, OR HAVE TO GO AS UNDERCOVER BOSS IS THAT EXACTLY, I MEAN, I ASKED THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT REASON, NOT TO STIFLE THE CONVERSATION
  • ANYWAY, WHAT WE HEAR FROM PORT EMPLOYEES IS THAT THEY ALWAYS FIND IT INSPIRING TO SEE THE FIVE OF YOU AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK IN THESE TRAININGS
  • ALL RIGHT, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I THINK AARON WAS, LIKE, THE ONLY GUY AROUND IN THE DAY, BUT WHEN COURTNEY GREGOIRE AND I FORMED THE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, WE INVITED THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND TELL US WHAT THEY THINK AND WHAT ARE WE NOT DOING
  • AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUE WAS BY FAR, LIKE, YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY TAKING MORE OF THE BRUNT
  • AND THAT WAS VERY MUCH HEARD BY US
  • AND THAT WAS, LIKE, THE YEAR BEFORE STEVE GOT HIRED
  • AND SO I JUST REMEMBER THAT WHEN STEVE GOT HERE, IT WAS LIKE THE FIRST THING WAS LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? AND THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING THIS ROLE IN THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM I ALWAYS THOUGHT WAS THE MOST CRITICAL IF IT'S GOING TO SATURATE THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION
  • SO I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION HOW FAR WE'VE COME SINCE THIS EARLY RECOMMENDATION, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK
  • THANK YOU
  • GREAT
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I'M EXCITED TO WORK ON THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR TO GET TO RETURN TO DIGGING INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS ON THIS ISSUE
  • THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY, AND I THINK I MENTIONED IN THE BRIEFING, ALONG WITH THAT QUESTION OF HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS WORK IS I ALSO WANT US TO BE THINKING OF SOME PLAN B APPROACHES
  • AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE IN THIS WORK ARE UNDER THREAT THAT WE HAVE A SUPREME COURT THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THIS KIND OF EQUITY WORK AS A FAIR MEANS OF ADDRESSING HISTORIC INEQUITIES
  • AND SO IN SOME WAYS, I WANT US TO BE THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT
  • WHILE WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE DISPARATE IMPACTS TIED TO RACE, IF WE DON'T HAVE RACE AS THE MEANS OF DEFINING HOW WE ADDRESS THEM, ARE THERE OTHER PROXIES LIKE CLASS OR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES OR USING DATA AS WE HAVE WITH OUR ROADMAP, OUR EQUITY ROAD MAP, TO BE ABLE TO APPROXIMATE SOME OF THAT TOO? SO, NOT SEEKING AN ANSWER HERE, BUT JUST I DO HOPE THAT THAT IS INCORPORATED INTO OUR EQUITY COMMITTEE WORK THIS YEAR, THINKING ABOUT THAT KIND OF PLAN B IF WE DO LOSE SOME OF OUR TOOLS
  • THANK YOU
  • EXCELLENT
  • AND I'LL JUST CLOSE BY OH, GO AHEAD, STEVE
  • NO, SORRY, COMMISSIONER, I WAS GOING TO SAY NO, IF I CAN JUST SPEAK UP
  • YEAH, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONERS AND I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM
  • I THINK YOU WERE ALMOST ON THE VERGE OF GIVING THE EDI TEAM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, BUT I THINK I'D LIKE TO DO THAT
  • [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] LET ME JUST SAY A COUPLE OF POINTS FOLLOWING UP AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S ALSO GREAT TO SEE THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE INTEGRATING ACROSS THE POINT WITH SARAH, KATIE AND GERMAINE THAT THEY SPOKE ABOUT THAT AND HOW WE'RE DOING THAT, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT
  • BECAUSE TO ME, THE OFFICE OF OEDI IS NOT THE DOER, THEY'RE THE INTEGRATOR ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION
  • AND THAT'S OUR VISION TO DO THAT ACROSS ALL THE WORK
  • AND I THINK YOU'RE SEEING THAT REFLECTING THAT HERE
  • AND ONE RELATED TO THAT IS LIKE THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE YOU FUNDED IN YOUR BUDGET A POSITION FOR THAT
  • THAT'S THE INTEGRATOR POSITION ACROSS THE PORT IN BOOKDA AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS
  • AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER THIRD MEMBER IS YEAH, ENVIRONMENT IS SANDY KILROY IN THERE OF THOSE? AND IS THE INTEGRATING OF THE WORK ACROSS ALL WE DO AND AGAIN, THIS IS INTEGRATING ACROSS ALL WE DO IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK, FOR US, FOR OUR APPROACH IN BUSINESS PLANNING
  • AND TONY HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF THE TRACKING AND DOING THIS
  • BUT I THINK REALLY THE VISION IS WE NEED TO PUT IT INTO OUR BUSINESS PLANS
  • THESE ARE NOT STANDALONE PLANS
  • THEY'RE INTEGRATED THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS AND ARE REFLECTED IN OUR BUDGETS AS WE GO FORWARD
  • THOSE ARE IMPORTANT
  • LEE AND THEN ON A SMALL NOTE, I WILL MENTION THAT IS THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THE WORDS MUNDANE AND SOMETHING WE DON'T THINK ABOUT PERTAINING TO THE BUDGET PROCESS
  • AS A FORMER CFO
  • [LAUGHTER] I HAVE TO SAY IT'S EXCITING
  • AND SOMETHING WE THINK ABOUT ALL THE TIME IS THE BUDGETING PROCESS
  • ANYWAY, IF THAT'S OKAY
  • I THINK THE CFO WAS TEXTING ME SAYING IT'S EXCITING
  • YOU CAN TELL MY BIAS WHERE I'M COMING FROM ANYWAY
  • BUT IT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT IS HOW WE GET THINGS DONE
  • SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT FOR THAT
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, BY JUST SAYING WE REALLY ARE AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON THIS, AND I CAN'T EXPRESS THAT ACCURATELY ENOUGH
  • YOU KNOW, AS COMMISSIONERS, WE SERVE ON A LOT OF EXTERNAL BOARDS AND OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY
  • AND QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S ASTONISHING TO ME SOMETIMES WHEN ISSUES OF EDI COME UP, IT'S LIKE, OH, ACTUALLY, WE'VE ALREADY DEALT WITH THAT AT THE PORT
  • AND THEN WE PROVIDE, I GUESS THAT'S OUR ROLE AS BOARD MEMBERS OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS
  • BUT I HAVE YET TO REALLY RUB SHOULDERS WITH ANY ORGANIZATION THAT'S THAT MUCH FURTHER AHEAD THAN US ON THIS ORGANIZATION
  • AND IT'S A HUGE TESTAMENT TO THE GREAT WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING
  • I ALSO JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO THANK MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR BEING BOUGHT IN TO THIS AND ALSO FULLY PARTICIPATING IN THE TRAININGS
  • I THINK IT WAS YOU BOOKDA OR SOMEONE IN THE PRESENTATION SAID THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE BUY IN FROM THE TOP DOWN, FROM THE TOP, SO THAT EVERYONE FROM THE TOP DOWN IS ALSO BOUGHT IN
  • AND THAT DOESN'T END WITH STEVE AND ENDS WITH THE COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE WE'RE THE ONES WHO PASS THE POLICIES
  • AND IF WE'RE NOT WALKING THE WALK WHEN WE'RE JUST TALKING TO TALK, THEN PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUY IN THEMSELVES
  • AND SO I APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE TAKING THE TIME
  • IT WAS ACTUALLY SEVERAL HOURS OF TRAINING, AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT
  • SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA TO ASK HER REMAIN QUESTIONS
  • I HAVE JUST A COUPLE LAST QUESTIONS
  • DOES POSPD OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DO THE TRAININGS TOO? AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, DOES EACH DEPARTMENT HAVE ANY SORT OF A PERFORMANCE MEASURE OF REPORTING THE NUMBER OF INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS THAT IT'S PUTTING OUT OR THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT IT ENGAGES IN ONE YEAR? DO YOU MEAN HOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ENGAGED IN THEIR WORK OR HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE? NO, I MEAN, JUST LIKE THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, FOR EXAMPLE, EVERY AGENCY HAS TO REPORT TO OFM THE NUMBER OF INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS GOING OUT OF YOUR OFFICE TO CONSUMERS AND THEN HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU INTERACTED WITH OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR
  • YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY TALLY THAT STUFF UP TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY
  • IF THAT IS THE CASE FOR US, I'M NOT AWARE OF IT
  • SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL LOOK INTO, COMMISSIONER, AND DEFINITELY GET BACK TO YOU
  • THANK YOU
  • EXCELLENT
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • ALL RIGHT
  • THANK YOU, TEAM
  • I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND THE THOROUGH REPORT TO US
  • THANK YOU
  • IF I COULD JUST SAY IN CLOSING THAT NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT THAT THE FIVE OF YOU AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF METRUCK HAVE OFFERED TO THIS WORK
  • I KNOW THAT MANY, MANY PEOPLE IN SIMILAR POSITIONS REALLY FIGHT IN THEIR ORGANIZATIONS JUST TO BE HEARD AND FIND A SEAT AT THE TABLE
  • SO I THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU OFFER TO US
  • I APPRECIATE IT
  • AWESOME
  • [APPLAUSE] ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ITEM ELEVEN B, 2022 COMMUNITY REPORTER AND 2023 COMMITTEE WORK PLANS
  • YOU HAVE LEANNE AND PETE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
  • WE KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD A REALLY LONG DAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK REALLY FAST BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE TO STILL LOOK AT THOSE LAST MINUTE VALENTINE'S DAY GIFTS
  • ALL RIGHT? SO GOOD AFTERNOON
  • I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING
  • YOU CAN TAKE YOUR TIME
  • [LAUGHTER] YOU CAN BE MY VALENTINE
  • ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON
  • FOR THE RECORD
  • LEEANNE SCHIRATO, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF
  • I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE THE 2022 COMMITTEE REPORT OUT AND 2023 COMMITTEE WORK PLANS
  • WITH ME ARE YOU IS YOUR STRATEGIC ADVISOR TEAM, ALONG WITH WITH CHIEF OF STAFF AARON, WHO WILL INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AS THEY REPORT OUT
  • OH, SLIDE DECK WHEN WE GET A CHANCE
  • SORRY, I FORGOT
  • I'M NOT DRIVING IT
  • THANK YOU, AUBREE
  • LET'S SEE
  • AS YOU KNOW, EACH STRATEGIC ADVISOR SERVES AS LIAISON TO AT LEAST ONE COMMITTEE
  • THEY WORK IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH DIVISIONS, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO DELIVER ON THE APPROVED COMMITTEE CHARTER
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • WE CURRENTLY HAVE SIX STANDING COMMITTEES
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • THE AUDIT COMMITTEE REPRESENTS THE COMMISSION AND PROVIDES REVIEW AND OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY ON MATTERS RELATING TO THE PORT'S INTERNAL CONTROL ENVIRONMENT
  • COMMISSIONER CHO WAS THE 2022 CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER MOHAMED WAS A COMMITTEE MEMBER
  • SARAH HOLDSTROM SERVES AS THE PUBLIC MEMBER
  • THIS WILL REMAIN THE SAME FOR 2023
  • AS YOU CAN SEE, THE COMMITTEE OVERSAW THE ISSUANCE OF 17 AUDIT REPORTS LAST YEAR
  • AND I KNOW YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE ACH FRAUD INCIDENT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AND ADDRESSED BY AUDIT AND THROUGH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE LAST YEAR
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • AND 2023 IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS PLANNED FOR 2022, BUT WE'RE NOT PLANNING FOR ANY FRAUD THIS YEAR
  • AND THEN I'LL PASS IT ON TO TO PETE
  • ON THAT NOTE, I'M PETE MILLS, STRATEGIC ADVISOR TO THE COMMISSIONER AND STAFF TO THE AVIATION COMMITTEE
  • IN 2022, THE COMMISSIONERS CHO AND MOHAMED CO CHAIRED THE AVIATION COMMITTEE AND HELD MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
  • ALTHOUGH I DID JUST NOTICE THAT SLIDE SAYS CALKINS AND MOHAMED
  • IT WAS LAST YEAR
  • CHO AND MOHAMED
  • THE COMMITTEE WAS BRIEFED ON AND PROVIDED INPUT ON A VARIETY OF OPERATIONAL INITIATIVES AND CAPITAL PROJECTS, INCLUDING ON DEMAND TAXI PROGRAM AND THE ISSUES VOTED ON TODAY
  • THE SEA CARES INITIATIVE FLIGHT QUARTER SAFETY PROGRAM
  • THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS FACILITY OPENING, CHECKPOINT ONE, NORTH EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT AND OTHERS
  • THIS YEAR, IN 2023, COMMISSIONERS MOHAMED AND CALKINS ARE CHAIRING THE AVIATION COMMITTEE
  • ISSUES THAT WILL BE COVERED THIS YEAR INCLUDE GROUND TRANSPORTATION AND AIRPORT ACCESS ISSUES RELATED TO TAXI, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES, AIRPORT DRIVE, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
  • AIRPORT COMMUNITY CONCERNS WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED, INCLUDING AIRPORT NOISE, MITIGATION AND LONG TERM NEEDS OF THE AIRPORT
  • FINALLY, THIS YEAR'S COMMITTEE WILL LOOK AT CIP PROJECTS AND AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL ISSUES AND PLANNING ISSUES AS THEY ARRIVE
  • THANK YOU
  • GOOD AFTERNOON
  • COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • MY NAME IS ERICA CHUNG, STRATEGIC ADVISOR, AND I FACILITATE THE SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE COMMITTEE
  • IN 2022, SCSC COMMITTEE WAS CO CHAIRED BY COMMISSIONERS CALKINS AND HASEGAWA AND MET NINE TIMES
  • SOME OF THE WORK INCLUDED REVIEW OF THE THREE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK, ENSURING ALL CAPITAL PROJECTS DECISIONS AND KEY OPERATIONAL DECISIONS ADVANCED PORT SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WHICH INCLUDED WORLD TRADE CENTER, WEST ROOF REPLACEMENT, DOWNEY BUILDING UPGRADE, BERTH SIX AND EIGHT UPGRADES
  • THE COMMITTEE ALSO REVIEWED THE SUSTAINABLE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK ITSELF TO ENSURE IT'S POLICY IS WORKING AS INTENDED AND GREEN HYDROGEN STUDY UPDATE ON VIABILITY AND SCALABILITY THE KING COUNTY MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE STUDY, A PROGRESS REPORT REVIEWING THE VIABILITY OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FOR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION, FUEL AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, DISCUSSION AND LESSONS LEARNED AND OPPORTUNITIES
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • THANK YOU
  • IN 2023, SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE COMMITTEE IS CO CHAIRED BY COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA AND FELLEMAN AND ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED TO MEET MONTHLY
  • A FEW ITEMS IN THE COMMITTEE'S WORK PLAN INCLUDE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS UNDER UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK INCLUDING TERMINAL 91 NORTH MAIN TERMINAL REDEVELOPMENT
  • MAIN TERMINAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
  • TREE STEWARDSHIP MOTION
  • TAKING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TREES AND CONSERVATION
  • EFFORTS, CRUISE MOU AND ENVIRONMENTAL CRUISE AGREEMENT WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO BE AT THE FOREFRONT IN REDUCING THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, MARITIME CLIMATE AND AIR ACTION PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 2022 UPDATE AND TRUCK ELECTRIFICATION SUSTAINABLE AVIATION, FUEL AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE STUDY SEATTLE WATERFRONT CLEAN ENERGY STRATEGY UPDATE GREEN COORIDOR FEASIBILITY STUDY UPDATE ANNUAL PORT WIDE 2022 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION INVENTORY RESULTS WITH BUILDING ENERGY USE UPDATES MONITORING OUR PROGRESS CLEAN MARITIME FUELS AND HYDROGEN HUB OPPORTUNITIES UPDATE AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STUDY UPDATE AND BUILDING ELECTRIFICATION PLAN
  • THANK YOU
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER
  • MY NAME IS TYLER EMSKI AND I WAS HONORED TO STAFF THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IN 2022 AND I WILL BE STAFFING IT THIS YEAR AS WELL
  • LAST YEAR WE HAD THE CO CHAIRS, COMMISSIONERS CHO AND MOHAMED
  • CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? GOOD
  • OKAY, GREAT
  • THE BIG THING WE WORKED ON IN COMMITTEE WAS THAT WE REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED TO THE COMMISSION AN EQUITY POLICY DIRECTIVE
  • WE DID SECURE PRELIMINARY COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF THE EQUITY POLICY DIRECTIVE TRAINING FRAMEWORK AT THE OCTOBER MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE AND THAT IS CURRENTLY TENTATIVELY CALENDARED FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL AT THE SECOND COMMISSION MEETING IN MARCH
  • OTHER THINGS WE DID IN COMMITTEE IN 2022 IS WE PROVIDED STRATEGIC DIRECTION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PORT'S CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING STRATEGY, INCLUDING YOUTH CAREER LAUNCH
  • WE MONITORED AND PROVIDED INPUT INTO THE PORT'S APPRENTICESHIP AND PRIORITY HIRE PROGRAMS WE DEVELOPED AND APPROVED THE THREE YEAR ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING WORK PLAN, INITIATED DEVELOPMENT OF A PORTWIDE LANGUAGE ACCESS ORDER, WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON
  • AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH FOR A COMMISSIONER CONSIDERATION OF THAT
  • AND WE ALSO MONITORED THE PROGRESS OF THE WMBE BARRIER STUDY THAT WILL BE COMING UP IN COMMITTEE IN THE FIRST COMMITTEE OF MARCH
  • SO NEXT YEAR
  • THERE WE GO
  • THIS YEAR, WE ARE EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TWO NEW COMMISSIONER CO-CHAIRS COMMISSIONERS CALKINS AND HASEGAWA
  • SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WORK PLAN THIS YEAR
  • REVIEWING THAT WMBE BARRIER STUDY I JUST TALKED ABOUT APPROVING A DEFINITION OF EQUITY RELATED RESOURCES PER THE YET TO BE PASSED EQUITY POLICY DIRECTIVE
  • SO BUILDING THAT PLAN AS IT IS TAKEN OFF, WE WILL BE REVIEWING AND UPDATING THE DIVERSITY AND CONTRACTING GOALS FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEAR PERIOD
  • WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THE INITIAL FIVE YEAR PERIOD THERE, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE EXPLORING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS SMALL WORKS LIST PER COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA'S SUGGESTION AT THE FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE YEAR
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • OKAY
  • ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING THE DEVELOPMENT AND RESULTS OF THE SEA CHILD CARE STUDY, PERFORMING AN INITIAL EVALUATION OF THE EQUITY POLICY DIRECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION, AND RECEIVING A PRELIMINARY UPDATES ON THE LAUNCH OF THE PORT'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE
  • IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG YEAR
  • I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT
  • NOW I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU, DAVID, TO DISCUSS THE WATERFRONT INDUSTRIAL LANDS COMMITTEE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER AND EXECUTIVE METRUCK
  • I'M STRATEGIC ADVISOR DAVID YEAWORTH
  • LAST YEAR, THE COMMISSIONERS FELLEMAN AND HASEGAWA CO-CHAIRED THE WATERFRONT AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS COMMITTEE
  • THE KEY ISSUES THAT CAME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE WERE THE CITY OF SEATTLE'S INDUSTRIAL LANDS, REZONE INDUSTRIAL LANDS, TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM, WHICH, YOU MAY RECALL, CULMINATED IN THE FIRST EVER RESPONSIBLE OUTDOOR TRAVEL SUMMIT
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • THE WORK PLAN FOR THIS COMING YEAR IS VERY SIMILAR
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, MAN AND CALKINS WILL OVERSEE A WORK PLAN THAT INCLUDES CONTINUED MONITORING OF THE CITY'S INDUSTRIAL LANDS, REZONE A FOCUS ON INDUSTRIAL LANDS PROPERTIES, AND IDENTIFYING WAYS FOR BICYCLES TO COEXIST WITH WORKING INDUSTRIAL LANDS
  • OUR TOURISM WORK IS TAKING A MORE EXTERNAL PATH
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN WILL BE SERVING ON THE UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVISORY BOARD
  • AND HE SERVES ON THE VISIT SEATTLE ADVISORY BOARD
  • AND WE'RE CONTINUING OUR WORK ON RESPONSIBLE OUTDOOR TRAVEL WITH THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TOURISM
  • AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ERICA
  • HELLO AGAIN
  • I STAFF THE ARTS COMMITTEE IN 2022
  • PORT WIDE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD, CO CHAIRED BY COMMISSIONER SULLIVAN
  • AT HASEGAWA CONVENED FIVE MEETINGS
  • AT THE NOVEMBER 29, 2022 COMMISSION MEETING, SENIOR ART PROGRAM MANAGER TOMMY GREGORY GAVE AYE
  • ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTING THE STATUS OF THE PORT WIDE ARTS AND CULTURAL PROGRAM INCLUDING NEW AND UPCOMING INSTALLATIONS, ACQUISITIONS, CONSERVATION EFFORTS, TEMPORARY EXHIBITS AND DIVERSIFICATION OF ARTISTS IN THE COLLECTION
  • AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT JUST A FEW NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2022 WHICH IS IMPLEMENTING THE BEACONS AT SEA THAT CONNECTS PASSENGERS WITH AIRPORT ART COLLECTION USING THEIR MOBILE DEVICE
  • HOSTING THE 2022 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES ARTS IN THE AIRPORT WORKSHOP AT SEA SHOWCASING SEA'S WORLD CLASS ART COLLECTIONS
  • INSTALLATION OF ART PROJECTS THAT OFFER MUCH NEEDED FUNDING TO ARTISTS WHO ARE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC WITH THE DIGITAL ART
  • WE THE STARS BY MAJOR METRIC AS PART OF THE ALL GENDER RESTROOM RENOVATION AT GATE B NINE AND LITTLE FREE LIBRARY AT THE AIRPORT SO KIDS CAN ENJOY FREE BOOKS WHILE WAITING AND ALSO HOSTING OF TEMPORARY ART EXHIBITS BY LOCAL MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST EMILY TANNER MCLEAN CALLED WOMEN IS A WORD BESIDE AT 69 AND SCHMIDT OCEAN INSTITUTE EXHIBIT AT PIER 66
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • IN 2023 THE PORTWIDE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD WILL BE CONVENED BY WILL BE CO CHAIRED BY COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND CHO AND ARE SCHEDULED TO MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH STARTING IN FEBRUARY AND HAS THE FOLLOWING WORK PLAN FOR 2023 ART INSTALLATION HAS SIX CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
  • THIS WILL GREATLY GIVE FURTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL ARTISTS WHO ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE PANDEMIC
  • WE'LL BE SHARING MULTIPLE RFPS WITH THE PUBLIC IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS FOR RESTROOM PHASE FOUR PROJECT, THE RESTROOM PHASE FIVE PROJECT NORTH MAIN TERMINAL, CHECKPOINT ONE AND THEN THE WIDENED ARRIVALS
  • WE HAVE TWO ARTISTS THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND ARE WORKING ON DESIGN PHASE FOR CONCOURSE C PROJECT
  • WE HAVE TEN ARTISTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND ARE WAITING TO RECEIVE THEIR CONTRACT FROM CPO TO START THE DESIGN PHASE AND ALSO THEY'LL BE WORKING ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TOURS TO SHARE ART ASSETS WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES
  • CONSERVATION AND RELOCATION OF ART THAT WERE DAMAGED OR IMPACTED DUE TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND ART COLLECTION APPRAISAL WHICH WAS LAST DONE IN 2016 AND WEBSITE UPDATES TO MAKE ART MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC
  • THANK YOU
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • MATTHEW
  • I'LL COVER THESE LAST TWO
  • THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE COMPRISES OF THE CURRENT PRESIDENT AND PAST PRESIDENT AND SO LAST YEAR IT WAS CALKINS AND FELLEMAN AND AS WE HEAD INTO 2023 IT WILL BE COMMISSIONERS CHO AND CALKINS
  • I THINK PROBABLY THE BIGGEST LIFT ON THAT WILL BE COMPETING COMPLETING THE WORK THAT THEY DID ON THE ETHICS CODE REVIEW
  • THAT HAS COME A LONG WAYS BUT THERE'S STILL SOME ENDS TO TIE UP THERE AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT CLERK HART HAS SOME BYLAWS UPDATES AND CHANGES THAT JUST BASED ON A YEARLY REVIEW
  • I PROMISE IT WON'T BE THE BIG HEAVY LIFT OF TRYING TO REDO THE ENTIRE THING
  • RIGHT, MICHELLE? OKAY, GREAT
  • AND SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS FOR THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE ON THE AD HOC SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
  • IT TAKES A LITTLE WHILE TO SORT OF HONE IN ON WHAT THE PIECES ARE
  • BUT I BELIEVE, COMMISSIONER MOHAMED, IS THAT YOU'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE PUBLIC MARKET STUDY THAT'S GOING ON, SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE COMMUNITY CONNECTORS
  • AND ONE ELEMENT THAT MIGHT BE A PORTION OF THAT AS WELL IS SEEING HOW THE ACCELERATORS WORK THAT COMMISSIONER CHO PUT IN THE BUDGET MIGHT WRAP UP INTO THAT
  • BUT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE CONVERSATION OVER THE MONTH AND LOOK TOWARDS MAYBE A MARCH SORT OF WE CAN DO THAT IN A FORMAL ORDER, OR WE CAN JUST DELIVER A MEMO OVER THE COMMISSIONER SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE INTEND TO DO ON THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE
  • BUT I THINK FORMALIZING IT DOES GIVE IT A SENSE OF MISSION AND PURPOSE AND KEEPS IT LIMITED AND FOCUSED
  • SO THAT'S A CONVERSATION WE CAN KEEP HAVING, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO WRAP THAT UP WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS OR SO
  • GREAT
  • ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR AARON OR THE TEAM ON OUR COMMITTEES? OKAY, GO AHEAD
  • I THINK INDUSTRIAL LAND
  • OR IS THE AIR FORCE COMMITTEE ON LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT TOURISM? OR IT WAS INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
  • I MARKED IT AND OF COURSE DIDN'T KEEP IT
  • I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT ENTAILED
  • OF COURSE IT'S NOT HERE
  • ANYBODY KNOW WHAT I'M REFERRING TO? I HAVE IT
  • WHAT'S THAT? HELP ME
  • WELL, THE PROBLEM IS YOU TOOK AN INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH
  • NO, IT WAS LESSONS LEARNED FROM FROM INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL AND AUBREE
  • THANKS, SEVEN
  • THAT'S GETTING OLD
  • GETTING LATE
  • SORRY, COMMISSIONER, THAT WAS FROM THE SEAC COMMITTEE AT OUR LAST COMMITTEE MEETING IN 2022
  • IF I CAN JUMP IN
  • IS THAT ABOUT THE TRIPS THAT WE MADE TO JAPAN? YEAH, LESSONS LEARNED
  • LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAT COMING
  • THIS IS LOOKING BACK AT THE TRAVEL THAT WE DID AND THE FOLLOW UP PROBABLY FOLLOW UP WITH THE KIND OF A GREAT SISTER PORTS
  • SISTER PORTS
  • YEAH
  • SISTER PORTS
  • AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE? I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT ESTABLISHED LIKE THAT
  • I THINK THAT'S VERY VALUABLE
  • GREAT COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • OH, NO
  • OKAY
  • ALL RIGHT
  • SORRY
  • I WANTED TO ADD THAT FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD OR THAT COMMITTEE, I THINK I'VE MENTIONED THIS SEVERAL TIMES
  • SO I'D LIKE US TO REVISIT OUR DEFINITION OF ART AND THE MANDATE OF THE ART PROGRAM
  • I DON'T SEE THAT IN HERE, SO I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THAT
  • IT'S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
  • [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS A GOOD ONE
  • UNDERSTOOD
  • I WILL ADD THAT TO THE 2023 WORK PLAN
  • ALL RIGHT
  • NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
  • THANK YOU
  • TEAM
  • REALLY
  • GO AHEAD, AARON
  • YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK IT REALLY SHOWS HOW FAR WE'VE COME ALONG THESE COMMITTEES THAT COMMISSIONERS PARTICIPATE, UNDERSTAND THE VALUE AND UNDERSTAND SORT OF WE'D HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS YEAR, WHAT ARE THESE COMMITTEES PURPOSE AND WHAT ARE THEY FOR? AND I THINK THAT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT IT ALLOWS COMMISSIONER CHO DIVIDE IT BY VERY, VERY LARGE WORKLOAD INTO SMALLER BITESIZED CHUNKS AND THEN INFORM THEIR COMMISSIONER AS A WHOLE ABOUT HOW THE PROGRESS AND WHAT ITEMS THEY'VE SEEN COME FORWARD
  • SO, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS, AND I THINK THAT IS A CLOSE THANKS
  • EXCELLENT
  • IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AARON STARTED ALL THAT PROCESS, SO THANK YOU
  • GOOD CALL
  • ALL RIGHT, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA FOR THE DAY
  • ARE THERE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS AT THIS TIME OR MOTIONS RELATING TO COMMITTEE REFERRALS FROM COMMISSIONERS? YES, COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA? I GUESS I DO JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE STAFF AND THE COMMISSION STAFF HELPING MAKE THE COMMITTEE PROCESS SO MANAGEABLE AND SUCH AN OPTIMAL USE OF OUR TIME
  • AND I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED MY ASSIGNMENTS SO FAR AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE GOOD WORK AHEAD
  • THANKS
  • EXCELLENT
  • THANK YOU
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • ANY CLOSING COMMENTS TODAY? I JUST POINT OUT, THANKS COMMISSIONERS FOR A GREAT AGENDA TODAY
  • BUT ALSO, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN MARCH
  • CORRECT? IT'S MARCH
  • YEAH
  • THE MAJORITY OF US WILL BE IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT HEARING
  • NO FURTHER COMMENTS AND HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS
  • IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 3:40 P
  • M
  • THANK YOU.

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