Item Number:      8a_motion 
Meeting Date:   January 7, 2020 


1                                                   MOTION 2020-02: 
2                                 A MOTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION 
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4                           adopting  the  charter  of  a  Port  of  Seattle  Commission
5                           Biometrics Special Committee to review the proposals of
6                           the Biometrics Working Group and Advisory Group and
7                           develop new policies or update existing policies governing
8                           the  use  of  public-facing  biometric  technology  at  port
9                           facilities,  as  needed,  for  Port  of  Seattle  Commission 
10                        consideration. 
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12                                                  PROPOSED 
13                                               JANUARY 7, 2020 
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15                                             TEXT OF THE MOTION 
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17    Through this motion, the commission adopts the attached charter of the Biometrics Special
18    Committee to review proposals developed by the Biometrics Working Group and Advisory Group,
19    established by Motion 2019-13 on December 10, 2019, and provide recommendations to the
20    Port of Seattle Commission. The committee shall develop policies or update existing port policies
21    that govern the use of pubic-facing biometric technology at port facilites, as needed and based
22    on the proposals from the Biometrics Working Group and Advisory Group, for the Port of Seattle
23    Commission consideration. The  committee shall exist until such policies are developed or
24    updated for Port of Seattle Commission consideration. 
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26    The Biometric Working Group and Advisory Group proposals that govern the use of public-facing
27    biometric technology at port facilities shall be submitted to the committee in advance of the 
28    commission for review. The committee's recommendations  to the commission are due by the
29    end of the first quarter of 2020. Any new policies developed or existing policies updated by the
30    committee that govern the use of public-facing biometric technology at port facilities shall be
31    provided to the commission by the end of the second quarter of 2020.
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33    ATTACHMENTS: 
34    Draft Special Committee Charter 




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