Item Number:      7a_motion 
Meeting Date:   October 27, 2020 

1                                                    MOTION 2020-20: 
2                                     A MOTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION 
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4                           to adopt the new names for six Port-owned public access
5                           and shoreline habitat sites along the Duwamish River as
6                           determined through the community engagement project,
7                           "Incredible Parks Want Incredible Names." 
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9                                                         PROPOSED 
10                                               OCTOBER 27, 2020 
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12                                                 INTRODUCTION 
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14    The Port and Seattle Parks Foundation launched a public process to rename six Port-owned parks
15    and shoreline habitat sites along the Duwamish River. The six sites to be renamed include:
16    Terminal 105, Terminal 107, Terminal 108, 8th Ave South Street End, Turning Basin 3, and the
17    currently under-construction Terminal 117. 
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19                                              TEXT OF THE MOTION 
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21    The Port Commission hereby acknowledges the community's input throughout the "Incredible
22    Parks Want Incredible Names" project and adopts the following new names for the belowsix
23    Port-owned parks and shoreline habitat sites: 
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Former Name                             New Name 
Terminal 105 Park                             tulaltx Village Park & Shoreline Habitat 
(Toolalt, "t-oo-ah-lal-too-wx": Herring's
House / A description of where herring live 
and spawn / Name of an old village site on
the west bank of the Duwamish River) 
Terminal 107 Park                             hapus Village Park & Shoreline Habitat 
(haapoos, "ha-ah-poos": Name of a small
stream draining across a flat on the west side
of Duwamish River) 
Terminal 108 Park/Diagonal Public Access      sbqwa Park & Shoreline Habitat 
Site                                                   (sbaqwah, "s-bah-qwah": Great Blue Heron) 
Terminal 117 Public Access and Shoreline      Duwamish River People's Park & Shoreline
Habitat                                         Habitat 
Turning Basin #3                                Salmon Cove Park & Shoreline Habitat 

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8th Ave South Street End                        tataucid Park & Shoreline Habitat 
(tathtathootseed, "t-ahth-t-ahth-oots-eed":
Where there is something overhead, across
the path / A description of logs or branches
located above a path or trail) 
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27                                     STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION 
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29    Many of the public access sites that will be renamed in this motion were established resulting
30    from the Port's 1985 Comprehensive Shoreline and Public Access Plan. The plan was created to
31    identify opportunities for the Port to design and construct shoreline habitat and public access 
32    areas as mitigation for cargo facility development. These "hidden gems" along the Duwamish
33    River serve as vital environmental, cultural, and community assets. These shoreline river parks,
34    located as far north as Harbor Island to as far south as Tukwila, are currently named after previous
35    industrial or geographic markers like "Terminal 105Park" or "8th Ave South-street end." For
36    years, community members have encouraged the Port to consider re-naming its parks along the
37    Duwamish River to better reflect the cultural and environmental importance of each site. 
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39    The Incredible Parks Want Incredible Names project aims to empower community members most
40    engaged with the Port's river shoreline parks to participate in the decision making to re-name
41    them. Through a unique partnership with the Seattle Parks Foundation, the Port of Seattle is re-
42    naming six Port-owned public parks along the Duwamish River. The project convened a Review
43    Committee consisting of eight stakeholders representing the backgrounds and expertise of a
44    broad range of Port-park users: environmental stewards, historians, workers, Tribal and cultural
45    heritage experts, youth, and neighboring community leaders. 
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47    By re-naming these Port-owned parks, we are collectively re-connecting to the Duwamish River,
48    critical habitat restoration efforts, and the community's stories about the historical, cultural, and
49    environmental importance of each site. The project strives to strengthen existing and build new
50    relationships between the Port and the community through shared values of river stewardship 
51    and community partnership in decision making. 
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53    The new names will be shared widely in public signage and Port outreach. In consultation with
54    tribal historians, the Port will ensure linguistic accuracy, pronunciation and legibility for all names.
55    A legend on how to read and pronounce the Lushootseed names is available below: 
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57    Lushootseed Name Formatting Guide: 
58    Example: sbqwa Park & Shoreline Habitat (sbaqwah, "s-bah-qwah," "Great Blue Heron") 
59    1. Lushootseed in Lushootseed Character Style 
60    2. Lushootseed in Romanized Character Style 
61    3. "English Phonetic Pronunciation of Lushootseed" 
62    4. English translation of Lushootseed 

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