From:            John Fricke
To:                Hart, Michelle
Cc:                Commission-Public-Records; Management
Subject:           [EXTERNAL] Public Comments - Oral and Written Request for June 8 2021 Meeting
Date:              Tuesday, June 8, 2021 8:59:32 AM
Attachments:      Public Comment - June 8 2021 - Premier Airport Shuttle by Capital Aeroporter.pdf

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Michelle,
Please find written comments regarding the June 8 2021 Study Session and Regular Meeting.
I request to provide both oral and written comments on the subject during the Regular Port of
Seattle Commission Meeting at 12:00pm on June 8, 2021.

Regards,
John Fricke
VP Operations
Premier Airport Shuttle by Capital Aeroporter
Shared and Private Van Service
C: 360-507-0476
O: 360-754-7113
johnf@capair.com

Pacific Northwest Transportation Services, Inc.
PO Box 2163
Olympia, WA 98507-2163
June 8, 2021
Port of Seattle Commission
2711 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98121
RE: Public Comments - Ground Transportation Study Session

Port of Seattle Commissioners - Bowman, Calkins, Cho, Felleman and Steinbrueck and
Executive Director Metruck:
We applaud the Port of Seattle in creating and implementing the Ground Transportation Access
Plan (GTAP) for current and future planning of Ground Transportation at SeaTac Airport. The
COVID pandemic, changing economic and social patterns have directly impacted many aspects
of the travel and ground transportation industry since the inception of the GTAP in 2017-2018.
Our Ground Transportation Company - Premier Airport Shuttle (by Capital Aeroporter) is now
servicing SeaTac International Airport passengers with: Door-to-Door Shared and Private Van
Service throughout the greater Central and South Puget Sound Area - including: King, Pierce,
Snohomish, Kitsap, Thurston, Lewis and Grays Harbor Counties. Additionally, we will provide
seasonal scheduled passenger service between SeaTac Airport to and from the Seattle Cruise
Ship Piers and Downtown Seattle Hotels.
We previously operated between the SeaTac Airport and South Puget Sound area for the past
49 years and recently expanded our services, in January 2021, to the entire aforementioned
region. Our Company's Door-to-Door Shared Van Services provide actual rideshare
transportation for many travelers utilizing Port of Seattle properties. We are requesting the Port
of Seattle to work with us in creating an equitable opportunity to provide our Services to the
traveling public.
Port of Seattle Resolution No. 3759 makes commitments to:
"...provide quality customer service, reducing congestion, and minimizing the
environmental impacts of vehicles at (SeaTac) Airport"
"Discourage use of private vehicles and promote higher-occupancy transportation
modes"

GTAP Study and Plan Objectives include:
Increase access to high occupancy modes such as transit
Advance Transportation Modes and programs to foster social equity and customer
choice
Consider the financial/revenue impacts of potential strategies
According to the "Top 10 Strategies" of the GTAP - Door to Door Vans and Airporters that
comprise 5% of the passenger travel mode from the study results, are completely left out. The
1% travel mode use of Public Transit and single-rider TNCs are the major parts of this current
plan.
The operations of Door-to-Door Vans and Airporters should be given more consideration in
future development of the GTAP by Port Staff and Commissioners. We look forward to creating
a productive working relationship with the Port of Seattle in providing efficient, cost-effective and
higher-occupancy ground transportation options for the traveling public.

Regards,

John Fricke
VP Operations
Premier Airport Shuttle
Airport Shuttle and Private Van Service
C: 360-507-0476



From:            laura gibbons
To:                Commission-Public-Records
Subject:           [EXTERNAL] Email testimony for the 6/8/21 Port Commissioners meeting
Date:              Monday, June 7, 2021 5:16:20 PM

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Here is my testimony (written only) for Tuesday's meeting. I hope you have time to read the whole thing
out loud at the meeting, but if not, here is a summary:
My testimony highlights some of the materials from the budget retreat, asks what
you plan is to meet the climate change and air quality concerns raised by community
groups, and points out that a reduction in aviation would address many of them.
Commissioners,
I am commenting today on the materials for your June 3 budget retreat. I'll start with the
summary to one of the listening sessions.
This session brought up an interesting mix of global environmental topics and
desire for localized action. While the dangers of climate change were raised, the need
for improved air quality was actually cited as the top community concern.
What is your plan to meet these concerns? Reducing aviation would meet both the localized concerns
for air quality and the need to reduce the global climate impact of airplane C02 emissions and the
additional warming caused by radiative forcing. It would also address these concerns mentioned
elsewhere in your documents:
Port-wide Threats - Climate Change moves inexorably forward - Impact on fisheries from sea
temperature changes and acidification and port infrastructure is inevitable.
Port-wide Weaknesses - Resiliency - Lack of comprehensive port-wide mitigation strategies for
all potential threats to the Port including, natural disasters, climate change, cyber attacks and more.
I also give my strong support to these points raised by community nonprofits as a way
forward:
There is a need for a "just transition" to a clean energy future, where indigenous
and other communities of color are engaged at every step of the transition process.
Broaden Port's enabling statutes to include environmental issues.
Partner with impacted communities on noise, air quality, etc. advocacy with the
federal government.

Sincerely,
Laura Gibbons
Seattle




From:            Noemie Maxwell
To:                Commission-Public-Records
Subject:           [EXTERNAL] Written comments for today"s meeting
Date:              Tuesday, June 8, 2021 8:57:40 AM

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Re: Urging Commissioners to timely issue a Resolution or Order
withdrawingSAMP Near Term Proposal Lot #L06
Dear Commissioners,
My name is Noemie Maxwell Vassilakis. I live and work in Burien
a short walking distance from North SeaTac Park.
I also regularly volunteer in the park as a Forest Steward with the
SeaTac Green City Partnership leading community events to
remove invasive weeds from trees and the forest floor. This is a
program established with Port funding. Please feel welcomed to
join one of these work parties. You can sign up at
seatac.greencitypartnerships.org.
I am delivering my public comment to you today in regards to the
Port's hideous proposal to erase what I estimate to be 11 acres of
forested land and mountain biking trails in this park - and to
replace this treasure with Lot #L06 - a parking lot for employees.
You may have received notice of the petition I began - which now
has over 1,100 signatures including twelve local elected officials
and two Port Commission candidates. Hundreds of community
members have posted public comments on this petition that can
be viewed on the "Who Has Signed" page
athttps://kctreeequity.org.I urge you to read them. They can
help you understand the deep harm this lot proposal represents
to the community and region and take steps to stop the terrible
mistake the Port is about to commit.

I ask you from the bottom of my heart, Commissioners, toact
quickly and decisively to stop this - with the urgency you would
feel if this threat to human health, property values, and
recreational space were imminent in your back yard. I know you
all care about the people in the region and the environment. That
is why I am pleading with you.
Constructing lot #L06 would destroy acres of mature forested
land within the boundaries of this park adjacent to the Highline
SeaTac Botanical Gardens and popular BMX tracks. The
extensive network of mountain bike trails there are a regional
treasure used by thousands from around the region. They are a
major part of our community and it is hard to imagine they are
about to be erased by the Port.
You can issue a Resolution or Order that would direct Port staff
to withdraw the proposal for this lot and identify - within a short
period of time, perhaps 30 days, alternatives that would meet
Port parking needs without causing extraordinary and
irreparable harm to a community in your care. An alternative
would bea multi-level parking garage on theexisting port
employee parking lot, which is around 40 acres of existing
pavement.
A single-layer parking lot in our forest may allow the Port to
shave a tiny sliver of cost from the SAMP bottom line. But there
would be no true cost saving. A higher economic price would be
paid - one that you have shifted from your balance sheet - where
it is almost negligible - to people in our communities and the
region as a whole - where it is devastating.
Most communities around this park are state-designated as
highly impacted due to environmental health disparities largely
caused by air traffic overhead. The trees in these woods clean and
cool and quiet our air, providing critical - even life-saving -

mitigation for airport pollution and noise. They help buffer
property values from the impact of airport operations. Even if the
port "replaced" these trees with new plantings elsewhere, it
would take decades for the new trees to grow to the size and aircleaning
power of the ones in our forest.
Multiple concerns about this lot were submitted to the Port two
years ago. But no action has been taken. I cannot emphasize
enough to you the urgency and seriousness of this request for
your quick and effective action. Thank you for listening.
Noemie






From:            Rosemary Moore
To:                Commission-Public-Records
Subject:           [EXTERNAL] Port Commission Meeting June 8, 2021 - Cruise Restarting
Date:              Monday, June 7, 2021 12:19:36 PM

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Port of Seattle Commissioners,

I would like to submit the following points in connection with the proposed restarting of cruise
ships. Please do not let cruise ships return to Seattle without imposing restrictions on
Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the very least. Please consider all of the following points:

Cruise ships create all kinds of harmful pollution--noise pollution impacting our orca and
whale populations, toxic emissions of carcinogens and particulate matter that impact
human health or even cause early death, and large quantities of greenhouse gas emissions
that worsen the climate crisis.
The global pandemic continues. Even if all on board are vaccinated, the communities
where cruise ships dock may not be. Particulate matter, like that emitted by ship
smokestacks, was found to spread the virus. Communities near air pollution sources were
found to be hit harder, experience worse symptoms, hospitalizations, and deaths.
The economic impact to communities from cruise ships have been found to be highly
inflated by numerous studies. With shopping malls and discounted meals on the ships, very
little is spent in local stores and restaurants. The money brought in by traditional tourists
who stay in hotels and do all their activities in town is much higher.
Workers on board cruise ships often make very low wages, work long hours, and lack labor
law protections. Last year when outbreaks of COVID-19 happened, tens of thousands of
workers were stranded on the ships for months after guests were evacuated, often while
not receiving any pay, some even taking their own lives. While workers were not being
paid, cruise company CEOs made millions, more even in 2020 than in 2019.
Cruise ships choose not to register their business in the US to avoid paying taxes, avoid
labor laws and avoid environmental regulations. How does supporting the cruise ship
industry fit into the Port of Seattle's equity goals?
The Port of Seattle claims it wants to be "the greenest port in North America'', yet it still
wants to build an additional cruise ship terminal (and expand the airport, and
expand/deepen our harbor to accommodate the world's biggest cargo ships). The Port
brings up "shore power" in response to the argument that we should not be expanding
fossil fuel intensive industry while the climate crisis continues - and scientists give us
less than 10 years to kick our fossil fuel addiction. "Shore power" only reduces the total
greenhouse gas impact from a roundtrip voyage by less than 1%!  Expansion = Extinction
Local people from cruise destinations are fighting for more control over cruise ships and
their impacts to the community. In Alaska, Juneau is one of those communities.
https://mustreadalaska.com/juneaus-local-election-is-oct-5-three-anti-cruise-ship-initiativescould-be-on-ballot
/ We should be supporting this fight not effectively opposing it.
Thank you,

Rosemary Moore
6230 East Mercer Way
Mercer Island
WA 98040

Cell: (1) 206 251 7009



From:            Barbara OSteen
To:                Commission-Public-Records
Subject:           [EXTERNAL] cruise ships
Date:              Monday, June 7, 2021 2:00:19 PM

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To those responsible for the Port of Seattle,
As a citizen of Seattle for over 50 years, and a Mother and responsible citizen I find it
totally irresponsible of you to plan on allowing Cruise ships to dock in Seattle this
summer!
Cruise ships bring people that are not all vaccinated which means bringing possible
DEATH to some of our citizens.
Cruise ships dump their wastes into our Puget Sound waters. 
They burn tons of gasoline that contributes to CLIMATE CHANGE.
We absolutely do not have to help them earn more money at our expense! They
should quit business entirely to help with CLIMATE CHANGE.
Barbara O'Steen



From:            Lisa Steele
To:                Commission-Public-Records
Subject:           [EXTERNAL] Cruise restarting
Date:              Sunday, June 6, 2021 7:50:10 PM

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Thanks for the opportunity to submit a comment. I am very much OPPOSED to the Port restarting
cruising at soon as the end of July.
So many still unvaccinated, especially in the destination areas. How to control for that?
What about the WORKERS on board, thousands of whom were stranded when the pandemic hit.
The Port of Seattle claims it wants to be "the greenest port in North America'', yet it still wants to
build an additional cruise ship terminal (and expand the airport, and expand/deepen our harbor to
accommodate the world's biggest cargo ships). Shore power only reduces the total greenhouse
gas impact from a roundtrip voyage by less than 1%!  And what is in place for more
environmentalism on board? Cruises are so wasteful. Ports could demand that ships docking here
have to limit waste. Have to require composting on board. Have to remove single use plastics.
These seem perhaps "unimportant " but are vital to moving from fossil fuels and towards a more
circular economy.
Please take more time to make more sweeping environmental and human rights changes. This is
a once in a generation chance to REALLY insist on sweeping change.
Thank you
lisa steele, sammamish




From:            Russ @ Gmail
To:                Commission-Public-Records
Subject:           [EXTERNAL] [Possible Scam Fraud]PUBLIC COMMENT for June 8, 2021
Date:              Tuesday, June 8, 2021 10:18:23 AM

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Please submit this public comment to today's Port Commission meeting.
I am unavailable to attend today's meeting via Phone or Teams.
Thank you in advance.
___________________

"Hello Port Commissioners,
My name is Russell Stevenson. I am a constituent and active Mountain Bike rider.
My company owns and operates the weekly Bike Race Series within North SeaTac
Park(NSP); "Wednesday Night Worlds". We are now in our 8th year of events,
These are fun, family-friendly events that regularly draw large numbers(over 200 participants
weekly) of devoted cyclists from all around King County. Our presence in the park helps to
showcase the wonderful, naturally preserved park(that is owned by the Port of Seattle) as a
destination for recreation. We are the stewards of North SeaTac Park.
Our Mountain Bike community volunteers and devotes countless hours to regularly maintain
the various public trails within the park along with removing invasive plants to protect the
trees. In2019, the Port granted funds(awarded to the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance) from
is own ACE Grant to allow continued development of the parks trail network. The condition
of NSP has never been better.
Around two years ago, I publicly stated to the Port Commission the urgency to reconsider the
SAMP proposal to remove a large portion(55 acres) of the park from public access to be
developed into an Airport employee parking lot. This project,named L-06, is currently still
on the near term SAMP agenda.
This development will negatively remove not only the Mountain Bike and Hiking Trails, but
also damage our environment and public green space. Despite being told our concerns would


be addressed, I've noticed this proposal has moved forward to FAA reviewwithout any
change. There is a growing concern among NSP's user groups around this proposal, so much
so that a petition to block this action has been endorsed by well over 1100 king county
residents/voters.
I ask each of you, as elected representatives, to do what is right and make a commitmentnow
to remove this proposalregardless of the FAA's determination. You can do this by
adopting a resolution to remove the L-06 proposal and instead pursue building a parking
garage on theexisting port employee parking lotwhich is around 40 acres of existing
pavement.
NSP is a very special place for so many south King County residence. As urban green spaces
continue to shrink, it's more important than ever to preserve and protect the ones we have. Our
residence need accessible public spaces to recreate in.
I appreciate it if you could personally get back to me with your decisionbeforeyour next
commission meeting onthe 22nd of June.
Thank you for the opportunity to provide public comment. I'm looking forward to your
response.
Russell Stevenson
Director |NW MTB Series