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The Regular meeting scheduled for 2020-05-26 at Remote

  • GOOD AFTERNOON
  • THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT PETER STEINBRUECK RECONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 26TH 2020
  • THE TIME IS NOW APPROXIMATELY 12:03 P.M
  • WE ARE MEETING REMOTELY VIA SKYPE TO COMPLY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S STAY-AT-HOME ORDER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROCLAMATION 2028
  • PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN, CALKINS CHO, AND FELLEMAN
  • I WILL ASK WE DO A ROLL CALL OF ALL COMMISSIONERS TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS PRESENT AND ON THE LINE
  • BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? I'M HERE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? HERE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? HERE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? HERE
  • GREAT
  • TODAY'S MEETING IS ORGANIZED THE SAME AS OUR OTHER VIRTUAL MEETINGS
  • WE HAVE MADE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS
  • LATER WE WILL BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING BY SKYPE AND WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK
  • ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL VOTES TODAY WILL BE TAKEN BY ROLL CALL METHOD SINCE ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY
  • THAT MEANS FOR EACH VOTE I WILL CALL EACH COMMISSIONER'S NAME
  • COMMISSIONERS ON THE SKYPE CALL WILL HAVE TO UNMUTE THEMSELVES AND THEN ANSWER YES OR NO
  • BECAUSE COMMISSIONERS ON THE LINE ARE NOT FULLY IN CONTROL OF THE SOUND, WE WILL TAKE ALL VOTES TODAY IN THIS MANNER INCLUDING OUR CONSENT AGENDA
  • TO BE EQUITABLE, WE WILL ASK ALL COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK IN TURN AND WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE SPEAKING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
  • SO WE BEGIN TODAY'S MEETING BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE DUWAMISH AND COASTAL SALISH WHO HAVE STEWARDED THESE BEAUTIFUL LANDS AND WATERS SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL
  • WE MUST COMMIT TO DOING THE SAME FOR THE PLANET FOR GENERATIONS TO COME
  • 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
  • ALTHOUGH IT MAY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFEREN, PLEASE STAND NOW AND JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  • I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
  • ITEM NUMBER THREE
  • THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STEVE METRUCK TO GIVE A LITTLE INSIGHT ON THE PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE AGENDA IN FRONT OF US
  • COMMISSIONERS
  • GOOD AFTERNOON
  • IN RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNOR'S STAY HOME STAY HEALTHY ORDER AND PROCLAMATION 2028 REGARDING THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT, I'VE DIRECTED STAFF TO CAREFULLY ANALYZE AND REVIEW EACH OF THE ITEMS PROPOSED FOR TODAY'S AGENDA TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE NECESSARY AND ROUTINE
  • WE BELIEVE THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU TODAY RELATE TO MATTERS OF ROUTINE PORT BUSINESS AND ARE URGENT AND WILL BE DETRIMENTALLY AFFECTED BY SIGNIFICANT DELAY AND ARE NECESSARY TO PORT OPERATIONS
  • ITEMS THAT DO NOT MEET THE NECESSARY ROUTINE CRITERIA HAVE BEEN DEFERRED TO LATER MEETINGS
  • I URGE APPROVAL OF TODAY'S AGENDA
  • WE'RE NOW AT THE ORDER OF THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • CLERK, PLEASE UNMUTE THE COMMISSIONERS
  • COMMISSIONERS ONLINE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELVES
  • I'M GOING TO ASK EACH COMMISSIONER IN TURN IF THEY HAVE ANY MOTIONS TO REARRANGE THE ORDERS OF THE DAY
  • IF YOU DO I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND IF IT'S NEEDED
  • PLEASE RESPOND WHEN I CALL YOU
  • IF YOU HAVE NO CHANGES JUST SAY NONE
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? NONE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? NO CHANGES
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? COMMISSIONER CHO ANY CHANGES TO THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? NO
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? NO
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK? NONE
  • THE QUESTION NOW IS ON THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON
  • I'LL CYCLE THROUGH THE REST
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AYE
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK
  • AYE
  • AND BACK TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • MAY TAKE A SECOND
  • PLEASE UNMUTE
  • HE GOT ACCIDENTALLY REMOVED FROM
  • YEAH
  • GIVE ME A MOMENT
  • OKAY, WILL DO
  • YEP, THERE HE IS
  • ALRIGHT COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • ARE YOU BACK WITH US? YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES
  • THANK YOU
  • WE NEED A YAY OR A NAY ON APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY YEAH, AND THEN I THINK LAUREN KICKED ME OUT FOR MY TERRIBLE QUARANTINE HAIRCUT
  • [LAUGHTER] I'M BACK
  • I'M A YAY ON APPROVAL
  • FOR SOME REASON I CAN'T TURN ON MY VIDEO
  • LIKELY STORY
  • [LAUGHTER] IT'S VERY BOWL LIKE
  • SO THERE ARE FIVE YEAS ON THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • IT IS APPROVED
  • NEXT ITEM CLERK
  • THE NEXT ITEM IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
  • GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS
  • WE CONTINUE TO BE OCCUPIED WITH MANY TOPICS RELATED TO COVID-19 SAFETY ISSUES AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY
  • AS WE ENTER THE LAST WEEK OF MAY, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS IN SOME KEY AREAS, BUT ARE REMINDED THAT THIS REMAINS A MARATHON AND WE'RE STILL IN THE EARLY MODELS OF THAT MARATHON
  • THROUGHOUT THE PORT, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ON A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIONS TO STEP UP HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES TO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC
  • WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS HERE AT THE PORT
  • OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS EVEN UNDER THESE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES THEY CONTINUE TO DO GREAT WORK
  • TO START I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS ON THE STATUS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HERE IN WASHINGTON, IN THE PORT, STATEWIDE
  • THERE ARE A HUNDRED NINETEEN, OVER A HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND CASES AND 1044 DEATHS
  • KING COUNTY REPORTS 7818 CASES WITH 540 DEATHS
  • AT THE PORT 21 EMPLOYEES ARE IN QUARANTINE
  • WE HAVE SEVEN POSITIVE CASES
  • ACTIVITY AT SEATTLE-TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT REMAINS VERY LOW
  • ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SMALL UPWARD TREND IN THE NUMBERS
  • BETWEEN MAY 15TH AND MAY 21ST WE SAW A FORTY FOUR THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE PASSENGERS PASS THROUGH THE CHECKPOINTS THAT
  • COMPARES TO THIRTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT PASSENGERS THE WEEK BEFORE
  • THESE ARE NUMBERS WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS LOW IN 53 YEARS
  • NATIONWIDE, AIRPORT CHECKPOINT VOLUMES WERE UP 35.4 PERCENT OVER THE PREVIOUS WEEK
  • TURNING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY ACTIVITIES, I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT OUR NEW FACE COVERING REQUIREMENT AT SEA HAS BEEN EMBRACED BY BOTH OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE PUBLIC
  • ON MAY 18TH, WE IMPLEMENTED NEW RULES MANDATING THAT TRAVELERS, PORT EMPLOYEES, AND OTHERS WORKING IN PUBLIC SPACES AT SEA-TAC MUST WEAR CLOTH FACE COVERINGS
  • THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAD ALREADY BEGUN USING FACE COVERINGS WHEN OUR RULE TOOK EFFECT
  • OUR APPROACH HAS BEEN TO USE EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR TRAVELERS RATHER THAN STRICT ENFORCEMENT AND COMPLIANCE HAS BEEN VERY HIGH
  • WE IN THE AIRLINES ARE PROVIDING MASKS TO PEOPLE WHO DO NOT BRING THEIR OWN
  • OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DID A GREAT JOB GETTING THE WORD OUT THROUGH THE PRESS AND SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THESE REQUIREMENTS
  • THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS TEAM AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE MADE IT WORK
  • AT THE AIRPORT, YOU'LL SEE MORE AND MORE PERMANENT SIGNAGE AND HEAR PUBLIC MESSAGES REMINDING TRAVELERS ABOUT FACE COVERINGS AND PHYSICAL DISTANCING
  • THIS IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS
  • WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE COMING WEEKS
  • AT OUR LAST MEETING, COMMISSIONERS TOOK AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF TRAVELERS
  • COMMISSIONERS DIRECTED STAFF TO BEGIN WORK ON A SYSTEM OF TEMPERATURE CHECKS FOR PASSENGERS AT THE AIRPORT BOTH ARRIVING AND DEPARTING
  • SINCE YOUR ACTION STAFF HAS BEEN TALKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND WORKING THROUGH WHAT SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD LOOK LIKE
  • WE HAVE PURCHASED TWO DEVICES TO MEASURE TEMPERATURES OF PASSENGERS WHICH WILL ARRIVE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
  • AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX TASKS FROM A LEGAL AND REGULATORY STANDPOINT AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO DELIVERING A SYSTEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
  • WE REPORTED TO THE AVIATION COMMITTEE LAST WEEK AND WILL HAVE A FURTHER STATUS UPDATE TO YOU ON JUNE 9TH
  • WE'RE CONTINUING OUR ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF REVENUE LOSS DUE TO THE REDUCTION OF AIR TRAVEL AND DELAY OF CRUISE SEASON
  • THIS WILL ALSO BE A TIME TO BEGIN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 2021 BUDGET AT PORT ACTIONS TO SUPPORT REGIONAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY
  • I CAN ALSO REPORT THAT WE ARE WELL ALONG OUR SAFE RETURN PLANNING FOR A PHASED RETURN TO PORT EMPLOYEES TO USUAL JOB SITES STARTING JUNE 1ST
  • WE'RE BALANCING THE RETURN TO ENSURE ESSENTIAL WORK IS BEING DONE IN A MANNER THAT PROTECTS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR EMPLOYEES
  • TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT, I'VE APPROVED A CONTINUATION OF TELEWORKING FOR EMPLOYEES THROUGH AUGUST 31ST
  • WE HAVE ALL BEEN AWARE OF THE TERRIBLE TOLL THE DROP IN AIR TRAVEL HAS TAKEN ON PORT BUSINESSES AS WELL AS BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE PORT
  • THE COMMISSION HAS BEEN RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE AUTHORIZING ME TO OFFER RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESSES THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
  • ESPECIALLY HARD HIT ARE THE AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL BUSINESSES MANY HAVE BEEN FORCED TO CLOSE THEIR OPERATIONS AND CURTAIL HOURS
  • MORE THAN 1,000 EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN LAID OFF OR FURLOUGHED
  • WE HAVE APPROVED SOME LIMITED DEFERRALS EARLIER AND MANY OF THE SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES SAID THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO SURVIVE THE CRISIS
  • IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PORT THAT BUSINESSES ARE READY AND ABLE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC WHEN THE ECONOMY REBOUNDS AND AIR TRAVEL INCREASES
  • TO THIS END, AIRPORT STAFF LED BY AVIATION MANAGING DIRECTOR LANCE LYTTLE AND SENIOR MANAGER AIRPORT RETAIL AND DINING DON HUNTER HAVE DEVELOPED MEASURES THAT WILL OFFER ADR TENANTS RELIEF TO STAY IN BUSINESS IN THESE CHALLENGING TIMES
  • AMONG THE MEASURES FOR ADDITIONAL RELIEF ARE EXTENSION ON PAYBACK TIME FOR DEFERRALS APPROVED EARLIER, EXTENDED LEASES BY THREE YEARS TO ALLOW BUSINESSES TO RECOVER THEIR LOSSES, ELIMINATING THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE PAYMENTS FOR THIS YEAR WITH A PROMISE TO REVIEW THEM IN THE COMING YEAR
  • THE LEASE EXTENSIONS IN QUESTION OF COURSE WILL REQUIRE COMMISSION APPROVAL
  • I WILL BRING BEFORE YOU A PROPOSAL TO SPEED THROUGH APPROVAL PROCESS SO WE CAN GET RELIEF IN THE HANDS OF THE TENANTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
  • THANKS TO LANCE'S ADR TEAM AS WELL AS THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND COOPERATION THAT MADE THIS AGREEMENT POSSIBLE
  • TURNING TO TODAY'S AGENDA THERE ARE TWO ITEMS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT
  • THE FIRST IS THE OPPORTUNITY MOTION
  • THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN FELT THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PORT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN OUR AUTHORITIES TO STEP UP WAS A PARTNER TO ADDRESS THESE IMPACTS
  • TODAY YOU'LL CONSIDER A MOTION SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER BOWMAN SEEKING TO ADDRESS THE NEED OF EMPLOYMENT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE THIS SUMMER
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN'S MOTION CALLS ON US TO INVESTIGATE NEW SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EXISTING PROGRAMS AND CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN THE COMING MONTHS
  • I APPLAUD THIS EFFORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS
  • I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ANOTHER ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY
  • ITEM 8A IS AN INTRODUCTION OF A RESOLUTION MAKING SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS TO OUR CENTURY AGENDA, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2012
  • THIS DIRECTIVE IS A COMBINATION OF TWO YEARS OF WORK AND PLANNING ON THE PART OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES TO ENSURE THE CENTURY AGENDA REMAINS AN AGILE AND ENDURING DOCUMENT FOR YEARS TO COME
  • ONCE PASSED, THE DIRECTIVE WILL SIMPLIFY AND ALIGN OUR EFFORTS AROUND PLANNING FOR COVID-19 RECOVERY AND WILL CREATE NEEDED FLEXIBILITY AND IMPORTANT STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS AS WELL AS PROVIDING NEEDED TRANSPARENCY FOR PLANNING AND BUDGET PROCESSES THROUGH KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OR KPIS
  • I WANT TO CLOSE MY REPORT WITH WITH THANKS TO THE INCREDIBLE EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • EVERY DAY THEY SHOW THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DELIVERING SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE PORT UNDER VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES
  • THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC CAN BE VERY PROUD OF THIS ORGANIZATION
  • I KNOW I AM
  • THANK YOU COMMISSIONER, EXCUSE ME, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES AND FACIAL COVERINGS AT SEA-TAC
  • ARE ALL AIRLINES NOW REQUIRING FACE COVERINGS IN ORDER TO BOARD THE PLANES AND TRAVEL? I BELIEVE SO, THAT ALL AIRLINES REQUIRE THEM AT THIS TIME
  • THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR LISTENERS AND TRAVELERS TO KNOW THAT
  • WHAT ABOUT ARRIVING PASSENGERS? IS IT ASSUMED THAT THEY WILL HAVE FACIAL COVERINGS TO MEET THE AIRPORT'S REQUIREMENTS? DO WE HAVE PROVISIONS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE THEM? YES, BOTH
  • THE AIRLINES AND OUR EMPLOYEES WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH MASKS
  • ON THE ONES ARRIVING FROM INCOMING FLIGHTS THEY WILL BE TOLD THAT, ANNOUNCEMENTS BY THE AIRLINES, THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE WEARING THEM WITHIN THE TERMINAL WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT SEA-TAC
  • VERY GOOD AND WHILE WE WORK ON THE ADR RELIEF PROGRAM I THINK THAT WE ALL FEEL SOME SENSE OF RELIEF THAT WE HAVE REALLY WORKED HARD TO COME UP WITH SOME WORKABLE RELIEF EFFORTS WITH REGARD TO ENSURING OUR TENANTS' VIABILITY AND CONTINUED VIABILITY AT SEA-TAC AND TO THE FUTURE
  • I'LL OPEN THIS UP IF ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • OKAY
  • LET'S HEAR FROM NOW COMMISSION POLICY MANAGER AARON PRITCHARD WHO HAS SOME COMMITTEE UPDATES
  • THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • AARON PRITCHARD
  • WE HAD TWO COMMITTEE MEETINGS LAST WEEK, ONE WAS THE AVIATION COMMITTEE
  • COMMISSIONERS CHO AND CALKINS CONVENED THAT COMMITTEE ON MAY 21ST TO DISCUSS THE UPDATES ON OUR FLY HEALTHY AT SEA, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE JUST SPEAKING ABOUT REGARDING US GETTING OUR TRAVELERS CONFIDENT AT THE AIRPORT
  • THERE WAS A ROBUST LEGAL CONVERSATION AROUND TEMPERATURE SCREENINGS AS WELL AS CONVERSATIONS AROUND FACIAL COVERING IMPLEMENTATIONS, FEDERAL AND STATE ADVOCACY, TERMINAL INSTALLATION REGARDING SIGNAGE, THICK PLASTIC PROTECTION, AND ALSO SOME OF THE COMMUNICATIONS ACTIVITIES WE'RE UNDERTAKEN TO LET TRAVELERS KNOW WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WERE MAKING AT THE AIRPORT
  • AT OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING THE COMMISSIONERS PASSED A MOTION DIRECTING SOME ACTION ON TEMPERATURE SCREENINGS AND THAT REPORT IS DUE BACK TO THE COMMISSION ON JUNE 9TH
  • THE COMMITTEE'S GOING TO CHECK IN WITH LANCE LITTLE AND HIS TEAM IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO TO CHECK WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE
  • THERE WAS DISCUSSION AROUND POTENTIAL FOR A STUDY SESSION ON JUNE 9TH OR WHETHER A MEMO WILL BE A SUFFICIENT AT THAT TIME DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE
  • I DON'T KNOW IF COMMISSIONERS CALKINS OR CHO WANT TO CHIME IN HERE? I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • I'VE SENT YOU AN UNMUTE PROMPT
  • YOU HAVE ANYTHING? SORRY, NOTHING TO ADD
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? LET ME TRY AND SEND YOUR UNMUTE PROMPT AGAIN
  • I CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE AND WE CAN COME BACK TO HIM
  • EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
  • COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN AND CHO CONVENED THIS COMMITTEE ON MAY 20TH IN PARTICULAR TO DISCUSS THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECTIVE AND THE OPPORTUNITY MOTION THAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING TODAY
  • THE COMMITTEE SUPPORTED THE RECOMMENDATION FOR 221'S FOR COMMISSIONERS ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIRECTIVE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY SET FOR JUNE 23RD FOR INTRODUCTION AND JULY 14TH FOR ADOPTION
  • ONE OF KEY MESSAGES IS THAT THE WORKFORCE POLICY DIRECTIVE IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME TO UNDERPIN THE PORT'S AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT THE SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND AND THE OPPORTUNITY MOTION AND ALL OUR OTHER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE OPPORTUNITY MOTION WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED TODAY AND COULD HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AT THE JUNE FOURTH RETREAT AND ANY REPORT ON THAT PROGRESS WILL BE DUE BACK TO THE COMMISSION ALSO ON JUNE 9TH
  • THE OPPORTUNITY MOTION DIRECTS IMPLEMENTATION BEGIN JULY FIRST
  • HOWEVER, THE COMMITTEE DID AGREE THAT THERE WILL NEED TO BE SOME FLEXIBILITY AS CONTRACTS ARE EXECUTED IN SUPPORT OF THE OPPORTUNITY MOTION
  • THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT
  • OKAY, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER
  • CALKINS WAS ABLE TO JOIN US
  • AGAIN, HANG ON
  • LET ME TO GET THE UNMUTE PROMPT
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? SORRY ABOUT THAT
  • ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH AARON'S PRESENTATION MY SKYPE APP CLOSED ON ME AGAIN
  • SO I MISSED THE LAST PORTION OF IT AND JUST GOT BACK ON AS AARON YOU WERE ASKING ME TO CHIME IN BUT I WAS MUTED AT THE TIME
  • SO YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO YOUR REPORT OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT I THINK WE'VE MADE REALLY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN THE LAST JUST WEEK
  • AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THE BIG STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN ALREADY ON SOME OF THE HEALTH SCREENING QUESTIONS AND OTHER AREAS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROTOCOLS AT THE AIRPORT
  • SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT
  • THANKS
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK WERE YOU WANTING TO GIVE EACH COMMISSIONER A CHANCE TO ASK A QUESTION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THE COMMENTS? THAT WOULD BE FINE
  • BUT IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT
  • OKAY
  • LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR AARON
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN YOU ARE MUTED
  • HANG ON
  • HOW ABOUT NOW? THANK YOU ERIN
  • I WAS INQUIRING AS TO THAT YOU WERE SUGGESTING THAT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT MOTION SOMEHOW WAS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPPORTUNITY FUND AND SOUTH KING COUNTY FUND? IS THERE SOME SORT OF PRECURSOR AUTHORIZATION? YEAH, THE RCW THAT GIVES THE PORT THE AUTHORITY TO ACT UNDER OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT POWERS IS NESTED UNDER BASICALLY OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POWERS
  • AND IN THAT RCW IT SAYS THAT THE PORT SHALL PASS A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATIONS OF THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER A MOTION AND I THINK WITH THE UPDATES TO THE RCW THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR TO EXPAND THE PORT'S POWERS IN THIS AREA, THE RESOLUTION HAS BECOME ALL THE MORE PRESSING AND SO THAT'S WHAT UNDERPINS OUR AUTHORITY
  • BY MOVING FORWARD NOW THIS WILL GIVE US OUR CLEAR AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VARIOUS PROGRAMS THAT WE ARE UNDERTAKING
  • SO I'M JUST WONDERING SHOULD THE OPPORTUNITY MOTION JUST BE A RESOLUTION OR IS THE OTHER JUST GLOBAL AND WOULD APPLY TO EVERYTHING WE DO? THE SECOND CHOICE
  • THE WORKFORCE POLICY DIRECTIVE WILL CREATE THAT SORT OF MORE GLOBAL STATEMENT AROUND OUR AUTHORITY
  • THE OPPORTUNITY MOTION IS FINE AS A MOTION BECAUSE IT'S A TIME-LIMITED TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT IS EXPECTED TO END AFTER SAY A HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS
  • UNDER A POLICY DIRECTIVE, WE EXPECT THAT TO LAST INDEFINITELY
  • VERY GOOD
  • THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION
  • ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR OUR POLICY DIRECTOR? OKAY
  • LET'S MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT
  • THE COMMISSION WILL NOW ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP
  • WRITTEN MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE CLERK WILL BE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S MEETING RECORD
  • THE CLERK HAS A LIST OF THOSE PREPARED TO SPEAK
  • AS THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME WE WILL OPEN THE LINE AND COMMENTERS WILL HAVE TO UNMUTE THEMSELVES THEN PLEASE REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD
  • IF YOU ARE ON THE SKYPE MEETING AND ARE STREAMING THE MEETING
  • PLEASE MUTE THE VIDEO STREAM TO AVOID FEEDBACK
  • PLEASE NOTE
  • THERE IS A NEARLY THREE MINUTE LAG ON THE VIDEO STREAM
  • COMMENT TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON
  • CLERK
  • PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER
  • THE FIRST PERSON THAT I HAVE ON MY LIST TODAY IS DEBBIE WAGNER
  • SO DEBBIE WAGNER, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, RESTATE YOUR NAME, AND THEN YOU MAY BEGIN
  • HELLO THIS IS DEBBIE WAGNER
  • CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN
  • I WAS INSTRUCTED TO PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN MUTED FROM THE PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT
  • SO THAT MUTED ME AGAIN, AND THEN I NEEDED TO UNMUTE AGAIN
  • SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW SO THAT WHEN YOU INSTRUCT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT MUTED TO UNMUTE THE THEY'LL HAVE TO DO IT TWICE
  • OKAY, YOU MAY BEGIN
  • ALRIGHT, SO MY COMMENTS TODAY OR ABOUT HONESTY
  • I WANTED TO LET THE PORT COMMISSIONERS KNOW THAT THERE IS NO HONEST REPORTING ANYWHERE IN THE U.S
  • ABOUT CLIMATE IMPACT OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AVIATION SECTOR
  • THE FAA AND THE EPA IN THEIR NEWEST MODEL ALLOWS THIS FIGURE TO BE TRUNCATED
  • SO RATHER THAN REPORTING FROM FUEL PUMPS, ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE LANDING TAKE OFF CYCLE IS USED WHICH LEAVES ABOUT 90% OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION IMPACT HIDDEN
  • SO I WAS GRACEFULLY BY FRED FELLEMAN APPOINTED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE IN 2015-2016 AND THE ONE THING THAT I ASKED FOR WAS THAT THE PORT, EVEN THOUGH THESE ARE KEPT HIDDEN NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, WAS TO REPORT OUT IN OUR VERY CLIMATE CONSCIOUS REGION WHAT IS THE TRUTH OF THE IMPACT FROM FUEL PUMPS AT SEA-TAC
  • SO ALL OTHER SECTORS OF TRANSPORTATION HAVE TO REPORT FROM FUEL PUMPS EXCEPT AVIATION
  • THEY CAN USE THE GROUND LEVEL IMPACT OF CO2
  • [MICROPHONE CUTS OUT] WE LOST HER
  • YEP, HANG ON
  • DEBBIE YOU MAY HAVE
  • I PAUSED THE TIME
  • I WAS MUTED BY THE MODERATOR
  • I'M SORRY
  • I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY SKYPE
  • APOLOGIES
  • YOU MAY CONTINUE
  • OKAY
  • SO WHAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT WAS THAT ALL GROUND TRANSPORTATION IN KING COUNTY REPORTS FROM FUEL PUMP EXCEPT SEATAC AIRPORT
  • AND IF YOU ARE HONEST AND TRANSPARENT YOU'LL LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE CO2 IMPACT IS 6 MILLION METRIC TONS AND CLIMBING RAPIDLY FROM SEA-TAC AIRPORT, WHICH IS CLIMBING UP TO BE AN EQUAL TO A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT
  • AND THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE HAVE PREDOMINANTLY ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GROUPS THAT ARE MORE PRONE TO THE DISADVANTAGES OF THIS KIND OF IMPACT AND THE CITY IS SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO REDUCE CLIMATE WHILE THE AIRPORT SEES NO TOMORROW IN THIS
  • AS YOU READJUST POST COVID, I SUGGEST THAT YOU BE HONEST IN YOUR RECORDING AND WORK ON REAL SOLUTIONS TO THIS
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU
  • NEXT ON MY LIST
  • I HAVE SARAH SHIFTLY
  • SARAH YOU WILL NEED TO PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF
  • CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN
  • MY NAME IS SARAH SWIFTLY
  • I LIVE IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND I'M PROVIDING TESTIMONY ON AGENDA ITEM 8 DAY REGARDING THE CENTURY AGENDA
  • MR METRUCK'S MEMO STATES THE CENTURY AGENDA NEEDS TO BE AGILE AND ADAPT TO THE CHANGING CLIMATE OF OUR REGION
  • THE MOST CRITICAL CHANGE OUR REGION HAS SEEN IN RECENT YEARS IS THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE CRISIS AND THE NEED TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
  • ACCORDING TO KING COUNTY'S MOST RECENT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION INVENTOR,Y EMISSIONS FROM AVIATION FUEL PUMPS, PRIMARILY AT SEA-TAC, MADE UP A QUARTER OF THE COUNTY'S EMISSIONS IN 2017 BEFORE CONSIDERING THE AVIATION EMISSIONS HAVE A TWO TO FOUR TIMES GREATER WARMING IMPACT THAN ON THE GROUND EMISSIONS
  • THE PORT OF SEATTLE MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND REDUCE THESE EMISSIONS AND HAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO IN THE WAKE OF OPERATIONS POST COVID
  • MR METRUCK'S MEMO ALSO EXPLAINS THAT THE 2020 CENTURY AGENDA POLICY DIRECTIVES ESTABLISHES A GOAL OF BEING A MODEL OF EQUITY
  • HOW CAN THE PORT OF SEATTLE DO THIS IF IT CONTINUES TO BLINDLY IGNORE THE DISPROPORTIONATE HARM SEATAC OPERATIONS HAS ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME FOLKS IN THE FORM OF HEALTH DESTROYING AIR AND NOISE POLLUTION? BEFORE ANYTHING IS CODIFIED THE CENTURY AGENDA SHOULD BE MODIFIED TO REQUIRE FULL ACCOUNTING FOR ALL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ATTRIBUTABLE TO SEATAC OPERATIONS, INCLUDING ALL EMISSIONS FROM FUEL PUMPS
  • IT SHOULD ALSO MEASURE AND ACCOUNT FOR THE DISPROPORTIONATE HARM SEA-TAC AIRPORT OPERATIONS HAVE ON IMPACTED COMMUNITIES AND THE CENTURY AGENDA SHOULD ESTABLISH A GOAL TO MEANINGFULLY REDUCE SEATAC EMISSIONS INCLUDING PRIMARILY EMISSIONS FROM FUEL PUMPS
  • FINALLY
  • I ASK THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE STOP DECEPTIVELY GREENWASHING IT'S ACTIVITY AND RELYING ON LORES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM THE MASSIVE CLIMATE POLLUTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICES THAT SEATAC AIRPORT OPERATIONS ARE CAUSING
  • THANK YOU
  • OKAY NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
  • YES, NEXT I HAVE IT KATHY CASEY AND KATHY HAS JOINED US VIA DESKTOP
  • SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET HER THE UNMUTE PROMPT
  • GIVE ME ONE MOMENT
  • OKAY, KATHY, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF NOW
  • YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, PORT EXECUTIVES, AND ADR STAFF
  • MY NAME IS KATHY CASEY IN THE INTEREST OF TIME EFFICIENCY I'M OFFERING THIS TESTIMONY ON BEHALF OF ALL 22 BUSINESS MEMBERS OF THE SBAAC SMALL BUSINESS AIRPORT ACTION COMMITTEE
  • FOR THE RECORD WE WILL SUBMIT A COPY OF THIS TESTIMONY WITH THE NAMES OF ALL MEMBERS INCLUDED
  • THE RELIEF PLAN THE PORT STAFF IS PRESENTING TODAY HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE SBA AC AND OUR APPRECIATION FOR THAT PROPOSAL
  • ON THE APRIL 28 COMMISSION MEETING, MANY OF OUR MEMBERS EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT COVID'S IMPACT ON THE VIABILITY OF THE ADR CONCESSION PROGRAM PARTICULARLY FOR SMALL WOMEN AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES
  • WE APPRECIATE YOUR LISTENING AND TAKING OUR CONCERNS TO HEART
  • SINCE THAT MEETING WE HAVE HAD MANY FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSIONS WITH MOST OF YOU AND PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL WORKING MEETINGS WITH LANCE LITTLE AND DON HUNTER
  • THESE MEETINGS HELPED CLARIFY CHALLENGES ALL PARTIES FACE AND TO UNCOVER SHORTFALLS IN SOME OF THE OPERATING AGREEMENTS AND NORMS THAT HAD BEEN ESTABLISHED OVER THE YEARS
  • WE HOPE OUR EFFORTS AND INPUT WERE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THIS PROCESS AND SET THE EXAMPLE FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION
  • WHILE THE SOLUTION BEFORE YOU DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR EVERYTHING WE BELIEVE IS NECESSARY, PARTICULARLY IN THE AREA OF ACTUAL RENT RELIEF, WE UNDERSTAND THE PORT HAS TO BALANCE MANY COMPETING DEMANDS
  • ONCE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ARE LIFTED AND WE HAVE INSIGHT INTO WHAT THE NEW NORMAL LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT OUR OPERATIONS, WE HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE OUR DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES WE FACE
  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONCERN EXPRESSED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU KATHY
  • AND THANKS FOR ALL OF THE SBAAC MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATED POSITIVELY IN THIS DIALOGUE
  • NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
  • NEXT WE HAVE JORDAN VAN VHOST
  • CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN
  • GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF
  • MY NAME IS JORDAN VANVHOST
  • LAST WEEK MY COLLEAGUES LAUNCHED A WEBSITE SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL DOT ORG
  • I INVITE YOU AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO VISIT OUR PAGE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHY WE FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT STOPPING CRUISE SHIP EXPANSION IN SEATTLE
  • THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS WHY THE T46 EXPANSION PROJECT IS NOT IN OUR REGION'S BEST INTERESTS
  • CLIMATE, PUBLIC HEALTH, MARINE ECOLOGY, ADVERSE IMPACTS ON COASTAL COMMUNITIES, AND UNETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES ON THE PART OF CRUISE CORPORATIONS
  • AMIDST ALL THE IMPORTANT ATTENTION GIVEN TO COVID-19, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT LOSE SIGHT OF THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY WHICH IN THE END MAY BE FAR MORE DEADLY TO ALL OF US
  • LAST WEEK CYCLONE, AMFAN, THE MOST POWERFUL TYPHOON EVER RECORDED IN THE BAY OF BENGAL STRUCK INDIA AND BANGLADESH
  • OVER 100 WERE KILLED
  • AT LEAST A HALF MILLION PEOPLE LOST THEIR HOMES
  • DAMAGE WAS ESTIMATED AT 13 BILLION DOLLARS
  • ONE MAN
  • DESCRIBED IT AS, " I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A CYCLONE IN MY LIFE
  • IT SEEMED LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD." ONCE AGAIN, THE GLOBAL SOUTH SUFFERS THE IMPACTS THAT WE IN THE GLOBAL NORTH ARE MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR
  • A FEW DAYS AGO THE TEMPERATURE WAS 86 DEGREES IN THE ARCTIC, 40 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
  • THE WARNING SIGNS ARE ALL AROUND US
  • ELECTRIFYING THE WATERFRONT AND SO FORTH CAN'T JUSTIFY CONTINUING TO INVEST IN A NON-ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY WITH SUCH A HIGH GREENHOUSE GAS FOOTPRINT
  • PLEASE CANCEL T46
  • FINALLY
  • I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE TERM GLOBAL SOUTH ISN'T EXCLUSIVELY GEOGRAPHICAL IN MEANING BUT USED TO HIGHLIGHT SPACES AND PEOPLE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY CONTEMPORARY CAPITALIST GLOBALIZATION, WHICH IS THE BACKDROP FOR THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
  • THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH CAMPED IN TENTS UNDER HIGHWAY 99 OFF-RAMPS ACROSS THE STREET FROM T46
  • THANK YOU
  • NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
  • NEXT I HAVE SUE LENANDER
  • SUE, YOU WILL NEED TO PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOUR PHONE
  • SO ARE YOU ON THE LINE? JOHN VEDOE
  • HI, I'M JOHN VEDOE
  • FORMER PCO FOR THE 48TH DISTRICT A MEMBER THE BOARD OF THE PHINNEY RIDGE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND COMMENT IS AT PORT OF SEATTLE
  • I'M GETTING A LOT OF ECHO
  • YEAH, WE ARE AS WELL
  • IF THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTERS THAT ARE ON THE LINE THAT HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN, PLEASE MUTE YOURSELF
  • I DON'T WANT TO ACCIDENTALLY MUTE JOHN
  • I CAN'T
  • THE NUMBERS JUST SHOW UP AS NUMBERS NOT NAMES
  • SO IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN, OR IF YOUR NAME IS NOT JOHN, PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONE BY PRESSING STAR 6
  • SO I WOULD ASK THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE PLAN FOR A FUTURE THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE LEISURE TRAVEL EITHER BY THE AIR OR BY SEA
  • WE'VE SEEN IN THIS PANDEMIC THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO LIVE WITHOUT IT AND WHILE WE DON'T EXPECT TO SHUT IT DOWN ALL AT ONCE, CERTAINLY THERE'S NO GOOD REASON TO INVEST IN AND MAKE INVESTMENTS BETTING ON THE INCREASE IN LEISURE TRAVEL
  • SO
  • A PRUDENT PLAN FOR THE PORT WOULD BE TO LOOK AT EXPANDING FACILITIES THAT SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION OF OUR NEEDS
  • IMPORTING MATERIALS AND FOOD
  • EXPORTING OUR PRODUCTS
  • AND TO WIND DOWN OUR USE OF AIR TRANSPORTATION AS WE SEE THE IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING RAVAGE NATIONS AND TERRITORIES CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HOME
  • SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME COMMISSIONERS
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK
  • I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UNMUTE PROMPT
  • I MUTED THE ROOM JUST IN CASE THE ECHO WAS COMING FROM THERE
  • SEEMS LIKE WE GOT THAT SORTED OUT
  • NEXT ON THE LIST
  • I HAVE MICHAEL FOSTER
  • MICHAEL YOU WILL NEED A PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF AND THEN RESTATE YOUR NAME
  • OKAY, I'M MICHAEL FOSTER AND I'M ACTUALLY HERE WITH SUE LENANDER
  • SHE COULDN'T BE HEARD EARLIER
  • CAN SHE SPEAK NOW? YES, WE WOULD CALL FOR HER AGAIN AT THE END
  • BUT IF YOU'D LIKE HER TO GO BEFORE YOU WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL
  • SURE
  • HI, I'M SUE LENANDER
  • I'M A MEDICAL ASSISTANT AT SEATTLE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AND I'M TESTIFYING AGAINST THE CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL
  • I'M HERE BEFORE YOU REPRESENTING YOUR CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, YOUR NIECES YOUR NEPHEWS, AND ASKING THAT THEIR HEALTH AND WHAT IS BEST FOR THEIR LIVES BE PRIORITIZED OVER BUSINESS AS USUAL
  • YOUR CHILDREN AND OURS ARE GOING TO PAY THE PRICE OF THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE IN 2020 FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES WITH THEIR HEALTH AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR LIVES
  • YOU ARE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE
  • YOU KNOW THAT OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE ONLY IF WE AND YOU, DO YOUR PORT JOBS AND CAN BE IN SERVICE TO THE CHILDREN AND NOT TO CORPORATE PROFIT
  • YOUR JOB IS TO HELP US TRANSITION OFF OF OIL, COAL, AND GAS IMMEDIATELY
  • EITHER YOU DECIDE TO USE YOUR POWER AND YOUR PRIVILEGE IN SERVICE TO OUR CHILDREN OR TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY THAT YOU ARE MAKING A CHOICE TO END THE LIFE, AS WE KNOW IT, ON YOUR CHILDREN'S PLANET
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU, AND THEN WE WILL HEAR FROM MICHAEL FOSTER
  • OKAY
  • THANKS
  • I'M MICHAEL FOSTER
  • I'M SPEAKING ON CENTURY AGENDA 8A
  • I HAD PREVIOUSLY TESTIFIED ABOUT REWRITING THE CHARTER
  • THIS IS ABOUT AS CLOSE AS WE'LL GET TO THAT ANYTIME SOON I BET
  • I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSIONERS FOR LOOKING OUT FOR THE TENANTS AND WORKERS AND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY DURING THIS CRISIS
  • AND I FEEL LIKE THE CENTURY AGENDA IS A PLACE WHERE YOU'RE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS A LENS ON JUSTICE
  • HOWEVER GOALS ONE, TWO, AND THREE PRECLUDE ANY POSSIBILITY OF ACCOMPLISHING GOALS FOUR, FIVE, AND SIX
  • THERE IS NO WAY TO DO BOTH ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EXPANSION WHILE WE ARE USING FOSSIL FUEL BURNING MACHINES TO ACCOMPLISH THAT
  • SO YEAH, I FEEL FOR YOU
  • YOU HAVE A VERY HARD JOB
  • LIKE A TOBACCO COMPANY EXECUTIVE, OR A BAR OWNER, OR A GUN SHOW COORDINATOR TRYING TO STOP ANY NEW HARM AND STILL GROW YOUR BUSINESS
  • THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WITH THOSE COMPANIES, TOBACCO AND BARS AND GUNS, IF THEY STOP BUSINESS, THE HARM ENDS
  • WITH CLIMATE THE HARM CONTINUES AND GROWS WORSE
  • THESE ARE IRREVERSIBLE CHANGES
  • COVID HAS GIVEN YOU A GIFT, A RESPITE, CLEAN SKIES, CLEAN WATERS FOR A MOMENT
  • I SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK INTO BUYING A CRUISE SHIP REAL CHEAP AND HOUSING HOMELESS PEOPLE IN IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES ARE GOING TO BE SPIKING THIS YEAR AND OUR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO NEED IT
  • I'LL SEND OTHER SUGGESTIONS TO YOU, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN A GIFT AND IF THERE IS EVER A TIME TO INNOVATE AND BE RESPONSIBLE TO THE WOMEN AND MINORITIES AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES ALL ALONG THE FLIGHT PATH AND ALL NEAR PUGET SOUND, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT
  • ALL RIGHT
  • THANK YOU MICHAEL
  • AND THE FINAL COMMENT THAT I HAVE FOR TODAY IS LAURA GIBBONS
  • LAURA IF YOU ARE ON THE LINE, PLEASE PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE YOURSELF
  • LAURA GIBBONS? THIS IS LAURA GIBBONS, A MEMBER OF THE 350 SEATTLE AVIATION TEAM
  • I'M THRILLED THAT THE PORT HAS A GOAL IN THEIR CENTURY AGENDA TO QUOTE BE THE GREENEST AND MOST ENERGY-EFFICIENT PORT IN NORTH AMERICA
  • AND THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR SCOPES ONE AND TWO AROUND SEA-TAC IS REALLY QUITE IMPRESSIVE
  • HOWEVER, FOR SCOPE THREE JUST COMPARING OURSELVES TO OTHER AIRPORTS IS NOT GOING TO BE ENOUGH
  • UNCHECKED INCREASE IN AVIATION MEANS TO THOSE NUMBERS WILL BE STEADILY RISING MAKING IT COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET CLIMATE GOALS
  • FURTHERMORE AS EARLIER COMMENTERS MENTIONED, SCOPE THREE ONLY CONSIDERS THE CLIMATE IMPACTS OF AIRCRAFT DURING APPROACH, TAKEOFF, AND CLIMB OUT, NOT THE CARBON AND OTHER HARMFUL IMPACTS OF ALL THE FUEL THAT IS PUMPED AND UPLOADED AT SEA-TAC
  • THIS IS CALLED THE CENTURY AGENDA AND HUMANS WON'T BE AROUND FOR ANOTHER CENTURY IF WE KEEP THIS UP
  • SO I URGE YOU TO REVISE THE CENTURY AGENDA GOALS TO REFLECT THE REALITIES OF AVIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • ALL RIGHT
  • THANK YOU AND COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK
  • I HAD TO MUTE THE ROOM EARLIER AND YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN UNMUTE PROMPT
  • THERE HOW'S THAT? PERFECT
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU
  • THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS
  • WE DID RECEIVE THREE ADDITIONAL WRITTEN COMMENTS REGARDING OUR AGENDA TODAY AND TWO OF THE TOPICS WRITTEN ABOUT WERE THE CENTURY AGENDA GOALS AND ONE WAS ABOUT AIRPORT CARBON EMISSIONS AND COMMISSIONERS SHOULD HAVE THOSE IN THEIR IN THEIR FOLDERS
  • OKAY WITH THAT HEARING NO FURTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY, WE'LL NOW ADVANCE A UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER 6
  • OKAY
  • OKAY, I THINK IT'S UP TO ME TO
  • [LAUGHTER] AND BY THE WAY, THANKS TO OUR COMMENTERS
  • WE KNOW IT'S A STRUGGLE TO GET THROUGH TO US UNDER THE VIRTUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM THAT WERE UNDER RIGHT NOW AND THE LACK OF OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS UNDER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER, BUT WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE HEARING FROM YOU
  • SO WITH THAT, ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ADOPTED BY ONE MOTION
  • ITEMS ALREADY REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY
  • I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT ACTUALLY
  • ITEM 6B WAS REMOVED PRIOR TO PUBLICATION
  • AT THIS TIME THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR COVERING ITEM 6A, 6C AND 6D
  • COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
  • DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? SO MOVED
  • SECONDED
  • ALRIGHT
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK? AYE
  • THERE ARE FIVE YEAS AND 0 NAYS
  • THE MOTION PASSES
  • ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF THE AGENDA
  • THIS IS ITEM 7A, MOTION 2020-12, A MOTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION TO EXPLORE SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ENHANCE THE MISSION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND SUPPORT ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF KING COUNTY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRIC? COMMISSIONERS, WE'VE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THE ROLE THE PORT CAN PLAY IN ASSISTING THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY EFFORTS OF THE REGION
  • THIS MOTION EXPLORES SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS ONE COMPONENT OF OUR RECOVERY EFFORTS
  • PRESENTER IS AARON PRITCHARD
  • OUR POLICY DIRECTOR AARON PRITCHARD
  • GOOD AFTERNOON EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND COMMISSIONERS
  • TODAY I BRING BEFORE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY MOTION, WHICH IS INTENDED TO CREATE SHORT-TERM JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY
  • THERE ARE SIX MAIN ELEMENTS TO THE MOTION
  • ONE IS THAT THESE OPPORTUNITIES WILL SUPPORT THE PORT'S MISSION, WILL ADVANCE OUR PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY, WILL COMMENCE BY JULY 1ST 2020, WILL BE MY HEARINGS GOVERNOR JAY INSLEE SAFE START WASHINGTON PHASED REOPENING, ACHIEVE SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AND OR PROGRESS WITHIN 90 TO 120 DAYS, AND BE PERFORMED BY YOUTH FROM 16 TO 24 YEARS OF AGE WITHOUT SPECIALIZED SKILLS
  • THE MOTION ALSO IDENTIFIES KICK STARTING THIS PROGRAM BY JULY 1ST, AND I KNOW THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL WORK THAT IS BEING LED BY THE OFFICE OF EQUITY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, OUR CENTRAL PROCUREMENT OFFICE AND THE LEGAL TEAM TO POSITION THE PORT TO REACH THIS GOAL
  • IT IS AN AMBITIOUS GOAL, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO REACH IT
  • WE DID DISCUSS IN THE COMMITTEE AS I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THERE WILL BE A NEED FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THAT JULY FIRST DATE AS WE TRY TO GET ALL OF THE CONTRACTS WE NEED IN PLACE TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN
  • THE PRIMARY UNKNOWN ELEMENT THAT I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WILL IMPACT THE ABILITY TO GET YOUTH TO WORK IS A STATE OF THE GOVERNOR'S PHASED REOPENING CALLED SAFE START WASHINGTON
  • AS WE KNOW, KING COUNTY IS NOT CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE TO ADVANCE TO PHASE TWO
  • IN A QUICK REVIEW OF THE PHASED REOPENING, I'D NOTE THAT ONE TYPE OF SIMILAR WORK THAT WE HAVE CONSIDERED IS THE OUTDOOR MAINTENANCE INDUSTRY
  • TO GET THAT RUNNING, YOU CAN DO THAT IN PHASE 1
  • THERE WAS A FIVE PAGE 19 POINT SET OF REQUIREMENTS
  • NOT A SIMPLE UNDERTAKING WITH YOUTH
  • IT INCLUDED SOCIAL DISTANCING, MASKING, PRE-TRAINING, HAND WASHING
  • THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO GET IT RUNNING
  • WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE DOING THAT WITH OUR OWN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT NATURE
  • SO I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM THAT'S WORKING ON THIS
  • I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE PRIMARY ELEMENTS HERE WILL BE TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT ALIGN WITH THE PORT'S MISSION INCLUDING THE CREATION OF THE SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT EMPHASIZING THIS AGE GROUP THAT WILL PROVIDE MATERIAL BENEFIT TO THE PORT AS IT LOOKS TO MAINTAIN PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE ASSETS AND PROGRAMS OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE THAT ARE NECESSARY TO WASHINGTON STATE'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN 2020
  • I CAN TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONERS
  • I KNOW WE HAVE ONE POTENTIAL AMENDMENT TODAY, BUT ALSO BOOKDHA MAY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HER PROGRESS OR IF COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS
  • ALL RIGHT
  • DO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR PRESENTERS? BOOKDHA? YES, I'M HERE
  • THANK YOU COMMISSIONER
  • THANK YOU, AARON PRITCHARD
  • YOU'VE SHARED MOST OF THE BACKGROUND
  • THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND OFFICE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OF VERY EXCITED TO LEAD THIS EFFORT
  • AND OF COURSE REALLY MINDFUL OF THE SAFETY ORDERS THAT WE MUST ABIDE BY AND WE ARE QUICKLY WORKING WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE GOT FROM THE COMMITTEE MEETING, THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE MEETING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AND COMMISSIONER CHO
  • WE RECEIVED A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK AND WE'RE IDENTIFYING LEAD ORGANIZATIONS IN EACH CLUSTER OF WORK SUCH AS ART, ENVIRONMENT, AND OUTDOOR RECREATION, CONSTRUCTION, WHO WE HAVE CURRENT CONTRACTS WITH AND ALSO IDENTIFYING OTHER PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY
  • THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR REALLY THE IMPACT, THE POSITIVE IMPACT, THAT YOU ARE INTENDING TO BRING TO COMMUNITIES IN KING COUNTY
  • WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON THIS EFFORT
  • VERY GOOD
  • ARE THERE ANY OTHER PRESENTERS ON THIS? OKAY, LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONERS
  • THANK YOU BOODKHA
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? GREAT
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • SO FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE STAFF AND PARTICULARLY AARON PRITCHARD FOR ALL OF HIS WORK IN HELPING DRAFT THIS AND SOCIALIZE IT AMONGST THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES
  • I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A QUICK STEP BACK AND FOCUS ON THE WHY ABOUT WHY THIS MOTION IS COMING FORWARD TODAY AND IT MIGHT SEEM IN SOME RESPECTS COUNTERINTUITIVE
  • WHY WOULD THE PORT OF SEATTLE BE LEANING IN TO FIND NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES? AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE WE CAN
  • AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE IT'S ESSENTIAL
  • I WANT TO
  • COMPLIMENT
  • OUR STAFF HAS DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB STARTING WITH MR METRUCK OF KEEPING EVERYBODY THAT WE HAVE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE ON STAFF CURRENTLY
  • LANCE LITTLE AND HIS TEAM DON HUNTER HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB OF WORKING WITH OUR TENANTS AT THE AIRPORT TO HELP THEM WEATHER THIS STORM
  • AND WE ALL KNOW DOZENS, IF NOT IN SOME CASES HUNDREDS, OF EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN LAID OFF IN MULTIPLE INDUSTRIES
  • THE ONE AREA WHERE NOBODY SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON ARE THOSE PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN LAID OFF BECAUSE THEY DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE A JOB
  • BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE NOT LIKELY TO FIND ONE IN THIS ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
  • AND THOSE ARE YOUTH 16 TO 24
  • AS WE SEE
  • OVER 200,000 PEOPLE LAID OFF JUST IN KING COUNTY ALONE, WE KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO FIND ANY EMPLOYMENT WHATSOEVER
  • FOR YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE PORT COMMISSION
  • I'VE BEEN A BIG PROPONENT OF TRYING TO INCREASE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT THROUGH OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND I REALLY WANT TO COMPLIMENT OUR STAFF, AND BRYN WILSON, FOR THE WORK THAT SHE'S DONE
  • THIS IS NOT THE SAME EFFORT, HOWEVER
  • THIS IS JUST SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT TO GET OPPORTUNITY AND QUITE FRANKLY SOME CASH INTO THE POCKETS OF YOUTH THAT ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF THEM
  • I HOPE THAT OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES CAN LOOK AT WHAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS DOING AND DO SOMETHING SIMILAR
  • BUT UNLESS WE LEAN IN AND START FINDING AND CREATING THOSE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAGNATE
  • AND SO I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS
  • I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR FEEDBACK OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS
  • I KNOW THAT THERE'S AN AMENDMENT COMING FORWARD AND I FULLY SUPPORT THAT
  • AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY THAT'S HELPED MOVE THIS FORWARD AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY THIS PASSING AND HAVING THE STAFF COME BACK IN A FEW WEEKS AND REPORTING BACK ON THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES WITH WHOM WE CAN PARTNER AND CREATE THESE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR MICS AND WE'LL GET TO THE AMENDMENT AFTER WE HAVE A FIRST ROUND OF COMMISSIONER COMMENTS ON THE MAIN MOTION
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS, ARE YOU WITH US? I THINK HE MIGHT BE TRYING TO REJOIN
  • LET'S MAYBE GO TO COMMISSIONER CHO? NOTHING MUCH TO ADD
  • JUST WANT TO COMPLIMENT EVERYONE ON THE GREAT WORK
  • I WANT TO THANK STEPHANIE FOR INITIATING THIS
  • I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SUPPORTING IT
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE THE AMENDMENT? JUST ALSO ADD MY THANKS TO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND OUR PORT STAFF FOR WORKING WITH US THROUGH THIS MOTION
  • INITIALLY IT PROPOSES TO UNDERTAKE A REVIEW OF CURRENT PROGRAMS FOR POSSIBLE EXPANSION TO ADDRESS THE HIGH NUMBERS OF UNEMPLOYED YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES
  • SOMEWHERE AROUND 30% UNEMPLOYMENT IS THAT THE LEVEL THAT IT IS NOW
  • TWICE WHAT THAT IS I THINK ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL EVEN THOUGH THAT'S VERY HIGH AS WELL
  • SO THIS IS CLEARLY ONE AREA WHERE OUR MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY ARE STRUGGLING AND AS THE SUMMER MONTHS COME, IT'LL BE EVEN MORE ACUTE IT'S EXPECTED
  • AND SO I THINK THIS IS VERY TIMELY, VERY PURPOSEFUL, AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE CAN-DO ATTITUDE THAT IS IMPLICIT IN THIS
  • SO WITH THAT, I THINK IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS, WE CAN GO ONTO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT BY COMMISSIONER FELLMAN, WHICH IS THE SUM OF MINOR AMENDMENTS I BELIEVE TO SOME OF THE TEXT
  • WELL THANK YOU
  • I WANTED TO COMMENT TO THE TO THE BEEF OF THE MOTION FIRST
  • I'VE SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME LOOKING TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THE FACT THAT DUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS THAT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE THE MOST FEASIBLE IN THE NEAR TERM FOR BROADEST AREA
  • AND OFTEN TIMES I'VE SAID SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT WHENEVER WE HAVE A CLEAN UP RESTORATION PROJECT WE'RE OFTEN SEEING IT AS AN OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY THAT COSTS MONEY AND I'M ONLY SAYING, BUT HOW MANY JOBS DID IT CREATE? AND THAT THE RESTORATION TECHNIQUES, ARE VALUABLE TRAINING AND THAT WE HAVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF FUTURE OBLIGATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES TO BOTH MPROVE SALMON HABITAT ON THE DUWAMISH OR OTHER SUCH THINGS TO DO
  • AND SO THE RESTORATION ECONOMY I SEE AS BEING PART OF THE JOBS OF THE FUTURE AND I'VE BEEN CONTACT WITH FOLKS AT WIRING 9, FOLKS AT DNR, AND WDFW AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT STAFF KNOW AND I'VE BEEN SHARING WITH STAFF THAT THERE ARE THESE QUOTE-UNQUOTE SHOVEL-READY PROJECTS TO GO FORWARD
  • THE PRIMARY REASON FOR MY MOTION WAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT RATHER THAN CREATING NEW PROGRAMS AND REQUIRING ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE OBLIGATIONS ON STAFF, WHAT MY INTENT WAS IN DOING THIS BACKGROUND RESEARCH WAS TO IDENTIFY PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY THAT, WITH AN APPROPRIATION COMING FROM THE COMMISSION, WE COULD BASICALLY HAVE MORE PEOPLE CLIP INTO THE PROGRAM WHETHER IT BE THE PUGET SOUND CORPS, THE VETERANS CORPS, THE CONSERVATION CORPS
  • SO REALLY I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS THE FACT THAT WHILE THIS COULD BE SEEN AS MORE WORK, ITS WORK FOR THAT AGE GROUP, WHICH ALSO VERY MUCH IS THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES
  • THE FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING IN THE RESTAURANTS AND THE BARS THAT HAD JOBS THAT WERE SOME OF THE MOST HIT BY THAT
  • SO LIKE I SAID, THE PRIMARY GOAL HERE IS NOT TO ASSERT THE FACT THAT THIS IS A MORE STAFF WORK OTHER THAN CUTTING SOME CONTRACTS THAT ALREADY HOPEFULLY EXIST WITHIN THE PORT PARTNERSHIP AND THE COMMUNITY
  • OKAY THANK YOU
  • SO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE MAIN MOTION? WALK US THROUGH THAT? OR WAS THAT PARTIALLY AN ADDRESS OF YOUR AMENDMENT? THANK YOU
  • I COULD POINT OUT THAT THERE'S A JUST AS A COUPLE OF SMALL THINGS
  • ONE IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT-- NOT JUST FOCUSED ON PORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL ASSETS
  • I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT PORT OPERATIONS
  • SO I INSERT THE WORD OPERATIONS
  • IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH I POINT TO THE NEED TO HAVE LIKE I SAID
  • THIS RESTORATION WORK IS ALSO TRAINING FOR FUTURE JOBS
  • I REPLACE THE WORD FENCE LINE COMMUNITIES WITH NEAR PORT COMMUNITIES
  • I FIND WE SHOULDN'T BE FENCED BETWEEN OUR COMMUNITIES
  • WE'RE NEIGHBORS
  • THE OTHERS ARE JUST SOME GRAMMATICAL STUFF
  • BUT THE FIRST BULLET REFERS TO WHAT I WAS PRIMARILY CONCERNED ABOUT
  • THAT IT SUPPORTS THE PORT'S MISSIONS BUT AT MINIMUM, SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL STAFF TIME
  • THE FOURTH THE LAST PARAGRAPH REFERS TO IT WAS LOOKING ORIGINALLY TO PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE AND I JUST TALKED ABOUT LOCAL, REGIONAL, AS WELL AS STATEWIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS INFUSION OF A WORKFORCE NO MATTER HOW TEMPORARY
  • OKAY
  • SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? SO I MOVE TO INTRODUCE AMENDMENT A TO MOTION 7A
  • IF I MAY, WE NEED TO MOVE AND SECOND THE ORIGINAL MOTION AND THEN THE AMENDMENT
  • I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR ADOPTION
  • AND I WILL SECOND
  • CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
  • SO NOW WE WOULD INTRODUCE THE MOTION AND DO A MOVE AND SECOND FOR THE AMENDMENT
  • IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE AMENDMENT AS PROPOSED BY FELLEMAN? SO MOVED
  • IS THERE A SECOND PLEASE? SECOND
  • PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE AMENDMENT MOTION
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK? AYE
  • ALL RIGHT OKAY SO THE AMENDMENT TO MOTION 2020-12 PASSES FIVE-0
  • OKAY, LET'S LET'S TAKE A VOTE NOW ON THE AMENDED MAIN MOTION
  • SO THIS IS VOTE TO APPROVE MOTION 2020-12 AS AMENDED
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? AYE
  • AND COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK? AYE
  • THAT IS FIVE AYES AND 0 NAYS
  • THE MOTION PASSES AS AMENDED
  • THIS IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? OF COURSE
  • I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ON THIS AND STAFF IS ALREADY WORKING ON THIS AS I MENTIONED AND REPORTING BACK ON JUNE 9TH ABOUT WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY AND WHAT WE CAN DO IN THIS MANNER THAT HAS BEEN ALLOWED BY THE COMMISSIONERS INCLUDING SOME IDEA OF THE CAPACITY WE HAVE TO DO THAT AS WELL
  • SO LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO YOU ON JUNE 9TH, OKAY
  • THANK YOU
  • JUNE 9TH
  • WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT
  • SO NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 8A
  • INTRODUCTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 3775 A RESOLUTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION ESTABLISHING THE CENTURY AGENDA POLICY DIRECTIVE TO CODIFY GOALS THAT WILL GUIDE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING, BUDGET, AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION THROUGHOUT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • COMMISSIONERS, THIS DIRECTIVE IS A CULMINATION OF TWO YEARS OF WORK AND PLANNING ON THE PART OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM AND OUR OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMISSION TO ENSURE THAT THE CENTURY AGENDA REMAINS RELEVANT AND ENDURING FOR YEARS TO COME
  • IT ALSO HELPS US TO BE MORE AGILE
  • OF COURSE, WE'RE EXPERIENCING THIS TODAY AS WE HAVE TO ADJUST OUR 2020 PLANS AND LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 AND THIS REALLY IS THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS FOR US AS WE AS WE AMENDED CENTURY AGENDA
  • THIS ISN'T THE END
  • THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS AS WE GO FORWARD
  • IN THE BRIEF PRESENTERS ARE ERIN BURNETT AND VERONICA VALDEZ
  • PLEASE UNMUTE OUR PRESENTERS
  • PRESENTERS, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF AS WELL AND THEN WE'LL HOLD OFF ON COMMISSIONER COMMENT UNTIL THE PRESENTATION IS COMPLETE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • I'M VERONICA VALDAS, COMMISSION SPECIALIST AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • COMMISSIONERS, TODAY I'M JOINED BY ERIN BURNETT, STRATEGIC PLANNING PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE PORT
  • WE ARE HERE TODAY TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION
  • NUMBER THREE SEVEN SEVEN FIVE, A RESOLUTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION ESTABLISHING THE CENTURY AGENDA POLICY DIRECTIVE
  • AS MENTIONED, THIS POLICY DIRECTIVE WILL CODIFY THE CENTURY AGENDA GOALS THAT WILL GUIDE THE STRATEGIC PLANNING BUDGET AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION THROUGHOUT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • IT ALSO OUTLINES THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE COMMISSIONERS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND PORT EMPLOYEES DEVELOP AND WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING THE CENTURY AGENDA GOALS
  • LAUREN, CAN YOU PLEASE UPLOAD THE SLIDES AND PUT THAT IN PRESENTATION MODE, PLEASE? YES
  • DOING SO NOW
  • YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION MOMENTARILY
  • GREAT, THANK YOU
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • COMMISSIONERS, JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY
  • IN 2018, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION, THE OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES CONDUCTED A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE CENTURY AGENDA AND IN 2019 MET WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, AND OTHER STAFF ACROSS THE PORT
  • THEY FOUND THAT THE CENTURY AGENDA AS IT STANDS TODAY IS, NUMBER ONE, OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH CURRENT PORT GOALS AND INITIATIVES
  • FOR EXAMPLE, THE PORT SEATTLE HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION AND THE CURRENT CENTURY AGENDA DID NOT INCLUDE EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION AS A FOCUS FOR THE PORT
  • ANOTHER ITEM THAT THEY FOUND WAS THAT THE CENTURY AGENDA WAS TOO RIGID TO ALLOW FOR DISRUPTION OR SHIFTS IN PRIORITIES
  • FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES INCLUDED GRILL SEAPORT ANNUAL CONTAINER VOLUME TO MORE THAN 6 MILLION TEU'S
  • THIS IS TOO RIGID AS AN OBJECTIVE AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT
  • HOW DO WE KNOW IF THIS IS TOO LOW OR TOO HIGH? AND LASTLY, THEY FOUND THAT THE CENTURY AGENDA WAS MEASURED BY INEFFECTIVE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS, KPI'S
  • CURRENTLY THE STAFF IS TRACKING 67 KPI'S AND COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE ASKED MANY TIMES ARE WE REACHING OUR GOALS? DO WE ACTUALLY ADD MORE JOBS TO THE REGION? THIS REALLY SPEAKS TO WHY
  • WHY ARE WE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW? WE DO NEED A CENTURY AGENDA THAT ALIGNS COMMISSION, PORT PRIORITIES, BUSINESS PLANNING, AND RESPONSE TO THE SHIFTING REGIONAL LANDSCAPE
  • WE NEED THIS MORE MORE THAN EVER ESPECIALLY WITH OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT
  • AS ONE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS MENTIONED, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACT
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE, LAUREN
  • THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF VIEWING THE GAPS THAT EXIST UNDER OUR CURRENT CENTURY AGENDA
  • IF YOU LOOK AT IT AS A PYRAMID WITH GOALS AT THE TOP AND BUSINESS PLANNING TOWARDS THE BASE, YOU CAN SEE HOW THERE IS A GAP AND HOW THAT GAP CAN AFFECT THE REST OF THE PYRAMID AND THE REST OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE LAUREN
  • AND HERE IS HOW THE POLICY DIRECTIVE WITH THAT ADDITIONAL CENTURY AGENDA GOALS WOULD FILL IN THE GAPS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST
  • WE'LL GO INTO MORE DETAILS AS THE SLIDES GO FORWARD
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, LAUREN
  • AND JUST TO REITERATE, THE CENTURY AGENDA POLICY DIRECTIVE CREATES NEW NEEDED ALIGNMENT AND CLARITY NOT NEW PRIORITIES
  • IT DOES NOT CHANGE OR ADJUST CURRENT PRIORITIES OR ACTIVITIES, INSTEAD THEY CREATE A MORE ACCURATE AND ENDURING REPRESENTATION OF THEIR INTENT, OUR PRIORITIES, AND ACTIONS
  • IT ALSO DIRECTS SUPPORT STAFF TO CREATE NEW, ENDURING, AND RELEVANT KEY KPI'S TO KEEP THE PORT ACCOUNTABLE TO ITS GOALS
  • I WILL NOW TURN IT OVER TO ERIN TO GO INTO SOME DETAIL AS TO THE POLICY DIRECTIVE ITSELF
  • HI EVERYONE
  • I'M ERIN BURNETT HERE, OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONSIDERING TODAY
  • CAN I LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? THIS IS THE SUMMARY OF WHAT THE CENTURY AGENDA POLICY DIRECTIVE WILL DO ON THE HIGHEST LEVELS
  • IT'S BASICALLY GOT THREE BIG ELEMENTS
  • THOSE ARE: UPDATING THE GOALS TO REFLECT OUR EXISTING PRIORITIES, CREATING THAT VERTICAL ALIGNMENT THAT'S NECESSARY FOR BUSINESS PLANNING AND EVALUATION OF OURSELVES AGAINST THE CENTURY AGENDA, AND ALSO THE KPI'S THAT WOULD PROVIDE THAT OVERSIGHT OVER TIME
  • SO FIRSTLY WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS ONE BY ONE
  • THE UPDATED GOALS ESSENTIALLY WOULD MODIFY GOAL THREE TO READ THAT WE WILL RESPONSIBLY INVEST IN THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF THE REGION AND ITS COMMUNITIES
  • WE'LL GET DEEPER INTO WHAT EXACTLY THAT MEANS FURTHER IN LATER SLIDES
  • BECOMING A MODEL FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION, WHICH IS ALREADY A FOCUS OF THE PORT AND HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR FOCUSES FOR A WHILE
  • AND THEN BEING A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PUBLIC AGENCY, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS STRIVE TOWARDS BUT WAS NOT A PART OF THE OVERARCHING GOALS OF THE PORT AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE
  • CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? SO IN ORDER, THIS IS WHAT THESE GOALS WOULD ESSENTIALLY DO
  • GOAL THREE AND ITS MODIFICATION WOULD ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISH A LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF THE REGION
  • THAT MEANS THAT ALL OF OUR COVID RECOVERY AND RESPONSE EFFORTS COULD BE VERTICALLY ALIGNED UNDERNEATH OUR BIGGEST AND MOST IMPORTANT GOALS AS WELL AS GIVE US THE FLEXIBILITY TO RESPOND IF THERE IS EVER ANOTHER, GOD FORBID, ISSUE THAT WOULD CREATE A SITUATION WHERE THE PORT NEEDED TO RESPOND AND NEEDED TO PIVOT
  • IT DOES NOT LEAVE BEHIND ITS PRIOR PRIORITIES .SO WIMBE'S, SBE'S, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, THOSE ARE ALL STILL INCLUDED
  • PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL LAND USE, CAREER CONNECTED LEARNING, ALL OF THESE THINGS NOW FIT WELL UNDERNEATH THIS GOAL AS IT WOULD BE MODIFIED, IF THE COMMISSION SAW FIT TO MOVE IT FORWARD
  • GOLD 5 WOULD BE TO BECOME A MODEL OF EDI
  • SO BECOMING A MODEL OF EDI HAS BEEN OUR OBJECTIVE FOR QUITE SOME TIME
  • IT'S WHY WE HAVE AN OFFICE OF EDI, IT'S WHY WE HAVE DEDICATED AS MUCH TIME, EFFORT, AND ENERGY AS WE HAVE INTO SUPPORTING WMBE'S, INTO MAKING SURE THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS SEEN AND IS USING ITS INFLUENCES IN THE BEST WAYS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS
  • SO THIS IS JUST ENSURING THAT THAT GOAL, WHICH IS ALREADY A PART OF OUR OUR ETHOS, IS A PART OF OUR BIG GOALS, OUR BIG OVERARCHING ASPIRATIONAL GOALS
  • GOALS 6 WOULD BE TO BE A HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PUBLIC AGENCY
  • THIS IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS WORK TOWARDS AS A PORT, ALTHOUGH THE LAST CENTURY AGENDA DID NOT HAVE ANY INFORMATION AS FAR AS OUR DEDICATION TO SAFETY, SECURITY, INNOVATION, ON TIME ON BUDGET DELIVERY OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, CUSTOMER SERVICE
  • THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE VALUE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE REFLECTED IN OUR OVERARCHING GOALS
  • CAN WE SEE THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? OKAY SO THIS PROVIDES A STRUCTURE
  • WHEN I SAY THIS I MEAN THE DIRECTIVE WE NEED
  • A STRUCTURE BY WHICH WE CAN SAY WHAT ARE WE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS? OUR GOALS, OUR OBJECTIVES, OUR ANNUAL BUSINESS PLANNING
  • WHO'S GOING TO CREATE THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES? WHO'S GOING TO REVIEW THEM, APPROVE THEM, EVALUATE THEM, WHEN? THIS STRUCTURE WOULD CREATE THE ACCOUNTABILITY LOOP THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT OUR CENTURY AGENDA GOALS ARE BEING MOVED TOWARDS IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMISSION HAS VISIBILITY INTO WHAT IT IS THAT WE ARE DOING TO MOVE TOWARDS OUR OVERARCHING GOALS AND IT PROVIDES THOSE KPIS AND THE TARGETS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GOALS ARE BEING MET AND WORKED TOWARDS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
  • SO THIS STRUCTURE WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE THE EVALUATION AND APPROVAL NECESSARY TO MAKE SURE OUR CENTURY AGENDA GOALS ARE ENDURING AND THAT THEY CAN PIVOT WHENEVER IS NECESSARY
  • THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • SO THIS IS THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT, THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK SPOKE ABOUT, THAT VERONICA SPOKE ABOUT
  • THIS ALIGNMENT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR ENSURING THAT OUR STRATEGIC GOALS ARE BEING MET IN A RESPONSIBLE WAY AND A LINEAR FASHION
  • SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE COULD SEE UNDERNEATH A REVISED CENTURY AGENDA
  • WE WILL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT EACH OF OUR GOALS, EACH OF OUR OBJECTIVES, ALL OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANS, AND OUR BUDGET ALLOCATIONS ARE ALIGNED UNDERNEATH THE CENTURY AGENDA AND THAT ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES ARE SERVING THE PURPOSES THE COMMISSION IS SETTING FOR US IN OUR CENTURY AGENDA GOALS
  • NEXT SLIDE
  • SO THIS IS THE FINAL ELEMENT WHICH IS THOSE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
  • I BELIEVE THIS IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN SHOW NOT JUST OURSELVES AND THE COMMISSION BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY HOW IT IS THAT WE'RE DOING AND MOVING TOWARDS THE GOALS IN BEING THE GREENEST PORT, IN BEING A PREMIER INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS HUB
  • KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS ARE EXACTLY THAT: KEY
  • SO IF WE CAN HAVE CENTURY AGENDA GOALS AND KPI'S THAT ARE BETTER ALIGNED AND MORE USEFUL, THEN WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS
  • CURRENTLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS THE WAY THAT WE REVIEW INFORMATION WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TO SAY ARE WE ON TRACK, IN PROGRESS, OR OFF TRACK
  • THAT DOESN'T GIVE THE COMMISSION WHAT THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO SAY: WELL IF WE'RE MOVING OFF TRACK, HOW DO WE CORRECT THAT? WELL IF WE ARE REACHING A LITTLE, WHAT'S OUR NEXT ONE? SO WHAT WE NEED IS BETTER KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS THAT ARE MORE USEFUL TO GIVE US A BETTER VIEW OF HOW WE'RE DOING AGAINST OUR CA GOALS NEXT SLIDE
  • SO AGAIN, THIS IS SAMPLE DATA
  • WE'LL BE WORKING WITH, ASSUMING WE MOVE IT FORWARD, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH EACH OF THE DIVISIONS AND COE'S TO REALLY PINPOINT WHAT THOSE KEY PERFORMS CONFORMANCE INDICATORS ARE AND SHOULD BE OVER TIME
  • BUT THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITH BETTER KPIS THAT ARE BETTER ALIGNED AND GIVE US MORE ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
  • WE'RE LOOKING FOR REVIEWING OVER TIME HOW WE ARE PERFORMING AGAINST OUR GOALS SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHEN WE UNDERPERFORM, OR WHEN WE'RE REACHING A GOAL FASTER THAN IS NECESSARY, WE CAN PIVOT AND ENSURE THAT OUR GOALS STAY AGILE AS DOES THE PORT
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • SO AGAIN THIS IS A SAMPLE
  • WE WOULD BE WORKING, AS I SAID BEFORE, TO PINPOINT EXACTLY WHAT THESE WOULD BE IF THIS MOVES FORWARD PROBABLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR I'M HOPING
  • BUT THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WOULD HAVE IS KPIS THAT WOULD BE DEVISED AND SET BY THE ELT AND BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BUT THEY WILL BE REVIEWED ON A CONSISTENT BASIS BY THE COMMISSION SO THAT THEY COULD SEE HOW WE DOING ON OUR TARGETS, WHAT ARE OUR TARGETS LOOK LIKE, CAN WE EXPLAIN ANY DIP IN OUR PERFORMANCE, ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HELP US GET TO OUR GOALS FASTER OR MORE EFFICIENTLY
  • THIS PROVIDES THAT FEEDBACK LOOP AND IT PROVIDES AN ACCOUNTABILITY THAT HAS NOT BEEN SEEN BEFORE
  • THIS POLICY DIRECTIVE WOULD MAKE THAT MOVE FORWARD
  • SO I BELIEVE THAT IS THE LAST SLIDE THAT WE HAVE
  • VERONICA, DID YOU WANT TO PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF? DO WE WANT TO? THANK YOU
  • JUST ONE LAST THING
  • WE ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE PROPOSED ADOPTION OF THIS POLICY DIRECTIVE AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING ON JUNE 9TH SO WE DO APPRECIATE ANY FEEDBACK
  • ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM
  • FIRST OF ALL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS TERRIFIC WORK, VERONICA AND ALL THE STAFF HAVE SUPPORTED THIS EFFORT
  • THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION I SENSE OUT THERE AS TO THIS BEING THE FIRST AND THE LAST UNDERTAKING WITH REGARD TO OUR CENTURY AGENDA
  • AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE AND YOU'VE GIVEN US SOME INDICATION OF WHAT MORE IS TO COME IN YOUR PRESENTATION
  • COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MORE IS TO COME AND WHEN WE EXPECT TO GET THIS WORK COMPLETED? ABSOLUTELY
  • THIS IS JUST STEP ONE
  • WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS EXACTLY CORRECT
  • THIS IS STEP ONE OF A POTENTIALLY TWO TO THREE STEP PROCESS WHERE WE SET THE GOAL
  • SETTING THESE GOALS, THE BIG OVERARCHING ASPIRATIONAL GOALS OF THE PORT, GETTING THOSE IN BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH OUR ACTIVITIES MEANS THAT WE ARE NOW ABLE, SHOULD WE MOVE THIS FORWARD, TO REALLY DIG INTO THOSE OBJECTIVES
  • THE OBJECTIVES PORTION OF THIS IS REALLY WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD
  • IT'S HOW EACH OF THE DIVISIONS AND COE'S ARE GOING TO MOVE TOWARDS BEING THE GREENEST PORT
  • THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE AN ABILITY TO REVIEW WHAT IT IS THAT WE'VE PULLED TOGETHER
  • THERE'S A DRAFT WHICH IS ACTUALLY INCLUDED IN THE PRESENTATION HERE
  • AND THAT THAT'S WHAT SPARKED THE CONFUSION
  • THERE IS A DRAFT OF SOME PROPOSED OBJECTIVES THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND LOOKED AT BY THE ELT THUS FAR AND WOULD CONTINUE TO BE LOOKED AT IN LIGHT OF COVID IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS
  • WE COULD HAVE ACTIVES BEFORE THE COMMISSION AS EARLY AS JUNE IF TIME PERMITS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR
  • SO THE REVIEW IS HAPPENING
  • WE'RE READY FOR IT
  • AND HOPEFULLY THAT WOULD HAPPEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE IN ESSENCE WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THESE APPROVED, THE OBJECTIVES
  • NOT THE GOALS, BUT THE OBJECTIVES APPROVED IN TIME FOR 2021 BUSINESS PLANNING BECAUSE THESE DO ACTUALLY DICTATE HOW ALL THE DIVISIONS AND COE'S PLAN THEIR TWO-YEAR, FIVE-YEAR, THREE-YEAR OBJECTIVES
  • SO IF WE CAN GET THIS DONE BY THEN, WE ALLOW THEM TO ALIGN THEMSELVES MUCH BETTER UNDER THE NEW CA GOALS AND BE ABLE TO PIVOT UNDER COVID AND ANY OTHER DISRUPTION THAT MIGHT TAKE PLACE
  • SO VERY SOON
  • OKAY, AND I EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING SOME OF THE SPECIFICS HERE AND WE WILL BE RECEIVING THOSE COMMENTS TO HELP INFORM THE PROCESS
  • I CAN TELL YOU THAT A LOT OF THIS, JUST SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE AND THAT EVERYONE
  • IS AWARE, A LOT OF THESE CHANGES ARE NOT NECESSARILY CHANGES TO OUR GOALS
  • THEY ARE SIMPLY A REITERATION OR A REFRAMING OF GOALS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN MOVING TOWARDS
  • THE CENTURY CENTURY HAVING BEEN PASSED IN 2012, THAT SEVEN YEARS HAS SEEN TREMENDOUS CHANGE ESPECIALLY IN THE PUGET SOUND AND AT THE PORT
  • SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE OVER TIME THROUGH VARIOUS IRECTIVES AND MOTIONS IS WE'VE BEEN EVOLVING
  • BUT THE CENTURY AGENDA HASN'T
  • SO THIS IS PLAYING A LITTLE BIT OF CATCH UP
  • THERE HAS BEEN SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PUBLIC INPUT CONCERN THAT'S BEEN FOLDED INTO WHAT WE WILL PRESENT TO YOU WITH AS FAR AS OBJECTIVES
  • ALL RIGHT, THANKS
  • LET'S OPEN IT UP NOW FOR COMMISSIONER COMMENT
  • WILL YOU UNMUTE YOUR MICS COMMISSIONERS AND I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO GO THROUGH INDIVIDUALLY HERE COMMISSION COMMENTS
  • CERTAINLY COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? GREAT
  • THANK YOU
  • I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON THIS
  • I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF URGENT AND PRESSING PRIORITIES IN FRONT OF US AND I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT THIS WORK HAS CONTINUED DESPITE THAT
  • I DID WANT TO KIND OF COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT THIS AS I THINK YOU STARTED TO SAY MARIN, IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS WITH THE CENTURY AGENDA
  • I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WHILE IT IS A GUIDING LIGHT FOR US, GIVEN COVID, THAT IT'S CRITICAL FOR EVERYBODY AT THE PORT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT, RADICALLY RETHINK HOW WE DO BUSINESS AND QUESTION OUR UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE AIRPORT, OUR NDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT OUR MARINE CARGO, ABOUT OUR CRUISE BUSINESS, ABOUT FISHING, ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ALL OF OUR MAJOR LINES OF BUSINESS, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO
  • AND SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND I SUPPORT THESE REVISIONS, BUT I I WAS JUST A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMENT THAT THIS WILL THEN HELP GUIDE THE BUDGETS AND PLANNING FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS
  • I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN UNCHARTERED TERRITORY ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE ENORMOUS REVENUE DECLINES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THESE DIFFERENT LINES OF BUSINESS
  • SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION THAT BY PASSING THESE CHANGES TODAY, THAT FOLKS CAN GO OFF AND RUNNING BASED ON OLD ASSUMPTIONS
  • I DON'T THINK THAT'S AT ALL WHAT YOU MEANT, BUT I JUST FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY THAT AND SO AGAIN, THE CENTURY AGENDA HAS BEEN OUR SORT OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES, BUT THE WORK UNDERNEATH IT, REALLY LOOKING AT THE ASSUMPTIONS FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO NEEDS TO HAPPEN
  • SO, THANK YOU
  • OKAY THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • HEY CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE HEAR YOU
  • I'VE HAD SOME EXTRAORDINARY TECHNICAL CHALLENGES TODAY BUT I THINK I'M NAVIGATING IT
  • JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO MARIN AND OTHERS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THIS
  • I DO THINK THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS IN WHICH WE ARE AS MARIN MENTIONED ALIGNING THE THE INCREMENTAL REFORMS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS FROM THE ORIGINAL PASSAGE OF THE CENTURY AGENDA TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND SAYING LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THE CENTURY AGENDA REFLECTS THE DE-FACTO OPERATIONS OF THE PORT IN A REALLY POSITIVE WAY
  • SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT
  • AND I ALSO THINK COMMISSIONER BOWMAN RAISES A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT WHICH IS THIS PROVIDES THE GOAL SETTING AND NOW WE NEED TO DO THE REALLY HARD WORK AT THE STAFF LEVEL OF ALIGNING OUR TACTICS TO THOSE GOALS AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON AND WHAT WE'LL BE REVIEWING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IS THROUGH THE BUDGETING PROCESS AND OTHER STEPS THAT WE DO AS PART OF OUR BUSINESS PLAN
  • SO I APPRECIATE THIS RETHINKING AND I THINK SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT AS WE REFINE IT AND AGAIN THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? SORRY IT TOOK ME A MINUTE TO UNMUTE
  • I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THAT I THINK THIS IS REALLY TIMELY AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT THAT HAS BEEN PUT INTO THIS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK
  • I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE HOW WE CAN TACKLE THE REFORMED CENTURY AGENDA PLUS COVID SO THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? THANK YO.U I WAS DULY IMPRESSED BY THE BRIEFING I GOT PREVIOUSLY AND HOW MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE TO REALLY ALIGN A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND TO PUT IT IN WRITING
  • I'M THE ONLY COMMISSIONER THAT WAS INVOLVED WITH THE ORIGINAL CENTURY AGENDA DEVELOPMENT AS AN EXTERNAL PARTICIPANT AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC INPUT INTO THAT LENGTHY PROCESS AND I WOULD NOT SUGGEST THAT WE NEED TO GO THROUGH QUITE AS AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS BUT THAT LIKE COMMISSIONER BOWMAN SAID THE CHANCE TO SOMEWHAT RETHINK SOME ASSUMPTIONS WOULD BE WELL ADVISED AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION, I WOULD EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INPUT ON THAT PROCESS AND CERTAINLY WE'VE GOTTEN UNSOLICITED EMAILS FROM BOTH ELECTEDS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK OF SOME CONTAINED WAY OF ACCEPTING PUBLIC INPUT ON THE PROCESS
  • THE PLACE WHERE I AM STILL SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN
  • WHILE THE BROAD GOALS ARE PRETTY APPLE PIE AND HARD TO ARGUE WITH, THE KPI DEVELOPMENT AND SOME OF THE NEAR-TERM TACTICS, I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S WRITTEN THAT THE COMMISSION SHALL REVIEW AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SHALL INTRODUCED
  • WHAT YOU MEASURE IS HOW YOU DETERMINE SUCCESS AND I SEE THAT AS BEING ONE OF THE DYNAMICS THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE WORKED OUT IN TERMS OF WHAT IS REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE FOR HE COMMISSION TO FEEL THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT GOAL
  • I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE ONLY FEASIBLE TO MEASURE BUT I CAN SEE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR A HEALTHY DIALOGUE AS TO REALLY WHAT ARE THE BEST TERMS OF MEASURING THESE GOALS AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW AT THE FIRST BLUSH HERE, TAKING A HARD LOOK AT THOSE GOALS IN THE FIRST PLACE
  • YOU SAID THAT THIS IS A FIRST READING SO JUNE 9TH WOULD BE THE ADOPTION? THAT IS CORRECT
  • AND CLEARLY THE BUDGET IS WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD BUT I AM
  • THAT'S PRETTY TIGHT
  • I MEAN GIVEN THE FACT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR TWO YEARS AND WE SAID A LONG TIME AGO YES THIS NEEDS REFRESHING, STAFF PUT TWO YEARS INTO IT AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT, A MONTH? NOT EVEN? TO WORK IT? SO IT STRIKES ME AS, FOR SUCH A FUNDAMENTAL FOUNDATIONAL, DOCUMENT THAT THAT'S PRETTY TIGHT
  • AND NOW I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMBRACE INTO THE BUDGET BUT IT REALLY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR MUCH PUBLIC INPUT, NO LESS REALLY MUCH COMMISSION
  • SO I URGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT
  • AGAIN, I FELT THE BRIEFING WAS VERY THOROUGH, BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THE WEEDS
  • AGAIN
  • A LOT OF IT HAVING TO DO AT THE TEIRS BELOW THE BROADER GOAL SETTING
  • SO MAY I? PLEASE, MARIN
  • YEAH
  • SO HERE'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE
  • WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE GOALS TODAY
  • SO THAT WE CAN BRING TO YOU THE OBJECTIVES WHERE YOU REALLY CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING
  • WE WANT THAT
  • THIS DIRECTIVE ACTUALLY PROVIDES THE STRUCTURE OF FOR DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SUGGESTING WHICH IS PROVIDING VISIBILITY INTO HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THERE? YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE BE THE GREENEST PORT, BE A MODEL FOR EDI, BUT HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? AND WHAT WE'RE INVITING HERE AND CREATING HERE IS THE SPACE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO REALLY DIG INTO THE OBJECTIVES, REALLY DIG INTO THOSE KPI'S AND SAY ARE THESE KPIS OUR CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE THAT LET US KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GETTING WHERE WE NEED TO GO? HOW OFTEN AM I GOING TO SEE THEM? HOW AM I GOING TO JUDGE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE REACHING TARGETS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED AND REVIEWED BEFORE HAND? SO THAT THOSE ARE STEPS TWO AND THREE AND THOSE ARE ARGUABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES AND THEY ARE STILL COMING
  • SO PLEASE DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH THIS IS "OKAY
  • HEY, WE'RE NOW PASSING ALL OF OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND KPIS." WE'RE NOT
  • THIS IS JUST STEP ONE SO THAT WE CAN DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN AN ALIGNED AND STRUCTURED FASHION SO GOING FORWARD THE COMMISSION HAS THAT VISIBILITY
  • THEY CAN SEE WHAT THE KPIS ARE, THEY CAN SEE WHETHER OR NOT THE OBJECTIVES THAT ARE BEING STRIVING TOWARDS BY THE DIVISIONS AND COE'S ARE ACTUALLY WELL ALIGNED WITH THE GOALS THAT YOU'VE SET IN THE CENTURY AGENDA GOALS THAT YOU WOULD BE POTENTIALLY PASSING ON JUNE 9
  • SO NEXT STEPS VERY MUCH ADDRESS WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE
  • I APPRECIATE THAT
  • I JUST SAW THE MOTION WITH THE BRIEFING DOCUMENT AS BEING MUCH MORE COMPLETE, A COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENT
  • SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE MORE ITERATIVE
  • I'M ALSO A BIT OF A NITPICKER ABOUT THE LANGUAGE FOR THE GOALS
  • I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF WEIRD BEING THE GREENEST PORT, IT'S A VERY COLLOQUIAL TERM
  • BUT WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
  • BUT ALSO BEING A MODEL FOR EDI
  • I MEAN A MODEL WELL, RELATIVE TO WHAT? I MEAN AGAIN, IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENT, I REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT THOSE WORDS
  • AGAIN, THE CONCEPTS ARE ALL PRETTY CLEAR
  • BUT THESE ARE SORT OF THINGS THAT GET REPRINTED A BUNCH OF TIMES AND I JUST WANT THEM TO BE AS CONCISE AND ARTICULATE AS THEY CAN BE
  • I THINK THE CAPTURED OF THE SPIRIT IS THERE
  • AGAIN THE BULLETS THAT YOU HAD UNDERNEATH THOSE GOALS BETWEEN JOB CREATION AND EDI, OBVIOUSLY WMBE IS IN BOTH.THERE'S CERTAIN PLACES WHERE
  • I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU WOULD PUT THOSE EXAMPLES UNDER EACH OF THOSE COLUMNS AS
  • AGAIN IT'S REALLY JUST A FINER SCRUB THAT I'D LIKE TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME WITH BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE PUBLIC INPUT REALLY IS THE MOST RELEVANT
  • THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO KPI'S
  • AGAIN, MAYBE IT'D JUST BE AN ELECTRONIC SOLICITATION WHICH IS SEEMS LIKE ALL WE CAN BE DOING THESE DAYS BUT TO LOOK AT THOSE GOALS AND GET SOME FEEDBACK BEFORE WE LAY HANDS ON IT AND CALL IT GOOD
  • OKAY
  • I'D LIKE TO ADD SOME COMMENTS HERE AS WEL.L AGAIN MUCH THANKS TO MARIN AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF FROM THE WORK ON THIS
  • I SHOULD REMIND COMMISSIONERS THAT WE FIRST DISCUSSED THIS IN JANUARY AT OUR COMMISSION RETREAT
  • SPECIFICALLY THESE GOALS ARE THE ESTABLISHED GOALS AND WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE REFLECTED HERE
  • SO IT'S BEEN OVER FIVE MONTHS THAT THIS HAS BEEN AT LEAST IN THE DISCUSSION MODE AND THERE HAVE BEEN BRIEFINGS WITH COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF I THINK AT LEAST TWO OR THREE SINCE THEN
  • SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST BEING POPPED OUT OF A HAT
  • IT'S AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL
  • IF WE CAN'T AGREE ON THESE SIX SPECIFIC GOALS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD
  • SO I AM COMFORTABLE WITH THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS, WITH THE REVIEW
  • I DO WANT TO HEAR MORE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES
  • SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, KPI'S IF YOU WILL
  • AND THEY NEED TO REFLECT THESE GOALS
  • SO THAT'S WHERE THERE'S ROOM FOR SOME MORE WORK I THINK AND MORE DETAILED ATTENTION
  • I DO THINK THAT THERE IS, TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN'S POINT ABOUT USING WORDS APPROPRIATELY AND PRECISELY I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND TO NOT LEAVE A LOT OF AMBIGUITY ABOUT THAT AND SO I DEFINE FOR MYSELF FOR EXAMPLE RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT UNDER GOAL 3 MEANING NOT RECKLESS INVESTMENT, MEANING INVESTMENT IS INFORMED BY OUR COLLECTIVE VALUES AROUND SOCIAL EQUITY, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, AND ECONOMIC FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY
  • THAT'S WHAT TO ME RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT MEANS
  • UNDER BEING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE, PEOPLE CAN INTERPRET A LOT OF THINGS FROM THAT IN TERMS OF GOAL NUMBER 6 AND FOR ME THAT MEANS ACTUALLY DELIVERING ON THE RESULTS
  • DELIVERING THE RESULTS THAT WE WANT TO SEE THAT WE SET OBJECTIVES FOR AND STRATEGIES TO CARRY OUT
  • THAT'S BEING HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AND IT MEANS BEING HIGHLY ACCOUNTABLE AT THE SAME TIME TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE SERVE AND BEING TRANSPARENT
  • SO THOSE ARE JUST MY VIEWS OF SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THERE BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD, HIGH-LEVEL LANGUAGE
  • THIS IS NOT A BIBLE, BUT IT IS A KIND OF LIVING CHARTER I THINK THAT VERY FEW IF ANY OTHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT HAVE EVER UNEVEN UNDERTAKEN TO ADVANCE AND SET LONG TERM GOALS FOR HOW THE PUBLIC IS TO BE SERVED AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY ADMIRABLE
  • I THOUGHT SO WHEN IT FIRST CAME OUT COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EARLY WORK AND YOUR CITIZEN ACTIVISM IN HELPING CRAFT THE ORIGINAL CENTURY AGENDA
  • THAT SAID, IT IS TIME FOR A REFRESHER
  • I DON'T THINK THIS SHOULD BE A WHOLESALE, THROW IT ALL OUT AND START OVER AGAIN
  • THERE'S TOO MUCH HERE THAT IS OF VALUE THAT REFLECTS A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND A LOT OF PROCESS
  • WE DO NEED TO BE INFORMED BY COVID
  • WE DON'T KNOW THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS OF COVID
  • WE SENSE IT'S MONUMENTAL BUT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT RIGHT NOW AND IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO PREDICT THE FUTURE IN EVEN SEVERAL, FEW YEARS AHEAD HERE
  • BUT WE DO NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT WE'RE IN A CHANGED WORLD FUNDAMENTALLY AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC
  • CAN I JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING? I WAS NOT SUGGESTING A WHOLESALE REWRITE
  • BUT THE THE POINT THAT YOU JUST MADE THOUGH IS WORTHY OF PONDERING I THINK
  • THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS A GOAL BASED ON CERTAIN EXPECTATIONS OF STABILITY, GROWTH CURVES THAT WE ARE FAMILIAR WITH, LOOKING AT HISTORY AS SOMEWHAT OF A PREDICTION OF THE FUTURE, AND AND WE REALLY ARE AT THIS MOMENT NOT ABLE TO DO THAT
  • AND TO ME THAT SPEAKS TO THE QUESTION OF DO WE HAVE SOME SHORT-TERM GOALS FIRST? THE OVERALL GOALS, I'M NOT TAKING ISSUE WITH AT ALL
  • I JUST THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING, BECAUSE IT IS FOUNDATIONAL, IS WORTHY OF PUBLIC INPUT
  • LIKE I SAID, NOT A REWRITE
  • JUST TAKING SOME OPPORTUNITY TO LET PEOPLE HEAR THIS AND QUITE FRANKLY THE FEEDBACK I'VE HEARD IS VERY GOOD
  • WE SHOULD GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ENCOURAGING OR SUPPORTIVE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE
  • SO AGAIN IT'S NOT A REWRITE
  • I AM WONDERING THOUGH BECAUSE OF COVID WHETHER WE LOOK AT KIND OF MAYBE A NEAR-TERM AND A LONGER-TERM STRATEGY BUILT IN RIGHT NOW
  • CLEARLY THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST AND A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT AND I THINK WE CAN DO ONE THING, TO INTRODUCE THE MOTION TODAY SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT ENGAGEMENT
  • ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR OUR PRESENTERS BEFORE WE TAKE CALL FOR A MOTION? SO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK HAD A COMMENT THAT HE WANTED TO MAKE
  • DIRECTOR METRUCK, PLEASE
  • EXCELLENT DISCUSSION TODAY
  • I APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ON THIS
  • AS WE WERE MENTIONING, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY, THE CHANGING TO THE GOALS, IS PUTTING IN PLACE MINOR CHANGES
  • BUT THESE ARE ENDURING AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN BE ADAPTABLE
  • THESE ENDURING GOALS, WE CAN FIND THE FLEXIBILITY TO ALIGN UNDERNEATH THEM IN THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, AND THE WORK TO COME
  • AND I TAKE ALL THE COMMENTS WE'VE TOUCH AND UPON, ESPECIALLY COMMISSIONER BOWMAN TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? WHAT IS THE POST COVID WORLD? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN THOSE CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS? I THINK THAT THE STAFF IS ALREADY UNDERTAKING THAT, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THAT, AND DIGESTING WHAT IS THE CHANGE IN MARKETS? WHAT IS THE CHANGE OF WHERE WE WANT TO GO? BUT I THINK WHAT WE'LL PROVE OUT IN OUR NEW PROCESS IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME BACK YOU WITH THE FLEXIBILITY
  • IF WE MAKE THE REVISION TO THESE GOALS, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION CHOOSES TO ADOPT, WHICH IS MY HIGH RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE CAN ADAPT THAT WORK AND IT CAN BE ADAPTABLE GOING FORWARD IN A POST COVID ENVIRONMENT AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH THAT FLEXIBILITY, THAT NIMBLENESS TO BE MOVING ACROSS THAT AND SEEING HOW WE NEED TO CHANGE IN EACH OF THOSE BUSINESS LINES, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN KIND OF MARCHED THROUGH THEM AND HOW WE CAN ALIGN THAT GOING FORWARD IN OUR GOALS FOR 2020 AND BEYOND AS WE MOVE INTO OUR BUDGETING PROCESS FOR 2021
  • VERY GOOD
  • THANK YOU DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • IS THERE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE RESOLUTION THREE SEVEN SEVEN FIVE? SO MOVED
  • IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND
  • CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON COMMISSIONERS
  • ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK? YES
  • YOU HAVE FIVE AYE'S AND ZERO NAY'S
  • MOTION PASSES
  • ITEM 8B ITEM 8B IS THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: APPROVAL OF MINUTES, DESIGNATION OF OFFICERS, AND ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2019
  • COMMISSION WILL NOW RECESS TO CONDUCT AN ANNUAL MEETING OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE THE TIME IS APPROXIMATELY 1:47 P.M
  • THE IDC IS A SPECIAL CORPORATION MAINTAINED BY THE PORT OF SEATTLE FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES DEFINED BY THE STATE LAW AND CORPORATION'S CHARTER
  • IT HAS BEEN SEVERAL YEARS SINCE THERE WAS NEW INVESTMENT ACTIVITY IN THE IDC, WE HOLD THIS MEETING TO RECEIVE AN ANNUAL REPORT, CONFIRM OFFICERS AND APPROVE MINUTES
  • DURING THIS MEETING COMMISSIONERS WILL BE ACTING AS DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION
  • SO PUT ON YOUR HATS
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • COMMISSIONERS, AS YOU KNOW, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE IDC IS A SPECIAL-PURPOSE GOVERNMENT WITH LIMITED POWERS WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO FACILITATE INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION THROUGH TAX-EXEMPT FINANCING
  • THINK OF IT AS A FINANCING SUBSIDIARY
  • THERE WAS NO IDC FINANCING IN 2019
  • TO WALK US THROUGH THIS IS SCOTT BERTRAM, THE MANAGER OF CORPORATE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
  • SCOTT? GOOD AFTERNOON
  • CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? YES
  • WONDERFUL
  • THERE'S TWO ITEMS TO BEGIN WITH
  • TWO ACTION ITEMS THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED MINUTES OF LAST YEAR'S MEETING WHICH TOOK PLACE ON MARCH 26TH 2019
  • THOSE DRAFT MINUTES HAVE BEEN CIRCULATED TO THE BOARD AND APPROVED MINUTES WILL BE POSTED TO THE PORT'S WEBSITE
  • IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH YOU'LL NEED TO HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS
  • WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND
  • CORRECT
  • SO MOVED
  • WAITING FOR A SECOND
  • SECOND
  • OKAY IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
  • ALRIGHT COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK? YES
  • THAT IS FIVE AYES
  • WE WILL NOW
  • RIGHT THE SECOND ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE IDC'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 2020
  • IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE IDC BYLAWS, THE OFFICERS OF THE IDC ARE THE SAME AS THE OFFICERS OF THE PORT
  • THAT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD
  • I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION TO CONFIRM THE IDC OFFICERS FOR THIS YEAR
  • IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED
  • SECOND? SECOND
  • COMMISSIONERS PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? AYE
  • AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK? YES
  • YOU HAVE FIVE AYE'S
  • MOTION CARRIES
  • ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? [SILENCE] DO WE HAVE A PRESENTER ON THIS? THERE'S NO FORMAL PRESENTATION
  • WE'VE ATTACHED THE 2019 ANNUAL REPORT WHICH YOU ALL HAVE RECEIVED WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN POSTED FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC
  • IT CONTAINS ALL THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON IDC AS WELL AS IT'S 2019 LIMITED FINANCIAL ACTIVITY
  • SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE BUT THERE'S NO FORMAL PRESENTATION ON THIS
  • SO LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME
  • HEARING NONE? SHOULD WE GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE MEETING? LET'S MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY
  • THANKS, LAUREN
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? NO COMMENT
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? NO FURTHER COMMENTS
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? NOTHING
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? I THINK IT'S WORTHY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE IDC AND ITS RELEVANT BENEFIT TO US
  • WE'RE CALLING A SPECIAL SESSION, HAVING TO VOTE, AND NOBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
  • [LAUGHTER] SURE
  • I'M HAPPY TO ADD A LITTLE COLOR THERE IF THAT'S HELPFUL
  • THE PORT'S IDC WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1982 TO FACILITATE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN KING COUNTY BY EFFECTIVELY PROVIDING A FINANCING VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH A PRIVATE COMPANY COULD ACCESS THE TAX-EXEMPT MUNICIPAL MARKET WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY WHAT THE PORT DOES WHEN IT ISSUES BONDS FOR OUR OWN PROJECTS
  • SO THE IDC ITSELF IS A CONDUIT
  • THE IDC DOES NOT ACTUALLY LEND ANY MONEY NOR DOES THE PORT
  • ALL DEBT THAT WOULD BE ISSUED BY A BUSINESS THROUGH THE IDC IS NON RECOURSE TO THE PORT AND TO THE IDC
  • SO IN THE REPORT THERE'S A NOTE THAT PRIOR TO 1986 THIS FINANCING VEHICLE WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST IN THAT MANY MORE PROJECTS WERE ALLOWABLE UNDER FEDERAL LAW
  • SINCE THAT TAX REFORM ACT IN 1986, THE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND FACILITIES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR TAX EXEMPT FINANCING GREATLY DIMINISHED AND AS A RESULT THE PORT'S IDC'S, AND REALLY IDC'S IN GENERAL, BECAUSE THE PORT'S IDC ISN'T THE ONLY SORT OF THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN, THESE IDC'S HAVE SEEN VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF NEW FINANCING
  • THE PORT'S IDC HAD I THINK 15 PROJECTS THAT IT HELPED FINANCE BETWEEN 1982 AND 86
  • BUT SINCE THEN THERE'S ONLY BEEN TWO
  • AND AS OF YEAR END 2019, THERE ARE ONLY TWO COMPANIES WITH OUTSTANDING DEBT THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED THROUGH THE IDC WITH A FINAL MATURITY IN 2030
  • IS THAT HELPFUL? COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, I APPRECIATE YOUR ASKING THAT QUESTION
  • THIS IS AN OBSCURE AREA OF SOME OF OUR DUTIES HERE AND THE HATS WE WEAR AS PORT COMMISSIONERS
  • I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT IT IS A FINANCIAL FINANCING TOOL THAT UTILIZES DEBT
  • AND THE TYPES OF PROGRAMS OR PROJECTS THAT WE CAN FINANCE IS HIGHLY RESTRICTED AND IT HAS NOT BEEN UTILIZED IN RECENT YEARS
  • IS THAT CORRECT SCOTT? THAT'S ACCURATE
  • CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS FINANCIAL TOOL EXACTLY ARE? BROADLY SPEAKING FOR A PROJECT TO QUALIFY IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET FEDERAL LAW
  • SO THE SAME FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT COVER THE PORT'S TAX-EXEMPT BOND FINANCING
  • IT HAS TO MEET STATE LAW, RCW AND ALSO HAS TO COMPLY WITH PORT POLICY
  • I LOOK IT AS A VENN DIAGRAM DIAGRAM WHERE YOU HAVE TO FIND THE SWEET SPOT RIGHT IN BETWEEN WHERE IT QUALIFIES FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE
  • WE DID SOME RESEARCH A FEW YEARS AGO ON WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT MIGHT QUALIFY
  • IT'S TRANSPORTATION, SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL, THERE'S SMALL MANUFACTURING
  • THOSE WERE THE THREE BUCKETS BROADLY THAT WOULD QUALIFY UNDER BOTH FEDERAL IRS TAX CODE AND THE IDC STATUTE
  • BUT THAT'S ONLY PART OF IT
  • PART OF IT IS WHICH PROJECTS QUALIFY
  • THOSE HAVE BEEN GREATLY REDUCED
  • THERE'S ALSO THE PART ABOUT DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR THE PRIVATE BUSINESS TO USE AN IDC, OR SPECIFICALLY, THE PORT'S IDC
  • LOOKING AT THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT, IT IS REALLY A STRONG BENEFIT FOR THEM TO USE THE IDC IN THAT RIGHT NOW ARE SO LOW THAT THERE IS A REAL STRONG BENEFIT FOR THEM TO PURSUE THAT OPTION BECAUSE IT DOES COME WITH CERTAIN COSTS, TOO
  • DISCLOSURE COSTS, OTHER THINGS
  • SO IN GENERAL THE TWO PROJECTS AS A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING, CROWLEY HAD DONE SOME DOCK IMPROVEMENTS AT T-16, T-17 I BELIEVE AND THEN WE HAVE THE DELTA HANGAR OUT AT THE AIRPORT WHICH IS ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED BY NORTHWEST BEFORE IT WAS MERGED WITH WITH DELTA
  • THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUTSTANDING
  • AS I SAID BEFORE IDC'S IN GENERAL, THESE COMPANIES ARE AWARE OF THEM IT'S JUST HOW LUCRATIVE THEY REALLY ARE IS THE ISSUE
  • THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BENEFIT AT THIS TIME
  • THINGS MAY CHANGE
  • THERE COULD BE CHANGES IN REGULATIONS IN THE FUTURE, YOU COULD HAVE, I DON'T KNOW IN THE NEAR TERM, BUT YOU COULD HAVE RISING RATES WHERE ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT TAX EXEMPTION REALLY DOES LOOK APPEALING
  • THERE COULD BE OTHER THINGS
  • SO WE KEEP AN EYE ON IT IN THAT SENSE
  • JUST A HYPOTHETICAL HERE
  • I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS CAN BE USED FOR AND WHAT CAN'T
  • I WOULD THROW OUT SOME EXAMPLES AND ASK IF YOU COULD RESPOND WITH WHETHER THEY WOULD BE WITHIN THE RANGE OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS
  • LET'S SAY BROADBAND IF WE WANT TO DEVELOP BROADBAND AS A UTILITY
  • WHAT IF WE WANTED TO DO A SOLAR ARRAY TO ADD POWER TO THE TO THE ELECTRIC GRID? WHAT ABOUT SHORE POWER TO THE CENTRAL WATERFRONT? WHAT ABOUT SUSTAINABLE FUELS DEVELOPMENT FOR SUPPLYING AVIATION? ANY PLAUSIBLE AREAS FOR-- POSSIBLY
  • I THINK WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS IF YOU HAVE SPECIFICS IN MIND THAT WE COULD MAYBE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU
  • AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SOME OF THE TAX CODE ISN'T EXACTLY BLACK AND WHITE AND SO WE TYPICALLY LOOP IN LEGAL BOTH INSIDE AND EXTERNAL BOND COUNSEL TO LOOK AT THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING EACH POTENTIAL USE AND WEIGH IN ON THAT MANNER
  • ALL RIGHT
  • ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY
  • INTERESTING TOPIC HERE TO BRIEFLY COVER
  • HEARING NONE, LET US MOVE ON BACK TO OUR REGULAR COMMISSION AGENDA
  • HEARING NO FURTHER BUSINESS OF TO PORT OF SEATTLE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, THE IDC ANNUAL MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED
  • THE TIME IS 1:55 P.M
  • AND THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION MEETING IS NOW RECONVENED
  • AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS WHICH IS--
  • ITEM 8C IS AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ONE, EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 6 MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS; TWO, TO UTILIZE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND TO ADVERTISE AND EXECUTE A GC CM CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES; AND THREE, USE PORT CREWS FOR PRE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES FOR THE C1 BUILDING EXPANSION PROJECT AT SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 10 MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF A TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST OF 340 MILLION DOLLARS
  • DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • COMMISSIONERS, YOU LAST RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM AT THE MARCH 10TH COMMISSION MEETING
  • THIS PROJECT WAS AUTHORIZED TO MOVE FORWARD AS PART OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN MOTION PASSED IN APRIL
  • UPON COMPLETION, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE NEW AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL OPTIONS, PREMIUM CLUB SPACES, NEW OFFICE SPACE FOR TENANTS
  • PRESENTERS ARE JAMES JENNINGS, ADAM OLSON, AND HEATHER MUNDANE AS THEY PRESENT THIS, THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THE CHANGES IN THE POST COVID WORLD AS WE LOOKED AT THIS GOING FORWARD
  • SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JAMES
  • ALL RIGHT
  • THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • MY NAME IS JAMES JENNINGS
  • I'M THE DIRECTOR OF AVIATION BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES
  • PRESENTING WITH ME TODAY IS ADAM OLSON AND HEATHER MUNDEN FROM OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ENGINEERING TEAMS WE ARE HERE TODAY TO REQUEST COMMISSION APPROVED TEN POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN INCREMENTAL DESIGN AND GCM AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE C1 BUILDING PROJECT
  • AS STEVE INDICATED WE RECENTLY BRIEFED COMMISSION IN MARCH RIGHT BEFORE THE EMERGENT COVID 19 OUTBREAK
  • AT THAT TIME WE INDICATED WE INTENDED TO RETURN SOON TO REQUEST FULL DESIGN AND GCM PROCUREMENT FOR THIS PROJECT
  • NO SURPRISE WITH THE COVID 19 OUTBREAK, WE'VE TAKEN SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO RETHINK OUR APPROACH AND MAKE SURE WE HAD A SOLID JUSTIFICATION AND PLAN TO MOVE FORWARD
  • THE KEY PART OF THAT PLAN WAS TO CHECK IN WITH SOME OF OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS
  • IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER HOWEVER THAT THE COSTS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE NOT GOING TO HIT THE AIRLINE RATE BASE UNTIL YEARS DOWN THE ROAD
  • BUT WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO POSITION OURSELVES AND OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS TO HAVE SUPPORT FOR THIS IMPORTANT FUTURE PROJECT
  • THOSE AIRLINE CONVERSATIONS CHANGED TWO KEY THINGS: WE'VE DELAYED OUR INCLUSION OF THIS PROJECT IN THE MOST RECENT MII BALLOT THAT'S THE MAJORITY INTEREST VOTE THAT'S CURRENTLY PART OF THE SIGNATORY LEASE AND OPERATING AGREEMENT
  • THIS MII VOTE IS NOT REQUIRED UNTIL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION
  • ADDITIONALLY WE DECREASED THE ORIGINAL ASK TO COMMISSION TODAY
  • ORIGINALLY THE FULL ASK WAS GOING TO BE UPWARDS OF SEVENTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS WHEREAS TODAY WE'RE TAKING AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH IN REQUESTING TEN POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS
  • THIS DECREASE COMMISSION REQUEST REPRESENTS AN INCREMENTAL APPROACH TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD WHILE NOT COMMITTING TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE DESIGN GCM AUTHORIZATION
  • ALASKA AIRLINES WORKED WITH US TO DEVELOP THIS INCREMENTAL APPROACH AND ARE IN SUPPORT OF OUR COMMISSION REQUEST TODAY
  • ALSO SINCE WE LAST CAME TO COMMISSION IN MARCH, THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT, SEPA CAME OUT WITH A DETERMINATION OF NON SIGNIFICANCE FOR THIS C1 PROJECT
  • THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POSITIVE MILESTONE TO KEEP THIS CRITICAL ON TRACK
  • I WILL HAND IT OVER TO ADAM OLSEN
  • ADAM YOU SHOULD BE UNMUTED
  • LET ME MUTE AND SEND THE PROMPT AGAIN
  • THERE WE GO I THINK
  • YOU CAN HEAR ME NOW? YES WE CAN
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • MY NAME IS ADAM OLSEN, PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE AVIATION PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP
  • [INAUDIBLE] THE AUTHORIZATION THAT WE'RE REQUESTING TODAY WILL ALLOW PORT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SEVERAL ELEMENTS OF OUR DESIGN
  • WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROCURE A DESIGN FIRM, DEVELOP ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPTS, DEVELOPED 30% DESIGN DOCUMENTS, DEVELOP SUSTAINABILITY OPTIONS, AND PROCURE A GCM THAT WE'LL PERFORM PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
  • THESE ARE SUBSTANTIAL MILESTONES THAT WILL ALLOW THE PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT OVER COMMITTING CAPITAL IN THIS TIME OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
  • IF I COULD ASK FOR THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • GREAT THANK YOU
  • THE FIRST SLIDE IS A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE C1 BUILDING EXPANSION SCOPE
  • WE WILL BE ADDING TWO FLOORS OF NEW ADR LOCATIONS, CONSTRUCTING NEW LEASABLE OFFICE SPACE, AND WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT TWO NEW PREMIUM LOUNGES
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • I WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY TODAY ABOUT OUR DESIGN APPROACH FOR THE C1 BUILDING SINCE IT IS SUCH A LARGE PROJECT
  • SO AT THIS POINT THE PROJECT TEAM HAS CREATED A PROJECT DEFINITION DOCUMENT OR PDD
  • A PDD IS A SCOPE OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND VETTED BY INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, FACILITIES, AND INFRASTRUCTURE
  • A PD IS A DOCUMENT THAT IS THE FOUNDATION THAT THE DESIGNER THAT WE HIRE AFTER THIS AUTHORIZATION WILL BUILD ON TO DEVELOP OUR FINAL PROJECT DESIGN
  • IN ADDITION TO THE PDD, THE C1 PROJECT IS GOING TO BE DESIGNED TO BUDGET
  • THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH INTERNAL DISCIPLINE TO PREVENT SCOPE CREEP BY HIRING A DESIGN TEAM THAT HAS EXPERIENCE ADJUSTING DESIGN SCOPE TO MEET PROJECT BUDGET AND BY USING GCM TO BACK CHECK REPORT ESTIMATES AND SCHEDULE AT EACH MAJOR MILESTONE
  • DURING OUR DESIGN PROCUREMENT, THE PROJECT TEAM WILL BE ASKING PROPOSERS TO BRING INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR THE DESIGN AND SUSTAINABILITY TO THE PORT'S SELECTION TEAM
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • C1 FOLLOWS THE NEW REQUIREMENT THAT LARGE PROJECTS PERFORM AN INDEPENDENT ESTIMATE
  • THE PROJECT TEAM HAD THE INDEPENDENT ESTIMATOR PROVIDE THEIR OWN CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE BASED ON THE SCOPE OF WORK OUTLINED IN THE PDD DOCUMENT
  • THE RESULTS WERE VERY POSITIVE WITH THE TWO ESTIMATES BEING WITHIN 10% OF EACH OTHER
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • SO THIS IS A SLIDE I THINK THE COMMISSION IS PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH
  • THIS IS THE CONE OF CERTAINTY
  • THIS JUST ILLUSTRATES GRAPHICALLY WHERE WE'RE AT IN OUR PROCESS TODAY AND HOW CERTAIN WE ARE WITH OUR PRICING
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • C1 IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST PROJECT TO GO THROUGH THE SPARK PROCESS
  • IT'S ALSO THE FIRST PROJECT TO BE IDENTIFIED AS A TIER 3 PROJECT
  • THAT MEANS THIS PROJECT WILL INCORPORATE A HIGH LEVEL OF SUSTAINABILITY
  • THIS AUTHORIZATION WILL ALLOW THE PROJECT TEAM TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABILITY OPTIONS FOR THE COMMISSION'S SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND PROVIDE INPUT AND DIRECTION ON
  • WE ANTICIPATE RETURNING TO THIS COMMITTEE AT 30% WITH OPTIONS BOTH FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND FOR TOTAL COST OWNERSHIP
  • NEXT SLIDE
  • AND AT THIS POINT I'M GOING TO TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO HEATHER FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS
  • LET ME GET HEATHER UNMUTED
  • HEATHER, YOU DID YOU RECEIVE AN UNMUTE PROMPT? GOT IT
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ADAM AND JJ
  • GOOD AFTERNOON
  • MY NAME IS HEATHER MUNDUN
  • I AM A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER IN ENGINEERING
  • AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THIS AUTHORIZATION ALLOWS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF A GCCM AND FUNDING FOR THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION PHASE
  • THAT INCLUDES SURVEYING EXISTING CONDITIONS, PROVIDING EARLY SCHEDULES AND ESTIMATES
  • WE ALSO HAVE THE ACTIONS TO UTILIZE AN MCCM AND ECCM FOR THE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SCOPES FOR THIS PROJECT
  • NEXT SLIDE PLEASE
  • THERE ARE A VARIETY OF BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF GCM
  • THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE THE GCM TEAM WORKING HAND-IN-HAND WITH THE DESIGN TEAM AND PORT
  • THE GCCM WILL BRING VALUABLE EXPERTISE AND COLLABORATION ON SCHEDULE, PHASING, DESIGN, AND COST ESTIMATION THAT WILL HELP US MAINTAIN THE BUDGET
  • ADDITIONALLY, THE USE OF ECCM AND MCCM CAN ALLOW EARLY DESIGN INPUT ON THE CATEGORY ELECTRICAL SCOPE WHICH CAN ALSO HELP IN MAINTAINING THE BUDGET
  • NEXT SLIDE ACTUALLY CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION
  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
  • ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? LET'S MOVE ON TO THE COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS
  • STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
  • GREAT
  • THANK YOU
  • MY QUESTION I'VE GOT SEVERAL
  • FIRST ONE FOR JJ
  • YOU SAID THAT YOU HAD SPOKEN WITH THE AIRLINES BUT YOU DIDN'T SAY WHAT THEY SAID
  • WHAT DID THEY SAY ABOUT THIS PROJECT? HAPPY TO SHARE ABOUT THAT
  • AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IN THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CLIMATE ALL OF OUR CARRIERS ARE VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT SPENDING AND IN THEIR MINDS ARE FOCUSED ON SHORT TERM NOT THINKING FIVE AND SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD
  • SO THERE WAS SOME RECOGNITIONS THAT THE NEED PRECOVID WAS THERE AND IS THERE AND IN SOME SENSE THAT DEMAND AT THE AIRPORT HAS EXCEEDED THE CAPACITY WE HAVE
  • SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY CATCH-UP AND SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS IS, IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROGRESS THIS PROJECT SO THAT BY THE TIME WE'RE ABLE TO GET IT IN PLACE, THE DEMAND WILL WILL BE THERE AGAIN
  • BUT NO DOUBT THE FEEDBACK WAS LET'S SPEND WHAT WE NEED TO TO KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING WHILE THE FUTURE BEGINS TO BECOME CLEAR AND SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DID
  • WE REFINED OUR ASKED TO REQUEST JUST AN INCREMENTAL PORTION TO KEEP US MOVING
  • AS THE WE GET SIX MONTHS, NINE MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO CONTINUE DESIGN AND GO ON FROM THERE
  • SO TO GET MORE SPECIFIC, THE MAJOR CARRIERS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS REQUEST COMING FORWARD TODAY? THE OFFICIAL REQUEST ASKED US TO REMOVE IT FROM FROM THE MII BALLOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMING AND IN SO DOING WE HAD SOME COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA AIRLINES
  • IT'S PREDOMINANTLY WITH THEIR AIRLINE TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE TO BASICALLY REFINE AND DETERMINE WHAT A MORE INCREMENTAL APPROACH MIGHT BE
  • SO WE'VE HAD THREE BRIEFINGS AT THE AAA C WITH TWO OF THOSE PRIOR TO COVID AND THERE WAS GENERAL SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT
  • AGAIN MOST RECENTLY THE THE COST SENSITIVITIES OF ALL THE AIRLINES ARE TOP OF MIND AND A POINT THAT ANY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT WON'T ACTUALLY IMPACT THE CARRIER'S UNTIL THE THE PROJECT IS CONSTRUCTED MANY YEARS DOWN THE ROAD
  • SO TWO OTHER QUESTIONS: WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AT THIS POINT? ADAM, RESPOND TO THAT
  • SO I CAN TAKE THAT
  • SO RIGHT NOW THE ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION IS 2027
  • HOWEVER I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE GCM TO PULL THAT IN WE BELIEVE SIGNIFICANTLY
  • IT IS AN OCCUPIED BUILDING SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND AS WE BUILD
  • THAT'S EXTENDS THE DURATION BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN GET SOME INNOVATION FROM THE GCM TO BRING THAT IN
  • OKAY AND THEN JUST TWO MORE QUESTIONS
  • ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE BEEN ASKING OF ALMOST ALL THE PROJECTS
  • TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THE PROJECT BUDGET NOW REFLECTS WHAT I WOULD CALL THE COVID PREMIUM IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACTORS HAVING TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITE: HEALTH AND SAFETY FOR THEIR WORKERS
  • HAVE WE FACTORED THAT INTO THIS PROJECT? SO WE HAVE NOT CHANGED THE PROJECT BUDGET SINCE WE INTERNALLY GOT APPROVAL
  • I WILL SAY THAT WE ARE FAR ENOUGH OUT RIGHT NOW THAT A LOT OF ITEMS CAN CHANGE EITHER WAY
  • SO I HAVE NOT ADDED AN ADDITIONAL LINE ITEM FOR THAT
  • I DO THINK WE WILL HAVE TIME FOR THAT BUT I WOULD ALSO BE HOPEFUL THAT BY THE TIME WE ARE READY TO BUILD THIS THAT THOSE IMPACTS WOULD BE MUCH MORE MINIMAL THAN WHAT WE WOULD SEE TODAY
  • YEAH I'LL JUST JUST ADD
  • WE'RE IN THAT EARLY DESIGN STAGE AT THIS POINT AND THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS GOING FORWARD THAT COULD HAPPEN
  • DEMAND FOR CONSTRUCTION IN OUR REGION MAY BE CHANGING, AS YOU INDICATE THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEW ENVIRONMENT MAY BE CHANGING
  • THAT'S REALLY WHY WE SHOW THAT KIND OF CERTAINTY THAT THERE'S STILL SOME UNKNOWNS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THE TOTAL PROJECT SCOPE AND RIGHT NOW WE WHAT WE DETERMINED IS IT'S A VIABLE PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PROGRESS AND HOPEFULLY AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD SOME OF THOSE DETAILS WILL BEGIN TO BE CLEAR AND WE CAN BETTER REFINE AND TIGHTEN UP WHAT THE PROJECT BUDGET ULTIMATELY WILL BE
  • OKAY I JUST TWO MORE COMMENTS AND THEN I'LL PASS IT OFF TO MY COLLEAGUES
  • SO FIRST I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT
  • JJ, IN ONE OF YOUR OWN IN REMARKS YOU SAID THAT THE AIRLINES WERE ONLY LOOKING AT THE NEAR TERM AND WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE
  • QUITE FRANKLY I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S ACCURATE
  • I THINK THEY'RE VERY MUCH THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THREE, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW AND WHETHER THEY CAN SURVIVE
  • AND THEN SECOND THIS GOES TO MY COMMENT EARLIER IN THE MEETING ABOUT CHALLENGING ALL OF OUR ASSUMPTIONS
  • STEVE I WILL SUPPORT THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AT THIS STAGE RIGHT NOW
  • BUT I AM URGING YOU TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AND BRING BEFORE THE COMMISSION THE ENTIRE PLAN FOR THE AIRPORT
  • BECAUSE IT CANT BE BROUGHT TO US PIECEMEAL
  • THINGS HAVE CHANGED AND EVERYBODY IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY FROM THE BOEING CORPORATION TO THE CEOS OF THE AIRLINES ALL HAVE BEEN SAYING PUBLICLY THAT THEY ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL TAKE THREE, FIVE, MAYBE SEVEN YEARS FOR AIR TRAFFIC TO RETURN TO 2019 LEVELS IF IT EVEN DOES
  • AND SO I'M URGING YOU TO RECONSIDER OUR UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS
  • I AM ALL FOR JUMPING FORWARD ON A PROJECT IF WE CAN GET AHEAD OF IT AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE C1
  • IT'S AN INTERESTING PROJECT
  • IT ADDS A LOT OF NEW AND DIFFERENT CAPACITY TO THE AIRPORT AND IT'S DONE VERY CREATIVELY SO KUDOS TO THE STAFF
  • THIS ISN'T ABOUT THE PROJECT ITSELF BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO REALLY CONSIDER RESPONDING TO THE CONDITIONS IN FRONT OF US AND JUST TESTING THE ASSUMPTIONS
  • IS THIS IT THE SAME PROJECT THAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS BACK IN JANUARY? SO AGAIN I'LL SUPPORT THIS MOVING FORWARD BUT STEVE I VERY MUCH EXPECT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT YOU'RE TAKING A HARD LOOK AT ALL OF THE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE PORT BUT IN PARTICULAR AT THE AIRPORT WHICH HAS BEEN HIT HARDEST BY THE SITUATION
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HEAR YOU ON THAT IN THAT SINCE WE CAN'T BE MAKING EYE CONTACT THAT I DO HEAR YOU
  • AND AS WE LOOK AT THAT, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT, BUT TO GET BACK TO YOU WITH THAT AS WE CONSIDER OUR COMPETE VIEW OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING AT THE PORT INCLUDING AVIATION
  • OKAY I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? ALL RIGHT SO I'VE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS AS WELL
  • AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S CALLING AN AUDIBLE AND MOVING FROM SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER AUTHORIZATION REQUEST TO A REQUEST THAT ALLOWS FOR THE DESIGN TO CONTINUE BUT DOES NOT CREATE SUCH A HUGE SUNK COST LINE THAT IT BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR US TO ULTIMATELY DECIDE THAT IT MAY NOT BE WISE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH
  • SO WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS I WAS RECALLING EARLY ON IN MY TERM A PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR ADR PROGRAM AND NON AERONAUTICAL REVENUES AND IT BEING EMPHASIZED THAT COMPARED TO OUR PEER AIRPORT,S WE LAG IN TERMS OF SPENDING PER PASSENGER
  • I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE METRIC WAS BUT THAT'S IN PART BECAUSE RELATIVE TO THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS WE HAVE COMING THROUGH THE TERMINAL, WE HAVE A SMALLER AMOUNT OF RETAIL SPACE
  • SO EVEN WERE WE TO NOT RETURN TO 2019 LEVELS FOR A FEW YEARS OR EVEN APPROACHING THAT LET'S SAY IN 2027 WHEN THIS FACILITY IS TO OPEN, I THINK AT THAT LEVEL WE WILL CAPTURE A SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED AMOUNT OF REVENUE FOR TENANTS AND THEREFORE THE PORT BY OPENING A FACILITY LIKE THIS
  • I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN THAT BEFORE WE MAKE ANY FINAL DECISION ON THIS WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE COMMERCIAL AVIATION INDUSTRY IS HEADED IN THE NEXT FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS AND SO I THINK THIS BALANCED APPROACH, A SMALLER AUTHORIZATION TO ALLOW THE PROJECT TO CONTINUE, BUT NOT ONE THAT THAT ESSENTIALLY SETS THE COURSE IS A WISE IDEA
  • I WANTED TO ASK OUR PRESENTERS SO THE PAYBACK PERIOD ON THIS IS ESTIMATED RIGHT NOW IN ABOUT 14 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF OPENING
  • IS THAT ALTERED BY THE SIGNIFICANT DROP-OFF IN THE SHORT-TERM OF PASSENGERS? AND FURTHERMORE, BEYOND THAT 14 YEARS, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED USABLE LIFESPAN OF THIS BUILDING? SO I'LL DO MY BEST TO RESPOND TO THAT COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • THE BUSINESS CASE WAS BASED ON A VERY CONSERVATIVE FORECAST OBVIOUSLY PRE-COVID
  • THE ANTICIPATED LEVEL OF ACTIVITY AT THE TIME OF OPENING, THERE WERE ASSUMPTIONS IN PLACE
  • THE REALITY IS THAT THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF THIS PROJECT IS VERY STRONG AND SO BACK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE DEFICIENCY OF AIRPORT AND DINING RETAIL SPACE
  • WE DID A STUDY A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO BEFORE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND WE DETERMINED AT THAT TIME WE WERE 30,000 SQUARE FEET SHORT IN WHAT WAS SUSTAINABLE, OR OUR DEMAND OR ACTIVITY COULD JUSTIFY IN THE C AND D CONCOURSE AREA
  • AND THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE TRAVELED THROUGH SEATAC PRE-COVID REALIZE THAT IF YOU TRY TO GET A CUP OF COFFEE OR A SANDWICH ON CONCOURSE C AT THE BEACHES CHEESE, OFTEN THE LINES WERE LONG AND MANY PEOPLE WALK AWAY
  • SO THE REVENUE THAT WE HAVE BEEN LEAVING ON THE TABLE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT
  • SO THIS REALLY IS DESIGNED TO MEET DEMAND AT THE 2019- 2020 LEVEL
  • IN FACT THAT'S ONE OF THE THE REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO SEGREGATE THIS PROJECT FROM OUR SAMP PROJECTS AGAINST SAMP FOR THE FUTURE, THIS PROJECT IS FOR TODAY
  • AND IN FACT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH A FAIRLY EXHAUSTIVE EXERCISE TO VALIDATE THAT THE DEMAND FOR THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY WAS CURRENT SO IF WE ANTICIPATE GETTING BACK TO THE PRE COVID LEVELS, THIS PROJECT IS VERY VIABLE
  • BACK TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE LONG-TERM ASSET LIFE
  • I BELIEVE TYPICALLY FOR A BUILDING OF THIS TYPE WE CARRY ABOUT A 50-YEAR ASSET LIFE
  • BUT I WOULD NEED TO CHECK BACK WITH OUR FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING FOLKS TO TO CONFIRM THAT
  • AND THEN JUST FINALLY TO COMMENT ON ANOTHER PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT I THINK OUR PASSENGERS WILL APPRECIATE IS THAT THERE'S ASPECTS OF IT, INCLUDING A POST SECURITY MEDITATION ROOM, A NURSING MOTHERS ROOM, ADDITIONAL RESTROOMS, AND THEN OF COURSE LOTS MORE SPACE FOR JUST SIMPLY CIRCULATING WHEN YOU'RE AT THE AIRPORT
  • SO I THINK BY AND LARGE SHOULD WE SEE A RETURN TO PASSENGER NUMBERS COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT WE SAW IN LATE 20 TEENS THEN THIS IS VERY LIKELY TO BE A PROJECT THAT THE COMMISSION WILL AUTHORIZE IN THE FUTURE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CHO
  • I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD
  • [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? ALL RIGHT
  • THANK YOU
  • ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PROJECTS THAT WE WERE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE SUSTAINABILITY MATRIX TO REVIEW HOW TO BUILD SUCH A LONG-LASTING NEW TERMINAL IN THE HIGHEST ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS GIVEN THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE PLACES WHERE WE CAN REALLY CONTROL OUR GREEN GAS EMISSIONS COMPLETELY WITHIN PORT AUTHORITY
  • I KNOW DUE TO HIRING FREEZES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THE FULL BUILD-OUT OF OUR CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IS BEING AT LEAST TEMPORARILY DELAYED
  • HOWEVER I WAS ENCOURAGED BY GETTING A SECOND BRIEFING ON THIS PROJECT TO LEARN THAT A LOT OF THESE DESIGN ELEMENTS ARE BEING INCORPORATED WITH IN-HOUSE TALENT TO EMBRACE THE GOALS OF THE COMMISSION AS WE'VE ARTICULATED IN OUR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION AMBITIONS
  • AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE PROGRESS WITH THIS PROJECT GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES WE'VE ALL ARTICULATED THAT COST SAVINGS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ACHIEVED BY ERODING SOME OF THOSE AFOREMENTIONED ESTABLISHED GOALS
  • AND SO WHILE WE HAVE OF CHALLENGES OF UNCERTAINTY INTO THE FUTURE AT THIS POINT WHICH MAY LEAD TO ATTEMPTS AT BELT-TIGHTENING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS PROJECT DO NOT INCLUDE REDUCTIONS IN THESE IMPORTANT GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION EFFORTS
  • WHICH WE'RE NEVER GOING TO GET BACK UNLESS WE INVEST INTO THEM NOW
  • SO COMMISSIONER I'LL SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT
  • NO DOUBT A PROJECT OF THIS SCALE AND COST AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE ROAD THAT WE SEE AHEAD, NO DOUBT THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME COMPETING PRIORITIES
  • I GUESS US AS STAFF, WHAT WE CAN COMMIT TO, IS THAT AS WE FURTHER DEVELOP THE DESIGN AND UNDERSTAND WHAT TRADE-OFFS THERE ARE, SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS, WE NO DOUBT WILL MAKE THAT VISIBLE TO OUR SO THAT YOU CAN HELP GUIDE US AND MAKE THOSE THOSE KEY DECISIONS
  • AS ADAM INDICATED, WE'VE STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED OURSELVES TO TRY AND MAINTAIN A CERTAIN COST FOR THIS BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT
  • THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE AS WE MANAGE THAT SCOPE
  • BUT SPECIFIC TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS, NO DOUBT WE HAVE THE VEHICLE OF THE THE SPARK COMMITTEE AND THE VISIBILITY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AND THAT WILL BE A GOOD VALUABLE TOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT SCOPE DEVELOPED TO MAINTAIN THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES
  • IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO ADD
  • ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALSO IS THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP
  • SO IT MAY BE THAT WE COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND SAY HEY IF YOU GUYS AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS WE THINK WE CAN SAVE ON THE LONGEVITY THROUGH SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES, 5 MILLION AS AN EXAMPLE
  • SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE LONG-TERM INVESTMENT AS WELL NOT JUST THE UPFRONT
  • I'LL JUST ADD ONE MORE THING
  • THESE THIS TEN POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS INCLUDES SOME STUDIES AND SOME SUPPORT REALLY TO HELP US FIGURE OUT SOME OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS SCOPES AND ELEMENTS AND HOW THEY MIGHT BENEFIT THE PROJECT
  • SO THAT'S ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED IN THE FRONT WORK
  • THANK YOU FOR THE REASSURANCE
  • I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS
  • THIS IS ON THE PATH OF BEING A NEXT LARGEST CAPITAL PROJECT AT SEA-TAC I THINK WITH REGARD TO WHAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY AT 340 MILLION, THE ESTIMATED EVENTUAL COST
  • AND WE'RE NOT APPROVING THAT NOW BUT WE ARE HEADING DOWN A PATH HERE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE PROJECT DEFINITION PROCESS, THE PDP, AND THAT THE SCOPE WAS DETERMINED THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND I ALSO AM GUESSING THAT WAS PRE-COVID
  • THE SCOPE, SPECIFICALLY THE BUILDING PROGRAM ITSELF, WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH THAT INTERNAL STAFF PROCESS
  • AND MY QUESTION HERE IS HOW FIXED IS THAT SCOPE AT THIS POINT? AND HOW SHOULD IT BE INFORMED BY THE NEW POST COVID ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE WORKING UNDER AND WITH THE UNCERTAINTIES THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US IN THAT REGARD? AND I'LL JUST GIVE AN EXAMPLE
  • THIS THIS PROJECT IS AN AIRPORT EXPANSION PROJECT
  • IT WOULD EXPAND AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL
  • THE DINING AND RETAIL SMALL BUSINESSES, SOME OF ARE SAYING WELL WE'RE ADDING TOO MUCH IN DINING AND RETAIL
  • IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE FINANCIALLY
  • AND IT WON'T BE IF WE CONTINUE TO ADD MORE CONCESSIONS AT THE AIRPORT
  • OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS IN THERE BUT IF WE'RE DOING THIS FOR THE PRESENT, AS YOU SAY, TO MEET CURRENT DEMAND, I GUESS I WOULD ASK HOW THAT'S BEING INFORMED BY THE NEW ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN? IT ALSO PROPOSES TO EXPAND LEASE OFFICE SPACE ETC AND SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS AND I THINK MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND BETTER WHY THIS IS NOT A PROJECT UNDER THE SAMP MASTER PLAN FOR 2027, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S THE DELIVERY DATE? AND AS IT'S AN EXPANSION PROJECT? SO I WILL ADDRESS THE PDD QUESTIONS AND THEN MAYBE JJ CAN PICK UP ON THE BUSINESS SIDE
  • SO THE PDB IS NOT MEANT TO BE OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE, IT'S MEANT TO HELP US FIND SCOPE GAPS
  • SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE: DO WE HAVE ENOUGH SEWER? IS THERE ANY ELECTRICAL ISSUE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO CREATE A NEW ELECTRICAL ROOM THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT? REALLY BIG HITS TO THE PROJECT BUDGET THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FORESEE
  • WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO SET EXPECTATIONS ON WHAT WE'RE BUILDING
  • SO FOR INSTANCE I'M BUILDING FOUR ADDITIONAL FLOORS, I'M NOT BUILDING A NEW JET BRIDGE
  • SO SOMEONE ELSE CAN DO THAT
  • SO WE'RE LIMITING THE SCOPE IN THAT WAY
  • THE FINAL LAYOUT, THE FINISHES, HOW WE SET THINGS UP TO MAYBE BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO A POST COVID ENVIRONMENT ARE STILL ON THE TABLE AND WOULD BE FLUSHED OUT DURING [INAUDIBLE]
  • THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD DIVE INTO THOSE TYPES OF SMALLER ISSUES
  • WE'RE REALLY LOOKING WITH THE PDD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T MISSED ANYTHING BIG SO THAT I WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK HERE AND ASK YOU FOR MORE MONEY BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO MY JOB RIGHT
  • YEAH AND I'LL SPEAK ABOUT YOUR OTHER QUESTION
  • SO I THINK THE FEEDBACK WE'RE GETTING IN REGARDS TO THE ADR LEVELS IS REALLY IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE ACTIVITY LEVELS OF PASSENGERS OR SO LOW THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PASSENGERS TO JUSTIFY IN KEEPING EVEN THE UNITS OPEN
  • I'VE CONFIRMED HERE WITH OUR AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL SENIOR MANAGER THAT ONCE WE GET BACK TO NORMAL 2019 LEVELS THAT NO DOUBT THE NEED FOR THIS ADDITIONAL ADR IS VIABLE AND VALID
  • AND FROM A CUSTOMER SERVICE STANDPOINT AS WELL AS A NON AERONAUTICAL REVENUE STANDPOINT IS GOING TO BE CRITICAL TO OUR VIABILITY FOR THE AIRPORT TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN A STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION GOING FORWARD
  • IN FACT ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE VARIABILITY OF THE PARADIGMS ON THE LAND SIDE WITH TNCS, RENTAL CARS, AND WHATNOT IN THE TERMINAL, THIS TYPE OF AN INVESTMENT WHEN WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING AND NEEDING FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND WHATNOT
  • IT'S ONE OF OUR VIABLE NON AERONAUTICAL REVENUE BUSINESSES
  • THIS IS A KEY INVESTMENT INTO THE FUTURE
  • IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION I HAVE WITH REGARD TO SAMP AND WHY EVEN THOUGH THIS IS AN EXPANSION PROJECT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THE PARAMETER OF FUTURE PROJECTS, FUTURE DEMAND
  • YEAH ABSOLUTELY COMMISSIONER
  • THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE WRESTLED WITH AND GRAPPLED WITH SIGNIFICANTLY TO TRY
  • WE HAD TO CONVINCE OURSELVES AND AGAIN THE DIFFERENTIATOR WAS THAT THE DEMAND FOR THIS SPACE OR THIS FACILITY WAS TO RESPOND TO AN EXISTING DEFICIENCY
  • A DEFICIENCY IN OFFICE SPACE, A DEFICIENCY IN AIRPORT AND DINING RETAIL, FOOD AND BEVERAGE DEMAND, A DEFICIENCY IN LOUNGE PRODUCTS
  • AS WE DEFINED, THE PROGRAM EXISTED IN 2019 AND THEREFORE IT WAS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH FUTURE DEMAND AND WE DID NOT NEED TO JUSTIFY BASED ON FUTURE DEMAND BUT THE VIABILITY WAS TODAY
  • SO THAT'S A KEY COMPONENT IN SEGREGATING OUT THIS PROJECT WITH THE SEPA
  • THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS THAT WE HAD TO DISCUSS WITH OUR ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM AND FAA IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
  • AND THEN ONE MORE POINT IN REGARDS TO JUST HAVING ADDITIONAL SPACE ESPECIALLY AS WE THINK ABOUT A POST-COVID ENVIRONMENT
  • WE HAVE A VERY TIGHT, SMALL-SCALE AIRPORT ESPECIALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE PUBLIC SPACE AND SO ANOTHER REAL POSITIVE IS CREATING MORE PUBLIC AREA FOR PEOPLE TO ROAM, TO HAVE SOCIAL DISTANCING
  • AGAIN IF YOU, PRE-COVID, WALK DOWN THE HORIZON AREA IN CONCOURSE C DURING THE PEAK, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO WALK THROUGH LET ALONE WAIT FOR YOUR AIRPLANE
  • SO HAVING THIS ADDITIONAL SPACE IS GOING TO BE KEY JUST FROM A CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVEL AS WELL AS A SOCIAL DISTANCING FACTOR IN THE FUTURE
  • OKAY
  • LET'S TAKE ONE MORE ROUND IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE MOVE TO A VOTE
  • OKAY COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? GREAT I'M JUST GOING TO TRY AND EMPHASIZE THIS BUT I HAVE A QUESTION THAT EMPHASIZES A POINT SO JJ, I APOLOGIZE, I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE AIRPORT DINING RETAIL COMPONENT OF THIS BUT JUST ON THE DINING COMPONENT CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT YOU WERE ANTICIPATING IN TERMS OF ARE THEY TAKE OUT? OR SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS? HAS THAT BEEN DETERMINED YET? YEAH GOOD GOOD QUESTION
  • SO RIGHT NOW WE'VE ESSENTIALLY DEVELOPED THE PROGRAM AND SO YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS A BLOCK DIAGRAM AND WE'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH DAWN HUNTER AND OUR AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL TEAM AND SHE'S ESSENTIALLY DEVELOPED KIND OF THE SPLIT BETWEEN SIT DOWN, AND FAST CASUAL, AND RETAIL, AND KIOSK
  • NO DOUBT WE WOULD ANTICIPATE SEEING A BLEND OF EACH OF THOSE THINGS
  • MY FOLLOW-UP TO THAT IS THAT AND I'M JUST NOT GOING TO GIVE UP ON THIS AND I'M JUST GOING TO ASK THAT IN EVERY SINGLE PROJECT IF YOU CAN COME TO US AND JUST LET US KNOW YOU'VE THOUGHT THROUGH WHAT THE EFFECTS MIGHT BE
  • BUT I'LL TAKE AS AN EXAMPLE: SIT DOWN DINING
  • THEY'RE LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD IT COULD BE AT 50% CAPACITY
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL WITH THE TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY STATEWIDE AND LOOKING AT THEIR RESPONSE TO COVID
  • THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THERE COULD BE 60% RESTAURANTS IN WASHINGTON STATE CLOSED BY THE END OF THE YEAR
  • THEY CANNOT OPERATE AT 50% CAPACITY
  • AND SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT AS EVERY PROJECT LIKE THIS COMES FORWARD THAT YOU GUYS COME TO US AND YOU'VE THOUGHT THROUGH THE NEW REALITY
  • AND YOU MIGHT COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION, YES WE STILL NEED TO DO IT BUT WE JUST REALLY NEED TO SEE THAT THESE THINGS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN CONSIDERED IN THE DESIGN
  • AS COMMISSIONER CALKINS SAID EARLIER, THIS FEELS LIKE A DECENT STEP FORWARD
  • I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT GOING TO 30% DESIGN JUST IN THE FACT THAT I KNOW THAT ONCE WE'VE GONE TO 30% DESIGN IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO WALK AWAY FROM A PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE SUNK COST
  • BUT MOVING FORWARD WE JUST REALLY NEED TO BE INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE ACTUALLY THOUGHT THROUGH EACH OF THE ELEMENTS
  • IS THERE THE SAME DEMAND FOR THE LOUNGES THAT WE ANTICIPATED? IS THERE THE SAME FOR THE DINING THAT WE ANTICIPATED? IS THERE THE SAME DEMAND FOR THE OFFICE SPACE? COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE IS WIDELY ANTICIPATED TO TANK THIS YEAR AND IS THERE GOING TO STILL BE THAT SAME NEED OR IS TELEWORKING THE NEW NORMAL? SO AGAIN JUST ASKING THAT AS YOU PROCEED THROUGH THIS PROJECT AND OTHERS THAT EACH OF THOSE ELEMENTS AND ASSUMPTIONS ARE CHALLENGED
  • THANK YOU
  • YEAH WE APPRECIATE THAT COMMISSIONER
  • THANK YOU
  • NO DOUBT AS WE ARE ABLE TO GET SOME RESOURCES TO SPEND SOME TIME TO THINK THROUGH THIS
  • NO DOUBT THE THE COVID, THE NEW PARADIGM, WILL BE PROMINENT IN OUR THINKING
  • IN FACT, ONE COULD SAY THAT AS YOU INDICATED WE NEED TWICE AS MUCH RESTAURANT SPACE AS WHAT WE WERE PLANNING FOR AND THE REALITY IS 2027 IS QUITE A WAYS DOWN THE ROAD AND DESIGN OF THIS SCALE IS GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME BUT I THINK THIS INCREMENTAL APPROACH IS GOING TO GIVE US A NICE STOPPING POINT TO BE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY DO SOME WORK, VALIDATE OUR ASSUMPTIONS, AND WORK THROUGH SOME CONCEPTS AND THEN COME BACK AND CHECK IN AND I THINK THAT WILL BE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BASICALLY CONVEY OR AT LEAST EXPLAIN HOW WE REVISITED THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT MIGHT HAVE CHANGED
  • OKAY
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? NO MORE COMMENTS FOR ME
  • WE'LL CONTINUE DOWN THE LINE HERE
  • COMISSIONER CHO? NO, NO MORE COMMENTS FOR ME
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AT 30% DESIGN IS WHEN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS PROJECT COME BACK TO THE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE FOR DESIGN REVIEW? YES SIR
  • SO WHEN WHEN DO YOU EXPECT THAT TO BE? WELL DEPENDS ON THE PROCUREMENT
  • I SHOULD HAVE BEEN READY TO ANSWER THAT BUT IT'LL BE 2021
  • I BELIEVE ITS Q3 2021
  • OKAY GREAT
  • AND SO AT THAT POINT YOU WILL HAVE DESIGN ALTERNATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND YOUR FULL COST OF OWNERSHIP, THOSE SORT OF THINGS? YES SIR
  • WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL TO CREATE A MATRIX OR SOME SORT OF ANALYSIS ON DIFFERENT OPTIONS
  • SOME OF THEM WILL BE WITHIN BUDGET SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET
  • BUT TO YOUR CONCERN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PUT EVERYTHING ON THE TABLE AND COME TO THE COMMITTEE FOR DIRECTION JUST TO SEE WHAT THE APPETITE IS AND WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PORT IN THE LONG RUN NOT JUST FOR TODAY
  • THANK YOU
  • ALL RIGHT I THINK WE ARE READY FOR A MOTION
  • IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT? DID EXECUTIVE METRUCK HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY FIRST? HE DID
  • YES
  • I JUST SENT THE PROMPT
  • YEAH
  • THANKS
  • THANKS COMMISSIONERS
  • AGAIN LOTS OF GOOD QUESTIONS HERE ABOUT THE FUTURE AND ABOUT HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND HOW WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT GOING INTO THIS LONG TIME FRAME
  • OBVIOUSLY HEARD FROM JJ FROM THE TIME YOU PUT INTO SERVICE A LOT OF THINGS WILL CHANGE BUT WE DO NEED TO LOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION NOW AS WE ARE MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS NOW
  • AND THE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO MENTION TOO IS THAT JUST COMMUNICATING WITH STAFF
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK WAS ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SAMP SO WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT, SPECIFICALLY THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE SAMP IS A DIFFERENT QUESTION
  • I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS COMPLETELY ANSWERED
  • I DON'T THINK SO
  • ALRIGHT
  • OKAY
  • IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT? SO MOVED
  • IT'S BEEN MOVED AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND
  • IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED
  • CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
  • OKAY COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
  • AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • AYE
  • COMMISSIONER CHO
  • AYE
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
  • AYE
  • COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
  • YES
  • YOU HAVE FIVE AYE'S AND 0 NAY'S
  • MOTION PASSES
  • ONTO ITEM 9: PRESENTATIONS, REPORTS, AND STAFF BRIEFINGS
  • I KNOW OF NONE COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENT OR MOTIONS RELATED TO COMMITTEE REFERRALS? WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH THE ROLL? SURE OKAY COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR REFERRALS OR ANYTHING ELSE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS? NONE FOR ME EITHER
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN? TWO QUICK THINGS
  • ONE IS AS COMMISSIONER BOWMAN MENTIONED WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN THIS REVIEW OF TOURISM OPPORTUNITIES AS AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS
  • AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE REVIEW THIS OPPORTUNITY MOTION THAT THAT WORK BE LOOKED AT IN CONTEXT AND NOT JUST, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, RESTORATION AND OTHER PROJECTS
  • THAT THE TIME FRAME FOR TOURISM, IF WE'RE GOING TO GET INVOLVED WITH IT, IS SORT OF YESTERDAY
  • IT'S OBVIOUSLY LATE BUT GIVEN THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE JUST MADE LAST-MINUTE CHANGE OF PLANS
  • MEMORIAL DAY IS THE KICKOFF
  • PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START MAKING NEW PLANS FOR MOST LIKELY ROAD TRIPS AND OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PART OF THAT AS AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY, WE HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THAT SOONER THAN LATER
  • AND THEN ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF DOING THIS LATER, NOT THAT WE HAD ANY CONTROL OVER IT, WAS THAT A LARGE PART OF OUR TOURISM ECONOMY IS IN THE PEAK SUMMER
  • AND TO THE DEGREE THAT WE COULD BE HELPING PROMOTE THE SHOULDER SEASONS INTO THE FALL OBVIOUSLY THIS I THINK WILL HELP US IN THE FUTURE IN OUR TOURISM PROMOTION
  • THAT IT'S NOT JUST AN AUGUST SEASON
  • HAVING SAID THAT, THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE IS REFLECTING BACK AGAIN ON THE VALUE OF SOLICITING SOME PUBLIC COMMENT ON OUR CENTURY AGENDA
  • OBVIOUSLY IT OPENS US UP TO CRITICISM AS WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE HEAR AND THAT'S WHY WE MAKE THE BIG BUCKS
  • WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR THAT
  • [LAUGHTER] BUT THE FACT IS THAT WE OFTEN ARE REFLECTING ON HOW NOBODY KNOWS ALL THE GREAT STUFF THAT WE DO
  • WHAT IS THE PORT OF SEATTLE ANYWAY? AND I SEE SOMETHING AS FUNDAMENTAL AS THE CENTURY AGENDA AS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO EXPLAIN OURSELVES
  • AGAIN, WE'LL RECEIVE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE FEEDBACK BUT I THINK IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A OBLIGATION, ALSO A REAL OPPORTUNITY, TO HELP ARTICULATE THE VISION OF THE PORT AND THE ROLE THAT WE PLAY ESPECIALLY NOW IN THIS TIME OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY
  • I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN MUTED OR IF YOU'RE FINISHED
  • [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS IT
  • [LAUGHTER] HEARING NO FUTHER COMMENTS? LAST CALL? WE ARE ADJOURNED NOW AT 2:47 P.M
  • THANK YOU ALL
  • HAVE A GOOD AFTERNOON
  • THANK YOU.

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