The Regular meeting scheduled for 2021-07-13 at Remote

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The Regular meeting scheduled for 2021-07-13 at Remote

GOOD MORNING
THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT FRED FELLEMAN
CONVENING THE REGULAR MEETING OF JULY 21
THE TIME NOW IS 10:31
WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA TEAMS TO COMPLY WITH THE SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8402 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNOR INSLEE'S PROCLAMATION 2028
PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONERS BOWMAN, CALKINS CHO, AND STEINBRUECK, WHO ARE CURRENTLY GATHERED ON THE EXECUTIVE SESSION LINE AWAITING THE OPENING OF THE PUBLIC MEETING, WILL IMMEDIATELY RECESS INTO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THREE ITEMS REGARDING LITIGATION OR POTENTIAL LITIGATIONS OR LEGAL RISK PURSUANT RCW 42.31.10.1(I) FOR APPROXIMATELY 75 MINUTES AND WE'LL RECONVENE INTO PUBLIC SESSION AT NOON
WE'LL NOW GO OVER TO THE EXECUTIVE SESSION
SEE YOU THEN
THANK YOU
GOOD AFTERNOON
THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT FRED FELLEMAN
RECONVENING THE MEETING OF JULY 13 TH 2021
THE TIME NOW IS 12:12
SORRY FOR THE EXTENDED TIME WE TOOK TO GET GOING
WE'RE MEETING REMOTELY TODAY VIA TEAMS TO COMPLY WITH SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 8402 AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNOR INSLEE'S PROCLAMATION 2028
PRESENT WITH ME TODAY OUR COMMISSIONERS CALKINS CHO AND STEINBRUECK
WE EXPECT COMMISSIONER BOWMAN WE JOIN US SHORTLY
I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO DO A ROLL CALL OF ALL COMMISSIONERS TO ENSURE EVERYONE IS ONLINE
CLERK HART, PLEASE DO THE HONORS
THANK YOU, MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS HERE
THANK YOU, SIR
COMMISSIONER CHO
PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONERS
STEINBREUCK
YUP
HERE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN IS STILL NOT ON THE LINE WITH US
I'M SURE SHE'LL BE JOINING SHORTLY
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM
THANK YOU
TODAY'S MEETING IS STRUCTURED FOR OUR VIRTUAL FORMAT WHICH MAKE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO PROVIDE FOR REMOTE PARTICIPATION FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS
LATER, WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING BY TEAMS AND WILL SIGN UP TO SPEAK
ALL VOTES TODAY WILL BE TAKEN BY THE ROLL CALL METHOD
SINCE COMMISSIONERS ARE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY, THAT MEANS FOR EACH VOTE THE CLERK WILL CALL EACH COMMISSIONERS NAME COMMISSIONERS ON THE TEAM'S CALL WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UNMUTED AND THEN ANSWER YAY OR NAY TO BE EQUITABLE
WE'LL ASK ALL COMMISSIONERS TO SPEAK IN TURN AND WAIT TO BE RECOGNIZED BEFORE SPEAKING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
WE'RE MEETING TODAY ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS AND WATERS OF THE COSALISH PEOPLE WITH WHOM WE SHARE A COMMITMENT TO STEWARD THESE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS
THIS MEETING IS BEING DIGITALLY RECORDED AND MAY BE VIEWED OR HEARD AT ANY TIME ON THE PORT WEBSITE AND MAY BE REBROADCAST BY KING COUNTY TELEVISION
PLEASE STAND OR JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
LET ME GET THAT SIDE
VERY GOOD
I PLEDGE 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
THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
COMMISSIONER IS PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELVES
I'M GOING TO ASK EACH COMMISSIONER, IN TURN, IF THEY HAVE ANY MOTIONS TO REARRANGE THE ORDERS OF THE DAY
AND IF THEY DO, I'LL ASK FOR A SECOND
PLEASE RESPOND WHEN THE CLERK CALLS YOUR NAME
IF YOU HAVE NO CHANGES, JUST SAY NONE
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
NO CHANGES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NONE FOR ME
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
TO NOT FOR ME EITHER
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK
NO CHANGES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
NONE FOR ME
THANK YOU
SO THE COMMISSIONERS
NOW, THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED THE PORT
THANK YOU FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN APPROVED
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS APPROVED
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO APPROVE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS
STEINBREUCK
YES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN APPROVED
THANK YOU
YOU HAVE FIVE
YESSES AND ZERO NOS
VERY GOOD
VERY BRIEFLY, BEFORE WE GET TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT, I JUST WANT TO NOTE HOW THE CLIMATE HAS BEEN CLEARLY IN THE NEWS OF LATE, WITH THE FIRES BURNING AND THESE UNPRECEDENTED HEAT WAVES BEFORE US, WHICH SCIENTISTS HAVE ASSERTED UNEQUIVOCALLY, COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT ANTHROPOGENIC INPUTS TO OUR CARBON CONTRIBUTIONS
AND EVEN SENATOR MURRAY TODAY AND HER UP ED POINTS TO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF US ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND HOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL SHOULD BE PART OF THAT, WHETHER IT BE RESTRUCTURING THE GRID OR WHATEVER
THIS VERY MUCH FOLLOWS THE COMMENTS THAT EXECUTIVE METRUCK AND I WROTE IN OP ED IN SEATTLE TIMES AND EVEN SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG RETWEETED FOR US
NOW, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PORT HAS DONE MANY THINGS TO REDUCE OUR GREENHOUSE GAS FOOTPRINT, AND WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING WAYS TO SEQUESTER CARBON AS WELL THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE
HOWEVER, THE OCEANS HAVE ALREADY ABSORBED 30% OF THE CO2 THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, WHICH IS RESULTED INTO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
AND WE WILL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THIS, EVEN SEE WHERE THE PORT EFFORTS TO REDUCE OCEAN ACIDIFICATION HAS ENABLED US TO BE THE FIRST PORT TO BE PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO COMBAT OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, WHICH MAKES US ALL VERY PROUD
WITH THAT SAID EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR REPORT NOW
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT FELLEMAN
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR
HARD TO BELIEVE IT'S WITH US ALREADY, AND WE HAVE NO SHORTAGE OF ISSUES TO DEAL WITH AND TOPICS TO DISCUSS
A FEW TOPICS I WANTED TOUCH ON BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING TODAY
THE ARRIVAL OF CRUISE SHIPS IN OUR HARBOR RECENTLY IS ASSIGNED THAT THE PORT AND CRUISE LINES CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS TOWARDS STARTUP PASSENGER SERVICES TO ALASKA ON JULY 19 TH
SINCE THE OVATION OF THE SEAS DOCKED AT TERMINAL 91 ON JUNE 29 TH, WE'VE HAD FOUR CRUISE VESSELS AT T 91, TERMINAL 91 AND PIER 66 TO PREPARE FOR THE SUMMER ALASKA SEASON AND ADMINISTER VACCINES FOR THE CRUISE
WE EXPECT FOUR MORE VESSELS THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH
CLEARLY, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY IS THE PARAMOUNT CONCERN
THE SERENADE OF THE SEAS CONDUCTED A SUCCESSFUL FOUR DAY SIMULATED CRUISE FROM SEATTLE TO KETCHICAN LAST WEEK
WHAT IS THE SIMULATED CRUISE? YOU MAY ASK THE UNITED STATES CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROLLED PREVENTION
THE CDC REQUIRES THAT US BASED SHIPS CONDUCT SIMULATION CRUISES TO TEST HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR CRUISE LINES SAILING WITH FEWER THAN 95% FULLY VACCINATED GET [inaudible 00:07:39]
CRUISE LINES MAY CHOOSE TO SIMULATE A CRUISE TO ALLOW CHILDREN UNDER 12 OR INELIGIBLE FOR VACCINES TO TRAVEL WITH THEIR FAMILIES, SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CONDUCTING SIMULATED CRUISES
A SUCCESSFUL SIMULATED CRUISE IS ONE OF THE MANY STEPS FOR CDC TO APPROVE TO OPERATE ALASKA CRUISES FROM SEATTLE
I WILL NOTE THAT THE SERENADE OF THE SEAS RECEIVED A HEARTY WELCOME FROM THE CITY OF KETCHIKAN AND STATE OFFICIALS FOR THE POSITIVE ECONOMIC BENEFITS THAT THE CRUISE INDUSTRY WAS BRINGING TO KETCHICAN AND ALASKA
WE KNOW THAT HAVING SEVERAL VESSELS IN THE PORT HAS PROMPTED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CREWS
WE WANT TO REITERATE OUR LONGTERM COMMITMENT TO DECARBONIZING THE WATERFRONT AND REDUCING EMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE HARBOR ON AIR EMISSIONS, WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS A SHORE POWER CONNECTION UP PIER 66 FOR THE 2023 SEASON
IN ADDITION TO OUR TERMINAL 91 SHORE POWER CAPABILITY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE RETURN OF CRUISE AND A COMMITMENT TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY PASSENGERS, CRUISE AND THE COMMUNITY
IN THE AVIATION WORLD WORK SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SEA TURNED 72 YEARS OLD ON LAST FRIDAY
A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE 1949, AND OUR AIRPORT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE TO SUPPORT THE AIR TRAVEL NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY
SEA CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE STRONG RECOVERY
AS AIRPORT MANAGING DIRECTOR LANCE LYTTLE HIMSELF HAS REMARKED, THE ACTIVITY TODAY LOOKS JUST AS BUSY AS IT DID DURING THE PEAK DAYS OF 2019
ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY, 53,099 PASSENGERS PASSED THROUGH OUR CHECKPOINTS JUST 12% BELOW THE LEVEL IN 2019, SOME 24 OUT OF 42 PRE PANDEMIC INTERNATIONAL SERVICES ARE BACK IN OPERATION
WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH THE NEWS THAT CUTTER AIRWAYS, WHICH BEGAN SUCCESSFUL SERVICE TO DOHA FOUR TIMES A WEEK IN JANUARY, HAS INCREASED ITS SERVICE TO EVERY DAY STARTING THIS MONTH
THIS REFLECTS WELL ON THE STRENGTH OF AIR TRAVEL IN OUR REGIONAL ECONOMY
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO CONTINUE TO MAKE SEA THE GREAT AIRPORT IT IS TODAY
REGARDING COVID, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THE PORT IS MAKING A SMOOTH TRANSITION UNDER THE NEW REOPENING GUIDELINES ANNOUNCED BY GOVERNOR INSLEE ON JUNE 30TH
EMPLOYEES WHO SELFCERTIFY THEY'VE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED NO LONGER MUST WEAR MASKS IN INDOOR SPACES AT THE PORT, EXCEPT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I POINT THIS OUT
EXCEPT FOR PUBLIC AREAS AT THE AIRPORT, TRANSIT IN CERTAIN OTHER LOCATIONS WHICH ARE GOVERNED BY FEDERAL RULES, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK ON POLICIES AROUND RETURN TO WORK WORK GROUPS AROUND THE PORT ARE DISCUSSING THE BEST MIX OF TELEWORKING AND IN OFFICE WORK THAT MEETS OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS IN THE INTEREST OF OUR EMPLOYEES, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE COVID 19 AND ITS VARIANTS STILL PRESENT HIGH RISK TO PORT EMPLOYEES, BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND TRAVELERS WHO ARE UNVACCINATED OR PARTIALLY VACCINATED
COVID 19 VACCINES ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE
AND IF YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN ONE, I CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET YOUR COVID VACCINE TODAY
TURNING TO TODAY'S MEETING, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ITEMS, ITEM 10 A AS A COMMISSION ORDER TO PROVIDE DIRECTION ON HOW THE PORT SHOULD REGULATE PUBLIC FACING BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY AT OUR FACILITIES
BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING FACIAL RECOGNITION, AS THE POTENTIAL TO BENEFIT TRAVELERS AT THE AIRPORT AND CRUISE FACILITIES
BUT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE AND RESPECT THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL RISK OF THIS TECHNOLOGY IN AREAS SUCH AS EQUITY, PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
THE ORDER YOU WILL CONSIDER TODAY AS A RESULT OF TWO YEARS OF WORK BY COMMISSIONERS, PORT STAFF, AND A WIDE RANGE OF EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS, AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE THE FIRST PORT AUTHORITY IN THE COUNTRIES IS PROPOSING TO TO LIMIT THE USE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY TO ONLY THOSE FUNCTIONS THAT MEET OUR VALUES AND THE BIOMETRIC PRINCIPLES THAT YOU LAID OUT IN 2019
THIS IS A COMPLICATED AND EVOLVING TOPIC, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH YOU LATER IN TODAY'S MEETING THE HIGHLY DETAILED AND THOUGHTFUL POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE ENDORSED FOR THE COMMISSION CONSIDERATION BY OUR COMMISSION BIOMETRIC SPECIAL COMMITTEE
I URGE YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS ORDER
AS COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN MENTIONED 11 ITEM 11 C BRIEFING ON THE PORT WORK TO ADDRESS THE ACIDIFICATION OF THE SAILORS, SEA, AND THE OCEANS AROUND THE WORLD IN 2020, THE PORT OF SEATTLE WAS THE FIRST PORT GLOBALLY TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE COMBAT OCEAN ACIDIFICATION BY JOINING THE ALLIANCE BY JOINING THE ALLIANCE, THE PORT RECOGNIZES THE MANY WAYS IN WHICH OCEAN THE CERTIFICATION IMPACTS THE MARITIME SECTOR
IN ORDER TO FULFILL OUR COMMITMENT AS A MEMBER OF GOOD STANDING, THE PORT WAS REQUIRED TO DEVELOP AN OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTION PLAN AND A CASE STUDY THAT DEMONSTRATES HOW THE PORT IS TAKING ACTION AND HOW THE PORT WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION ON OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
THESE ACTIONS ARE AIMED AT REDUCING ATMOSPHERE
COMMISSIONS OF CO2, ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE OCEAN IMPACTS, OF HOW CLIMATE OCEAN IMPACTS REDUCE LOCAL POLLUTION THAT WORSENS ACIDIFICATION, PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, COASTAL COMMUNITIES
EXPANDING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND BUILDING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO CLEAN AIR AS WELL
WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE UPDATE TO THE NORTHWEST PORTS CLEAN AIR STRATEGY, THE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE IN TACOMA, THE SEAPORT ALLIANCE INTO VANCOUVER FRASER PORT AUTHORITY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
WE ARE HOSTING A PUBLIC WEBINAR JULY 15 TH TO SEE FEEDBACK ON EACH OF THE PORT PLANNING EFFORTS AND TO PROVIDE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO STAY INVOLVED IN THE PORT CLEAN AIR CLIMATE ACTION WORK
IN ADDITION TO ATTENDING THE WEBINAR AND OTHER EVENTS OVER THE SUMMER, AN ONLINE SURVEY IS ALSO OPEN THROUGH AUGUST 15
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE PORT WEBSITE
LASTLY, IN OUR COMMISSION MEETING LAST FIRE CHIEF RANDY CROSS REPORTED ON A WIDE RANGE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES THE DEPARTMENT PROVIDES TO THE PORT AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES
ALONG THOSE LINES, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE MEMBERS OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A SEMI TRUCK FIRE ON THE AIRPORT EXPRESSWAY LAST MONTH
THE RESPONDING D SHIFT CREW WAS COMPRISED OF BATTALION CHIEF HOWARD, CAPTAINS GRUB AND YOUNG AND FIREFIGHTERS COOPER, MARTINS AND ATTEBERRY AND TORE
THEY QUICKLY SUPPRESSED THE FIRE, LIMITING THE DAMAGE TO THE CAB OF THE SEMI
THANKS TO THE RAPID RESPONSE, THEY SAVED THE ATTACHED TRAILER IN ITS CONTENTS OF 35,000 POUNDS OF CRAB THAT WAS BEING DELIVERED FOR CARGO SHIPMENT TO THE AIRPORT
A JOB WELL DONE, COMMISSIONERS
THIS CONCLUDES MY REMARKS FOR THE DAY
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
EXECUTIVE METRUCK I ALSO JUST SAW ON KING FIVE YESTERDAY A PORT OF SEATTLE FIRE TRUCK RESPONDING TO WHAT LOOKED LIKE A FOREST FIRE WAS MAYBE A ROADSIDE FIRE
SO THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT AND WE ALL APPRECIATE THAT GREATLY
SO NEXT UP, WE HAVE MR PRICHARD, ARE THERE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? YES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
PRESIDENT FELLEMAN, COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK AND BOWMAN COULD BE IN THE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE ON JUNE 24 TH
COMMITTEE DISCUSSED COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE COMMITTEE NAME TO REFLECT THE WORK
COMMITTEE REFLECT THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE
THIS COULD TRIGGER A VIEW OF THE CHARTER AND THE BYLAWS
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN CONCURRED IN THIS RECOMMENDATION AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT
THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECEIVED A BRIEFING ON THE GREEN FLEET PLAN TO REDUCE THE GREENHOUSE GAS IMPACT OF THE PORT FLEET
COMMISSIONERS FOCUSED THEIR COMMENTS ON ELECTRIFICATION OF THE FLEET AND OTHER ELEMENTS TO MOVE THE PLAN AT A QUICKER PACE
THERE WERE NO SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS TOPIC
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND BOWMAN CONVENED THE TOURISM AD HOC COMMITTEE ON JUNE 28 TH AND MET WITH VISIT SEATTLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TOM NORWALK TO DISCUSS SEATTLE'S REOPENING FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC
THE COMMITTEE ALSO FOCUSED DISCUSSED OPTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE ECOTOURISM CONFERENCE IN 2022 COMMISSIONERS
STEINBRUECK AND BOWMAN ALSO CONVENED THE WATERFRONT AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS COMMITTEE ON JULY EIGHT TH TO REVIEW THE NEXT STEPS FOR MAYOR DERKINS AND MARITIME STRATEGY
THE JULY 8, THE CITY'S OFFICE PLANNING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RELEASED A TWO DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REMANDMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION THIS YEAR, ONE WHICH WOULD ONLY ALLOW DESIGNATION OF INDUSTRIAL ZONE LAND DURING THE MAJOR COMP PLAN REVISIONS, WHICH IS TYPICALLY DONE ON AN EIGHT YEAR CYCLE VERSUS, I THINK, BELIEVE THE FOUR YEAR CYCLE
WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS IN THE PAST
THE CITY ALSO ANNOUNCED A 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE SCOPE OF ITS UPCOMING EIS RELATED TO THE INDUSTRIAL MARITIME STRATEGIES PROCESS
THAT IS, WILL BE THE VEHICLE FOR SOME OTHER CHANGES THAT CAME OUT OF THE MAYOR'S PROCESS
IN PARTICULAR, THE EIS WILL LOOK AT DEVELOPING HIGH DENSITY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT NEAR TRANSIT STATIONS WITHIN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIAL CENTERS, SOMETHING THE PORT IS PUSHED FOR DURING THE MAYOR'S PROCESS, BUT IT WILL ALSO CONSIDER MINOR CHANGES TO HOUSING ALLOWANCES INDUSTRIAL ZONES THAT COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN THE MIX
PORT STAFF ARE MEETING WITH NSA STAFF NEXT WEEK TO LOOK AT PROPOSED COMMENTS FOR THE EIS
THOSE COMMENTS WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE WATERFRONT AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS COMMITTEE AND SEND OFF WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
IT'S STEINBRUECK, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THOSE AS WELL STAFFED
ONE FINAL CONCERN WITH COMMISSIONERS REGARDING INDUSTRIAL LAND PROTECTION FROM THE MAYOR'S PROCESS THAT'S NOT BEEN CONTEMPLATING REGARDING RESTRICTING THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF NON INDUSTRIAL AND DEVELOPMENT ON INDUSTRIAL ZONED LAND
THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE STAFF PROCEED AS THEY HAD PLANNED, THAT THE RESTRICTION BE RAISED WITH THE CITY AS AN ISSUE THAT THE PORT WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADVANCED AS A KEY PROTECTION FOR INDUSTRIAL LANDS
FINALLY, NEXT WEEK, WE HAVE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE ON JULY 20 TH AND THE EQUITY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ON JULY 22 ND, WHERE THE EQUITY WORKFORCE WILL RECEIVE UPDATES ON PRIORITY HIGHER
IT IS EXPECTED THAT WE COULD HAVE THREE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE SO IT COULD BE PUBLICLY NOTICED
I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER STEINBECK WOULD LIKE TO JOIN COMMISSIONERS CHO AND CALKINS TO DISCUSS PRIORITY HIRE
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, MR PRICHARD
MOVING ON
UNLESS IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANTED TO ADD TO THE DISCUSSION ON COMMITTEE ACTIONS? I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS, MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT
VERY GOOD
THEN THE COMMISSION WILL NOW THEN ACCEPT GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS RELATED TO THE PORT
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'LL OPEN THE LINE AND COMMENTERS WILL HAVE TO UNMUTE THEMSELVES AND THEN PLEASE REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD
IF YOU'RE ON THE TEAM'S MEETING AND ALSO STREAMING THE MEETING, PLEASE MUTE THE VIDEO TO AVOID FEEDBACK
AND PLEASE NOTE THERE MAY BE A SHORT TIME LAG ON THE VIDEO
COMMENT TIME WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES PER PERSON AND WE HAVE 2-4-6-8-9 PEOPLE TO SPEAK
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER
THANK YOU
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JC HARRIS
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS
CAN YOU HEAR ME? SORRY, I KNOW THAT'S MUNDANE, BUT YES, GOOD
THANK YOU
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK FOR A MOMENT TODAY TO SEE ABOUT RESTARTING THE WHOLE DISCUSSION OF PORT PACKAGE UPDATES, AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU MY VIEW ON WHERE I THINK THINGS STAND
THE ANALOGY I WOULD USE IS, LET'S SAY YOUR CAR HAD A RECALL NOTICE AND THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO GOT RECALL NOTICE AND YOU CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD YOU, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO EVALUATE YOUR SITUATION BEFORE WE DEVELOP THE ACTUAL MACHINERY TO FIX YOUR CAR
AND THE SITUATION HAS BEEN THAT THE STAFF IT SEEMS LIKE WE STARTED WITH A POINT WHERE YOU WERE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE REMAINING HOMES INSULATED WHO HAD NOT BEEN DONE, AND YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW FOR UPDATES
BUT SINCE THEN, THERE'S SORT OF BEEN THIS BACKTRACKING THAT YOU'VE GOT
TRADITIONALLY, THE FAA WOULD PAY 80% AND THEN YOU WOULD KICK IN 20
AND NOW I HEAR THAT FROM YOUR LOBBYISTS THAT YOU WANT ESSENTIALLY 100% FUNDING TO DO UPDATES
THAT'S NOT PROGRESS TO ME
AND WE'VE HAD THIS TENSION I HAVE WITH STAFF SAYING, WELL, SHOW US THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IF THEY'RE QUALIFIED OR WORTHY FOR UPDATES
AND, YOU KNOW, MY RESIDENTS VERY REASONABLY SAY, WELL, SHOW US THAT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE WORK, BECAUSE WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE NUMBERS OF ACTUAL SYSTEMS THAT YOU INSTALL EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T SEE THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY
I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF YOU ANYWAY
THANK YOU
I REALLY URGE YOU TO SPEAK WITH OUR STAFF AND THE CONGRESS APPROPRIATED MONEY
YOU'VE BEEN DOGGING THIS ISSUE FOR SO LONG
YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY GET AN UPDATE WHERE WE'RE AT
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND YOUR LONG TERM COMMITMENT TO THIS
JORDAN BEN POST, PLEASE
I'M SORRY
CLERK HART, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED YOU TO CALL THE NEXT
THAT'S FINE
JORDAN, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? YES
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
MY NAME IS JORDAN VAN VOS
SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, THE NORTHWEST REGION HAS EXPERIENCED THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES AND RECORDED HISTORY
SEATTLE 104 DEGREES
PORTLAND 116, CAUSING STREETCAR CABLES TO MELT
LYTTON B.CC 121 DEGREES
TRAGICALLY WILDFIRE REDUCED THE TOWN TO ASHES
DEATH ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE HEAT ARE IN THE MANY HUNDREDS IN CLIMBING, MARINE BIOLOGIST ESTIMATED BILLION CREATURES IN THE BC TIDAL ZONE WERE COOKED TO DEATH
ADVERSELY IMPACTING MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES THAT DEPEND UPON THEM
CLIMATE SCIENTISTS AND EVEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PREMIER TRUDEAU EMPHATICALLY STATED THAT THIS EVENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT HUMAN INFLUENCE
AND YET, IN A WEBINAR ON JUNE 29, THE PORT MARITIME DIRECTOR, WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE LINK BETWEEN THIS UNPRECEDENTED HEAT EVENT IN THE PORT POLICIES, REPORTEDLY SAID, QUOTE, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WEATHER AND CLIMATE UNQUOTE
I KNOW YOU'RE OPENING COMMENT TODAY, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN ACKNOWLEDGING HUMAN CAUSE, GLOBAL WARMING
BUT THERE CONTINUES TO BE WIDE GAPS BETWEEN THE PRESS RELEASES AND STATEMENTS FROM THE PORT AND THE ACTUAL IMPACT OF POLICIES ON PEOPLE AND THE PLANET
FOR THE PAST WEEK OR MORE, THE CRUISE SHIP AT PIER 66 HAS BEEN BELCHING CANCER CAUSING CHEMICALS INTO THE BELLTOWN IN PIONEER SQUARE NEIGHBORHOODS
YESTERDAY'S BLOG POST FROM THE PORT SAYS THIS IS MOSTLY STEAM, WHERE'S THE DATA AND HARD NUMBERS FROM INDEPENDENT MONITORING TO BACK UP THAT STATEMENT
YES, WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CLIMATE EMERGENCY, BUT THE FIVE OF YOU ARE ELECTED LEADERS WITH AN ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR THE COMMON GOOD, NOT THE PROFITS OF A FEW INDUSTRIES HARMING OUR COMMUNITIES AND WORLD
WE NEED TO TRANSITION TOWARDS A CRUISE FREE SALISH SEA SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC PRESS CONFERENCE AT SMITH COVID PARK ON JULY 19 AT ONE P
M TO SHARE OUR VISION
ALL ARE WELCOME
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, JORDAN
CLERK HART, YES
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN OLSON
THANK YOU
MY NAME IS KAREN OLSON
I AM THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER OF THE SPACE NEEDLE AND CHIHULY GARDENING GLASS
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PORT COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND BRINGING BACK THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IN A SAFE WAY
I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY COMMENT ON WHAT HAVING THE CRUISE INDUSTRY BACK IN 2021 MEANS THAT TOURISM DESTINATIONS LIKE OURSELVES
WHEN THE GOVERNOR REOPENED THE STATE ON JUNE 30 TH, HE RAISED THE WASHINGTON READY FLAG ON TOP OF THE SPACE
WASHINGTON IS READY FOR BUSINESS, WASHINGTON IS READY TO FOR TOURISM, AND WASHINGTON IS READY FOR THE CRUISE SHIPS TO RETURN ITS TOURISM SEASON IN SEATTLE
THERE ARE A FEW PLACES THAT'S MORE APPARENT THAN LOG ALONG THE WATERFRONT AS A CRUISE SHIP STARTS TO DOCK AND MAKE THE WEEKLY RETURNS TO THE PIERS
TOURISTS COME FROM ALL DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT I HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON, THEY ARE READY TO ENJOY THE CITY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY
TOURISM SEASON IN SEATTLE IS GENERALLY SHORTER THAN OTHER DESTINATIONS
WE OFTEN COMPETE AGAINST THE SUNNY BEACHES OF LA HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF NEW YORK OR THE CONSTANT WARMTH UP FLORIDA, SO THE CRUISE INDUSTRY HAS BEEN A KEY DROP FOR GETTING TOURISTS
SEATTLE SUMMER VISITATION IS CRUCIAL FOR MAKING SURE WE CAN KEEP OUR TEAM MEMBERS EMPLOYED, OFFERING GREAT BENEFITS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING THE SLOWER SEASONS
MAJORITY OF THE YEARS ATTENDANCE OCCURS DURING THE SUMMER, AND THE CRUISE INDUSTRY ATTRIBUTES TO 20% OF THAT
GETTING THE SHIP SAILING IN IS CRITICAL FOR TOURIST DESTINATIONS LIKE OURSELVES AS WELL AS ALL BUSINESSES, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL AT CATERED TOURISTS VISITING THE CITY AND BEYOND
HAVING THE CRUISE SHIP BACK THIS SUMMER AS A KEY PART TO RETURN TO THAT TOURIST SEASON TO THE POSITIVE FINANCIAL IMPACT ON BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE ALL STRUGGLED TOGETHER THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A SIGN THAT BETTER DAYS ARE AHEAD
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
WE HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE PORT COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING A THRIVING TOURISM ECOSYSTEM
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, KAREN
CLERK HART, THANK YOU
OUR NEXT SPEAKER WITH IRIS ANTMAN
YES, WE CAN
YEAH
GOOD AFTERNOON
MY NAME IS IRIS ANTMAN AND I'M A MEMBER OF SEATTLE CRUISE CONTROL, A GROUP FORMED TO OPPOSE A THIRD CRUISE SHIP TERMINAL AT T 46 DUE TO COVID THAT PROJECT WAS CAUSED
SO WE HAVE LITTLE DOUBT THAT THE PORT HOPES TO RESTART IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
AS EVIDENCE IS THE MISGUIDED RESTARTING OF CRUISING TO ALASKA LATER THIS MONTH
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PORT BUSINESS MODEL IS ECONOMIC EXPANSION, BUT ITS OTHER MISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IS LARGELY FORGOTTEN IN THE PUSH TO RESTART AND EXPAND THE CRUISING BUSINESS IN SEATTLE
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE PORT CAN REALIGN ITS ECONOMIC INTERESTS AWAY FROM CRUISING WHILE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE JOBS AND SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES
THIS IS A HUGE CHALLENGE THAT SHOULD BE FRONT AND CENTER IN YOUR WORK
INSTEAD OF CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE CRUISING INDUSTRY WHICH IS CURRENTLY CONFIGURED IN HELPING TO DESTROY OUR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
IGNORING THIS IS DENIAL AND NEGLIGENCE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER
YOU CAN STATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE HUMAN DRIVEN CAUSES OF THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND TAKE REFUGE IN SOLAR PANELS
SHORE POWER, WHICH DOESN'T YET EXIST AT T 46, WHERE THE NORWEGIAN ENCORE IS CURRENTLY DOCKED AND WON'T FOR TWO MORE YEARS
BUT IGNORING THE OVERWHELMING CONTRIBUTIONS TO AIR AND WATER POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS OF CRUISE SHIP IS DENYING THE REALITIES OF THE PROBLEMS WE ARE FACING
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CARGO SHIPPING AND LUXURY CRUISE IN IT'S TIME TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR AN ACTION TO MITIGATE THE HARM THAT CRUISE SHIPS CAUSE
I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE WANT TO CRUISE, BUT IT'S NO LONGER A TENABLE ACTIVITY
WHEN SOME ENGAGE IN AND FACILITATE LIFE DESTROYING ACTIVITIES EN MASS, THEY ARE DESTROYING THE LIVES OF OTHERS LESS FORTUNATE
WHAT WILL YOU SAY TO YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WHEN THEY ASK YOU WHAT ACTIONS YOU TOOK AS A PORT COMMISSIONER CHO ADDRESS THE CLIMATE CRISIS IN 2021 WHEN THEY REMAIN SOME HOPE TO AVOID THE WORST OF THE WORST CONSEQUENCES? THANK YOU
THANK YOU, IRIS
CLERK HART, THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE, AS OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMBER MARTIN
AMBER, GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE
AMBER, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO HEAR US, GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE
MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT WE'LL COME BACK TO AMBER
OH, SHE SAYS SHE'S UNABLE TO UNMUTE
OKAY, AMBER, I CAN'T DO THAT ON MY END FOR YOU
IF YOU CAN FIND YOUR MICROPHONE, WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, THEN, IS JENNIFER LEE WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO CALL IN
SHE COULD TRY TO CALL IN LINE
AND IS THAT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD READ ALOUD? I CAN CERTAINLY PULL OPEN OUR AGENDA AND GET THAT INFORMATION
HANG ON
JUST TWO SECONDS FOR ME
SO THAT CALL IN LINE
AMBER, IF YOU CAN'T UNMUTE IS 425-660-9954 AGAIN 425-660-9954 AND THE CODE THERE IS 382-30-4939
AND, AMBER, I AM SORRY YOU'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT MY STUFF RIGHT NOW
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND POP IT IN THIS MEETING CHAT AS WELL
AND WE WILL COME BACK TO AMBER AND MOVE ON TO JENNIFER LEE
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
MY NAME IS JENNIFER LEE AND I AM THE TECHNOLOGY LIBERTY MANAGER AT THE ACLU IN WASHINGTON
ON BEHALF OF 40 ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO PROTECTING PEOPLE'S RIGHT SINCE OF LIBERTIES, WE URGE THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION TO REJECT THE USE OF INVASIVE FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY AT SEATAC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
FIRST, WE URGE THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION TO REJECT PARTICIPATION IN AND FUNDING OF CBP BIOMETRIC, EXIT AND ENTRY PROGRAMS AIRPORTS AND AIRLINES ARE NOT MANDATED TO PARTICIPATE IN OR CONTRIBUTE FINANCIALLY TO EITHER CBP'S BIOMETRIC EXIT AND ENTRY PROGRAMS, AND THE PORT SHOULD NOT BE FACILITATING THIS INVASIVE SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM
SECOND, WE URGE THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO PROHIBIT USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY BY PRIVATE ENTITIES AT THE PORT SUPPORTS AIRLINES AND CONTRACTORS SHOULD NOT OBSCURE THE ROLE OF DHS AND CDP BY COLLECTING FACIAL IMAGES ON THEIR BEHALF
WE ARE ALARMED THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PORT STAFFS HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR PURPOSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TO TARGET TRAVELERS WITH ADVERTISEMENTS
THE PORT SHOULD REJECT THE INFRASTRUCTURAL EXPANSION OF FACE SURVEILLANCE NOT INVITED IN
LASTLY, WE URGE THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION TO MODIFY THE DEFINITION OF MASS SURVEILLANCE AS A CURRENT PROPOSED BAN ON MASS SURVEILLANCE DOES NOT BAN MASS SURVEILLANCE AT ALL
LOGGING OF INDIVIDUALS MOVEMENTS AND WHEN, WHERE, HOW, AND WITH WHOM THEY TRAVEL, WHETHER BY AIR OR SEA OR OTHERWISE, IS PER SE
SURVEILLANCE, WHICH IS, QUOTE, THE ACT OF OBSERVING PERSONS ARE GROUPED BOTH AVERT OR COVERT
SURVEILLANCE CAN CONSTITUTE AN INVASION OF PRIVACY
THE PORT PROPOSED USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR BIOMETRIC ENTRY AND EXIT, AND THIS PROPOSAL TO ALLOW PRIVATE ENTITIES TO USE BOTH GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE FACE RECOGNITION SYSTEM WOULD BE CONSIDERED MASS SURVEILLANCE AS DEFINED BY ACADEMIC, TECHNICAL EXPERTS AND GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES
WE HOPE THAT THE PORT DOES NOT EXPAND INVASIVE AND RACIALLY BIASED SPACE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS THAT THREATEN OUR CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTY
THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JENNIFER
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
YES, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL AMBER MARTIN AGAIN, ALTHOUGH I'M NOT QUITE SURE SHE'S HAD A CHANCE TO HOP ON THE TELEPHONE
AMBER, ARE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? WE'LL MOVE TO CYNTHIA SPEUSE
CYNTHIA, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? HI, I'M CYNTHIA SPEUSE, AN INDEPENDENT SECURITY RESEARCHER
MY COMMENTS ARE REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 10 A
THERE ARE NUMEROUS GAPS AND THE PORT BIOMETRICS ORDER 2021 6
THE PORT DEFINITION OF MASS SURVEILLANCE IS INCORRECT
THE LEGAL DEFINITION OF SURVEILLANCE FROM CORNELL LAW INCLUDES COVERT AND OVERT FORMS, SO GIVING NOTICE DOESN'T MAKE IT NOT SURVEILLANCE
THE PORT CURRENT USE OF BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY IS CONSIDERED MASS SURVEILLANCE OR WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED BULK COLLECTION DEFINED BY ACADEMICS, THE US COMMITTEE ON RESPONDING TO A PRESIDENTIAL POLICY DIRECTIVE AND THE EU PARLIAMENT
BESIDES IN ACCURACIES PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED TO THE COMMISSION REGARDING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY FOR WOMEN, BLACK FOLKS, AND TRANSGENDER INDIVIDUALS, BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS ALSO HAVE THE FOLLOWING ISSUES, FINGERPRINT SCANNERS WON'T BE INCLUSIVE FOR THE 20 TO 40% OF US COMBAT AMPUTEES THAT HAVE SUSTAINED MAJOR UPPER EXTREMITY AMPUTATION
THERE ARE NEARLY 2,000,000 PEOPLE LIVING WITH LIMB LOSS IN THE US, AND BLACK FOLKS ARE UP TO FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN WHITE FOLKS TO HAVE AN AMPUTATION
MANUAL LABOR, CANCER, DERMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS, AND AGE CAN ALL DEGRADE THE FRICTION RIDGES OF FINGERPRINTS
FINGERPRINT READERS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE EASY TO HACK, AND FAKE FINGERPRINTS CAN BE GENERATED FROM IMAGES ALONE, SUCH AS WAS DONE AGAINST THE GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS CAN HAVE DATA BREACHES, SUCH AS THE BREACH OF A MAJOR VENDOR PROVIDING FINGERPRINT AND FACIAL RECOGNITION SYSTEMS CDP HEAD THEIR ALPR DATA HACK AND SOLD ON THE DARK WEB
FACIAL AND FINGERPRINT IMAGES CAN DISPOSE VARIOUS MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING MULTIPLE GENETIC DISORDERS, THUS CAUSING THESE IMAGES TO BE A FORM OF MEDICAL INFORMATION NOT COVERED BY HIPAA
EVEN FINGERPRINT ALONE CAN BE USED TO PREDICT AGE, SEX, AND ANCESTRY, THEIR SIGNIFICANT DOWNSTREAM RAMIFICATIONS
IF THE PORT CONTINUES TO NORMALIZE UBIQUITOUS SURVEILLANCE, WHO IN A FREE SOCIETY WANTS TO HAVE THEIR BODY PARTS DIGITIZED AND CATALOGED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND FOR PROFIT COMPANIES? THE PORT HAS IGNORED THE RIPPLING EFFECTS THAT CAN HAPPEN BY MAKING BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY SEEM BENIGN
COMMISSIONERS EACH OF YOU WILL REGRET NOT HAVING DONE MORE TO FIGHT AGAINST THIS
PLEASE BAN ALL USE OF BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY THAT IS UNDER THE COMMISSIONS AUTHORITY TO DO SO
THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CYNTHIA
NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE
SORRY I WAS ON YOU
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EDWARD HASBROOK
YES, MY NAME IS EDWARD HASBROOK
I'M WITH THE IDENTITY PROJECT IN SAN FRANCISCO
ONE OF THE CO SIGNERS OF THE LETTER TO WHICH MISS LEE OF THE ACLU REFERRED EARLIER
I WON'T REPEAT HER COMMENTS, BUT WE FULLY ENDORSE THEM
IF WE WERE OPTIMISTIC AT THE START OF THIS PROCESS THAT THE PORT WAS UNDERTAKING A REVIEW OF POLICIES ON BIOMETRICS, BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE HAD DEGENERATED INTO AN EXERCISE IN SPIN CONTROL, ATTEMPTING TO WHITEWASH A PRACTICE OF ACTIVE COLLABORATION AND FUNDING BY THE PORT OF BIOMETRIC SURVEILLANCE IN COOPERATION WITH BOTH CORPORATE AND FEDERAL USES OF THOSE TECHNOLOGIES, LIKE CLOAKING IT IN FALSE AND MISLEADING RHETORIC OF A BAN, WHICH IS THIS IS NOT AND A FALSE CLAIMS TO LACK OF AUTHORITY BY THE PORT
AS WE ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THE PORT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO BUY, TO DEPLOY, TO USE, TO FUND AND TO SHARE DATA COLLECTED AT ITS OWN COMMON USE BIOMETRIC STATIONS
THE NOTICES THAT ARE ALLUDED TO AND MR SCHINFELD UPCOMING SLIDES STILL DON'T INCLUDE THE PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT NOTICES REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW AND WHICH COULDN'T BE PROVIDED BECAUSE DHS HASN'T EVEN SOUGHT A REQUIRED APPROVALS YET
THERE'S REFERENCE TO REPRESENTATIVE JAYAPALS PROPOSED FEDERAL LEGISLATION, BUT WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS TO BAN COLLECTION OF BIOMETRICS WITHOUT EXPLICIT STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION
THE FEDERAL PRIVACY ACT ALREADY BANS THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT FIRST AMENDMENT ACTIVITIES WITHOUT STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION AND HAS ALREADY BEEN VIOLATED NOT ONLY BY THE DHS BUT BY THE PORT OF SEATTLE AS ITS PARTNER
FINALLY, I WILL SIMPLY NOTE THAT FACIAL RECOGNITION REQUIRES PEOPLE TO REMOVE THEIR MASKS, MEANING THE POINT OF FACIAL RECOGNITION BEEN MOST DANGEROUS POINT IN THE AIRPORT DURING THIS PANDEMIC, CLEARLY COUNTER INDICATED BY HEALTH REASONS
I URGE YOU TO REJECT THE PROPOSED POLICIES NOT ONLY AS BAD POLICIES, BUT AS NOT ACCURATELY DESCRIBING WHAT THE PORT IS DOING AND FALSELY CATEGORIZING COLLABORATION AS A BAN
THANK YOU
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EDWARD
WE'LL COME BACK TO ONE MORE TO ON AMBER AND THEN YES, YES, WE'RE CALLING FOR AMBER MARTIN
AMBER, IF YOU'RE ON THE TELEPHONE, STAR SIX TO UNMUTE
CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES
WONDERFUL
AND APOLOGIES FOR THE COMPLETE EARLIER FAILURE OF MY MICROSOFT TEAM
COMMISSIONERS, I'M AMBER MARTIN, SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER AND HEAD OF MARKETING STRATEGY FOR THE MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE OR MOPOP
I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON THE TOURISM GRANT PROGRAM
AT MOPOP
WE APPRECIATE THE PORT OF SEATTLE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO BRINGING CRUISES AND PASSENGERS BACK TO WASHINGTON
WHILE ALSO FOLLOWING PROTOCOLS TO ENSURE SAFETY
WE ARE EXCITEDLY COUNTING DOWN THE OFFICIAL ARRIVAL OF THE 2021 CRUISE SEASON IN JUST SIX DAYS
THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS A KEY PARTNER FOR MOPOP AND THE SUPPORT OF OUR NONPROFIT MISSION TO INSPIRE AND CONNECT COMMUNITIES
WE TRULY VALUE THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUR TWO ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIFICALLY THE TOURISM GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH ENABLES US TO BROADEN OUR MISSION AND REACH MORE CRUISE VISITORS
FROM THE 2019 PORT OF SEATTLE VISITOR SURVEY, WE KNOW THAT 8% OF PRE AND POST CRUISE ACTIVITIES IN WASHINGTON INCLUDE A VISIT TO A MUSEUM THROUGH THE TOURISM GRANT PROGRAM IN 2019, WE LEVERAGE DIGITAL MARKETING TO DRIVE A 10,000 DOLLARS GRANT FROM THE REPORT INTO 80,000 DOLLARS IN TOURISM REVENUE FOR THE CITY
THIS YEAR WE'RE EXPANDING OUR DIGITAL MARKETING EFFORTS AND USING BUYER INTENT AND GEO TARGETING TO FURTHER DIRECTLY TARGET THOSE PRE AND POST CRUISE VISITORS AND DRIVE THOSE GRANT DOLLARS EVEN FURTHER
ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE DEDICATED STAFF TEAM AT MOPOP, WE TRULY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AMBER
I'M GLAD YOU GOT ABLE TO TESTIFY
I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSEVERANCE AND LET CLERK HART, THANK YOU, MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT
OUR LAST SPEAKER IS BRAD JONES
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
MY NAME IS BRAD JONES
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF VISIT BELLEVUE, AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK THE PORT OF SEATTLE FOR YOUR CONTINUED LEADERSHIP AND EFFORTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAFE RESUMPTION OF THE 2021 CRUISE SEASON
THIS IS A TIMELY, MONUMENTAL EFFORT WORKING WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS, HEALTH OFFICIALS, AND THE CRUISE LINES THEMSELVES TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPER PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES ARE IN PLACE FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND SAFE CRUISE SEASON, WHICH WILL BEGIN VERY SOON
OBVIOUSLY, THE VISITOR SPENDING IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CRUISE INDUSTRY ARE ENORMOUS FOR OUR REGION
THESE VISITORS PROVIDE OUR PUGET SOUND DESTINATIONS LIKE BELLEVUE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE THESE NEW VISITORS AND SHOWCASE ARE INCREDIBLE WORLD CLASS VISITOR EXPERIENCES
THIS NOT ONLY DRIVES IMMEDIATE SPENDING BUT ALSO CULTIVATES FUTURE RETURN INTENTIONS, BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS AND IMPORTANT CORPORATE DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN OUR DESTINATION AND INTO OUR OTHER TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY SECTORS
OUR INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND FOCUS GROUPS SHOW THAT SOME CRUISE VISITORS PREIMPOSE THEIR CRUISE EXPERIENCE, SELECT BELLEVUE FOR DINING, SHOPPING, AND TOURISM ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS FOR OVERNIGHT DESTINATION
THESE INSIGHTS ALSO POINT OUT THAT WE STILL HAVE MUCH UNTAPPED POTENTIAL AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO EVOLVE OUR STRATEGY IN CURATING UNIQUE, MEMORABLE VISITOR EXPERIENCES FOR THESE CRUISE GUESTS TO WHICH WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON AND OUR CRUISE LINE PARTNERS ON BEHALF OF BELLEVUE
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP ON VISIT BELLEVE'S GROWING DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRAD
FAR FROM LAST, BUT LEAST I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA
MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO SUMMARIZE THE WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY? THAT WOULD BE LOVELY
THANK YOU
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MICHELLE HART, COMMISSION CLERK
WE HAVE RECEIVED NINE WRITTEN COMMENTS SUBMITTED FOR TODAY'S MEETING
THESE HAVE ALL BEEN EMAILED TO YOU IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AND WILL BECOME A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD
ANY CORRESPONDENTS RECEIVED DURING THIS MEETING WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU POST MEETING AND WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE MEETING RECORD
I'M GENERALLY SUMMARIZING TODAY FOR TOPICS THAT HAVE RECEIVED MULTIPLE WRITERS BY TOPIC, AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH FOR LOT SIX FOR THAT PROJECT RESIDENCE, MELINDA MUELLER AND TERRY COLE, BOTH RIGHT
IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT EXPANSION AND IN SUPPORT OF LEAVING THE OPEN SPACE AVAILABLE AS IT IS CURRENTLY USED
JESSE TURNER, DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO COMBAT OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RIGHTS, TO THANK THE PORT FOR ITS OCEAN ACIDIFICATION PLAN, STATING THAT IT WOULD PROVIDE A ROADMAP FOR THE PORT AND LOCAL AND REGIONAL DECISION MAKERS AND BETTER UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE IMPACTS TO MARINE RESOURCES AND FURTHER IMPLEMENTING ACTIONS THAT WILL INCREASE BIODIVERSITY, ADAPTIVE CAPACITY AND RESILIENCY NOW AND IN THE DECADES TO COME
LAURA GIBBONS AND SARAH CHIEFLY RESIDENTS, BOTH WRITE, SUBMITTING THE SAME STATEMENT AS FOLLOWS, REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 11C TO STATE THEY ARE HAPPY THE PORT HAS JOINED THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO COMBAT OCEAN CERTIFICATION, NOTING THAT RESPONDING TO INCREASING OCEAN CERTIFICATION IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF PROTECTING THE HEALTH OF THE PLANET
THEY STATE THAT THE PORT LIST THE CURRENT THE PORT LISTS THE CENTURY AGENDA AS ONE OF ITS INITIATIVES FOR REDUCING CO2 EMISSIONS
THIS IS ACTION GOAL ONE, AND THEY URGED THE PORT TO SET CONCRETE AND MEASURABLE STEPS FOR HOW IT WILL MEET THE STEP THREE EMISSION REDUCTION TARGETS OUTLINED IN STRATEGY FOR IT OBJECTIVE 15 OF THE CENTURY AGENDA
THEY SAY THAT THE PORT IS CURRENTLY NOT ON TRACK TO ACHIEVE REDUCTIONS
BERNARDI LEN, RESIDENT WRITES TO REQUEST THE PORT CONSIDER WHAT GROWTH OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY REALLY MEANS
SHE REFERENCES THE PSRC MAY 2021 REPORT PREDICTING FLIGHT INCREASE NUMBERS BY THE YEAR 2050 AND PROVIDES A LINK TO AN ARTICLE REGARDING ISSUES WITH GROWTH, PROS AND CONS
SHE SPEAKS TO THE BENEFITS OF EDUCATING THE PUBLIC REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS CAUSED BY THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY IN AN EFFORT TO DECREASE THE DEMAND FOR FLIGHTS AND ALSO TWO INEQUITIES CREATED FOR PEOPLE LIVING AROUND THE AIRPORT OR AN COKER
AND RICHARD LEADS RESIDENTS RIGHT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF RECENT FINDINGS COMPLETED BY DUTCH RESEARCHERS REGARDING THE GROWTH OF AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THERE
THEY ALSO ASK THE PORT TO CONSIDER SKIP THREE EMISSIONS ENABLED BY THE PORT, WHICH BRINGS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE EFFECTS
AND THEN FINALLY, CYNTHIA PS SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS IN CORRESPONDENTS CONNECTION WITH HER SPOKEN TESTIMONY TODAY
AND THAT INCLUDES THE WRITTEN TESTIMONY WE'VE RECEIVED
WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
CLERK HART, AS I STARTED TO SAY, HEARING NO FURTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA
ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ADOPTED BY ONE MOTION
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY IMMEDIATELY AFTER ADOPTION OF THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS WE'VE HEARD NO ITEMS TO BE PULLED TODAY
AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COVERING ITEMS EIGHT A THROUGH EIGHT E
SECOND, I'LL LET YOU FIGURE THAT ONE OUT CLERK HART
I DID
SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED
AND SECONDED, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED FOR ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA FOR ADOPTION OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AYE THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
STEINBREUCK
YES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
YES, THANK YOU
YOU HAVE FIVE YESSES AND ZERO NOS FOR THIS ITEM
THEN THE MOTION PASSES
NOW MOVING ON IN THE AGENDA
WE HAVE THREE NEW BUSINESS ITEMS TODAY
CLERK HART, WILL YOU PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM INTO THE RECORD? WE'LL THEN HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM
THANK YOU
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM 10, A ORDER NUMBER 2021-06, DIRECTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT EXECUTIVE POLICIES BANNING PORT AND PRIVATE SECTOR USES OF PUBLIC FACING BIOMETRICS FOR MASS SURVEILLANCE AND FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY FUNCTIONS
DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING PORT POLICIES WITHIN THE LIMITATIONS OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAW RELATED TO PORT
FEDERAL AND PRIVATE SECTOR USES OF PUBLIC FACING BIOMETRICS AT PORT FACILITIES FOR TRAVELER FUNCTIONS
AND ENDORSING LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTING A MORATORIUM ON FEDERAL USES OF BIOMETRICS NOT EXPLICITLY APPROVED BY THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS
COMMISSIONERS, ITEM 10 IS A PUBLIC FACING BIOMETRIC POLICY ORDER
THE ORDER WOULD DIRECT ME TO IMPLEMENT EXECUTIVE POLICIES RELATED TO THE USE OF PUBLIC FACING BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY, APPORT FACILITIES AND PORT EMPLOYEES
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S BEEN A TWO YEAR PROCESS TO GET US TO THIS POINT, AND I WANT TO START BY THINKING
COMMISSIONER CHO AND CALKINS, WE SERVED ON THE BIOMETRICS, THE COMMISSION BIOMETRIC SPECIAL COMMITTEE THAT OVERSAW THIS WORK
THE BIOMETRIC SPECIAL COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED FULL COMMISSION ACTION ON THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS ORDER, AND I WILL INVITE BOTH OF THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE THE STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THAT DOZENS OF PORT STAFF AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS WHO SPENT THE LAST 18 MONTHS DISCUSSING EMBEDDING THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU WILL HEAR TODAY
WELL, NOT EVERYONE FULLY SUPPORTS THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS
AS YOU HEARD DURING TODAY'S PUBLIC COMMENT, OUR POLICIES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER THANKS TO THEIR INPUT AND INSIGHTS
WE HAVE TWO OVERARCHING GOALS FOR THESE POLICIES
FIRST, WE WANTED TO BE TRUE TO OUR VALUES INTO THE BIOMETRIC PRINCIPLES THAT THE COMMISSION PASSED IN DECEMBER OF 2019
WE MUST ALWAYS BE FOCUSED FIRST AND FOREMOST ON THE RIGHTS AND EXPERIENCE OF TRAVELERS OF WORKERS AND VISITORS TO OUR FACILITIES
AS YOU WILL HEAR, WE BELIEVE THAT SOME USES OF BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY WOULD VIOLATE THOSE VALUES, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING A BAN ON THOSE FUNCTIONS
SECOND, WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT SUCH USES ARE APPROPRIATE, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS OPERATED WITH STRONG SAFEGUARDS, WITH HIGH LEVELS OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND WITH CLEAR PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS ISSUES AS THEY ARISE
WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER A HIGHLY DETAILED LIST OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL HELP US ACHIEVE THAT GOAL
FINALLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE PORT EFFORTS ON THIS TOPIC ARE LARGELY DUE TO THE LACK OF FEDERAL REGULATION CURRENTLY IN PLACE
SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE SET A STANDARD THAT THE PORT AUTHORITIES MAY WANT TO CONSIDER
WE ALSO FEEL STRONGLY THAT BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY RULES AND REGULATIONS SHOULD BE STANDARDIZED NATIONALLY
WE ARE PLEASED THAT THIS ORDER ALSO INCLUDES DIRECTION TO ADD A CALL FOR SUCH LEGISLATION TO THE PORT FEDERAL POLICY AGENDA
AT THIS TIME
I'D LIKE TO INVITE COMMISSIONER CHO AND CALKINS TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'LL HEAR TODAY
OR FIRST, I DO WANT TO THANK ERIC SCHOENFIELD, SENIOR MANAGER OF FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, FOR ALL THIS HARD WORK AND OUTSTANDING POLICY ADVICE IN MANAGING THIS EFFORT
ERIC WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION FALL IN THE COMMISSIONERS
ALRIGHT, SO LET'S THANK YOU VERY MUCH
EXECUTIVE METRUCK, LET'S BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER CHO AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER CALKINS
GREAT
THANK YOU, STEVE
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS BEFORE THE STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC
I ALSO WANT TO JOIN YOU IN THANKING EVERYONE WHO WORKED HARD TO GET US TO THIS POINT TODAY
IN PARTICULAR SCHINFELD, WHO'S BEEN LABORIOUSLY WORKING ON THIS FOR OVER A YEAR NOW
AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO VERONICA VALDEZ IN THE COMMISSION OFFICE, WHO IS OBVIOUSLY NO LONGER WITH US HERE AT THE PORT
BUT ALSO I HAD A TREMENDOUS INFLUENCE ON SOME OF THE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THIS BIOMETRICS COMMITTEE
AS TECHNOLOGY BECOMES MORE PREVALENT IN OUR SOCIETY, I THINK IT CAN SOMETIMES FADE INTO THE BACKGROUND AS AN ACCEPTED PART OF OUR DAILY LIFE
AND WHILE I'M INTERESTED IN TECHNOLOGY AND THE BENEFITS THAT IT CAN BRING, I ALSO THINK IT'S CRITICAL TO CONSIDER THE FULL IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND FIND WAYS TO PROTECT PEOPLE FROM THE POTENTIAL HARMS OF THAT TECHNOLOGY
AS SUCH, I HAVE BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR REGULATING NEW TECHNOLOGY AT THE PORT, AND I'M ESPECIALLY SENSITIVE TO THE USE OF BIOMETRICS AT OUR FACILITIES, KNOWING THAT THERE COULD BE RACIAL BIAS BUILT INTO SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS THAT DISPROPORTION IDENTIFY PEOPLE OF COLOR
QUITE FRANKLY, IT'S HONESTLY PRETTY ASTOUNDING TO ME THAT BIOMETRICS USES ALREADY IN PLACE AT THREE DOZEN PORT AUTHORITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, BOTH AIRPORTS AND SPORT WITHOUT ANY STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS OR POLICY SAFE GUARDS
PORTS, AIRLINES, CRUISE LINES AND CBP ARE ALL USING THIS TECHNOLOGY AS A TRAVELER FACILITATION AND CUSTOMER SERVICE BENEFIT
BUT I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED STRONG REGULATIONS TO NOT ONLY PROTECT AGAINST THE RISKS, BUT ALSO TO HELP BUILD TRAVELER CONFIDENCE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT THE OPTION
I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD THAT THIS ORDER IS PASSED TODAY
WE WILL BE THE FIRST PORT AUTHORITY IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE SUCH PROTECTIONS IN PLACE
I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY REALISTIC
THIS TECHNOLOGY IS HERE AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE USED
WE HAVE CLEAR OPERATING AT OUR TSA CHECKPOINTS
CBP IS USING OFFICIAL RECOGNITION FOR ARRIVING INTERNATIONAL AIR AND CRUISE PASSENGERS AND CONGRESSIONAL MANDATES FOR USE OF BIOMETRIC FOR DEPARTING INTERNATIONAL AIR
TRAVELERS, AIRLINES AND CRUISE LINES ARE ACTIVELY EXPLORING EXPANDED USE OF BIOMETRIC AS IS TSA, OUR OWN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
AND SO RATHER THAN PUT OUR HEADS IN THE SAND AND TRY TO STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING, I BELIEVE THAT OUR APPROACH IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN BANNING THOSE USES THAT DO NOT MEET OUR STRICT PARAMETERS WHILE PUTTING INTO PLACE STRONG POLICIES AROUND THE USE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE DO ALLOW
IN ALL THIS TO SAY THAT I UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS REGARD BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY, IT'S NOT LOST UPON ME
AND I SHARE THE BELIEF THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACY, THE EQUITY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
AND I AM QUITE HONESTLY HAPPY TO SAY THAT I THINK THE PORT IS PROPOSED CONTROLS AND PROTECTIONS THAT ACHIEVE THESE GOALS OF PERSONAL PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION, AS WELL AS MAXIMIZING PERSONAL CHOICE AND HOW DATA ON HOW MUCH DATA PEOPLE CHOOSE TO SHARE
LAST YEAR, WHEN WE VOTED ON BIOMETRICS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL AIR EXIT PROGRAM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN AROUND WHETHER OR NOT WE AS A PORT WOULD BE ABLE TO PROPERLY NOTIFY PASSENGERS ON THEIR RIGHTS THROUGH SIGNAGE AND OTHER MEANS
I THINK THROUGH TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND THE PICTURES THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE CLEARLY CLEARLY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT
FURTHERMORE, I THINK WE JUST ISSUED OUR FIRST EVER ANNUAL AUDIT OF THE AIR EXIT SYSTEM, AN AUDIT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE IF WE DID NOT TAKE OWNERSHIP OF ADMINISTRATING, THIS FEDERALLY MANDATED PROGRAM
AND SO, AS I SAID LAST YEAR, THE QUESTION IS NOT WHETHER OR NOT BIOMETRICS IS USED OR NOT USED
THE QUESTION IS, WHO ADMINISTERS IT, WHO IS GOING TO REGULATE IT, AND WHO'S GOING TO PUT THOSE PROTECTIONS IN? AND I WOULD RATHER HAVE A DEGREE OF CONTROL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OUR PASSENGERS AND CITIZENS RATHER THAN KICKING THE CAN DOWN AND PUSHING THAT RESPONSIBILITY AWAY TO SOMEONE ELSE
AS A PUBLIC POLICY MAKER, I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO TAKE OWNERSHIP AND RESPONSIBILITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING
KEEPING IN MIND OUR PRINCIPLES
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WHILE I SIT ON THIS COMMISSION, PEOPLE CAN REST ASSURED THAT I WILL ALWAYS VOTE WITH THE EQUITY IMPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCT PRESS IN THE FRONT OF MY MIND, THE PROTECTION OF MY COMMUNITY AT THE FRONT OF MY MIND AND THE ABUSE OF BIOMETRICS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AS LONG AS I'M HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR DISCUSSION TODAY
I URGE MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT THIS THOUGHTFUL APPROACH, AND I WILL KICK IT BACK TO CLERK HART
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
WE'LL HEAR FROM COMMISSIONER CALKINS NEXT
AND OF COURSE, THE PLANES FLYING RIGHT OVERHEAD
AS I START MY COMMENTS, I'M GOING TO KEEP THEM SHORT BECAUSE I BELIEVE EXECUTIVE METRUCK AND COMMISSIONER CHO HAVE COVERED MOST OF THE REALLY SALIENT POINTS IN THE DELIBERATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS
AND ALSO JUST TO EXPRESS WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING PASSAGE OF THE ORDER TO THE FULL COMMISSION, I WOULD ADD THAT A REFLECTION ON THE VALUE OF ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WAS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR THIS PROCESS PROCESS
AND AS IS INEVITABLE IN DELIBERATIONS OVER IMPORTANT POLICIES SUCH AS THESE GOOD FAITH ADVOCATES REPRESENTING MANY PERSPECTIVES HAVE PROVIDED THOUGHTFUL ADVICE AND CRITICISM ABOUT OUR APPROACH
WHILE PEOPLE'S OPINIONS ABOUT THE APPROACH MAY DIFFER, THERE IS CONSENSUS ON ONE THING, AND THAT IS THE VALUES THAT GUIDE THE POLICY THAT I BE VOLUNTARY, LAWFUL, ETHICAL AND TRANSPARENT, AND THAT ENSURES SAFETY, PRIVACY AND SECURITY
THOSE WERE REALLY OR DRIVING NORTH STAR IN THIS PROCESS
I BELIEVE THAT THE ORDER UNDER CONSIDERATION TODAY IS THE OPTIMAL APPROACH, GIVEN OUR CONSTRAINTS TO SAFEGUARD THOSE VALUES IN ANY BIOMETRIC USE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
I ALSO HOPE THAT OUR ADVOCACY AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL TO IMPROVE THE REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT AROUND BIOMETRICS BEARS FRUIT, ENABLING CITIES, COUNTIES, AND PORTS TO PROVIDE EVEN GREATER PROTECTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC
SO I'M COMMITTED TO BE A PART OF THAT ADVOCACY, AND I TOO WOULD THINK ERIC AND VERONICA, ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT CHIMED IN ALL OF THE STAFF TIME THAT WAS PUT INTO ENSURING THAT WE CAN LEAD AS THE PORT AGENCY IN THIS AREA
THANKS SO MUCH
OKAY, THEN WE CAN NOW HEAR FROM MR SCHINFELD, WHO HAS STARTED THIS PROCESS SINCE
IT'S INCEPTION WITH GREAT VIGOR AND VALOR
PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY
ERIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH
COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
AGAIN, MY NAME IS ERIC SCHINFELD AND THE SENIOR MANAGER OF FEDERAL POLICY HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
AND AGAIN, I WANT TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS AND STEVE HAVE MENTIONED, WHICH IS THIS WORK PRODUCT IS THE RESULT OF MANY PEOPLE, BOTH INTERNAL STAFF, EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS
BUT MOST SIGNIFICANTLY, VERONICA VALDEZ AND I DID LET HER KNOW THIS PRESENTATION WAS TAKING PLACE TODAY AND JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK HER AGAIN FOR ALL OF HER INCREDIBLE WORK HERE
IF WE CAN GET THE POWERPOINT UP, I'LL JUST WALK THROUGH A FEW SLIDES HERE TO REALLY SUMMARIZE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT TODAY
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SO THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY IS THE RESULT OF REALLY ABOUT TWO YEARS OF WORK STARTING LAST SUMMER, RESULTING IN A MOTION ON DECEMBER 10 TH OF 2019 WHICH ACCOMPLISHED FIVE THINGS
FIRST, IT PUT IN PLACE SEVEN GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR PUBLIC FACING BIOMETRICS AT PORT FACILITIES
YOU SEE THOSE SEVEN PRINCIPLES THERE
AND LET ME JUST ALSO SAY THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC FACING BIOMETRICS, WE MEAN THE USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR VISITORS AND TRAVELERS AND OUR FACILITIES
THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO, FOR EXAMPLE, ME USING MY FINGERPRINT AS AN EMPLOYEE TO GO TO THE SECURE SIDE OF THE AIRPORT FOR SECURITY PURPOSES
THIS IS FOR THE THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC AREAS OF OUR FACILITIES
IN ADDITION TO ESTABLISHING THOSE PRINCIPLES, THE COMMISSION RECOGNIZED THAT PRINCIPLES ARE JUST THAT
AND SO THEY ARRESTED AN INTERNAL WORKING GROUP OF PORT EMPLOYEES TO TRANSLATE THOSE PRINCIPLES INTO TANGIBLE AND ENFORCEABLE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY WITH
WE ALSO HAD AN EXTERNAL ADVISORY GROUP AT YOUR DIRECTION OF STAKEHOLDERS FROM ACROSS THE SPECTRUM THAT PROVIDED FEEDBACK
THE ORDER ALSO CREATED THE SPECIAL BIOMETRICS COMMITTEE, WHICH COMMISSIONER CHO AND COMMISSIONER CALKINS ON SERVED ON
AND THEN FINALLY, IT PUT A HOLD ON ANY NEW OR EXPANDED USES OF BIOMETRIC SUPPORT FACILITIES UNTIL AFTER COMMISSION APPROVAL OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
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I WANT TO START, OF COURSE, BY TALKING ABOUT OUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY AND ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY DIFFICULT AND COMPLICATED TOPIC, AND WE WOULD NOT DO THIS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT AND THEN TRY AND SNEAK THIS THROUGH
WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING THE ENTIRE TIME
AND SO YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD ALMOST 20 DIFFERENT MEETINGS, INCLUDING COMMISSION STUDY SESSIONS, COMMISSION ACTIONS, COMMISSION BRIEFINGS, EIGHT MEETINGS OF OUR EXTERNAL ADVISORY GROUP, WHICH I WILL SAY NOT ONLY WERE ALL OF THE MATERIALS FOR THAT EXTERNAL ADVISORY GROUP ONLINE ON THE PORT WEBSITE, BUT WE ALSO HIRED A FACILITATOR TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON PARTICIPATING HAD THEIR SAY THEIR COMMENTS WERE INCLUDED AND RECOGNIZED
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE MEETINGS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE THEMSELVES
SO REALLY TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING IN THE FULL LIGHT OF DAY, BEING REALLY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE WERE DOING AND MAKING SURE WE WERE GETTING THAT FEEDBACK FROM BOTH OUR EXTERNAL ADVISORY GROUP AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE
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WHAT WE REALLY REALIZED ABOUT THESE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS IS WE COULD NOT HAVE ONE SET OF POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
SO MUCH IS DIFFERENT ABOUT WHO IS USING THE TECHNOLOGY, WHAT STATE OR FEDERAL REGULATION APPLIES TO THOSE USES, OR THOSE USERS
AND SO, RATHER THAN ONE OVERARCHING POLICY, WHAT WE'RE COMING TO YOU WITH TODAY IS ACTUALLY ULTIMATELY SIX DIFFERENT POLICIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING EACH USE CASE AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT NUANCES WITHIN ONE OF THOSE USE CASES, AS YOU KNOW, WAS ALREADY APPROVED LAST YEAR
IT WAS THE USE OF BIOMETRIC EXIT, WHICH IS THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE BOARDING OF DEPARTING INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS
WE WILL NOT BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN GREAT DETAIL TODAY UNLESS YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT FURTHER
BUT THAT WAS APPROVED
AND SO WE'RE HERE REALLY TODAY, TALK ABOUT THE REMAINING USE CASES, WHICH ARE USE CASES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY FUNCTIONS, AND THEN USE CASES FOR TRAVELER FUNCTIONS BY A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS, PORT EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES, NON AIRLINE TENANTS, AIRLINES, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
AND AS WE'LL TALK ABOUT, THERE ARE NUANCES WITHIN EACH OF THOSE USERS OF TRAVELER FUNCTIONS
THE EXTERNAL ADVISOR GROUP REVIEWED THOSE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
THEY PROVIDED FEEDBACK DURING THOSE MEETINGS, AND THEN THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND FINALLY RECOMMENDED THESE POLICIES FOR FULL COMMISSION CONSIDERATION TODAY
NEXT SLIDE, LET ME MAKE TWO REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT WHAT THESE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS REPRESENT
THEY REPRESENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED BY THE BIOMETRIC SPECIAL COMMITTEE
NOT EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE EXTERNAL ADVISOR GROUP AGREED WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT LIKE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK SAID, WE TOOK EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF FEEDBACK REALLY SERIOUSLY
AND EVEN THOSE PEOPLE WHO DON'T SUPPORT OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, WE INCORPORATED DOZENS OF THEIR FEEDBACK, DOZENS OF THEIR SUGGESTIONS, BECAUSE THEIR EXPERTISE AND INSIGHTS WERE SO IMPORTANT TO US TO TRY AND GET THIS RIGHT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO SO
SO THESE ARE NOT CONSENSUS RECOMMENDATIONS
AND AS YOU WILL SEE IN THE PUBLIC MEETING MATERIALS FOR THIS MEETING TODAY, WE HAVE ACTUALLY INCLUDED THEIR LETTERS OF CONCERN IN ADDITION TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE ALL OF THE VARIOUS VIEWPOINTS ABOUT THESE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
AND FINALLY, LET ME JUST SAY THAT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STAFF ARE NOT WE THINK BIOMETRICS ARE GREAT PUT BIOMETRICS EVERYWHERE THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY THAT IF BIOMETRICS ARE IN PLACE, WHICH WE KNOW IS HAPPENING, WHICH WE KNOW WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN, AND YOU WILL HAVE A GREAT SAY AND WHETHER THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN AND HOW THAT IF THOSE CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN LINE WITH THOSE PRINCIPLES, YOU LAID OUT HOW TO DO THAT IN LINE WITH THE VALUES OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE, WITH THOSE PROPER SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE
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SO TO GET TO THE MEAT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE ARE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, NUMBER ONE, TO CONTINUE AS LONG AS WE CAN TELL FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, THE TOTAL COMMISSION BAN ON BOTH THE PORT USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR MASS SURVEILLANCE AND ON OUR TENANTS USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR MASS SURVEILLANCE
AND WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE SAY MASS SURVEILLANCE IS THE USE OF BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY WITHOUT PEOPLE'S AWARENESS AND WITHOUT THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
SIMILARLY, WE WOULD CONTINUE THE COMMISSION MORATORIUM OR BAN USE THOSE WORDS INTERCHANGEABLY ON BOTH THE PORT USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY FUNCTIONS, AS WELL AS ANY OF OUR PRIVATE SECTOR TENANTS
USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY FUNCTION
SO BAN ON MASS SURVEILLANCE
A BAN ON LOST LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY FUNCTIONS BY THE PORT AND OUR TENANTS, PRIVATE SECTOR TENANTS
THIRD, THAT WE WOULD ALLOW THE USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR TRAVELER FUNCTIONS, BUT ONLY TO THE DEGREE THAT THEY MEET OUR PRINCIPLES AND MEET OUR POLICIES WITHIN OUR ABILITY TO ENFORCE THAT
AND WE'LL GO INTO GREAT DETAIL LATER IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHAT THOSE SAFEGUARDS LOOK LIKE, WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE ALLOWABLE WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE NOT ALLOWABLE WITHIN EACH OF THESE USE CASES
AND THEN FINALLY, LIKE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK SAID, THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SUCH LIMITED CONTROL OVER
AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS REALLY MUST BE A FEDERAL ISSUE
THERE MUST BE COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL STANDARDS ON THIS
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP OF REPRESENTATIVE JAYAPAL IN HER ATTEMPTS TO CREATE LEGISLATION THAT STARTS THAT PROCESS
AND WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THIS LEGISLATION AND OUR SUPPORT FOR THAT LEGISLATION BE ADDED TO THE PORT FEDERAL AGENDA
THIS IS A LOT OF WORDS
AND SO LET ME JUST STOP AND SAY, WHAT DOES THIS ALL ACTUALLY MEAN? WHAT DOES THE OUTCOME IF YOU ALL CHOOSE TO APPROVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY? IT MEANS THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO COMES TO A PORT FACILITY, WHETHER THEY'RE A VISITOR OR A TRAVELER, SHOULD HAVE NO FEAR THAT BIOMETRICS ARE CAPTURING BIOMETRIC
TECHNOLOGY IS CAPTURING THEIR BIOMETRICS IN A WAY THAT THEY'RE UNAWARE OF SECRETLY IN A CORNER SOMEWHERE LOOKING AT THEM
NO ONE'S BIOMETRICS WILL BE CAPTURED WITHOUT THEIR AWARENESS
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN USING BIOMETRICS WILL AND ANYONE WHO DOES NOT WANT TO WILL NOT
WE ARE STRIVING TO MAKE ALL OF THESE USES FULLY VOLUNTARY
AND THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT THAT WE CAN SEE IS THAT FOREIGN NATIONALS ARRIVING ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS GOING THROUGH CUSTOMS WILL HAVE TO USE CBP'S FACIAL RECOGNITION SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT IS A FEDERAL FUNCTION THAT WE DON'T CONTROL
BUT US RESIDENTS COMING IN FROM AN INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT, US RESIDENTS OR FOREIGN NATIONAL DEPARTING ANYBODY USING ANY OTHER BIOMETRICS AT OUR FACILITIES, EITHER AVIATION OR MARITIME
THIS WILL BE VOLUNTARY
SO NO MASS SURVEILLANCE, NO UNKNOWN USES, VOLUNTARY USES
IT REALLY ALLOWS THOSE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE BIOMETRICS BECAUSE THEY THINK IT IS A CUSTOMER SERVICE TO USE IT
AND EVERYONE ELSE WILL NOT HAVE TO USE BIOMETRICS OR PARTICIPATE IN BIOMETRICS OR HAVE THEIR BIOMETRICS TAKEN AT OUR FACILITIES
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AFTER THAT, THE REMAINING SLIDES HERE REALLY GO INTO DETAIL
AND, OF COURSE, ON A POWERPOINT SLIDE, YOU'LL ONLY SEE THE BULLETS HERE
I WILL TELL YOU THAT AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF OF WORK, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 100 PAGES OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND DOCUMENTS AND BACKGROUND THAT WE'VE WRITTEN UP HERE
WE WILL NOT TALK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE 100 PAGES HERE TODAY, BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS DOES NOT REPRESENT EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING
THESE ARE REALLY THE KEY POINTS AND THE ESSENTIAL POINTS THAT WE WANT YOU ALL TO BE AWARE OF
AND AGAIN, ALL OF THE DETAILED DOCUMENTS ARE ON THE PORT FACIAL RECOGNITION EXTERNAL ADVISORY GROUP OR RATHER, BIOMETRICS EXTERNAL ADVISORY GROUP WEBSITE
SO ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED CAN GO INTO THAT GREAT DETAIL
FIRST, THE PROPOSED BAN ON MAS SURVEILLANCE
AGAIN, IT APPLIES TO BOTH PORT EMPLOYEES AND PRIVATE SECTOR TENANTS
IT DEFINES MASS SURVEILLANCE AS ANY USE OF BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS, BOTH WITHOUT THEIR AWARENESS AND WITHOUT THEIR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
AND THEN IT GOES FURTHER AND REALLY DESCRIBES IT DOESN'T JUST SAY IT SHOULD BE
WE GO INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT WHAT WE THINK VOLUNTARY MEANS NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF PEOPLE IN THE MOMENT USING THE SYSTEM, BUT HOW THEIR DATA DOES OR DOES NOT GET INTO THE SYSTEM AND THEIR ABILITY TO TAKE THAT DATA OUT OF THE SYSTEM IF NEEDED
NEXT SLIDE, THE BAN ON LAW ENFORCEMENT SIMILARLY, IS A BAN BOTH FOR PORT EMPLOYEES TO USE BIOMETRICS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY FUNCTIONS IN PUBLIC FACING WAYS AND ON OUR TENANTS AS WELL
AND THAT INCLUDES DIRECT USE OF BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY AT PORT FACILITIES
IT WOULD ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE, APPLY TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OUTSIDE OF PORT FACILITIES COLLABORATING WITH EITHER A FEDERAL AGENCY OR ON A MUTUAL AID ASSIGNMENT IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION
AND WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO COLLECT BIOMETRICS AND PROVIDE THEM TO ANOTHER DATABASE UNLESS WE ARE REQUIRED BY SOME SORT OF LAW OR COURT ORDER
THIS DOES NOT APPLY
THE BAND DOES NOT APPLY TO SOME TRADITIONAL USES OF BIOMETRICS, LIKE THE COLLECTION OF FINGERPRINTS OR DNA FOR SUSPECTS
SO THERE ARE THOSE RELEVANT STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS THAT DO APPLY HERE AS WELL
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SO THIS IS WHERE WE GET INTO A LOT OF THE DETAIL
AND I'LL TRY AND GO REALLY QUICKLY HERE JUST TO SAY THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BIOMETRICS FOR TRAVELER FUNCTIONS, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE TICKETING BAG CHECK, BOARDING A CRUISE SHIP, BOARDING AN AIRPLANE
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THESE USES ARE HAPPENING AT OUR FACILITIES, THEY MUST MEET OUR PRINCIPLES AND OUR POLICIES
THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY POLICIES RELATED TO PORT AND NON AIRLINE TENANTS AT OUR AVIATION MARITIME FACILITIES
AND WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THE PORT SHOULD NOT ALLOW PUBLIC FACING BIOMETRICS UNLESS THEY ARE JUSTIFIED BY WHICH WE MEAN
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR HAS SOUGHT FEEDBACK FROM A NEWLY CREATED TECHNOLOGY ETHICAL ADVISORY BOARD, CONSIDERED A SET OF CRITERIA THAT WE LAY OUT IN THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THEN DECIDES WHETHER IT MEETS THOSE CRITERIA
IF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR APPROVES THAT USE, IT HAS TO BE OPT IN WHERE POSSIBLE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ALMOST EVERY USE AND NOT MASS SURVEILLANCE AS WE DEFINE IT
AND THE OPERATOR HAS TO MEET THE PORT STANDARDS AND TRAINING PROTOCOLS RELATED TO AVOIDING UNINTENDED IMAGE CAPTURE, HOW TO DEAL WITH MISMATCHING ISSUES, AND HOW TO MINIMIZE MISMATCH LIKELIHOOD
TECHNOLOGY MUST MEET OUR PRIVACY STANDARDS, AND IT MUST DEMONSTRATE HIGH LEVELS OF ACCURACY BOTH OVERALL AND BETWEEN VARIOUS CHARACTERISTICS, SUCH AS PEOPLE OF COLOR, WOMEN, TRANSCENDENT INDIVIDUALS, ET CETERA
NEXT SLIDE, IF THE PORT DOES APPROVE USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR TRAVELER FUNCTIONS EITHER BY PORT EMPLOYEES OR BY OUR TENANTS, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND OTHER ACTIONS THAT WE WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE, SIGNAGE, A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORTS
WE WILL DO PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AND MAKE SURE THESE POLICIES ARE BEING FOLLOWED
AND WE WILL ADVOCATE FOR STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO CODIFY THESE GOALS INTO LAW
AND WE WILL ENGAGE IN OUTREACH, TYPICALLY TO COMMUNITIES THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE, COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, ETC, TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND NOT ONLY THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY IS IN PLACE, HOW IT WORKS, WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE TO THE SYSTEM, AND HOW TO DEAL WITH ISSUES WHEN THOSE RIGHTS HAVE NOT BEEN RESPECTED
NEXT SLIDE, AS WE TALK ABOUT BIOMETRICS FOR TRAVELER FUNCTIONS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR AIRLINE PARTNERS, WE DO LOSE SOME OF OUR ABILITY TO ENFORCE
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OBVIOUSLY HAS THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT IT WANTS, EVEN AT OUR FACILITIES
AND OF COURSE, THE AIRLINES ARE GOVERNED BY THE AIRLINE DEREGULATION ACT WHEN IT COMES TO ITS CORE SERVICES AND FUNCTIONS
BUT WE CAN STILL PLAY AN INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ROLE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE IN ENSURING THAT TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN TERMS OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS WORK, OUR ADVOCACY WORK, OUR ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH WORK
AND WE CAN STILL HAVE THOSE TRAINING AND GUIDELINES AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO WORK VOLUNTARILY AND COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO EVERY SINGLE THING WE WANT
WE CAN STILL WORK AS HARD AS WE CAN TO GET THAT ALIGNMENT AND TO GET THAT COLLABORATION
AND AGAIN, WE BELIEVE THAT EVEN IN THESE CASES, OTHER THAN THAT SPECIFIC ITEM I MENTIONED AROUND FOREIGN NATIONALS ARRIVING ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS, PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR PRINCIPLES AND ALL OF OUR POLICIES WILL BE FOLLOWED BY OUR FEDERAL AND AIRLINE PARTNERS
SO WE'RE STILL ABLE TO, THROUGH A COLLABORATION AND THAT VOLUNTARY SPIRIT, STILL MEET OUR PRINCIPLES AND STILL MEET OUR GOALS HERE
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I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THE OTHER WORK THAT'S HAPPENING LOCALLY AND NATIONALLY ON THIS TOPIC, AND LIKE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUK SAID
AND COMMISSIONER CHO SAID, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT LOTS OF JURISDICTIONS ARE CONSIDERING
UNFORTUNATELY, THE US CONGRESS HAS NOT MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS HERE
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR, THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, LED BY STATE SENATOR JOE WYNN, DID PASS LEGISLATION SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION BIOMETRICS BY PUBLIC SECTOR ENTITIES SUCH AS CITIES AND PORTS AND THE STATE
IT DID NOT BAN ANY USES OF FACIAL RECOGNITION, BUT IT DID SET INTO PLACE A WIDE NUMBER OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS, CERTAIN LIMITATIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND I WILL SAY THAT ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE IN OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
WE MEET OR EXCEED ALL OF THOSE REALLY STRONG RECOMMENDATIONS AT SENATOR WYNN SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR
WE ALSO KNOW THAT RECENTLY KING COUNTY BANNED FACIAL RECOGNITION USE BY THEIR EMPLOYEES
AND SO THAT IS A TOTAL BAN ON ALL FACIAL RECOGNITION USE
OUR POLICIES ARE VERY SIMILAR IN THAT WE BAN ANY USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR MASS SURVEILLANCE
WE BANNED ANY USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH I THINK ARE REALLY THE CORE THINGS THAT KING COUNTY WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE
BUT IN MANY WAYS, WE ACTUALLY GO MUCH FURTHER THAN KING COUNTY
THEY STAYED WITHIN THEIR CLEAR AUTHORITY TO REGULATE THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES
WE ARE TRYING TO GO BEYOND THAT BY NOT ONLY REGULATING OURSELVES, BUT TRYING TO REGULATE OUR PRIVATE SECTOR TENANTS, TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE ACTIVITIES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT OUR FACILITIES
AND SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO MEET AND EXCEED EVERYTHING THAT OUR PIER JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING AS WELL
LIKE COMMISSIONER CHO SAID, THERE ARE BIOMETRICS IN USE AT LITERALLY DOZENS OF PORT AUTHORITIES, AIRPORTS AND CRUISE TERMINAL BY THE PORT EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES, BY THEIR PRIVATE SECTOR TENANTS, CRUISE LINES AND AIRLINES, BY FEDERAL AGENCIES
AND YET THERE HAS NOT BEEN THAT COMPREHENSIVE POLICIES
IT WOULD HAVE GIVEN ME NO MORE JOY THAN TO SIMPLY COPY THE GOOD WORK OF ANOTHER PORT AUTHORITY DEALING WITH THESE VERY COMPLEX ISSUES THAT HAS NOT EXISTED
WE REACHED OUT EVEN TO OUR PEERS IN PLACES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO AND PORTLAND, WHERE THE CITIES THEMSELVES HAVE PUT IN PLACE BANDS ON FACIAL RECOGNITION
BUT THE PORT AUTHORITY IS NOT REGULATED BY THOSE, AND THE PORT AUTHORITY CONTINUES TO USE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES
SO WE ARE REALLY PROUD THAT WE HAVE DONE THIS HARD WORK
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S 100% RIGHT
IT'S A REALLY COMPLICATED TOPIC
IT'S EVOLVING ALL THE TIME
BUT WE WILL BE IF YOU PASS THESE ORDERS, THE FIRST PORT AUTHORITY IN THE COUNTRY TO HAVE ANY REGULATION, CERTAINLY OF THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL
AND WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT WILL ACHIEVE OUR GOALS OF PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF OUR TRAVELERS, OF VISITORS FOR OUR FACILITY
AND WE REALLY HOPE THAT IT IS, FRANKLY, A MODEL THAT THE PORT AUTHORITIES WILL START TO ADOPT
SO I WILL END MY PRESENTATION THERE JUST AGAIN BY SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF THE INTERNAL AND THE EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD
ALL THE COMMISSIONERS AND STEVE METRUCK WHO INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH
THE WORK IS MEASURABLY BETTER BECAUSE OF YOUR GREAT LEADERSHIP AND YOUR GREAT SUPPORT
WELL, THANK YOU, ERIC
AND VERONICA, WHEREVER YOU ARE, I WILL ASK CLERK HART TO CALL THE ROLL TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS
THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN EXECUTIVE METRUCK, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO CONCLUDE WITH THERE? NO
NO, COMMISSIONER, I'M GOOD
THANKS
GREAT
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, I'M NOT SURE THAT I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
I MEAN, I VERY MUCH UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY THOSE EXPRESS TODAY
AND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, I DO THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO BALANCE THOSE CONCERNS WITH THE REALITY OF WHAT BIOMETRICS ARE
I THINK SOMETIMES WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BIOMETRICS ARE USED IN EVERY PART OF OUR DAILY LIFE
WE ARE TRACKED ONLINE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WHETHER WE GET ON FACEBOOK OR INSTAGRAM, WHETHER WE ORDER SOMETHING ON AMAZON, WHETHER WE GET ON THE SEATTLE TIMES AND CLICK ON AN ARTICLE, OUR ACTIVITIES ARE TRACKED
AND SO WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THE STAFF
ERIC, YOU IN PARTICULAR, FOR REALLY LEADING THIS EFFORT OVER ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH COMPROMISE
I DO THINK THAT THE POLICY THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH TODAY IS THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO AT THE MOMENT
I WOULD SAY THAT I DO HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME SORT OF PROVISION WHERE WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ANNUALLY GOING BACK
I KNOW WE HAVE THE ANNUAL AUDIT, BUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT COMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION ONCE A YEAR, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY REVIEW THE RESULTS OF THAT AND MAKE CHANGES AS NEEDED
BIOMETRICS WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, PROBABLY VERY RAPIDLY, PARTICULARLY AT AIRPORTS
AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR FINGER ON THE PULSE OF THAT TECHNOLOGY AND ARE ALSO SOLICITING THE INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC ALONG THE WAY
HOW IS IT WORKING? ARE YOU FEELING COMFORTABLE WITH THIS? HOW MUCH IS IT BEING USED? SO THAT'S REALLY ALL MY COMMENTS AGAIN, COMPLEMENTS THE STAFF AND FOR THE PUBLIC, AGAIN, THAT DISAGREES WITH THIS, PLEASE UNDERSTAND
WE HAVE HEARD YOU
I KNOW THAT, PARTICULARLY COMMISSIONER CHO AND CALKINS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS
THIS IS A TOUGH ISSUE, BUT I DO THINK IT'S BETTER FOR US TO TAKE CHARGE FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE, THEN WAIT FOR THE FEDS TO STEP IN AND DO SOMETHING WHICH COULD TAKE YEARS
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS? YEAH
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS
I'M GOING TO DEFER TO MY OTHER COLLEAGUES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
YEAH
LIKEWISE
I THINK I SAID MY PIECE, SO I'M GOING TO DEFER IN MY COMMENTS
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK
NO COMMENTS
THANKS
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
FELLEMAN, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, AND YOU'RE ON MUTE, SIR
THANK YOU
I WANTED TO ASK A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO US BY THE PUBLIC
SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THE WORD USAGE, WE GET TIED UP WITH DEFINITIONS RATHER THAN THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ISSUE
AND BUT WHERE IS MATTER? SO THIS DEFINITION OF MASS SURVEILLANCE, THE SEVERAL SPEAKERS REFERRED TO, PERHAPS WE'RE USING THAT TERM IN A WAY THAT'S NOT THE COMMONLY UNDERSTOOD DEFINITION
CAN YOU ADDRESS? I'M NOT FAMILIAR ENOUGH TO KNOW
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, COMMISSIONER
SO AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, THE CONCERNS ARE SORT OF TO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN POINT THAT DATA IS BEING COLLECTED ABOUT TRAVELERS AT OUR FACILITIES
AND THE COLLECTION OF DATA AND THE TRACKING OF PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY AS THEY TRAVEL, IS MASS SURVEILLANCE
AND WHAT WE WOULD SAY TO THAT IS MOST OF THAT DATA COLLECTION IS STANDARDLY REQUIRED FOR TRAVEL
THE AIRLINE IS GOING TO COLLECT YOUR FLIGHT INFORMATION ON INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS IS REQUIRED THAT THEY SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT KNOWS WHO IS LEAVING THE COUNTRY OR COMING INTO THE COUNTRY
SO WHETHER YOU'RE USING BIOMETRIC TECHNOLOGY OR JUST STANDARD DATA OF TRAVELERS, JUST THEIR NAME AND THEIR BIRTH DATE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, COLLECTING DATA AND TRACKING THAT DATA IS PART OF WHAT TRAVEL IS
AND SO THERE'S REALLY NO WAY AROUND THAT
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID IS ALLOWING YOUR SPECIFIC BIOMETRICS TO BE USED BEYOND WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO BE USED FOR
AND SO CORE TO OUR RULES AND CORE TO WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN OUR POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS IS DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY COLLECTION OF BIOMETRICS IS USED FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE
IT IS PROTECTED, IT IS NOT SOLD
AND IT IS, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, ONLY LIMITED TO THAT AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE FEDERAL FUNCTION THAT THE COLLECTION OF THOSE BIOMETRICS, PARTICULARLY AT THE POINT OF SERVICE, ARE DELETED IMMEDIATELY WHEN THEY'RE NO LONGER NEEDED
SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN AGAIN, TO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN POINT, WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY NOW WHERE PEOPLE TRADE PRIVACY FOR CONVENIENCE
IT IS FAR BEYOND OUR ABILITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT CHOICES THERE ARE
BUT OUR POLICIES DO NOT REALLY FURTHER THAT IN ANY WAY
OUR POLICIES REALLY SPEAK TO THE CORE USE OF BIOMETRICS TO TRACK PEOPLE WITHOUT THEIR AWARENESS
THANK YOU
THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING I HAD WAS ONE OF THE PRIMARY UPSIDES I SAW OF OUR ENGAGEMENT IN THE WHOLE ARENA WAS THE POINT THAT YOU UNDERSCORED REPEATEDLY THAT YOUR ONLY GOING TO HAVE THIS IF YOU WANT IT RIGHT
AND IT'S THAT WHOLE OPT IN ISSUE AND THE ABILITY FOR US TO COMMUNICATE ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE FAA OR OTHERS WOULD DO
AND I KNOW IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, YOU SHOWED US THE SIGNAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT
FOR ME, THAT IS WHERE WE'RE REALLY THE VALUE ADDED OF HAVING A PUBLIC AGENCY, LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCIES LIKE OURS TO DO THAT
COULD YOU JUST QUICKLY SUMMARIZE A COUPLE OF FEW THINGS THAT THAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE OF WHAT IS AN OPT IN OPPORTUNITY? ABSOLUTELY
SO WE HAVE ONLY IMPLEMENTED SO FAR BIOMETRICS FOR SPECIFICALLY BIOMETRIC AIR EXIT, WHICH, AGAIN, IS THE USE OF FACIAL RECOGNITION FOR DEPARTING INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS
WE HAVE SIGNAGE
AND ACTUALLY, THE LAST SLIDE IN THE APPENDIX OF THE SLIDES FOR FOLKS FOLLOWING ALONG, YOU CAN SEE WHAT SOME OF THAT SIGNAGE LOOKS LIKE, THANKS TO COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR GREAT FEEDBACK ON THAT IN BIG LETTERS
THIS IS OPTIONAL, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE NOT ONLY KNOW THAT IT'S OPTIONAL, BUT ONE OF THE GREAT PIECES OF FEEDBACK WE'VE GOT FROM OUR EXTERNAL ADVISORY GROUP WAS NOTHING'S REALLY OPTIONAL UNLESS YOU UNDERSTAND THE TRUE IMPACT OF YOUR CHOICES
AND SO WE HAVE A WEBSITE ON THE PORT WEBSITE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE BENEFITS AND THE RISKS OF CHOOSING TO OPT IN OR CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS OPTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE THAT INFORMED DECISION
SO WE'VE GOT THE WEBSITE, WE'VE GOT THE SIGNAGE, WE'VE GOT THE SOCIAL MEDIA, WE HAVE OVERHEAD ANNOUNCEMENTS
IT'S AGAIN ON OUR WEBSITE
AND WE ARE ALSO DOING THE ANNUAL ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT, WHICH HAS BEEN REFERENCED EARLIER TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS SYSTEM
AND REALLY, TO ME, IT COMES DOWN TO THOSE SORT OF THREE KEY POINTS
WHAT IS THIS TECHNOLOGY AND HOW DOES IT WORK? WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS TO USE IT OR NOT? AND IF YOUR RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED, WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT IT? AND WE'VE REALLY CENTERED ALL OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS ON THOSE THREE CORE ITEMS AGAIN, THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND WEB AND SIGNAGE AND OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS DIRECTLY TO COMMUNITIES AS WELL
THANK YOU VERY MUCH
AND THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER CHO AND CALKINS FOR STEWARDING THIS PROCESS
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM 10 A
SO SECOND
OKAY
THE MOTION IS MOVED AND MOVED
AND SECONDED, IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND
I SEE NO HANDS
RAISED, SEE NO FURTHER DISCUSSION
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE
FOR THE VOTE, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
I THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHOW
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STEINBREUCK
YES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ELLIMAN
AYE
YOU HAVE FIVE yESSES AND ZERO NOS FOR THIS ITEM
VERY GOOD
THEN WE'LL NOW MOVE ON
THE MOTION PASSES
THE MOTION DOES BEST INDEED
SO NOW WE WILL THEN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON
COULD YOU PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD? AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM EXECUTIVE METRUCK OF COURSE
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM TEND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACQUIRE INDIGENOUS ART FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION FOR DISPLAY IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL FACILITY, THE IAF AT THE SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT iN THE AMOUNT OF 475,000 DOLLARS
COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE SEEKING COMMISSION APPROVAL TO CONDUCT AN INVITATIONAL CALL TO ACQUIRE NATIVE ARTWORK FOR EXHIBIT AT OUR NEW INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS FACILITY
THE ARTWORK WE'LL FOCUS ON PACIFIC NORTHWEST AMERICAN INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES, EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY IDEAS OF THE HISTORY, CRAFT, LANDSCAPE AND THE FUTURE OF TRIBES
I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS EFFORT
IT REFLECTS OUR RESPECT FOR THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THIS AREA, OUR EFFORTS TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS IN OUR LONG TERM STRATEGY TO BUILD THE PUBLIC ART COLLECTION AT THE PORT
HERE TO PRESENT ARE TOMMY GREGORY, SENIOR ART PROGRAM DIRECTOR
AND TANISHA SIMMONS, SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, AVIATION FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE
AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME
COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK VERY MUCH APPRECIATED
YES
TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO GET APPROVAL TO USE 475,000 DOLLARS FOR ACQUISITION AND PLACEMENT OF INDIGENOUS NATIVE PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIVE WORK IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS AT SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL
OUR VISION IS TO MAINTAIN I'M SORRY, IS THE SLIDESHOW GOING
APOLOGIES IF I DON'T SEE IT
ALL RIGHT
THERE IT IS
THANK YOU SO MUCH
SO, ON OUR FIRST SLIDE, YOU'LL NOTICE A PROGRAM VISION STATEMENT WHICH BASICALLY IS ASKING FOR THIS
THIS IS HOPING THAT WE COULD MAINTAIN OUR MOMENTUM IN DIVERSIFYING AND GROWING OUR COLLECTION PORT OF SEATTLE, SPECIFICALLY HERE AT SEA
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO THE APPROVAL IS ASKING FOR ART POOL FUNDS TO BE ALLOWED TO EXECUTE THIS ENDEAVOR OF ADDING PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIVES TO THE COLLECTION IN THE SO OUR NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW SOME OF OUR PURPOSES, WHICH OUR MAIN ONE IS
I THINK THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE A LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL FACILITY, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING HERE AT THE PORT
WE LOOKING AT THIS AS A WAY TO SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS
THIS IS JOB GENERATOR
IN A WAY, A LOT OF ARTISTS WERE IMPACTED BY THE PANDEMIC, AND WE'RE HOPING THIS APPROVAL WILL ASSIST IN A WAY MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR ART COLLECTION
ALSO, THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE GENERATED IN 2019, OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO START ACHIEVING OUR GOAL OF OUR STRATEGIC FIVE YEAR PLAN AND GROWING A PORTABLE WORKS COLLECTION
AND IF IS A GREAT PLACE TO KICK OFF SOME OF THESE BIG ENDEAVORS
I WANTED TO SHOW A COUPLE OF IMAGES AS WELL
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS THE INTERNATIONAL RID OF FACILITY IN ITS CURRENT STATE
IT'S REALLY GREAT BLANK CANVAS
THERE ARE TWO EXISTING ARTWORKS IN THERE NOW, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT WE COULD ADD MANY MORE AVAILABLE LOCATIONS OR EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR POSSIBILITIES
AND THE LAST SLIDE, I WANTED TO HAND IT OVER TO MY TEAMMATE AND PORTABILITY MEMBER TENISHA SIMMONS
THANK YOU, TOMMY
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, I REALLY WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHERE THIS IDEA WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO US BY A COHORT OF HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS IN 2020 FALL OF 2020 WHO PRESENTED SOME SOUTH SATELLITE CONCEPTS TO US
THOSE SEVEN INTERNS DID AN AMAZING PRESENTATION AND TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY WANTED TO CREATE A SAFE AND INDIGENOUS INCORPORATED CONCEPT INTO THE FACILITY
AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK OUR AVIATION CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER JEFFREY BROWN AND AVIATION MANAGING DIRECTOR LANCE LYTTLE FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND TENACITY IN THIS EFFORT AND REALLY GETTING US HERE TODAY
SO I HAVE THAT GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF ACKNOWLEDGING THEM AND GIVING THEM THEIR THEIR CUE
AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD
AND IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THAT BRINGS US TO THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION
WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT
AND I MUST SAY IT'S VERY EXCITING TO ME TO SEE TRAVEL, GOVERNMENTS AND ARTISTS BEING ABLE TO WELCOME THE VISITORS TO THE AREA AS OUR FIRST STEWARDS OF THE REGION
SO I THINK IT'S WHOLLY APPROPRIATE AND HOPE 475,000 DOLLARS IS SUFFICIENT TO DO JUSTICE AND ONLY WHICH I COULD GO SHOPPING WITH YOU
BUT ANYWAY, I WILL LEAVE IT TO MY COLLEAGUES TO AROUND
I KNOW COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK AND BOWMAN HAVE BEEN AS THE ART COMMITTEE FOLKS, HAVE BEEN REALLY OVERSEEING MUCH OF THIS
AND WE WELCOME THEIR INITIAL COMMENTS
AND THEN CLERK HART WOULD YOU GO AROUND tHE REST OF US, PLEASE
CERTAINLY WE'LL BE AGAIN WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
I'LL REFER TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK
OKAY
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT
THANKS
I THINK AS CO CHAIR OF THE ARTS BOARD, YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE ADOPTED A RESTORATION OF THE 1% FOR ART PROGRAM, I THINK, IN 2019 AND EXPANDED THE PORT WIDE WITH GREATER EMPHASIS ON CURATORSHIPS CONSERVATION, ATTENTION TO THE NEED AND PURPOSE FOR INCLUDING ART AS WE REBUILD FACILITIES
IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE HAS TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON EARLY, EARLY
AND I THINK THE 60? S PERHAPS I FORGET EXACTLY WHEN I MYSELF HAD A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN ADVOCATING FOR A MORE RELEVANT, CULTURALLY RELEVANT NATIVE ART TO BE EMPHASIZED, PARTICULARLY AT OUR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHERE MILLIONS OF VISITORS ARRIVING WILL EXPERIENCE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE IN THE NORTHWEST AND WHAT ARE OUR LOCAL HISTORIES, WHAT ARE OUR NATIVE CULTURES? AND EXTENDING THE IDEA OF THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, I'VE ALWAYS FELT NEEDED TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE OF THE CULTURE AND NOT JUST TALK ABOUT LAND THAT WAS TAKEN AND TALK ABOUT THE THE CULTURES THAT PRE EXISTED THE WHITE SETTLERS NOT THAT LONG AGO, AND HOW TO GIVE GREATER RECOGNITION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND EXPRESSION TO THOSE NATIVE CULTURES
SO I WAS NATURALLY THRILLED WHEN, AS TANISHA DESCRIBED, THIS YOUNG GROUP OF INTERNS HIT ON THIS IDEA AND WE ALL SAID, YES, WE'VE GOT TO DO MORE HERE AND LET'S DO IT
AND I THINK STARTING WITH JEFFREY BROWN AND TOMMY, THE IDEA BEGAN TO FLOURISH AND WITH FULL SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FROM OUR ARTS MORE ARTS AND CULTURE BOARD
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS WILL GO, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A PERMANENT EXHIBIT IN A PLACE THAT WILL RECEIVE UNTOLD MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE WORLD WHO SOME OF THEIR FIRST VIEWS, ASIDE FROM THE GLORIOUS VIEW OF MOUNT RAINIER, FROM THE SKY BRIDGE AND THE MOUNTAINS, THEY WILL SEE SOMETHING VERY EXCITING AND PROVOCATIVE, WE EXPECT, THAT TELLS OF OUR NORTHWEST HISTORIES, CULTURES AND IS RELEVANT IN A CONTEMPORARY SENSE AS WELL
AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT WHAT WILL BE PRODUCED HERE, BUT THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING
SO I FELT THIS WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS THAT THE PORT HAS UNDERTAKEN WITH REGARD TO SUPPORT FOR AN ADVANCING INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND ART RELEVANT TO OUR NORTHWEST REGION
I'LL STOP THERE
THANK YOU
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THIS WILL PRODUCE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, I'LL JUST BE VERY BRIEF
THANK YOU SO MUCH TOMMY IS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER STEIN BROOKS COMMENTS, AND I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON THE PORT COMMISSION, I DID A VISIT UP TO THE PORT OF VANCOUVER, AND I WAS REALLY STRUCK BY HOW MUCH OF THE FIRST PEOPLE ART IS THROUGH THAT AIRPORT
AND I ALWAYS WANTED TO SEE MORE AT SEATAC
AND SO THIS IS A FANTASTIC FIRST STEP
REALLY PROUD OF YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
I HOPE IT'S NOT THE LAST WE DON'T THINK IT WILL BE
AND AS ALWAYS, I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR INTERNS FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD
IT'S JUST YET ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO HAVE ALL THESE WONDERFUL INTERNS COME THROUGH THE PORT OF SEATTLE EVERY YEAR
SO WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THEIR IDEAS ARE COMING TO FRUITION
WE'RE LISTENING TO WHAT THEY'RE SUGGESTING
SO GREAT JOB
REALLY PROUD OF YOU ALL
THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AS BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO LEADERS FOR THE VISUAL CULTURE AND DO KNOW
AND THIS IS ONE OF MANY MORE STEPS TO COME AND DIVERSIFYING OUR COLLECTION IN CREATING A STRONGER OVERALL VISION OF WHAT THE SEATTLE HAS GROWN TO BE A VERY INTERNATIONAL CITY, BUT COMING FROM THE STARTING POINT OF OUR NATIVE PEOPLE, OUR NATIVE CULTURE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
YEAH, THANKS
I HAD THE CHANCE A FEW MONTHS BACK TO SIT IN ON A PRESENTATION FROM THE INTERNS WHEN THEY PRESENTED THIS IDEA
AND IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE IT WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, THIS IS SUCH AN OBVIOUSLY GOOD IDEA
I WISH IT WERE MY OWN
AND SO I AM THRILLED WITH THE WORK THAT COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK AND BOWMAN DID THROUGH THE ART COMMITTEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT VISION IS BECOMING A REALITY
SO KUDOS ALL AROUND
I LOVE THAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE WILL GET TO SPEND A MANY DECADES WALKING THROUGH THE AIRPORT AND SEEING THE FRUIT OF THEIR IDEAS THEY COME THROUGH
SO CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYBODY INVOLVED
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS, MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO? YEAH
I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS THANKING LATISHA TOMMY AND ALSO OF MY COLLEAUGES COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK AND COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS GREAT WHEN WE CAN EXHIBIT AND SHOW A CULTURE AND HOW AMAZING THINGS ARE HERE IN THE OUR HISTORY, ASIAN, PACIFIC NORTHWEST
I WAS SURPRISED TO LEARN IN MY CAPACITY AS A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT OUR ART FUNDS ARE NOT FULLY UTILIZED IN THIS WAY
AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED INPUT, INVITE FROM THE STAFF ON HOW WE CAN TAKE THAT 1% AND REALLY USE IT TO ITS FULL POTENTIAL
SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO TANISHA AND TILE FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS
AND LET'S KEEP IT UP
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO, MOVING TO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
THANKS AGAIN
I DO KNOW WE DO HAVE SOME TRIBAL ART IN A CASE OR TWO THAT IS PRETTY I THINK IT WAS OFF BY THE LITTLE COFFEE SHOP BY GINA MARIE HALL, I BELIEVE, WAS THE LAST PLACE I SAW IT
IT'S TUCKED AWAY
I'M SURE YOU CAN GIVE IT A MUCH GREATER A GREATER GRANDER VIEW
AND I THINK, TOMMY, YOU'VE BEEN DOING BEAUTIFUL WORK AND REALLY SHOWCASING THE ART WE HAVE IN ADDITION TO ACQUIRING NEW ART
AND THEN I THINK THIS IS JUST A GREAT THING
AND I THINK WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT PROVIDING SOME SORT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR A TRIBAL WELCOMING ON THE SKY BRIDGES, WHICH JUST SEEMS TO BE PERFECTLY IN KEEPING WITH THIS RECOGNITION
AND I LIKE COMMISSIONER BOWMAN, WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSED BY PORT OF VANCOUVER'S AIRPORT AND AND JUST EVEN HAVING A SMALL SAMPLING OF THAT WOULD ENRICH OUR EXPERIENCE TREMENDOUSLY
SO THANK YOU AGAIN
AND WE'RE VERY MUCH HAPPY TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE ON THIS MATTER
SO IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE ITEM TO APPROVE? SECOND
GREAT
THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION
CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE AND COMMISSIONERS SAY YES OR NO WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AYE THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
YES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
HAVE FIVE YESSES AND ZERO NODES FOR THIS ITEM
FANTASTIC
PLEASE GO FORTH AND THE MOTION PASSES
THAT'S THE PUNCH LINE I WAS MISSING
THE MOTION PASSES
CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE THIRD ITEM INTO THE FOR REVIEW
AND IN FACT, IT IS THE LEAST LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A FAVORITE SUBJECT OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
THIS IS ITEM AGENDA ITEM, 10-C
THIS IS THE TSUBOTA ORDER
YES, MY LIFE WAY
I AM SO SORRY I DIDN'T TURN THE PAGE OVER
THAT WAS THE OTHER THIRD ITEM
WE'RE NOT THERE YET
THIS IS EVEN ONE MORE WONDERFUL ITEM INDEED
LET'S SAVE THE PEOPLE FIRST
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT INTO THE RECORD
AND THIS IS AGAIN, AGENDA 10 C
ORDER NUMBER 2021-07 SUPPORTING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS TSUBOTA WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE COMMISSIONERS, THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND THE PORT ARE CONSIDERING A NEW LEASE INCREASE THE SIZE OR THE LEASE LOT FOR THE PURPOSES OF ADDING UP TO 29 NEW TINY HOME UNITS IN A COMFORT STATION ON A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 35,000 SQUARE FEET OF LAND
THE CITY IS REQUESTING A THREE A 3 YEAR TERM WITH A SUBSEQUENT ONE YEAR OPTION
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONS EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT FOR THIS CONSIDERATION OF THIS LEASE
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO PRESENTER DAVID JANEWORTH FROM THE COMMISSION SPECIALIST, THE COMMISSION OFFICE
DAVID, THANK YOU
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR METRUCK AND GOOD AFTERNOON AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
SO JUST REFRESH YOUR MEMORY A LITTLE BIT
AS YOU LIKELY RECALL, SINCE 2017, THE CITY OF SEATTLE HAS LEAST APPROXIMATELY 18 0 SQUARE FEET TO PORT PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE TSUBOTA SITE IN INNER BAY IS JUST NORTH OF THE MAGNOLIA BRIDGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF 15 TH AVENUE WEST
THE CITY THEN HIRED THE LOW INCOME HOUSING INSTITUTE TO MANAGE A 43 UNIT TINY HOUSE VILLAGE ON THE SITE AND THE VILLAGE NOW BOAST A NUMBER OF SUCCESSES, INCLUDING A 46% SUCCESSFUL EXIT RATE TO PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH IS IS COMPARED TO A 4% EXIT RATE FOR TRADITIONAL SHELTERS
THE VILLAGE ALSO HAS SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS BOTH IN MAGNOLIA AND QUEEN, AND AND NOW THE CITY IS INTERESTED IN LEASING AN ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATELY 18,000 SQUARE FEET OF VACANT PORT ON LAND IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT VILLAGE, WHICH HAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK MENTION COULD PROVIDE SPACE FOR POTENTIALLY UP TO 29 MORE TINY HOUSE UNITS AND A CONVERSATION
AS CLERK HART HAS STATED, THE ORDER WOULD DELIVER THE COMMISSION SUPPORT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A LEASE BETWEEN THE PORT AND THE CITY IF IT'S DEEMED APPROPRIATE
AND I CAN GO AHEAD AND READ THE TEXT OF THE ORDER INTO THE RECORD JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF HAVING THAT ON THE RECORD
SO THE TEXT OF THE ORDER IS THE PORT COMMISSION HEREBY SUPPORTS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS NEGOTIATION AND EXECUTION OF A LEASE WITH THE CITY OF SEATTLE FOR THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE TSUBOTA SITE AT 1601 15 TH AVENUE WEST
ON TERMS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DEEMS APPROPRIATE, AND THAT IS THE TEXT OF THE ORDER BEFORE US COMMISSION PRESIDENT FELLEMAN
LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL FOR ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR WORTH BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
I'VE BEEN HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE STAFF VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS, NOT DELAY THE PROJECT IN ANY WAY
THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL STEPS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO UNDERTAKE IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
BUT, STEVE, YOU'RE FULLY VESTED WITH OUR AUTHORITY TO DO SO
WE WANT TO BE AS EXPEDITIOUS AS WE CAN IN EXPANDING THE SITE
THE NEED CONTINUES TO BE DIRE IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE THROUGHOUT ALL OF KING COUNTY TO PROVIDE HOUSING
DAVID, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU CALLING OUT THE SUCCESS RATE THAT WE'VE HAD AT INNER BAY
IT'S FANTASTIC
THIS IS JUST ABOUT ONE SOLUTION TO THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS, TRYING TO GET OUR UNSHELTERED NEIGHBORS INTO MORE STABLE CONDITIONS
BUT IT'S A VERY VITAL ONE
I'M REALLY PROUD THAT THE PORT STAFF HAS LEANED INTO THIS
OUR REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN FANTASTIC
LEGAL HAS BEEN FANTASTIC
AND DAVID, THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR CHAMPION
AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, I DO WANT TO CALL OUT THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW LEWIS, WHO REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT
HE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN HELPING MOVE THIS FORWARD, SO WE'RE GOING TO BASICALLY PASS THE BALL OVER TO THE CITY
THEY NEED TO GET THROUGH THEIR PROCESS
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T HOLDING ANYTHING UP ON OUR END
OKAY
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
NO FURTHER COMMENTS
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT FOR ME
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
YEAH
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION SPECIFICALLY TO COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AND OTHERS WHO CAME BEFORE MY TIME ON THE COMMISSION WHO ORIGINALLY NEGOTIATED THIS USE WITH THE CITY
WE'RE IN THE ROLE OF A LANDLORD WITHOUT DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN THE MANAGEMENT OPERATION OR SPECIFIC TERMS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE TINY HOME VILLAGE
I'VE KNOWN LEHIGH DIRECTOR SHARON LEE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND A BIG FAN, I WILL ADD
BUT I THINK SHE HAS AND HER ORGANIZATION HAS IDENTIFIED A VERY VIABLE AND SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE TO THE EXTREMELY WORRISOME AND PROBLEMATIC SITUATION THAT WE HAVE IN SEATTLE OF GROWING NUMBERS OF HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS
AND THERE IS A BODY OF WORK, OF COURSE, AROUND WHAT IS THE CORE CAUSE OF HOMELESSNESS
I THINK IT'S POVERTY IS THE NUMBER ONE COMMON ELEMENT TO ALL HOMELESSNESS, MANY OTHER FACTORS
BUT WHAT THESE TINY HOMES PROVIDE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET, TO BE STABILIZED, TO HAVE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, DIGNITY
AND THOSE ARE THE KEY ELEMENTS I THINK, THAT MAKE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE TINY HOME VILLAGES
THERE IS A SCALE TO IT, AND I WORRY A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR THE TINY HOME VILLAGES TO GET TOO LARGE AND UNWIELDY
WE HAVE ONLY TO GO BACK IN HISTORY WITH HOOVERVILLE IN THE THIRTIES, WHICH PREDATED SEATTLE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND WAS TORCHED ALLEGEDLY BY THE PORT OF SEATTLE, AMONG OTHERS, BECAUSE IT HAD GOTTEN TO BE ABSOLUTELY UNMANAGEABLE WITH ALL KINDS OF PURPORTED PROBLEMS OF PETTY CRIME AND SAFETY ISSUES AND SO FORTH
LOTS OF LESSONS FROM THE PAST
BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD WAY FOR THE PORT TO PROVIDE SUPPORT, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AS COMMUNITIES, AS CITIES, AS A REGION AND AS A NATION
WHAT WE REALLY NEED ARE FEDERAL POLICIES AND MORE FINANCIAL SUPPORT, ULTIMATELY, I THINK, TO ADDRESS THE SCALE AND ENORMITY OF THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO NOW, AND IT'S TIMELY AND NEEDED, AS COMMISSIONER BOWMAN SAYS, AND IT HAS A GREAT AND THIS PARTICULAR MODEL HAS A VERY PROVEN SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD OF POSITIVE OUTCOMES AND SUPPORT FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, WHICH YOU DON'T OFTEN HEAR ABOUT MAGNOLIA QUEEN AND IN PARTICULAR, I DID ASK THAT FOR ONE THING, IN TERMS OF OUR WHATEVER LEASING TERMS THAT WE GET A REPORT ANNUALLY ON HOW THE YEAR HAS GONE WITH REGARD TO SAFETY RECORD OUTCOMES OF THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE HOPEFULLY BEING HELPED UP WITH THE STABILIZE, HOUSING STABILIZATION AND SUPPORTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THERE
SO AT LEAST WE CAN FOLLOW THE PROGRESS HERE AND BE ALERTED TO ANY PROBLEMS THAT MAY ARISE
AND WITH THAT, I'M EXTREMELY PLEASED THAT THE PORT CAN PROVIDE THIS LEVEL OF SUPPORT
FOR NOW, IT'S NOT A PERMANENT SOLUTION, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A GOOD INTERIM ONE WHEN WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
COMMISSION PRESIDENT FELLEMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
I'D LIKE TO REITERATE SEVERAL OF THE COMMENTS COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK AND BOWMAN MADE, BUT I JUST FIRST WANT TO HARKEN BACK TO A FORMER COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER ALBRO, WHO SAID THE PORT IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ENTITY CAN DO JUST ABOUT 53 RCW 53 ALLOWS US TO DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING OTHER THAN HOUSING
AND YOU GUYS HAVE PROVEN THEM WRONG ON THIS VERY MUCH
WE'RE NOT DOING THE HOUSING, BUT WE FOUND A WAY TO ALLOW FOR A PROPERTY WHICH CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IS NOT BEING PUT TO ITS INDUSTRIAL ZONING USE
AND SO I GIVE YOU ALL GREAT CREDIT FOR CREATIVE THINKING AND FOR PROVING TOM WRONG
BUT IN FACT, THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT TIME TO HAVE THIS USE PUT FORWARD AND GREATLY APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER BOWMAN ONGOING DOGGEDNESS TO KEEP THIS GOING
AND COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECKS POINT ABOUT THE EMBRACING OF THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY
IT'S A TREMENDOUSLY SIGNIFICANT ASPECT, AND I THINK SOMETHING THAT REALLY PLAYS CONSIDERABLY IN OUR SUPPORT FOR THIS EXTENDED PERIOD
AND THAT WAS ANOTHER THING, HAVING A THREE YEAR EXTENSION WITH THE POTENTIAL OF AN ADDITIONAL YEAR, THAT STABILITY GOES A LONG WAY FOR GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO SUCCEED
AND TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECKS POINT ABOUT GETTING SOME SORT OF AN ACCOUNTING ON HOW PEOPLE ARE GRADUATING THROUGH THE SYSTEM
IT'S NOT A DESTINATION UNTO ITSELF AND THE SUCCESS RATES AND OBVIOUSLY ANY SORT OF NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS
BUT I DO RECALL THAT BEING A BALLARDIAN VALID RESIDENT, WE HAD A TINY HOME VILLAGE AND IT WAS TREMENDOUSLY SUCCESSFUL
BUT THEN IT HAD TO ROTATE OUT
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM
IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
YOU TAKE AWAY PEOPLE'S HOUSE AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE? YOU HAVE HOMELESSNESS
AND SO HAVING SOME STABILITY HERE IS A GREAT THING, AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A BRIDGE TO A BRIGHTER, LONGER TERM SOLUTION
SO I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE DONE THIS AND EXECUTIVE METRUCK
I KNOW THAT YOUR COMPASSION FOR THE PLANET AND THE PEOPLE WILL SEE TO IT THAT THIS IS DONE EXPEDITIOUSLY AND WORKING WITH THE CITY
IT'S FANTASTIC
SO IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION WE ACTUALLY PUT THAT FORWARD? RIGHT
SO WE DO NEED A MOTION ON THE FLOOR
SO MOVED
SECOND, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
THANK YOU FOR THE VOTE BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
AYE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO
AYE
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
YES
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AYE
THANK YOU
YOU HAVE FIVE YESSES AND ZERO NOS FOR THIS ITEM
THAT'S GREAT
AND THE MOTION PASSES, OF COURSE
SO I JUST HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THERE
I MEAN, I JUST CAN'T COUNT TO FIVE
SO ANYWAY, WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 11 PRESENTATIONS AND STAFF REPORTS
CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD
THANK YOU
THIS IS GOING TO BE ITEM 11
E
THIS IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PERFORMANCE REVIEW
OKAY
SO COMMISSIONERS WE TURN TO THE 2020 PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
THE COMMISSION PRESIDENT HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY TO REVIEW THE PERFORMANCE ANNUALLY OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROVIDE THOUGHTFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIRECTION FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND TO MAINTAIN AN ONGOING DIALOGUE BETWEEN COMMISSIONERS AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OVER GOVERNANCE, POLICY, DIRECTION AND BUDGET
DURING 2020, MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK WAS SERVING AS THIS ROLE AS COMMISSION PRESIDENT AND THEREFORE HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CONDUCTING THE REVIEW
NOW, AS THIS IS A PERSONNEL MATTER, WE MET LAST MONTH AN EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS THESE MATTERS WITH DIRECTOR METRUCK DIRECTLY
WE'RE HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH THE RESULTS OF THE REVIEW AND ENSURE FULL TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PUBLIC
SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSION STEINBRUECK WHO TO DISCUSS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO WAX ELOQUENTLY INDIVIDUALLY AFTER COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
I SURE DO
THANKS VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT FELLEMAN, FOR THAT INTRODUCTION
IT JUST BY WAY OF EXPLANATION, MY ROLE IN MY ROLE AS COMMISSION PRESIDENT 2020, I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADING THE PERFORMANCE, EVALUATION AND REVIEW OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THAT THAT EVALUATION IS DUE THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND WE ARE A BIT BEHIND IN SCHEDULING THIS PUBLIC AGENDA ITEM
BUT I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO SHARE IS VERY TRANSPARENT WITH REGARD TO THAT EVALUATION OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS PERFORMANCE IN THE YEAR 2020, AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS THIRD YEAR, I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT
SECOND YEAR? NO THIRD YEAR
THIRD YEAR
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT
I DID UNDERTAKE A VERY THOROUGH REVIEW AND INCLUDED CONSULTATION WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION, ALSO WITH DIRECT REPORTS AND OUR COMMISSION CHIEF OF STAFF, WHO TOGETHER PROVIDED MUCH OF THE BASIS FOR THE ULTIMATELY FOR THIS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND RECOMMENDATION
ALSO, I DISCUSSED WITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK HIS OWN SELF REVIEW, WHICH WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE, I MIGHT ADD, BUT VERY CANDID AND OPEN AND CLEAR AND RESPONSIVE TO WHAT HE SAW AS THE HIGHLIGHTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE YEAR AND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES
CERTAINLY
SO WITH THAT INPUT, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS METRICS OVERALL 2020 JOB PERFORMANCE, AND TO SAY THAT WE AGREE THAT IT MET AND EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS IN MOST ALL AREAS, AND THEREFORE WE'VE RATED HIS PERFORMANCE AS REMARKABLE
WITH HIS REVIEW OF THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED, WE RECOMMENDED WE RECOMMEND A MERIT PAY INCREASE WORTHY OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS
HOWEVER, LAST YEAR WAS NOT A YEAR FOR ME ADDITIONS TO THE BUDGET, WHICH WAS ALREADY TIGHTLY CONSTRAINED BY A SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN REVENUE AND THE CHARGES OF COVID
BUT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, NOT SURPRISINGLY, DECLINED ANY PAY INCREASE, AND I WOULD SAY THIS WAS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW NOW IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE EMPLOYEES OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND HIS STAFF, SINCE PAY INCREASES WERE FROZEN IN AN EFFORT TO MANAGE THE BUDGET DURING DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES, AS WE KNOW
INSTEAD, WE OFFERED AND STEVE METRUCK DID ACCEPT 10 DAYS OF ADDITIONAL PAID PERSONAL TIME OFF, WHICH ARE VERY WELL DESERVED AND HOPEFULLY WILL BE USED AS WELL
BECAUSE DIRECTOR METRUCK HAS BEEN PUTTING IN COUNTLESS HOURS DURING THE EXTREME DIFFICULT TIMES AND CHALLENGES OF THE COVERT PANDEMIC, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT HE WAS RELENTLESS AND ON TOP OF THE CHALLENGES, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
SO IN SOME WAYS THIS IS A SMALL WAY TO SAY THANK YOU AND A RECOGNITION OF THE EFFORT BY OFFERING THE DIRECTOR SOME ADDITIONAL TIME OFF
NOT WORKING TIME OFF EITHER
WE HOPE SO
IT MUST BE STATED, AS I SAID, 2020 WAS INDEED AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR OF CRISIS AT THE PORT, OUR CITY, THE NATION, THE WORLD DUE TO THE EXTREME HEALTH, SAFETY AND FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, PARTICULARLY THAT WE WERE PRESENTED WITH AT THE PORT AS AN ORGANIZATION
AND DURING A YEAR OF THESE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE COVID PANDEMIC, DIRECTOR METRUCK ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS
HE'S VERY MUCH GROWN INTO THIS JOB, COMING FROM HIS CAREER BACKGROUND AT THE COAST GUARD WITH A CLEAR AND DETERMINED COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC INTERESTS AND PUBLIC SAFETY, I MIGHT ADD, WHICH WAS ALWAYS PARAMOUNT DOING HEALTH AND SAFETY DURING THE COVID CRISIS DURING THE INTENSE PERIOD THERE, AND HE'S BROUGHT A COMMANDING LEVEL OF ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY
HE IS IN FACT A REAL WORKHORSE IN THE TRUE DEFINITION AND HAS REACHED HIS STRIDE MANAGING THE DAY TO DAY WITH EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JOB FUNCTIONS AND BEYOND
MORE, HE'S BUILT AN OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP TEAM AROUND HIM, WAS HIGHLY MOTIVATED AND INSPIRED, WHICH PRODUCES POSITIVE RESULTS WHEN THE COVID CRISIS HITS THE PIVOTED TO CRISIS MANAGEMENT MODE EFFECTIVELY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY IMPLEMENTING CDC GUIDELINES AND MEASURES TO PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL EMPLOYEES, SOUTH TACOMA AIRPORT PASSENGERS, TENANTS AND PORT CONTRACTORS AND VENDORS
HE WAS MEETING EVERY MORNING
SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS WITH THE IS IN A CRISIS MANAGEMENT MODE EARLY MORNING WITH HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM WITH REPORT OUT, DAILY UPDATES, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS WERE DISCUSSED AND APPROPRIATE RESPONSES TO MANAGE SUCH A HUGE ANTICIPATED REVENUE SHORTFALL
STEVE RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR FAST AND AGGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC RELIEF MEASURES IN THE DELIVERY OF PORT SERVICES, TENANT CONTRACTS, AND WE AVOIDED EMPLOYEE FURLOUGHS AND LAYOFFS ALTOGETHER
AND STEVE'S OWN UNDERSTATED WORDS, IT WAS QUITE A CHALLENGING YEAR, AND THE PORT ACCOMPLISHED A LOT ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION
DESPITE THE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC AND OTHER CHALLENGES, INCLUDING THE YEAR OF RACIAL RECKONING, THE SUMMER OF RACIAL RECKONING
IT QUITE QUICKLY BECAME APPARENT AS THE COVID CRISIS WORE ON THAT MANY OF OUR TENANTS WERE FACING EXTREME ECONOMIC HARDSHIP
STEVE SAW CLEARLY THAT AN EQUITABLE COVID RECOVERY STRATEGY WAS NEEDED AND WORKED EFFECTIVELY WITH A COMMISSION TO CREATE NEW RELIEF PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE ADR AND OTHER PORT TENANTS RELIEF PACKAGE
THAT'S AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL FOR THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE TO REMIND MYSELF NOT TO USE ACRONYMS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS
SO AIRLINE FEE DEFERRALS AND THE NOW MODEL YOUTH OPPORTUNITY INITIATIVE AMONG THEM THAT PROVIDED DIRECT SUPPORT FOR OVER SOME 200 UNDER SERVED CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS, I SHOULD SAY, YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE, COORDINATED AND LED BY STEVE METRUCK, WAS A POINT OF PRIDE, A SHINING MOMENT IN SOME WAYS IN OUR ORGANIZATIONS
THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR ORGANIZATION AND ITS HISTORY, THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS, THE AGILE BUDGETING TO PREPARE FOR CASH FLOW SHORTAGES, AND THE PIVOT WITH THE INFUSION OF FEDERAL SUPPORT MEANT THAT WE NEITHER WENT INTO CRISIS NOR SAT IDLY WITH A BOUNTY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, PORT ACTIONS ON WORKER AND PUBLIC SAFETY KEPT THE RATE OF INFECTION AS LOW AS IT POSSIBLY COULD BE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES
THESE ARE JUST A FEW GREAT EXAMPLES OF STEVE'S OUTSTANDING, IF NOT REMARKABLE, LEADERSHIP
STEVE IS POSITIVE, COLLABORATIVE, AND CONSTANTLY REACHES OUT TO OUR COMMISSION CHIEF OF STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS FOR ADVICE, DIRECTION AND CONSISTENTLY MODELS ETHICAL AND COMPASSIONATE LEADERSHIP OF THE ORGANIZATION AND HAS THE FULL CONFIDENCE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, THE ELECTED LEADERSHIP AND HIS EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
STEVE HAS BUILT A GREAT RAPPORT WITH COMMISSIONERS AND THE COMMISSION CHIEF OF STAFF AND KEEPS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH ALL OF US
HE'S ALWAYS ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
HE IS ASTUTE AND SENSITIVE TO POLITICAL ISSUES FACING COMMISSIONERS THAT ARISE FROM TIME TO TIME AND FOR THE PORT OR AS AN ORGANIZATION
I'M DELIGHTED THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO RENEW STEVE'S CONTRACT, ALSO PART OF MY DUTIES AS THE FORMER COMMISSION PRESIDENT, WITH THE SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONERS
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A GREAT FUTURE WITH STEVE
AT THE HELM
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO NOW ASK THE CLERK HART, TO CALL THE ROLL SO THAT MY COLLEAGUES CAN EACH HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS IF THEY'D LIKE
THANK YOU, STEVE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
THROUGH THE COMMISSION PRESIDENT WILL BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN
THANK YOU
WELL, GOSH, YOU SAID A LOT
THERE'S NOT A LOT TO ADD, BUT I'M GOING TO ADD A FEW THINGS
AS YOU BRIEFLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE PUBLIC, I THINK REALLY HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WENT THROUGH AT THE BEGINNING OF COVID
IT TRULY WAS WHAT, AS I TELL FOLKS, FREQUENTLY A RED LINE CRISIS
AND STEVE, I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN ANYBODY HANDLE ALL OF THESE ISSUES AT THE SAME TIME
IN AREAS WHERE WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE, WE'VE NEVER LED ON PUBLIC HEALTH
IT'S NOT AN AREA WHERE THE PORT HAD ANY EXPERTISE
BUT NOT ONLY DID YOU LEAN INTO THE CDC REQUIREMENTS, WORK WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER AT THE AIRPORT, FOR EXAMPLE, UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO KEEP SEATAC AIRPORT SAFE
YOU ALSO WENT AS FAR ALONG AS HELPING OPEN UP THE VACCINATION CLINICS AT THE AIRPORT TOWARDS THE END OF THE CRISIS AS THAT SOLUTION CAME FORWARD
SO WE'VE REALLY SEEN YOU ADAPT WELL, THE FINANCIAL RESULTS THAT WE'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS REALLY HELPED KEEP THE PORT AFLOAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC AND THROUGH THE LAST YEAR
AND IF I COULD PROBABLY SUM IT ALL UP
I'D SAY THAT I THINK YOU REALLY IMPLEMENTED THE VALUES THAT THE COMMISSION HAS PUT FORWARD
IT'S ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY
IT'S ABOUT BEING AN EFFICIENT PUBLIC AGENCY
IT'S ABOUT CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, PROVIDING THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES THAT OUR COMMUNITIES NEED
AND YOU MANAGED TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN 2020, AND YOU DID IT WITH GRACE, AND YOU DID IT TIRELESSLY
AGAIN, AS COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK MENTIONED, I KNOW YOU WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, FOR MONTHS
WE WERE ABLE TO CONTACT YOU AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY OR NIGHT
YOU ARE ALWAYS RESPONSIVE, AS WAS THE REST OF YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
SO I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU ASK US FOR MONEY NEXT YEAR
YOU DESERVE IT
10 DAYS OFF IS NOT ENOUGH
BUT LET'S START WITH THAT
BUT ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, STEVE, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE
IT'S CLEAR THAT IS EMBEDDED IN YOU FROM YOUR YEARS IN THE COAST GUARD
YOU ARE TRULY A PUBLIC SERVANT, AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE YOU AS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
THANKS, COMMISSION
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN WILL MOVE TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
DITTO
EVERYTHING SAID SO FAR, AND I WOULD ADD A COUPLE OF POINTS
THE FIRST IS I JUST REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE YOUR INTEGRITY
THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO OUR SUCCESSES AND ORGANIZATION IN RECRUITING NEW TALENT FOR 2,000 PLUS STAFF, FOR ENSURING THAT IN THE MIDST OF A CRISIS, WE WERE ABLE TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY, ENGENDERING TRUST THROUGHOUT EVERY LEVEL OF THE ORGANIZATION LEADING BY EXAMPLE
AND AND SO IT IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN I'M ASKED ABOUT LEADERSHIP OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE, THAT IS I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT COMES UP EVERY TIME IS THAT WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE LEADERSHIP WITH GREAT INTEGRITY
THE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT YOU HAVE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, CREATED A TRUE SENSE OF TEAM
AND IN AN ORGANIZATION THIS BIG, NO ONE CAN DO IT ALONE
AND YOU HAVE SURROUNDED BY YOURSELF WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM, AN EXECUTIVE OFFICE STAFF, AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION WITH TALENT AND CHANGES TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART THAT I THINK ARE IMPROVING HOW WE AN ORGANIZATION OPERATE
AND I THINK THAT'S NOW, FROM THE STANDPOINT OF LEADERSHIP, IN TERMS OF KIND OF COACH FACILITATOR, THAT IS A GIFT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THIS ORGANIZATION IS BEING ABLE TO SEE THE HOW NOT JUST YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH PEOPLE FUNCTIONS, BUT ALSO HOW OTHER PEOPLE'S RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER FUNCTION AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEY CAN BE
SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE AND KICK IT OVER TO I THINK IT'S COMMISSIONER CHO
YOU KNOW, THE DISADVANTAGE OF GOING LAST OR SECOND TO LAST IS THAT EVERYTHING GOOD THAT COULD BE SAID IS ALREADY SAID
SO I'LL KEEP MY UP SHORT AND JUST REALLY EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO YOU, STEVE, FOR HOW YOU APPROACHED WHAT HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE TOUGHEST YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS IN YOUR CAREER
I KNOW YOU HAD A GREAT CAREER IN THE COAST GUARD, AND I'M SURE YOU WERE IN SOME VERY TOUGH SITUATIONS WHEN YOU SERVE
BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE A SCENARIO LIKE A GLOBAL PANDEMIC LIKE THE ONE WHO JUST WENT THROUGH
AND I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATED THAT YOU WERE SO INCLUSIVE IN THE WAY THAT YOU GUIDED US THROUGH THE STORM
AND I CAN'T REALLY EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW BIG OF A DEAL THAT IS AND HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS
I THINK IT'S REALLY EASY FOR A LEADER OF AN ORGANIZATION TO JUST GIVE OUT ORDERS AND DO THINGS THE WAY THEY THINK IT SHOULD BE DONE, ESPECIALLY IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS
BUT I DID NOTICE OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF THAT I'VE BEEN AT THE COMMISSION THAT YOU'VE BEEN SO OPEN MINDED
YOU'VE RECEIVED A SOLICITED INPUT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, BUT ALSO, QUITE FRANKLY, YOU WERE VERY INVOLVED WITH SOLICITING AND AND ATTENDING SOME OF OUR LISTENING SESSIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT YOUR INVOLVEMENT, YOUR PARTICIPATION IN SOME OF THE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS HAS NOT GONE UNNOTICED
AND I THINK THAT THE GENERAL REPUTATION AND THE IMAGE OF THE PORT HAS DRAMATICALLY TRANSFORMED IN THE LAST YEAR AND A YEAR AND A HALF AS A RESULT OF A LOT OF THE WORK THAT YOU AND EXECUTIVE LEADERS AT THE PORT HAVE PUT IN IN GETTING THAT INPUT FROM THE BOTTOM UP
IT ALSO GOES FOR PORT EMPLOYEES
OBVIOUSLY, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW THINGS HAVE BEEN PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL HERE
BUT I JUST FEEL LIKE IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO EMPOWER OUR EMPLOYEES, TO SPEAK UP, TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND JUST GENERALLY EMPOWERING THEM
AND I THINK THAT'S TRULY CHANGING THE CULTURE OF THIS ORGANIZATION, AND THAT'S ALL CREDIT TO YOU ENABLING THAT CHANGE
AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE HERE
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE PROGRESS
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, WELL, SINCE EVERYBODY SAID SOMETHING NICE, NO, I'M KIDDING
WE REALLY HAVE RUN THROUGH THE GAMBIT
BUT I'LL JUST RECALL THAT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COMMISSIONER GREGOIRE, AND I WROTE AN OP ED IN THE BUSINESS JOURNAL, AND IT BASICALLY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A JOB FOR A PUBLIC SERVANT, NOT FOR A CORPORATE EXECUTIVE
AND I THINK TRADITIONALLY THIS HAS BEEN A JOB FILLED BY A CORPORATE EXECUTIVE
AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF LONG TERM EMPLOYEES AT THIS ORGANIZATION THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY HAVE FELT THE DIFFERENCE IN HAVING SOMEBODY OF YOUR SORT AND ALSO JUST THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU DO TO THE STAFF AND TO THE COMMISSION LEVEL OF DIRECT INTEREST AND CONCERN FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES IN THE COMMISSION
IT JUST IT PERMEATES THE VALUES THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU IMBUE UPON ALL OF US
AND I THINK IT'S IRREFUTABLE
AND I THINK YOU'RE BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN EVERYONE, AND THE ORGANIZATION IS FIRING ON ALL CYLINDERS AS A RESULT OF IT
AND AS EVERYBODY SAID, TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT DURING THIS CRAZY TIME THAT NOBODY WOULD HAVE WANTED TO CHOOSE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE HOW YOU'VE RISEN TO THE OCCASION AND, YOU KNOW, LIVED UP TO EVERYTHING WE WOULD HAVE HOPED AND GREATLY APPRECIATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE COMPENSATORY INCREASE THAT YOU DESERVE NEXT TIME ROUND
SO WITH THAT, I'LL SAVE ALL MY CRITICISMS FOR LATER
WE'LL CALL IT WE'LL CALL IT GOOD
I THINK HIS HEAD IS SWOLLEN THREE SIZES BY NOW
WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONCLUDE AND TELL US HOW WRONG WE GOT IT? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
THANK YOU ALL COMMISSIONERS
YOU KNOW, I JUST HAVE TO SAY A LITTLE EMBARRASSED WHEN I HEAR ALL THESE GREAT THINGS, BECAUSE I KNOW FOR ME THAT BUT THE REASON I'M GOING TO BUT I'M SAYING I'M NOT THAT EMBARRASSED BECAUSE I'M PROUD OF THE TEAM
I'M PROUD OF ALL THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE TOGETHER HERE AT THE PORT AND ESPECIALLY OVER THIS LAST YEAR AND ALL THESE ACCOLADES THAT YOU SAID REALLY REFLECT UPON THE EXECUTIVE TEAM AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE PORT
AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO BE PART OF SUCH A GREAT TEAM
AND THAT IS THAT'S WHERE I'M TAKING THAT
AND I'LL PASS ON TO ALL EVERYONE
THAT'S HOW THIS IS REFLECTION OF THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT YOU SAID ARE ABOUT US HERE AT THE PORT
IT IS DURING AN ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING PERIOD
I REALLY GREATLY APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP AS WE FACE THINGS THAT WE HAD NEVER FACED OURSELVES, THE COMMISSION AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EXECUTIVE AND JUST THE STAFF TOGETHER AND HOW WE WORK TOGETHER ON THAT
AND I THINK THAT WE LEARNED A LOT THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF RESILIENCE, AND THE ORGANIZATION HAS A LOT OF RESILIENCE
AND I THINK FOR ALL OF US, WHEN EACH OF US IS JUST GOING TO REFLECT FOR A SECOND ON THE PAST YEAR, I DON'T WANT TO DRAG THIS ON
BUT NOW THAT YOU'VE ASKED ME, I'M GOING TO SAY IS THAT WE REFLECT BACK ON BACK ON WHEN SOMEBODY ELSE WAS FALTERING, SOMEBODY ELSE CAME UP AND HELD THEM UP AND GOT US GOING WHEN THERE WAS A LOT OF STRESS ON
AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE IN THE EXECUTIVE TEAM
AND I THINK I THOUGHT THAT WITH THE COMMISSION AS WELL OF WORKING WITH ON THE IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE HAD TO DO WITH US BOTH ENSURING OURSELVES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, OUR OWN WORKFORCE, OPERATING THE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T DO, AND THEN OPENING UP OUR SCOPE, SAYING WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO AND RISING TO THAT OCCASION
SO THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF AN ORGANIZATION OF WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED
AND THEN, AS WE, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING, GETTING INPUT, KNOWING WHAT ELSE WE HAVE TO CHANGE TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE MORE CONTINUING IMPACT
SO ANYWAY, I'M GOING TO STOP THERE I DON'T WANT TO TRY TO SELL, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT AND APPRECIATE THE CONFIDENCE AND TRUST GOING FORWARD
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE
CLERK HART, COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD AND THEN WE CAN HEAR FROM THERE OUR METRUCK AGAIN? YES
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM 11 B, THE MARITIME BLUE ANNUAL REPORT TUITION CONTINUING ON TWO YEARS AGO, THE PORT OF SEATTLE EXECUTED A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE WASHINGTON MARITIME WITH WASHINGTON MARITIME BLUE, A NEW NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CHARGED WITH IMPLEMENTING WASHINGTON STATE STRATEGY FOR THE BLUE ECONOMY
OUR PARTNERSHIP IS MAKING GREAT STRIDES IN ADVANCING DEVELOPMENT OF THE WASHINGTON'S BLUE ECONOMY
OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE JOINTLY LAUNCHED A SUCCESSFUL MARITIME INNOVATION ACCELERATOR, EXPANDED THE YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, AND OTHER EFFORTS TO ADVANCE SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESENTERS HERE TODAY, BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DAVE NICK BATON, MANAGING DIRECTOR FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, TO LEAD US THROUGH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION
BUT I WILL NOTE THAT WE HAVE WITH US AS JOSHUA BURGER PRESIDENT CEO MARICON, AS WELL
DAVE, THANK YOU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
STEVE RIGHT
TWO YEARS AGO, JOSHUA AND I WERE WITH YOU EXCITED, BUT AT THE STARTING GATE, WE HAD A FRESH STATE STRATEGY TO MODERNIZE THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AND PUT IT ON A SUSTAINABLE BLUE PATH FOR THE FUTURE
WE HAD A FRESH MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING CEMENTED OUR PARTNERSHIP TO LAUNCH MARITIME BLUE
AND TWO YEARS LATER, STEVE'S RIGHT
WE'VE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS GIVEN BIRTH AND NOW OPERATED OUR SECOND MARITIME INNOVATION ACCELERATOR
THE PROGRESS FOR THE YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATED ABSOLUTELY AMAZING
AND YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT FROM THIS NHA THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR THAT, I ALSO OVERLOOKED
I WANT TO INTRODUCE NOT JUST JOSHUA, WHO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, BUT JOSHUA'S PROGRAM DIRECTOR FOR INNOVATION, JOSH CARTER
HE'LL GIVE US THE UPDATES ON THE ACCELERATOR PROGRAM
IN ADDITION TO THOSE COUPLE OF PROJECTS, I'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS ARRAY OF INDUSTRY PROJECTS, FROM TAKING THE FERRIES ELECTRIC TO OUR NEW PROJECTS AND QUIET SOUND
IT'S JUST IT'S STARTLING TO SEE HOW MUCH PROGRESS MARITIME BLUE IS MADE
AND REALLY, AT THE END, WHAT I LOOK FOR IS, WELL, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS GOING WELL, BUT HOW'S THE ORGANIZATION AND THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING VERY, VERY WELL
I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT ORGANIZATION MATURE AND DEVELOP, BOTH WITH A SOLID BUDGET, WITH A GREAT STAFF, BUT ALSO WITH A GREAT BOARD
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF ENERGY AND EXPERTISE AROUND THE BOARD TABLE
JOSHUA RECENTLY ASKED STEVE TO JOIN THE BOARD AS WELL
I JUST THINK THE ORGANIZATION IS EXTREMELY WELL POSITIONED FOR THE FUTURE
AND I'M EXCITED TO REALLY TURN IT OVER TO JOSHUA TODAY TO JUST GIVE YOU AN ANNUAL UPDATE
SO WITH THAT, JOSHUA, WELCOME
THANKS FOR JOINING US
AND I WANT YOU TO INTRODUCE YOUR OTHER COLLEAGUES, BUT THE SHOW IS YOURS
THANKS
AND IF IT DOESN'T REJECT
WHILE I'M A BIG FAN, WE HAVE THREE PRESENTERS AND WE HAVE HALF AN HOUR
SO LET'S USE OUR TIME WISE
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE REALLY FAST
I APPRECIATE THAT
THANK YOU
DIRECTOR METRUCK, DAVE AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
THANK YOU
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH AND SHARE SOME INCREDIBLE UPDATES AND PROGRESS
THANK YOU
I SEE SOME SLIDES ARE UP
WE'LL MOVE FAST, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL AND SOME OF THE GREAT FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION OVER THE YEARS
WE CAN ADVANCE A COUPLE SLIDES, THE DESCRIPTION OF MARITIME BLUE
WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THERE AS WELL
DAVE AND STEVE GAVE SOME OF THE BACKGROUND
I JUST KIND OF WANT TO REMIND AGAIN WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING
RIGHT
SO WE ARE THIS INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE GOAL IS TO IMPLEMENT OUR STATE STRATEGY
YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
THAT STRATEGY WAS DEVELOPED BY YOU ALL AND HUNDREDS OF STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE THAT CAME OUT OF THE GOVERNOR'S MARITIME INNOVATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, STEEPED IN ACTUAL PROJECTS, STEEPED IN HOW WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE
WHAT WE SAID WHEN WE COMPLETED THAT STRATEGY WAS, LOOK WHO'S BEST TO IMPLEMENT THIS
BUT THE SAME CONSORTIUM, THE SAME QUADRUPLE HELIX AS WE CALL IT THAT CREATED THE STRATEGY, IS GOING TO NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR IMPLEMENTING IT, IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECTS FORWARDING INNOVATION, ADDRESSING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE LIKE
SO HERE WE ARE
WE'RE NOW THREE YEARS INTO THE FORMATION OF THE ORGANIZATION, WE'RE OVER 120 MEMBERS
I CAN'T EVEN KEEP THIS SLIDE DECK UP TO DATE FAST ENOUGH IN THE MEMBERSHIP AND THE COMMITMENT WE'RE GETTING ACROSS INDUSTRY FROM SOME OF OUR LARGEST MARITIME EMPLOYERS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO ONE PERSON ENGINEERING SHOPS TO OUR NECESSARY PUBLIC PARTNERS, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS, STARTUPS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON
WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE FEEDBACK ON
I'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAILS AS WE GO ALONG, BUT THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING, RIGHT? THIS WAS ALL ABOUT HOW WE DELIVER
HOW DO WE PUT TOGETHER THIS? I CONTINUE TO REFER TO THIS SLIDE DECK AS THE NEST THAT SUPPORTS PROJECTS THAT ACCELERATES INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE BLUE ECONOMY GOING FORWARD
AND WE'VE BEEN SO GRATEFUL FOR THE PORT LEADERSHIP COMMITMENTS AND SUPPORT THROUGH THAT WORK, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH WE'LL GET SOME DETAILS
I'LL INTRODUCE JOSH AND VISHNA PRIMARILY FOCUS AROUND HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH [inaudible 02:18:30] INNOVATION ACCELERATOR AND THE GROWTH OF THAT HUB AND SPOKE MODEL THAT'S COMING OUT OF THAT WORK AND HOW WE ARE WORKING DEEP INTO THE COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND CREATING PATHWAYS AND PIPELINES, PARTICULARLY AND FOCUSED FOR YOUTH OF COLOR IN OUR REGION THROUGH THE YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATIVE
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
AND I'LL INTRODUCE AND BRING UP JOSH CARTER
IF YOU REMEMBER OUR FIRST YEAR OF THE INAUGURAL COHORT
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH WE WORK LABS WITH ELIZABETH CALLIN, AND WE WORK LABS TO PUT TOGETHER THAT FIRST COHORT
AND AS WE MOVED ON, WE HAVE, AFTER GREAT SUCCESS OF THAT COHORT, AS DID ELIZABETH AS DID WE WORK LABS ROLE IN SUPPORTING ENTREPRENEURS
I WENT TO ELIZABETH AND SAID, ELIZABETH, WE WANT TO TAKE THIS IN HOUSE
DO YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? HE SAID
CALL, JOSH CARTER, IT WAS A SATURDAY MORNING
BY MONDAY, WE WERE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL
AND SO JOSH HAS BECOME AN INCREDIBLE CHAMPION, AN INCREDIBLE ASSET FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THESE FOUNDERS
SO, JOSH, I'LL LET YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF
AND IF YOU COULD GIVE US SOME UPDATES ON THE ROLE, THE ACCELERATOR AND THE GROWTH OF THE HUB AND SPOKE MODEL WE'RE CREATING
YEAH
THANKS, JOSHUA
YEAH
I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WE'RE GETTING TO GIVE YOU GUYS ALL AN UPDATE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND THE FUTURE OF THE INNOVATION PROGRAMS WE'RE BUILDING THIS TO JUST SORT OF GIVE YOU A REFRESHER
THE MARQUIS PROGRAM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS OUR INNOVATION ACCELERATOR AND SAY, I JOKINGLY SAY IT'S AN MBA IN A BOX, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE THAN THAT
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN LATER SLIDES, BUT AT A BASELINE, IT'S A FOUR MONTH BASED ACCELERATOR WITH NO EQUITY, MEANING WE'RE NOT FUNDING THESE COMPANIES, BUT WE PROVIDE A CURRICULUM THAT IS DYNAMIC, AND IT REALLY FOCUSES IN ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF HOW THEY GROW THIS BUSINESS AND TAKE IT TO SCALE SO THEY CAN COME IN WITH A NOMINAL AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO GROW A BUSINESS
AND WE'LL TEACH THEM ABOUT HOW TO FIND THEIR FIRST CUSTOMER, HOW TO TELL THEIR STORY, AND A COMPELLING AND INNOVATIVE WAY
WE TEACH THEM ABOUT FINANCIAL MODELING
ALL THE LITTLE NUANCES THAT YOU NEED TO REALLY GROW YOUR COMPANY
WE ALSO HAVE THE TACOMA INNOVATION ACCEL INCUBATOR, WHICH IS LESS FOCUSED IN ON EDUCATION AND MORE FOCUSED IN ON LET'S GET OUR HANDS DIRTY
AND THAT'S A ONE YEAR PROGRAM, AND IT'S SORT OF A ROLLING ADMISSION MODEL THERE
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OTHER PARTNER PROGRAMS, STUFF LIKE UP IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON, A CLEAN TECH BLUE TECH, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT AS WELL
AND PROGRAMS WITH THE HATFIELD MARINE SCIENCE CENTER, THE OSU SATELLITE CAMPUS IN NEWPORT, OREGON
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SO THE INAUGURAL COHORT, AS JOSHUA MENTIONED, WE HAD 115 STARTUP SUPPLY
WE CHOSE 11 OF THEM, AND SINCE THEN, THEY'VE GONE ON TO HAVE GREAT SUCCESS, OBVIOUSLY, PURE WATERCRAFT BEING THE MOST NOTABLE, RAISING A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THEIR LATEST ROUND
BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH
NOT YOUR PROBLEM WAS IN THE NEWS RECENTLY FOR HELPING ALASKA TO RECYCLE A LOT OF THEIR FISHING NETS
I THINK THEY JUST GOT BACK FROM ALASKA, IN FACT
SO WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF A GREAT SUCCESS OUT OF THAT FIRST COHORT
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I SINCE THEN, WE'VE OBVIOUSLY GONE THROUGH THE NEXT COHORT
WE RAN THAT FROM JANUARY TO MAY, CULMINATING IN A SHOWCASE MAY 18 TH THAT WE DID AT THE HARBOR CONFERENCE CENTER
I'M BLANKING ON THE NAME OF THE HARBOR PLACE THAT WE DID IT AT, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND IT WAS AN INTERESTING EVENT
BUT WE HAD 10 STARTUPS PRESENT, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT SUCCESSES OUT OF THAT COHORT, SILVERBACK MARINE, WHICH WAS IN THIS COHORT, AND PURE WATERCRAFT FROM THE FIRST COHORT WERE CO-AWARDEES AND A GRANT FROM THE PORT OF LOPEZ TO BUILD A LARGE VESSEL LANDING VESSEL AND PUMP OUT VESSEL FOR THE PORT LOPEZ FIRST ALL ELECTRIC VESSEL FOR THAT KIND OF LANDING CRAFT
ALICENSE HAS SINCE SECURED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF PRIVATE FUNDING AND NONDILUTIVE FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
MMC LAUNCHED THEIR PLATFORM DURING THE PROGRAM AND PUGET ON THE ALASKA AIRLINES INNOVATION CHALLENGE, BUT WE'VE ALSO SEEN SOME UPDATES THAT ARE COMING
CAN SCAN IS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE THEIR FUNDING
THEY JUST SECURED A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF FUNDING
SO A LOT OF GREAT SUCCESSES FROM THE SECONDARY COHORT AS WELL
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BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I MENTIONED THAT THIS PROGRAM IS MUCH MORE THAN JUST EDUCATION
THE MENTORS REALLY MAKE THIS PROGRAM SO SPECIAL
WE DO A WEEKLY CEO ROUND TABLE
WE TAKE TWO HOURS OUT OF THE EVENING AND WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT THESE CEOS ARE FACED WITH
AND THEN WE BRING IN INDUSTRY LEADERS TO CONTEXTUALIZE THOSE PROBLEMS SO YOU'LL SEE, MIGUEL MIGUEL, WHO'S THE CO FOUNDER WE WORK, CAME IN ONE EVENING
WE HAD SABRINA PARSONS FROM PALO ALTO SOFTWARE
WE HAD TROY ENACO FROM HE WAS MY MANAGING DIRECTOR WHEN I WENT THROUGH TECHSTARS AND WENT ON TO A SURE PAYROLL AND SELL THAT OFF TO PAYCHECK
SO WE HAD A LOT OF REALLY TOP TIER, INCREDIBLE TALENT COME IN AND GIVE THESE FOUNDERS FEEDBACK AND KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION
MENTORSHIP GUIDANCE
IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND I THINK REALLY HELPED TO SOLIDIFY THAT CAMARADERIE THAT WE WERE SO WORRIED ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROGRAM DOING IT ALL
VIRTUALLY
THE CEO ROUNDTABLE WAS THE CENTERPIECE TO REALLY ENSURING THAT THE COHORT BUILT COLLABORATION, AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT
WE SAW THAT THROUGHOUT THE FOUR MONTH COHORT
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SO GOING FORWARD, WE'RE BUILDING ON THIS HUB AND SPOKE MODEL THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, AND ONE OF IT IS THE PARTNERSHIPS WE'VE BEEN BUILDING
I TALKED ABOUT THE BELLINGHAM PROGRAM WITH THE CLEAN TECH BLUE TECH PROGRAM THAT LAUNCHES IN SEPTEMBER
I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEWPORT OREGON PROGRAM
WE'RE SORT OF BASING THAT PROGRAM ON OUR INCUBATOR IN TACOMA, BUT ALSO OUR NEXT STEP IS HOW DO WE BUILD COLLABORATION AMONGST THE REGION WITH THE OTHER CLUSTERS IN ALASKA, IN CALIFORNIA AND HERE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING
AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I'M BUILDING OUT IS A VERY CLEAR AND WELL DEFINED WORKFLOW FOR ENTREPRENEURS AT ALL STAGES TO ENTER INTO OUR ECONOMY
SO WE JUST TALKED TODAY EARLIER TODAY ABOUT BUILDING A HACKATHON
SOMEBODY THAT COULD BE SITTING AROUND AT HOME WONDERING IF THERE'S AN IDEA THAT THEY COULD BRING TO MARKET
A HACKATHON IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THAT
SO WE WANT TO FIND WAYS TO ALLOW ENTREPRENEURS TO ENTER OUR ECOSYSTEM AT EVERY STAGE
WHETHER IT'S AN IDEA ON THE BACK OF THE NAPKIN, IT'S SOMETHING THEY NEED TO SCALE OR IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY NEED TO FIND FUNDING FOR SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE THEIR SMALL TEAM AND GROW IT TO A LARGE ENTERPRISE IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
WE WANT THE MARITIME BLUE PROGRAMS TO BE ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT GROWTH AT EVERY LEVEL
SO THAT'S THE LONGEST SHORT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING
AND I'M EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
THANK YOU
BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT PROGRAM, DAVE, IF YOU HAVE EXCUSE ME
WE'RE NOT AT QUESTIONS YET
CAN WE GO ON WITH THE PRESENTATION? WE'RE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH? OH, I'M SORRY
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY
AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE TO LEAVE SOME TIME SO THAT WE CAN ENGAGE THEM AS WELL
I THINK WHAT I WANT TO JUST KIND OF REITERATE WHAT JOSH WAS SAYING
THERE IS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO BUILD ACROSS THESE FOUNDERS AND WITH OUR NETWORK HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE
THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER ACCELERATOR FOR BLUE TECH COMPANIES
WE ARE REALLY ACROSS, LIKE WE SAY, SEAFOOD SNACKS TO BOAT BUILDERS TO TECH SOLUTIONS FOR DREAD STRUCTS
BUT IT'S THE COMMUNITY THAT FOLKS ARE FINDING THAT'S HELPING BUILD OUT THIS LARGER ECOSYSTEM THAT WE ENVISION AND HAVE ENVISIONED WHEN WE FIRST BUILT THE STRATEGY
AND IT'S NOT DISCONNECTED FROM ALL OF THE OTHER AND VARIOUS WORK THAT WE DO
MANY OF THEM ARE TAKING ON INTERNS THROUGH OUR YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATIVE AND SOLE VESTMENT DIVE IN AND THE INCREDIBLE GROWTH AND SUCCESS WE'RE SEEING WITH THE YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATIVE, ITS VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LEVERAGE THE PORT OF SEATTLE SUPPORT WITH MORE AND MORE PRIVATE AND FOUNDATION FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT GROW
VEASNA NO WAS REALLY SHE AND JOSH, TOGETHER WITH SOME OF OUR FIRST FORMAL STAFF MEMBERS, FULL SALARIED ROLES
AND VEASNA HAD WORKED ESSENTIALLY AS A CONTRACTOR FOR MARITIME BLUE UNTIL WE ARE READY AND GROWING
AND WE ARE JUST THRILLED THAT SHE IS AT THE HELM
AS GREEN AS SHE IS ON MARITIME, THE DEPTH AND PASSION SHE HAS AND HOW WE ADDRESS EQUITY IN THIS SECTOR IS CREATING SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
SO NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU
THANK YOU, JOSHUA
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
I'M SO HAPPY AND THRILLED TO BE HERE
AS JOSHUA MENTIONED, I HAVE REALLY NO BACKGROUND IN MARITIME, SO HE DEFINITELY TOOK THE LEAP OF FAITH
MY SPECIALTY IS EQUITY AND WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
AND I AM JUST SO HONORED TO BE IN THIS ROLE
AND SO GRATEFUL TO BE WORKING FOR A MISSION DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS WASHINGTON MARITIME LOOP
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SO THE YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATIVE IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING THE PORT OF SEATTLE, SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CITY OF SEATTLE, AND SEATTLE GOODWILL
IN ADDITION TO MANY OTHER YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER, WE WORK REALLY HARD TO DELIVER PROGRAMS AND PATHWAYS THAT ARE EQUITABLE THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND THAT PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO HOW DO WE ENGAGE WITH YOUTH OF COLOR AND YOUTH FROM UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE 25 PLUS STRONG
WE HAVE A MONTHLY MEETING ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH
WE TYPICALLY HAVE 20 PLUS PARTICIPANTS AT EVERY MEETING, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING
IT SHOWS A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT AND COMMITMENT INTO THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING
AGAIN, WE HAVE FOLKS FROM ALL OVER THE REGION AND WE HAVE EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THIS PAST YEAR TO INCLUDE MORE DIVERSE ORGANIZATIONS
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THE YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATIVE IS THAT WE PROVIDE INTERNSHIPS
SO IN ADDITION TO OUR INTERNSHIPS, WHICH I WILL DISCUSS LATER IS WE ALSO PROVIDE EXPONENTIAL LEARNING EVENTS, SOUND DAY AND SO FORTH
BUT I WILL TALK ABOUT INTERNSHIPS FOR THIS PARTICULAR SECTION
SO THE INTERNSHIP THAT WE HAD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DATA PUBLIC SCHOOLS I CAN LAUNCH 206
AND THE INAUGURAL PROGRAM WAS LAST SUMMER DURING THE PANDEMIC
AS WE ALL HAVE TALKED ABOUT, WE HAD TO PIVOT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO THE TRADITIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND TRADITIONAL TYPES OF WAYS TO SHARE OUT AND GO TO COMMUNITY
BUT WE'RE STILL VERY SUCCESSFUL
I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WE HAD 12 INTERNS
SORRY
LAST WE HAD 13
THIS YEAR WE HAVE 12
IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL
WE HAD MULTIPLE MARITIME EMPLOYERS AND THE SAME MARITIME EMPLOYERS HAVE COMMITTED TO HOSTING AN INTERN THIS YEAR
IT'S A CREDIT BEARING INTERNSHIP, SO EACH STUDENT EARNS A POINT, FIVE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT AND ALSO 1,000 DOLLARS STIPEND
IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDED EQUITY TRAINING, WHICH IS A VALUE THAT WE WE SHARE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION
WE'RE EQUITY MINDED AND EQUITY FOCUS
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO, THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE GOOD WILL PROVIDE A VERY VALUABLE EQUITY TRAINING TO AMERICA IN EMPLOYERS FOR LAUNCH TO SIX, AS WELL AS OUR VERY NEW INTERNSHIP CALLED THE YOUTH MARITIME ACCELERATOR PROJECT
LAUNCH TO A SIX IS IN THE SECOND YEAR
THE SUMMER WE HAVE 12 INTERNS, WE HAVE FOUR MARITIME EMPLOYERS
AGAIN, WE HAD THE SAME MARITIME EMPLOYERS FROM LAST SUMMER DUE TO THE SUCCESS COMMIT TO HOSTING, WHICH WERE SUPER EXCITED AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN THEIR INTERNSHIP RIGHT NOW
HAVING A GREAT TIME
NOW I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE YOUTH MARITIME ACCELERATOR PROJECT, WHICH WE CALL IN MAP
A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT LAST SUMMER WAS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO SPEND WITH OUR YOUTH FROM EMPLOYERS
THEY ASKED FOR LONGER INTERNSHIP, AND THIS IS THE SAME FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM OUR YOUTH
WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO REALLY BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH EMPLOYERS
AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOSTERING RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILDING THAT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR US WHO ARE NEW TO MARITIME
SO WITH THE SUPPORT FROM THE PORT OF SEATTLE, WE ARE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
IT'S EIGHT WEEKS LONG, 2,000 DOLLARS STIPEND OFFERED, AND IT IS CURRICULUM EMBEDDED
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH [inaudible 02:32:29], WHICH IS A COMPANY THAT PROVIDES TRAINING, PARTICULARLY TO USE OF COLOR AND GIVE THEM THAT PROFICIENCY BUILDING SO THAT THEY CAN PURSUE A CAREER IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR
SO WE'RE USING THE CURRENT ON FROM YOUR APP, BUT WE'RE MODIFYING IT TO TO MAKE IT MORE MARITIME TIME BASED
WE INCLUDE MARITIME 101 AND WE INCLUDE IMPORTANT PIECES ABOUT HOW TO GET INTO PATHWAYS INTO A MARITIME CAREER
SO IT'S REALLY MODIFIED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR INTERNSHIP
ANOTHER THING TOO, IS THAT WE PROVIDE EQUITY TRAINING AGAIN WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH SEATTLE GOODWILL
AND THE EQUITY TRAINING IS IT'S TWO DAYS
THE FIRST DAY IS REALLY AN INTRODUCTION ABOUT CONCEPTS GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER ICE BREAKERS
AND THEN THE SECOND DAY IS WE'RE REALLY DIVE INTO THESE DEEPER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME SCENARIOS THAT YOU MAY COME ACROSS WHILE WORKING WITH A YOUTH, PERHAPS FROM A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC, A DIFFERENT AGE GROUP ARE SOME TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THOSE COMMON SCENARIOS YOU MAY COME ACROSS
AND WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR MARITIME EMPLOYERS IS THAT THESE EQUITY TRAINERS ARE INCREDIBLY USEFUL
THE WAY THAT SEATTLE GOOD WILL PRESENT THEM IS IS INTERACTIVE AND ALLOWS FOR ALLOWS FOR LITTLE THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S PRESENTED WITH MINDFULNESS NOT ONLY TO THE SERIOUS SUBJECT MATTER, BUT ALSO THAT THERE ARE MARITIME EMPLOYERS THAT BE NEW TO THIS CONVERSATION AND THEY HAVE NEVER WORKED WITH YOUTH FROM A DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC BEFORE
I'M REALLY HAPPY TO RECEIVE SUCH POSITIVE FEEDBACK FEEDBACK FROM MARITIME EMPLOYERS AND BELIEVE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE EQUITY TRAINING AS WE WORK TOWARDS BUILDING A MORE DIVERSE WORKFORCE
AND AS WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WAYS TO BE MORE WELCOMING TO YOUTH FROM DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHICS AND PROVIDE A BASE OF THEM IN A SETTING WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY WHITE NOW WITHIN THE STATE IN PARTICULAR
SO THOSE ARE OUR INTERNSHIPS THAT WE ARE HOSTING THE SUMMER AGAIN
IT'S Y MAP, THE YOUTH MARITIME ACCELERATOR PROJECT, ALSO LAUNCHING TWO WEEKS NOW INTO IT
AND THE YOUTH ARE SUPER EXCITED
ALL OF THEM ARE USE OF COLOR
THEY ARE NEW TO MARITIME AND THEY'VE SO FAR BEEN ON SCENE ADVENTURES WITH SOUND EXPERIENCE
THERE WILL BE TRAVELING TO TACOMA THIS FRIDAY TO BE HOSTED BY THE TACOMA YOUTH MARINE CENTER, GOING UP TO PORT TOWNSEND SO THAT WE'RE REALLY GOING TO GET THAT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING, WHICH WE'RE SO EXCITED TO REALLY ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR THEM AND TO GIVE THEM THAT EXPERIENCE SO THEY CAN SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE ABOUT MARITIME
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ALSO, WE'RE SO EXCITED TO IMPLEMENT A NEW EXPANDED COHORT MODEL
AND THIS IS A WAY TO REALLY CONTINUE THIS PATHWAY INTO MARITIME, BOTH THROUGH EDUCATIONAL PATHWAYS, THROUGH CAREER PATHWAYS, ULTIMATELY ALL ILLUMINATING TO PIPELINES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE AND EQUITABLE
AND THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS EXPANDED COHORT MODEL IS TO REALLY TAKE AN EXISTING MODEL AND BUILD UPON IT, UTILIZING THE THE RESOURCES FROM OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS AND GIVING YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE WHICH TYPE OF EXPERIENCES THEY WOULD LIKE THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR
AND SO THIS YEAR, WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH SEATTLE GOODWILL YOUTH MARITIME PROGRAM IN WHICH IS A TWO YEAR PROGRAM FOR JUNIORS AND SENIORS
AND THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THEY GET EXPOSURE TO PATHWAYS IN MARITIME
THEY ALSO HAVE SATURDAY WORKSHOPS WHERE THEY LEARN ABOUT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
AND SO WE WILL CONNECT WITH THEIR EXISTING PROGRAM MODEL AND EXPAND UPON IT BY OFFERING ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE COHORT, WHICH ARE ALL MUTE OF COLOR AND ALL FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, MANY OF WHOM ARE LOW INCOME
SO THEY WILL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A SERIES OF QUARTERLY PROGRAMS LEADING UP TO A SUMMER INTERNSHIP JUST TO THE INTERNSHIP THAT WE OFFER THIS SUMMER
AND AGAIN, COME INTO THESE INTERNSHIPS WITH EXPERIENCES WITH PROFICIENCIES AND WITH TRAINING, SO THAT BY THE TIME THEY GET TO THEIR INTERNSHIP AND THEY'RE ENGAGING WITH THEIR MARITIME EMPLOYER, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REALLY SPEAK WITH CONFIDENCE AND SHOWCASE THEIR SKILL SETS WITH THEIR MARITIME IMPLORE
SO THAT'S PART OF THIS CAREER PATH FORMAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO BRING IN HOPE THAT AT THE END OF THE INTERNSHIP WITH EVO EITHER PURSUE MORE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, PERHAPS TO GET A JOB WITH THE MARITIME EMPLOYER
ALL THIS EFFORT IS TO HELP THEM GET INTO A CAREER PATHWAY INTO MARITIME
SO ONE OF THE EXAMPLES IS SORRY, WE'RE RUNNING OF TIME, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO THE LAST SLIDE HERE AS WELL
OKAY
SORRY
I'LL WRAP IT UP
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A SUMMER KIND OF EMERGING
AND THEN THE FALL WENT TO SPRING
THEY WILL GET TO CHOOSE FROM A MENTOR PROGRAM OFFERED BY OUR PROGRAM PARTNERS LEADING UP TO THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP WITH EITHER THE USE MARITIME ACCELERATOR PROJECT OR LAUNCH 206 NEXT SLIDE
JUST JUMP
YOU CAN SEE WE'VE KIND OF EXPANDED OUR FUNDING FOR THIS WORK, AND I BROUGHT IN SOME PRIVATE FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND GROW AND DIVERSIFY THE FUNDING FOR BOTH THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE ORGANIZATION
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN JUST SKIP THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES
VEASNA, THANK YOU
VISA'S LEADERSHIP HERE FOR THIS GROUP HAS REALLY BEEN A GAME CHANGER
IT IS STARTING TO EMANATE ACROSS THE INDUSTRY AND CERTAINLY THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS
AND SO WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND THE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING THAT SHE'S ABLE TO DO
WE'RE GOING TO GO VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THESE, AND I'M HAPPY TO COME BACK AND DISCUSS THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS
BUT THE OTHER PART OF WHAT WE DO SUPPORTING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORTING THE ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH OUR WORK IS BRINGING TOGETHER OUR MEMBERS TO GO OUT AND JUST GET STUFF DONE, PUT VESSELS IN THE WATER, ENSURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING AND PROVIDING PROGRAMS ADDRESSING COVID 19, WE ARE BUILDING INNOVATIVE PILOTS AROUND HYDROGEN EMISSIONS, 5G, LOOKING AT SUPPLY CHAINS FOR OFFSHORE WIND AND THE LIKE
AND THIS IS A UNIQUE AND INNOVATIVE WAY IN WHICH WE BUILD CONSORTIUMS TO GO OUT AND GET WORK DONE
NEXT SLIDE THE OTHER PART OF THIS AND YOU ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF THE WORK OF QUIET SOUND, YOU KNOW, NOT TOO DISSIMILAR FOR THE YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATIVE MARITIME BLUE IN THAT WE ARE MISSION DRIVEN AND HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO SUPPORT MISSION ALIGNED WORK IS THAT IT'S A NATURAL HOME TO DO INITIATIVES LIKE JOIN INNOVATION PROJECTS AND THE YOUTH MERIT COLLABORATIVE AND OTHERS, AS WELL AS THE QUIET SOUND PROGRAM, WHICH WAS REMARKABLY STOOD UP AND NOW FUNDED AND MOVING FORWARD
AND WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AND SOLIDIFY THE GOVERNANCE
THE MARITIME BLUE WILL PLAY THE ADMINISTRATIVE HOST TO THE WORK OF QUIET SOUND, THAT PLANNING COMMITTEE
AND THEN SOON THE NEW GOVERNANCE MODEL THAT WILL BE STOOD UP AND OUR ROLE IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BACKGROUND SUPPORT FOR THAT WORK
NEXT SLIDE SO THE ORGANIZATION RIGHT CONTINUES TO GROW, AND WE'VE BEEN APPRECIATIVE OF THE INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP THAT THE PORT HAS BROUGHT TO THIS WORK
NEXT SLIDE AND WE'RE JUST ONE OF MANY LIKE MINDED AND SIMILARLY STRUCTURED ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS REALLY GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM FOR GROWING THE BLUE ECONOMY IN ANY GIVEN DAY
WE'RE WORKING WITH PARTNERS IN LA, LONG BEACH, SAN DIEGO, BOSTON, HALIFAX, SINGAPORE, OSLO AND ELSEWHERE, WHERE WE ARE TRADING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOUNDERS, WORKING ON BIG INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TOGETHER, LOOKING TO INFLUENCE FEDERAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ECOSYSTEMS FOR THE BLUE ECONOMY
NEXT SLIDE AND OF COURSE, WE HAVE TO DO THAT WITH LEADERSHIP AND WITH CAPACITY
SO WE HAVE BEEN REALLY BLESSED BY THE INPUT BY THE LEADERSHIP AND REALLY GETTING TO WORK TO GROW A NEW ORGANIZATION
WE ARE A STARTUP OURSELVES
WE'RE GOING TO FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT OUR MULTIPLE SEED ROUNDS GOING
WE HAVE LEADERSHIP IN PLACE AND WE'RE REALLY DELIVERING AND THAT'S IN NO SMALL PART DUE THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT CONTINUES TO GROW
NEXT SLIDE, AS WELL AS THE CAPACITY WE HAVE TO DO THAT WORK AND AND FROM OUR SPONSORS AND OUR MEMBERSHIP
NEXT SLIDE SO I KNOW THE WRONG SLIDE WAS PUT IN HERE, AND I KNOW DAVE MCFADDEN PUT THE OTHER SLIDE FORWARD, BUT IN THE LAST YEAR, OUR FISCAL YEAR HAS JUST COME TO A CLOSE, AND OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR IS NOW UP AND RUNNING
WE HAVE GROWN ALMOST DOUBLE IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, IN NO SMALL PART BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING FOR QUIET SOUND
THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DOLLARS GO TO PROGRAM DOLLARS, BUT OUR OPERATIONAL BUDGET HAS GROWN FROM ABOUT 1.4 MILLION TO 2.4
AND THE DIVERSITY OF WHERE THOSE DOLLARS AND REVENUE ARE COMING FROM AND HOW THEY'RE BEING SPENT CONTINUES TO GROW
THE PIE CHART THAT YOU SEE ON THIS SLIDE THAT DAVE SENT TO YOU EARLIER TODAY, YOU CAN SEE, IS STARTING TO FAN OUT
RIGHT
WE'RE SEEING THE DIVERSITY OF REVENUE FROM FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL CONTRACTS, PRIVATE SOURCES, OUR MEMBERSHIP AND SPONSORSHIP, FOUNDATIONS, AND OUR OWN GENERATED REVENUE THROUGH THAT WORK
AND SO WE'RE THRILLED, HONORED, AND FEEL LIKE GREAT STEWARDS OF ALL THAT CAPACITY AND ALL OF THAT SUPPORT
AND WHAT'S EXCITING IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE MULTIPLE YEAR DOLLARS
OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, OUR ABILITY TO HIRE GREAT STAFF, MAKE SUSTAINABLE JOBS WITHIN OUR OWN STAFF TO DO SUSTAINABLE WORK OVER TIME RELIES ON MULTI YEAR FUNDING
AND WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH A NUMBER OF MULTI YEAR FUNDING CONTRACTS AND GRANTS AND FOUNDATIONAL SUPPORT, AND THEN OUR OWN REVENUE AS WELL CONTINUES TO GROW, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE GOOD ASSUMPTIONS BASED ON THAT WORK
SO I'LL LEAVE THAT THERE
THERE'S ALWAYS SO MUCH MORE TO SAY AND SO MUCH MORE TO DO
WE FEEL GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE MANY TOUCH POINTS WITH YOU, THE COMMISSION WITH STAFF ON MULTIPLE LEADERSHIP ROLES AND DOWN IN THE WEEDS WHEN WE START GETTING PROJECTS DONE
SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE
I'LL SHARE AGAIN HOW GRATEFUL I AM FOR THE SUPPORT AND LEADERSHIP AND VISION OF THE PORT TO HELP US GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO CREATE CHANGE AND GROW THE BLUE ECONOMY TOGETHER
THANK YOU, JOSHUA AND JOSH AND VEASNA
AND DAVE'S BEEN OUR GREAT LIAISON TO THE ENTITY FOR THE MOST PART
YOU WANT ANYTHING DAY BEFORE WE GO TO THE COMMISSIONERS REQUEST
SO, FRED FOR A COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN FOR JACKING THERE
I JUST WANTED THE THING TO GET COMPLETELY DONE THERE
AND ALSO, I DID SEND YOU THE PROPER SLIDE ON THE BUDGET
SOMEHOW WE GOT A GLITCH IN THAT LAST SLIDE, BUT I JUST SENT IT TO YOU DURING THIS MEETING
YOU CAN CATCH UP WITH THE LATEST MARITIME BLUE BUDGET DYNAMICS AFTER THE MEETING, AND SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD
THANK YOU
EXECUTIVE METRUCK, BIG FAN OF THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL
WOULD YOU LIKE ANYTHING? WELL, I DO WANT TO SAY THANKS TO DAVE, BUT ESPECIALLY YOU, COMMISSIONER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THIS AS WELL, GETTING THIS UP AND RUNNING ON THIS AND JOSHUA FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
BUT LET ME JUST SAY, TOO, IS THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR COLLABORATION WITH MARITIME BLUE AND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS ADDRESSES SOME OF THOSE LARGER TERM ISSUES FOR US IN THE BLUE ECONOMY
I MEAN, REALLY, WE'RE JUST FORESHADOWING THIS IN THE GROWTH OF THIS
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, THE GROWTH OF THE ORGANIZATION GOING FORWARD, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR FUTURE OF THAT SUSTAINABLE BLUE FUTURE, THAT IT'S GOING TO COME TOGETHER FOR US
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THESE EFFORTS MOVING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WORKFORCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND HOW ALL THE ORGANIZATION IS DEVELOPING
SO I'LL JUST STOP THERE
THANK YOU
THANK YOU SO MUCH
CLERK HART, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR QUESTIONS? OF COURSE, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN? OH, THANK YOU
I DON'T KNOW
YOU COVERED SO MUCH, JOSHUA
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP
IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE CREATED OVER THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS
I MEAN, IT'S JUST REMARKABLE
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THAT LONG AGO WHEN THIS IDEA WAS LAUNCHED AND EVERY YEAR IT JUST KEEPS GROWING AND GROWING
I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU BROUGHT IN SO MANY NEW PARTNERS
IT'S TERRIFIC TO SEE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON THE ROAD TO REAL SUSTAINABILITY AND JUST THE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND THE INNOVATION THAT'S HAPPENING
I HOPE WE CAN FIND A WAY TO LET MORE OF THE PUBLIC SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING
I KNOW THAT IT'S JUST REMARKABLE WORK AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
METRUCK JUST SAID IT TRULY IS OUR FUTURE
AND I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LOT
THAT MARITIME IS NOT JUST SEATTLE'S PAST
IT IS OUR FUTURE
AND I'M PROUD OF THE ROLE THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE HAS PLAYED
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY INVOLVED IN MARITIME BLUE AND A BIG CHAMPION OF THAT
AND, FRED, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP
BUT, JOSH, YOU REALLY STARTED IT FROM THE BEGINNING, AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THE TEAM THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TOGETHER
SO KUDOS TO YOU AND JUST LET US KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU
COMMISSIONER
THANK YOU
YOU HAVE GIVEN REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK OVER THE YEARS AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR BAR IS SET REALLY HIGH FOR WHAT SUSTAINABILITY LOOKS LIKE AND HOW WE DO THAT WORK AND THAT IT IS SUSTAINABLE OVER TIME
AND SO I CONTINUE TO TAKE THAT TO HEART
AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH
YOU'RE THERE
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER BOWMAN MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
THANKS
CLERK HART
JOSHUA, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION
NICE TO MEET YOUR NEW HIRE, TOO
I ACTUALLY WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT PIECE, WHICH I THINK IS MOST IMPRESSIVE TO ME, IS YOU'VE CREATED THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR INNOVATION IN MARITIME IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BRINGING IN REALLY, TRULY TALENTED FOLKS REPRESENTING AREAS OF EXPERTISE THAT ARE GOING TO BE VITAL AS WE PUSH AHEAD ON PROJECTS
AND AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY INTEREST AREAS IS PACIFIC COAST OFF SHOW RENEWABLES
AND YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE IN NOT JUST TO THE PORT BUT TO WASHINGTON STATE GENERALLY FOR DEVELOPING THAT KIND OF ABILITY TO VET IDEAS LIKE THAT EARLY, SEE WHICH ONES MAYBE HAVE SOME LEGS AND WHICH ONES ARE A LITTLE BIT PIE IN THE SKY AND THEN ACTING ON THEM WHEN THEY TO COME UP
AND SO HAVING THAT KIND OF ENTITY IN OUR REGION TO DO THAT KIND OF WORK, I THINK, GIVES US A LEG UP ON OTHER AREAS
AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT
OF COURSE, THE FACT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IS SO EMBEDDED IN THE MISSION OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE WITH CLIMATE ACTION IS REALLY EXCITING FOR ME
AND SO I'M THRILLED TO GET TO HAVE YOU GUYS AS PARTNERS MOVING AHEAD ON SO MANY THINGS
THANK YOU FOR SURE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO
YEAH
I MEAN, JOSH AND EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED
THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A TREMENDOUS PROGRAM THAT HAS EXPERIENCED TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THE LAST FEW YEARS
IT'S INTERESTING IN IRONIC, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IN ITSELF IS KIND OF A STARTUP AND INTERESTING KIND OF EXPERIMENTAL IDEA
AND SEEING SO MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE PARTNERED WITH YOU, I FEEL LIKE EVERY TIME I SEE THAT CHART PARTNERING ORGANIZATION, IT GROWS IN THE TECH WORLD THEY CALL HOCKEY STICK GROWTH
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED BY WHAT MORE YOU ALL CAN DO WITH HAVING A FULL STAFF AND ALL THIS FULL FUNDING
AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT UPDATE ON ALL YOUR EFFORTS
THANK YEAH
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
I'M GRATEFUL
I TRY AND CATCH AS MANY OF THOSE CEO ROUND TABLES AS POSSIBLE TO LEARN FROM JOSH AND ALL HIS EXPERIENCE AND THE MENTORS THAT COME IN AND HOW WE DO THIS FROM A NON PROFIT PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE'RE GROWING STARTUP FOR SURE
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK
WELL, WHAT'S NOT TO LIKE HERE? IT'S ALL GOOD
AND I FEEL THAT THIS IS MOVING THE PORT TO BECOME THE PORT OF THE FUTURE THROUGH THE LEADERSHIP ROLE WITH MARITIME BLUE
AND ALL OF THE EXCITING THINGS AT THIS STAGE ARE STILL VERY NASCENT BUT INCUBATING AND HATCHING SOON, I BELIEVE, SO TO SPEAK
AND WITH THAT, IT IS TRULY THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO BE HEADED MORE SUSTAINABLY AND MORE BLUE THROUGH THE KINDS OF MARITIME INNOVATION CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT TODAY PAIRED WITH
AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE ROLE OF THE GROWTH OF THE YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATIVE AND BRINGING EQUITY INTO THIS AN OPPORTUNITY AND PATHWAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
I THINK THAT'S TREMENDOUSLY EXCITING
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE RESULTS AS THIS PROCEEDS AND DEVELOPS
AND REALLY IT IS ADDRESSING GLOBAL ISSUES OF SUSTAINABILITY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NEED TO TRANSITION TO CLEAN ENERGIES AND TO RESTORE HABITAT AND TO ADDRESS OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, ALL THESE THINGS
AND WE'RE DOING IT AT A LOCAL SCALE, GLOBAL ISSUES AT A LOCAL SCALE
EQUITABLY, GREAT WORK
THANK YOU
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER
I WOULD SAY WE'RE VERY QUICKLY BECOME, AS WE ARE ENGAGING IN THAT GLOBAL ECOSYSTEM, A STRONG MODEL, AN EXAMPLE OF HOW TO DO THIS WORK THROUGH COORDINATION AND THROUGH THIS CLUSTER BASED MODEL, AND THAT'S NOT LOST ON OTHER REGIONS
WE'RE OFTEN CONSULTING, SUPPORTING AND PARTNERING AROUND THE GLOBE AND HOW TO DO THIS WORK WELL
AND OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PORT IS A KEY PART OF THAT THAT WE ARE DOING THAT HAND IN HAND IN SO MANY WAYS AND HAVE THAT SHARED WORK TOGETHER
THANK YOU, COMMISSION STEINBRUECK
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, THANK YOU
OBVIOUSLY, I'M A BIG FAN, BUT I WANT TO KNOW, ARE YOU A TENANT YET? WE ARE IN WE LEFT THAT OUT
WE ARE NEW MARITIME BLUE HUB AS WE'VE CREATED HAVE MOVED INTO THE SECOND FLOOR FISHERMAN CENTER AT FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL
WE'RE NOW RENTING 6,000 SQUARE FEET AS THE LEAD TENANT
AND WE ARE SUBLEASING OUT TO A NUMBER OF OUR MEMBERS
WE HAVE CORVUS ENERGY, THE WORLD LEADING MARITIME BATTERY PROVIDER, GREEN MARINE, THE VOLUNTARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MARKETING FIRM WORKING IN THE BLUE ECONOMY
AND WE HAVE DISCOVERY HEALTH, ANOTHER COMPANY THAT HAD REMARKABLE SUCCESS AND HAVE BEEN RIGHT AT THE POINT OF THIS PIER COVID RESPONSE RIGHT THERE IN OUR OFFICE
SO WE ARE ENGAGING WITH THE FISHERMAN AND FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL
WE'RE A CO WORKING SPACE FOR OUR MEMBERS, AND WE STILL HAVE SOME ROOM TO BRING IN MORE MEMBERS
SO WE'LL CO MARKET THAT TOGETHER
AND ALL THIS REALLY IS IN ANTICIPATION AND WORKING CLOSELY WITH DAVE AND HIS STAFF AS WE LOOK TOWARDS GETTING TO 90% DESIGN ON THE MARITIME INNOVATION CENTER
AND OUR IDEA IS THAT WE ARE JUST GOING TO MOVE A HEAVING LINE AWAY OVER TO THE SHIP SUPPLY BUILDING
AND AT THIS POINT, WE MIGHT ACTUALLY EVEN KEEP THE SPACE OVER IN SUITE 301, THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING A LITTLE EARLY TO TELL, BUT WE'RE GOING DOWN THAT ROAD
SO, YES, WE ARE TENANTS IN THE PORT OF SEATTLE AT THIS POINT
WELL, WE DO APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH, BUT I ALSO THINK IT DOES HARKEN BACK TO EXECUTIVE METRUCKS COMMENTS ABOUT CREATING THE INNOVATION CENTER
AND HE SAID, WHAT'S WITH THE CENTER WHEN I WANT A DISTRICT? AND SO YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF JUMP STARTING THAT
AND WE FULLY EXPECT TO SEE NOT JUST THAT OFFICE STILL UP, BUT SPILL OVER
AND WE DON'T WANT YOU JUST TO MOVE OVER
WE WANT TO SPILL OVER WITH EVEN MORE INNOVATORS AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE MAGNETIC FORCE THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED TO BRING ALL THOSE FOLKS TOGETHER
I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR VEASNA, BECAUSE I'M A HUGE FAN OF GETTING KIDS ON THE WATER
AND THE ONE THING THAT I MEAN, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED TO SEE THAT THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM IS GETTING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MARITIME EMPLOYERS
AND THEY OBVIOUSLY ARE LIKE WESTERN TOW BOAT AND TOAD AND FOLKS THAT HAVE VESSELS, WHICH IS GOOD TO SEE
BUT I KNOW YOU ALSO YOU MENTIONED PARTNERSHIP WITH ADVENTURISM AND JOSHUA HAS SOME CONNECTION TO THEM
I'VE HEARD
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE ALWAYS BROUGHT UP IS THAT OBVIOUSLY HAVING COLLABORATORS WITH BOATS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COLLABORATORS ARE ALSO BENEFITING FOR HAVING SOMEBODY TO COLLABORATE WITH
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WITH ALL THIS EXTERNAL FUNDING THAT WE'RE SEEKING, ARE WE ALSO SEEKING RESOURCES TO HELP THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE PROVIDING THE PROGRAMMING THAT WE'RE HELPING FACILITATE? YES, ABSOLUTELY
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
THE USE MARITIME COLLABORATIVE WOULDN'T BE AS STRONG AS IT IS WITHOUT THE PORT GIVEN TO THE EXISTING PARTNERS
AND SO, YES, ANY TIME WHERE [inaudible 02:56:20] FUNDING THE [inaudible 02:56:22]
WE ALWAYS ARE MINDFUL ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE SMALL BUT MIGHTY AND WHO KNEW THAT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT TO BE SUSTAINABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE OPENING THEIR DOORS TO OUR YOUTH, AND THEY NEED ASSISTANCE PROVIDING TIME FOR THEIR CREW, TRAINING, ET CETERA
THEY NEED TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AS WELL
AND SO WE ARE DEFINITELY MINDFUL THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE WE ARE ONLY AS STRONG AS THE SUPPORT THAT WE GIVE EACH OTHER AND THE RESOURCES THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE, AND THE STRONGER THAT WE ARE, THE BETTER QUALITY OF PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR OUR YOUTH
FRED, I MIGHT ADD ON TO THAT
SO WE ALLUDED TO IN ONE OF THOSE SLIDES AND WE'RE MOVING QUICKLY
WE RECENTLY WERE ABLE TO SECURE, TO BE HONEST, OUR FIRST FULL FILM TROPIC FOUNDATION MULTI YEAR GRANT
WE'RE NOT READY TO DISCLOSE WHO THAT ORGANIZATION IS YET BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT YET PUBLIC, BUT IT'S 350,000 DOLLARS OVER TWO YEARS
AND THE LARGE PORTION OF THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING DIRECTLY TO OUR PARTNERS OF THE YOUTH MARITIME COLLABORATIVE
THEY ALL ARE TAKING THIS EXPANDED COHORT MODEL, USES ALL OF THE PARTNERS
AND SO THE YOUTH GO FROM ONE VESSEL TO ONE PROGRAM
THEY GO FROM THE CENTER FOR WOODEN BOAT ONTO AN ADVENTUROUS AND THEN INTO A CREDIT BEARING COURSE AT SEATTLE SKILLS
AND WE'VE BUILT ALL OF THOSE INTO THE BUDGET
WE'RE AT ABOUT, I WOULD SAY, 60% VEASNA OF OUR FULL FUNDING
OUR FULL VISION OF THE EXPANDED COHORT MODEL FURTHER DOLLARS WOULD FURTHER SUPPORT OUR PARTNERS, WHERE THE CAPACITY TO ORGANIZE, PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT, SUPPORT AND LIAISON WORK IS NOW FULLY COVERED THROUGH WATCHING MARITIME BLUE
THAT'S FANTASTIC
AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE THE VESSEL OPERATORS, THE MENTORS ARE THE BEEF RIGHT THEN
RIGHT YOU'RE
NOT PROVIDING A LOT OF FOLKS AS MUCH MONEY, BUT IT'S THE EXPOSURE AND EXPOSED TO THE INCREDIBLE TALENT WE HAVE IN THE ENDEMIC TO THE NORTHWEST
I'M JUST WONDERING IN TERMS OF I LOVE SEEING THAT GROWING CAVALCADE OF PARTNERS THAT YOU HAVE ON THAT SLIDE, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, CAN WE DO THINGS THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM SOME MORE PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT? I COULD SEE, LIKE YOU DO, BEAUTIFUL GRAPHICS
YOUR PRESENTATIONS ARE ALWAYS STUNNING, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING WE CAN TAKE OUT, LIKE AN AD IN THE PAPER
SO THESE ARE LOCAL COMPANIES THAT ARE DOING RIGHT BY US
IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO ADVERTISE MARITIME BLUE
BUT I REALLY THINK, YOU KNOW, THE STRENGTH THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED IS THAT HUGE NETWORK
AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SHARE THE LOVE
YEAH
I THINK YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
IT'S REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK
I WOULD SAY THAT ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE BEEN BLESSED WITH THE CAPACITY SUPPORT
AND I'VE SAID FROM EARLY ON, MARITIME INDUSTRY DOESN'T NEED ANOTHER TRADE ASSOCIATION
THERE ARE GREAT MARITIME TRADE ASSOCIATIONS OUT THERE DOING GREAT WORK AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME
WE NEED TO GO GET SOME STUFF DONE
AND SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SHOW VALUE FOR OUR MEMBERS
AND SO WE'VE BEEN VERY MUCH IN THE TRENCHES OF GETTING USE INTO ORGANIZATIONS, GETTING PROJECTS DONE AND FUNDED
SO WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE INTERNAL
WE'VE REALLY THRILLED, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME PROMPTING FROM YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND OTHERS TO SEE THE SEATTLE TIMES EDITORIAL WITH THE FACES OF OUR STAFF IN THE SEATTLE TIMES
AND THAT WAS A BIG DEAL
WE ACTUALLY FRAMED THAT FOR OUR STAFF TO PASS TO THEM
AND IT SITS IN OUR OFFICE AT FISHERMAN'S TERMINAL
THAT WAS A GREAT FIRST STEP
I THINK WE'RE ABOUT HERE AT THAT POINT
RIGHT
TO START KIND OF STRUTTING OUR STUFF A LITTLE BIT
HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE'S, THE CAPITAL WE'RE DEPLOYING AND BRINGING IN
SO I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT
I THINK WE'RE ABOUT THERE
I WILL SAY WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON HITTING THE STREET TO SHOW VALUE FOR THE MEMBERS AND THEIR INVESTMENT
THANK YOU
AND GIVING THEM CREDIT FOR IT
RIGHT
EXECUTIVE METRUCK
AND I HAD JUST MET WITH THE EDITORIAL BOARD WITHIN A WEEK OF THAT EDITORIAL SHOWING UP
SO WE WERE SINGING YOUR PRAISES
ANYWAY, WE HAVE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, A GREAT NEAR AND DEAR SUBJECT THAT IS RELATED TO MARITIME BLUE AS WELL
IT'S THE ACIDIFIED VERSION OF THE MARITIME BLUE
SO WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR PRESENTATIONS
LET US CLOSE OUT WITH THE ELECTRIC BLUE ACID TEST
SORRY, COULD WE CLERK HART, COULD YOU INTRODUCE THE NEXT ITEM? CERTAINLY
THIS IS AGENDA ITEM 11 C, THE ISO CERTIFICATION ACTION PLAN AND CASE STUDY BRIEFING
COMMISSIONER SAYS, AS PRESIDENT FELLEMAN IS SAID, WE'RE CONTINUING ON THE THEME HERE, SUSTAINABILITY AND DRIVE TOWARDS THAT
AND AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE PORT IS DEVELOPING AN OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTION PLAN AND A CASE STUDY TO SHOW OUR ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM FACING THE SALISH SEA AND THE WORLD'S OCEANS
AND PRESENTING ON OUR PROGRAM IN THIS EFFORT IS KATHLEEN HURLEY, SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER WITH MARITIME ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY
KATHLEEN
THANKS SO MUCH
EXECUTIVE METRUCK AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
I'LL WAIT FOR MICHELLE TO CLERK HART TO LOAD THE PRESENTATION
I SEE IT NOW
THANK YOU
TODAY WILL PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THE PORT OF SEATTLE FIRST OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTION PLAN AND CASE STUDY
THIS PLAN SUMMARIZES CURRENT AND ONGOING INITIATIVES ACROSS THE PORT, BOTH MARITIME AND AVIATION, THAT ADDRESS BOTH CAUSES OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AS WELL AS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
AS A MEMBER OF THE OCEAN CERTIFICATION ALLIANCE, WHICH IS THE FULL NAME IS THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE TO COMBAT OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, WHICH I'LL REFER TO FROM HERE ON OUT OF THE OA ALLIANCE, THE PORT IS HELPING TO LEAD AND INFORM DISCUSSIONS ACROSS CLIMATE AND OCEAN POLICIES, ENSURING THAT COMMITMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS ACCURATELY REFLECT THEIR INTERDEPENDENCE
THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER AN OVERVIEW OF THE OA ACTION PLAN AND THE CASE STUDY, AS WELL AS KEY ELEMENTS OF THE ACTION PLAN PORT EFFORTS ON OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
ALSO, I'LL BE USING THE ABBREVIATION OA FOR THAT THROUGHOUT THIS PRESENTATION, RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS
BEFORE I DIVE INTO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND AS TO WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT OCEAN ACIDIFICATION? WHAT IS IT FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THIS PHENOMENON? OCEAN ACIDIFICATION LIKE OTHER IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGES CAUSED BY EMISSIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE, OUR GLOBAL OCEANS ABSORB APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE CARBON DIOXIDE RELEASED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE
HOWEVER, AS ATMOSPHERIC CARBON LEVELS HAVE INCREASED DUE TO ACTIONS SUCH AS COMBUSTION OF FOSSIL FUELS AND CHANGES IN LAND USE, THE OCEANS HAVE TO ABSORB MORE CARBON
AND SO ADDING CARBON TO SEA WATER CHANGES OCEAN CHEMISTRY
IN A VERY SIMPLIFIED EXPLANATION
THIS CAUSES SEAWATER TO BECOME MORE ACIDIC AND REDUCES THE NUMBER OF CARBONATE IONS THAT MANY FORMS OF SEA LIFE NEED TO BUILD THEIR SHELLS AND SKELETONS
THIS IS ESPECIALLY APPARENT AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AS IMPACTS ON OYSTERS AND OTHER POPULATIONS
WE'VE SEEN IT ALSO GLOBALLY IN THE HEALTH OF CORAL REEFS AND OTHER ORGANISMS SO THIS CHEMICAL REACTION, THIS EXCESS CARBON DIOXIDE, EXCESS CARBON IN SEA WATER, ALSO RESULTS IN THE DECREASING OF SEAWATER PH
WE CALL THIS PROCESS OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN IS FOCUSED ON
AND DUE TO ITS OCEAN ACIDIFICATION IMPACT ON MARINE SPECIES AND ECOSYSTEMS, OA THREATENS KEYS, NATURAL RESOURCES, COMMUNITIES, AND ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES THAT ARE CORE TO THE PORT MISSION AND OPERATIONS
THUS ADDRESSING OA ALIGNS WITH THE PORT MISSION OR CENTURY AGENDA GOALS
AND THE PORT ACTION PLAN IS ALSO ALIGNED WITH SEVERAL ACTIONS WITHIN THE WASHINGTON STATE'S
OA ACTION PLAN NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
SO ABOUT THIS ACTION PLAN, WHAT EXACTLY IS IT? WELL, THIS PLAN, FIRST OF ALL, THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS THE FIRST PORT IN THE WORLD TO JOIN THE OA ALLIANCE
AND THROUGH THIS ACTION, WE'RE HOPING TO AMPLIFY THE LINK BETWEEN CLIMATE AND OCEAN HEALTH
AND AS A NEW MEMBER OF THE ALLIANCE, DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACTION PLAN IS PART OF MAINTAINING OUR MEMBERSHIP AND GOOD STANDING
SO THE ACTION PLAN IS ORGANIZED IN SIX DIFFERENT THEMATIC AREAS
IT SUMMARIZES EXISTING PORT WIDE INITIATIVES WITHIN THESE SIX THEMATIC AREAS, AND IT CONCLUDES WITH VOLUNTARY RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADVANCE A WORK AT THE PORT BEFORE I GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE, AND THE SIX THEMATIC AREAS INCLUDE REDUCTION OF ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE
THE SECOND AREA IS ADVANCING SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE, OCEAN IMPACTS
THE THIRD IS REDUCTION OF LOCAL POLLUTION THAT EXACERBATES OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
THE FOUTH AREA IS PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES
THE FIFTH IS EXPANSION OF PUBLIC AWARENESS, AND THE SIXTH IS SUSTAINING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
THESE THEMATIC AREAS ARE PART OF A TEMPLATE THE OA ALLIANCE PROVIDES MEMBERS AROUND WHICH WE ORGANIZE OUR WORK AND DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE OA ALLIANCE HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ACTIVITIES WITHIN ALL THESE AREAS
THIS PLAN, AS I MENTIONED, CONCLUDES THE SET OF VOLUNTARY RECORDS RECOMMENDATIONS
SO NEXT I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE SIX DIFFERENT AREAS OF A WORK THAT THE PORT IS ENGAGED IN, AND I'LL DESCRIBE SOME REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS IN EACH CATEGORY
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THESE ARE OUR FIRST TWO BUCKETS
1 IS THE REDUCTION OF ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE
OBVIOUSLY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE PORT CENTER CENTURY AGENDA SETS EMISSION REDUCTIONS TARGET BASED ON SCOPE AND GOALS FOR SCOPES ONE AND ARE SPECIFICALLY 15% BELOW 2005 LEVELS BY 2020 AND 50% BELOW 2005 LEVELS BY 2030, AND CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2050
AND NOTE THAT THE NORTH NORTHWEST PORTS CLEAN AIR STRATEGY SETS EMISSIONS TARGETS THAT EXCEED THESE GOALS
ANOTHER AREA WHERE ANOTHER PLACE WHERE WE'RE TAKING UNDERTAKING ACTIVITIES PROVIDING SHORE POWER CONNECTIONS TO CRUISE VESSELS, WHICH ALLOWS SHIP TO TURN OFF DIESEL ENGINES WHILE AT BERTH, WHICH REDUCES GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN NO WAY
ADDITIONALLY, SEATTLE SEATTLE AIRPORT IS THE FIRST AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY TO PURCHASE THERMAL RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS, WHICH IS A LOW CARBON NATURAL GAS ALTERNATIVE THAT CAN BE PRODUCED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES, INCLUDING LANDFILLS, DAIRY FARMS, WASTE WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS
THE RNG IS USED TO HEAT THE AIRPORT AND POWER BUS FLEET
SO THOSE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES UNDER REDUCTION OF ATMOSPHERIC EMISSIONS OF CO2 THAT THE PORT IS UNDERTAKING
WE'RE ADDITIONALLY INVOLVED IN SEVERAL INITIATIVES TO ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF CLIMATE OCEAN IMPACTS LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY
LOCALLY, WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST HABITAT RESTORATION PROGRAM
WE'RE ALSO INVOLVED IN THE SMITH COVE BLUE CARBON PILOT PROJECT
THE SMITH SMITH COVID BLUE CARBON PILOT PROJECT IS A RESEARCH STUDY LOCATED ON PORT AND CITY OWNED AQUATIC LANDS NEAR TERMINAL 91
WE'RE EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF MARINE HABITAT ENHANCEMENTS OF KELP AND EELGRASS AND OYSTERS ON CARBON SEQUESTRATION, WATER QUALITY AND ESSENTIALLY SORT OF BUILDING RESILIENCY AGAINST SEAWATER ACIDIFICATION AND HABITAT AND HABITAT WITHIN OUR LOCAL WATERS
BECAUSE, AS AN EXECUTIVE METRUCK MENTIONED, THIS IS NOT ONLY A GLOBAL ISSUE, BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION ON UNDERSTANDING HOW A IMPACTS US ON A LOCAL LEVEL
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THE NEXT BUCKET IS A REDUCTION OF POLITICAL POLLUTION THAT EXACERBATES OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
ONE REALLY NEAT EFFORT THAT THE PORT HAS UNDERTAKEN AS AN INNOVATOR IS THE PORT MARINE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT INVENTED A DOCK SCRUBBER THAT MINIMIZES DISCHARGE TO RECEIVING WATERS, AND PRESSURE WASHING DOCS CAN RESULT IN DISCHARGE OF SEDIMENT, DIRT AND BIRD FECES AND OTHER POLLUTANTS DIRECTLY INTO RECEIVING WATERS
BUT THIS TECHNIQUE THAT THE DOCKS SCRUBBER HAS NOW BEEN ADOPTED AS A BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE BY THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, AND IT'S INCLUDED IN THE 2019 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MANUAL FOR WESTERN WASHINGTON
SO THAT'S ONE WAY THAT WE'RE HELPING TO REDUCE POLLUTION THAT GOES INTO LOCAL WATERS
ANOTHER ASPECT IS THE MARINE STORMWATER FACILITY AT THE PORT HAS CONTINUED AND EXPANDED THE PORT INVOLVEMENT WITH THE SALMON SAFE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
AS OF 2021, BOTH SUPPORT AND MARITIME AND AVIATION DIVISIONS PARTICIPATE IN SALMON SAFE CERTIFICATION INITIATIVES WITH THE MARINE STORM WATER UTILITY
THEY'VE INCLUDED IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE PESTICIDE USE, FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT PLANS, WATER CONSERVATION PLANS, AND INNOVATIVE INSTALLATION OF STORMWATER TREATMENT
SO A LOT OF WORK THERE
AND IN OUR NEXT BUCKET, THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES
WE HAVE A ROBUST HABITAT RESTORATION PROGRAM
WE HAVE OUR PORTFOLIO PROGRAM AND INCLUDED IN THAT
WE HAVE OUR WETLAND MITIGATION AND HABITAT BANK THAT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING
WE HAVE AN AMBITIOUS GOAL TO EXPAND HABITAT RESTORATION THROUGHOUT PORT PROPERTIES
ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE STOOD UP THIS YEAR WHAT WE CALL OUR ALTERNATIVE BANK LINE STABILIZATION PROGRAM
IT IS A PROACTIVE PROGRAM TO VISIT THE 15.1 MILES OF PORT SHORELINE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO STABILIZE SHORELINE USING GREEN TECHNIQUES AND IN THE PROCESS, ENHANCED SHORELINE HABITAT
TO DATE, THE PORT HAS RESTORED OR ENHANCED OVER 105 ACRES OF MARINE, FRESHWATER AND ESTERN HABITAT AND NUMEROUS SITES IN THE GREEN DUWAMISH WATERSHED, ELLIOT BAY, AND PUGET SOUND
AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING MORE
WE HAVE AN EXCITING PROJECT UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AT TERMINAL 117, NOW CALLED THE DUWAMISH RIVER PEOPLE'S PARK THAT IS UNDERWAY AND WILL PROVIDE VALUABLE HABITAT AND REFUGIA FOR ORGANISMS IN THE DUWAMISH IS
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I THE FINAL TWO BUCKETS OF WORK THAT WE DESCRIBE IN THIS ACTION PLAN OR EXPANSION OF PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SUSTAINING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
PUBLIC AWARENESS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE PORT'S MISSION AND VISION, AND ALL THE INITIATIVES LISTED IN THIS ACTION PLAN HAVE A PUBLIC FACING COMPONENT AND RELY ON PUBLIC AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
AT THIS POINT, EVEN THOUGH THE PORT DOES NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC PROGRAM THAT'S GEARED TOWARDS EDUCATING THE PUBLIC OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, OUR SMITH COVE PROJECT DOES HAVE A COMMUNITY SCIENCE COMPONENT, AND WE DO AS PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER INTEGRATE THE SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE AND OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK ON OCEAN ACIDIFICATION THROUGHOUT MANY OF OUR RESTORATION PROJECTS IN OTHER AREAS
AND FINALLY OUR AND FINALLY, OUR SUSTAINING OF INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
OBVIOUSLY, OUR COMMITMENT TO JOIN THE OA ALLIANCE IS ONE WAY THAT WE ARE SUSTAINING OUR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
WE ALSO SIT AS STAFF
I SAID ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE OA ALLIANCE WITH OTHER TECHNICAL STAFF MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD
AND WE ARE LOOKING TO START PRESENTING AND PUBLICIZING OUR WORK ON OA ALLIANCE TO HELP ENCOURAGE AND SHARE THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING
ALSO GENERATE MORE IDEAS AS TO HOW WE AT A LOCAL LEVEL AND ALSO AT A REGIONAL LEVEL CAN REALLY CONTINUE THIS MOMENTUM FORWARD ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE
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AND THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY SLIDE OF ALL THOSE SIX BUCKETS OF WORK AND SOME OF THE REPRESENTATIVE INITIATIVES ACROSS THE PORT WHERE HOW THEY ALIGN WITH THE VARIOUS GOALS
SO YOU CAN SEE THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE JUST GONE THROUGH ACROSS THE TOP GOALS, ONE THROUGH 6
AND THEN WE HAVE VARIOUS INITIATIVES
AND THESE ARE NOT ALL THE INITIATIVES AND THE ACTION PLAN, BUT THIS IS JUST KIND OF A REPRESENTATIVE LIST AND HOW THEY ADDRESS THE VARIOUS GOALS ACROSS
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT MUCH OF OUR EXISTING WORK HAS KIND OF CROSS CUTTING IMPACTS RELATED TO OA, WHICH IS REALLY NEAT
AND I THINK ULTIMATELY THIS OA ACTION PLAN, WE CAN VIEW IT AS A BASELINE, AND IT'S REALLY HELPED ME UNDERSTAND THAT OA CAN BE A UNIFYING THEME ACROSS ALL OF THESE INITIATIVES THROUGHOUT THE PORT
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AND SO, AS I MENTIONED, THE OA ACTION PLAN ENDS WITH SOME VOLUNTARY RECOMMENDATIONS
THESE ARE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING THE WORK THAT WE'RE ALREADY DOING ON A PARTICULARLY PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ENGAGEMENT INTO RELEVANT COMMUNITY EFFORTS
ALSO EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL STUDIES ON CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND ASSOCIATED OA BENEFITS
FOR EXAMPLE, INTEGRATING CARBON SEQUESTRATION MEASUREMENTS INTO OUR HABITAT RESTORATION PROJECTS INTO THOSE MONITORING METRICS SO WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND OUR CONTRIBUTIONS THERE
WE ARE CURRENTLY STARTING WHAT WE'RE CALLING A KELP RESTORATION LIMITING FACTORS ANALYSIS
AND REALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE WE HAVE HEALTHY KELP BEDS AND ELLIOTT BAY
WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE ARE THRIVING AND CAN HELP INFORM FUTURE RESTORATION EFFORTS WITH KELP
KELP IS ONE OF THESE ECOSYSTEMS THAT'S REALLY CRITICAL FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION
AND AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED IN CORPORATION OF OA METRICS INTO FUTURE HABITAT RESTORATION MONITORING PROGRAM
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE VOLUNTARY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MOVING FORWARD TO HELP STRENGTHEN OUR IMPACT ON OA
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AND SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? WE'VE FINISHED WRITING THE OA ACTION PLAN AND THE CASE STUDY
THE CASE STUDY IS ESSENTIALLY A TWO PAGER THAT STATES WHY THE PORT HAD DECIDED TO JOIN THE OA ALLIANCE
THE OA ACTION PLAN IS ABOUT A 40 PAGE DOCUMENT, AND ONCE WE HAVE PUT THOSE FINAL FORMATTING TOUCHES ON IT, WHICH IS VERY SOON, WE'LL SUBMIT THAT TO THE OA ALLIANCE FOR PUBLICATION ON THEIR WEBSITE AND FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION
WE ALSO HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ALIGNED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE OA ACTION PLAN, AS WELL AS SOME ACTIVITIES AT OUR SMITH COVE BLUE CARBON SITE NEXT WEEK
AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING THIS EFFORT WITH SOME PLANNING FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, AS WELL AS NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT OUR BASELINE IS AND WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, PURSUING OPPORTUNITIES TO AMPLIFY THE WORK THAT THE PORT AND OTHERS ARE DOING ON ADDRESSING OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
AND WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE, I BELIEVE THAT IS MY LAST SLIDE
WELL, THANK YOU, KATHLEEN
THAT WAS A SPECTACULAR SUMMARY, A REMARKABLE RATE, ALSO SHOWING HOW CROSS CUTTING THE WORK YOU DO AND HOW PROUD OF WE ALL ARE IN SANDY, YOU'RE OVERSEEING A PHENOMENAL PROGRAM
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE ANY SUMMATION COMMENTS BEFORE I GO TO COMMISSIONERS
I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE PORT STEPPING FORWARD IN A VOLUNTARY WAY TO ENGAGE IN NOT JUST LOCAL, BUT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS ON OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SIDE
AND SO NOT ONLY HAVE WE BEEN DOING, I THINK, VERY GOOD WORK, BUT THE STAFF AT THE OA ALLIANCE HAVE REALLY COMMENTED ABOUT ON THE THOROUGHNESS, THE PROFESSIONALISM AND THE INNOVATION THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED IN THIS PLAN
AND SO I THINK THAT DOES SPEAK TO THE CALIBER OF THE STAFF HERE THAT WAS REFERENCED EARLIER UNDER EXECUTIVE METRUCKS LEADERSHIP
AND I THINK IT PROVIDES US YET ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT [inaudible 03:17:45] AND CERTAINLY NOT JUST BE A MODEL FOR OTHERS, BUT TO LEARN KIND OF THE BEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD
SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS SUPPORT FOR US KIND OF STEPPING OUT IN THESE AREAS
I'M SURE THE PARTNERS WERE DUMBFOUNDED THAT A PORT WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH SO MANY THINGS LIKE THIS
THEY WERE PROBABLY IT WAS A GREAT SURPRISE
AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING US PROUD IN THAT CONTEXT
CLERK HART, WOULD YOU PLEASE GO AROUND THE ROOM FOR ONE LAST TIME? THANK YOU
BEFORE WE CALL THE ROLL, I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER BOWMAN HAD TO LEAVE THE MEETING AT 3 15
SO WE WILL GO TO COMMISSIONER CALKINS
THANK YOU, KATHLEEN, FOR THE PRESENTATION
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW THE PORT IS TAKING REAL LEADERSHIP ON ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
AND I THINK ONE OF THE CRITIQUES THAT YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR AND THAT HAS BEEN IN THE NEWS RECENTLY IS THAT LARGE CORPORATIONS PRINCIPALLY, BUT LARGE ORGANIZATIONS GENERALLY WILL SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON PR AROUND THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT NOT ON REAL ACTION, SO CALLED GREEN WASHING
AND I THINK THE EXAMPLES YOU GAVE TODAY IN YOUR PRESENTATION ARE REAL ACTIONS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS AND AREN'T JUST GREEN WASHING
SO I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS TAKING THE LEAD
AS YOU MENTIONED, THE FIRST PORT TO BE A PART OF THE OCEAN ALLIANCE
THIS IS EXCITING
APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION
IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO HEAR ABOUT THESE LEADING EDGE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS REAL ISSUES IN OUR PARTICULAR SPACE
AND HOPEFULLY WHAT WE CAN DO IS CREATE A BLUEPRINT FOR OTHER PORTS AROUND THE NATION IN THE WORLD TO DO THE SAME
THANK YOU SO MUCH
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CALKINS MOVING TO COMMISSIONER CHO? YEAH
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT TO COMMISSIONER FILMS POINT, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN INITIATIVES LIKE THIS, BUT I THINK IT JUST SPEAKS TO THE FACT THAT ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO BE THE GREENISH SUPPORT ON THE WEST COAST, IF NOT IN THE COUNTRY
AND IF WE'RE EVER TO DO THAT, THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WORK
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, KATHLEEN AND SANDRA AND OTHERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT FOR YOU
TERRIFIC WORK
I KNOW IT DOESN'T ALWAYS GET THE ATTENTION
IT'S NOT VERY HIGH IN THE SEXINESS METER, BUT I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO WORK
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU
THANK YOU
SO SEXY
COME ON
ANYWAY, NEXT
I'M SORRY
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO COMMISSIONERS STEINBRUECK
WELL, IT'S VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING AND EXCITING
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION
KATHLEEN
I DO HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO REGARDING THE ACTION PLAN
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT GETS REPORTED OUT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IN TERMS OF PROGRESS, GOAL SETTING, ET CETERA? HOW DO WE MANAGE THE ACTION PLAN AND ALL OF ITS PARTS? OF COURSE, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED WE'RE ALREADY DOING, THERE ARE CERTAINLY NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW DIRECTIONS THAT WE CAN GO WITH THIS
BUT DO YOU EXPECT THERE WILL BE A REPORT OUT ON A REGULAR BASIS ON THE ACTION PLAN? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
AT THIS POINT WITH THE OA ALLIANCE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY REQUIRED REPORT OUT TIME FRAME
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE AS AN ORGANIZATION, CAN DETERMINE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO SET SOME GOALS AND TRACK OUR PROGRESS, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, INTEGRATING MONITORING OF CARBON SEQUESTRATION METRICS AT SOME OF OUR RESTORATION AREAS, FOR EXAMPLE
WELL, THAT'S GREAT
AND I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE PUBLICLY TO THE ACTION
ITEM SIX, EXPAND PUBLIC AWARENESS
WE'RE DOING SO MANY THINGS, AND I THINK THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PUT THEM IN A DEFINING WAY AS TO PURPOSE AND ACTIONABLE AREAS THAT THE PORT IS WORKING, JUST NOT GREEN WASHING, AS SOME WOULD LIKE TO ACCUSE, BUT TO ACTUALLY BE DOING THINGS THAT ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE
CLEARLY, I WONDER ABOUT CLOSER TO HOME
OF COURSE, WE'RE IN A MAJOR ESTUARY CALLED THE SALISH SEA, THAT DISCHARGES INTO THE OCEAN
SO EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THE SALISH SEA ULTIMATELY GETS WASHED INTO THE OCEAN AND WASHED BACK AND MIXED UP
AND WE KNOW WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS OF ACIDIFICATION IN THE SALISH SEA AND WARMING AND ALL THAT IN ,[inaudible 03:23:09] I CAN'T SAY THANK YOU
THERE YOU GO
TRIPPING OVER MY LETTERS
WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT'S REALLY A BIG TOILET BOWL FOR ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT SURROUND THE SALISH SEA, AND PARTICULARLY HERE IN KING COUNTY, WHERE COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS CONTINUE TO BE UNDER COURT ORDER UNDER CONTEMPT OF COURT OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED FOR, FAILURE TO MEET FEDERAL CLEAN WATER STANDARDS EVERY YEAR, DISCHARGING MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF RAW SEWAGE AND STREET RUN TOXIC STREET RUNOFF
WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT
BUT I WONDER TO WHAT EXTENT WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS PARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR ROLE ON THE OA ALLIANCE AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS AND INDUSTRY, IF THERE'S SOME PARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES THERE TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROBLEMS AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AS A SUGGESTION OR A THOUGHT FROM THIS
AND THEN SPEAKING OF PARTNERING, IT ALSO SEEMS TO ME UNDER THE UNDER THE ACTION ITEMS OF EXPANDING PUBLIC AWARENESS
AS WE KNOW, THE AQUARIUM HAS GOT A MAJOR EXPANSION PLAN UNDERWAY, AND I'M GOING TO BE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THEIR OCEANS PAVILION
BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THAT MIGHT BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PORT TO TELL ITS STORY ON A MORE PERMANENT BASIS, TO MORE PEOPLE ON THE SCIENCE END OF THINGS, IN PARTICULAR ON THESE EFFORTS AND THE SCIENCE BEHIND THEM
SO I JUST WANTED TO FLAG THAT FOR MY COLLEAGUES AND STUFF
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, BUT REALLY EXCITING WORK
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
AND I REALLY THINK NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR BASELINE OF UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE AS THE PORT HAVE DONE, THAT WE'RE NOW IN A GREAT POSITION TO UNDERTAKE THEM OUTREACH TO SOME OF THOSE PARTNERS THAT YOU MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK, AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW WE CAN REALLY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER'S EFFORTS AND UNDERSTAND WHERE FOLKS ARE RIGHT NOW
KING COUNTY DOES NOT HAVE AN OA ACTION PLAN
THE CITY OF SEATTLE, I UNDERSTAND THE CITY OF SEATTLE IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THEIRS
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEIR STATUS IS
WASHINGTON STATE, HOWEVER, DOES HAVE AN OA ACTION PLAN, AND OUR WORK IS VERY STRONGLY ALIGNED WITH MANY OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE STATE ACTION PLAN
GOOD
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN, KATHLEEN AND SANDY FOR ALL THAT
AND I WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED
IT WAS ALMOST A DECADE AGO, I THINK, WHEN THE STATE ACTION THEN GOT DEVELOPED, I WAS STAFFING AT THE TIME
AND IT WAS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE HAVE BOTH A STATE OA ACTION PLAN
WE ALSO HAVE A NEWLY FUNDED KELP RESTORATION PLAN, AND THEY JUST SEEM TO BE TO GET IN THE WORK THAT YOU'RE ALREADY DOING KIND OF NATURAL ALLIANCES AND POTENTIAL LOCAL FUNDING TO CONTINUE THOSE WORTHY EFFORTS AND LOOK FORWARD TO AND ALSO APPRECIATE YOUR FACILITATING THE WORK OF THOSE FOLKS, LIKE WE'RE GOING TO SEE ON THE ON THE 21 ST TO HAVE THE PSRF FOLKS
AND I THINK NOAA IS GOING TO BE ON A BOAT
AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING LIKE A PBS SPECIAL ON IT
AND IT'S PRETTY EXCITING TO HAVE THE PORT COLLABORATING WITH THE RESOURCES AND THE TALENT THAT YOU BRING TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS
IT'S A FANTASTIC THING
AND TO COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK'S POINT, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE AQUARIUM, AND AS PART OF MY BUDGET REQUEST, IS TO FURTHER DEVELOP THOSE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
BUT IN TERMS OF THE OTHER EXPANDED ENGAGEMENT, PUBLIC EDUCATION, WHATEVER, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING OUR TRIBAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM GET MORE HANDS WET
WE OBVIOUSLY HAD A, AS WE WERE EXPANDING OUR TRAVEL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WE WERE IN COVID CONDITIONS
AND SO I KNOW THEY'VE EXPRESSED A LOT OF INTEREST TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPERIENTIAL EFFORTS
AND I KNOW SPECIFICALLY KELP AND EEL GRASS WERE BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION FROM A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM MUCKLESHOOT
AND I KNOW CHAIRMAN FORMAN WAS ONE OF THE EARLIER OBSERVERS OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF KELP, AND THAT PROBLEM IS OBVIOUSLY COAST WIDE
AND AND I THINK YOU KNOW, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT OUR REGION IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND WHICH HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE UPWELLING OFF THE COAST AND BEING INFECTED IN DEPTH INTO THE TRACES OF JUAN DEFUCA AND THINGS LIKE THAT
THE ONLY OTHER TWO THINGS THAT THAT IN TERMS OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD TAKE CREDIT FOR IN COLLABORATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL WOULD BE THE IMO THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS, AS WELL AS MARITIME BLUE THAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT, WHICH ARE FURTHER REGIONAL, NATIONAL INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
THE ONLY FUN QUESTION I HAVE, I GUESS IF I WASN'T ASKING ANY QUESTIONS THERE AT ALL, I THINK I'VE ASKED YOU, KATHLEEN, BEFORE THERE IS THAT INTERNATIONAL LIKE KELP ASSESSMENT THAT THE COUSTEAU GRANDDAUGHTER WAS WORKING ON
I FORGOT THE ACRONYM FOR IT
IT'S OPTIONS 2050
AND I LOOKED INTO THAT
AND THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE THAT MANY ACTIVE PROJECTS
FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, THEY HAVE ONE PROJECT THAT'S CALLED IT'S A SEAWEED AQUACULTURE, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT KIND OF HOW THAT CAN BE UTILIZED TO HELP REGENERATE OCEANS
AND AT THIS POINT, THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT I'VE SEEN PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THAT SHARE SOME OF THE OTHER WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING RELATED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, RESTORATION OF KELP FORESTS OR OTHERS
SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN KEEP AN EYE ON AND TRACK AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND SEE WHERE THERE'S A POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE TO INTERSECT THERE OR LEARN FROM THEM
BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT SEEING ANY REAL ACTIVE PROJECTS IN THIS REGION WITH THEM
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE A DAY OR A WEEK OF HELP ASSESSMENT, A GLOBAL HELP ASSESSMENT
THAT WAS THE ONE THING I HEARD ABOUT
BUT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH ANYWAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY FINDING BETTER PLACES IN ELLIOTT BAY, DO CULTIVATE KELP
I GUESS SMITH COVE HASN'T BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, AND I'M LOOKING AT HOPEFULLY COLLABORATING WITH WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP THAT I JUST GOT CONFIRMATION THAT WITH SUQUAMISH AND SEA GRANT AND OTHER FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT SOME STUFF WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO WITH KELP AND POTENTIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FISH PEN
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU IN THAT CONVERSATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO FURTHER HELPING CONVERSATIONS
SO WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS OF YOU FIND PEOPLE, WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP YOU ANY LONGER AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING
COMMISSIONER EXECUTIVE METRUCK
DO YOU WANT TO WAX ELOQUENT WITH THE SEAWEEDS? I LOVE THAT
WHAT WAS THAT KELPING ANYWAY? I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT
I THINK IT JUST SHOWS ME ACROSS THE DIFFERENT MEDIUMS OF ALL OF OUR EFFORTS AND SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS THAT
AND I THANK YOU, KATHLEEN, FOR DOING THIS HARD WORK ON THIS
BUT AGAIN, IT'S LOOKING WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, COMMISSIONERS LIKE, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? AND SO I THINK THAT AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'LL CONTINUE TO CONTINUE THESE EFFORTS
SO THANK YOU
GREAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH
WELL, WITH THAT OF HEARING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT CONCLUDES OUR SCHEDULED BUSINESS FOR THE DAY
BUT WE ARE ASKING IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS, EMOTIONS RELATED TO COMMITTEE REFERRALS OR ANY CLOSING COMMENTS
AND WITH THAT CLERK HART, LEAVE, CALL THE ROLL FOR ONE LAST TIME
TAKE IT OUT OF ORDER
I SEE COMMISSIONER STEINBRUECK HAS THIS HAND UP
OH, WELL, WE DON'T NEED TO GO OUT OF ORDER
I CAN WAIT MY TURN
OKAY
IF YOU DON'T WANT SOMEBODY ELSE
WELL, LET'S DO THE ROUND
COMMISSIONER CALKINS, ACTUALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY WRAP UP COMMENTS FOR TODAY
THANKS
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CHO, I NOTHING FOR ME, THE THANK YOU
THANK YOU
SEE HOW FAST IT WAS BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONERS
STEINBRUECK
WELL, SPEAKING OF ALL THESE GREAT PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES ADDRESSING MARINE BLUE AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT FRIDAY ON JULY 23 RD FROM 9:00AM TO 10:00AM, IS A SMALL EVENT WHEREBY I'LL BE HELPING PLANT SOME SEEDS
NOW, I'VE BEEN A FARMER SINCE I WAS FIVE IN MY BACKYARD P PATCH AND NOW IN MY COMMUNITY GARDEN
BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY PLANTING SEEDS TO GROW OYSTERS, NOT JUST ANY OYSTERS
THIS IS OLYMPIA OYSTER, SOME OF THE TASTIEST YOU'LL EVER FIND, AND APPARENTLY THE MOST INDIGENOUS FORM OF OYSTERS IN OUR REGION
ANYWAY, IT'S PART OF A LARGER EFFORT THAT COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN HAS BEEN A LEADER ON
AND I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER BOWMAN AS CO CHAIRS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE PROTECTION COMMITTEE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
BUT YOU'RE ALL INVITED, I THINK
AND IT SHOULD BE FUN
IT'LL BE A NEW EXPERIENCE FOR ME AS WELL
I'VE NEVER PLANTED OYSTER SEEDS OR SEEN THEM PLANTED
I SHOULD MENTION ALSO, THIS IS IN THE CONTEXT OF EXPERIMENTATION WITH REGROWING EEL GRASS AND KELP BEDS
IT REMINDS ME A LITTLE BIT OF THE LANDSLIDE WHERE I HAVE A LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF TRYING TO CREATE TO RECREATE WETLANDS
ENGINEERED WETLANDS, BASICALLY
AND THERE'S BEEN A WHOLE LOT OF EXPERIMENTATION HERE
I BECAUSE WETLANDS HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN SOMETHING VERY NATURAL THAT OCCURS OVER MILLENNIA AND UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
BUT CAN WE RECREATE THE CONDITIONS HERE WHEREBY EEL GRASS, KELP AND, YES, OYSTERS CAN THRIVE AND DO ALL THEIR GREAT GOOD ECOSERVICES THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT TODAY
SO THAT SOUNDS PRETTY EXCITING
NOW, I SHOULD MENTION ALSO THAT'S THE SAME DAY THE CRUISE CONTROL FOLKS ARE PLANNING A PROTEST
I HOPE THAT THEY DON'T POISON OUR LITTLE BABY OYSTER SEEDS
BUT ANYWAY, WE'LL SEE
AND THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY PLUGGED FOR CRUISE CONTROL, BUT I SHOULD MENTION IT'S THE SAME DAY
SO A LOT GOING ON COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
IF I'M ACTING OUT OF ORDER, YOU CAN BE LATER
FREE ADVERTISING
FOR WHOMEVER? ANYWAY, I SAW SANDY'S ATTENTION GOT RAISED
ONE OF THE THINGS, IF I COULD, PERHAPS FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS ANOXIA THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS THE LACK OF OXYGEN
NOT OXYGENATION
OKAY
NO, THE LACK OF OXYGEN, LACK OF OXYGEN
AND THE SCIENTISTS THERE, RIGHT
THANK YOU
NUTRIENT STUFFED
BUT THAT'S NICE IN THE BACKGROUND, BY THE WAY
BUT THE OTHER THING THAT SANDY MIGHT HAVE SAID LETTER SAY IT IS THAT WHILE OLYMPIA OYSTERS ARE TASTY, WE'RE NOT ENCOURAGING THEM TO BE EATEN FROM ELLIOT BIT
CORRECT
I'M SURE THERE'S SOME RESTAURANTS NEARBY THAT WOULD LOVE A SUPPLY
NO, NO, NOT A PERMANENT SHELLFISH, NO FARMING, NO FERRY
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO IS JUST STEINBREUCKS, BUT YOU'LL HAVE THE LAST WORD, ACTUALLY, BEFORE STEVE, I'M DONE
THANKS
OKAY
DO YOU THINK LAST THREE YOU SANDRA? NO, I APPRECIATE THE REFERENCE
COMMISSIONER, TIME TO THE EVENT NEXT WEEK AND LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU OUT THERE
GREAT
SHOULD BE FUN, MR ELEMENT
CLOSING COMMENTS
I WILL LEAVE THAT TO EXECUTIVE METRUCK
THIS HAS BEEN VERY FUN TO END ON ALL THIS BLUENESS
AND HAVING YOU AS OUR SALTY DOG LEADER MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER HAVING THE SUPPORT THAT OUR STAFF GET FOR DOING THIS WORK
I GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS AS BEING ONE MORE REFLECTION OF WHY WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU STILL AT THE HELM
YOU WANT TO CLOSE US OUT? YEAH, THANKS
THANKS, MR PRESIDENT
AND IT IS A GOOD WAY TO LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING MOVING FORWARD
I KNOW WE ALSO WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO, OF COURSE, BUT IT'S GOOD TO LOOK AT THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE WORK THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW
AND THANKS FOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TODAY AND GOING THROUGH LOTS OF GOOD THINGS GOING ON
AND AND THE WORK IS WE CONTINUE THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR
WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE BUSY FOR US HERE AT THE PORT, SO OKAY, HERE'S TO STAYING BLUE IN THE SKY AND IN THE SEA
THANK YOU SO MUCH
WELL, NOW, ADJOURN, OUR MEETING AT 3 47
BYE BYE
MEETING IS ADJOURNED
THANK YOU
THANKS.

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