The Study Session meeting scheduled for 2022-05-10 at Remote

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The Study Session meeting scheduled for 2022-05-10 at Remote

ALL RIGHT
THIS IS COMMISSION PRESIDENT RYAN CALKINS CONVENING A SPECIAL MEETING OF MAY 10, 2022
THE TIME IS 9:03 A.M.
WE'RE MEETING IN PERSON TODAY AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AT PIER 69 AND VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS THIS IS A COMMISSION STUDY SESSION ON 2022 CRUISE ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY
PRESENT WITH ME TODAY ARE COMMISSIONER CHO FELLEMAN
HASEGAWA AND MOHAMED
CLERK HART
CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? THANK YOU
BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CHO
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA PRESENT
THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER MOHAMED PRESENT
THANK YOU
AND COMMISSIONER CALKINS, HERE TOO
THANK YOU
WE DO HAVE A FULL COMMISSIONER HERE THIS MORNING
THANK YOU
MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION STAFF AND ARE LISTENING PUBLIC ON THE TEAM'S PLATFORM FOR JOINING US
AND TO THOSE IN PHYSICAL ATTENDANCE TODAY, JUST A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS FOR ANY ATTENDEES AND COMMISSIONER FOR ANYONE ATTENDING ON TEAMS, PLEASE REMAIN MUTED WHEN NOT SPEAKING
THIS HELPS TO ALLEVIATE BACKGROUND NOISE DURING THE MEETING
THIS MEETING IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED THROUGH 11:00 A.M.
ALSO, AS THIS IS A STUDY SESSION OF THE COMMISSIONER, TODAY'S FORMAT DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE MEETING
THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL OCCUR AT THE COMMISSION'S BUSINESS MEETING LATER THIS AFTERNOON, BEGINNING AT NOON
AND OF COURSE, THE COMMISSION ALWAYS WELCOMES WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE AT ANY TIME, IF THAT'S PREFERRED
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DIRECTLY INTO THE MORNING DISCUSSION WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AND STAFF COMMISSIONERS IN THE MEETING ROOM
PLEASE REQUEST TO BE RECOGNIZED TO SPEAK IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
ANY COMMISSIONER ON THE TEAM'S LINK, PLEASE USE YOUR HAND TOOL TO SIGNIFY YOU WISH TO SPEAK, THEN TO NOT SEE YOU, PLEASE AUDIBLY REQUEST TO BE HEARD
TODAY'S STUDY SESSION IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS, VISION AND FOUNDATION, ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY AND LEADERSHIP AND OPPORTUNITIES
PLEASE HOLD QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF THE PRESENTATION SEGMENTS
UNLESS YOU HAVE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY THAT CANNOT WAIT UNTIL A GOOD BREAK PRESENTS ITSELF
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK AT THIS TIME TO INTRODUCE THE PRESENTATION
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONER
WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY MET IN PERSON, BUT IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL IN PERSON AT THE STUDY SESSION
WE'RE MEETING TODAY FOR AN IN DEPTH CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S CRUISE BUSINESS
IN OUR EFFORTS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TO FOSTER A CRUISE INDUSTRY THAT PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CHERISH WHILE GENERATING SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE REGION, WE'RE PROUD OF OUR COMMITMENT TO BE THE GREENEST PORT IN NORTH AMERICA OR OUR COMMITMENT TO BE THE GREENEST PORT IN NORTH AMERICA, AND THAT IS JUST NOT A SLOGAN
WE HAVE LIVED THAT COMMITMENT SINCE WE STARTED THE ALASKA HOMEPORT CRUISE INDUSTRY HERE 20 YEARS AGO WITH LANDMARK AGREEMENTS WITH THE CRUISE LINES TO RESTRICT DISCHARGES AND PROTECT AIR AND WATER QUALITY
WE ARE GUIDED BY THE FAR SIDED PRINCIPLES ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION
MAXIMIZE USE OF OUR MARITIME FACILITIES, EXPAND ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL BENEFITS AND INCORPORATE LEADING EDGE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY IN OUR OPERATIONS
WE HAVE PROVEN THAT A POOR CAN MAKE STEADY IMPROVEMENTS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, HELPING SET NEW STANDARDS THAT REFLECT THE LATEST SCIENCE BY CREATING INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE INDUSTRY
AT THE SAME TIME, THE INDUSTRY GENERATES $900 MILLION IN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ANNUALLY, BENEFITING SMALL BUSINESSES, CREATING GOOD JOBS ON THE DOCKS, IN SERVICE BUSINESSES AND HOTELS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, AND EXTENDING TO SOUTHEAST ALASKA
THE CRUISE INDUSTRY HAS PROVEN ITSELF RESILIENT AND POPULAR WITH THE TRAVELING PUBLIC
THAT IS CLEAR FROM THE REMARKABLE REBOUND OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
COMING BACK FROM NO SAILINGS IN 2020 TO ONE OF OUR BEST SEASONS EVER, WE DEMONSTRATED THAT WE COULD PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SURETY OF PASSENGERS AND CREW WITH STRONG COVID PROTOCOLS AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES
EARLY ON, WE EMBRACED THE VISION AND GOAL THAT CREWS WOULD RETURN STRONGER AND SAFER, AND THAT HAS BEEN THE CASE TODAY
THERE ARE MORE HEALTH PRECAUTIONS IN THE CRUISE INDUSTRY THAN ANY OTHER FORM OF TRAVEL AND HOSPITALITY
HOWEVER, WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT AND LOOK FOR AREAS TO IMPROVE
AS I SAID AT THE OUTSET, WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS IN HOW WE AND THE CRUISE LINES OPERATE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
WE HEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS US TO DO MORE TO LIMIT DISCHARGES AND AIR EMISSIONS
AS YOU WILL HEAR LATER, WE ARE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH PARTNERS FROM CANADA AND ALASKA TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE, RAISING THE BAR FOR WHAT PORTS AND INDUSTRY CAN DO TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT
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OR ACTUALLY, I CAN'T SEE THE SLIDE
NO, I JUST WANT TO SKEWED UP TO LEAD INTO THE PRESENTATION
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
FOR TODAY, HERE'S NOT ONE OF OUR PRESENTATION
FIRST, WE'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ALASKA CRUISE INDUSTRY IN SEATTLE
WE'LL DISCUSS BUSINESS RELATIONS WITH THE CRUISE LINES AND PRESENT A FINANCIAL OVERVIEW OF OUR CRUISE OPERATIONS
VERY SHORT AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT FROM THE PORTS PERSPECTIVE IS OUR COMMITMENT TO ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE, WHERE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME
WE WILL DESCRIBE IN SOME DETAIL AGREEMENTS WITH CRUISE LINES AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT PUT US AT THE FOREFRONT OF CRUISE PORTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
SECONDLY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT OUR CURRENT CRUISE OPERATIONS AND POTENTIAL NEAR TERM ACTIONS
LASTLY, WE WANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMISSION ABOUT POTENTIAL LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS WE SEE THEM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO ADVANCE NEW ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVES THAT WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY IN THE INDUSTRY IN OUR ENVIRONMENT, BOTH REGIONALLY AND GLOBALLY FOR THE LONG TERM
I LOOK FORWARD TO AN INFORMAL PRESENTATION OF ROBUST DISCUSSION TODAY, AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO END MY OPENING REMARKS AND TURN OVER COMMISSIONER CALKINS TO SAY A FEW WORDS
YEAH, AND I JUST HAVE A FEW CONTEXTUALIZING COMMENTS BEFORE WE GET STARTED WITH STAFF PRESENTATIONS, A REMINDER WHY WE'RE USING A STUDY SESSION FORMAT AS OPPOSED TO USING A PRESENTATION DURING A REGULAR MEETING OR SOME OTHER FORMAT TO DISCUSS THIS IN SMALLER GROUPS OR IN SOME OTHER WAY
THE FUNCTION OF A STUDY SESSION IS BOTH AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET INFORMATION THAT'S RELEVANT TO KEY TOPICS OF REPORT OUT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSIONER, AND ALSO FOR THE COMMISSIONER CHO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN PUBLIC WITH EACH OTHER
AND SO TODAY IS NOT WALL TO WALL PRESENTATION
IT'S BOTH PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION AMONGST COMMISSIONERS AND WITH STAFF AROUND AN ISSUE THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US
THE OTHER REASON WE DO THIS IN PUBLIC IS BECAUSE THE COMMISSION'S ROLE IS REALLY TO SET THE VALUES FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND ON EASY QUESTIONS AROUND OUR VALUES, WE CAN DELEGATE THAT TO STAFF TO MAKE THOSE EASY DECISIONS
THIS IS A TOUGH DECISION
THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE'RE FINDING THAT WE HAVE CERTAIN VALUES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE ORGANIZATION
OUR INTENTION
AND SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TRY TO DISCUSS OPENLY AND FRANKLY SOME OF THOSE TENSIONS BETWEEN KEY VALUES THAT WE HOLD THE ORGANIZATION AND FIND WAYS TO MOVE FORWARD THAT ADVANCES BOTH THOSE VALUES
THEY'RE HARD QUESTIONS, AND THEY AREN'T QUESTIONS THAT WE AS A COMMISSION CAN DELEGATE TO STAFF
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE DO IT HERE IN PUBLIC
AND THIS IS NOT AN ACTION MEETING
THIS IS SIMPLY A CONVERSATION
ACTIONS HAVE TO TAKE PLACE, VOTES HAVE TO TAKE PLACE IN PUBLIC MEETINGS
AND SO WITH THAT, STEVE, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER FOR PRESENTATION
THANK YOU, MR PRESIDENT
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THREE STAFF THAT WILL BE SPEAKING THROUGHOUT OUR PRESENTATION, PLUS MYSELF THAT'LL BE STEPHANIE JONES EVANS, OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE MARITIME DIVISION, SANDRA KILROY, SENIOR DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ENGINEERING, AND MELISSA PARKS FROM GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND POLICY ANALYST
SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TURN OVER TO YOU, STEPHANIE, TO KICK US OFF
THAT'S RIGHT
THANK YOU, STEPHANIE
AND THANK YOU, COMMISSION
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I'M GOING TO START BY TALKING ABOUT OUR VISION FOR CRUISE AS A WHOLE AND HOW SUSTAINABILITY FITS INTO THAT, AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT OF FOUNDATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THINGS LIKE OUR BUSINESS AGREEMENTS THAT HELP INFORM HOW WE ACHIEVE THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO GO FORWARD
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IF WE LOOK BACK TO THE BEGINNING WHEN WE STARTED OUR CRUISE BUSINESS, I KNOW YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN MY NEXT SLIDE SEVERAL TIMES, BUT I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE WATERFRONT LOOKED LIKE BEFORE WE STARTED THE CRUISE BUSINESS
THIS IS THE OLD PORT HEADQUARTERS DOWN AT 66 WHEN THE WHOLE PART OF BELLTOWN WAS NOT IN THE BEST OF SHAPE AND CRUISE AND THE PORT PORTS DEVELOPMENT PLAYED A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF REVITALIZING THAT WATERFRONT
AND WE SEE OURSELVES IN A PARALLEL POSITION NOW WHERE OUR CRUISE BUSINESS CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART OF REVITALIZING OUR ECONOMY IN A POST COVERED WORLD
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SO TO JUST FRAME THE DISCUSSION, WE HAVE TWO CRUISE TERMINALS, ONE AND TWO BERTH FACILITY AT SMITH COVE CRUISE TERMINAL AT PIER 90, 1 SECOND ONE AT BELL STREET CRUISE TERMINAL, PIER 66, JUST DOWN THE WATERFRONT FROM US
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OVER TIME, YOU CAN SEE THE GROWTH OF OUR CRUISE INDUSTRY OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS
THE YELLOW DOTS ARE THE NUMBER OF VESSELS AND THE BLUE BAR ARE THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
SO WHILE THE NUMBER OF VESSELS HAS REMAINED CONSTANT FOR ABOUT THE LAST MAYBE TWELVE YEARS, THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE TWO YEARS, YOU SEE, FOR 2000 AND 22,021 WHERE THE BUSINESS WAS AFFECTED BY THE PANDEMIC
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ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS I WANT TO STRESS IS OUR EFFORTS TO BRING INCREASED REVENUE FROM CRUISE SO THAT IT SUPPORTS OTHER THINGS
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, I REMEMBER WHEN YOU BEGAN HERE AS A COMMISSIONER, THIS WAS A MANTRA YOU REPEATEDLY MADE TO ME ABOUT
WE NEED TO BE SEEING THAT REVENUE IN ORDER TO WE DO NOT WANT TO BE SUBSIDIZING THIS BUSINESS AT THIS POINT IN TIME
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, SINCE 2014, THE REVENUES HAVE INCREASED QUITE STEADILY, AND WE ARE ABLE TO DIRECT THOSE REVENUES TOWARDS OTHER USES
FOR INSTANCE, OUR RECENTLY RELEASED RFP FOR MARITIME WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
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I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUSINESS AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CRUISE BUSINESS
TO HELP KIND OF HELP US THINK ABOUT USING THOSE AS TOOLS
WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A TARIFF TERMINAL TARIFF NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS KIND OF LIKE THE RULES OF THE ROAD
IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME TO THE PORT OF SEATTLE HERE'S, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES HERE'S, THE RATES WE CHARGE HERE'S, KIND OF THE NUTS AND BOLTS AND THOSE JUST APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD
WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING CALLED A PREFERENTIAL BIRDING AGREEMENT, WHERE WITH ONE FAMILY OF CRUISE LINES IN PARTICULAR, WE HAVE A MULTI YEAR AGREEMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR HAVING PREP THE PRIORITY TO BERTH
ON CERTAIN DAYS OF THE WEEK, WE GET A MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE OF PASSENGERS AS WELL AS SOME OTHER STIPULATIONS
AND THEN FINALLY, WITH ONE CRUISE LINE, WE HAVE A LEASE, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW IN PLACE UNTIL 2030
AND WE WERE ABLE TO PUT EVEN MORE MEASURES IN PLACE, STARTING FROM TARIFFS THROUGH GOING DOWN TO LEASES, WE GET PROGRESSIVELY MORE BOTH COMMITMENT AS WELL AS ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT DIFFERENT MEASURES
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SO RIGHT NOW, JUST STARTING FROM NORWEGIAN ON THE LEFT TO ROYAL CARIBBEAN ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS AS WELL AS THE AND I'VE SHOWN THEM HERE IN ORDER FROM THE MOST COMMITMENT TO THE LEAST
SO NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE, WHICH INCLUDES NORWEGIAN, OCEANIA, REGENT, SEVEN SEAS, IT'S ABOUT ONE THIRD OF OUR PASSENGERS
THEY HAVE A LEASE APPEARS 66
IT'S A 15 YEAR LEASE THAT EXPIRES IN 2030 WITH ONE FIVE YEAR EXTENSION THAT IS AT MUTUAL DISCRETION
IN THE MIDDLE, YOU SEE CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES, WHICH INCLUDES HOLLAND AMERICA, PRINCESS, CARNIVAL CRUISE LINES AND SEABOURN
THAT'S ALMOST 40% OF OUR PASSENGERS
AND WE HAVE WITH CARNIVAL A PREFERENTIAL BIRDING AGREEMENT THAT'S IN PLACE WITH EXTENSION OPTIONS THROUGH 2023
AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE PREFERENCE
ON SEVERAL DAYS OF THE WEEK, THEY GET TO CALL THERE
IN EXCHANGE, WE GET A MINIMUM PASSENGER ANNUAL GUARANTEE
BUT ALSO WE HAVE PUT IN THAT REQUIREMENT THAT ALL VESSELS PLUG INTO SHORE POWER IF THEY HAVE SHORE POWER, AND THAT THEY REPORT TO US WEEKLY
SO WE HAVE BEGUN TO PUT ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES IN THE LONGER TERM AGREEMENTS
AND THEN THE NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES, BY THE WAY, WE PUT THAT LEASE IN PLACE BEFORE WE BEGAN TO TAKE THOSE MEASURES
AND THEN FINALLY ON THE RIGHT ROYAL CARIBBEAN
RIGHT NOW, WE DO NOT HAVE A LONG TERM AGREEMENT
IT'S ABOUT 28% OF OUR PASSENGERS
AND SO THEY OPERATE UNDER OUR TARIFF
SO NO LONG TERM AGREEMENT THEY APPLY FOR UNDER OUR TARIFFS
AND THAT'S WHAT THE RULES THEY OPERATE UNDER
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SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT BEFORE AND MANY OF US TALK ABOUT THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC BENEFITS
THIS IS WHY WE GOT INTO THE CRUISE BUSINESS AND WHY WE CONTINUE
SO THIS SLIDE ISN'T NEW, BUT I WANT TO HONE IN ON PARTICULARLY THE LAST TWO BULLETS, EQUITY AND COMMUNITY AND SUPPLIERS
WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING ON NOT JUST THE OVERALL NUMBER OF JOBS AND THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS INTO OUR COMMUNITY
WE HAVE MADE IMPORTANT ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OVER THE YEARS
OUR FOCUS NOW IS REALLY TURNING TO WHETHER THESE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ARE EQUITABLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY
WE HAVE TAKEN A NUMBER OF NEW MEASURES TO REALLY FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CREWS AYE GOING TO THE PLACES WHERE WE NEED THEM MOST
SO FOR INSTANCE, THIS YEAR, NEW IN 2022, WE PARTNERED ON FOUR DIFFERENT JOB FAIRS TO HELP YOUNG FOLKS GET INTO THE MARITIME AND CRUISE INDUSTRY
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE CONDUCTED A STUDY CALLED THE EQUITABLE ECONOMIC CRUISE INVESTMENTS, LOOKING GLOBALLY AT WHAT PORTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE DOING IN TERMS OF EQUITY, TO SEE WHERE WE COULD LEARN AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTING HERE
AND THEN WE ARE INCREASING OUR EFFORTS TO CONNECT LOCAL BUSINESS WITH DIFFERENT CRUISE LINES
SO ON THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE, FOR INSTANCE, FARMS FROM BOTH KENT AND FROM MOUNT VERNON SUPPLYING LEAKS AND RADISHES TO ENCLOSURE TO OUR CRUISE BUSINESS
SO WHAT WE SEE IS THIS HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT TO SUPPLIERS, THINGS LIKE THE DOUBLE, OUR RANCH IN EASTERN WASHINGTON SUPPLYING BEEF, MANY LOCAL WINES SERVED ON BOARD, SOUTH END BAKERY BRINGING CROISSANTS EVERY WEEK TO HOLLAND AMERICA SHIPS
SO WE ARE REALLY INCREASING THE FOCUS TO MAKE SURE THOSE ECONOMIC IMPACTS ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY
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OF COURSE, ECONOMIC IMPACTS ARE ALSO IMPORTANT IN ALASKA
I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TOP QUOTE FROM RUSSELL DICK, THE PRESIDENT CEO OF HUNA TOTEM CORPORATION, SHARING THE FACT THAT TOURISM AND CRUISE HAS GIVEN US THE ABILITY TO TRANSITION FROM A TIMBER ECONOMY TO A SUSTAINABLE TOURISM ECONOMY AND ALLOWING OUR COMMUNITY TO THRIVE WHILE PRESERVING OVER 7000 ACRES OF OLD GROWTH FOREST
I WAS SO INTERESTED WHEN I HEARD FROM HIM
PUT THAT FOREST UNDER CONSERVATION EASEMENT WHEN THEY STARTED THEIR CRUISE BUSINESS
AND LIKEWISE, SKAGWAY, ALASKA HAS BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THEIR ECONOMY AND THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS OF PANDEMIC IMPACTS HAVE REALLY BEEN DEVASTATED
WE ARE BUILDING ON OUR PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CREATED DURING COVID WITH OR STRENGTHENED, I SHOULD SAY, DURING COVID TO TALK ABOUT COVID PROTOCOLS
WE'RE REALLY BUILDING ON THOSE TO INCREASE TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTOCOLS AS WELL AT THIS POINT
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FROM THE BEGINNING OF OUR CRUISE EFFORTS, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION HAS BEEN A REALLY CRITICAL PART OF OUR OVERALL CRUISE EFFORTS
THIS IS A TIMELINE THAT SHOWS ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2004 WHEN WE PUT IN PLACE THE CRUISE MOU AND PUT TWO SHORE POWER BIRDS IN PLACE
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT TIME, ALL THE WAY UP TO NOW, WE'VE CONTINUED TO IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS AS WELL AS ADVOCATE FOR REGULATIONS THAT HAVE MADE A BIG ENVIRONMENTAL DIFFERENCE
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GREEN THINGS ON HERE ARE AIR QUALITY, THE BLUE THINGS ARE WATER QUALITY
WE ALSO HAVE BOLDED REGULATION
AND THAT'S, AS I SAID, IMPORTANT SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO BY WORKING COLLABORATIVELY
OTHER TIMES WE ADVOCATE FOR REGULATION
ALL OF THESE ARE TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX FOR CONTINUING TO PROGRESS OUR EFFORTS TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY
AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM
YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE WHEN SANDY KILROY PRESENTS NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
BUT I'D LIKE TO SHARE
DON'T JUST TAKE MY WORD FOR IT HERE AS OUR CRUISE STAFF PERSON, BUT THIS IS REALLY LOOKING AT ENVIRONMENTAL BENCHMARKING ACROSS PORTS IN NORTH AMERICA
THESE ARE RESULTS FROM THE GREEN MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
WE WERE THE FIRST PORT TO JOIN GREEN MARINE, FIRST US WEST COAST PORT, I SHOULD SAY, TO JOIN GREEN MARINE IN 2013
AND THIS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL BENCHMARKING PROGRAM WITH VERY RIGOROUS STANDARDS
THE PORT SCORE THEMSELVES AND THEN ARE AUDITED
THE STANDARDS CHANGE EVERY YEAR, SO YOU MIGHT BE AT A FIVE ONE YEAR, BUT THAT WILL ONLY BE A FOUR OR THREE THE NEXT YEAR
YOU MUST CONTINUALLY UP YOUR EFFORTS IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN YOUR CERTIFICATION
WHAT I'M SHOWING HERE AYE, THE SCORES FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND GREEN COMPARED AGAINST THE AVERAGE NORTH AMERICAN PORTS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF GREEN MARINE IN BLUE
AND THEN VANCOUVER AND SAN DIEGO, TWO OF THE OTHER PORTS THAT WE CONSIDER REALLY TO BE COMPETITORS FOR THE TITLE OF GREENEST PORT, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IN OUR LAST GREEN MARINE AUDIT, WE WERE TIED FOR FIRST AS THE GREENEST PORT IN NORTH AMERICA WITH PORT OF VANCOUVER, SOMETHING THAT I'M QUITE PROUD OF
AND YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT IN SOME AREAS WE HAVE A LONG TRACK RECORD
I WOULD SAY GREENHOUSE GASES
WE WERE THE VERY FIRST PORT IN NORTH AMERICA TO CONDUCT A GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY
FOR INSTANCE, TOGETHER WITH PORT OF TACOMA
SO MANY OF THESE
WE HAVE BEEN LEADERS FOR A LONG TIME, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN OUR FIVE SCORES
OTHER PLACES, SUCH AS THE UNDERWATER NOISE, IS GROWING WHERE WE ARE TURNING OUR FOCUS TO, AND WE HAVE MORE NASCENT EFFORTS, AND THAT'S AN AREA WHERE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A TWO, BUT WE SEE THE ROADWAY AHEAD TO WHERE WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THOSE EFFORTS ALONG
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I WANT TO TALK FOR A SECOND ABOUT THE TOOLS WE HAVE TO DRIVE SUSTAINABILITY
THESE ARE TOOLS THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST AND THAT I ENVISION ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF GETTING TO SUSTAINABILITY
THE FOUNDATION ARE THE REGULATIONS AND THE PUBLIC POLICY THAT WE REST ON
AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE INTERNATIONAL LAW, NATIONAL LAW, EVEN STATE AND LOCAL LAW, FOR INSTANCE
THOSE ARE VERY BROAD WHERE THE PORT CAN PLAY AN ADVOCACY ROLE, BUT WE DON'T MAKE THE REGULATIONS
I DO BELIEVE OUR ADVOCACY IS IMPORTANT
RESTING ON THAT ARE THE EFFORTS OF THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE
WHERE INNOVATION LIKE WE'RE DRIVING AT THE MARITIME INNOVATION CENTER PARTNERSHIPS, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE THE CRUISE MOU OR OUR PARTNERS, OUR NORTHWEST PORTS CLEAN AIR STRATEGY HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PARTNERSHIP
AND THEN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FROM THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
WE SEE INVESTMENTS IN DECARBONIZATION HAPPENING ACROSS THE INDUSTRY
ON THE TOP ARE THE TOOLS THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE CAN DO OURSELVES
WE HAVE THE MOST DIRECT CONTROL OVER
SO FIRST ON THE LEFT THERE YOU SEE LEASES AND AGREEMENTS AND TARIFFS
WE HAVE BEGUN TO USE THAT AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN SUSTAINABILITY
FOR INSTANCE, WE MUTED OUR TARIFF TO BAN DISCHARGE AT BERTH FROM SCRUBBERS
WE REQUIRE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR STORMWATER, ET CETERA
WE'VE BEGUN TO USE OUR AGREEMENTS TO REQUIRE THAT SHIPS EQUIPPED WITH SHORE POWER PLUG IN WHEN THEY ARE AT BERTH
AND I SEE THAT AS A GROWING IMPORTANT ONE OF THE STRONGEST TOOLS WE HAVE, IN FACT, FOR MOVING THE INDUSTRY HERE IN SEATTLE TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY INCENTIVES AND RECOGNITION IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, AND WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN WHERE THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE IN THE FUTURE
YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN THE PRESENTATION
OUR DIRECT INVESTMENTS, FOR INSTANCE, OUR WATERFRONT CLEAN ENERGY PLAN, PUTTING SHORE POWER IN REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF DRIVING CHANGE IN THE INDUSTRY
EMISSIONS ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING
AS I SAID, WE WERE THE VERY FIRST PART OF THE FIRST GROUP OF PORTS TO USE PUT GREENHOUSE GASSES IN OUR EMISSIONS INVENTORY
AND THE TRANSPARENCY FROM THAT DATA REALLY HELPED US FIGURE OUT WHERE DO WE MAKE THE BIG INVESTMENTS, WHERE ARE THE PLACES THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING
AND THAT IS, I THINK, A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL TO BUILD ON IN THE FUTURE
AND THEN FINALLY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THE WORK WE DO
WE WERE THE FIRST PORT TO ENGAGE IN ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EFFORTS WITH THE US EPA AND HAVE CONTINUED THAT EFFORTS
AND I THINK THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR OVERALL TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THESE AS WE GO, BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST INTRODUCE THOSE AS A FRAMEWORK
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THESE ARE THE WATERFRONT GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT YOU AS A COMMISSION, NOT EACH OF YOU WAS HERE
THEY PROCEEDED, MANY OF YOU, BUT THESE WERE ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING ANOTHER CRUISE TERMINAL
WE TALKED ABOUT THEM IN TERMS OF NOT JUST DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF OUR CRUISE OPERATIONS
AND THEY SET SOME, I THINK, DURABLE VISION
THAT, OF COURSE, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO RELOOK AT THESE
BUT JUST TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE SAID SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN TERMS OF OUR GOALS, WE WANTED TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THE PORT DEEPWATER FACILITIES AND INDUSTRIAL LANDS IN MARITIME USES, NOT SEEING CONVERSIONS TO, FOR INSTANCE, COMMERCIAL USES OR OFFICES, ET CETERA
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE EXPANDING THE ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS BACK TO THE POINT ABOUT MAKING SURE THOSE BENEFITS ARE SPREAD THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY, SUPPORT THE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE, INCORPORATE LEADING EDGE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY THAT EXCEED EXISTING REGULATIONS
THIS PERHAPS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE APPROPRIATE TO A NEW FACILITY, BUT FACILITATE IMPROVED TRANSPORTATION, MOBILITY OF PEOPLE AND GOODS IN THE REGION, AND THEN FINALLY PROVIDE EXCELLENCE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE
SO I SHARE THESE WITH YOU TO REMIND YOU THAT THERE HAS BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT THESE IN THE PAST, AND THIS WAS THE COMMISSION DIRECTION SEVERAL YEARS AGO
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WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE SANDY GILROY, TO TALK IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DEPTH ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY
RIGHT
THANK YOU, STEPHANIE
GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS
JUST CHECKING IF FOLKS CAN HEAR ME
WE GOT YOU
PERFECT
AS STEPHANIE DISCUSSED, MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT, I'M SORRY, MS COWRAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO STOP FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER, WHAT DO YOU THINK? DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO DIRECT SOME QUESTIONS TO STEPHANIE JONES EVANS, OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT FOR THE LET'S KEEP GOING TO THE PRESENTATION
THANK YOU
ALL RIGHT
SO WE ARE COMMITTED TO OPERATING A SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE PORT
AND AS STEPHANIE DISCUSSED, HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN THESE AREAS, AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE TO BE A LEADER IN TRANSFORMING THE INDUSTRY
YOU'LL BE HEARING A NUMBER OF TIMES TODAY A DISCUSSION OF WHAT WE CAN CONTROL IN TERMS OF TAKING ACTIONS AND WHAT WE CAN INFLUENCE
AND SO WE WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO PUSH OURSELVES TO BE AT THE CUTTING EDGE FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS AND TO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR OTHERS TO BOTH INNOVATE AND ACT
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SO WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE ACTION, THE PORT LEADERSHIP HAS ALREADY SET A CLEAR VISION FOR OUR MARITIME INDUSTRY
THE DESTINATION IS CLEAR
WE ARE LOOKING AT A ZERO EMISSION CRUISE OPERATION BY 2050
SO NOW IT'S REALLY ABOUT ALL THE STRATEGIES AND HOW WE GET THERE
TODAY, WE'RE LOOKING AT INSTALLING SHORE POWER, PLANNING FOR WATERFRONT CLEAN ENERGY, ENGAGING IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES, AND EXPLORING CONCEPTS LIKE A GREEN CORRIDOR
BY THE 2030S, WE WANT TO HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR IN PLACE, AND WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND ZERO EMISSION SHIFTS, ALL LEADING US TO 2050 WHEN WE WANT TO OPERATE A ZERO EMISSION WATERFRONT
BUT CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY, I KNOW, AREN'T OUR ONLY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
SO NEXT SLIDE
WE REALLY NEED TO BE LOOKING HOLISTICALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABLE CRUISE AND A SUSTAINABLE CRUISE INDUSTRY
AND THERE ARE FIVE BUILDING BLOCKS, ENVIRONMENTAL BUILDING BLOCKS THAT DEFINE OUR STRATEGY
AND I WILL BE TOUCHING ON THESE IN MY PRESENTATION
THE FIRST IS WATER QUALITY
THEN WE HAVE NOISE, AIR QUALITY, CLIMATE AND WASTE, AND ENERGY REDUCTION
SO ON WATER QUALITY
THE CORE PART OF OUR WATER QUALITY STRATEGY IS THE VOLUNTARY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE WITH KIA AND ECOLOGY
SINCE 2004, THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN STOPPING ALL WASTEWATER DISCHARGES INTO PUGET SOUND FROM CRUISE SHIPS
THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL JUST A FEW YEARS AGO THAT THE STATE PASSED THEIR DISCHARGE ZONE IN 2020
IN LIGHT OF THE GROWING CONCERN OF EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEM WASH WATER, THE PORT USED ITS TARIFF TO PROHIBIT DISCHARGE OF WASH WATER AT EARTH, AND THIS WAS SOMETHING WE CAN DO WITHIN OUR CURRENT TOOLS
AND THEN IN 2021, DURING THE THREE YEAR REVIEW OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, IN RESPONSE TO STAKEHOLDER INPUT AND OUR OWN PORT INTEREST, CRUISE LINES VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO WITHHOLD DISCHARGE OF THE EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEM WASH WATER PUGET SOUND UNTIL A STUDY COULD BE COMPLETED LOOKING AT IMPACTS
SO AT THIS TIME, CRUISE SHIPS ARE NOT DISCHARGING IN PUGET SOUND EITHER WASTEWATER DISCHARGES OR EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEM WASH WATER
IN ADDITION TO THESE EFFORTS, THE PORT ALSO CONDUCTS ANNUAL STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TRAINING FOR CRUISE LINES AND EMPLOYEES AND OVERSEAS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES WHILE THE SHIPS ARE AT FIRST
SO LOOKING AHEAD, WE'RE CONTINUING WHERE YOU'VE STARTED
THE MOU HAS SERVED AS A SIGNIFICANT PLATFORM FOR OUR ABILITY TO ENGAGE AND COLLABORATE WITH THE CRUISE LINES AND ADDRESSING WATER QUALITY ISSUES
WE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEM WASH WATER STUDY AND PENDING THE STUDY RESULTS WILL DETERMINE THE NEXT STEPS
AND THAT STUDY WILL BE DONE COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR PARTNERS AND THERE'S A WORKING GROUP PLANNING FOR THAT
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS AND CONTINUE OUR STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
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WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT THE BROADER CONCEPT OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION AND WE HAVE JOINED US, THE PORT, THE ALLIANCE TO COMBAT OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, AND WE'RE THE FIRST PORT INTERNATIONALLY TO DO SO
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE CAN BE A MODEL AND SET A STANDARD FOR WHAT OTHER PORTS CAN DO
THE ALLIANCE TO COMBAT OCEAN ACIDIFICATION REQUIRES AN ACTION PLAN WHICH WE HAVE DEVELOPED AND THE PORT HAS ADOPTED AND THAT SUPPORTS OUR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION MEASURES, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, HABITAT RESTORATION, CARBON CAPTURE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
AND WE ARE ENGAGED IN THE INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THIS WORK
AND IT'S ANOTHER WAY, AS I SAID, TO POSITION OURSELVES, TO CHALLENGE OURSELVES, TO DO MORE AND INFLUENCE OTHERS
UNDERWATER NOISE, AS I SAID, WAS ONE OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS
UNDERWATER NOISE IS ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN FOR LARGE VESSELS IN PUGET SOUND
IT IS A CONCERN IDENTIFIED IN TERMS OF A KEY FACTOR AFFECTING SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES
AND THE GOVERNOR'S TASK FORCE HAD RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT ADDRESSING THE IMPACTS OF UNDERWATER NOISE FROM LARGE VESSELS
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN WAS ENGAGED AND HELPED CRAFT LANGUAGE THAT PUT THE PORT IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN THAT WORK
AND THE PORT OF SEATTLE DID STEP FORWARD AND INITIATED THIS WORK, PROVIDED STAFFING A FUNDED EARLY STARTUP, AND REALLY BROUGHT TOGETHER A PARTNERSHIP THAT RESULTED IN THE CREATION OF WHAT IS NOW THE QUIET SOUND PROGRAM
AND THAT REALLY IS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN JUST TWO YEARS TO GO FROM HAVING NOTHING TO HAVING AN ESTABLISHED PROGRAM WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS, FUNDING AND STAFFING, JUST REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF AND EXCITED ABOUT
AND I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND ALL PORT COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR SUPPORTING THE STAFF AND KIND OF GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND
ALTHOUGH CRUISE SHIPS ARE GENERALLY QUIETER THAN OTHER LARGE VESSELS, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AS MUCH THE FOCUS OF THIS WORK BECAUSE THEY TEND TO HAVE LOW VIBRATION AND LOWER NOISE FOR THE PASSENGER COMFORT
WE DO EXPECT CRUISE LINES WILL ENGAGE IN THIS VOLUNTARY PROGRAM OVER TIME AS THEY START PILOTING VESSEL SLOWDOWNS AND OTHER ACTIONS
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AHEAD TO DEVELOP AN UNDERWATER NOISE MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN
STEPHANIE MENTIONED OUR GREEN MARINE CERTIFICATION AND RANKING
OUR DEVELOPMENT OF AN UNDERWATER NOISE MITIGATION MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL HELP US RAISE OUR SCORE IN THAT LAST CATEGORY TO BRING US UP TOWARDS A FIVE OUT OF FIVE ON THAT GREEN MARINE BENCHMARK
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SO CLIMATE AND AIR QUALITY
THIS IS WHERE I SPEND THE REST MOST OF THE REST OF THE TIME
THE NORTHWEST PORTS CLEAN AIR STRATEGY IS ONE YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT IT'S REALLY THE FOUNDATION OF ALL OUR WORK
THE PORT OF SEATTLE, PORT OF TACOMA, NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE AND VANCOUVER HAVE BEEN COLLABORATING ON THIS WORK FOR OVER 15 YEARS AND IT REALLY IS A UNIQUE SITUATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL CROSS BORDER COLLABORATION BETWEEN COMPETING PORTS
IN 2021, WE HAD A MAJOR UPDATE WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY COMMISSION AND THAT DID INCLUDE THE GOAL TO PHASE OUT EMISSIONS BY 2050, WHICH REALLY DOES GIVE US THAT CLEAR VISION
THE WORK OF THE STRATEGY APPLIES IN AN AIRSHED AND THIS MAP SHOWS THE VERY LARGE AIRSHED THAT WE WORK IN HERE IN THE NORTHWEST
SO THE DARK GREEN IS THE AIRSHED AND THIS IS WHERE WE ACCOUNT FOR EMISSIONS
SO THE MARITIME RELATED EMISSIONS THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR WITHIN THAT DARK GREEN, AND THE ACTIONS THAT WE LOOK TO ACHIEVE ARE IN THAT DARK GREEN
THIS IS SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER THAN MOST PORTS
MOST PORTS ARE MUCH CLOSER TO THE OPEN OCEAN, AND SO THEIR AIRSHED IS VERY SMALL, AND THAT'S THE AREA WHERE THEY ACCOUNT FOR THEIR MISSIONS AND ACTIONS
OURS, ON THE OTHER HAND, BECAUSE OF THE LIKE THE FUGITIVE SOUND AND THE STRAIT OF WANDA FUSA, IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER
AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE DO THINGS LIKE BENCHMARK AND COMPARE
FOR US AS THE PORT OF SEATTLE, OUR PORT SPECIFIC ACTIONS, CRUISE SHIP EMISSIONS, DOES REPRESENT A LARGE AND THE PREDOMINANT PART OF OUR OVERALL EMISSIONS, 68% OF OUR PORT EMISSIONS ARE FROM THE CRUISE LINES AND THE CRUISE INDUSTRY AND PREDOMINANTLY THE OCEAN GOING VESSELS
SO HAVING A FOCUS ON CRUISE IS CRITICAL FOR US TO MEET OUR LONG TERM GOALS
AND I DID WANT TO SET THE STAGE BY TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY WITH OUR PROGRESS ON REDUCING EMISSIONS
SO FROM 2005 TO 2016, WE'VE SEEN AN 80% REDUCTION IN DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER
SO THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION, AND THAT IS WHAT REALLY AFFECTS LOCAL AIR QUALITY
SO 80% REDUCTION
WE'VE SEEN 17 OR ABOUT A 20% REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GASES BETWEEN THE YEARS 2005 AND 2016
AND SO, AGAIN, WE ARE WELL UNDERWAY
THESE ACTIONS THAT THE PORT TOOK TO BOTH ADVOCATE FOR AN EMISSIONS CONTROL AREA AND LANDSLIDE ACTIONS AND ELECTRIFYING EQUIPMENT HAVE REALLY HELPED DRIVE THIS REDUCTION IN POLLUTANTS NEXT SLIDE
SO THE NORTHWEST PORTS CLEAN AIR STRATEGY CHALLENGED EACH PORT TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT HAD DETAILED ACTIONS, AND THAT IS WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR, THE PORT OF MARITIME CLIMATE AND AIR ACTION PLAN
AND THIS PLAN IDENTIFIES 43 DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS BY 50% BY 2030, WHICH IS OUR INTERIM GOAL
19 OF THE STRATEGIES IN THIS DOCUMENT ARE FOCUSED ON ADDRESSING EMISSIONS FROM THE MARITIME INDUSTRY, OF COURSE, OF WHICH CRUISE AND THE CRUISE OPERATIONS ARE OUR BIGGEST SOURCE
WITHIN EACH OF THE STRATEGIES IN THIS PLAN, WE IDENTIFY SPECIFIC MEASURABLE ACTIONS FOR THREE, FIVE, AND TEN YEAR TIME PERIOD
SO 2023, 2025, AND 2030
SO THIS PLAN DOES COVER SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT WE CAN TAKE AS A PORT FOR THOSE AREAS THAT WE DIRECTLY CONTROL, AS WELL AS ACTIONS OF INFLUENCE AND ADVOCACY
SO THERE AYE FOUR KEY AREAS THAT IMPACT CRUISE DIRECTLY THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON
THE FIRST IS INSTALLING SHORE POWER
THE COMMITMENT IS THAT WE WILL HAVE SHORE POWER AT ALL CRUISE TERMINALS BY 2030
WE, OF COURSE, HAVE THOSE AT TERMINAL 91, AND WE'RE UNDERWAY IN DOING THAT AT PIER 66
WE'VE ALSO COMMITTED TO REACH 100% OF HOMEPORT CRUISE VESSELS EQUIPPED WITH SHORE POWER
CURRENTLY, WE ARE AT ABOUT 54%
SO IN THE 2022 SEASON, ABOUT 54% OF THE VESSELS ARE SHORE POWER CAPABLE
THE EXPECTATION IS BY 2030, WE WOULD HAVE 100% SHORE POWER CAPABLE
SUPPORTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS IS A LARGE PART OF OUR STRATEGY BECAUSE OCEAN GOING VESSELS IS THE KEY CONTRIBUTOR AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT IN OUR DIRECT CONTROL
SO BEING PART OF EFFORTS LIKE GETTING TO ZERO COALITION AND OTHER CROSS PORT AND CROSS INDUSTRY INITIATIVES THAT ARE INVESTING IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND BEST PRACTICES, IT'S GOING TO BE A CRITICAL STRATEGY FOR US
ADVOCATING FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL POLICIES AND REGULATIONS WERE APPROPRIATE THAT MOVE TOWARDS CLEAN FUELS AND GENERAL EMMISSION SHIPS IS ALSO CRITICAL
AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK HAS PROVIDED STRONG LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA AND OUR OUTREACH WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER WAYS WE CAN ENGAGE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
THIS AREA IS REALLY CRITICAL
IT'S WHERE WE DON'T HAVE DIRECT CONTROL
IT'S WHERE WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE, BUT IT IS WHERE THE PORT CAN INFLUENCE, CAN TRY TO CATALYZE INNOVATION AND HELP DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF ZERO MISSION SHIPS
THE FOURTH AREA OF STRATEGIES IS WHAT I CALL RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT'S REALLY SUPPORTING WHERE WE CAN RESEARCH INTO CLEAN FUELS AND STARTING TO INVEST IN THE LAND SIDE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THIS ULTIMATE TRANSITION
THE NEXT SLIDE, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC ASPECT
SO PLANNING FOR PORTS OF CLEAN ENERGY HUBS
THE PORT OF SEATTLE HAS A REALLY STRONG OPPORTUNITY TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS AN INNOVATOR, WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY DONE IN MANY WAYS, AND A CLEAN ENERGY HUB
THE LANDSCAPE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT A CLEAN MARITIME INDUSTRY IS SIGNIFICANT AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT BODY OF WORK AND IT'LL BE A SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION EFFORT TO PREPARE FOR THAT NO SMALL TASK
WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THE PORT IS READY AND WELL POSITIONED TO SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY AS WE MOVE FORWARD
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY LEADING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SEATTLE WATERFRONT CLEAN ENERGY STRATEGY
WE'VE ENGAGED WITH THE SEATTLE CITY LIGHT AND THE NORTHWEST SEAPORT ALLIANCE TO CONDUCT THIS WORK, WHICH IS LOOKING AT ASSESSING THE CURRENT ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE, LOOKING AT DEMAND FORECASTING OF WHAT NEEDS ARE COMING IN THE NEXT 30 YEARS, WHAT'S THE GRID OPTIMIZATION, WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND POLICIES AND PRACTICES DO WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE TO BE READY? SO THIS WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY
WE'RE ACTUALLY GIVING A BRIEFING OF UPDATE OF THIS WORK AT TOMORROW'S SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING, AND WE EXPECT THIS WORK TO BE COMPLETED
AT LEAST THIS ROADMAP FOR HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR
WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO BE FUEL AGNOSTIC, AS WE SAY
SO WE AREN'T REALLY WANTING TO SAY THERE'S ONE FUEL SOURCE OR ONE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD
SO WE ARE WORKING TO INVEST AND HELP RESEARCH IN OTHER AREAS
AND CLEAN HYDROGEN IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE BEGUN TO PARTNER WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO EXPLORE IF THAT'S A GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR THIS INDUSTRY AND WHETHER WE AS A PORT CAN SUPPORT THAT
AND IN TERMS OF LARGE STORAGE FOR HYDROGEN
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY ENGAGED WITH PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABS, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SEATTLE CITY LIGHT, TO EXPLORE HYDROGEN APPLICATIONS AND LARGE STORAGE HERE IN SEATTLE
YOU HAD A PRESENTATION ON THIS JUST TWO WEEKS AGO AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, SO I WAS NOT PLANNING TO SPEND TIME TODAY GOING INTO DETAIL ON THAT
BUT THESE ARE REALLY EXCITING PARTNERSHIPS AND OPPORTUNITIES
AND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION TO BRING YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOR INVESTMENTS TO MAKE THIS TRANSITION
AND IT IS A BIG LIFT
I DON'T WANT TO UNDERSELL THE MONUMENTAL EFFORT TO LOOK AT TRANSFORMING THE WATERFRONT AND BRINGING IN ENOUGH CLEAN POWER TO DO WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND TO ACHIEVE THAT VISION
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A LOT MORE INFORMATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS FOR YOU
NEXT SLIDE I WANT TO TOUCH ON ENGAGING NEARPORT COMMUNITIES
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOTH THE CLEAN AIR STRATEGY AND THE CLIMATE AND AIR ACTION PLAN FOR STAFF CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, NGOS, AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS
WE HAD OVER 25 ORGANIZATIONS AND REPRESENTATIVES, PART OF AN ONGOING STAKEHOLDER COMMITTEE
AS WE DEVELOPED THESE PLANS AND STRATEGIES, WE THEN, FROM THE DIRECTION OF COMMISSION, EXTENDED OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS SO WE CAN TAKE A DEEPER DIVE, ESPECIALLY INTO THE DUWAMISH VALLEY AREA
WE HELD MULTIPLE COMMUNITY WEBINARS, WE DID INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS
WE HAD A SURVEY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK ON OUR PLANS AND STRATEGIES FROM THE COMMUNITY
CERTAINLY CRUISE EMISSIONS CAME UP AS A TOPIC, AND WE'VE INCORPORATED A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED INTO THE STRATEGIES OF THE CLIMATE ERROR PLAN
A NUMBER OF THOSE WERE AROUND EQUITY, FUTURE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, TRANSPARENCY, AND EMISSIONS TRACKING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
THE ENGAGEMENT DOESN'T STOP
WE'VE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING ONGOING ENGAGEMENT AND DEVELOPING TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
AND WE CONVENED A LISTENING SESSION IN MARCH WITH THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR HOW THEY WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD AND WORK WITH THEM ON THIS TOPIC
WE ALSO AYE PARTICIPATING IN THE DUWAMISH VALLEY CLEAN AIR PROGRAM
THIS IS DRCC LED EFFORT WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER AGENCIES AND ACADEMIC PARTNERS AND NONPROFITS TO WORK ON IMPROVING AIR QUALITY AND REDUCING ASTHMA IN THE DUWAMISH VALLEY
AND WE'RE GLAD TO BE PART OF THIS EFFORT WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND THEN WE ALSO ARE WORKING TO IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAYBOOK
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED JOINTLY BETWEEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL TEAM AND THE EQUITY DIVERSITY INCLUSION OFFICE TO SAY, HOW CAN WE BETTER LEARN HOW TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY? WHAT ARE THE BEST PRACTICES, WHAT ARE THE TECHNIQUES THAT ARE EFFECTIVE? AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PLAYBOOK TO HELP GUIDE OUR WORK MOVING FORWARD
NEXT SLIDE WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
STEPHANIE MENTIONED IT, AND I'VE REFERRED TO IT THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCOUNTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY, TRACKING AND TRANSPARENCY IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING OUR WORK
WE CAN'T KNOW IF WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, IF WE AREN'T MEASURING AND TRACKING OUR ACTIONS AS WELL AS OUR MISSIONS
SO WE DO PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO COLLECTING DATA AND CUTTING THE DATA VARIOUS WAYS TO HELP US DECIDE WHAT ACTIONS ARE WORKING AND WHERE WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS, WE'RE COMMITTING TO CONTINUE TO DO IT, AND I WANT TO WALK THROUGH A NUMBER OF THE REPORTING AND DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO
SO ONE, WE DO AN ANNUAL MARITIME GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS INVENTORY, WHICH COVERS ALL PORT OWNED SOURCES OF EMISSIONS
THAT IS DONE ANNUALLY, AND THE DATA IS PUBLISHED ONLINE
WE ALSO DO AN EMISSIONS INVENTORY OF OUR SCOPE
THREE SOURCES, OR THESE ARE THE INDUSTRY SOURCES
WE DO THAT EVERY FIVE YEARS
THE LAST ONE WAS FOR 2016
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THE 2021 DATA FOR THAT INVENTORY
AT THE JUNE 7 MANAGING MEMBER MEETING, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVE IN THEIR LOCAL AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE OUR FUNDING CONTRIBUTION TO THIS PUGET SOUND WIDE EFFORT
BUT THE DATA FOR THAT EFFORT, WE WON'T HAVE UNTIL THE YEAR 2023
SO NEXT YEAR, IT'S VERY LABOR INTENSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE EFFORT TO COLLECT ALL THIS DATA
WE DO ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORTS FOR THE NORTHWEST PORTS CLEAN AIR STRATEGY
WE'VE DONE THOSE CONSISTENTLY, AND THEY'RE ALL PUBLISHED ONLINE
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THOSE, AS WELL AS AN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR OUR MARITIME CLIMATE AND AIR ACTION PLAN, AND THAT WILL INCLUDE OUR TRACKING OF PROGRESS AGAINST OUR PERFORMANCE METRUCK
WE ARE ALSO DOING QUARTERLY UPDATES, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR, AND WE AGREED
WE ARE KING COUNTY WITH TACOMA AND THE SEA PART ALLIANCE, A COMMUNITY QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER
THE FIRST ONE JUST CAME OUT LAST MONTH
I HOPE YOU'VE SEEN IT
IF NOT, WE WILL GET YOU A COPY
IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO SHARE SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND OUTCOMES AND PILOTS AND TESTING AND DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE'RE DOING
AND IT'S A FUN READ, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO DOING THAT ON A QUARTERLY BASIS
WE'RE ALSO COLLABORATING WITH THE ALLIANCE ON IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR WEBSITE
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THERE NOT ALWAYS EASY TO ACCESS, AND WE HOPE BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO HAVE A MORE ACCESSIBLE WEBSITE
AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FOR THE PORT, HIRING A NEW POSITION TO SUPPORT OUR EMISSIONS TRACKING ACROSS BOTH THE SEAPORT AND THE AIRPORT
AND THAT POSITION WILL REALLY HELP US KIND OF COLLECT DATA AND ANALYZE DATA
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SO THERE'S A LOT CAPTURED IN THE SLIDES THAT I JUST COVERED, BUT REALLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO MOVE FORWARD IN ACHIEVING OUR GOALS IS A LOT OF FOCUS ON THESE CROSS SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS, HAVING THE SUPPORTIVE POLICIES FROM THE COMMISSION AND FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS, NEW FUNDING FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS WILL BE DECISIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WE WILL NEED TO MAKE AND REALLY SUPPORTING AFFORDABLE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND RESEARCH WILL BE KEY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUILDING THAT CAPACITY
AND AS STEPHANIE MENTIONED, THERE'S CONNECTION WITH WORKFORCE TRAINING AND GREEN JOBS THAT REALLY ALL KIND OF ROLL INTO THE HOLISTIC VIEW OF HOW WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS
WE HAVE BEEN BOLD
WE WANT TO CONTINUE BEING BOLD AND HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY
THE WORK AHEAD OF US IS DIFFICULT, AND SOMETIMES IT'S GOING TO BE INTENSIVE AND CERTAINLY WILL TAKE TIME
BUT WE ARE ON A PATH TO REALLY WORKING TO DECARBONIZE THE MARITIME INDUSTRY, INCLUDING THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER TOOLS THAT I KNOW WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT IN TERMS OF INCENTIVES, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE COVERING THAT IN THE NEXT SESSION
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO PASS THE PRESENTATION BACK TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
THANKS, SANDY
MR PRESIDENT, DID WE WANT TO STOP HERE FOR QUESTIONS OR WE CAN KEEP GOING WITH THE I THINK WE SHOULD I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A MOMENT TO GO AROUND AND GIVE EACH PERSON OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS
AND I THINK WE'LL GO REVERSE ALPHABETICAL
SO WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STEPHANIE AND SANDRA FOR THIS REALLY IMPORTANT PRESENTATION AND ALSO YOUR LEADERSHIP
I KNOW BOTH OF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN A LEADER IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SPACE AND UNDERSTAND THIS INDUSTRY REALLY WELL
SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE EXPERTISE THAT YOU GUYS ARE BRINGING
AND THIS IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT STUDY SESSION
I REMEMBER SAYING TO AARON HOW I'M SO CURIOUS TO HEAR WHAT COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN THINKS AND HOW WE CHANGE THIS INDUSTRY AND HOW CAN WE TALK AS A GROUP AROUND THIS ISSUE? BECAUSE THREE OF US TOGETHER, THAT'S A QUORUM
AND SO IT IS REALLY CHALLENGING TO PARTNER TOGETHER AND HAVE OPEN CONVERSATIONS AROUND THIS ISSUE
THERE IS CLEARLY AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO CRUISE
IT CREATES A LOT OF JOBS IN OUR REGION, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS TO ME ARE GREATER
AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M WRESTLING WITH AS WE ARE TALKING TODAY ABOUT THIS
AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE DATA COLLECTION
SANDRA, YOU WERE JUST SAYING YOU GUYS PUBLISH THE SCOPE THREE DATA OR YOU'RE GOING TO PUBLISH SOME DATA IN 2023
THE SCOPE THREE DATA
IS THAT GOING TO BE PUBLISHED ONLINE? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION
YES
THAT'S THE PUGET SOUND WIDE EMISSIONS INVENTORY
SO THAT IS NOT JUST US, BUT THE MARITIME INDUSTRY
AND WE DO THAT IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER PARTNERS
IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DO A FULL YEAR COLLECTION OF ALL THE SOURCES
ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, IT IS AVAILABLE PUBLICLY, AND WE WILL HAVE IT ONLINE
AND WE HAVE THE PAST MISSIONS INVENTORIES CURRENTLY ON OUR WEBSITE
GREAT
AND THEN IN REGARDS TO THAT AS WELL, I KNOW YOU ALSO SAID THAT YOU'RE HIRING A POSITION TO SUPPORT SOME OF THAT DATA COLLECTION
IS ALL OF THAT INFORMATION GOING TO LIVE IN ONE PLACE TOGETHER ON OUR WEBSITE? HOW DO YOU IMAGINE THAT INFORMATION BEING SHARED WITH THE PUBLIC? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION
YES
THE INFORMATION IS ALL AVAILABLE, AND WE AYE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON WEBSITE IMPROVEMENTS TO HELP MAKE IT EASILY ACCESSIBLE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT
I THINK THE NEW POSITION THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING ON WILL KIND OF HELP US FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE, BOTH IN KIND OF THE BULK OF THE RAW DATA, AS WELL AS FIGURING OUT HOW TO PRESENT SHORTER SUMMARIES FOR THE PUBLIC
SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON AND DEFINITELY OPEN TO FEEDBACK AND IDEAS OF WHAT'S WORKING AND NOT WORKING AS WE BUILD OUT THAT WEBSITE AND MAKE SURE IT'S USER FRIENDLY TO THE RIGHT AUDIENCES
THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL
THANK YOU
MY NEXT QUESTION WAS AROUND SHORE POWER AND CONTRACT AGREEMENTS
STEPHANIE, I KNOW YOU SAID THAT'S IN OUR TOOLBOX TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR CONTRACTS AS A WAY TO CUT ADMISSIONS
IT SOUNDS LIKE IN THE CONTRACTS TODAY THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT IN THERE REQUIRING FOLKS TO PLUG INTO SHORE POWER
IS THAT ACCURATE? AM I HEARING THAT CORRECTLY? YEAH
SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT IT'S DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT CONTRACTS BECAUSE WE ENTERED INTO THEM AT DIFFERENT TIMES
IN OUR MULTI YEAR BERTHING AGREEMENT WITH CARNIVAL CORPORATION, WE REQUIRE ANY VESSEL THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH SHORELINE TO PLUG IN
AND WE ALSO REQUIRE THAT THEY REPORT OUT TO US EACH WEEK, KIND OF AFTER THE WEEKEND TO LET US KNOW WHAT HAPPENED
I ACTUALLY HAVE A WHITEBOARD IN FRONT OF MY OFFICE THAT I TRACK THAT EACH WEEK
SO THAT'S THE CARNIVAL CORPORATION
AND ACTUALLY THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE ALL EXCEPT ONE OF THEIR VESSELS IS SHORE POWER EQUIPPED
WE DO NOT HAVE THAT CURRENTLY IN OUR LEASE WITH NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINES, AND WE DO NOT HAVE THAT IN OUR TARIFF EITHER
SO WE HAVE IT IN SOME, BUT NOT IN OTHERS, BUT NONE OF OUR JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY AGREEMENTS THAT CURRENTLY REQUIRE CRUISE LINES TO ONLY BRING VESSELS THAT CAN BE PLUGGED INTO SHORE POWER
SO WE REQUIRE THEM IF THEY HAVE IT TO PLUG IN
AND WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO INCLUDE IT IN OUR TARIFFS AND FUTURE CONTRACTS? SO I THINK WE WANT TO DO SOME THINKING ABOUT HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO IMPLEMENT BECAUSE ONE VESSELS DECIDE ON THEY NEED TIME TO EITHER CHANGE THEIR ITINERARY OR MAKE CHANGES TO THE VESSELS
SO I THINK THAT ONE TO PUT IT IN OUR LEASE AGREEMENTS
ANY LEASE THAT WE HAVE, IT IS A NEGOTIATION
SO WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH WHAT WORKS FOR OUR TENANTS TO DO THAT
TARIFFS THERE ARE RULES
AND THAT BEING SAID, THUS FAR WE'VE LIMITED THAT TO THINGS THAT ARE MORE WE DID BAN AT BERTH DISCHARGE OF SCRUBBER WASH WATER AT BERTH THROUGH THE TARIFF
I THINK THINGS THAT ARE BIGGER LIFTS, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO ME TO USE OUR LONGER TERM AGREEMENTS, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING
BUT THE TARIFF IS NOT A NEGOTIATION THAT'S HELPFUL
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THAT DOES ANSWER MY QUESTION
THANK YOU
BUT I ACTUALLY DO THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY GOING FORWARD IN ENTERING INTO LONGER TERM AGREEMENTS TO DO THAT AND OTHER THINGS THAT'S HELPFUL
I WILL PAUSE THERE AND GIVE TIME FOR MY COLLEAGUES TO ASK QUESTIONS
THANK YOU, PRESIDENT CALKINS, STEPHANIE SANDY AND DIRECTOR METRUCK
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BRINGING THIS PUBLIC CRUISE STUDY SESSION TO US AS COMMISSIONERS, AS A FULL COMMISSION, AS WELL AS TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE TUNING IN ONLINE
I WILL NOTE THAT WE ARE IN PERSON AT PIER 69, WHERE FOLKS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME AND INVITED TO JOIN US, INCLUDING FOR OUR PUBLIC MEETING TAKING PLACE LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE STUDY SESSION, FOR THE TRANSPARENCY AND AWARENESS THAT IT BRINGS TO SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, AND INDUSTRY WITH TREMENDOUS ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS THAT HAS A CONTINUED GROWING INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE, WHICH WAS, I THINK, ALSO REINFORCED TODAY WITH AN ARTICLE IN THE SEATTLE TIMES BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD
AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN MY QUESTIONS STICKING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS PRESENTATION, WHICH IS REALLY ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, AND ALSO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE'S ALSO A PUBLIC HEALTH IMPACT THAT WE ARE ALSO SEEING AS CREWS CONTINUES TO OPERATE IN AN ONGOING PANDEMIC
SO I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPLAUD THE PORT'S EFFORTS TO PROTECTING PUGET SOUND WATERS FROM WASTEWATER SEWAGE DISCHARGE, AS WELL AS THE EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEM WASH WATER
I'M WONDERING, THOUGH, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CRUISE SHIP CROSSES JURISDICTIONAL LINES? SO SHALL I ANSWER THAT, EXECUTIVE? SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AGREEMENTS FOR, AS YOU SAID, STATE LINE
SO WHEN THEY'RE IN OTHER STATES OR OTHER COUNTRIES, THE REGULATIONS IN THOSE COUNTRIES WILL APPLY
THANK YOU
YEAH
SO ON SLIDE 20 OF YOUR PRESENTATION, IT NOTES THAT THE 2021 CRUISE LINE
IN 2021, THE CRUISE LINES AGREED TO VOLUNTARILY PAUSE WASH WATER DISCHARGE PENDING RESULTS FROM A THIRD PARTY STUDY ASSESSING WATER QUALITY IMPACTS
I'M WONDERING WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING MEASURED AND WHEN CAN WE EXPECT A FINAL REPORT? FINALLY, I'M WONDERING IF THIS COULD SPUR LEGISLATIVE ACTION AT THE STATE OR FEDERAL LEVEL
WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH CLIA ECOLOGY ON OUTLINING THE DETAILS OF THAT STUDY
WE ARE LOOKING AT AN OUTSIDE AGENCY THAT WILL DO IT AND WILL NOT BE CONDUCTED IN HOUSE
SO WE HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED OUT ALL THE DETAILS, BUT WE KNOW WE WILL BE LOOKING AT HOW THE DISCHARGES COMPARE WITH OUR STATE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND LOOKING AT THOSE TYPE OF IMPACTS WITHIN PUGET SOUND
I THINK WE HAD HOPED TO FINISH IT THIS YEAR, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY 2023, BUT THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS TO GET IT COMPLETED THIS YEAR
MAY I ADD ON TO THAT
I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO LOOK AT WELL, WE ARE CONDUCTING THIS STUDY, AND UNTIL THAT STUDY IS DONE, THERE WILL NOT BE DISCHARGE IN PUGET SOUND
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT SCIENCE LIKE WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL WE KNOW IT'S HARMFUL, OR YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISCHARGE OR WHATEVER THE ACTION IS UNTIL WE KNOW IT'S SAFE
SO WE TOOK THAT SECOND PROACTIVE
I THINK FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, WHILE CERTAINLY I THINK IT'S BETTER TO DO IT QUICKER, THERE IS NOT DISCHARGE HAPPENING AT THIS POINT IN TIME
AND PART OF THE REASON WE WERE ABLE TO REACH THIS AGREEMENT, AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S BEEN STUDIES DONE AROUND THE WORLD, SOME SHOW THAT IT'S SAFE, SOME SHOW THAT IT'S NOT
BUT IN PUGET SOUND, IT'S A SPECIAL BODY OF WATER
AND THE STUDIES DONE ELSEWHERE DON'T NECESSARILY APPLY HERE
SO IN MY POINT OF VIEW, IF WE ARE TO FIND THAT EXHAUST GAS SCRUBBER DISCHARGE IS NOT SAFE AND FUGITIVE SOUND THROUGH THIS STUDY, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST TOOL TO MAKE SURE THAT DISCHARGE DOES NOT HAPPEN
AND IF WE FIND THROUGH THIS STUDY THAT THE DISCHARGE OF EXHAUST GAS SCRUBBER SYSTEMS IS NOT HARMFUL, THEN WE WOULD ALSO ACT ACCORDINGLY
SO I'M WAITING ON THE RESULTS OF THAT STUDY
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE STILL NOT SURE WHEN A FINAL REPORT COULD BE ANTICIPATED
I THINK THAT'S CORRECT
OKAY, THANK YOU
MY NEXT QUESTION RELATES TO CARNIVAL CORPORATION
SO UNTIL RECENTLY, THERE WAS AN INDEPENDENT STATE OF ALASKA OBSERVERS PROGRAM
UNTIL 2019, THEY PROVIDED INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL OVERSIGHT ON THE CRUISE INDUSTRY SAILING IN OUR WATERS, WITH MANY OF THEM ALSO EMBARKING TO AND FROM SEATTLE AND WASHINGTON WATERS, THOUGH WITH ALASKA STATE PROGRAM HEAVILY DEFUNDED, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ALASKAN CRUISE SEASON WITHOUT INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
AND I'M WONDERING WHAT ACTIONS CAN WE TAKE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE TO SUPPORT STRONGER OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CRUISE SHIPS AND THE CRUISE SHIP INDUSTRY? SO JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS OF CLARIFICATION
SO THE FUNDING IS ACTUALLY STILL BEING COLLECTED FOR THAT PROGRAM
THE STATE OF ALASKA HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE MAY BE BETTER PLACES TO USE THAT FUNDING EITHER, FOR INSTANCE, SUPPORTING INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN SMALL PORT COMMUNITIES, POTENTIALLY SHORE POWER
I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT IDEAS
I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW TO WHAT I UNDERSTAND TALKING IS I WAS ACTUALLY PERSONALLY SURPRISED BY THAT
I TALKED TO PORTS IN ALASKA, AND WHAT I HEARD FROM THEM IS THEY FELT THAT FUNDING WOULD BE BETTER DIRECTED ELSEWHERE
I'M SURE THAT DOES NOT SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY
I WOULD SAY I FEEL DEFERENTIAL TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN ALASKA ABOUT WHAT MAKES SENSE IN ALASKA
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THERE ARE MANY LAYERS OF REGULATIONS
IT WAS A GREAT VIDEO JUST THE OTHER DAY OF THE COAST GUARD GOING ON THE VESSEL AND INVESTIGATING DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY OBSERVES THERE'S COAST GUARD, EPA, DEPARTMENT OF ALASKA, THERE AYE LAYERS OF REGULATION IN PLACE
AND I KNOW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTOR METRUCK ALSO HAS PRETTY EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE IN THIS AREA AS WELL
SO, COMMISSIONER, THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION
IF I CAN JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, TOO, AS THOUGH STEPHANIE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT REGULATORY REGIME, BECAUSE THERE'S BOTH AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND THEN THE FLAG STATE LEVEL, THEY HAVE REGULATIONS THAT ARE IN PLACE REGARDING THE DISCHARGE
AND THE DISCHARGE FROM VESSELS IS WHEREVER THEY ARE, WHETHER THEY'RE IN US WATERS OR THEY'RE IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS
AND THEN THE COAST GUARD HAS THE REGIME
AND THAT'S WHY THEY DO A BOARDING OF VESSELS WHEN THEY COME IN CHECKING THEIR RECORD BOOKS, BECAUSE I THINK PRIMARILY YOU MAY BE TALKING ABOUT OIL
I'M NOT SURE WHICH DISCHARGES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE EACH ONE OF THOSE DISCHARGES IS REGULATED BY SIGNATORIES TO AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT CALLED THE MARINE POLLUTION ACT, WHICH HAS EACH ONE OF THESE THINGS, WHETHER IT BE PLASTICS, WHETHER IT BE SEWAGE, WHETHER IT BE OIL, WHETHER IT BE NOT JUST LIQUID SUBSTANCES
THEY'RE ALL UNDER THIS REQUIREMENT, AND THEN THEY'RE IN PLACE AND THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN RECORDS AND THEY HAVE THINGS FOR OIL
THEY HAVE SYSTEMS THAT RECORD THE ACTUAL OIL DISCHARGES
AND SO THEN IN TURN, WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THESE CASES, THERE'S SYSTEMS HAVE TO BE BYPASSED
BUT IT'S REALLY THIS OVERSIGHT FROM, I WOULD SAY FROM THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND THE FLAG STATE LEVEL IN THE CLASS SOCIETIES THAT LOOK AT THESE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPLIANCE
SO I THINK THAT'S FOR US AS A NON REGULATORY BODY, I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THAT INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S IN PLACE AND SEEING IF THERE'S ANY GAPS IN THAT
I THINK THAT'S WHAT ALASKA WAS TRYING TO LOOK AT IN THEIR EFFORT
SO I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT ALASKA DID
BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS THE STATE OF ALASKA, THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY THAT TOOK THAT ACTION
SORRY
JUST ONE QUICK ADDITION
THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WE HAVE WITH CLIA AND ECOLOGY AND US ALSO HAS ECOLOGY DOING VESSEL INSPECTIONS HERE AT BERTH AND SIMILAR TO WHAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JUST SAID, THEY LOOK AT THE LOG BOOKS, THE RECORD KEEPING VISUAL INSPECTIONS OF ALL OF THE WASTE AND DISCHARGE SYSTEM
SO THAT HAPPENS HERE AT FIRST
ALSO, THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT INFORMATION
AND I THINK THAT OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY IS PRUDENT, PARTICULARLY WHEN KNOW THAT THERE IS A HISTORY OF NON COMPLIANCE OR INFRACTIONS
FOR EXAMPLE, CARNIVAL CORPORATION JUST CAME OFF OF FEDERAL FELONY CRIMINAL PROBATION FOR THE MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS ON SLIDE TEN
IT READS THAT CARNIVAL CORPORATION REPRESENTS 39% OF CRUISE PASSENGERS COMING THROUGH THE PORT OF SEATTLE WAS AN EXTENSION OPTION THROUGH THE END OF NEXT YEAR
SO I'M WONDERING WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW TO ENSURE THAT THE MAJORITY OF PASSENGERS WILL BE RIDING UPON SHIPS THAT ARE LEADING ON ENVIRONMENTALISM
YEAH
THANKS, COMMISSIONER
SO THAT IS WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SHORE POWER IN THAT METRUCK
IN THAT AGREEMENT, WE ALSO WILL SAY THAT HOLLAND AND PRINCESS, WHICH ARE PART OF THE CARNIVAL GROUP, THEY WERE THE FIRST TO STOP DISCHARGING AND PUGET SOUND AND OTHER LINES FOLLOWED SUIT
SO I BELIEVE THAT HERE AND I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE REST OF THE WORLD ACKNOWLEDGING THAT ISSUES YOU'VE JUST RAISED HERE, THEY HAVE BEEN ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS, AND I BELIEVE WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING WITH THEM TO CONTINUE THAT
SO WHETHER A COMPANY IS A TRAILBLAZER OF ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS, WE DESCRIBE THEM OR JUST COMPLIANT ACTORS OR BAD ACTORS, HOW IS THAT TRACK RECORD INFLUENCING OUR DECISION AT THE PORT TO CONTRACT WITH THEM OR GIVE THEM LEASES? IS THIS A QUESTION THAT I SHOULD DEFER TO OUR GENERAL COUNSEL IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL LEGALITY OF WHAT WE INCLUDE IN WHO WE DO BUSINESS WITH? I CAN ALSO REFRAME THE QUESTION, OKAY
DO WE USE OUR LEASE OR BERTHING AGREEMENTS TODAY TO SPUR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES? WE ABSOLUTELY DO
THAT'S WHERE WE PUT AGAIN THE SHORE POWER REQUIREMENTS
AND WE HAVE NOT HAD SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN THIS JOB
AND IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REASONS I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS JOB
WHAT I SAW THAT SITTING IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHAIR, SO MANY OF THE WAY WE DEAL WITH OUR BUSINESSES, IF I SAY, HEY, I THINK WE PUGET TO REQUIRE SHORE POWER, BUT THE BUSINESS SAYS, NO, I DON'T THINK SO
WE'RE LIMITED IN THE CHANGE WE CAN DRIVE
SO WE ARE RELATIVELY NEW IN IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL EFFORTS THROUGH OUR LEASES
SO SINCE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED SHORE POWER REQUIREMENTS, AND AS WE RENEW, THOSE, I BELIEVE MUST BE STRENGTHENED
SO IT'S ABSOLUTELY A TOOL THAT WE CAN AND SHOULD USE
YOU NOTED THAT SEATTLE IS NECK AND NECK WITH VANCOUVER AS THE GREENEST PORT
VANCOUVER WILL ACTUALLY OFFER REDUCED FEES IF CRUISE LINES CAN SATISFY CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
IS THIS SOMETHING WE'VE PURSUED AT HOME IN THE PAST? AND IF NOT, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PURSUE IN THE FUTURE? SO, YES AND YES, PRIOR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EMISSION CONTROL AREA, WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM CALLED AT BERTH CLEAN FUELS, WHERE WE DID INCENTIVIZE USE OF CLEANER FUELS AT BERTH BEFORE THAT BECAME THE REGULATION
AND NOW WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE HOW WE DO MORE OF THAT
AND I BELIEVE ACTUALLY WE HAVE A WHOLE SLIDE ON THAT THAT SANDY WILL SPEAK IN MORE DETAIL, TOO
OKAY
YES
ON INCENTIVES, RIGHT
INCENTIVES TO ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES, YES, CORRECT
VERY GOOD
I SWEAR, MR PRESIDENT
OKAY
SLIDE 18 DEMONSTRATES THE PORT OF SEATTLE'S CURRENT GOAL TO ELIMINATE CARBON EMISSIONS BY 2050
HOW ARE WE DOING? ARE WE ON TRACK TO MEET THAT GOAL AND IF SO, BY HOW MUCH? SO WE ARE TRACKING THAT GOAL
AND THERE'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN OUR PORT OWNED SOURCES AND THE SCOPE THREE SOURCES
THIS LATEST EMISSIONS INVENTORY THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT EARLIER, THE FIVE YEAR WILL GIVE US THE LATEST INFORMATION
SO ON ONE OF THE SLIDES I SHOWED HOW BETWEEN 2005 AND 2016, WE HAVE DECREASED EMISSIONS BY 80% FOR DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER AND ALMOST 20% FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
THIS NEXT INVENTORY, THAT WILL BE THE YEAR 2021 WILL GIVE US THE MOST UP TO DATE DATA ON THAT PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF OUR SCOPE, THE PORT OVERALL BETWEEN THE AIRPORT AND THE SEAPORT, WE ARE ON TRACK TO MEETING OUR EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS IN LARGE PART DUE TO THE AIRPORT'S PURCHASE OF RENEWABLE FUELS FOR THE BUILDING HEATING IN THE SEAPORT SIDE OF THINGS
THE BIGGEST CHANGE THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT IS ON OUR FUTURE LIST FOR UPDATES IS MOVING OUR BUILDING HEATING AWAY FROM NATURAL GAS
AND THAT IS A PROJECT THAT WE ARE AWARE OF AND ONE THAT WE WILL BE SLOTTING INTO THE CAPITAL PROGRAM SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE
OKAY
AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE A HUGE PIECE OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY'S FOOTPRINT AND IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT
SO I WONDER HOW SEATTLE AND CANADA AND ALASKA CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO TRACK THAT IMPACT AND REDUCE IT RIGHT NOW
AGREED
RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING WITH VANCOUVER AND US AS PART OF THE NORTHWEST PORTS CLEAN AIR STRATEGY, AND WE DO THAT EMISSIONS COUNTING AND TRACKING, AND WE DO KIND OF BREAK IT OUT BY THESE DIFFERENT AIRSHIPS
SO THERE'S NOT DOUBLE COUNTING ALONG THE JOURNEY OF A VESSEL
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN IDEAS LIKE AS WE LOOK TO EXPLORE GREEN CORRIDOR AND OTHER COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS
THE EMISSIONS TRACKING WILL BE A KEY PART OF THAT, AND WE WILL BE DEFINING SYSTEMS BY WHICH WE CAN TRACK THAT CONSISTENTLY AND DO IT IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE DUPLICATION OR OVERLAP
AND WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT LONG GAME OF DATA COLLECTING AND TRACKING AND COLLABORATION, WE ARE ALSO SEEING THIS YEAR THE BUSIEST CRUISE SEASON WITH THE MOST NUMBER OF CALLS AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE IN HISTORY
LAST NOVEMBER, VOTERS IN KEY WEST, FLORIDA PASSED THREE INITIATIVES TO LIMIT THE SIZE OF CRUISE SHIPS, TO LIMIT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PASSENGERS PER DAY, AND TO GIVE PRIORITY TO SHIPS WITH BETTER ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES
DO WE HAVE A CAPACITY LIMIT FOR CRUISE SHIPS IN SEATTLE? SO IF I COULD TAKE A CRACK AT THAT AND ANSWER A COMMISSIONER
SO IF YOU LOOK AT SEATTLE, THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ON A CRUISE SHIP, OUR BIGGEST CRUISE SHIP IS ABOUT $5,000
IF YOU LOOK AT A GAME AT SAFECO FIELD, IS IT LIKE $35,000? IT'S ACTUALLY IN SEATTLE ITSELF
WITH THE CURRENT BERTH THAT WE HAVE, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WOULD REACH AN OVER CAPACITY ISSUE EVEN WITH ALL THREE AT ONCE
AT THE VERY BIGGEST SHIP, IT'S ABOUT 15,000 PASSENGERS A DAY COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS THAT PASS THROUGH THE AIRPORT OR GO TO SAFECO FIELD IN A CITY THE SIZE OF SEATTLE, I THINK I DO NOT SEE A CAPACITY CONSTRAINT IF WE ARE TO GO BACK TO CONSIDERING AN ADDITIONAL CRUISE TERMINAL WHICH WE ARE NOT AT THE MOMENT, AND I HAVE NOT HEARD AN APPETITE FOR THAT
I THINK WE'D HAVE TO RE ASKED THAT QUESTION, BUT GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE SEATTLE AND THE RELATIVELY SMALL SIZE OF THE NUMBER OF FOLKS COMING THROUGH ON CRUISE COMPARISON, I DON'T SEE THAT
I DO THINK THAT IS A QUESTION FOR COMMUNITIES IN ALASKA TO BE ANSWERING, POTENTIALLY MORE THAN FOR US
THANK YOU
THAT CONCLUDES MY LINE OF QUESTIONING
I ALSO WANT TO THANK STEPHANIE AND SANDY AND STEVE FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND FOR GOING DEEP INTO THIS TOPIC
I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS
ONE IS I HEAR A LOT WHEN DESCRIBING OUR AGREEMENTS WITH THE CRUISE LINES WHEN IT COMES TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT THEY'RE VOLUNTARY OR THEY'RE MOUS
AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THOSE AGREEMENTS, AYE, THAT THEY AYE, NOT LEGALLY BINDING
AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION HERE IS WHAT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE WITH THE CURRENT STRUCTURE? I UNDERSTAND THE TARIFFS WE HAVE SOME INFLUENCE OVER, BUT I GUESS THAT'S THE QUESTION
WHAT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS DO WE HAVE IN THE CASE OF NON COMPLIANCE FROM THESE TENANTS? SO IN OUR AGREEMENTS, LIKE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, ET CETERA, THEY ARE VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A REGULATOR WHERE WE HAVE AUTHORITY AS A LANDLORD, WHICH IS WHY USING OUR AGREEMENTS HAS BEEN A TOOL FOR US
AND WE HAVE OUR PARTNERSHIPS
WE ALSO WORK WITH REGULATORS LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY, SO WE CAN'T GO DOWN AND WE SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING
WE'RE NOT A REGULATOR
SO OUR TOOLS HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT
I THINK EITHER LIKE THE DATA COLLECTION THAT WE DO, WE HAVE MECHANISMS IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR OWN LEASES, FOR INSTANCE
BUT YES, WE ARE NOT A REGULATOR
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT BECAUSE IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR US TO HAVE GOOD PARTNERSHIPS WITH REGULATORS AND COORDINATE WITH THEM
I FEEL LIKE WE RUN INTO THIS ISSUE A LOT AS A PART, LIKE REMINDING OURSELVES THAT WE'RE NOT REGULATORS AND AS COMMISSIONERS, SOMETIMES IT'S A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THOSE REGULATORS EXIST, AND IT MIGHT JUST BE A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT WE GO TO THEM AND ASK THEM TO PARTAKE IN CERTAIN PRACTICES OR INSPECTIONS OR WHATNOT, SO THAT WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT WE WANT TO SEE
PERHAPS CERTAIN LAWS AND RULES DON'T EXIST, AND WE DO NEED TO GO TO THE STATE AND GET THOSE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS BEEFED UP A LITTLE BIT
SO I APPRECIATE THAT DISTINCTION
AND I HOPE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT THE PORT OF SEATTLE IS NOT A REGULATOR
IT'S UNFORTUNATE
THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WAS IF YOU WOULD JUST ENTERTAIN MY SCENARIO, IF WE JUST PLAYED HYPOTHETICAL HERE AND LET'S JUST SAY THAT TOMORROW WE DECIDED WE DIDN'T WANT CRUISE HERE IN THE PORT SEATTLE ANYMORE, WHERE WOULD THEY GO HYPOTHETICALLY? WELL, I THINK THAT THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THAT THEY WOULD GO TO FIRST OF ALL, THE SHIPS ARE HUGE INVESTMENTS THEY'RE NOT GOING AWAY
SO FROM A GREENHOUSE GAS PERSPECTIVE, THAT'S A GLOBAL ISSUE
THOSE EMISSIONS STILL HAPPEN
AND I WILL SAY MOST PORTS IN THE WORLD, AS YOU SAW, WERE TIED FOR THE GREENEST PORT IN NORTH AMERICA
SO AT THE VERY BEST, THEY COVID GO TO A PORT THAT IS ON PAR WITH OUR GREENNESS AND I'M SURE ACTUALLY VANCOUVER IS VERY INTERESTED
THAT WOULDN'T BE ANY BETTER IN TERMS OF GREENHOUSE GAS AND IT WOULD STAY IN THE ALASKA MARKET
ANOTHER SCENARIO IS THAT THEY GO ELSEWHERE ALTOGETHER
THE PORT THAT AREN'T LOOKING AT THE SHORE POWER IMPLEMENTATIONS, THE SCRUTINY ON EXHAUST GAS COVER SYSTEMS AGREEMENTS AROUND
SO THOSE IMPACTS WOULD BE SHIPPED TO ANOTHER COMMUNITY
FROM A DIESEL EMISSIONS PERSPECTIVE, BUT NOT FROM A GREENHOUSE GAS PERSPECTIVE, IT'S STILL HAPPENING IN THE GLOBE
THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE
YEAH
I APPRECIATE THE COMPARISON YOU MADE BETWEEN VANCOUVER, SAN DIEGO AND SEATTLE
I'M CURIOUS IF YOU WERE TO THROW IN LA LONG BEACH AND THEIR CRUISE OPERATIONS, WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY'LL STACK UP IN TERMS OF THEIR EFFORTS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE? SANDY, MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION
YEAH
LA LONG BEACH OVERALL FOR CLIMATE WORK IS DOING QUITE A LOT
CALIFORNIA REQUIRES PORTS TO DO QUITE A LOT
AND A LOT OF THE LA AREA IS NOT ENTERTAINMENT IN TERMS OF AIR QUALITY STANDARDS, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE HERE
SO THEIR WHOLE STRUCTURE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
BUT LA IS AS A PORT OVERALL, TAKING A LOT OF STEPS
AND I'D SAY WE'RE RIGHT WITH THEM
I DON'T THINK THEY COME UP AS ONE OF THE LARGEST CRUISE THE PORT, AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY LARGEST IN TERMS OF THE CARGO
AND IF WE LOOK ACROSS THE OTHER TOP TEN OR LARGE CRUISE HOME PORTS, WE ARE THE BEST PERFORMING FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION STANDPOINT IN NEW YORK
NEW JERSEY IS PROBABLY SECOND ALONG WITH THAT
SO I THINK THIS CONCEPT OF WE HOPE TO REALLY HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY BY SHOWCASING ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS HERE AND PUSHING FOR THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW BEST PRACTICES
THE IDEA IS THAT WE CAN INFLUENCE OTHERS AND BE A MODEL
IF I COULD JUST ADD TO THAT, I PERSONALLY FEEL WE CAN BE A MODEL FOR THE WHOLE MARITIME INDUSTRY
OCEAN GOING VESSELS ARE OCEAN GOING VESSELS
SO WHEN WE SEE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE MADE IN INVESTMENTS IN THE CRUISE INDUSTRY, THOSE ARE APPLICABLE MARITIME INDUSTRY WIDE, NOT JUST TO THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
I APPRECIATE THAT POINT
AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE PORT OF MY LINE OF QUESTIONING
THAT IS THAT EVEN IF WE WERE TO DECIDE TO KICK CRUISE OUT OF OUR HARBORS TODAY, THEY'LL JUST END UP SOMEWHERE ELSE
AND I KNOW THAT I BEAT THIS POINT TO A POINT WITH THE STAFF HERE AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE
BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC SESSION AND BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE WE KICK CRUISE OUT OF THE HARBOR TODAY, DOESN'T MEAN CRUISE IS AN INDUSTRY OR AS A PRACTICE, DISAPPEARS
THE REALITY IS THAT THEY'LL JUST END UP SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE THEY PROBABLY LIKELY WILL DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DREAD
AND TO YOUR POINT, STEPHANIE, WE ALL BEAT THE SAME AIR
UNLESS I CHECKED, ALL THE OCEANS ARE CONNECTED
AND SO I DO THINK THAT WHILE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT CRUISE EXISTS FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE, THE REALITY IS THAT IT EXISTS
AND WE CAN'T BE LEADERS IN THIS SPACE IF THEY DON'T EXIST HERE
AND TO YOUR POINT AS WELL, WE CAN'T JUST SIT BACK AND EXPECT SOMEONE ELSE TO BE LEADERS ON OUR BEHALF
ONE ANALOGY THAT I USE IS IN SPORTS, MICHAEL JORDAN DIDN'T CHANGE THE GAME BY SITTING ON THE SIDELINES, RIGHT? STEPH CURRY DIDN'T CHANGE THE GAME BY SITTING ON THE SIDELINES
AND SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO PLAY THE GAME TO CHANGE IT
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND HIGHLIGHTING THAT FOR US TODAY, FOR ME
ALL RIGHT
WE HAVE ABOUT A HALF AN HOUR LEFT
I'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR MYSELF
I KNOW COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN DEFERRED COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE STAFF PRESENTATION ON THE PORT OF FUTURE LOOKING
WHAT ARE OUR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL? I KNOW A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS RELATE TO THAT, SO I'M GOING TO DEFER THEM UNTIL AFTER STEVE'S PRESENTATION ON THAT
DO YOU WANT TO DEFER? YOU HAVE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE CURRENT CONTENT
GREAT
ALL RIGHT
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS DOWN AND WE'LL COME BACK
ALL RIGHT
THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN
AND I DO, BELLEVUE, THAT THE TRANSPARENCY ISSUE IS ONE OF OUR GREAT STRENGTHS
AND WE COULDN'T HAVE MUCH OF THIS CONVERSATION WITHOUT THE FACT THAT WE MEASURE THESE THINGS
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT ATTRIBUTION THAT SUPPORT HAS IT SUBJECTS US TO CRITICISM
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, AT LEAST IT'S BASED ON SOME DATA
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I GUESS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS THAT YOU SUGGEST WAS THAT 68% OF OUR EMISSIONS ARE FROM CRUISE
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I FIND CHALLENGING AND SOMETHING I KIND OF HOPE THAT WE MAYBE BE MORE CONSISTENT IS REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE SAY THINGS LIKE THAT, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE AIRSHED, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT OUR EMISSIONS JUST PORT RELATED EMISSIONS? AND SO VERY OFTEN I THINK THESE NUMBERS GET CONFLATED
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BIG NUMBERS LIKE THAT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO IT
AND BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PORT EMISSIONS, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SEAPORT ALLIANCE ASSETS
AND SO ALL THE CONTAINERSHIPS THAT'S NOT EVEN BEING COMPARED IN THIS
AND SO IT'S JUST IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS COMPARED TO WHICH PIECE OF THE PIE
AND I THINK WE HAVE THE DATA, LET'S JUST MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE PIECE OF IT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
AND I THINK FUNDAMENTALLY, THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE MOST CONTROL OVER ARE MORE AT BERTH
AND THAT, AGAIN, WHAT AYE, THE NUMBERS ARE WHETHER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNDERWAY OR AT BERTH ARE CRITICAL
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU SAY THAT WE HAD A 20% REDUCTION IN GREENHOUSE GASES FROM 25 TO 2016, IS THAT AT BERTH? SANDY, THAT'S AIRSHIP WIDE, RIGHT
THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE AIRSHIP DURING THAT TIME
HOW MUCH WOULD YOU SUGGEST IS THAT ASSOCIATED WITH THE ECO? SO NONE OF IT IS A LARGE PERCENTAGE
NO, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT
DIESEL PARTICULATE IS ALMOST IS SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE ECO
GREENHOUSE GASES IS NOT FROM THE ECA, BECAUSE CLEANER FUELS, IF THEY'RE FOSSIL BASED, STILL ESSENTIALLY THE SAME GREENHOUSE GASSES
SO THE ECO DID NOT AFFECT GREENHOUSE GASES
I WOULD SAY, LARGELY, AS SANDY WAS SAYING, LARGELY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS
SHOULD WE EXPLAIN THAT ACRONYM FOR PEOPLE TO EQUALIZE THE EMISSION CONTROL AREA IS AN INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT FOR A SPECIFIC REGION THAT REQUIRED A REDUCTION IN THE SULFUR AND THE FUELS
AND SO IT DID ATTRIBUTE THAT 80% REDUCTION IN PARTICULAR IS BECAUSE THE FUEL WAS CLEANED UP
WE DID ADVOCATE IN SUPPORT OF THAT
BUT IT'S NOT A PORT OF SEATTLE INITIATIVE THAT RESULTED FROM THAT REDUCTION
BUT I ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE I ALREADY KNEW THE ANSWER
BUT IN FACT, THAT THE 20% REDUCTION IS DUE TO OTHER INITIATIVES
AND THIS IS AGAIN, VESSELS UNDERWAY
IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING
SO IT'S SHORE POWER, IT'S EFFICIENCIES OF THE VESSEL, ET CETERA
OUR LAND SIDE ELECTRIFYING SOME OF THE LANDSLIDE
SO I WOULD ASSUME THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS OUR LANDSITE INITIATIVES
OTHERWISE, WHERE IS THAT REDUCTION COMING FROM? WELL, EFFICIENCY OF THE VESSELS AS WELL
THERE HAVE BEEN
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE NUMBER OF VESSELS HAVE INCREASED
CORRECT
SO WE CAN STILL SAY THERE'S A 20% REDUCTION EVEN WITH THE NUMBERS AND STOPPING AT 2015
CORRECT
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE 2020
YEAH
BUT OBVIOUSLY THE BIGGEST GROWTH OCCURRED SINCE THAT TIME
NOT A NUMBER OF VESSELS PER PASSENGER
RIGHT
THAT'S THE OTHER THING IS THAT IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN WE SEE CITATIONS PRESENTED LIKE IN TODAY'S PAPER, WHICH REVIEWS MANY OTHER STUDIES AND SOMETIMES CONFLATING PARTICULATES WITH GREENHOUSE GASES, BUT ALSO WITH SHIP CALLS AND NUMBERS OF PASSENGERS
IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ASKED FOR IN A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW THAT IF THE PORT HAS THE NEED TO BE ABLE TO STAND BY METHODOLOGY THAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH, WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE DATA AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT AND THAT WE HAVE OUR TRANSPARENCY, WE HAVE THE NUMBERS
HOW ARE WE MAKING THOSE CALCULATIONS FOR THE PUGET SOUND, ALASKA TRANSIT? ALL THIS OTHER STUFF WAS EUROPEAN
OUR SHIPS ARE DIFFERENT
I JUST WANT TO SEE HOW WE STACK UP BASED ON OUR OWN TRANSPARENT DATA
JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS HERE
YOU TALK ABOUT THIS QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER
I DON'T GET IT
SO I HOPE ALL THE COMMISSIONERS CAN GET A COPY OF THIS NEWSLETTER
IT'S GREAT THAT AGAIN, ONE OF THE OTHER TRANSPARENCY THINGS YOU'RE DOING
SHARE THE WEALTH, PLEASE
RIGHT NOW, THE OTHER THING I WAS SAYING, YOU SAID CARNIVAL HAD 40% OF THEIR SHIPS WERE
OH, NO, YOU SAID ONE OF CARNIVAL SHIPS WERE NOT SHORE POWER CAPABLE
WAS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? THAT'S CORRECT
BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING LIKE 40% OF THE VESSEL CALLS IN GENERAL WERE SHORE POWER CAPABLE
54% OF OUR VESSEL CALLS ARE SHORE POWER CAPABLE
THAT'S KIND OF LOWER NUMBER THAN I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED GIVEN WE HAVE A RELATIVELY NEW FLEET
SO IT'S KIND OF SURPRISING
BUT YOU EXPECT BY 2030 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 100%, CORRECT? THAT'S THE GOAL
YEAH
THAT'S KIND OF SURPRISING TO ME, THOUGH
SOMETIMES THESE SHIPS ARE WIRED FOR IT
THEY JUST DON'T PUT THE SOCKET ON THE OUTSIDE
I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE ANY NEW SHIPS ARE BEING BUILT THAT DON'T HAVE SHORE POWER CAPABILITY
CERTAINLY IF THEY'RE GOING TO CALL ON LA, I THINK I HAVE TWO MORE QUESTIONS OR OBSERVATIONS
CURRENTLY, IS CLEA PARTICIPATING IN QUIET SOUND? AND CAN YOU TELL US WHAT CLIA MEANS TO CRUISE LINE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS THE INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING CRUISE LINES
AND SO I'LL LET SANDY ANSWER THAT QUESTION
YEAH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE SO CLIA AT THE TABLE
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE ACTUAL SEPARATE BUSINESSES AT THE TABLE, BUT WE DO EXPECT AS A VESSEL THAT FOLLOWS THE RULES AND LAWS OUT ON THE SOUND IN TERMS OF SLOW DOWNS, THAT WE DO EXPECT THEM TO PARTICIPATE AS WE'RE DOING SLOW DOWNS AND IF THERE'S A NEED FOR ANY COURSE DIVERSION
THIS IS MANAGED BY THE PACIFIC MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION AND THE MARINE EXCHANGE, WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE COAST GUARD ON ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING WHEN A VESSEL IS UNDERWAY
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE PILOTING VESSEL SLOWDOWNS
THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN PILOTED TO DATE HAVE MOSTLY BEEN WITH CONTAINER AND CARGO SHIPS
BUT IN THE FUTURE, AS THIS GETS IMPLEMENTED, WE WILL EXPECT THAT ALL VESSELS ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AND GET NOTIFIED IF WE HAVE SOUTHERN RESIDENT KILLER WHALES IN THE VICINITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION
GREAT
AND THEN I KNOW WE ARE HAVING A COLLABORATIVE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CRUISE LINES HERE
WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE CONCERNS THAT COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA BROUGHT UP WAS THESE WERE CORPORATE WIDE VIOLATIONS THAT THE PROBATION AND INCLUDING VESSELS THAT CALL ON US THAT WE'RE VIOLATING IN GULF OF MEXICO AND THEIR RELUCTANCE TO TOUT THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THEY'RE DOING WITH US IS ALSO A SOURCE OF CONCERN TO ME AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE VIOLATIONS OCCURRED EVEN WHEN THEY'RE ON PROBATION
SO WHEN IT COMES TO COLLABORATION AND BOTH VOLUNTARY AND AT BERTH AGREEMENTS, MY FAVORITE PRESIDENT, RIGHT
RONALD REAGAN
TRUST BUT VERIFY
NO
HIS FAVORITE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT WAS ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAMPAIGN SPEECH
ANYWAY, THE IDEA, THOUGH, THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE AGREEMENTS, AND I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO LOOK AT WITH SOME CLARITY ON HOW THAT RANGE OF PROGRAM HAS WORKED IN ALASKA
I HAVE NOT HAD VISIBILITY ON THIS
I DO KNOW WHEN YOU ENTER GLACIER BAY, YOU CANNOT GO INTO GLACIER BAY WITHOUT A NATURALIST ON BOARD
AND I WOULD IMAGINE THAT
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE TALENT POOL OF FOLKS THAT COULD BE EX COASTEES OR WHOEVER THAT WOULD BOARD THESE SHIPS WOULD PROBABLY START IN SEATTLE ANYWAY
I JUST DON'T THINK THEY PROBABLY HAVE THE TALENT POOL SITTING IN ALASKA TO DO THAT
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF INDEED THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY
I MEAN, WHY WOULDN'T IT BE THROUGHOUT THE TRANSIT OR I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT HAS BEEN THROUGHOUT THE TRANSIT
SO ANYWAY, IT IS CONCERNING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AN INDUSTRY THAT HAS FOUND ITSELF SIDEWAYS WITH THE RULES AND REGARDLESS OF THE INDIVIDUAL SHIPS WE'RE DEALING WITH, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THE JUDGES CALLED THE PRESIDENTS OF THESE CORPORATIONS BECAUSE OF THE FLEETWIDE CONCERNS
I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, I KNOW YOU'VE GOT A PRESENTATION ON OUR LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO GO
I'D ASK YOU TO SPARE A LITTLE BIT OF THE BALANCE OF THE TIME FOR ME TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TOO, BUT PLEASE PROCEED
NO THANKS COMMISSIONERS AND I THINK I WILL KEEP THIS RELATIVELY SHORT AND JUST MOVE THROUGH THESE
BUT I THINK I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITIES
I AM FOCUSED ON WHERE WE'RE LEADING AND HOW THE PORT OF SEATTLE CAN LEAD US BOTH LOCALLY WITHIN PUGET SOUND, BUT ALSO NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY AS WELL
JUST TO RECAP REAL QUICK, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS ALREADY
THIS IS THE WAY I WANT TO GIVE YOU MY VIEW OF THE WORLD, OF OUR INFLUENCE THAT WE COULD HAVE BOTH AS IMPORTANT AND YOU AS COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AND LOOK FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS APPROACH
I GUESS IS HOW WE WANT TO DO THAT
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THIS CONCENTRIC CIRCLES TALKING ABOUT BOTH OUR INFLUENCE IN THE WAY WE INFLUENCE, BUT WE CAN EITHER DO IN DIRECTION OR INFLUENCE IT WITHIN THAT AND OF COURSE WITHIN OUR SPHERE HERE AT THE DOCK
THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK AT JUST TIED UP AT THE DOCK AS COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT
THEN WE MOVED TO PUGET SOUND
THEN ACTUALLY THERE'S ANOTHER THING IN HERE WHICH IS STATE WATERS OUT TO 3 MILES
THEN WE GO TO NATIONAL WITHIN THE US, THEN WE GO TO REGIONAL AND THAT'S THE IDEA OF CONNECTING US TO OUR CANADIAN NEIGHBORS TO THE NORTH AND UP TO ALASKA
AND THEN WE LOOK AT THE GLOBAL INDUSTRY AND FOR US AND THE THINGS ON THE RIGHT HAMDI SIDE ARE JUST DIFFERENT WAYS TO ENGAGE AT THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND ACTION
WE GO FROM MORE DIRECT IN HAVING A SMALLER IMPACT ON THE NUMBER OF VESSELS HERE IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AND I INCLUDE CRUISES PART OF THAT TO THE GLOBAL FLEET AND THE CHALLENGES RELATED TO THAT
BUT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE HERE IS WHAT WE SEE IS OUR INCREASING PARTICIPATION AND ADVOCACY AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS
SO WE WANT TO MOVE WITHIN THE PORT AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE OUTCOMES WE WANT, WHICH IS DECARBONISATION OF THE CRUISE INDUSTRY AND THE MARITIME INDUSTRY AT LARGE
SO THIS IS JUST OUR APPROACH ON THIS LARGE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
AND HERE'S HOW THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN DO IT, THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHETHER IT BE POLICIES, PARTNERSHIPS
AND LET ME JUST COMMENT ON THAT
WE TALKED ABOUT HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER CHOL PROBABLY MOST RECENTLY ON HOW DO WE HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS
BUT I THINK REGULATORY REGIMES AND ALSO WITHIN THE LEVEL, THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN ON THE PREVIOUS ONE IS REGULATORY AND AGREEMENTS TAKE A LONG TIME TO DO
AND SOMETIMES YOU ADVANCE THE BALL, ADVANCE THE WORK WITH PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH NON REGULATORY AGREEMENTS TO DO THAT
AND I THINK WE LOOK AT THE OPTIONS
OF COURSE, THEY'RE ALL ON THE TABLE, BUT WE WANT TO LOOK FOR THE VEHICLE AND THE TOOLS TO GET THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR US
AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE CAN LEVERAGE OUR POSITION TO ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS AND OF COURSE, ADVOCACY
SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
THIS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT CAME OUT OF THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES FOR THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT AND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS
THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES WHICH CAME OUT OF THE LAST COP, 26 NOVEMBER 2021 WAS THE CLYDE BANK DECLARATION
THE CLYDE BANK DECLARATION WAS CALLING FOR THE DEVELOPING AT LEAST SIX SHIPPING FOCUS GREEN CORRIDORS, THE FIRST OF WHICH HAPPENED HERE ON THE WEST COAST BETWEEN LA AND SHANGHAI
AND WITHIN THAT PARTNERSHIP, THEY'RE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH A GREEN CORRIDOR WHICH HAS A LOT OF ELEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT HERE, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY OF HOW DO YOU DECARBONIZE WITHIN A GIVEN ROUTE TO DO THAT? AND HERE IN THE PORT OF SEATTLE, WE TOOK A LOOK AT THIS AND WE DEFINITELY BELLEVUE THAT WE'RE EXPLORING WHAT IT WOULD DO TO ESTABLISH THESE ELEMENTS
AND REALLY, I WISH I HAD SOME NEWS TO ANNOUNCE TODAY, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BRING BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS IN A WHILE SOON THAT WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT DEVELOPMENT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AS WE GO FORWARD, BECAUSE WE THINK THIS REALLY IS THAT KEY THAT GOES BEYOND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE STATE OF THE WATERS OF WASHINGTON STATE AND LOOKS AT A LARGER PICTURE, PARTICULARLY REGARDING CREWS ALL THE WAY UP TO ALASKA TO DO THAT
ANYWAY, THESE GREEN CORRIDORS ARE THE PROMISE FOR A LOT OF SHIPPING GOING FORWARD TO DO THAT
SO LET'S SEE
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
AND I THINK I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO SANDY JUST TO QUICKLY SANDY MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS AS WELL
I THINK WE'VE MENTIONED SOME OF THESE ALREADY
WE HAVE
THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT EXPLORING INCENTIVES IS ABSOLUTELY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR WORK PROGRAM AND TEND TO DO MORE AS PART OF A KEY STRATEGY MOVING FORWARD
WE HAVE USED INCENTIVES IN THE PAST
WE HAD AN ATBURST CLEAN FUEL PROGRAM THAT RAN BETWEEN THE YEARS 2009 AND 2014, WHERE WE BASICALLY HELPED PAY FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGHER COST LOW SOLAR FUELS AND THE LOWER COST BUNKER FUELS
IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM AT THE TIME
AND THEN THAT PROGRAM STOPPED WHEN THE AS WE WERE MENTIONING BEFORE THE EMISSIONS CONTROL AREA WENT INTO EFFECT WITH THE LOW SUPPLEMENT FUELS
WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN GLOBAL EFFORTS TO CREATE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS THE IAPH, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PORTS AND HARBORS, HAS LED GLOBAL EFFORT WITH PORTS AROUND THE WORLD AND OTHER PARTNERS TO CREATE A GLOBALLY CONSISTENT INCENTIVE REGIME WHERE WE CAN INCREASE DATA SHARING BETWEEN THE CRUISE SHIPS AND THE PORT PORTS AND ENCOURAGE THESE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES
SO THE PORT OF SEATTLE, A MEMBER OF THAT WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROGRAM
AND WHEN IT'S COMPLETE, IT WILL PROVIDE REALLY GOOD DATA ON CRUISE SHIP CALLS AND BE SHARING DATA BETWEEN SHIPS AND PORTS
AND THAT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN 2024 AND WILL HELP US THEN EVALUATE AND IMPLEMENT THE APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES AND APPROACHES THAT WOULD WORK
BUT THIS SETS THE BASIS OF THE DATA FOR THAT
SO I AM GOING TO STOP THERE AND WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS LATER
NEXT SLIDE
THIS IS STEPHANIE
SO JUST QUICKLY, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A BUNCH OF THIS AND WE'RE SHORT OF TIME
SO I WILL JUST SAY I CONTINUE TO THINK THIS IS A TOOL THAT HAS REAL BENEFITS FOR US
I'LL JUST MAYBE DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LAST BULLET ON HERE THAT I BELIEVE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH CRUISE LINES ON BROAD SUSTAINABILITY GOALS AROUND THINGS LIKE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONING IN ADDITION TO OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS
SO I'M KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE
AND ONE THING I WANT TO CORRECT FROM BEFORE THE 54% OF SHIPS, WE'RE NOT COUNTING ANY THAT ARE EQUIPPED FOR SHORE POWER
THAT DIDN'T COUNT ANY OF THE VESSELS AT PURE 66
SO IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY HIGHER
THAT'S JUST VESSELS AT 91
I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT
GREAT
AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MELISSA TO SHARE OUR LAST TOOL HERE
SORRY
IT'LL GO BACK TO STEVE ON POLICY ADVOCACY
HEY, COMMISSIONERS
YEAH
JUST POPPING IN TO ROUND UP THE DISCUSSION OF TOOLS WITH POLICY ADVOCACY
SO THE NORTH AMERICAN EMISSIONS CONTROL AREA CAME UP ALREADY IN DISCUSSION, AND THAT WAS AN INTERNATIONAL DESIGNATION THAT WE PLAYED A ROLE IN ADVOCATING FOR
AND IT WAS IMPLEMENTED BY THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION, SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED THE ALLOWABLE LIMITS OF HARMFUL POLLUTANTS
WE TALKED ABOUT PARTICULATE MATTER, NITROGEN OXIDE, SULFUR OXIDE
WE'RE ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING A CLEAN FUEL STANDARD FOR WASHINGTON STATE
SO ADVANCING CLEANER FUELS AND REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORTATION SPECIFICALLY
AND THEN ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE WORK WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO INCLUDE CLIMATE GOALS IN THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION AND GREATLY EXPANDED SUPPORT FOR WIDESPREAD ELECTRIFICATION AND ALTERNATIVE FUELS
AND TODAY WE'RE REALLY CONTINUING TO PLAY A ROLE IN THE CLEAN FUEL STANDARDS RULE MAKING SO HOW IT'S ULTIMATELY IMPLEMENTED
AND WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR OUTCOMES THAT ENSURE IT DRIVES SIGNIFICANT CARBON REDUCTION AND ALSO PROMOTES EQUITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS
THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE'RE PASSING THE IMPORTANCE OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM MARITIME DECARBONISATION
THERE WERE SOME REALLY GOOD PROVISIONS PASSED IN THE HOUSES BUILT BACK BETTER ACT LEGISLATION THAT WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE BE INCLUDED IN WHATEVER CLIMATE LEGISLATION IS BEING DEVELOPED
WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE DEPARTMENT, AND DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WORKING TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR OUR DECARBONISATION AMBITIONS
AND WE'RE ALSO DISCUSSING NAYS THAT THE PORT CAN BE MOST EFFECTIVE ENGAGING INTERNATIONALLY
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK TODAY ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY WE CAN INFLUENCE AND WHAT WE CAN CONTROL
AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO INFLUENCE INTERNATIONAL POLICY TO FULLY ACHIEVE OUR ZERO EMISSION AMBITIONS, ESPECIALLY WHERE OCEAN GOING VESSELS ARE CONCERNED
AND SO FAR, INTERNATIONAL POLICY ENGAGEMENT IS REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
MEMBERS THERE ARE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING A NUMBER OF OUR PRIORITIES
THAT INCLUDES ACCELERATING THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS FOR SHIPS
THEY'RE LOOKING AT GUIDELINES FOR REDUCING IMPACT FROM SHIPS UNDERWATER NOISE
AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT GUIDELINES ON EXHAUST GAS CLEANING SYSTEMS OR SCRUBBERS
SO WE'RE ENGAGING ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT THROUGH OUR US DELEGATION AS WELL AS OUR MEMBERSHIP THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PORTS AND HARBORS
AND WE RECENTLY JOINED THE GETTING TO ZERO COALITION THAT ENGAGES MARITIME POLICY FROM A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ANGLE
SO OUTSIDE OF THE IML OR INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION AND TO BE EFFECTIVE INTERNATIONALLY, WE'RE STRONGEST WHEN WE PARTNER WITH OTHERS
AND SO THAT INCLUDES FINDING SHARED PRIORITIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, ENCOURAGING OUR US DELEGATION TO TAKE STRONG POSITION ON OUR INTERNATIONAL POLICY PRIORITIES, AND SHARING AND DEMONSTRATING THE PORT WORK AS AN EXAMPLE IN THESE DIFFERENT INTERNATIONAL FORUMS AND THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF FORUMS, CALKINS OR CONFERENCES
SO MOVING FORWARD, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND MARITIME ENVIRONMENT STAFF ARE WORKING ON AN ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING REALLY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHERE AND HOW WE'RE ASKING LEADERSHIP TO ENGAGE IN THESE POLICY PRIORITIES AND THE MOST EFFECTIVE
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK TO WRAP UP
THANK YOU, MELISSA
AND GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION IS A PART OF THE UN, SO THAT'S AN OFFICIAL PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AND IT'S TOP LEVEL TO DO THAT
BUT I THINK FOR US, REALLY AND ALL OF YOU COMMISSIONER, IS INVOLVEMENT IN THESE DISCUSSIONS
AND ON THIS LAST SLIDE HERE, THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY AROUND US
WE'VE HAD BOTH WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT DISCUSSIONS WITH THE INTERAGENCY IN WASHINGTON, DC, ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AND INCLUDING THE STATE DEPARTMENT, TOO
MELISSA TALKED ABOUT THAT
BUT MEETINGS WITH THEM ARE TALKING ABOUT AND HOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CRUISE INDUSTRY AS WELL, BECAUSE WE THINK WE CAN BE A LEADER IN THIS, BOTH IN TECHNOLOGY AND IN POLICY RELATED TO CREATING SUSTAINABLE CRUISE INDUSTRY
WITH THAT, WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES COMING UP
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO RATE IN OUR BACKYARD IN VANCOUVER IS GOING TO BE THE IAP WORLD PORTS CONFERENCE, WHICH WE'RE PARTICIPATING IN WITH A NUMBER OF COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AND COMMISSIONER MOHAMED WILL BE THERE
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE THE OTHER THING, THE OTHER EVENTS HERE
BUT I REALLY WANT TO CALL OUT THAT OPPORTUNITY ALSO AT THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES IN EGYPT, THE COP 27 IN NOVEMBER
CALLING THAT OUT HERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT NOW
AND THE STAFF WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THERE'S A LOT OF ENERGY AROUND MARITIME SHIPPING AND DECARBONISATION OF IT AND REALLY THE ISSUE RELATED TO CLEAN ENERGY AND ALL THE PIECES THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
AND I THINK IT'S THROUGH THAT COLLABORATION AND EXCHANGING WITH LIKE MINDED PORTS AROUND THE WORLD AND GOVERNMENTS THAT WE CAN REALLY ADVANCE THIS
SO SORRY TO GET WE GO FROM LOCAL HERE TO GLOBAL, BUT I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE CAN ADVANCE THE BALL ACROSS ALL AVENUES TO DO THIS
SO I THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
THANK YOU
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK
I THINK IT'S MY TURN
AND SO I WANT TO START WITH A CLARIFICATION OF WHERE I PERSONALLY STAND ON THIS ISSUE
I DIDN'T BECOME A COMMISSIONER TO DO LITTLE THINGS
I RAN TO BE A COMMISSIONER BECAUSE I WANTED TO DO BIG THINGS
AND THIS IS A BIG THING
AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE TAKING TIME TO REALLY THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT IT
I THINK IT'S A BIG THING BECAUSE IT'S ADDRESSING ONE OF THE VERY ISSUES THAT WE WILL NEED TO ADDRESS AS A GLOBAL HUMANITY, WHICH IS CLIMATE CHANGE
AND SO WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING TODAY ABOUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
AND I THINK THAT SHOULD BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT WE HAVE
I'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE ON THIS ISSUE, CONSTITUENTS, SCIENTISTS, STAFF, PEOPLE, OTHERS WHO I BELIEVE ARE ALL COMING TO THE TABLE IN GOOD FAITH AND SEEKING, IN A LOT OF CASES, A SHARED END, WHICH IS HOW DO WE ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE AS IT PERTAINS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS? AND SO FOR ME, WHEN I LOOK AT THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE AROUND CRUISE, I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF, IF WE STEP BACK FROM THE TABLE, WILL WE BE ABLE TO DO BIG THINGS AROUND IT? AND I DON'T THINK WE CAN
AND FURTHERMORE, CRUISE REPRESENTS FOR US AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND SEAPORT ALLIANCE, NOT 68% OF OUR TOTAL EMISSIONS, BUT 18% OF OUR TOTAL EMISSIONS
THE REAL ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM FOR US AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND SEAPORT ALLIANCE IS THE WHOLE PORTFOLIO OF MARITIME OPERATIONS, THE OCEAN GOING VESSELS, SOME OF WHICH ARE CRUISE SHIPS, BUT MOST OF WHICH ARE LARGE CARGO SHIPS, THE SHIPS THAT MANAGE THOSE LARGE CARGO SHIPS, LIKE OUR TUG AND TOW BOAT OPERATORS AND CRUISES, A BIG PART OF THAT, BUT IT'S 18% IT IS ALSO AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE UNDUE INFLUENCE
IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT REGULATORS, WE DO SIT IN A VERY STRONG POSITION TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT HOW WE ADDRESS THE IMPACTS OF CREWS ON OUR ENVIRONMENT AND ON SOCIAL QUESTIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY
AND THE MOMENT WE SAY WE'RE NO LONGER GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT, WE SEED OUR ABILITY TO HAVE ANY INFLUENCE OVER THAT
AND I AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT THAT IT WON'T GO AWAY, IT'LL GO ELSEWHERE, AND IT WILL LIKELY GO TO A PLACE THAT IS LESS INTERESTED IN THE TYPES OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES
SO IF THAT'S TRUE, IF YOU AGREE WITH ME THERE, THEN WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? IT IS TO PUSH AS FAR AND AS FAST AND AS AGGRESSIVELY AS WE CAN TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES
AND WE NEED TO DO THAT EXAMINATION OF WHAT TOOLS WE HAVE, WHICH I APPRECIATE FROM THE STAFF PRESENTATION THAT THEY GAVE US A LITTLE BIT OF A THUMBNAIL SKETCH OF THAT
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE HEADLINES FROM TODAY SHOULD BE, I THINK, CLARK, YOU COULD BRING UP SLIDE
IT'S THE SLIDE SAYS ACHIEVING OUR GOAL
SLIDE 32 ON MY SLIDE DECK
I BELIEVE ONE OF THE HEADLINES SHOULD BE THE PORT OF SEATTLE SETS A MARKER THAT BY 2050 THEY WILL ACHIEVE THESE THINGS
IT'S NOT THAT ONE THERE
IT IS THAT'S THE ONE THAT BY 2050, WE HAVE STATED PUBLICLY THAT WE WILL RUN THE PORT WITH ZERO EMISSIONS, CRUISE SHIPS, ZERO EMISSION GROUND TRANSPORTATION, ZERO EMISSION CRUISE TERMINAL OPERATIONS THAT WILL PROTECT WATER QUALITY AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS, THAT WE WILL ENGAGE IN WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND DO REPORTING, AND THAT WE WILL SEEK IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND WASTE REDUCTION
ZERO EMISSIONS IS MEASURABLE
THAT IS A REAL TARGET THAT WE'VE NOW SET IN 2050
THAT'S OUR GOAL
AND SO A BIG QUESTION FOR ME AND A PROPOSAL THAT I WOULD MAKE TO THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS IS THAT WE TAKE THAT 2050 TARGET DATE TO OUR SEC COMMITTEE TO WORKSHOP IT AND COME BACK AND TURN IT INTO A RESOLUTION THAT WE MAKE A PUBLIC VOTE ON THAT VERY GOAL, BECAUSE THAT'S NEW
AND I THINK IT STEMS FROM OUR AUGUST 2021 MEETING IN WHICH DURING OTHER BUSINESS, I ASKED US TO PUT A DATE ON WHEN WE WILL GET TO ZERO EMISSIONS CRUISE
BUT YOU GUYS WENT A STEP FURTHER AND ADDED A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR US TO ACHIEVE THAT
AND SO I APPLAUD THAT
I THINK ANOTHER HEADLINE IS OUR REVIEW OF THE CLI-BANK DECLARATION SAYING, CAN WE BE THE NORTH AMERICAN PORT THAT TAKES THAT AND APPLIES IT TO OUR CRUISE OPERATIONS? AND BY EXTENSION, IF WE CAN SOLVE IT WITH OUR CRUISE OPERATIONS, CAN WE THEN EXTEND IT TO THE BIGGER PIECE, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC CARGO SHIPPING? THAT I THINK IS THE REAL GOAL FOR ME IS WE TAKE AN INDUSTRY WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE LEVERAGE AND WE USE THAT TO FIND HOW TO DO THE LARGER QUESTION, WHICH IS TO NOT ONLY BE ZERO EMISSIONS IN CRUISE, BUT TO BE ZERO EMISSIONS IN CARGO SHIPPING AS WELL
I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT PROGRESS WOULD LOOK LIKE AND BENCHMARK IT BETWEEN NOW AND 2050
WHAT WE'VE LEARNED WHEN WE SET BIG AUDACIOUS LONG TERM TARGETS IS THAT IF WE DON'T THEN HAVE ANNUAL OR MAYBE EVERY FOUR YEAR TARGETS FOR A LONG TERM APPROACH LIKE THIS THAT WILL SORT OF KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD ON THOSE THINGS
AND SO I WANT US TO THINK ABOUT, OKAY, IF 2050 IS OUR BIG GOAL, HOW DO WE WORK OUR WAY BACKWARDS? WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE IN 2023 AND 2024, SO ON AND SO FORTH
SO KNOWING THAT WE HAVE A LIMITED TIME LEFT HERE, THAT IS MY PROPOSAL FOR TODAY
AT OUR PUBLIC MEETING TODAY, I WILL ASK THAT WE REFER TO THE COMMITTEE THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THERE IS A RESOLUTION OUT OF THE STUDY SESSION TODAY THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO CONSIDER AS A FULL COMMISSION
AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK REALLY QUICKLY IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE ADJOURN HERE
WE HAVE ABOUT TWO MINUTES LEFT
SO ANY COMMISSIONER WITH FINAL WRAP UP QUESTIONS? ABSOLUTELY
THAT WOULD BE WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? GO RIGHT AHEAD
GREAT
SINCE WE ONLY HAVE TWO MINUTES, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PRESENTED TODAY
THIS WAS SUCH AN IMPORTANT STUDY SESSION, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THESE STUDY SESSIONS WHERE THE PUBLIC I'M WATCHING ON TWITTER, FOLKS ARE TUNING IN AND PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE
SO THIS WAS REALLY GREAT
I JUST WANT TO SAY OUT LOUD, IF WE BAN CRUISE IN OUR REGION, SOME WILL GO AWAY AND SOME MIGHT GO TO OTHER PORTS
SO THAT'S A FACT, RIGHT? LIKE, THERE IS AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT FOR CRUISE BEING HERE
WE CAN'T DENY THAT WE ARE AN ADDITIONAL MARKET FOR THE CRUISE INDUSTRY
AND SO WHILE SOME MIGHT GO TO OTHER PORTS, IT IS ALSO TRUE THAT SOME MIGHT GO AWAY COMPLETELY
WE HAVE INFLUENCE HERE
WE INFLUENCE SOME OF THE MOST CRITICAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN OUR STATE
AND AS A PUBLIC ENTITY, WE SHOULD USE EVERY TOOL IN OUR TOOLBOX TO BE BOLD AND TRANSPARENT
AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY IN CLOSING THAT I DO AGREE WITH THE SEATTLE EDITORIAL BOARD THAT WE NEED TO KEEP PUSHING AND KEEP ADDING THE PRESSURE AND WORKING TO HOLD OUR PARTNERS ACCOUNTABLE
THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE
OUR STAFF IS LEADING THE WAY, AND I TRULY DO BELIEVE THAT
LAST THING I JUST WANT TO SAY, IF WE ARE LEADING WITH EQUITY AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERSECTIONALITY, WE NEED TO ADD CRUISE WORKER PROTECTION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AS PART OF THE CONVERSATION
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, IN ADDITION TO THE RESOLUTION THAT COMMISSIONER CALKINS JUST MENTIONED IS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AROUND CRUISE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE AND TO LOOK AT THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE REALLY PRESSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY ADVISING GROUP THAT ADVISES US ON THE INDUSTRY AS A WHOLE
THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS
THANK YOU, ALLEN
SURE, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
THAT'S RIGHT
NEVER MIND
SO I SEE THE PORT AS CRITICAL AS CREATING THAT KIND OF DEMAND
AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE SOMETHING I'VE SAID IN A LONG TIME IS THAT WE REALLY ARE A CAPTIVE MARKET
THE CRUISE LINES, THERE'S TWO PORTS WHERE THEY CAN REALLY DO A WEEK LONG TRIP TO ALASKA AND VANCOUVER IS FULL AND THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE BIGGER SHIPS
AND SO WE REALLY ARE IN A SEAT OF LEVERAGE
AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WHO GO TO ALASKA, THEY'RE GOING THERE TO SEE SOMETHING OF NATURE, NOT OF CASINO FOR THE PRIORITY
I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TURN THIS INTO A MARKETING BENEFIT AND THIS IS AMONGST THE MOST PROFITABLE CRUISES IN THE COUNTRY
THAT HIGH VALUE, THAT EXPERIENCE THAT PEOPLE ARE SEEKING AND THE FACT THAT THERE REALLY ISN'T FOR THE ALASKA MARKET ANOTHER PLACE TO GO REALLY PUTS US IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN RAISE THE BAR AND LIKE IT'S BEEN SAID, IT WILL RAISE THE BAR ELSEWHERE
BUT REALLY IN CRUISE IS DIFFERENT THAN IN THE FLEET AT LARGE
SO THANK YOU
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN
AS A REMINDER TO THOSE TUNED IN, WE WILL PROCEED AT NOON TO OUR PUBLIC MEETING AT WHICH WE WILL RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT
AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COMMENT ABOUT WHAT'S OCCURRED TODAY AT THE STUDY SESSION
AT OUR PUBLIC MEETING, YOU CAN ALSO SUBMIT YOUR COMMENTS BY EMAIL TO ALL OF US
I KNOW THAT THIS GROUP OF FIVE, WE READ OUR EMAILS AND WE DO PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO WHAT FOLKS ARE SENDING US VIA EMAIL
AND SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK FOR A GREAT DISCUSSION HERE THIS MORNING
THERE IS LOTS MORE TO DISCUSS ON THIS TOPIC AND I HOPE THIS IS JUST THE FIRST OF A NUMBER OF STUDY SESSIONS AROUND THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CLOSING REMARKS? THANKS, COMMISSIONER, FOR A GREAT DISCUSSION AND GREAT FEEDBACK
THANK YOU
OKAY
WE ARE NOW ADJOURNING THE STUDY SESSION
THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 11:04
THANK YOU ALL
THANK YOU.

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