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The Special Meeting meeting scheduled for 2023-04-18 at Sea-Tac Airport

  • UM, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED
  • THIS IS COMMISSIONER PRESIDENT SAM CHO, CONVENING THE SPECIAL MEETING OF APRIL 18, 2023
  • THE TIME IS NOW TWELVE, 04:00 P.M.
  • WE'RE MEETING IN PERSON TODAY AT THE SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CONFERENCE CENTER AND VIRTUALLY VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL OF COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE
  • THANK YOU
  • BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • I AM HERE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CHO? PRESENT
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN IS ABSENT AND EXCUSED FROM THIS MEETING TODAY
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA? PRESENT
  • THANK YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED? PRESENT
  • THANK YOU
  • WE DO HAVE A QUORUM ESTABLISHED HERE TODAY
  • EXCELLENT, THANK YOU
  • AND I JUST REALLY QUICKLY LIKE TO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN IS IN WASHINGTON, DC
  • I BELIEVE, ON BEHALF OF THE PORT, SO HE'S NOT PLAYING HOOKY
  • A FEW HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS BEFORE WE BEGIN
  • FOR EVERYONE IN THE MEETING ROOM, PLEASE TURN YOUR CELL PHONES TO SILENCE
  • FOR ANYONE PARTICIPATING ON MICROSOFT TEAMS, PLEASE MUTED YOUR SPEAKERS WHEN NOT ACTIVELY SPEAKING OR PRESENTING, PLEASE KEEP YOUR CAMERAS OFF UNLESS YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, OR YOU ARE A MEMBER OF STAFF IN A PRESENTATION AND ARE ACTIVELY ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION
  • MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT MAY TURN ON THEIR CAMERAS WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED TO SPEAK AND WILL TURN THEM BACK OFF AGAIN AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REMARKS
  • FOR ANYONE HERE AT THE DAIS TODAY, PLEASE TURN OFF THE SPEAKERS ON ANY COMPUTERS AND SILENCE YOUR DEVICES
  • PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER TO ADDRESS YOUR REQUEST TO BE RECOGNIZED, TO SPEAK THROUGH THE CHAIR, AND TO WAIT TO SPEAK UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED
  • YOU'LL TURN YOUR MICROPHONES ON AND OFF AS NEEDED
  • ALL THE ITEMS NOTED HERE WILL ENSURE A SMOOTHER MEETING, SO WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE
  • ALL VOTES TODAY WILL BE TAKEN BY ROLL CALL METHODS SO THAT IT'S CLEAR FOR ANYONE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY HOW VOTES ARE CAST
  • COMMISSIONER WILL SAY I OR NAY WHEN THEIR NAME IS CALLED
  • WE ARE MEETING ON THE ANCESTRAL LANDS AND WATERS OF THE COAST SALISH PEOPLE, WITH WHOM WE SHARE A COMMITMENT TO STEWARD THESE NATURAL RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
  • THIS MEETING IS BEING DIGITALLY RECORDED AND MAY BE VIEWED OR HEARD AT ANY TIME ON THE PORT'S WEBSITE AND MAY BE REBROADCAST BY KING COUNTY TELEVISION
  • NOW, PLEASE STAND WITH ME TO JOIN AND JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
  • [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE] GREAT
  • OKAY, SO THE FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • AS A REMINDER, IF A COMMISSIONER WISHES TO COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, IT ISN'T NECESSARY TO PULL IT FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA
  • RATHER, A COMMISSIONER MAY OFFER SUPPORTING OR OPPOSING COMMENTS ONCE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ON THE FLOOR AND BEFORE THE VOTE IS TAKEN
  • HOWEVER, IF A COMMISSIONER WANTS TO TAKE QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR WISHES TO TAKE A DIALOGUE, TO HAVE A DIALOGUE ON A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM
  • IT IS APPROPRIATE TO REQUEST THE ITEM TO BE PULLED FOR A SEPARATE DISCUSSION
  • ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA OR ANY MOTIONS TO REARRANGE THE ORDERS OF THE DAY? ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, THE QUESTION IS NOW ON THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
  • IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? ALMOST SECOND
  • EXCELLENT
  • THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE AND SECONDED
  • IS THERE ANY OBJECTION TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED? HEARING NONE
  • THE AGENDA IS APPROVED
  • THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
  • I WANT TO START OFF BY WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY EARTH DAY, WHICH TAKES PLACE THIS SATURDAY, APRIL 22
  • OF COURSE, WE WORK TO MAKE EVERYDAY EARTH DAY AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE BY LEANING INTO SUSTAINABILITY IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, FROM OUR GREEN CORRIDOR TO OUR SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL EFFORTS, TO THE USE OF A SUSTAINABLE EVALUATION FRAMEWORK FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS
  • IN THE HONOR OF EARTH DAY, WE WILL BE PRESENTING LATER TODAY ABOUT OUR SUSTAINABLE CENTURY AGENDA AWARD WINNERS
  • THESE AWARDS RECOGNIZE OUR CUSTOMERS, TENANTS, NONPROFITS AND PARTNERS FOR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE AREAS OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
  • TURNING TO MARITIME, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONGRATULATE EVERYONE INVOLVED IN SATURDAY'S LAUNCH OF THE 2023 CRUISE SEASON
  • IN CONCERT WITH THE FIRST SAILING OF THE YEAR, WE HELD A MEDIA AVAILABILITY WITH A NUMBER OF PARTNERS, INCLUDING LABOR, LARGE AND SMALL BUSINESSES, TOURISM ORGANIZATIONS WHO ALL SPOKE TO THE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT CRUISE HAS ON OUR REGIONAL ECONOMY
  • WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO EMPHASIZE OUR COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL LEADERSHIP AND INCREASING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF CRUISE OPERATIONS
  • IN PARTICULAR, MY THANKS TO OUR TEAM THAT PUT A LOT OF HOURS TO GET US READY FOR THE SEASON
  • THAT INCLUDES STAFF FROM MARITIME EXTERNAL RELATIONS, SECURITY AND OUR PORT OF SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO COORDINATED ALL OF THE DETAILS TO ENSURE A SAFE, EFFICIENT AND SUCCESSFUL DAY AND LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR A SUCCESSFUL SEASON HERE AT THE AIRPORT
  • LAST WEEK, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN COMMISSIONER FELLEMAN AS WE CELEBRATED THE FULL RENOVATION AND REOPENING OF OUR CENTRAL TERMINAL
  • THE CENTRAL TERMINAL UNDERWENT A $21.8 MILLION RENOVATION TO ELEVATE THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE WITH MORE DINING OPTIONS, SEATING, CHARGING STATIONS, AND ADA ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS
  • THE PROJECT ALSO RESTORED THE 350 FOOT LONG, 60 FOOT HIGH WINDOW WALL AND ADDED NEW ROCKING CHAIRS TO ENJOY THE AIRFIELD VIEW
  • IN TOTAL, THE RENOVATION ADDED 11,000 DINING AND SEATING, INCLUDING MARQUIS SALTIES AT SEA, BRUTOP SOCIAL, AND A STUNNING CENTURION LOUNGE BY AMERICAN EXPRESS
  • CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AIRPORT AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS STAFF WHO PULLED OFF A FANTASTIC MEDIA EVENT, INCLUDING A LIVE SHOW HEADLINED BY SUB POP ARTIST SHAUNA SHEPHERD
  • AND IF YOU WERE THERE, IT WAS LIKE HAVING A CONCERT RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTRAL TERMINAL, INCLUDING SOME DANCING AS WELL
  • SO IT WAS GREAT
  • SPEAKING OF SEA DINING OPTIONS, FOOD AND WINE MAGAZINE JUST RELEASED THE LIST OF THEIR TEN BEST AIRPORTS FOR FOOD AS VOTED ON BY THEIR READERS
  • I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT SEA CAME IN NUMBER SEVEN OUT OF THE TEN RESTAURANTS MENTIONED IN THE ARTICLE, AND THIS INCLUDED AFRICA LOUNGE, LULU MARKET AND BAR AND TUNDRA TAQUERIA
  • HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE RATINGS CAME OUT BEFORE THE CENTRAL TERMINAL WAS COMPLETELY OPEN, SO I EXPECT THAT PERHAPS TO MOVE UP IN THAT RATING
  • CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR AIRPORT DINING AND RETAIL TEAM FOR THIS GREAT RECOGNITION AND THEIR HARD WORK IN ENABLING THAT, AND TO ALL THE BUSINESSES AND DINING FACILITIES THAT WERE MENTIONED MOVING TO TODAY'S COMMISSION MEETING
  • I ALREADY MENTIONED OUR ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS, BUT I'D LIKE TO ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THE INTRODUCTION OF OUR LANGUAGE ACCESS PLAN ORDER
  • AS AN INTERNATIONAL GATEWAY, AS WELL AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE COUNTIES IN THE COUNTRY, THE PORT HAS AN OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT TRAVELERS, VISITORS AND STAFF THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE ABLE TO NAVIGATE OUR FACILITIES
  • WE ALREADY DO MUCH TO ENSURE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION AT THE PORT, BUT WE ARE EXCITED TO GO BEYOND ABOVE AND BEYOND FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPEAKERS AND THOSE WHO COMMUNICATE USING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
  • I'LL HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT THIS ITEM LATER IN THE AGENDA
  • COMMISSIONER, THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT
  • THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • WE ARE NOW ON TO COMMITTEE REPORTS
  • ERICA CHUNG, COMMISSION STRATEGIC ADVISOR, HAS ADVISED US THAT THERE ARE NO REPORTS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING
  • ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK? NO? OKAY, GREAT
  • ALL RIGHT, WE'RE MOVING ALONG
  • ITEM NUMBER SEVEN
  • WE ARE NOW AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION OF OUR AGENDA
  • THE PORT COMMISSION WELCOMES PUBLIC COMMENT AS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS
  • COMMENTS ARE RECEIVED AND CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN ITS DELIBERATIONS
  • BEFORE WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, I WANT TO REVIEW OUR RULES FOR IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT
  • EACH COMMENTATOR WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK AND SHOULD STAY WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME
  • A TIMER WILL APPEAR ON THE SCREEN AND BUZZ WILL SOUND AT THE END OF THE TWO MINUTE PERIOD
  • FOR EACH SPEAKER, YOU MUST LIMIT REMARKS TO TOPICS RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF FORT BUSINESS
  • THESE RULES APPLY TO INTRODUCTORY, INCLUDING REMARKS
  • ALL REMARKS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSION AS A BODY, NOT TO INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS
  • DISRUPTIONS OF COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE PROHIBITED
  • DISRUPTIONS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING REFUSAL OF A SPEAKER TO LIMIT REMARKS TO TOPICS RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF POOR BUSINESS THREATS AND ABUSIVE OR HARASSING BEHAVIOR AND LANGUAGE OBSCENE LANGUAGE AND GESTURES
  • REFUSAL OF A SPEAKER TO COMPLY WITH THE ALLOTTED TIME SET FOR THE INDIVIDUAL SPEAKER'S PUBLIC COMMENT LEAVING THE PODIUM OR TESTIMONY TABLE TO PHYSICALLY APPROACH COMMISSIONERS OR STAFF DURING ONE'S PUBLIC COMMENT PROVIDED SPEAKERS MAY OFFER WRITTEN MATERIALS TO THE COMMISSION CLERK AND ANY BEHAVIOR THAT DISRUPTS, DISTURBS, OR OTHERWISE IMPEDES THE MEETING
  • ANY DISRUPTION WILL RESULT IN A SPEAKER'S MICROPHONE BEING IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF AND WARNING OR LOSS OF SPEAKING PRIVILEGES OR REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING AS PROVIDED IN THE COMMISSION BYLAWS
  • WRITTEN MATERIALS PROVIDED TO THE CLERK WILL BE INCLUDED IN TODAY'S MEETING RECORD
  • THE CLERK HAS A LIST OF THOSE WHO ARE PREPARED TO SPEAK
  • WE ARE TAKING COMMENTS FROM ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY, AS WELL AS ANYONE WHO HAS JOINED US IN THE CHAMBERS
  • WHEN I CALL ON YOUR NAME
  • IF YOU ARE JOINING US VIRTUALLY, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELVES, THEN REPEAT YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND STATE YOUR TOPIC RELATED TO THE CONDUCT REPORT BUSINESS
  • IF YOU'RE ON THE TEAM'S MEETING AND AT THE SAME TIME STREAMING THE MEETING ON THE WEBSITE, PLEASE MEET THE MILK STREAM TO AVOID FEEDBACK
  • IF YOU ARE SPEAKING FROM THE ROOM, PLEASE COME TO THE TESTIMONY TABLE, REPEAT THE NAME FOR THE RECORD, AND STATE YOUR TOPIC RELATED TO THE CONDUCT REPORT BUSINESS
  • ALL RIGHT, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOAQUIN WE
  • JOAQUIN
  • SO I'VE SIR SORRY
  • CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU, BUT JUST A SECOND
  • JUST TO CLARIFY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN PERSON SPEAKERS
  • IS THAT WHY I ONLY HAVE ONE LIST? THAT IS CORRECT
  • OKAY
  • ALL RIGHT
  • WE MAY HAVE SOME FROM THE ROOM, SO PLEASE DO STILL CALL FOR THAT, BUT NOBODY WHO HAS SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE
  • OKAY, WALKING
  • GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD IN A TOPIC RELATED TO PORT BUSINESS, AND THEN WE'LL START THE CLOCK
  • JOAQUIN WII IN SUPPORT OF ORDER 2023-05
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, PORT COMMISSIONERS
  • MY NAME IS JOAQUIN WE, AS I MENTIONED, AND I SERVE AS THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MANAGER AND POLICY ADVISOR FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE OFFICE OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE AFFAIRS, OR OIRA
  • I'M CURRENTLY ON TEMPORARY FMLA LEAVE FROM THE OFFICE
  • HOWEVER, I FEEL THAT SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF ORDER 2023 FIVE IS IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO WARRANT MY TESTIMONY TODAY
  • IN MY MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS AT OIRA, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF EXPERIENCING FIRSTHAND THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF INTEGRATING LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICIES AND PLANS INTO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
  • SIX YEARS AGO, CITY OF SEATTLE EXECUTIVE ORDER 2017 TEN WAS SIGNED INTO EXISTENCE A MAYORAL DIRECTIVE THAT VERY MUCH RESEMBLES THE ORDER YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING TODAY
  • TO DATE, THE CITY HAS MOVED TOWARD A MORE CENTRALIZED TRANSLATION SYSTEM THAT UTILIZES LOCAL PROFESSIONALS TO TRANSLATE CRITICAL CITY DOCUMENTS
  • MY COLLEAGUE, PEGGY LIAO, THE CITYWIDE LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAM COORDINATOR
  • ORGANIZES CITY EMPLOYEES EMBEDDED IN DEPARTMENTS
  • THESE LANGUAGE ACCESS LIAISON MEET REGULARLY TO DISCUSS BEST PRACTICES AND HOW TO INTEGRATE THEM INTO THEIR DEPARTMENT WIDE LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS
  • ALSO, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION STAFF BETTER UNDERSTAND WHEN AND HOW TO USE TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN THEIR WORK
  • AND OUR WORK COMES AT A CRITICAL TIME IN THE EVOLUTION OF OUR REGION
  • AS YOU MIGHT KNOW, IN SEATTLE, AS IN KING COUNTY, NEARLY ONE IN FOUR OR 24% OF INHABITANTS WERE BORN OUTSIDE THE US
  • SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE OF 14%
  • WITH ONE IN FIVE SEATTLE RESIDENTS SPEAKING A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH AT HOME, AND 8% OF THE CITY'S POPULATION SPEAKING LIMITED ENGLISH
  • THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIGHLIGHTED THE STARK DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO KEY SERVICES AND INFORMATION FOR IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS
  • LASTLY, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, WASHINGTON STATE HAS CONSISTENTLY RANKED IN THE TOP THREE OF STATES RECEIVING REFUGEES, AND I OF COURSE COMMEND THE PORT IN THEIR WORK TO WELCOME REFUGEES AT SEATAC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
  • I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF TODAY'S PROPOSED LANGUAGE ACCESS ORDER
  • AS AN IMMIGRANT MYSELF AND A 25 YEAR RESIDENT OF THIS REGION, I CELEBRATE THAT SEATTLE IS A WELCOMING CITY WITH THE WELCOMING PORT IN A WELCOMING STATE
  • BUT COLLECTIVELY, GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CAN AND SHOULD ALWAYS STRIVE TO DO BETTER
  • THAT'S WHY I WELCOME ANY EFFORTS FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO STRENGTHEN LANGUAGE ACCESS ACCESSIBILITY
  • IT'S NOT JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO, BUT IT'S ALSO GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE
  • THANK YOU AND APOLOGIES FOR GOING OVER
  • THANK YOU AKIN
  • I APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US TODAY
  • OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALSO VIRTUAL MICHAEL WOODY
  • MICHAEL
  • EXCELLENT, MICHAEL
  • YES, WE CAN
  • IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR FULL NAME AND YOUR TOPIC AND THEN WE'LL START THE CLOCK
  • ABSOLUTELY
  • GOOD AFTERNOON
  • MY NAME IS MICHAEL WOODY
  • I AM A MEMBER OF VISIT SEATTLE AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK IN SUPPORT OF THE OPENING OF THE 2023 CRUISE SEASON
  • CRUISE MEANS A LOT TO SEATTLE AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT THE SEASON OPENED THIS PAST WEEKEND
  • SOME OF THE TOP LINE PROJECTIONS REALLY HELPED TO TELL THAT STORY
  • 1.4 MILLION REVENUE PASSENGERS, 900 MILLION IN LOCAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF CRUISE INDUSTRY IMPACT IT PUTS OVER 500 LOCALS TO WORK
  • CRUISE CLEARLY MEANS A LOT TO SEATTLE, TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND TO THE TOURISM ECONOMY
  • WE'RE PROUD OF OUR POSITION IN THIS MARKET SEGMENT, WITH SEATTLE RANKING AS ONE OF THE BUSIEST US
  • HUB FOR CRUISE AND THE PRIMARY US
  • EMBARKATION PORT FOR ALASKAN CRUISES
  • THIS YEAR'S CRUISE SEASON IS EXPECTED TO BE RECORD IN TERMS OF PASSENGER NUMBERS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND WE'RE THRILLED TO SEE THAT CONTINUED GROWTH
  • DURING THE LAST INTERCEPT STUDY THAT YOU COMPLETED IN 2019, IT FOUND THAT OVER 73% OF CRUISE PASSENGERS OVERNIGHTED IN SEATTLE EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THEIR CRUISE TO EXPERIENCE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THIS AMAZING PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME, AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE GROWING THAT NUMBER
  • OUR HOPE IS THAT DURING THEIR BRIEF TIME IN SEATTLE, CRUISE PASSENGERS WILL EXPLORE OUR CITY AND GET TO SAMPLE SOME OF OUR DESTINATION AND WHAT IT HAS TO OFFER
  • THROUGH THIS, THEY WILL NOT ONLY ENHANCE OUR OVERALL CRUISE EXPERIENCE, BUT IT WILL ENTICE THEM TO COME BACK AND SPEND MORE TIME WITH US EXPLORING THE ATTRACTIONS THAT WE ALL LOVE
  • SOME OF THOSE INCLUDE PIKE PLACE MARKET, THE SPACE NEEDLE, THE MUSEUM OF POP CULTURE, CHIHULI GARDEN AND GLASS, THE SEATTLE GREAT WHEEL, THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM, AND SO MUCH MORE FOR OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS SERVING THE REGION'S FRESHEST SEAFOOD TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COFFEE SHOPS TO OUR EXPANSIVE PARKS AND SEATTLE'S MANY ART AND CULTURE VENUES
  • THERE IS A LOT FOR VISITORS TO DISCOVER HERE IN THE EMERALD CITY, AND CRUISE IS ONE OF THE BEST GATEWAYS TO SET THAT STAGE
  • SO ON BEHALF OF VISIT SEATTLE, WE THANK THE PORT OF SEATTLE AND THE CRUISE INDUSTRY FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE 2023 CRUISE SEASON
  • THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU VERY MUCH
  • MICHAEL
  • OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENTATOR FOR TODAY IS HEATHER WORTHLEY
  • HEATHER
  • THANK YOU
  • HEATHER WORTHLEY
  • IN SUPPORT OF ORDER 2023 FIVE
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS LANGUAGE ACCESS ORDER FOR PORT EXECUTION TODAY
  • I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PORT JOBS AT OUR AIRPORT JOBS EMPLOYMENT CENTER
  • WE NOTE THAT 70% OF OUR COMMUNITY JOB SEEKERS SPEAK ENGLISH
  • AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE RICHLY LANGUAGE DIVERSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE THE WORKERS WHO FUEL AND CLEAN THE AIRPLANES, MOVE THE BAGGAGE, AND MAKE YOUR COFFEE AND SNACK POSSIBLE AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGH OUR AIRPORT
  • AMONG OUR MANY EMPLOYMENT AND CAREER ADVANCEMENT SERVICES AT PORT JOBS, WE ASSIST NEWLY HIRED WORKERS AT THE AIRPORT TO PREPARE FOR THE SECURE BADGE TEST, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR MOST AIRPORT EMPLOYMENT AND IS DELIVERED ONLY IN ENGLISH
  • WORKING WITH CERTIFIED INTERPRETERS TO REVIEW SECURITY CONCEPTS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN, WE SEE THE VALUE OF LANGUAGE ACCESS SUPPORT IN ACTION EVERY DAY
  • IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS, WE'VE ASSISTED 85 IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES IN SECURING AND PASSING THE BADGE TEST THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE THEIR JOB AT THE AIRPORT
  • AS THE PORT CONTINUES TO WELCOME REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS, WE ARE VERY PLEASED AND EXCITED TO SEE THIS GREAT STEP FORWARD IN LANGUAGE ACCESS FOR PORT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CUSTOMERS AND PORT EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS PASSENGERS
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • THANK YOU, HEATHER
  • APPRECIATE YOU
  • THAT CONCLUDES OUR SIGN UP SUPPORT TODAY
  • IS THERE ANYONE ELSE PRESENT ON THE TEAM'S CALL OR PRESENT IN THE ROOM TODAY WHO DIDN'T SIGN UP? WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? IF SO, PLEASE STATE AND SPELL YOUR NAME AND STATE THE TOPIC RELATED TO THE CONDUCT OF PORT BUSINESS OF THE PORT YOU WISH TO SPEAK ABOUT FOR THE RECORD
  • ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO PLEASE GIVE US SYNOPSIS OF WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED
  • THANK YOU, MR COMMISSION PRESIDENT, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND MR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
  • WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE WRITTEN COMMENT PRIOR TO OUR MEETING TODAY
  • ACTUALLY MAKE THAT TOO
  • WE HAD ANOTHER ONE COME IN AFTER THE DEADLINE
  • THIS HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING AND WILL BECOME A PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD
  • WRITTEN COMMENT TODAY COMES FROM MICHELLE SMITH, WHO WRITES REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF TUB LAKE AND THE ENVIRONMENT TO NATIVE SPECIES, AND ASKED THE COMMISSION TO MAKE A STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR PERMANENT PROTECTION OF THE ENTIRETY OF NORTH SEATAC PARK AND TAKE STEPS TOWARD PROTECTING AGAINST COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND
  • AND THEN THE SECOND WRITTEN COMMENT THAT CAME IN AFTER THE DEADLINE IS IN SUPPORT OF THE LANGUAGE ACCESS ORDER, AND THAT TOO WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AFTER THIS MEETING AND BECOME A PART OF THE MEETING RECORD TODAY
  • THAT CONCLUDES THE WRITTEN COMMENTS
  • GREAT
  • THANK YOU, CLERK HART
  • HEARING NO FURTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA
  • ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ADOPTED BY ONE MOTION
  • ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ADOPTION OF THE REMAINING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS AT THIS TIME, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA COVERING ITEMS EIGHT A, EIGHT B AND EIGHT C
  • SO MOVED
  • GREAT
  • THE MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED
  • COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY AYE OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONER CHO
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • FOUR AYES, ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM
  • EXCELLENT
  • THE MOTION PASSES
  • ALL RIGHT
  • ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME FOR COMMISSIONERS? OH, WAIT
  • DID I SKIP? YES, I DID
  • I'M SORRY
  • MOVING ON IN THE AGENDA, WE HAVE ONE NEW BUSINESS ITEM TODAY
  • CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE FIRST ITEM INTO THE RECORD
  • THANK YOU
  • THIS IS AGENDA ITEM TEN A, ORDER NUMBER 2023
  • FIVE AN ORDER OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION TO DEVELOP A LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY AND PLAN THAT ENSURES INCLUSION OF NON AND LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKERS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE HARD OF HEARING OR DEAF IN THE USE OF PORT
  • SERVICES AND FACILITIES AND THE PORT WIDE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PLAN DIRECTING DIVISIONS WITH PUBLICLY FACING PUBLIC SERVICES TO OFFER LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES, INCLUDING TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION
  • COMMISSIONER, AS I SAID EARLIER, KING COUNTY IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE COUNTIES IN THE NATION
  • WITH THAT COMES MANY LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY OUR CUSTOMERS, USERS AND EMPLOYEES
  • AS A FEDERALLY FUNDED ENTITY, WE HAVE CERTAIN REGULATORY OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO ENSURING THAT NONENGLISH SPEAKERS AND OTHERS WHO NEED TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES CAN ACCESS OUR FACILITIES AND SERVICES
  • HOWEVER, WE ARE ALSO COMMITTED TO GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE REQUIREMENTS TO ENSURE WORLD CLASS CUSTOMER SERVICE
  • THIS WORK WILL AID IN OUR WORK THIS ORDER WILL AID IN OUR WORK TOWARDS ENSURING EQUITY AT THE PORT
  • AND THE PRESENTERS THIS AFTERNOON ARE BOOKDA GHEISAR, OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF EQUITY DIVERSITY INCLUSION, AND TYLER MSKY, COMMISSION OFFICE STRATEGIC ADVISOR
  • SO, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN OVER TO BOOKDA
  • THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
  • IT'S GREAT TO BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY
  • AND I'M SORRY THAT I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON AND JOINING YOU VIRTUALLY, BUT TYLER AND I ARE PRESENTING THIS ITEM
  • WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER, COMMISSIONERS, AND I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT TOGETHER WE'VE BEEN ADVANCING VERY IMPORTANT AND EVEN HISTORIC WORK FOR THE PORT AND OUR COMMUNITIES
  • AND TODAY IS NO EXCEPTION TO THAT
  • IN A MOMENT, YOU'LL HEAR FROM TYLER MSKI ABOUT THE ELEMENTS OF THE LANGUAGE ACCESS ORDER AND WHICH WILL MAKE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, LANGUAGE ACCESS A PERMANENT AND ONGOING COMMITMENT BY THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • BUT BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO TYLER, I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS ORDER
  • AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK MENTIONED, THIS ORDERS, OF COURSE, HIGHLIGHTS THE MANDATES OF TITLE SIX CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH REQUIRES RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FINANCIAL GRANTS AND ASSISTANCE TO MAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO MAKE THEIR PROGRAMS, SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES ACCESSIBLE TO ALL ELIGIBLE PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
  • AND AS YOU MIGHT BE AWARE, THE FAA HAS JUST LAUNCHED A MANDATORY, VERY ROBUST TITLE SIX ANNUAL PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES A REPORT ABOUT THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE SERVICES AT THE AIRPORT
  • SO THERE'S A LOT OF ATTENTION BEING GIVEN NATIONALLY TO HOW LANGUAGE ACCESS CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE MUCH MORE SYSTEMATICALLY
  • BUT THIS ORDER ALLOWS US TO GO BEYOND THESE MANDATES AND IMPLEMENT WITH OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY
  • ALL FIVE OF YOU HAVE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR YEARS
  • SOME OF YOU ARE IMMIGRANTS AND GREW UP IN IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
  • YOU KNOW THE DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND DIVERSITY OF THE PORT COMMUNITIES
  • AND YOU KNOW THAT FOR MANY OF OUR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES, INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT AS ACCESSIBLE AS THOSE WHO SPEAK ENGLISH
  • AND ALL OF US ARE AWARE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES IN KING COUNTY HAVE BEEN CHANGING VERY RAPIDLY
  • WE'VE BECOMING A MORE RACIALLY AND ETHNICALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY
  • IN FACT, IN 2020 IT WAS DOCUMENTED THAT ALMOST 24% OF KING COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE FOREIGN BORN
  • AND IN THE LATEST STATS FROM SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT LOOKS LIKE 154 LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN BY FAMILIES IN SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
  • AND I KNOW SEVERAL OF YOU
  • TWO OF YOU LIVE IN SOUTH SEATTLE AND SOUTH KING COUNTY
  • AND ZIP CODE 98118 IS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE ZIP CODES IN UNITED STATES
  • AND IN TUKWILLA, OVER 80 LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN
  • SO THIS IS REALLY A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE ACROSS KING COUNTY FOR MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES
  • IT'S TRULY A GIFT FOR ALL OF US, I BELIEVE, TO LIVE IN KING COUNTY AND ENJOY ALL OF THIS BEAUTIFUL DIVERSITY AND TO BE EXPOSED TO CULTURES THAT MOST OTHER PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
  • I KNOW THAT ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS MENTIONED THAT IMMIGRANT WORKERS ARE AT THE AIRPORT DOING A LOT OF IMPORTANT WORK
  • I WANT TO ADD THAT IMMIGRANTS ARE ALSO AMONG MANY OF THE LEADERS OF THIS ORGANIZATION OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR SENIOR DIRECTORS OF OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIRECTORS OF FINANCE
  • MANY, MANY POSITIONS AT THE PORT OF SEATTLE ARE HELD BY IMMIGRANTS AND PEOPLE WHO WERE RAISED TO BE BILINGUAL AND HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO MULTILINGILINGUAL COMMUNITIES
  • AS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN LEAN INTO OUR VALUES OF ANTIRACISM AND EQUITY, AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS EFFORT IS CREATING A WELCOMING, INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE SPACE, OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNICATIONS
  • FOR YEARS, MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE LED THE EFFORTS TO ADVANCE LANGUAGE ACCESS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH OUR EXTERNAL RELATIONS DEPARTMENT IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE TEAMS THESE FOLKS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO TRANSLATE MATERIALS, TO SECURE INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS, AND TO MAKE INFORMATION AND ENGAGEMENT CULTURALLY RELEVANT
  • I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THEIR WORK AND TO REALLY THANK THEM HERE AND HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM
  • IN MANY WAYS, THESE EMPLOYEES HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THIS ORDER
  • WE ARE LEANING ON THE EXPERTISE OF PORT EMPLOYEES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DOING, AND WE'RE RELYING ON PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE THE CITY OF SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY
  • AND I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO REALLY LOOK CLOSELY AT THE POLICIES THEY HAVE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY'RE USED FOR TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS AND THEIR BEST PRACTICES
  • SO WITH THIS ORDER, OUR GOAL IS THE INCLUSION OF NON AND LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKERS, ALSO THOSE WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING IN THE USE OF PORT SERVICES, FACILITIES, AND ENGAGEMENT
  • THIS ORDER WILL HELP US CREATE UNIFORMITY AND CONSISTENCY ACROSS OUR ORGANIZATION, SO THAT WHENEVER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY INTERACT AND ENGAGE WITH ANY PORT SERVICE OR DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE ABLE TO FULLY ACCESS OPPORTUNITIES AND INFORMATION
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, FOR LEADING THE WAY AND PRIORITIZING THIS IMPORTANT WORK
  • I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO TYLER TO REVIEW THE ELEMENTS OF THE ORDER FOR US HERE
  • THANK YOU, BOOKDA
  • AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
  • STARTING WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE HISTORICAL CONTEXT, EXTERNAL RELATIONS HAS INDEED BEEN WORKING ON LANGUAGE ACCESS CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PORT'S MAIN WEBSITE SINCE A MAJOR OVERHAUL IN 2018
  • EXTERNAL RELATIONS MADE ANOTHER ACCESSIBILITY UPGRADE TO THE WEBSITE IN 2022
  • ALSO IN 2022, COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED INSTRUCTED STAFF TO DRAFT A LANGUAGE ACCESS ORDER TO FORMALIZE AND EXPAND OUR WORK ON IMPROVING LANGUAGE ACCESS PORTWIDE
  • AN INITIAL DRAFT WAS PRESENTED TO THE EQUITY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 30 OF LAST YEAR, AND WE MADE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF EDITS BASED ON THIS COMMITTEE FEEDBACK AND INPUT WE RECEIVED FROM SEPARATE COMMISSIONER BRIEFINGS AND STAFF ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING AN ELT PRESENTATION
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • THIS COMMISSION ORDER DIRECTS THE EXECUTIVE TO DEVELOP A PORT WIDE POLICY ON LANGUAGE ACCESS
  • THIS POLICY SHALL BE INFORMED BY A THOROUGH REVIEW OF THE PORT'S PRACTICES AND PUBLICLY FACING DOCUMENTS
  • THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS WILL BE SUPPORTING PORT DEPARTMENTS IN THIS WORK AND WILL DEVELOP A GUIDANCE MANUAL THAT DEPARTMENTS WILL USE TO CREATE AND OR UPDATE ANNUAL LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • PER THE DIRECTION OF COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED, THESE LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS ARE TO CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WHO COMMUNICATE USING AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE
  • THIS ORDER ALSO SETS A DEADLINE FOR THE COMPLETION OF OUR POLICY WORK TO FAIRLY COMPENSATE PORT EMPLOYEES WHO PROVIDE TRANSLATION SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THEIR USUAL JOB DUTIES OR JOB DESCRIPTION
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • THIS IS A LITTLE SMALL UP HERE, BUT THIS SLIDE IS A VISUALIZATION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE FOR THIS WORK
  • KIND OF GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT BUCKETS AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT ARE ASSIGNED IN THE ORDER
  • AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE BASICALLY TWO KEY DEADLINES FEBRUARY 29 OF NEXT YEAR FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE DEPARTMENTAL ASSESSMENTS, THE COMPLETION OF THE LANGUAGE ACCESS GUIDANCE MANUAL, AND A REPORT BACK TO THE COMMISSION ON THE FINDINGS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
  • THEN, BY JANUARY 1 OF 2025, ALL DEPARTMENTS ARE TO HAVE THEIR FINALIZED BUDGETED LANGUAGE ACCESS PLANS IN PLACE
  • YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THAT EXTERNAL RELATIONS IS TO CONDUCT A PRIORITIZED SELF ASSESSMENT OF THEIR OWN COMMUNICATIONS SO THAT MORE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EXTERNAL FACING COMMUNICATIONS ARE MADE ACCESSIBLE TO THOSE WHO DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH BY JANUARY 2024
  • SO ONE YEAR SOONER THAN THE REST OF THE PORT DEPARTMENTS
  • AND NEXT SLIDE
  • THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
  • THAT'S A BRIEF PRESENTATION WE HAVE, AND I'LL NOW TURN IT BACK OVER TO BOOKDA FOR ANY FINAL COMMENTS, ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH
  • THANK YOU, TYLER
  • I WOULD ADD THAT GUADALUPE TORRES ON THE OEDI TEAM WILL BE THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF IMPLEMENTING THIS ASSESSMENT AND BRINGING FINAL REPORT BACK TO YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW AND A POLICY FOR FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION IN A YEAR
  • WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS WORK AND OPENING UP FOR ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK
  • GREAT
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • BUT TYLER, FOR THE PRESENTATION, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME FROM COMMISSIONERS? WE'LL BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED
  • THANK YOU FOR THE TIME
  • I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU ALL WHO WORKED ON THIS ORDER
  • TYLER, DIRECTOR, GHEISAR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK AND JUST SO MANY PORT STAFF WHO ALREADY WORK ON THIS ISSUE
  • AND THAT ENSURING THAT WE HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC
  • I KNOW THAT IS A PRIORITY OF MANY PORT STAFF MEMBERS
  • AND WHAT THIS ORDER REALLY DOES IS IT STREAMLINES THAT, IT MAKES IT CONCRETE AND ALLOWS US TO HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE THAT ARE SIMILAR ACROSS THE PORT
  • BOTH TITLE TWO AND TITLE SIX OF THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITY ACT MANDATES THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES LIKE THE PORT OF SEATTLE PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO ACCESS GOVERNMENT SERVICES, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
  • AND THIS ORDER JUST ENSURES THAT EQUAL ACCESS UNDER THE LAW IS PROVIDED, AND THAT ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE PORT
  • I SERVED ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND EQUITY COMMITTEE WHERE THIS ORDER COMES OUT OF, BUT ALSO EVEN JUST SERVING ON THE AVIATION COMMITTEE, THERE WAS A LOT OF ISSUES THAT WE TACKLED AROUND GROUND TRANSPORTATION
  • AND IF WE HAD AN ORDER SIMILAR TO THIS OR A POLICY IN PLACE, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE MADE SOME OF OUR TAXI ISSUES A LITTLE MORE EASIER TO DEAL WITH, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST, I WOULD SAY CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES FOR THE PORT OF SEATTLE
  • AND AT TIMES I WISH WE HAD A LANGUAGE ACCESS POLICY IN PLACE THAT WOULD HAVE JUST MADE THAT PROCESS A LITTLE EASIER FOR ALL OF US
  • AND SO BY HAVING A POLICY LIKE THIS IN PLACE, I DO BELIEVE IT WILL MAKE
  • IT A LITTLE EASIER FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MAYBE ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE, AND ALSO FOR THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO PARTNER WITH THE PORT WHO HAVE DISABILITIES AND WANT TO ACCESS OUR PORT FACILITIES, THIS ORDER WILL ALSO IMPROVE THAT
  • AND SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORTING THIS ORDER TODAY AND ALSO THE POLICY THAT COMES OUT OF IT IN THE FUTURE
  • THANK YOU FOR THE TIME
  • EXCELLENT
  • ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA, I JUST HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND THEN A REQUEST AT THE END
  • ONCE AGAIN, THE PORT, PORT OF SEATTLE, A FACTOR IN THE NATIONAL CONVERSATION
  • THE TRENDS THAT WE ARE OBSERVING DEMOGRAPHICALLY HERE AT HOME IN KING COUNTY IS A MICROCOSM FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON STATE AND NATIONWIDE
  • SO MINORITY POPULATIONS, IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, THEY ARE ARRIVING, THEY ARE GROWING EXPONENTIALLY
  • AND THAT IS A TREND THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OBSERVE
  • AND AS WE EMBRACE THIS TREND AND WE IDENTIFY STRATEGIES TO BETTER SERVE DIVERSE AND DIVERSE SPEAKING COMMUNITIES, WE ARE ACTUALLY IDENTIFYING STRATEGIES THAT CAN BE WE'RE PAVING THE WAY FOR OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK TO US FOR WHAT WORKS AND LESSONS LEARNED
  • SO THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP
  • EQUITY WORK, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'VE SAID IT MANY TIMES, IS NOT A ONE OFF, IT'S NOT A SINGLE INVESTMENT, IT'S NOT ONE PROGRAM
  • IT HAS TO PROLIFERATE THROUGHOUT THE INSTITUTION, AS DOES LANGUAGE ACCESS
  • SO THIS IS SOMETHING IN THIS ORDER THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE BEGIN TO BE LIVED AND BREATHED THROUGH EVERY DEPARTMENT IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE INSTITUTION
  • I'M REALLY PROUD OF HOW DIVERSE THIS WORKFORCE IS AND INCLUDING OF THIS COMMISSION
  • WE HAVE FOUR BILINGUAL COMMISSIONERS, RIGHT? AND I THINK IT JUST SORT OF SPEAKS TO THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DIVERSITY
  • MY REQUEST COMES FROM THIS IS THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A MOST COMMONLY SPOKANE LANGUAGE AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
  • SO, FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN THOUGH TAGALAG MAY BE THE THIRD MOST COMMONLY SPOKEN ASIAN LANGUAGE IN WASHINGTON STATE, IT HAS A PROFICIENCY RATE OF 66.7%
  • THAT MEANS SIXTY SIX POINT SEVEN POINT SEVEN PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK TAGALAG ALSO IDENTIFY AS SPEAKING ENGLISH VERY WELL
  • HINDI IS THE FIFTH MOST COMMONLY SPOKEN ASIAN LANGUAGE IN WASHINGTON STATE, BUT 84.69% OF HINDI SPEAKERS ALSO IDENTIFY AS SPEAKING ENGLISH VERY WELL
  • AND THIS IS BASED UPON CENSUS 2020 AND AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 2020 DATA
  • THIS JUST NODS TO HOW WE MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT RESOURCES BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT INFINITE AND WE DO HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT TRANSLATION INTERPRETATION SERVICES
  • AND SO MY REQUEST TO STAFF IS THAT AS YOU'RE MAKING AN ASSESSMENT THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE MOST COMMONLY SPOKEN LANGUAGES, BUT YOU'RE ALSO BRINGING IN AN ACCOUNTING SPECIFICALLY INTO LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY
  • AND THE OTHER CONTEXT THAT I WANT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BODY IS THAT LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND POVERTY ARE LINKED
  • AND BOTH OF THESE THINGS, LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND POVERTY ARE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
  • SO THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT WORK
  • I'M PLEASED TO SEE IT COME UP TODAY
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA COMMISSIONER CALKINS THANK YOU, CHAIR CHO
  • JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THIS ORDER
  • THE FIRST IS I THINK IT'S A REALLY LOGICAL EXTENSION OF THE WORK WE DID LAST WEEK ON THE EQUITY POLICY DIRECTIVE
  • THIS IS SORT OF A FIRST CONCRETE STEP IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT TO REALLY MOVE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO PORT FACILITIES IN THE SAME WAY, PORT WORK IN THE SAME WAY
  • SECOND, I WOULD SAY THERE'S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO DO THIS
  • THERE ARE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE ALREADY PIONEERING AT THE AIRPORT THAT MAKE ACCESSIBILITY OPEN TO COMMUNITIES THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT, WHETHER BECAUSE IT'S NOW CHEAP ENOUGH TO ROLL OUT AT SCALE OR BECAUSE IT'S OPEN DOORS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY TO MEANS OF COMMUNICATION THAT MAY NOT HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN AVAILABLE
  • THE THIRD THING I'D SAY IS THAT I THINK THIS IS OF A PIECE, PARTICULARLY ON THE LANGUAGE COMPONENT WITH A GOVERNING PHILOSOPHY HERE, WHICH IS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT TWO KIND OF TWIN SUPERPOWERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARE IMMIGRATION AND MULTICULTURALISM
  • THAT WE BELIEVE IN THAT RATHER THAN FOLKS COMING AND LEARNING THIS WAY, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COME AND REMAIN WHO THEY ARE AND CONTRIBUTE
  • SO THAT WE'VE BANISHED THE IDEA OF A MELTING POT AND INSTEAD ADOPTED SOME OTHER METAPHOR IN WHICH EVERYONE GETS TO CONTINUE TO INHABIT THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGINS, CULTURE OR ETHNICITY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNITED STATES
  • AND THAT IS, IN FACT, WHAT'S MADE US SO PROSPEROUS AND INNOVATIVE AND RESILIENT AS A COUNTRY IN WAYS THAT OTHER INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF
  • AND FINALLY, AS WE WERE FIRST TALKING ABOUT THIS MAYBE A MONTH OR SO AGO, OR AS IT FIRST CAME ACROSS MY RADAR, IT COINCIDED WITH THE DEATH OF A LONGTIME DISABILITY ADVOCATE, JUDY HUMAN, WHO WAS RENOWNED IN NEW YORK STATE BUT THEN NATIONALLY FOR HER WORK AS AN ADVOCATE FOR THOSE WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED
  • AND ONE OF THE QUOTES THAT CAME OUT, AND I'M PARAPHRASING BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, WAS THAT THE TRAGEDY WAS NOT THAT SHE WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR
  • THE TRAGEDY WAS THAT PLACES DID NOT HAVE THE RAMPS NECESSARY FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO ENTER THEM
  • AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT IS HAVE WE CREATED INSURMOUNTABLE TRAGEDIES THAT WE CAN ENSURE WILL BE SURMOUNTED BY THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE DIFFERENTLY ABLED? SO THANK YOU ALL TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND TO STAFF FOR PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER, AND I'M EXCITED TO VOTE FOR IT
  • EXCELLENT
  • THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CALKINS
  • I GUESS I'LL CLOSE OUT BY PROVIDING SOME THOUGHTS
  • FIRST OF ALL, MY GRATITUDE TO COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO THE COMMISSIONER AND ALSO TO COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA FOR POINTING OUT A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT NUANCE TO THIS POLICY
  • POINTING OUT THAT ENGLISH OF SPEAKER LANGUAGE AND PROFICIENCY ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS AND THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE PROFICIENCY SIDE OF THINGS
  • I THINK I CAN'T THINK OF A BETTER EXAMPLE OF HOW THE DIVERSITY OF THIS COMMISSION RIGHT NOW IS HELPING US MAKE POLICIES THAT ARE THAT MUCH MORE FINE TUNED, SHARP AND CONSIDERATE OF EVERYONE AND EVERY PERSON OF DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE
  • I JUST WANTED TO SHARE REAL QUICKLY, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT I ACTUALLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR THE NEW EMPLOYEE CENTER UPSTAIRS ON THE SECOND FLOOR
  • AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S THE CENTER WHERE WHEN AIRPORT EMPLOYEES GET ONBOARDED, THEY GO THROUGH THE SECURITY TRAINING, THEY GO GET THEIR BADGE
  • AND I THINK WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH IT, RIGHT? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME VERY DISTINCTLY AT THAT FACILITY WAS THAT THERE ARE MANY ENGLISH SPEAKERS, ENGLISH SPEAKERS OF SECOND LANGUAGE
  • AND THE REALITY IS THAT A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WHO GO THROUGH THOSE TRAININGS FAIL THEIR BADGINGS BECAUSE THE TRAINING IS ONLY OFFERED IN ENGLISH
  • AND IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THESE ARE IMMIGRANTS WHO COME HERE FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
  • AND THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT PROFICIENT ENOUGH IN ENGLISH IS THE REASON WHY THEY CAN'T PASS A BADGING REQUIREMENT TO RETAIN A JOB AT THE PORT IS HEARTBREAKING
  • AND I KNOW IT'S HEARTBREAKING FOR THEM
  • I KNOW THAT THE TEAM HAS WORKED HARD TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO TRAIN AND TO EDUCATE THESE EMPLOYEES
  • AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE THAT IT'S DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE THAT TRAINING, MULTIPLE HOUR TRAININGS, BY THE WAY, IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
  • IN ALL DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, RIGHT? AND SO I APPRECIATE THIS ORDER MAINLY BECAUSE I THINK THIS ASSESSMENT AND THE REPORT THAT COMES OUT OF IT WILL HOPEFULLY PROVIDE US WITH A BLUEPRINT ON HOW WE CAN LOWER THE BARRIER BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE PRIDE OURSELVES AS AN AGENCY THAT PROMOTES ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
  • AND IN DOING THAT, WE NEED TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES
  • AND I THINK LANGUAGE ACCENTS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
  • AND WE'VE DONE THINGS OUTSIDE OF THIS ORDER THAT I THINK HAVE HELPED TREMENDOUSLY AS WELL
  • WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE PORT, WE HAD THESE NEW ANTI HUMAN TRAFFICKING SIGNS THAT WERE PUT ALL OVER THE PORT IN THE MOST COMMON SPEAKING LANGUAGES
  • I THINK THAT WE WERE TREADED THIS WAY
  • I LOVE THAT WE ARE PUTTING IN A PEN TO PAPER AND PUTTING IN OUR POLICY SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A MORE HOLISTIC CHANGE AS AN ORGANIZATION
  • AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED, AND ALSO TO BOOKDA, TYLER AND THE WHOLE OEDI AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS, QUITE FRANKLY, WHO WILL BE DOING A LOT OF THE WORK TO IMPLEMENT THIS STUFF ON THE PUBLIC FACING SIDE
  • AND SO I AM VERY EXCITED TO WHOLEHEARTEDLY VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS
  • SO WITH THAT HEARING, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS ITEM
  • IS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND
  • SO MOVED
  • SECOND
  • ALL RIGHT
  • THE MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED
  • CLERK HART, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL FOR THE VOTE
  • COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE SAY I OR NAY WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED
  • THANK YOU
  • BEGINNING WITH COMMISSIONER MOHAMMED AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER HASEGAWA
  • AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • AND COMMISSIONER CHO AYE
  • THANK YOU
  • FOUR AYES AND ZERO NAYS FOR THIS ITEM
  • EXCELLENT
  • THE MOTION PASSES
  • GREAT WORK, EVERYONE
  • CONGRATULATIONS
  • WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM ELEVEN PRESENTATIONS AND STAFF REPORTS
  • CLERK HART, PLEASE READ THE NEXT ITEM INTO THE RECORD
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRUCK
  • THEN WE'LL THEN INTRODUCE THE ITEM
  • THANK YOU
  • THIS IS AGENDA ITEM ELEVEN
  • A SUSTAINABLE SENTRY AND FLY QUIET AWARDS
  • COMMISSIONERS, IN HONOR OF EARTH DAY COMING UP ON APRIL 22, PORT STAFF ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE PORT'S 2022 SUSTAINABLE CENTURY AWARDS FOR AVIATION AND MARITIME DIVISIONS
  • THESE AWARDS RECOGNIZE OUR CUSTOMERS, TENANTS, NONPROFITS AND PARTNERS FOR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE AREAS OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
  • AWARD WINNERS SERVE AS ROLE MODELS MODELS AND DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP IN HELPING THE PORT ACHIEVE OUR SUSTAINABILITY GOALS SET FORTH IN OUR CENTURY AGENDA
  • THE PORT WILL HOST AN AWARDS LUNCHEON ON JUNE 1, HONORING AWARDEES AND CELEBRATING THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • ALL COMMISSIONER ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE CELEBRATION THEN
  • SIMILARLY, WE ARE PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THIS YEAR'S WINNERS OF THE PORT'S FLY QUIET AWARDS
  • THIS PROGRAM CELEBRATES AIRLINES FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO REDUCE OPERATIONAL NOISE AT SEA
  • THE ANNUAL FLY QUIET AWARDS WERE DEVELOPED BY PORT STAFF AND THE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN FIVE TO INCREASE AIRLINE AND PILOT AWARENESS OF AIRCRAFT NOISE IMPACTS ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES
  • THEY'RE A KEY PART OF OUR MULTIFACETED EFFORT TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF AIRPORT AND AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ON LOCAL RESIDENTS
  • THE PRESENTERS THIS AFTERNOON ARE SANDRA KILROY I SEE
  • OH, THERE YOU ARE, SANDY
  • SANDRA KILROY, SENIOR DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND ENGINEERING
  • JANE DOWELL, SENIOR MANAGER, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM, STORMWATER UTILITY
  • JEREMY WEBB, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER, AVIATION ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY AND SARAH COX, DIRECTOR, AVIATION ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY SO SANDRA, I'LL TURN OVER TO YOU FIRST
  • THANK YOU, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK
  • AND GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS
  • I AM SO PLEASED TO BE OPENING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THIS YEAR'S SUSTAINABLE CENTURY AWARDS AND FLY QUIET AWARDS
  • THE PORT IS DEDICATING SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP TO ENSURE THAT OUR MARITIME AND AVIATION OPERATIONS ARE SUSTAINABLE, RESILIENT AND EQUITABLE
  • YOU CAN GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE
  • WE AIM TO TRANSFORM OUR LOCAL INDUSTRY AND NOT JUST THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME GALVANIZE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTION
  • BUT THIS IS A HEAVY LIFT
  • WE KNOW IT'S A HEAVY LIFT, AND WE KNOW WE CAN'T ACHIEVE SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ALONE
  • SO WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH OTHERS IS A KEY STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS, AND RECOGNIZING OTHER ORGANIZATIONS EFFORTS IS A KEY PART OF THAT STRATEGY
  • SO SINCE 2010, WE HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZING AVIATION AND MARITIME CUSTOMERS, TENANTS, NONPROFITS, PARTNERS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE AREAS OF ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, NOISE, AND JUST RECENTLY, EQUITY
  • THE SUSTAINABLE CENTURY AWARDS REFLECT A DEEP ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PORT CENTURY AGENDA GOALS AND OUR PORT VALUES
  • NEXT SLIDE
  • SO THESE ARE OUR AWARD WINNERS
  • THESE ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEMONSTRATE ACTION AND SHOWCASE PROGRESS
  • THESE AWARDS ARE BOTH NOMINATION BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE ORGANIZATIONS AND ALSO AT THE AIRPORT
  • THESE AWARDS INCLUDE ACHIEVEMENT BASED AWARDS THAT UTILIZE ACTUAL DATA FROM AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND FLIGHT SYSTEMS TO RECOGNIZE AIRLINE EFFORTS TO REDUCE MISSIONS
  • SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK PREVIEW BEFORE WE GO INTO MORE DETAIL
  • SO, FOR AVIATION, WE ARE EXCITED TO RECOGNIZE HMS HOST IN THE AREA OF WASTE REDUCTION, UBER FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE USE, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FOR GROUND POWER AND PRECONDITIONED AIR USE, DELTA AIRLINES FOR THEIR USE OF FUEL EFFICIENT AIRCRAFT
  • ON THE MARITIME SIDE, WE ARE RECOGNIZING LINEAGE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY WORK, THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM FOR THEIR KELP RESEARCH, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF SOUTH SEATTLE FOR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH
  • ADDITIONALLY, LATER IN OUR PRESENTATION, WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE FLY QUIET AWARD WINNERS FOR THE AIRLINE NOISE REDUCTION EFFORTS
  • THESE AWARD WINNERS, AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR METRICS MENTIONED, SERVE AS IMPORTANT ROLE MODELS AND THEY DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THEIR AREA
  • AND ONE PART OF THESE AWARDS IS TO SHOWCASE THESE AND HELP SHARE ONE FROM ONE BUSINESS TO ANOTHER, FROM ONE ORGANIZATION TO ANOTHER, WHAT CAN BE DONE AND SHARE THAT WORK AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION
  • THESE ORGANIZATIONS SET AN EXAMPLE FOR SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN OUR REGION, AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO THE BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE RECEIVING THESE AWARDS
  • WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ON WHAT EACH OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS DID TO EARN THIS RECOGNITION
  • AND WE'RE FIRST GOING TO FOCUS ON THE MARITIME SIDE, AND I WILL PASS IT TO JANE DOELL, WHO IS ONLINE
  • THANK YOU, SANDY
  • GOOD AFTERNOON
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND COMMISSIONERS
  • OH, NEXT
  • YOU DID? THANK YOU
  • YEAH
  • THE MARITIME ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AWARD GOES TO LINEAGE LOGISTICS
  • THEY'VE HAD INVESTED AMBITIOUS ENERGY SAVINGS AND THAT WILL RESULT IN ENERGY USE REDUCTION OF 1.2 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS PER YEAR WHEN COMPARED WITH PERFORMANCE OF THEIR OLD VERSUS THEIR NEW EQUIPMENT
  • EXAMPLES OF WHAT THEY DID INCLUDE INSTALLING LED LIGHTING IN TWO BUILDINGS THAT THEY LEASE AT THE PORT'S TERMINAL 91 FACILITY THAT INCLUDE AUTOMATIC SENSORS AND ADJUST LIGHTING VIA MOTION SENSORS
  • THEY ALSO ADDED NEW RAIL DOCK DOORS AND HIGH SPEED ROLL UP DOORS ON THEIR COLD STORAGE AREAS
  • THESE DOORS HELP TO REDUCE ENERGY LOSS FROM FREEZERS, WHICH MUST BE MAINTAINED AT A TEMPERATURE OF NEGATIVE 15 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
  • AND THE THIRD THING THAT THEY'VE DONE IS ADDED NEW VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE COMPRESSORS THERE'S AN EXAMPLE IN THE PHOTO
  • AND NEW EVAPORATORS
  • THIS EQUIPMENT ADJUSTS TO DEMAND AS NEEDED AND NO LONGER RUNS TWENTY FOUR SEVEN AT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT
  • THE ORGANIZATION LINEAGE ALSO ESTABLISHED A ZERO CARBON FOOTPRINT GOAL BY 2040, WHICH IS TEN YEARS EARLIER THAN WASHINGTON STATE MANDATES FOR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS
  • IN SUMMARY, LINEAGE LOGISTICS PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT MODEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE FOR ENERGY PROGRAMS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO FISHERY AND OTHER MARITIME INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES IN THE PUGET SOUND REGION AND BEYOND
  • NEXT SO THE NONPROFIT ECOS IS BEING AWARDED FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION AND OUTREACH AND FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
  • THIS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION INITIATED AND LED TWO NOTABLE EDUCATION OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN 2022
  • THESE PROGRAMS SUPPORTED OUTDOOR EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE AWARENESS AMONG BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, AS WELL AS IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES IN KING COUNTY
  • ONE PROGRAM INCLUDED TRANSIT TO PARKS, OUTINGS TO LITTLE MOUNT SIGH, AND THE PHOTO IN THE SLIDES IS OF THE LITTLE MOUNT SIGH OUTLOOK
  • THEY COLLABORATED WITH WASHINGTON TRAILS ASSOCIATION, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY AND KING COUNTY METRO AND PARKS DEPARTMENTS
  • THIS PROGRAM INTRODUCED OVER 66 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AGED FOUR TO 50 PLUS TO THE POSSIBILITIES OF HIKING IN REGIONAL NATURAL AREAS USING TRANSIT
  • ECOSYST PROVIDED SUPPORT VIA MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL EXPERIENCE THAT WAS BENEFICIAL FOR THE PARTICIPANTS
  • THE SECOND PROGRAM THAT WE EVALUATED INCLUDED ADOPTING AND CARING FOR HABITAT RESTORATION SITE AT SEWARD PARK
  • THIS WAS IN COLLABORATION WITH MOUNTAINS TO SOUND GREENWAY TRUST, GREEN SEATTLE PARTNERSHIP AND SEWARD PARK AUDUBON CENTER
  • THE PROGRAM INCLUDED OVER 40 PARTICIPANTS FOR TWO RESTORATION EVENTS THAT INVOLVED PLANT REMOVAL EDUCATION AND NATURE WALKS AND INTRODUCING NATIVE SPECIES TO HEAL THE LAND
  • IN ADDITION TO ECOSYS BEING AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OUTREACH, THESE PROGRAMS EXCEEDED THE CRITERIA FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION RECOGNITION
  • AND OUR THIRD MARITIME AWARD
  • NEXT GOES TO THE SEATTLE AQUARIUM FOR THEIR URBAN KELP RESEARCH PROJECT
  • IN ADDITION TO BEING A FUN AQUARIUM TO VISIT, THEY CONDUCT IMPORTANT MARINE RESEARCH
  • BULL KELP POPULATIONS, WHICH ARE IMPORTANT ECOSYSTEM IN THE PUGET SOUND, HAVE EXPERIENCED DECLINE AND RESURGENCE IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE SOUND AQUARIUM
  • SCIENTISTS USE THREE INNOVATIVE ELEMENTS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND SHARE THEIR KELP RESEARCH
  • THE FIRST WAS REMOTELY OPERATED OUR ROV SURVEY METHODOLOGY THAT'S IN THE PHOTO WITH TWO OF THEIR RESEARCHERS USING ROV IN PLACE OF DIVERS, THEY EXPANDED THE AREA AND AMOUNT OF VIDEO DATA GATHERED IN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS TO DOCUMENT KELP INVERTEBRATE AND FISH ABUNDANCE, AND IMPROVED FIELD METHODS TO SURVEY KELP
  • A SECOND ELEMENT WAS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS
  • THE LARGE AMOUNT OF VIDEO IMAGERY COLLECTED VIA ROV IS PROCESSED USING TWO AI ALGORITHMS THAT ANALYZE FOR TYPES OF MARINE LIFE AND PERCENT COVERAGE AND CAN GENERATE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE MORE DATA COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL METHODS
  • AND THEIR THIRD METHOD WAS OPEN ACCESS RESEARCH
  • THEY SHARE THEIR RESEARCH METHODS AND FINDINGS WITH THE GREATER PUTTS DOWN COMMUNITY AND BEYOND, WHICH HELPS TO ADVANCE BULL KELP AND OTHER MARINE ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH AND ENSURES CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION PROGRAMS ARE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT
  • IN ADDITION TO THESE RESEARCH ADVANCES, THE KELP PROJECT RECEIVED AN HONORABLE MENTION FOR EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION FOR ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH SEA POTENTIAL, LLC, WHICH EXPOSES BLACK, INDIGENOUS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR COMMUNITIES TO MARITIME CAREERS
  • WITH THAT, I'M PASSING TO JEREMY WEBB
  • GOOD AFTERNOON
  • THANK YOU, JANE
  • HELLO
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK AND COMMISSIONER JEREMY WEBB, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER WITH AVIATION, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
  • WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY
  • AGAIN, AS SANDY SAID AND EVERYONE ELSE MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT AND SHOWCASE ALL THE FOLKS THAT WE DEPEND ON TO MEET THESE GOALS
  • AND IT'S ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF ALL THE INNOVATION AND HARD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN OFFICES
  • SO WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO CELEBRATE
  • WE'LL START OFF THE FIRST AWARD WINNER THAT WE'RE RECOGNIZING IS HMS HOST
  • UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL, INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES IN PARTICULAR, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON THEIR INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH US TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR SINGLE USE PLASTICS REDUCTION, REDUCING COOKING OIL AND OTHER WASTE OVER THE PAST YEAR
  • BEGINNING IN MAY, WE REACHED OUT TO HOST AND INVITED THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN A PILOT PROJECT TO ESSENTIALLY TEST THE SALE OF ALTERNATIVE PLASTIC BEVERAGE CONTAINERS WITHIN THE TERMINAL
  • THE IDEA WAS TO GAIN SOME UNDERSTANDING OF CUSTOMER DEMAND, AVAILABILITY AND PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS FOR DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND JUST TO SEE HOW THINGS WOULD SELL
  • SO FAR, THE PROGRAM IS CONTINUING UNDERWAY
  • WE'VE BEEN EXCITED BY SOME OF THE FINDINGS THAT WE'VE UNCOVERED AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARING THAT WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE
  • BUT IT ALL HINGED ON COOPERATION OF OUR CONCESSIONS AND HOST WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO JUMP AT THIS AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE MUTUAL GOALS IN THESE AREAS AND WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND PARTNERSHIPS AND SOLUTIONS TOWARDS THESE COMMON EFFORTS
  • SO WE'RE THRILLED THAT THEY JUMPED ON BOARD
  • WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR EFFORT
  • ONE THING THEY DID NOTE TOO IS THROUGHOUT THIS PILOT PROJECT THEY DEVELOPED A NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH AN ALUMINUM BOTTLED BEVERAGE CONTAINER PROVIDER AND ARE NOW OFFERING THAT IN ALL OF THEIR CASUAL AND QUICK SERVE RESTAURANTS
  • SO ANOTHER GREAT BYPRODUCT OF THE PILOT PROJECT THAT CONTINUES
  • IN ADDITION, HOST HAS BEEN USING A VERY INNOVATIVE USED COOKING OIL FILTRATION AND RECYCLING SYSTEM
  • THE PORT PROVIDES A SYSTEM ALREADY FOR OUR TENANTS, BUT FRANKLY, HMS HOST SYSTEM IS A BIT MORE EFFICIENT AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HOPING TO LEARN FROM AND TAKE SOME BENEFITS FROM
  • THEY BASICALLY EXTEND THE LIFE OF THEIR PRODUCT, SAVING OVER £12,000 OF USED OIL, END UP RECYCLING ABOUT £28,000 OF THAT OIL INTO BIODIESEL, AND ALSO RELIEVE PRESSURE ON OUR OWN SYSTEM, WHICH, AS WE BOUNCE BACK FROM PANDEMIC, DROPS IN ACTIVITY, WE'RE REACHING SOME OF THOSE CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES
  • SO THIS IS A WIN WIN ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL OF US
  • AND FINALLY, HOST HAS BEEN A LONG STANDING PARTNER WITH REGARDS TO WASTE REDUCTION PRACTICES
  • I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND, LIKE MANY OF OUR CONCESSIONS, THAT ONE OF THE BIG IMPACTS THEY HAVE IN OUR TERMINALS COMES TO OPERATIONAL WASTE AND THEY MAKE BIG EFFORTS TO REDUCE THAT, WHETHER IT'S AT THEIR COMMISSARY OFF SITE OR IN THEIR INTERNAL TENANTS SPACES
  • THAT INCLUDES RECYCLING PALLETS, RECYCLING ELECTRONICS, USING OTHER ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS THAT ARE MORE READILY RECOVERABLE LIKE COMPOSTABLE BIOPLASTIC STRAWS AND ALSO PARTICIPATING IN OUR ONGOING FOOD DONATION PROGRAM
  • SO WE ARE ESPECIALLY GRATEFUL TO HMS HOSTS FOR ALL OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR AWARDS
  • WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH THEM IN JUNE AT THE LUNCHEON
  • NEXT SLIDE
  • SO THE OTHER AWARD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING TODAY FOR THE AVIATION SIDE IS THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY UBER IN PARTICULAR, UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE CATEGORY FOR THEIR ADVANCING IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE USE AND EXPANDING ACCESS TO EVS FOR DRIVERS HERE AT SEA
  • EV USE IS EXPANDING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM UBER AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT IT IS INDEED EXPANDING, ESPECIALLY HERE AT SEATAC IN 2022
  • ONE OF THE KEY METRICS THAT THEY SHARED WITH US, AND WE'VE VERIFIED, IS THAT THEY HAVE EXPANDED EV RIDESHARE TRIPS AT THE AIRPORT NEARLY 300%, OR TRIPLING THOSE UP TO 8.5% THIS YEAR, A BANNER YEAR FOR THE GROWTH IN EV RIDESHARE TRIPS HERE AT FCA
  • IN ADDITION, BY EXPANDING EV USE, WE'RE LOWERING EMISSIONS
  • AND THAT'S VERIFIED THROUGH AN EKPI SCORE, WHICH IS OUR EMISSIONS KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR, WHICH WAS REDUCED 17%, SAVING 2.5 MILLION POUNDS OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN 2022 BETWEEN QUARTERS TWO AND FOUR
  • SO AGAIN, GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELECTRIFICATION, REDUCTION IN CARBON
  • AND ANOTHER ELEMENT THAT THEY REALLY LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF, IS THEIR WORK TO EXPAND ACCESS TO EVS FOR DRIVERS
  • ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THEY HIGHLIGHT IS A NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HERTZ RENTAL CAR PROGRAM, WHERE THEY PROVIDE WEEKLY RENTALS OF TESLA EVS TO DRIVERS AT DISCOUNTED PRICES
  • THIS IS AVAILABLE LOCALLY AT THE SEATAC LOCATION, BUT IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE IN SEATTLE AND OTHER MAJOR CITIES NATIONWIDE
  • AND TO DATE, THEY'VE HAD 50,000 EV RENTALS, 24 MILLION TRIPS, AND OVER 260,000,000 MILES, ALL ELECTRIC
  • IN ADDITION TO THIS AND OTHER KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT I'VE MENTIONED, THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF EFFORTS THAT UBER IS BEING RECOGNIZED FOR, INCLUDING DRIVER DISCOUNTS FOR EV, CHARGING FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR EV TRIPS, INAPP RESOURCES TO HELP DRIVERS LOCATE CHARGING STATIONS, AND FIND RESOURCES TO MAKE THE TRANSITION TO EVS
  • ALSO CONTINUING TO EXPAND CUSTOMER OFFERINGS LIKE UBER GREEN AND COMFORT ELECTRIC THAT PROVIDE BOTH DEDICATED EV AND EV HYBRID OPTIONS FOR CUSTOMERS, AND THEN CONTINUING TO SUPPORT EQUITABLE ACCESS TO CHARGING STATIONS THROUGH LOBBYING AND SUPPORT FOR THE US
  • DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO, SHIFTING AWAY FROM OUR NOMINATION BASED AWARDS, WE HAVE TWO AIRLINES THAT WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR OUR MEASUREMENT BASED AWARDS
  • AND AS SANDY MENTIONED EARLIER, THESE ARE BASED ON OUR GROUND USE DATA SYSTEMS AND OUR FLIGHT OPERATIONS DATA
  • SO WE ESSENTIALLY, AT THE END OF THE YEAR, MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE AIRLINES AT THE AIRPORT FOR VARIOUS CATEGORIES AND DETERMINE WHO IS THE HIGHEST AND MOST CONSISTENT USER OF THESE AWARDS
  • SO IN THE CATEGORY OF GREATEST USE OF AIRPORT GROUND POWER AND PRECONDITIONED AIR, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IS WINNING THIS
  • AGAIN, THEY WERE HERE LAST YEAR
  • THIS YEAR THEIR PERFORMANCE METRUCK HAVE IMPROVED
  • AND WE ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT LAST YEAR WE HAD A SOLID CHUNK OF DATA
  • BUT THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A COMPLETE FULL YEAR
  • SO THIS IS A GREAT AVIATION OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THEY'VE HAD LAST YEAR
  • AND IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE FACT THAT THEIR GROUND CREW TEAMS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING WHEN IT COMES TO CONNECTING AND STAYING CONNECTING TO THESE SYSTEMS SO, FOR GROUND POWER, THEY CONNECT 92% OF THE TIME FOR OPERATIONS AND STAY CONNECTED 81% OF THE TIME
  • FOR OUR PRECONDITIONED AIR SYSTEMS, THEY CONNECT TO 65% OF OPERATIONS AND STAY CONNECTED 75% OF THEIR TURN TIME
  • SO, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO SOUTHWEST AIRLINES FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • NEXT SLIDE
  • AND SO THE OTHER MEASURABLE AWARD THAT WE PROVIDE FOR AIRLINES IS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE USE OF FUEL EFFICIENT AIRCRAFT
  • DELTA AIRLINES AGAIN WINS THIS PRIZE, THIS AWARD THIS YEAR EXCUSE ME
  • WITH 25% OF THEIR SEATAC OPERATIONS USING HIGHLY FUEL EFFICIENT AIRCRAFT
  • AND THIS INCLUDES PRIMARILY WITHIN THEIR FLEET, THE AIRBUS A NEOS, A 330 NEOS, AND A 350S
  • LAST YEAR, OR I SHOULD SAY, COMPARED TO THE OTHER HIGH PERFORMING ELEMENTS IN THEIR COMPETITION CATEGORY, OTHER OPERATORS RECEIVED CLOSER TO 17%
  • AND I WILL POINT OUT THAT LAST YEAR, DELTA WAS SOMEWHERE CLOSER TO 16%
  • SO THEY'VE MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OVER LAST YEAR
  • THE OTHER CARRIERS, AS WELL, HAVE ALSO MADE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT
  • THEY WERE CLOSER TO 7%, JUST BEHIND DELTA
  • SO, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO DELTA, TO SOUTHWEST, TO HMS HOST, AND TO UBER FOR THE AVIATION SIDE
  • WE'RE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THESE AWARD WINNERS AND LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING WITH THEM AT THE AWARDS LUNCHEON, JUNE 1
  • AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SARAH COX
  • GREAT, THANK YOU
  • THANK YOU, JEREMY
  • I'M SARAH COX, THE DIRECTOR OF AVIATION, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
  • GOOD AFTERNOON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, METRUCK AND COMMISSIONERS
  • I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF TOM VAGARSTROM, OUR INTERIM NOISE PROGRAM MANAGER
  • HE HAPPENS TO BE AT AN FAA NOISE FORUM TODAY, SO I GET THE HONOR OF ANNOUNCING THE AWARDS
  • SO, OUR FLIGHT QUIET PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN IMPLEMENTATION SINCE 2005, AND IT ANNUALLY HONORS THREE AIRLINES FOR THEIR NOISE REDUCTION ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR OF OPERATIONS
  • THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO INCREASE PILOT AND AIRLINE AWARENESS OF NOISE IMPACTS AND TO ENCOURAGE AIRLINES TO OPERATE THEIR MOST MODERN AND QUIET AIRCRAFT AT SEA
  • SO TWO OF THE ANNUAL FLY QUIET AWARDS ARE GIVEN FOR ACHIEVING THE HIGHEST NOISE REDUCTION SCORES BASED UPON FOUR CRITERIA LOW NOISE LEVELS OF TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, HIGH COMPLIANCE WITH NOISE ABATEMENT FLIGHT PROCEDURES SUSTAIN ON THE PRESCRIBED FLIGHT PATH 100% COMPLIANCE WITH SEA GROU GROUND MAINTENANCE ENGINE RUN UP RULES
  • AND LASTLY ARE LOW LEVELS OF NOISE EXCEEDANCES DURING LATE NIGHT HOURS AT SCA
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO, THE FIRST OF THESE AWARD WINNERS IS AIR CANADA
  • WE APPRECIATE THAT AIR CANADA OPERATED ONLY THE NEWEST GENERATION OF AIRCRAFT AT SCA IN 2022
  • AIR CANADA OPERATED THE QUIET AIRBUS A 220, AS WELL AS THE AIRBUS A 320 NEO, AND THEY HAVE REMARKABLY LOW LEVELS OF TAKEOFF NOISE VERSUS THEIR COMPETITORS
  • THEY ALSO FLEW THE NOISE ABATEMENT FLIGHT PROCEDURES ACCURATELY AND CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
  • SO WE WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE AIR CANADA AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR DILIGENCE ON COMPLYING WITH OUR FLIGHT OPERATION REQUIREMENTS
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE FRONTIER AIRLINES
  • THEY OPERATE MODERN AND QUIET A 320 NEOS AND ARE REMARKABLY QUIET DURING TAKEOFF COMPARED TO OTHER DOMESTIC CARRIERS
  • THEY FLEW THE NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES VERY WELL AND ARE A STRONG COMPETITOR FOR THIS AWARD YEAR AFTER YEAR
  • THEY'VE WON THIS AWARD MANY TIMES AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO QUIET OPERATIONS ON MODERN AIRCRAFT AT SCA
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • OUR THIRD WINNER FOR THE FLY QUIET AWARD GOES TO ALASKA AIRLINES
  • IN 2022, ALASKA UNDERTOOK A SIGNIFICANT COMMITMENT TOWARD UPGRADING THEIR FLEET FROM OLDER MODELS TO NEWER AND QUIETER AIRCRAFT
  • THEY RETIRED ALL 30 OF THE REMAINING OLDER A, REPLACED THEM WITH THE MUCH QUIETER SEVEN THREE SEVEN MAX NINE AS OUR BUSIEST CARRIER AT SEA
  • THIS TYPE OF SUBSTANTIAL AND POSITIVE CHANGE LESSENS NOISE FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND EMBODIES THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE FLY QUIET PROGRAM
  • I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS NOT DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLY QUIET PROGRAM, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALASKA'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SEA STAKEHOLDER ADVISORY ROUNDTABLE START
  • THEY ARE OFTEN A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE TOPICS AND DISCUSSIONS AT HAND, AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO APPRECIATE OR ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR EFFORT TOWARDS THIS
  • NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE
  • SO, AS WE KICKED OFF THIS PRESENTATION, WE ARE HAVING A SUSTAINABLE CENTURY AND FLY QUIET AWARD WINNERS LUNCHEON THAT WILL BE ON JUNE 1 FROM TWELVE TO 130, AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE ALL THERE TO JOIN US
  • THANK YOU
  • EXCELLENT
  • THANK YOU SO MUCH TO SANDRA, JANE, JEREMY AND SARAH FOR THE PRESENTATION
  • I'LL OPEN UP TO COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS AT THIS TIME
  • PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
  • NO
  • COMMISSIONER CALKINS, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE'RE GETTING TO DO THESE AWARDS IN PERSON AGAIN
  • IN ACTUAL EVENTS, I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE PRE PANDEMIC AND FOUND IT TO BE A REALLY IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PRIDE IN THE PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR THESE COMPANIES, TO SEE THAT THEY'RE PART OF SOMETHING BIGGER THAN JUST THE BOTTOM LINE FINANCIALLY FOR THEIR COMPANIES
  • AND SO I'M GLAD THAT WE GET TO STEP UP AND BE A THIRD PARTY
  • THAT NAYS GOOD ON YOU GUYS AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
  • SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE EFFORT TO PUT THESE TOGETHER AND IT WAS FUN TO READ THROUGH THESE THIS LAST WEEKEND TO SEE WHO HAMDI KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT
  • I DIDN'T ANNOUNCE ANY OF THEM AHEAD OF YOU, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE COMPANIES
  • COMMISSIONER MOHAMED
  • YEAH, I ECHO THOSE SAME SENTIMENTS
  • CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS OF THE SUSTAINABLE CENTURY AWARD AND WHY QUIET AWARD? THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND HOW WE NEED TO ACCELERATE FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
  • AND SO TO ALL THOSE COMPANIES
  • I SAY KEEP UP THAT WORK, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM
  • I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION
  • MY QUESTION IS SURROUNDING THE FLY QUIET AWARD
  • DO EACH AIRLINE SUBMIT INFORMATION TO YOU ALL? COULD YOU MAYBE EXPLAIN THE SELECTION PROCESS A LITTLE BIT? YEAH
  • FOR THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA OF THE FIRST TWO AWARDS, IT'S A COMBINATION OF OUR MONITORS THAT WE HAVE ON SITE AND ALSO OUR TRACKING OF THE FLIGHT PATHS AND THE PROCEDURES
  • SO IT'S DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE, THAT IS COLLECTED
  • IT'S ALL AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE
  • WE REPORT THIS OUT QUARTERLY, ALL OF THE RESULTS
  • SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TRACK, BUT THEY'RE NOT SUBMITTING NOMINATIONS FOR IT
  • RIGHT
  • ARE THE AIRLINES OPTING INTO IT TO BE CONSIDERED SOMETHING THAT WE TRACK? WE'RE MODERN AIRLINES
  • CORRECT
  • THAT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW
  • AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS
  • AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE PORT STAFF WHO WORKED ON THIS
  • YEAH, AND I'LL JUST CLOSE BY ALSO CONGRATULATING OUR AWARD RECIPIENTS
  • I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE JUNE 1 RECEPTION WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE ALL THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
  • ALL RIGHT, SO I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA FOR THE DAY
  • ARE THERE ANY CLOSING COMMENTS AT THIS TIME OR MOTIONS RELATING TO COMMITTEE REFERRALS FROM COMMISSIONERS? NO
  • OH, MAN
  • WE'RE ABOUT TO SET A RECORD
  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ANY CLOSING COMMENTS FROM YOU TODAY? NO
  • COMMISSIONER, I APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS AND YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE LANGUAGE ACCESS AND WHERE WE'RE TAKING THAT AND ALL THE LEADERSHIP ON THAT, TAKING THIS FORWARD
  • I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WORK HERE THAT'S GOING TO INFORM ALL THAT WE DO
  • THANK YOU
  • YEAH
  • ACTUALLY, I FORGOT TO MENTION I MEANT TO MENTION ON THE LANGUAGE ACCESS ORDER THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THIS ABOUT ME
  • ONE FACT THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME WAS THAT I WAS ACTUALLY ESL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  • I WAS NOT ALWAYS THIS MASTER OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
  • THROUGH THIRD GRADE, I WAS PUTTING ESL BECAUSE MY ENGLISH I WAS TOLD MY ENGLISH WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BE IN CLASS WITH THE REST OF THE KIDS
  • AND SO I USED TO SPEND HALF MY NAYS IN THIS PORTABLE WITH AN ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR
  • AND SO IF THERE IS EVER AN EXHIBIT, ONE OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN WE PROVIDE THESE RESOURCES TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT JUST IMMIGRANTS, BUT THE SON OF IMMIGRANTS, QUITE FRANKLY, PEOPLE THINK THAT IT'S JUST IMMIGRANTS WHO CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH
  • BUT WHEN I GREW UP, WE DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH IN THE HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE MY PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS
  • AND SO I GREW UP SPEAKING KOREAN IN THE HOUSE, AND MY ENGLISH WAS VERY LACKING
  • AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF THOSE RESOURCES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PUT IN THAT YOU SEE THE INTELLECTUAL GIANT BEFORE YOU TODAY
  • SO I AM AGAIN REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GREAT WORK
  • AND SO, WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS AND HAVING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 01:14 P.M.
  • THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

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