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APPROVED MINUTES
COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The Port of Seattle Commission met in a special meeting Thursday, February 8, 2024. The meeting
was held at the Port of Seattle Headquarters Building, Conf Rm. 3CC01 and the Commission
Chambers, located at: 2711 Alaskan Way, Seattle, Washington. Commissioners Calkins, Cho,
Felleman, and Mohamed were present. Commissioner Hasegawa was absent and excused from
the meeting.
CALL to ORDER
Pursuant to RCW 42.30 and Article IV, Section 8, of the commission bylaws, the meeting convened
at 8:30 a.m. for the purpose of holding a planning and organizing retreat.
Summary and Themes:
Pre-retreat main topics discussed:
• NWSA relationship and processes;
• transportation;
• workforce development; and
• Government to Government partnerships and funding processes.
The Port needs to continue to evaluate and address issues surrounding capacity and efficiency.
Commissioner retreat requests and staff action items:
• General Request(s)
o Reorganize Executive Director priorities to reflect how they connect to the Century
Agenda.
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External Relations Requests:
o Determine the ability to combine/integrate the SEA app with Delta, Alaska, and other
apps for streamlining purposes. Chris Guizlo, Communications and Marketing Program
Manager, will provide more information.

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Community Relations:
o Request to create more flexibility to provide boat tours.
o Community Engagement for K-12 students – Look to create or implement engagement
with school districts for field trips that can expose youth to the maritime and other port
industries. This action should extend to tribal governments to enhance engagement
and outreach with tribal youth and introduce them to port related industries and
workforce.
o The Commission would like to see a Tribal engagement strategy.
Digital recordings of the meeting proceedings and meeting materials are available online – www.portseattle.org.

PORT COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
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Request to bring back the port tour program.

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Maritime
o Maritime capital delivery and development status reporting.
o Request to break-out the NWSA and Port of Seattle priorities, funding, and key
performance indicators to get a better understanding of where there are issues.

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Commission Office
o Century Agenda evaluation - Request to develop a process to reevaluate the Century
Agenda goals and objectives. Commission Chief of Staff Aaron Pritchard will develop a
path forward and present it to Commissioners.

ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:47 p.m.
Prepared:
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Attest:

Michelle M. Hart, Commission Clerk

Ryan Calkins, Commission Secretary

Minutes approved: February 27, 2024.

Minutes of November 17, 2020, submitted for review on December 3, 2020, and proposed for approval on December 8, 2020.
Minutes of October 27, 2020, submitted for review on November 5, 2020, and proposed for approval on November 10, 2020.