
PORT COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES Page 3 of 5
TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017
Minutes of July 25, 2017, proposed for approval on December 12, 2017.
• Sylvia DeForest, Seattle resident, regarding Tent City 5 and homeless housing.
• JC Harris, Des Moines resident, regarding flight tracking software. Mr. Harris submitted
written materials, which are included here as minutes Exhibit A and are available for
public review.
• Ali Sugule, Emerald City Association, regarding ground transportation at the airport.
• Hasan Dauud, Flat Rate for Hire, regarding ground transportation at the airport.
• Dawn Gearhart, Teamsters 117, regarding ground transportation at the airport.
• Abdul Mohammed, Flat Rate for Hire, regarding Prius V policies and ground
transportation at the airport.
• Abdirahman Elmi, regarding Prius V policies and ground transportation at the airport.
• Worku Belayneh, Flat Rate for Hire, regarding Prius V policies and ground transportation
at the airport.
• Amanuel Abraham, Flat Rate for Hire, regarding Prius V policies and ground
transportation at the airport.
• Mustafe Ismail, E-Cab, regarding ground transportation at the airport.
• Suldan Mohamad, E-Cab, regarding ground transportation at the airport.
• Aamer Abbas, regarding ground transportation at the airport.
• Ali Aden, regarding ground transportation at the airport.
• Mohammad Khan, regarding ground transportation at the airport.
• An anonymous letter regarding Tent City 5 was submitted and is included here as
minutes Exhibit B.
A recording of this part of the meeting has been made available online.
6. DIVISION, CORPORATE, AND COMMISSION ACTION ITEMS
Without objection, the following agenda item –
6a. Authorization for the Executive Director to execute a ground lease with TC Northwest
Development in order to develop an aviation-related, light-industrial facility in the City
of SeaTac near the Des Moines Creek Business Park. [removed from agenda]
– was removed from the meeting agenda prior to convening.
6b. Authorization for the Executive Director to authorize an additional $6,000,000 and
execute a construction contract with the low responsive and responsible bidder for the
Service Tunnel Renewal/Replacement project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport,
notwithstanding the low bid exceeded the engineers estimate by more than 10 percent,
for a total project authorization of $39,505,000 (CIP #C102112).
Request document(s) included a Commission agenda memorandum.
Presenter(s): Barry Hennelly, Capital Project Manager, Aviation Project Management.
The circumstances surrounding the project bids exceeding engineer’s estimate by more than 22
percent were summarized as was the rationale for accepting the apparent successful bid and