Minutes Exhibit B
Port Commission Special Meeting
of April 10, 2018

April 10, 2018

Courtney Gregoire
President
Seattle Port Commission
Madame President,
Thank you for the opportunity to make public comments in person.
I have expressed concerns to the Seattle Port Commission for the past year about the closure
of Pier 86. I am just as much in the dark now as I was last April. I contacted the Port at that time
when I heard the pier would be closed, but no one seemed to know about it. The pier was
locked off and posted with a no-trespassing sign four months later, right as salmon fishing
season was starting, without any prior notice to the public. Since that time, only one other
information sign has been added in the area, a simple sign north of the pier that states that the
pier is closed.
As a member of the public, I would expect to see an information sign posted by the pier where I
can read about why it was closed, the responsibility shared by the WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife,
where to call for information, and when to expect that the pier will be reopened. To this day, I
am still not clear on what has to happen to get the public fishing pier reopened, other than
finding money for it, or how I can personally help get it reopened for fishing.
Right after the pier was closed last August, I contacted people that I thought would want to know
or share the information, or perhaps could help get the pier fixed. I contacted the State
Department of Fish & Wildlife asking about it, and received a press release from their their
public affairs unit, unsigned, stating that I could find the answers to my questions in their news
release, providing a link to it.
I also contacted the governor and state legislators. Senator Pederson responded, but he just
said that Pier 69 was open for fishing, without committing to help or otherwise direct me as a
member of the public trying to solve a problem that affects the public. I contact members of the
Seattle City Council, but didn't get any traction there. And finally, I contacted the city's Office of
Immigration and Refugee Affairs. This office was the only agency I contacted that thanked me
for my advocacy.
In response to a letter I sent to the Port Commission last August expressing my concern about
the sudden closure of the pier without notice to the public, I received an email from Commission
staff explaining that said that, " the Port is working closely with Department of Fish and Wildlife
to manage decisions about the future of the pier." But I have not been updated. I have hearg, �
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