Sign the Community Forest Consensus and tell others about it: CONSENSUS
Contact Port Commissioners and other electeds: Your emails, calls, and comments make all the powerful difference in the world. Sample message HERE. Contact & meeting info below.
Sign up for SAMP Notices: A Draft Environmental Assessment of the Port’s Sustainable Airport Master Plan, which proposes mass tree destruction in this community, is expected soon. Public input will be critical. Sign up for notice from the Port when that comment window opens.
Port of Seattle Leadership Team: Port of Seattle Headquarters PO Box 1209 | Seattle, WA 98111 phone: 206-787-3000. Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director; Pearse Edwards, Senior Director, External Relations; Bookda Gheisar, Senior Director Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (Bookda.G@portseattle.org); Elizabeth Leavitt, Senior Director, Environment and Sustainability.
Port Commissioners: Commission phone: 206-787-3034
Please thank Commissioners Felleman, Calkins, and Cho for their role in the Port’s decision last summer to not build an 11-acre airport parking lot in North SeaTac Park and thank Commissioner Hasegawa and Mohamed for signing the petition against that parking lot when they were candidates for office.
Commission President Ryan Calkins (calkins.r@portseattle.org)
Commissioner Sam Cho (cho.s@portseattle.org)
Commissioner Fred Felleman (felleman.f@portseattle.org)
Commissioner Toshiko Hasegawa (hasegawa.t@portseattle.org)
Commissioner Hamdi Mohamed (mohamed.h@portseattle.org
Port meetings: Usually on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at noon (sign-in 11:30). Public comments procedures are published HERE. Speaking time is 2 minutes.
To deliver public comment during a meeting via phone or Microsoft Teams: Write to commission-public-records@portseattle.org with your name and topic by 9AM on the day of the meeting. You will then be provided with instructions and a link to join the Teams meeting
To deliver public comment via email: Send your comments to commission-public-records@portseattle.org All written comments will be distributed to commissioners and attached to the approved minutes.
BURIEN
Public Meetings: First and third Mondays at 7PM.
Please thank Deputy Mayor Schilling and Councilmembers Sarah Moore and Cydney Moore for signing the petition against building an airport employee parking lot in North SeaTac Park last summer.
Mayor Sofia Aragon (sofiaa@burienwa.gov)
Deputy Mayor Kevin Schilling (kevins@burienwa.gov)
Councilmember Hugo Garcia (hugog@burienwa.gov)
Councilmember Jimmy Matta (jimmym@burienwa.gov)
Councilmember Cydney Moore, (cydneym@burienwa.gov)
Councilmember Sarah Moore (sarahm@burienwa.gov)
Councilmember Stephanie Mora (stephaniem@burienwa.gov).
DES MOINES
Public Meetings: Second and fourth Thursdays at 5PM
Please thank Mayor Mahoney, Deputy Mayor Buxton, and Councilmember Nutting for signing the petition against building an airport employee parking lot in North SeaTac Park last summer. Please thank Councilmember Harris for signing both last summer’s petition and the Consensus.
Mayor Matt Mahoney (mmahoney@desmoineswa.gov)
Deputy Mayor Traci Buxton (tbuxton@desmoineswa.gov)
Councilmember Gene Achziger (gachziger@desmoineswa.gov)
Councilmember JC Harris (jcharris@desmoineswa.gov)
Councilmember Jeremy Nutting (jnutting@desmoineswa.gov)
Councilmember Harry Steinmetz (hsteinmetz@desmoineswa.gov).
NORMANDY PARK
Public Meetings: Second Tuesdays at 7PM
Please thank Councilmember Thompson for signing both last summer’s petition against the parking lot in North SeaTac Park and the Consensus.
Mayor Sue-Ann Hohimer (sue-ann.hohimer@normandyparkwa.gov)
Deputy Mayor Susan Jeanne West (susan.west@normandyparkwa.gov)
Councilmember Michelle Sipes-Marvin (michelle.sipes-marvin@normandyparkwa.gov)
Councilmember Earnest Thompson (earnest.thompson@normandyparkwa.gov)
Councilmember Shawn McEvoy (shawn.mcevoy@normandyparkwa.gov)
Councilmember Mike Bishoff (mike.bishoff@normandyparkwa.gov)
Councilmember Eric Zimmerman (eric.zimmerman@normandyparkwa.gov).
SEATAC
Public Meetings: Second and fourth Tuesdays at 6PM. To speak at the meeting, sign up by 2PM on the day of the meeting using THIS FORM. Speaking time is 3 minutes. To submit written comments, email them by 2:00 p.m. the day of the meeting to: PublicComment@seatacwa.gov
Please thank Councilmembers Kwon and Egal for signing the Consensus. Please also thank Mayor Simpson, Deputy Mayor Negusse, and Councilmember Kwon (then Deputy Mayor Kwon) for signing the petition against building an airport employee parking lot in North SeaTac Park last summer.
Mayor Jake Simpson (jsimpson@seatacwa.gov)
Deputy Mayor Senayet Negusse (snegusse@seatacwa.gov)
Councilmember Mohamed Egal (megal@seatacwa.gov)
Councilmember Takele Gobena (tgobena@seatacwa.gov)
Councilmember Iris Guzman (iguzman@seatacwa.gov)
Councilmember Peter Kwon (pkwon@seatacwa.gov)
Councilmember Erin Sitterly (esitterly@seatacwa.gov)
TUKWILA
Public Meetings: First and third Mondays at 7PM
Please thank Councilmember Kruller for signing the Consensus and, in her role of Council President last summer, for signing the petition against the parking lot in North SeaTac Park.
Mayor Allan Eckberg (Mayor@TukwilaWa.gov)
Councilmember Mohamed Abdi (Mohamed.Abdi@TukwilaWa.gov)
Councilmember Kathy Hougardy (Kathy.Hougardy@TukwilaWa.gov)
Councilmember Cynthia Delostrinos Johnson (c.delostrinosjohnson@tukwilawa.gov)
Councilmember Kate Kruller (Kate.Kruller@TukwilaWa.gov)
Councilmember Thomas McLeod (Thomas.McLeod@TukwilaWa.gov)
Councilmember De’Sean Quinn (DeSean.Quinn@TukwilaWa.gov)
Councilmember Tosh Sharp (tosh.sharp@tukwilawa.gov).
Please thank Council Vice President and Councilmember Upthegrove for signing both last summer’s petition against the parking lot in North SeaTac Park.
The Council meets on the 1st-4th Tuesdays of the month, but general comments are accepted only on fourth Tuesdays.
Online: Find the zoom link on the agenda for the meeting (need to scroll to bottoof page) here: https://kingcounty.gov/council/committees/full_council.aspx these agendas are usually available days in advance. No sign up or advance notice is needed.
By phone: use the Zoom app and Webinar ID: 813 1719 0179 (phone number 1-253-215-8782)
By written comment: Submit to clerk@kingcounty.gov before 10:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting. Your comments will be distributed to the Councilmembers and appropriate staff prior to the meeting.
Councilmembers are assigned districts and it is most effective if you call or write your own Councilmember. To find your district, click HERE. You can also write to or address all Councilmembers.
Dear Council Chair Balducci and Councilmembers Dembrowski, Zahilay, Perry, Kohl-Welles, Upthegrove, McDermott, Von Reichbauer, and Dunn,
rod.dembowski@kingcounty.gov, girmay.zahilay@kingcounty.gov, sarah.perry@kingcounty.gov, jeanne.kohl-welles@kingcounty.gov, dave.upthegrove@kingcounty.gov, claudia.balducci@kingcounty.gov, joe.mcdermott@kingcounty.govpete.vonreichbauer@kingcounty.gov, reagan.dunn@kingcounty.gov
Councilmember Rod Dembowski, District 1, 206-477-1001, rod.dembowski@kingcounty.gov
Councilmember Girmay Zahilay, District 2, 206-477-1002, girmay.zahilay@kingcounty.gov
Councilmember Sarah Perry, District 3, 206-477-1003, sarah.perry@kingcounty.gov
Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles, District 4, 206-477-1004, jeanne.kohl-welles@kingcounty.gov
Councilmember Dave Upthegrove, District 5, 206-477-1005, dave.upthegrove@kingcounty.gov The airport is within District 5.
Council Chair Claudia Balducci, District 6, 206-477-1006, claudia.balducci@kingcounty.gov
Councilmember Pete von Reichbauer, District 7, 206-477-1007, pete.vonreichbauer@kingcounty.gov
Council Vice Chair Joe McDermott, District 8, 206-477-1008 joe.mcdermott@kingcounty.gov Many residents of District 8 live within 1 or 2 miles of the airport.
Council Vice Chair Reagan Dunn, District 9, 206-477-1009, reagan.dunn@kingcounty.gov
The Highline Forum provides SW King County municipalities, educational governing bodies, and the Port of Seattle with the opportunity to share information, interact with outside speakers and other governmental organizations, and work in partnership on initiatives that benefit the residents of Southwest King County.
Upcoming meetings are on the 4th Wednesdays of January, March, May, July, September, and November from 230 – 4:30PM. To participate by written comment or via Microsoft Teams, email Dave Kaplan at kaplan.d@portseattle.org by 9AM on the day of the meeting with your name and topic.