<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>The circumstances are not great but I’m with you, I’m super thrilled we got a reply and one this detailed. (I think we’d all love light rail that ran 24x7 but in the interim, an accessible skybridge and overnight bus service to the airport would do a lot!)<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sun, Aug 28, 2022, at 18:54, Jo Claxton wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="auto"><div><div>Hi,<br></div><div dir="auto">I actually got a reply from one of our emails that I think might be a great example to share with the Port. It's from the manager of Floret.<br></div><div dir="auto">Forwarding her response below.<br></div><div dir="auto">Best,<br></div><div dir="auto">Jo<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr"><div>---------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div>From: <b class="qt-gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Kristina Floret</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Kristina@floretseattle.com">Kristina@floretseattle.com</a>></span><br></div><div>Date: Sun, Aug 28, 2022, 3:48 PM<br></div><div>Subject: Re: Increasing late night public transit at Sea-tac<br></div><div>To: Jo Claxton <<a href="mailto:msjoclaxton@gmail.com">msjoclaxton@gmail.com</a>><br></div><div>Cc: <<a href="mailto:info@floretseattle.com">info@floretseattle.com</a>><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi there,<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you for reaching out.<br></div><div><br></div><div>As of right now I have a lot of employees who can not have a start time before 6:00 am because of how the light rail runs to the airport.<br></div><div><br></div><div>We have shifts starting as early as 4am so would need the light rail to run as early as 3am for a lot of the staff, or people interested in working early morning shifts. <br></div><div><br></div><div>I've had to let some employees go because they have had changes in their mode of transportation and I could not accommodate suddenly putting them on night shifts, because we only had early morning shifts available.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks again for reaching out about my experience. <br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 3:41 PM Jo Claxton <<a href="mailto:msjoclaxton@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">msjoclaxton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Hello,</span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">I'm a volunteer with the Transit Riders Union. We’re working on a project to increase public transit in the early hours of the morning, before Light Rail service begins at 5am. Currently, there is limited bus service between the hours of midnight and 5am for employees and residents who need to move around our region.</span></span><br></p><div><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><b>We’re contacting you to find out how increased transit service could benefit your employees and your business.</b></span><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></span><br></p><div><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Feel free to reply to this email with what you’ve observed working around International Blv’d. (For example, that reliable overnight transit would be easier on your employees getting to and from work, compared to now, where it might be iffy and cause issues with scheduling.) </span></span><br></p><div><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">We greatly appreciate any feedback you have and I’m happy to discuss this project to answer any questions you may have.</span></span><br></p><div><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Best,</span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Jo Claxton</span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="color:rgb(102, 102, 102);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">Transit Riders Union</span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><a href="https://transitriders.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none;" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span class="font" style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;">https://transitriders.org</span></span></a><br></p></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>-- <br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span class="font" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(118, 165, 175);"><i>Kristina Burglund</i></span></span></span><br></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:13px;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(118, 165, 175);"><i>(She/her)</i></span></span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style=""><span class="font" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(182, 215, 168);">253.329.3950</span></span></span><span class="font" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span class="font" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span class="colour" style="color:rgb(118, 165, 175);">General Manager</span></span><br></div><div><a href="http://www.floretseattle.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><span class="font" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms", sans-serif;"><span class="colour" style="color:#134f5c;">www.floretseattle.com</span></span></a><br></div><div><img width="96" height="55" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wdbOjH0dBSHPUAXwqdbD6Kc0MmH0yitWa_sCGyGZBwI5rqCB5hyOQaRpMgDLD2agFL74gq0KM"><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>