<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Nice! Shall I send this to LeeAnne (who asked if we have materials to share with the commissioners in advance) or do you want to just share it with them at the meeting tomorrow?<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Btw I don’t know if you all already discussed an agenda for the meeting with the Commissioners, but let me know what the best way would be for me to participate/support. If there’s time, I would be glad to speak specifically about the idea of trying to get employer-subsidized transit passes for all airport employees. And/or whatever else is helpful!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Katie<br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 28, 2022, at 7:06 PM, Saunatina Sanchez <<a href="mailto:saunatina@gmail.com" class="">saunatina@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Just showing up and asking people their opinion works wonders! This is the best response we could ask for, considering their complaint is the main thing we're going to the port for.<div class="">Amazing.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">S.</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 6:59 PM Wes Mills <<a href="mailto:wesmills@wesmills.com" class="">wesmills@wesmills.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg5301933330579669220"><u class=""></u><div class=""><div class="">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 class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">On Sun, Aug 28, 2022, at 18:54, Jo Claxton wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" id="gmail-m_5301933330579669220qt" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""><div class="">Hi,<br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">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 class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Forwarding her response below.<br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Best,<br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Jo<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br class=""></div><div class="">From: <b dir="auto" class="">Kristina Floret</b> <span dir="auto" class=""><<a href="mailto:Kristina@floretseattle.com" target="_blank" class="">Kristina@floretseattle.com</a>></span><br class=""></div><div class="">Date: Sun, Aug 28, 2022, 3:48 PM<br class=""></div><div class="">Subject: Re: Increasing late night public transit at Sea-tac<br class=""></div><div class="">To: Jo Claxton <<a href="mailto:msjoclaxton@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">msjoclaxton@gmail.com</a>><br class=""></div><div class="">Cc: <<a href="mailto:info@floretseattle.com" target="_blank" class="">info@floretseattle.com</a>><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Hi there,<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for reaching out.<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks again for reaching out about my experience. <br class=""></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 3:41 PM Jo Claxton <<a href="mailto:msjoclaxton@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">msjoclaxton@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">Hello,</span></span><br class=""></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">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 class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><b class="">We’re contacting you to find out how increased transit service could benefit your employees and your business.</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">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 class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">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 class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">Best,</span></span><br class=""></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">Jo Claxton</span></span><br class=""></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><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" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">Transit Riders Union</span></span><br class=""></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="https://transitriders.org/" style="text-decoration-line:none" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><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" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">https://transitriders.org</span></span></a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-- <br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:13px" class=""><span style="color:rgb(118,165,175)" class=""><i class="">Kristina Burglund</i></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size:13px" class=""><span style="color:rgb(118,165,175)" class=""><i class="">(She/her)</i></span></span></span><br class=""></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><span class=""><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif" class=""><span style="color:rgb(182,215,168)" class="">253.329.3950</span></span></span><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif" class=""><span style="color:rgb(118,165,175)" class="">General Manager</span></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="http://www.floretseattle.com/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class=""><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif" class=""><span style="color:rgb(19,79,92)" class="">www.floretseattle.com</span></span></a><br class=""></div><div class=""><img width="96" height="55" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4wdbOjH0dBSHPUAXwqdbD6Kc0MmH0yitWa_sCGyGZBwI5rqCB5hyOQaRpMgDLD2agFL74gq0KM" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">
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