Port of Bellingham

54. Authorize the executive director to purchase a fingerprinting system from Visions, Inc.? The Federal Aviation Administration’s new regulations require criminal history checks for all employees in the Security Identification Display Area at the Bellingham International Airport. The new equipment will cut the processing time from over 30 days to two or three days and will reduce the problems with unreadable prints. The $250 per month maintenance and repair contract will be paid by the port. The FAA will reimburse the port for the equipment purchase. Approved 2-0, Scott Walker absent.

55. Authorize the executive director to execute an agreement with the Bellingham Bay PLP Group for a re-evaluation of the Whatcom Waterway? The study by Anchor Environmental of Seattle is for contamination since the last cleanup efforts and to find out what has improved and where future efforts need to be directed. The port is responsible for up to $8,000 of the $186,000 projected costs as per the agreement with G-P and the City of Bellingham. Approved 2-0, Scott Walker absent.

56. Authorize the executive director to execute an agreement with the Bellingham Bay PLP Group for an investigation and feasibility study of the Cornwall Avenue landfill site? Landau Associates of Edmonds will conduct the study. Sample data will be used to determine the exact site conditions for cleanup purposes and resolve any questions regarding the site and sources of contamination. The cost of the study is estimated to be $123,860 with the port responsible for up to $6,108. Approved 2-0, Scott Walker absent.

57. Sign a $250,100 contract with American Building Maintenance of Everett to provide janitorial services over the next year? The contact is $217,478 plus a 15 percent contingency for a total of $250,100. This contact is for 22 facilities and is a nine percent increase over the current contract. It reflects additional work created by port expansion projects. Approved 2-0, Scott Walker absent.

58. Authorize the executive director to sign a $54,942 contract with Sullivan Excavating of Mount Vernon for improvements related to phase 1 of Bellwether on the Bay? The improvements are landscape and sidewalk installation, the grading and gravelling of the parking lot, and creation of a handicap access walk between the garage and pedestrian entrance of the Paulsen Building. Approved 2-0, Scott Walker absent.

59. Shall the commission authorize the executive director to approve a fee schedule for both telecommunications services and access to high technology communications infrastructure (HTCI) owned by the port? A fee schedule is a list of the prices the port charges for services. The HTCI was built and is maintained to cut the port’s telecommunications costs and generate income through leasing of bandwidth by third parties. It is budgeted to make $15,000 in fiscal 2002 and created lower telecommunications costs while improving the service for the port. Aproved 3-0

60. Authorize the executive director to amend a lease agreement with the State of Alaska? This is an amendment to the 20-year lease agreement for facilities at the Alaska Ferry Terminal. Under this amendment, the publicly accessible office space in warehouse No. 4 will be returned to the port for re-leasing. The space should generate approximately $11,520 per year in new income for the port. The port, in turn, has agreed to help the ferry system to modify controls for the auto ramp, so that it can be operated both on land and on the vessel. The project is expected to cost less than $20,000. Approved 3-0