REVISED COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Port of Seattle
Commission Chambers
P69, 2711 Alaskan Way
Seattle, WA 98111
REGULAR MEETING REVISED JANURY 7, 2011, ITEM 6A ADDED
Date: January 11, 2011
ORDER OF BUSINESS
12:00 noon 1. Call to Order
Recess to:
2. Executive Session, if necessary*
1:00 p.m. Call to Order or reconvene to Open Public Session
3. Approval of Minutes
4. Special Order of Business
5. Unanimous Consent Calendar**
6. Division, Corporate and Commission Action Items
7. Staff Briefings
8. New Business
9. Policy Roundtables
10. Adjournment
1. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. EXECUTIVE SESSION* - Pursuant to RCW 42.30.110, if necessary.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Approval of minutes for the Special Meeting of November 30, 2010.
4. SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
None.
5. UNANIMOUS CONSENT CALENDAR**
Notice: There will be no separate discussion of Consent Calendar items as they are considered
routine by the Port of Seattle Commission and will be adopted by one motion. If a Commissioner or
a member of the public requests discussion on a particular item, that item will be removed from the
Consent Calendar and considered separately.
a. Approval of Claims and Obligations for the period of December 1 through December 31, 2010, in
the amount of $44,086,475.82. (memo enclosed)
* An Executive Session may be held at any time after the convening time, if necessary.
** Unless otherwise requested by a Port Commissioner, all items under the Unanimous Consent Calendar will be considered as a
single item.
*** Cellular telephones and pagers should be off or on vibrate mode during the Public Session.
Port of Seattle
Commission
Tom Albro
Bill Bryant
John Creighton
Rob Holland
Gael Tarleton
Chief Executive Officer
Tay Yoshitani
Web site:
www.portseattle.org
E-mail:
Commission-records
@portseattle.org
Port Commission
(206) 787-3034
Meeting and Agenda
Information
(206) 787-3222
Port of Seattle:
Creating Economic
Vitality Here
Business Strategies:
• Ensure Airport and
Seaport Vitality
• Develop New Business
and Economic
Opportunities for the
Region and the Port
• Enhance Public
Understanding and
Support of the Port’s
Role in the Region
• Be a Catalyst for
Regional Transportation
Solutions
• Be a Leader in
Transportation Security
• Exhibit Environmental
Stewardship through
our Actions
• Be a High Performance
Organization
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5. UNANIMOUS CONSENT CALENDAR Continued
b. Authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute a contract for external audit professional services up to a value of $3,000,000 for
three years with two one-year options. Service Directives will be issued on an annual basis ordering the annual external audit. (Memo
enclosed)
c. Authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to use reimbursement funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
to execute contracts and purchase two small skid loaders, three new blades for existing snow plows and three new sand hoppers for
existing sanding vehicles and to update the Airport Command vehicle. The total amount of this request is $621,137 of which the Port of
Seattle’s allocated obligation is $77,650. (Memo enclosed)
6. DIVISION, CORPORATE AND COMMISSION ACTION ITEMS
a. Motion to endorse the January 20, 2011, Town Hall Community Forum to discuss "In Our Own Backyard: A Closer Look at the Sex
Trafficking of Local Girls" presented by the Women's Funding Alliance. (Motion enclosed)
7. STAFF BRIEFINGS
a. Briefing and public hearing to consider the findings of and receive public comment on the State Auditor’s Office Performance Audit of
the Port’s Real Estate Management and Selected Programs released on December 13, 2010, pursuant to RCW 43.09.470. (memo and
SAO Performance Audit enclosed)
Briefing
Public Hearing and Public Comment
b. Briefing on the Drayage Truck Registry Implementation. (memo enclosed)
8. NEW BUSINESS
9. POLICY ROUNDTABLE
None.
10. ADJOURNMENT
PUBLIC TESTIMONY PROCEDURES
1. Any person wishing to speak at a Port Commission meeting must register on a sign-up sheet and identify the specific agenda item to which he/she will speak before the
agenda item commences.
2. The Commission does not generally take public testimony for non-action agenda items such as “Staff Briefings” or Work Session presentations, but may do so at the
discretion of the Commission Chair.
3. An individual may testify on an agenda item for up to three minutes. Organization representatives may testify for up to five minutes.
4. Any person wishing to speak on a topic not appearing on an agenda may sign up to speak under “New Business”. All testimony provided under “New Business” is limited to
three minutes.
5. In the interests of time, the Commission Chair may limit the number of persons speaking on any topic or may limit testimony to those having new information or material to
present.
6. The Commission Chair may alter the time allotments for testimony to ensure that more speakers have an opportunity to be heard.
7. The identity of each testifier will be noted in the meeting minutes. An individual or organization representative may have the text of his/her remarks appended to the
Commission minutes by submitting a written text at, or before, the meeting. The appended written text will be preserved permanently.
8. A digital audio recording of the public testimony is on file in Port offices. Digital audio recordings are retained in Port offices for six years and then transferred to State
Archives. A charge is assessed for duplication or transcription.
9. The Commission does not engage in discussion or debate with testifiers during commission meetings. Questions and requests for information or documents may be
addressed to Port staff or to individual Commissioners outside of Commission meetings. (Revised September 14, 2007)
