PORT OF SEATTLE
MEMORANDUM
COMMISSION AGENDA

Item No.
Date of Meeting

8a
July 26, 2011

DATE:

July 19, 2011

TO:

Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer

FROM:

Mark Reis, Managing Director, Aviation
Jim Schone, Director, Aviation Business Development
Deanna Zachrisson, Manager, Concessions Business

SUBJECT:

Overview of Concessions Stakeholder Involvement Process and Worker
Retention

The purpose of this overview is to update the Commission and the public on the Airport's current
concessions stakeholder involvement process. Staff also will be prepared to discuss one practice
being considered as a part of this process, incumbent worker retention.
Because all of the Airport's prime food and beverage and retail contracts are not scheduled for
transition until the end of 2016 and mid-2017, concessions staff felt that this year was the most
appropriate time to begin developing the underpinnings for the next great concessions program,
as well as inform decisions about incremental leasing activity in the interim period. This
stakeholder process is the first step in this development, and staff initiated the process in late
May 2011. The process is expected to conclude in the fall of this year.
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Overview of the Process Schedule

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Description of Stakeholder Participants

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Development of Draft Principles and Practices

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Identified Areas of Concessions 'Best Practices'

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Area Focus: Worker Retention