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Item No: 8c, Reso 3746
Meeting Date: March 27, 2018
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Resolution NO. 3746
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A Resolution of the Port of Seattle Commission amending Resolution 3725 to
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change the threshold for applying Project Labor Agreements to Port
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projects and to add a small business threshold for applying
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prevailing wage; and amending Resolution 3736 to amend the
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definitions that include a threshold for applying Project Labor
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Agreements to Port projects.
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WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle established its Construction Labor Policy in
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2016 to help ensure timely and efficient delivery of construction projects; and
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WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle Commission established a Priority Hire policy
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that requires alignment with regional partners to increase participation in the
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workforce by women and minorities; and
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WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle can further alignment with King County and
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the City of Seattle in updating the dollar threshold for the assumption in favor of a
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Project Labor Agreement; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port Commission of the Port
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Seattle as follows:
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Section 1: Section 1(I)(A)(1) of Resolution 3725 related to the change in the dollar
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threshold for the assumption in favor of a Project Labor Agreement from $5 million
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labor costs to $5 million for construction contracts, is hereby amended as follows:
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Strike and replace Section 1(I)(A)(1) of Resolution 3725 to read: “The
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assumption will be in favor of employing a PLA for construction contracts that are
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anticipated to be in excess of $5 million at the time of bid or, if absent a bid, at the
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time of the contract award.”
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Section 2. Section 1(III)(B)(1) of Resolution 3725, related to a small business
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exception on Port leases where tenant improvements are made at the tenant expense,
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is hereby amended as follows:
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Strike and replace Section 1(III)(B)(1) of Resolution 3725 to read: “As a lease
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provision, require the payment and reporting of prevailing wages as required by
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Washington statutes and regulations and State Department of Labor and Industries
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requirements except in the case that the tenant is a small business by U.S. Small
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Business Administration size standards.”
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Section 3: Exhibit A, Section 2, Definitions, related to the change in the dollar
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threshold for the assumption in favor of a Project Labor Agreement from $5 million
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labor costs to $5 million for construction contracts, is hereby amended as follows:
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Item No: 8c, Reso 3746
Meeting Date: March 27, 2018
Exhibit A, Section 2, Definitions. Strike lines 174 – 176: ““Construction labor
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costs” means the labor cost component of the estimated construction budget for the
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project to be paid to contractors at the time of bid or, if absent a bid, at the time of the
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contract award.”
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Exhibit A, Section 2 Definitions. Line 186 – 187, strike “with construction
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costs at or above $5 million”
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ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a duly noticed meeting
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thereof, held this _____day of ____________, 2017 and duly authenticated in open
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session by the signatures of the Commissioners voting in favor thereof and the seal of
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the Commission.
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