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

Item No: 8c, Reso 3746
Meeting Date: March 27, 2018
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Exhibit A, Section 2, Definitions. Strike lines 174 - 176: ""Construction labor
costs" means the labor cost component of the estimated construction budget for the
project to be paid to contractors at the time of bid or, if absent a bid, at the time of the
contract award."

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Exhibit A, Section 2 Definitions. Line 186 - 187, strike "with construction
costs at or above $5 million"
ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a duly noticed meeting
thereof, held this _____day of ____________, 2017 and duly authenticated in open
session by the signatures of the Commissioners voting in favor thereof and the seal of
the Commission.

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