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MOTION 2019-04:

MOTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION

adopting the charter of the Workforce Development

Special Committee as attached to develop information,

advice and recommendations to the Port of Seattle

Commission on how best to promote women and minority

business enterprise growth, small business growth, and

workforce development with a focus on increasing

workforce training, job, and business opportunities for

local communities in trade, travel, and logistics.

ADOPTED

MARCH 26, 2019

TEXT OF THE MOTION

The Port of Seattle Commission hereby adopts the attached charter of the Workforce

Development Special Committee to provide information, advice and recommendations to the

Port of Seattle Commission in pursuit of the Port’s Century Agenda goal to use the Port’s

influence as an institution to promote women and minority business enterprise (WMBE)

growth, small business growth, and workforce development with a focus on the objective to

increase workforce training, job, and business opportunities for local communities in trade,

travel, and logistics.

The Committee will also make reccomendations to the Commission on how the Port can create

a foundation for a diverse economy with a focus on industries necessary to support Port capital

construction and wider economic vitality.

STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION

The Worforce Development Special Committee, chaired by Commissioners Stephanie Bowman

and Ryan Calkins, has been chartered to review the Century Agenda strategy associated with

workforce development, to review and make recommendations for updating the workforce

development policy and the five year strategic plan. The committee will also provide

recommendations for the development of the maritime high school feasibility and business

plan development.

This will be the first year for the Workforce Development Committee. The timing coincides with

the fourth year of the current five-year strategic plan and five years after adoption of a motion

on “Increasing Workforce Development and Career Opportunities Activities” on July 1, 2014.

The five-year strategic plan and the motion have guided workforce development efforts at the

Port.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ATTACHED

Workforce Development Committee Charter

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PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION

WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHARTER

Adopted March 26, 2019

I. INTRODUCTION

The Workforce Development Committee, herein referred to as “the committee,” is a special

committee created by the Port of Seattle Commission. The committee will provide information,

advice and recommendations about the Port’s workforce development strategy to advance

both the Port’s mission to promote workforce development and to increase equity, diversity, and

inclusion in all the work that we do

. The purpose of the Committee is to provide guidance on how

best to use the Port’s influence to provide a foundation for a diverse economy with a focus on

supporting the industries necessary for Port development.

This charter defines the composition, authority, scope, responsibility, and meeting structure of

the committee.

II. COMPOSITION

The Workforce Development Committee will consist of two members of the commission,

appointed by the commission president at the beginning of each calendar year in which the

committee is active.

Advisory members are non-voting members and will be invited to participate in committee

work at the discretion of the committee.

III. SCOPE OF WORK

The work of the 2019 Workforce Development Committee shall include the following:

A. Provide recommendations to the Port of Seattle Commission to revise its Century

Agenda goals to increase workforce development by providing career and business

opportunities for local communities in maritime, trade, travel, and logistics.

B. Provide recommendations to the Port of Seattle Commission with regard to policy

directive language in order to update the direction provided in the July 1, 2014,

Workforce Development motion, including proposals that leverage the port’s

contracting, statutory and policy authority to achieve its workforce development goals.

C. Communicate the Port’s approved legislative agenda as it relates to creating and

sustaining effective regional workforce development.

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D. Provide recommendations to the Port of Seattle Commission to revise the 2015

workforce development five-year strategic plan.

E. Guide and administer consultant work to research the feasibility of a maritime high

school on the Seattle waterfront and help make recommendations to the Port of Seattle

Commission on the development of a strategic action plan, stakeholder engagement,

and a final detailed pro forma financial statement.

F. Provide recommendations to the Port of Seattle Commission on how to support regional

initiatives aligned with the committee’s scope of work, including, but not limited to,

advancement of the following:

1. Career Connected Learning with an emphasis on creating K-12 connections to career

opportunities within the maritime, manufacturing, and building trades;

2. Priority Hire;

3. Pre-apprenticeships; and

4. Worker Training and Retention.

IV. AUTHORITY

In pursuit of its mission and scope, the committee is not legally authorized to act on behalf of

the Port of Seattle Commission, but is authorized to conduct the following activities:

A. Gather information, consider all matters within the committee’s scope of work, and

provide information, advice and recommendations to the Port of Seattle Commission.

B. Communicate the workforce development priorities of the Port of Seattle Commission.

C. Engage in outreach efforts and activities to gather information to provide to the Port of

Seattle Commission.

D. If the committee determines that to meet its responsibilities it needs the independent

services of an outside advisor or consultant with workforce development expertise, it

may propose the retention of such advisor or consultant for Port of Seattle Commission

approval.

V. DURATION

The work of the Workforce Development Committee will continue through the review and

revision of the five-year strategic plan and the completion of the feasibility study of a maritime

high school on the Seattle waterfront.

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VI. RESPONSIBILITY

A. The role of the committee chair(s) shall be to:

1. Preside at meetings and serve as committee sponsor(s);

2. Ensure that the committee is addressing the purposes described in this charter; and

3. Set committee meeting agendas.

B. The Commission policy manager is the committee liaison, and commission specialists

will support the work of the committee as assigned. The role of the committee liaison

shall be to:

1. Regularly update the commission in memos, individual briefings, and public session;

2. Support the work of the committee;

3. Help develop, manage, and distribute meeting materials; and

4. Provide logistical support including meeting rooms, scheduling, creating meeting

records, and providing technical assistance.

C. The Port of Seattle Economic Development Division Managing Director and Port of Seattle

Human Resources Senior Director will support the committee as the primary executive staff

contacts. The role of the executive staff contact shall be to:

1. Support the committee with timely and responsive information;

2. Coordinate with other executive staff in support of the committee’s work; and

3. Serve as a resource for committee deliberation.

VII. MEETINGS

A. The committee will meet approximately every other month and will subsequently report

out to the port commission in public session to provide transparency as to the progress

it is making in meeting the charter.

B. A quorum of the committee is required to conduct official committee business. A

quorum is defined as the presence of both commissioners assigned to the committee.

C. Meetings of the committee shall be open to the public when required by applicable law

or the bylaws of the Port of Seattle Commission.

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D. Agendas will be prepared and made available to the committee members in advance of

meetings.

E. Agendas for updates to the full commission will be presented in public session and will

be published as part of regular or special commission meeting notices.

F. Minutes will be prepared and retained for all meetings associated with the work of the

committee.

G. Records of committee meetings, including any meeting minutes, shall be provided to

the commission clerk for appropriate retention in accordance with applicable law and

best practices.