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PORT OF SEATTLE 3
RESOLUTION NO. 3844 4
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A RESOLUTION of the Port of Seattle Commission sunsetting the Ad Hoc Airport 6
Workforce Conditions Committee and amending the Charter 7
of the Equity and Workforce Development Committee, 8
previously adopted by Resolution No. 3770, to update the 9
name of the committee to the ‘Equity, Workforce 10
Development, and Conditions Committee,’ and to further 11
update the scope of the committee. 12
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WHEREAS, on February 25, 2020, the Port of Seattle Commission adopted Resolution 14
No. 3770, establishing the standing committee charters of the Commission; and 15
WHEREAS, on September 12, 2023, the Port of Seattle Commission adopted Order 16
No. 2023-13, establishing the Ad Hoc Airport Workforce Conditions Committee to create opportunity 17
for oversight and engagement with staff on programmatic, policy advocacy, and operational efforts 18
related to the topics of access to childcare and healthcare for workers at Seattle Tacoma International 19
Airport (SEA), including both Port employees and workers employed by SEA vendors, tenants, and 20
service providers; and 21
WHEREAS, the Ad Hoc Airport Workforce Conditions Committee is a committee of limited 22
duration, scheduled to sunset upon satisfactorily completing the scope of 23
Order No. 2023-13.; and 24
WHEREAS, on December 16, 2025, the Ad Hoc Airport Workforce Conditions Committee 25
recommended the Port develop a health care policy that sets minimum health care standards for 26
workers at SEA; and 27
WHEREAS, it is now recommended to officially end operation of the Ad Hoc Airport 28
Workforce Conditions Committee and to amend the scope of the standing Equity and Workforce 29
Development Committee Charter to include review of, and provision of recommendations for, the 30
development and implementation of policies regarding workplace conditions and access to services 31
that affect recruitment, retention, and worker stability at Port facilities to improve operations, safety 32
and customer experience; and 33
WHEREAS, it is further recommended that the Equity and Workforce Development 34
Committee Charter be amended to include Civil Rights and Community Safety as a part of the 35
committee’s scope of work; and 36
WHEREAS, it is further recommended that the name of the Equity and Workforce 37
Development Committee be amended to reflect these changes in scope of work. 38
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Item Number: _10c_reso
Meeting Date: February 10, 2026
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Port of Seattle Commission: 43
Section 1. Amendment of Committee Name. Resolution No. 3844, is hereby adopted to 44
change the name of the Commission’s Equity, Workforce Development Committee to the ‘Equity, 45
Workforce Development, and Conditions Committee,’ as shown in attached Exhibit A to this 46
resolution. 47
Section 2. Amendment of Scope of Work. Resolution No. 3844, is further adopted to update 48
the committee’s scope to advising the Port of Seattle Commission on policies and initiatives that 49
advance equity, community benefits, workforce development, and civil rights across Port operations. 50
Its scope includes oversight of equity initiatives, workforce and career-connected learning strategies, 51
and alignment with the Port’s legislative and Century Agenda priorities. New areas of focus include 52
reviewing workplace conditions and access to services that affect worker stability in support of 53
business outcomes, and evaluating public safety policies to ensure civil rights, community trust, 54
equitable treatment, and compliance with Title VI, language access, and anti-human trafficking 55
requirements as shown in attached Exhibit A to this resolution. 56
Section 3. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective upon adoption. 57
ADOPTED by the Port of Seattle Commission at a duly noticed public meeting thereof, held 58
this ____ day of ___________, 2026, and duly authenticated in open session by the signatures of the 59
commissioners voting in favor thereof and the seal of the commission. 60
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EXHIBIT A 78
PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION 79
EQUITY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND CONDITIONS
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STANDING COMMITTEE CHARTER 81
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Proposed February 10, 2026 83
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I. INTRODUCTION 85
The Equity, [AND] Workforce Development [AND] Condions Commiee, herein referred to as “the
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commiee,” is a standing commiee created by the Port of Seale Commission. The commiee will 87
provide informaon, advice, and recommendaons about the port’s equity, workforce development, 88
[AND] career connected learning programs and policies, [AND] diversity in contracng goals,
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and programs and iniaves related to workforce condions.
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B. The Port of Seale is commied to joining regional and naonal efforts to achieve equity and jusce 92
for all and recognizes our essenal role in building a socially just instuon by dismantling the 93
structural barriers that have prevented the full parcipaon of our most marginalized communies, 94
parcularly communies of color. To achieve equitable outcomes for all we will lead with a racial 95
equity lens, instung policies and pracces that address the systemic inequity of economic 96
opportunies, working condions, impacts on local communies, and parcipaon in port affairs. 97
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C. This charter defines the mission, composion, scope, authority, responsibility, and meeng structure 99
of this commiee. 100
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II. COMPOSITION 102
The commiee will consist of two Port of Seale commissioners appointed by the commission 103
president, aer consultaon with the commission, at the beginning of each calendar year in which the 104
commiee is acve. 105
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III. SCOPE OF WORK 107
The work of the Equity, [AND] Workforce Development and Condions Standing Commiee shall
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include the following areas and associated acvies: 109
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A. Equity: 111
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1. Review and provide recommendaons to the commission on the development and implementaon 113
of the Duwamish Valley Community Benefits Policy Direcve and the South King [COUNTY] and Port
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Communies Fund.
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2. Review and monitor internal and external equity programs, policies, systems, and pracces including 118
but not limited to the implementaon of the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion’s Strategic Plan,
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and the workforce development policy, community partnerships with an emphasis on environmental, 120
racial, and economic jusce, and effecve channels of communicaon with port leaders in all port 121
impacted communies. 122
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3. Review and provide recommendaons to the commission on the development and implementaon 124
of policies regarding workplace condions and access to services that affect recruitment, retenon,
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and worker stability at port facilies
in order to improve safety, operations, customer service, 126
and other business outcomes. 127
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B. Workforce Development: Review and provide policy recommendaons to the commission to develop 129
port workforce development programs that support equitable access to port-related jobs and 130
opportunies. 131
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C. Career Connected Learning: Review and provide recommendaons to the commission to guide the 133
port ’s career connected career connected learning strategies. The strategies are intended to ensure 134
that those parcipang in workforce development programs have access to real-world learning 135
experiences in port-related industries and that connect students to meaningful and well-paying 136
jobs at the Port of Seale. 137
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D. Diversity in Contracng: Monitor the implementaon of the Diversity in Contracng policy direcve. 139
Review and recommend to the commission policies that provide economic development 140
opportunies to women- and minority-owned business enterprises based on equity principles. 141
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E. Civil rights and community safety: review and provide recommendaons to the commission on
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monitoring and idenfying areas of improvement relang to public safety operaons, including the
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Port of Seale’s police department and fire department, with aenon to civil rights, civil liberes,
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community trust, and the equitable treatment of all individuals within port facilies and operaons,
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including workers, travelers, and community members regardless of naonal origin or immigraon
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status. This also includes work related to tle vi, language access, and an-human trafficking.
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F. (E) Communicate the port’s approved legislave agenda to the public as it relates to the scope of work
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for the commiee. 151
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G. (F) Review and recommend to the Port of Seale Commission updates to the Century Agenda and
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policies to support the work of the Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. 154
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IV. AUTHORITY 156
In pursuit of its mission and scope, the commiee is not legally authorized to act on behalf of the Port 157
of Seale Commission, but is authorized to conduct the following acvies: 158
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A. Gather and evaluate informaon, consider maers within the commiee’s scope of 160
work, and provide informaon, advice, and recommendaons to the Port of Seale Commission. 161
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B. Communicate the priories of the Port of Seale Commission. 163
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C. Engage in outreach efforts with community leaders and stakeholders and acvies to 165
gather and evaluate informaon to provide to the Port of Seale Commission. 166
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D. If the commiee determines that to meet its responsibilies it needs the independent 168
services of an outside advisor or consultant with equity, workforce development, or career 169
connected learning experse, it may propose the retenon of such advisor or consultant to the 170
commission for approval. 171
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DURATION
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The Equity, [AND] Workforce Development and Condions Commiee is a standing commiee with
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broad purview over maers related to equity and will connue indefinitely unl the commission 176
repeals its charter. 177
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VI. RESPONSIBILITY 179
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A. The role of the commiee chair(s) shall be to: 181
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1. Preside at meengs and serve as commiee sponsor(s); 183
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2. Ensure that the commiee addresses the purposes described in this charter; and 185
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3. Set commiee meeng agendas. 187
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B. [THE COMMISSION POLICY MANAGER IS THE COMMITTEE LIAISON, AND COMMISSION 189
SPECIALISTS WILL SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE AS ASSIGNED.] The commiee
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liaison(s), as assigned by the Commission Office, will support the work of the commiee. The
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role of the commiee liaison(s) shall be to: 192
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1. Regularly update the commission on the work of the commiee in memos, individual 194
briefings, and public session; 195
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2. Support the work of the commiee; 197
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3. Help develop, manage, and distribute meeng materials; 199
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4. Provide logiscal support including procuring meeng rooms, scheduling, creang meeng 201
records, and providing technical assistance; and 202
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5. Coordinate with the primary execuve staff contact to keep the Execuve Director informed 204
about commiee progress. 205
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C. The Port of Seale Senior Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Managing Director of
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Economic Development or delegate(s) will support the commiee as the primary execuve staff
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contacts. The role of the execuve staff contacts shall be to:
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1. Inform the Execuve Director about commiee progress; 211
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2. Support the commiee with mely and responsive informaon; 213
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3. Coordinate with other execuve staff in support of the commiee’s work; and 215
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4. Serve as a resource for commiee deliberaon. 217
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VII. MEETINGS 219
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A. The commiee will meet at least quarterly and will report to the commission in public 221
session to provide transparency as to progress made in execung its charter. 222
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B. A quorum of the commiee is required to conduct official commiee business. A quorum is 224
defined as the presence of both commissioners assigned to the commiee 225
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C. Meengs of the Equity, Workforce Development, and Condions Commiee shall be open
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to the public when required by applicable law or the bylaws of the Port of Seale 228
Commission. 229
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D. Agendas will be prepared and made available to commiee members in advance of 231
meengs. 232
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E. Agendas for updates to the commission to be presented in public session will be published 234
as part of regular or special commission meeng noces. 235
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F. Minutes will be prepared and retained for all meengs of the commiee. 237
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G. Records of commiee meengs, including any meeng minutes, shall be provided to the 239
commission clerk for appropriate retenon in accordance with applicable law and best 240
pracces. 241