Template revised January 10, 2019.
COMMISSION
AGENDA MEMORANDUM
Item No.
8j
ACTION ITEM
Date of Meeting
November 17, 2026
DATE : October 27, 2026
TO: Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director
FROM: Janice Zahn PE., CCM, Chief Engineer
Greg Gauthier, Sr. Labor Relations Manager
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding parking and transportation
between the project site and off-site parking areas for workers on FAA-Funded Port
of Seattle Projects under the PLA
ACTION REQUESTED
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director to execute a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) related to the 2025 Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for FAA-Funded
Covered Projects between the Port of Seattle and Seattle/King County Building and Construction
Trades Council (SBT) and North Coast States Carpenters Union (NCS Carpenters) that will
standardize parking and transportation language between all trades and craft workers on all PLA
projects.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this MOU is to standardize the working conditions provisions between the 2024
PLA and the 2025 PLA for FAA-Funded Covered Projects. In January 2026 the Port, SBT, and NCS
Carpenters entered into a 3-year Project Labor Agreement for FAA-Funded Covered Projects to
replace the prior expired version. The 2025 PLA for FAA-Funded Covered Projects requires
construction contractors to provide parking for all craft workers at no cost to the worker within
3 blocks or 1,500 feet of the project site, but has no language stipulating alternative requirements
should it be determined that it is impossible for construction contractors to provide parking
within the prescribed distance.
The 2024 PLA includes language stipulating that if parking cannot be provided within the
prescribed distance, construction contractors must provide transportation between the parking
area and project site. The language requires that workers shall be paid at their straight-time
hourly rate for time spent in travel from the project site to the parking area at the end of their
shift.
This MOU will allow the Port to standardize parking and transportation requirements between
FAA-Funded Covered Projects and Covered Projects with no FAA funding by matching the
provisions of the 2025 PLA for FAA-Funded Covered Projects and the 2024 PLA.
COMMISSION AGENDA – Action Item No. 8j Page 2 of 2
Meeting Date: November 17, 2026
Template revised June 27, 2019 (Diversity in Contracting).
JUSTIFICATION
One of the primary goals of the Project Labor Agreement is to standardize working conditions on
Port of Seattle capital projects. This MOU provides consistent working conditions for all Port
projects covered by a PLA, regardless of funding sources.
Out of the 20 trades signatory to the 2025 PLA for FAA-Funded Covered Projects, eight have
Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) language regarding transportation to and from off-site
parking areas. The transportation language among those trades is not standardized. Non-
standardized language will lead to difficulty with enforcement of transportation requirements.
Standardizing the language will help streamline the monitoring process and make it more
efficient.
DETAILS
Currently, there are two capital projects that will be covered by the 2025 PLA for FAA-Funded
Covered Projects: South Concourse Evolution and 2027 Airfield Contract 1. The 2025 PLA for FAA-
Funded Covered Projects will also likely apply to any additional capital projects with an estimated
construction cost of $5M or more that will advertise for bid through 2028, assuming those
projects have federal funding.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Execution of the MOU is estimated to save $20M to $25M over the next 5-8 years.
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST
(1) Memorandum of Understanding between the Port of Seattle and Seattle/King County
Building and Construction Trades Council and North Coast States Carpenters Union
(2) Project Labor Agreement for the 2025-2028 FAA-Funded Covered Projects
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS
December 9, 2025, Item 8e – The Commission authorized the Executive Director to Execute a
New Project Labor Agreement for FAA-Funded Projects Between the Port of Seattle and the
Seattle/King County Building and Construction Trades Council, and Western States Regional
Council of Carpenters, Covering the Period from August 20, 2025, through December 31,
2028.
