Commissioners                                             Tay Yoshitani 
Tom Albro 
Chief Executive Officer 
Commission President 
Bill Bryant                                P.O. Box 1209 
John Creighton                    Seattle, Washington 98111 
Rob Holland                       www.portseattle.org 
206.787.3000 
Audio and video recordings of the meeting proceedings and meeting materials are available on the
Port of Seattle website  www.portseattle.org.
APPROVED MINUTES 
COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING FEBRUARY 26, 2013 
The Port of Seattle Commission met in a special meeting Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at the
Seattle Public Library, Microsoft Auditorium, 1000 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, for the
purpose of holding a town-hall-style public forum related to selection of an appointee to fill a
vacancy in the elected office of Port Commission Position No. 2. Commissioners Albro, Bryant,
Creighton, and Holland were present. 
CALL TO ORDER 
The forum began at 6:31 p.m. with introductory remarks by Tom Albro, Commission President, who
introduced the Commissioners present, the moderator for the evening, KIRO TV reporter Essex
Porter, and the following five finalists participating in the forum: 
Nancy Wyatt; 
Vicki Orrico; 
Claudia Kauffman; 
Courtney Gregoire; and 
Stephanie Bowman. 
The finalists were allowed one minute each for opening statements, one minute to respond to
questions, and one minute for closing remarks.  Following self-introductions, the questions,
directed to all finalists by Mr. Porter, included the following: 
What do you know about the maritime industry and the role of the Port in relation to the
maritime industry? 
What responsibilities of the Port Commission are not currently being met, and what has
prevented people from meeting those responsibilities? 
There are vendors and contractors throughout the Port. They change on a regular basis,
but because a new contractor takes over, what would you do about the current workers
being retained in their jobs? 
Is it time to merge the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma? 
Was the current Commission right to allow the CEO of the Port to supplement his
income by serving on corporate boards? Would you support that in the future? 
The proposal is for a very large export terminal north of here, but the trains of course will
run through Seattle and next to the Port of Seattle. Do you support these coal trains;

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what would you do to ensure that the impacts are fully evaluated; the Port and its
residents are protected? 
Commissioner Albro has announced his support and his plan to raise the salary of Port
Commissioners. Right now, Port Commissioners make about $6,000 a year. He would
like to see it raised to the amount that state lawmakers make, which is about $42,000 a
year. He believes it's a great idea and an important idea because of the amount of time
it takes to truly be a good Port Commissioner, a higher salary would allow others to
serve. Do you agree with the idea of raising the salary of Port Commissioners? 
What role, what concerns do you have about (a SoDo) arena and the Port's business,
and the Port didn't join the recent lawsuit over the arena. Should the Port have done
that? Should the Port join some of the further legal action that's going to be about the
arena? 
The Port has announced a strategic objective to be the greenest, most energy-efficient
port in North America. What will you do to further enhance that objective and what in
your background shows your concern for these issues and qualifications to lead the Port
in obtaining these objectives? 
Name one specific idea to create 100 jobs in one year. 
Fishermen's Terminal is in a competition with ports in Alaska for(the North Pacific) 
fishing fleet. What would you do to be sure that the fleet at Fishermen's Terminal is
supported and enhanced by the Port in competition with those ports in Alaska? 
There is land the Port already has at Terminal 91 that is underused now. How should
that land be best used to further the goals of the Port? 
What will you do to enhance, restore if necessary, the trust that people have in the Port
of Seattle? 
ADJOURNMENT 
Following closing statements by each finalist, the public forum concluded at 8:18 p.m. 

Bill Bryant 
Assistant Secretary 
Minutes approved: April 9, 2013.