Commissioners                                                                   Tay Yoshitani 
Chief Executive Officer 
Tom Albro 
Commission President 
Stephanie Bowman                            P.O. Box 1209 
Bill Bryant                                Seattle, Washington 98111 
John Creighton                               www.portseattle.org 
Courtney Gregoire                               206.787.3000 
APPROVED MINUTES 
COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING JULY 23, 2013 
The Port of Seattle Commission met in a special meeting Tuesday, July 23, 2013, in the
International Auditorium of the Conference Center at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Seattle,
Washington, for the purpose of holding a budget retreat with members of the Port's senior
executive team. Commissioners Albro, Bowman, Bryant, Creighton, and Gregoire were present.
Commissioner Bryant was present after 8:55 a.m. 
CALL TO ORDER 
The special meeting was called to order at 8:21 a.m. by Tom Albro, Commission President. 
The Commission engaged in a discussion with Port staff that included consideration of the
following topics: 
2014 budget process overview, including budget calendar and deadlines, history of
proactive budget and cost management, 2013-2018 revenue projections, and budget
assumptions. 
Importance of aligning the divisions' milestones and business plans and the Public
Affairs strategy to the Century Agenda. 
Real Estate issues. 
Seaport issues. 
Identifcation of "top 3" areas for revenue growth and "top 3" areas for expense cost
control for use as a lens throughout the 2014 budget process. 
Evaluation of embedded legacy costs and Information and Communications Technology 
allocations. 
Importance of lean operations and continuous process improvement to find efficiencies,
simplify processes, and reduce costs, including adoption of a revised delegation of
authority. 
The need to focus on only a few goals. 
The special meeting was recessed at 10:20 a.m. for 10 minutes. 
ADJOURNMENT 
There being no further business, the special meeting was adjourned at 11:46 a.m. 

Bill Bryant 
Assistant Secretary 
Minutes approved: August 20, 2013. 

Digital recordings of the meeting proceedings and meeting materials are available online  www.portseattle.org.