PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.       6b 
ACTION ITEM             Date of Meeting   March 26, 2013 

DATE:    March 18, 2013 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:   David Soike, Director, Aviation Facilities and Capital Program 
Wayne Grotheer, Director, Aviation Project Management Group 
SUBJECT:  Parking Garage Emergency Lights Project at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 
(CIP #800230) 
Amount of This Request:  $1,930,970       Source of Funds: Airport Development 
Fund 
Est. State and Local Taxes:  $305,070 
Est. Total Project Cost:    $5,269,600 

ACTION REQUESTED: 
Request Commission authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute a funding
authorization, as part of the Interagency Agreement, with the State of Washington Department of
Enterprise Services (DES) to proceed with the design and construction of emergency lighting
initiatives at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Airport). The amount of this request is
$1,930,970. The total cost of the project is $5,269,600. 
SYNOPSIS: 
The parking garage has light fixtures throughout the parking areas and stairwells that allow for
24-hour operations. A portion of them have dual functions serving as emergency light fixtures
when normal power is lost. The current emergency lighting system is an interim (temporary) fix
after a system failure occurred in 2007. This interim solution is not code compliant. This project
will bring the parking garage emergency lighting up to current life/safety code compliance while
reducing energy consumption. 
This request authorizes the Airport Parking Garage Emergency Lights project to provide an
energy savings solution of up to 50 percent by using current technology to reduce energy
consumption while meeting applicable life safety code requirements for egress area illumination
levels. In 2012, McKinstry, in accordance with Washington State Energy Service Company 
(ESCO) program performed a review of the Airport Parking Garage. McKinstry provided the
Port with an Investment Grade Audit that measured and calculated energy savings and
determined the requirements and initiatives required to achieve those savings. This authorization
will design, implement, and construct those initiatives.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
March 18, 2013 
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The Interagency Agreement between the Port of Seattle and the State of Washington DES allows
the Port to use the DES ESCO contracts for energy services. Upon executing the funding
authorization, the Port, acting through DES, will execute an energy services authorization; and a
design/construction contract with the ESCO. The construction contract will include specific
contractual provisions applicable to the Port along with the Port's technical specification
requirements. The ESCO will self -perform all design and construction services. The ESCO
guarantees the costs for design, construction, and energy savings as identified in the audit report. 
This project is included in the 2013-2017 capital budget and plan of finance. 
BACKGROUND: 
On July 23, 2009, the Port executed an Interagency Agreement with DES for future energy/ 
Utility Conservation services through the DES ESCO (Energy Services Company) contractor
program.
On June 7, 2012, a funding authorization (ILA Work Authorization) was executed by the Port for
the ESCO to conduct the investment grade audit for an amount not to exceed $26,309.
The overall Parking Garage Emergency Light project consists of two major components: 
On July 6, 2012, Port of Seattle Commission authorized design of the infrastructure that
will ensure the Port continues to meet applicable life safety code requirements for egress.
The infrastructure provides the foundation to install new light fixtures that will reduce
energy consumption.
This authorization will provide the design and construction of the new light fixtures. The
new lights will utilize new technology that reduces energy consumption and has a longer
lifecycle, therefore decreasing maintenance and operations costs. The new light fixtures
will provide reliable egress lighting and comply with code requirements. 
PROJECT JUSTIFICATION: 
The purpose of this project is to ensure that code required level of egress illumination is provided
for the safety of customers.
Project Objectives: 
Satisfy applicable code requirements for emergency lighting; 
Provide proper egress lighting for the safety of customers; 
Decrease electrical loads on the emergency circuits by utilizing current lighting
technology in fixtures that require less power; and 
Decrease maintenance and operations cost by utilizing current lighting technology in
fixtures with longer lamp life. 
PROJECT SCOPE OF WORK AND SCHEDULE: 
Scope of Work: 
Provide detailed engineering design; 
Retrofit existing emergency lights with new retrofit kits on floors 1-8 including 
stairwells; and 
Provide construction services for all material, labor, and equipment.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
March 18, 2013 
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Schedule: 
Commission Authorization                         March 2013 
State Execution of contract/Notice to Proceed               April 2013 
Design                                       April-May 2013 
Construction                                    June-August 2013 
Performance Monitoring and Verification                 September 2013 
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: 
Budget/Authorization Summary:               Capital       Expense    Total Project 
Original Budget                          $750,000           $0       $750,000 
Previous Budget Increase                   $4,519,600           $0      $4,519,600 
Revised Budget                        $5,269,600          $0      $5,269,600 
Previous Authorizations                    $1,157,081           $0      $1,157,081 
Current request for authorization               $1,930,970           $0      $1,930,970 
Total Authorizations, including this request        $3,088,051           $0      $3,088,051 
Remaining budget to be authorized            $2,181,549          $0      $2,181,549 
Total Estimated Project Cost                 $5,269,600           $0      $5,269,600 
Project Cost Breakdown:                   This Request       Total Project 
Construction                              $1,365,837         $3,293,900 
Construction Management                     $63,946         $554,430 
Design                                  $320,443          $652,260 
Project Management                         $56,000         $431,330 
Permitting                                   $0.00           $32,610 
State & Local Taxes (estimated)                   $124,744          $305,070 
Total                                     $1,930,970         $5,269,600 
Budget Status and Source of Funds: 
The Parking Garage Emergency Lights project (CIP #C800230) is included in the 2013-2017 
capital budget and plan of finance in the amount of $5,269,600. The source of funds for this
project is the Airport Development Fund.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
March 18, 2013 
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Financial Analysis and Summary: 
CIP Category             Electrical Infrastructure 
Project Type              Renewal & Replacement 
Risk adjusted discount rate     N/A 
Key risk factors             N/A 
Project cost for analysis        $2.25 million (light fixtures only) 
Business Unit (BU)          Landside, Parking 
Effect on business performance  NOI after depreciation will increase 
IRR/NPV  with DOC grant    IRR = 12.3%, NPV = $440,703 
IRR/NPV  without DOC grant  IRR = 7.8%, NPV = $78,931 
CPE Impact             None 
The financial analysis above is for the scope and budget related to light fixtures only. Some of
the soft costs allocated to this scope of work were authorized previously, so the total project cost
for analysis purposes exceeds the current request for authorization. 
Lifecycle Cost and Savings: 
Life Safety code requires monthly testing for emergency systems. This project provides
emergency lighting that by design will eliminate the need for monthly testing. This project will
reduce annual maintenance/testing requirements by $140,000 and reduce energy consumption by
$135,000 per year. The guaranteed energy savings stated by the ESCO is 1,572,475 kWh per
year. Any shortfalls in those guaranteed savings is paid for by the ESCO. The ESCO guarantees
a maximum project cost for design and construction. 
This project qualifies for $235,560 in Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) conservation
incentives and $361,772 in Department of Commerce (DOC) grants. The BPA conservation
incentive is administered by the Port of Seattle and is essentially assured as long as the project is
completed on schedule. The Port will be competing with other entities for available DOC grant
funding. Port personnel believe this project is a strong candidate for DOC funding; however, the
certainty of award to the Port of Seattle cannot be accurately assessed. The two figures for IRR
and NPV show the results with this grant and without.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: 
This project aligns with the Port's objective to be the greenest, and most energy efficient port in
North America by meeting all increased energy needs through conservation and renewable
sources. 
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY: 
This project will provide the opportunity to apply environmental sustainability principles
primarily through the use of energy-efficient light fixtures. These will reduce the energy use by
an estimated 50% while providing more than four times the lamp operating life compared to
what is currently installed.

COMMISSION AGENDA 
Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
March 18, 2013 
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BUSINESS PLAN OBJECTIVES: 
This project aligns with the Port's objective to minimize the Airport's environmental impacts
and reduce energy demand through conservation while operating a world-class international
airport by ensuring safe, secure, and sustainable operations. 
TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE SUMMARY: 
The project supports economic development by investing in an upgraded parking garage to serve
the public's safety needs at the Airport. This project helps the environment by reducing energy
consumption at the Airport, allows our business partners to expand their operations and supports 
an Airport small-business tenant's objective. 
ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS: 
Alternative 1  Do nothing. Do not implement this contract. This alternative is not
recommended because the temporary solution has reached its life expectancy and will begin to
fail and the parking garage currently does not meet egress lighting code. This alternative will
negatively affect the safety of the public. This is not the recommended alternative. 
Alternative 2  Execute the contract with the State and have ESCO design and construct the
energy savings initiatives outlined in the audit. This alternative will meet the life/safety code
requirements for egress illumination levels and provide safety for the public. This is the
recommended alternative. 
OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST: 
None 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS: 
July 6, 2012, the Commission authorized the design for the electrical infrastructure for
a new source of emergency power to feed the parking garage emergency lighting
circuits to ensure that code-required level of egress illumination is provided for the
safety of customers.