Port Commission Regular
Meeting of November 25, 2014
Minutes Exhibit B


Re: Agenda item 4e  Port Commission Meeting 11/25/14

Dear Commissioners,

the
Chiles & Company respectfully requests that the Seattle Port Commission table any action on
for
selection ofa real estate advisor until a strategy is in place to insure an open and equal opportunity
WMBE's to effectively compete for the business or a portion of the business. "

a commercial reai estate service
My name is Paul Chiles and lam President of Chiles & Company,
i was the number one broker
provider. We have been in business since 1990. To provide some context,
Chiles & Company. I have
in earnings in the Seattle office for CBRE at the time of my departure to form
served as the Chair of the Real Estate Program at Bellevue College. l have taught some of the highest
of Architecture and Urban
rated real estate investment courses at the University of Washington College
so highly regarded that she was a
Planning. Two other Chiles associates are CBRE alums and one was
and auditing issues.
national trouble shooter for their property management division on accounting
the local CCIM chapter
Another Chiles associate received the "complex deal of the year" award from
where she also served as president. Chiles & Company is currently under contract with the City of
services.
Seattle and the Convention Center to provide similar advisory and brokerage

yet we have already been
Chiles & Company associates are capable and have the requisite experience
Chiles to have any
excluded from any participation The solicitation was far too comprehensive for
reasonable chance to prevail - although we tried.

best practices and local talent offer a
We believe that our resources, public sector track record, proven
Port operations and benefits taxpayers ~
reliable, transparent and market tested approach that supports
and African American associates.
all with a team the looks like Seattle, including Latino, Asian, Caucasian
Credentials, case
Chiles not only endeavors to do the right things, Chiles also does the right things right.
and real estate
studies, firm capabilities, resumes, academic experience, market knowledge, reputation
is a premier provider of real estate services.  In response to
acumen support the assertion that Chiles
before. Because there
this RFQ, Chiles anticipated teaming up with CBRE or Colliers as we have done
with the solicitation, the dominant firms realized they didn't need
were no aspirational goals associated
bother.
Chiles to prevail.   if there is a sense that the client doesn't care about inclusion, why

and inclusion; we
Chiles has been encouraged by the Port Commissions assertions supporting diversity
Port's choices will mirror
embrace the initiative as evidenced by our team choices and are hopeful the
until next time for the Port
this goal when reasonable. This is a proposed 3 year contract; we can't wait
like this are infrequent for Chiles ..."my bad,"
to get it right. Although we are capable, opportunities
what
or "your proposal was good but" is
"sorry, we'll get it right next time", "you need more experience"
we've heard since our inception.  Regrettably, the Port of Seattle would then lose the opportunity to
Chiles
work with thoughtful, creative, culturally competent, and effective group of professionals.
talent than it is about opportunity."
strongly believes that "extraordinary achievement is often less about

Sincerely,

Paul T. Chiles, President