2017 Port of Seattle Commission Work Program 
Advance Materials Provided 2/24/2017 
Thank you for your time with Mike, Aaron, Kate and Phyllis in the last week to review the 2017
Commission Work Program items. The outcomes of those meetings are attached: 
Draft Commission-Wide Priorities & Key Actions 
Draft Individual Commissioner Focus Areas 
The retreat objective is to organize the many issues identified by Commissioners into a handful of key
over-arching initiatives that will drive the Port's work plan over the coming year. The goal is for the
Commission to be strategic and effective in achieving its objectives. 
In Thursday and Friday work sessions with Mike, Aaron, Kate, Phyllis and Commissioner Albro, we
agreed that Commissioner items generally fall into Standing Priorities, and Annual Initiatives.
We propose that Standing Priorities include the following: 
Audit 
Budget 
Port Operations (Airport, Maritime, Real Estate) 
Regional Involvement 
International Relationships 
Many of the items included in the Commission Work Program support these standing priorities. 
In addition, we have what we are calling 2017 Initiatives, which are those primary elements of work for
which the Commission is taking leadership, and has specific goals for 2017 outcomes, with associated
proactive public narratives.
We have taken a crack at defining a set of 2017 Initiatives, attached for your review, and for discussion
on Tuesday. These raise up, and roll-up, key items from the 2017 Work Program.
We believe that each of these 2017 Initiatives would have: 
A specific set of 2017 desired outcomes 
A proactive public narrative 
A specific sequence/cadence of Public Session briefings and actions 
Our vision is that the full Commission, with strong support from the expanded Commission Staff and
Public Affairs, and in collaboration with the CEO and ELT  can create an overall plan for the year that
most effectively utilizes overarching strategies to proactively support these outcomes  with the most
effective use of our public session calendar.
When we meet on Tuesday, we will bring an early draft for discussion of a diagram for the yearly
meetings, incorporating our standing priorities, making time for our proactive public policy statements,
and supporting the expected public session sequence for each of these primary 2017 Initiatives. 

Attachments: 
1.   Draft 2017 Initiatives 
2.   Draft Commission-Wide Priorities & Key Actions 
3.   Draft Individual Commissioner Focus Areas 

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