PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.      7b 
STAFF BRIEFING 
Date of Meeting    October 22, 2013 
DATE:    September 25, 2013 
TO:     Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Elizabeth Morrison, Director, Corporate Finance 
SUBJECT:  Briefing on the Preliminary Tax Levy and the Draft Plan of Finance 2014-
2018 

BACKGROUND 
As part of the Port's budget process, the Commission establishes the amount of taxes to
be levied within the Port district for the budget year. Staff will provide information on
the forecasted uses of the tax levy based on prior Commission direction and will seek
Commission guidance on the establishment of the 2014 tax levy amount and any
modifications to forecasting assumptions. 
On October 1, staff presented the Port's Capital Improvement Program (CIP). As part of
the annual budget process, staff provides a funding plan for the Port's CIP. This funding
plan  The Draft Plan of Finance  is updated each year for the subsequent five-year CIP
and provides information on the funding sources available to support the CIP.

ATTACHMENTS TO THIS BRIEFING 
Tax levy PowerPoint presentation 
Draft Plan of Finance 2014-2018 PowerPoint presentation. 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
October 1, 2013  Capital Budget Briefing 





Template revised May 30, 2013.