PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA                      Item No.         4a 
Date of Meeting     February 5, 2013 
DATE:      January 29, 2013 
TO:       Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:     Mary Gin Kennedy, Director of Commission Services 
SUBJECT:  Special Order of Business  Presentations by Semi-Finalists for Port 
Commissioner Appointment 

The Port of Seattle Commission plans to select and announce the semi-finalists for the
vacant Port Commissioner position on February 4, 2013. As part of the process
announced at the December 11, 2012, Commission meeting, semi-finalists will address
the Commission for three minutes at the February 5 Commission meeting, or they may
submit a written statement to the Commission by the beginning of the meeting instead. 
The Commission will then select the group of finalists, who will be announced the week
of February 11. Finalists will be required to participate at two moderated town hall
meetings in King County on February 26 and February 27, 2013. The February 26
meeting will be held at the Seattle Public Library at 1000 Fourth Avenue in the Microsoft
Auditorium from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and the February 27 meeting will be held in Renton
City Council Chambers, 1055 South Grady Way in Renton, WA. from 6 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. 
The Commission seeks to complete the appointment process by mid-March. 


OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SPECIAL ORDER: 
January 16, 2013, News Release: "Commission Announces Process to Appoint
Successor to Gael Tarleton." 
December 19, 2012, News Release: "Commission Announces Process to Appoint
Successor to Gael Tarleton."