Item Number:      8a_motion 
Meeting Date:   March 26, 2019 


1                                                   MOTION 2019-04: 
2                                 A MOTION OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE COMMISSION 
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4                           adopting  the  charter  of  the  Workforce  Development
5                           Special Committee as attached to develop information,
6                           advice  and  recommendations  to  the  Port  of  Seattle
7                           Commission on how best to promote women and minority
8                           business enterprise growth, small business growth, and
9                           workforce  development  with  a  focus  on  increasing 
10                        workforce training, job, and business opportunities for
11                        local communities in trade, travel, and logistics. 
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13                                                  PROPOSED 
14                                               MARCH 26, 2019 
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16                                             TEXT OF THE MOTION 
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18    The  Port  of  Seattle  Commission  hereby  adopts  the  attached  charter  of  the  Workforce
19    Development Special Committee to provide information, advice and recommendations to the
20    Port of Seattle Commission in pursuit of the Port's Century Agenda goal to use the Port's
21    influence as an institution to promote women and minority business enterprise (WMBE)
22    growth, small business growth, and workforce development with a focus on the objective to
23    increase workforce training, job, and business opportunities for local communities in trade,
24    travel, and logistics. 
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26    The Committee will also make reccomendations to the Commission on how the Port can create
27    a foundation for a diverse economy with a focus on industries necessary to support Port capital
28    construction and wider economic vitality. 
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30                                     STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION 
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32    The Worforce Development Special Committee, chaired by Commissioners Stephanie Bowman
33    and Ryan Calkins, has been chartered to review the Century Agenda strategy associated with
34    workforce development, to review and make recommendations for updating the workforce
35    development  policy  and  the  five  year  strategic  plan.  The  committee  will  also  provide
36    recommendations for the development of the maritime high school feasibility and business
37    plan development. 
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39    This will be the first year for the Workforce Development Committee. The timing coincides with
40    the fourth year of the current five-year strategic plan and five years after adoption of a motion

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41    on "Increasing Workforce Development and Career Opportunities Activities" on July 1, 2014.
42    The five-year strategic plan and the motion have guided workforce development efforts at the
43    Port. 
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45    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ATTACHED 
46    Workforce Development Committee Charter 
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