8b. Airport Dining and Retail Lease Group 5 Presentation

ITEM NO:        8b_Supp 
MEETING DATE: June 11, 2019
Sea-Tac Airport Dining & Retail 
Lease Group 4 & 4A Results and 
Lease Group 5 Proposed Opportunities 
June 11, 2019 

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ADR Drivers 
Excellent customer service 
Improved travelling experience 
Generate revenue for reinvestment
in Airport 
Economic opportunities for the
region 
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Commission Guidance for the 
ADR Master Plan 
Encourage broad business participation 
Use flexible competitive leasing processes to accommodate all types of
business 
Create new opportunities for small, disadvantaged and local businesses 
Maximize employment continuity for qualified employees 
Continue 'street pricing' of products and services 
Improve efficiency and affordability in the unit build out process 
Establish job quality expectations in competitive processes 
Strengthen the local Pacific Northwest sense of place 
Specific Commission guidance in 2012 and 2014 for the ADR Program 
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Commission Goals for the
ADR Master Plan 
Grow sales per enplanement by at least 40 percent 
Reach and remain within the top 10 North American airports as ranked
by sales per enplanement 
Grow gross revenues to the Port by 50 percent 
Grow employment by 40 percent 
Grow the share of sales generated by small, disadvantaged, and/or
local businesses to 40 percent 
Create an aspirational objective of increasing ACDBE gross sales to 25
percent of total sales 
Specific Commission goals for the ADR Program 
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Airport Dining & Retail Performance Metrics 
70
60
50
40
2014 Baseline
30
2018 Results
20     12.15    13.49   17.01            54.8    61.5        45.4    51.4              19.9               2025 Goals
10                                      40              25                                                     0                   41                           21.9 
SPE ($)         Gross Revenue to   % Total Gross Sales    % ACDBE Gross
the Port ($m)     from Small, Local          Sales
& Disadvantage
Business
Strong ADR business performance 
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Airport Dining & Retail Performance Metrics 
2500
2000
2014 Baseline
1500            1640     2115     2296                     2018 Results
1000                                                      2025 Goal
500
0
Employment (full-time & part-time)
Strong ADR performance 
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Outreach Update 
6 PortGen sessions in 2018 attended by 300 
694 firms are registered on ADR leasing website as of March 1,
2019 
ADR staff presented draft LG5 opportunities at the Airport
Experience Conference in February 
ADR staff held a local outreach presentation in March 

Outreach efforts have increased awareness, understanding, and participation 
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Employment Continuity Pool Update 
Port contracted with Airport Jobs in July 2016 to: 
Create an employee database 
Assist in evaluation of needs and match qualified candidates 
Facilitate interviews and track outcomes 
As of Q3 2018, 593 employees have registered and have
been placed in an airport or related job 

Employment Continuity Pool is working well 
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Lease Group 4 & 4A New Requirements 
Required compliance with Proposition 1 back wages and benefits 
Quantified scoring for Quality Jobs 
Revised joint venture scoring 
Points awarded for Pacific Northwest Sense of Place 
Required labor peace agreement with proposal 
Limited award opportunities for individual firms 

Changes to reflect Commission guidance 
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Lease Group 4 & 4A Results 
58 proposals were received 
28 firms (and/or joint ventures) submitted proposals 
11 firms were new to the Airport and the competitive process 
Multiple proposals received for 10 of the 13 opportunities 
26 of the 28 firms that submitted proposals had some form of
ACDBE, small or locally-owned business inclusion 

Outreach spurred strong competition for Lease Group 4 & 4A opportunities 
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Pacific NW Sense of Place Scoring 
Lease Group 4 and 4A proposers were allotted points for proposing a
concept that met the RFP/CEP definition of the Pacific Northwest
Sense of Place 
Further FAA guidance prohibited the use of state, local or geographic
preference in the evaluation of bids or proposals 
Criteria for NW Sense of Place will be modified in accordance with FAA
guidance 

Pacific Northwest Sense of Place Scoring Criterion 
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Addressing Lease Group 5 Challenges 
Airport environment presents special challenges for business which leads
to higher costs for planning, building and operating dining and retail
spaces. 
Cost of preparing proposals for leasing opportunities 
Construction costs and risk of delays 
Staffing requirements higher than non-airport locations 
Security requirements 

Addressing high cost of doing business at Airport 
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Options Considered 
Increase pricing flexibility to cover higher costs and recoup
investment 
Create incentives and lower barriers for participation in
solicitation 
Investigate lowering build-out costs and speeding project
delivery 
Extend lease terms 
Modify percentage rent 
Modify labor peace requirements 
Wide Range of Options Researched 
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Executive Director's Recommendations 
Modify the pricing policy to street plus up to 10% 
Implement a pilot program for Lease Group 5 to provide $5,000
investment incentive payments to non-selected CEP proposers 
Continue current lease and rent practices 
Retain labor peace requirement 
Investigate lowering build-out costs and speeding project delivery 
Align PNW Sense of Place scoring with guidance from the FAA 
Continue engagement with ADR stakeholders for program improvements 
Balancing various stakeholder perspectives 
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Lease Group 5 Schedule 
Projected Date                 Action 
June 18, 2019                   Advertise opportunities (via leasing website and various
local and national media) 
July 1, 2019                      Training sessions for interested businesses 
June - September 2019         90 days for proposal preparation 
September 18, 2019            Responses due 
October 2019                 Port Team completes their evaluations 
November 2019              Notification to successful proposers 
Update Commission on Lease Group 5 results 
December 2019               Lease negotiations and execution 
Efficient schedule from advertisement to lease execution 
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Exhibits

Evaluation Criteria 
Company Experience, Financial Capability:         200 points (13%) 
Concept Development:                           250 points (17%) 
Unit Design, Materials and Capital Investment:     250 points (17%) 
Financial Projections and Rent Proposal:           200 points (13%) 
Management, Staffing and Environmental:         200 points (13%) 
Job Quality, Employment and Service Continuity:   200 points (13%) 
Small Business Participation:                      200 points (13%) 
TOTAL POINTS                                 1500 points (100%) 
Evaluation criteria balance values important to the Port 
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Lease Group 5 Opportunities 
3 Food and Beverage 
2 Specialty Retail 
2 Passenger Services 

New opportunities 
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Lease Group 5 Opportunities 
Category               Package #                  # of Locations (unit #)                Approximate SF 

FB-1                            1 (NS-10)                             1,300 
Food and                FB-2                         1 (NS-25)                         3,440 
Beverage 
FB-3                           1 (NSM-26)                            6,780 
SR-1                             1 (NS-12)                             1,840 
Specialty Retail 
SR-2                             1 (NS-14)                             1,890 
PS-1                             1 (NS-11)                             580 
Passenger
Services                    PS-2                             1 (NS-13)                              1,740 
New opportunities 
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New opportunities ready for the marketplace 
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New opportunities ready for the marketplace 
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New opportunities ready for the marketplace 
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New opportunities ready for the marketplace 
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New opportunities ready for the marketplace 
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New opportunities ready for the marketplace 
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New opportunities ready for the marketplace 
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