COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Port of Seattle
Commission           Port of Seattle 
Commission Chambers 
P69, 2711 Alaskan Way 
Bill Bryant                 Seattle, WA 98111 
John Creighton 
Patricia Davis              SPECIAL MEETING                        Please note date and convening time 
Lloyd Hara 
Gael Tarleton             Date: September 17, 2009 
Chief Executive Officer      ORDER OF BUSINESS 
Tay Yoshitani                   1:00 p.m.   1.  Call to Order 
2.  Executive Session, none 
3.  Approval of Minutes 
Web site:
www.portseattle.org                     4.  Special Order of Business 
5.  Unanimous Consent Calendar** 
E-mail:                                  6.  Division, Corporate and Commission Action Items 
Commission-records                   7.  Staff Briefings 
@portseattle.org                        8.  New Business 
9.  Policy Roundtable 
Port Commission                        10. Adjournment 
(206) 728-3034 
Meeting and Agenda       1.  CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 
Information 
(206) 728-3222           2.  EXECUTIVE SESSION* - Pursuant to RCW 42.30.110, if necessary. 
Port of Seattle:            3.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES 
Creating Economic 
Vitality Here                 Approval of minutes for the Regular Meetings of August 4, 2009. 
Business Strategies       4.  SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS 
for 2003-2007: 
Ensure Airport and           None. 
Seaport Vitality 
Develop New Business     5.  UNANIMOUS CONSENT CALENDAR** 
and Economic
Opportunities for the         Notice: There will be no separate discussion of Consent Calendar items as they are considered
Region and the Port        routine by the Port of Seattle Commission and will be adopted by one motion. If a Commissioner or
Enhance Public          a member of the public requests discussion on a particular item, that item will be removed from the
Understanding and         Consent Calendar and considered separately 
Support of the Port's 
Role in the Region             a.  Approval for payment of Claims and Obligations for the period of August 1 through August 31, 2009,
Be a Catalyst for                 in the amount of $43,116,745.12 (memo enclosed) 
Regional Transportation
b.  Approval of revised Port Commission Meeting Minutes of July 28, 2009. (Revised minutes 
Solutions 
enclosed) 
Be a Leader in
Transportation Security       * An Executive Session may be held at any time after the convening time, if necessary. 
Exhibit Environmental      ** Unless otherwise requested by a Port Commissioner, all items under the Unanimous Consent Calendar will be considered as a 
Stewardship through         single item. 
*** Cellular telephones and pagers should be off or on vibrate mode during the Public Session. 
our Actions 
Be a High Performance
Organization











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6.  DIVISION, CORPORATE AND COMMISSION ACTION ITEMS 
a. Authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to issue change order for "Rental Car Facility Unsuitable Soil". (memo, and
PowerPoint enclosed) 
b.   Authorization for the Chief Executive Officer to execute a contract for Financial Statement, Single Audit (federal grant compliance)
and Passenger Facility Charge auditing services of the Port's 2009 operating period with Moss Adams in the amount of $577,600. 
(memo and two SAO letters enclosed) 
c.   Resolution 3628, First Reading. Amending Resolution 3605, Master Policy Directive. (memo, PowerPoint, and resolution 3628 
enclosed) 
7.  STAFF BRIEFINGS 
None. 
8.  NEW BUSINESS 

9.  POLICY ROUNDTABLE: BUDGET WORKSHOP 
a.   2010 Budget  Preliminary Tax Levy Discussion. (memo, Tax Levy PowerPoint and Seaport Capital Budget PowerPoint
enclosed) 
10. ADJOURNMENT 






PUBLIC TESTIMONY PROCEDURES 
1.    Any person wishing to speak at a Port Commission meeting must register on a sign-up sheet and identify the specific agenda item to which he/she will speak before the
agenda item commences. 
2.    The Commission does not generally take public testimony for non-action agenda items such as "Staff Briefings" or Work Session presentations, but may do so at the
discretion of the Commission Chair. 
3.    An individual may testify on an agenda item for up to three minutes. Organization representatives may testify for up to five minutes. 
4.    Any person wishing to speak on a topic not appearing on an agenda may sign up to speak under "New Business". All testimony provided under "New Business" is limited to
three minutes. 
5.    In the interests of time, the Commission Chair may limit the number of persons speaking on any topic or may limit testimony to those having new information or material to
present. 
6.    The Commission Chair may alter the time allotments for testimony to ensure that more speakers have an opportunity to be heard. 
7.    The identity of each testifier will be noted in the meeting minutes. An individual or organization representative may have the text of his/her remarks appended to the
Commission minutes by submitting a written text at, or before, the meeting. The appended written text will be preserved permanently. 
8.    A digital audio recording of the public testimony is on file in Port offices. Digital audio recordings are retained in Port offices for six years and then transferred to State
Archives. A charge is assessed for duplication or transcription. 
9.    The Commission does not engage in discussion or debate with testifiers during commission meetings.  Questions and requests for information or documents may be
addressed to Port staff or to individual Commissioners outside of Commission meetings. (Revised September 14, 2007)