PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA               Item No.       4a 
Date of Meeting    October 2, 2012 
DATE:    September 26, 2012 
TO:     Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Mary Gin Kennedy, Director of Commission Services 
SUBJECT:  Special Order of Business  Commission Activities Report 

At the first Commission meeting of every month, the Commission will note its major
activities of the previous month. Activities during the month of September 2012 
included: 
Participated in three Century Agenda outreach events. 
Held a Commission retreat to discuss the Port's 2013 budget, the Century
Agenda, the Commission's 2013 budget and Commission office organizational
issues. 
Met with Federal Maritime Commissioner Mario Cordero. 
Attended a meeting on the Governor's Container Ports Initiative. 
Selected outside counsel and an ethics expert to review the CEO's board
membership. 
Participated in a Tourism Mission to the United Kingdom and Germany
sponsored by the Port and Seattle's Convention and Visitors Bureau. 
Spoke at Duwamish 101. 
Moderated a panel discussion on exports at the Textile Trade Show. 
Participated in a panel discussion at the 2012 Pacific Northwest Maritime
Conference on future maritime workers and maritime employment trends. 
Participated in a panel discussion at an Economic Development Summit hosted by
the South Sound Chambers of Commerce Legislative Coalition. 
Attended a Board of Trustees meeting of the Washington Public Ports Association
and met with the Port of Vancouver, WA. 
Co-chaired the Highline Forum. 
Attended a Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board meeting. 
Attended a Transportation Policy Board meeting. 
Attended a meeting of the Art Oversight Committee. 
Attended the 130th annual meeting of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce.