PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 

COMMISSION AGENDA             Item No.      8a 
Date of Meeting Date of Meeting      July 26, 2011 

DATE:    July 19, 2011 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Mark Reis, Managing Director, Aviation 
Jim Schone, Director, Aviation Business Development 
Deanna Zachrisson, Manager, Concessions Business 
SUBJECT: Overview of Concessions Stakeholder Involvement Process and Worker
Retention 
The purpose of this overview is to update the Commission and the public on the Airport's current
concessions stakeholder involvement process. Staff also will be prepared to discuss one practice 
being considered as a part of this process, incumbent worker retention. 
Because all of the Airport's prime food and beverage and retail contracts are not scheduled for
transition until the end of 2016 and mid-2017, concessions staff felt that this year was the most
appropriate time to begin developing the underpinnings for the next great concessions program,
as well as inform decisions about incremental leasing activity in the interim period. This
stakeholder process is the first step in this development, and staff initiated the process in late
May 2011. The process is expected to conclude in the fall of this year. 

Overview of the Process Schedule 
Description of Stakeholder Participants 
Development of Draft Principles and Practices 
Identified Areas of Concessions 'Best Practices' 
Area Focus: Worker Retention