PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 

COMMISSION AGENDA STAFF BRIEFING 

Item No.           7b 
Date of Meeting     April 21, 2009 
DATE:    March 31, 2009 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Dakota Chamberlain, Director, Seaport Project Management 
SUBJECT:  Briefing  Update on the Performance Audit Report of Port of Seattle
Construction Management - Lessons Learned. 

BACKGROUND

On December 20, 2007 the Washington State Auditor issued a Performance Audit Report of Port
of Seattle Construction Management. This audit was conducted under the authority of citizenapproved
Initiative 900. 
On February 5, 2008 the Port of Seattle State Auditor Responses and Action Plan was presented
to the Commission. Staff will provide regular updates to the Commission on progress towards
implementing the Action Plan and responding to the 51 recommendations included in the audit
report. 
BRIEFING OUTLINE 
Following submittal of the first annual report for the SAO Performance Audit on July 1, 2008, 
the Audit Response Team thought it would be appropriate and helpful to have a lessons learned
session. This effort was facilitated by Annalee Luhmann and J. Loux from the Port's Human
Resources and Development Division. Our intent in completing the Lessons Learned is to
provide information to other Port departments that captures information that we think will be
helpful in future performance audits. The purpose of this briefing is to share that information
with the Commission.