Item 7g Memo

PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 

COMMISSION AGENDA  STAFF BRIEFING 
Item No.        7g 
Date of Meeting     April 21, 2009 
DATE:    April 2, 2009 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Linda Strout, Deputy CEO 
Craig Watson, General Counsel 
Ralph Graves, Managing Director of Capital Development 
SUBJECT:  Update  Port Implementation of McKay Report Recommendations 

In January 2008, the Port Commission created a Special Investigative Committee which
commissioned the services of McKay Chadwell LLC and others to further review and report on
certain matters raised by the Washington State Auditor's Office in a 2007 Performance Audit.
McKay Chadwell presented a report (the "McKay Report"), including a set of recommendations,
to the Port Commission on December 3, 2008. 
Shortly thereafter, the Port's CEO tasked members of the executive staff with implementing
seven recommendations contained in the McKay Report. This internal Port team assembled the
McKay Report recommendations, Port responses and a set of implementing action steps into a
matrix format. The resulting "Matrix" is accessible to the public on the Port's website. The
internal team reviews and updates the Matrix every two weeks. For each recommendation or
action step, the Matrix identifies the internal team member accountable and establishes an
estimated completion date. 
At the April 21 Commission meeting, staff will update the Commission on the implementation
status of each of the recommendations.

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