COMMISSION 
AGENDA MEMORANDUM                        Item No.          6c 
ACTION ITEM                            Date of Meeting     November 13, 2018 
DATE:     October 26, 2018 
TO:        Stephen P. Metruck, Executive Director 
FROM:    Dan Thomas, Chief Financial Officer 
Tom Tanaka, Interim General Counsel 
SUBJECT:  2019 service agreements for Port of Seattle staff to provide services to the
Northwest Seaport Alliance 
Amount of this request:                       $0 
Total estimated project cost:                   $0 
ACTION REQUESTED 
Request Commission authorization for the Executive Director  to execute an interlocal
agreement (ILA) with the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) to implement a series of support
service agreements to allow Port staff to provide services to the NWSA for 2019. 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
The NWSA will require service support from different departments at the Ports of Seattle and
Tacoma. The means to provide these support services is through an ILA between the NWSA and
the homeports as a part of the annual budget process. The costs for these support service
agreements are included in both the Port's and NWSA's 2019 budgets. 
JUSTIFICATION 
The NWSA will require support services from both the Ports of Seattle and Tacoma in order to
carry out its functions. Each port will provide these support functions through an ILA that
describes the services to be provided. 
DETAILS 
The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma created the NWSA in August 2015 to jointly manage the two
ports' marine cargo facilities. The NWSA will need support and services from both ports in order
to carry out its various administrative functions and operations. Each port intends to execute an
ILA with NWSA to allow the ports to provide those services for 2019. 
The two Managing Members (the two ports as represented by their respective commissioners)
of the NWSA approved entering into an ILA with each port on November 1, 2016. The Port of

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Seattle budget included the budgeted amounts for the proposed ILA service agreements with
the NWSA. 
There are 15 support service agreements that will be implemented as part of this agreement
for 2019 and are attached as exhibits to the ILA. 
Scope of Work 
The proposed ILA is included as Attachment A. There are 15 service directives that are attached
as exhibits to the ILA. The list of those exhibits is as follows: 
Exhibit 1: Accounting, Finance, Treasury and Risk Management 
Exhibit 2: Information Technology 
Exhibit 3: Public Affairs 
Exhibit 4: Managing member and Executive 
Exhibit 5: Legal and Public Records 
Exhibit 6: Labor Relations 
Exhibit 7: Capital Development 
Exhibit 8: Environmental and Planning 
Exhibit 9: Port of Seattle Police 
Exhibit 10: Central Procurement Office 
Exhibit 11: Security 
Exhibit 12: Maritime Maintenance 
Exhibit 13: Pier 69 Facilities Management 
Exhibit 14: Portfolio Management 
Exhibit 15: Additional Support Services as Needed 
Schedule 
This is a part of the annual budget process. 
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 
The amounts required to provide the services to the NWSA are included in the Port's 2019
budget. 
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUN 
None 
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST 
(1) Attachment A (Interlocal Agreement, including 15 service directives attached as
exhibits). 


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