Item No.            6b_Attach 1 

Date of Meeting          February 10, 2015 

RESOLUTION NO. 3703 
A RESOLUTION of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle related to real
estate development and construction work on Port-owned
land leased to Port tenants. 

WHEREAS, the voters of King County, pursuant to the provisions of enabling
legislation adopted by the Legislature of the State of Washington, Chapter 92, Laws of 1911,
RCW 53.04.010, authorized and approved at a special election held in King County on the 5th
day of September 1911, the formation of a Port District coextensive with King County to be
known as the Port of Seattle; and 
WHEREAS, the Port is governed by an elected commission of five independently
elected commissioners; and 
WHEREAS, the Port is recognized as an economic engine for the citizens of King
County and Washington State; and 
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Port Commission to establish its intention with regard
to facilitating the creation of quality jobs and providing opportunities for all qualified firms to
participate in Port-related work; and 
WHEREAS, in furtherance of this goal the Port Commission affirms its policy with
regard to the establishment of project labor agreements (PLAs) for Port-contracted work; and 
WHEREAS, for non-Port contracted work to be undertaken by the Port's tenants that
falls outside the Port's PLA policy, the Port Commission desires to encourage certain voluntary
practices by its tenants. 
NOW THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Port Commission of the Port of 
Seattle urges those firms that do business with the Port to adopt the following voluntary practices
to promote open and competitive opportunities for qualified firms, including union firms, that
would like to provide labor and work on projects located on Port properties: 
a.  Place qualified firms interested in the project on solicitation lists and provide written notice
of subcontracting opportunities to those firms capable of performing the work, including
firms on any list provided by the Port. 
b.  Procure project-related work in smaller tasks or quantities, where feasible, to allow for
maximum participation by small businesses.

c.  Provide small businesses interested in the project with adequate and timely information about
plans, specifications and requirements. 
d.  Engage the services of community organizations, consulting groups, and government offices,
including the Port, that provide assistance in connecting small businesses with business
opportunities. 
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Port's primary mission
is to serve as an economic development agency that generates quality, family-wage jobs in King
County and economic growth for the region. The Port helps facilitate access to quality jobs to all
persons in King County. As such, the Port Commission directs staff to take the following
actions: 
Staff shall include mention of this resolution in any competitive procurement documents
(e.g., requests for interest/offers/qualifications/proposals) for a long-term lease agreement
involving land development and shall award preference points in the evaluation of submittals as
follows: 
(i)     Award a certain number of preference points to any responding firm that states in
its submittal that it will commit to contracting with only those construction
contractors that will in turn commit to good faith discussions with unions
interested in providing labor and work during construction of the project; and 
(ii)    The weight assigned to the commitment to engage in good faith discussions with
labor shall be influential but not outcome-determinative and the actual number of
preference points when a commitment is made in the submittal shall not vary. 
If there has been no competitive procurement of the proposed long-term lease, staff shall
reference this resolution in any preliminary letter of intent and shall otherwise encourage the
proposed tenant/developer to select construction contractors that will agree to undertake good
faith discussions with unions interested in providing labor and work during construction of the
project. 
Staff shall incorporate in all ground lease agreements involving land development a
provision similar in intent to the following language: 
"Lessee agrees to use its best efforts to avoid disruption to the Port, its tenants or
members of the public, arising from labor disputes involving Lessee, and in the
event of a strike, picketing, demonstration or other labor difficulty involving
Lessee, to use its good offices, including the utilization of available legal
remedies, to minimize and/or eliminate any disruption to the Port, its tenants or
members of the public, arising from such strike, picketing, demonstration or other
labor difficulty."

ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle this ___________ day of 
___________________, 2015, and duly authenticated in open session by the signatures of the 
Commissioners voting in favor thereof and the seal of the Commission duly affixed. 






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