Item 7a Memo

PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 

COMMISSION AGENDA             Item No.          7a 
Date of Meeting   November 30, 2009 
DATE:    November 25, 2009 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Linda Strout / Ralph Graves / Colleen Wilson 
SUBJECT:  Update on Port Reform Initiatives 

BACKGROUND
Over the past nearly three years, several events have generated a series of fundamental internal
process reviews and reform activities. The triggering events include a 2007 SAO Performance
Audit, a 2007 Report from a Commission-appointed external Expert Police Panel and the 2008
McKay Report. In each instance, the Port's CEO created internal teams to separately and fully
address each matter, involving literally hundreds of man hours of attention and hard work, hiring
of additional top level management and significant internal work group reorganization and
centralization. All of these efforts have been tracked on the Port's internal and external websites,
with progress and status reports to the Commission at public meetings. 
At the November 23 Commission Meeting, staff will update the Commission on 2009 progress,
actions and activities concerning the following initiatives:
Workplace Responsibility Program (Ethics/Compliance) 
Procurement, Contracting and Project Management 
Police Accountability and Reorganization 
Many of these initiatives now are past the development stage and have been fully or partially
implemented. Staff will identify those initiatives for which additional future action and briefing
may be required as well as those which are well underway and integrated into regular workday
policies and procedures.

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