COMMISSION 
AGENDA MEMORANDUM                        Item No.          8d 
ACTION ITEM                            Date of Meeting       April 24, 2018 
DATE:     April 18, 2018 
TO:        Port of Seattle Commission 
FROM:    Aaron Pritchard, Commission Policy Manager 
SUBJECT:  Adoption of Resolution No. 3746, amending the Policy Directives on Construction
Labor Practices for Projects Located on Port of Seattle Property and Priority Hire 
ACTION REQUESTED 
Request adoption of Resolution No. 3746: a resolution of the Port of Seattle Commission
amending the Policy Directives on Construction Labor Practices for Projects Located on Port of
Seattle Property and Priority Hire created by Resolutions 3725 and 3736, respectively, to 
change the threshold for applying project labor agreements to Port projects and related
definitions. 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 
The amendments contained in Resolution 3746 change the dollar threshold for the assumption
in favor of Project Labor Agreements in the Port's Construction Labor Policy and the definitions
in the Port's Priority Hire policy. 
JUSTIFICATION 
The Port of Seattle Commission approved Resolution 3725 on October 25, 2016. The resolution
was drafted by the Commission's Projects and Procurement Committee, chaired by
Commissioners Albro and Creighton, along with external advisors from labor, small businesses,
general contractors, and minority advocacy groups. 
The change proposed in these amendments will adjust the threshold for an assumption in favor
of a Project Labor Agreement from $5 million in labor costs to a contract that exceeds $5
million. The rationale for the change is that the City of Seattle and King County both have or will
have a similar $5 million contract level, creating further regional alignment. The City, County
and Port have been working closely on engagement for increasing the labor pool available for
our large projects through priority hire. The more the Port and regional partners can use similar
terms and approaches to projects in the region the easier it is to accomplish our priority hire
and Project Labor Agreement objectives. This also provides more clarity for the Port,
contractors and labor when the Port evaluates the applicability of a Project Labor Agreement to
a project. 


Template revised September 22, 2016.

COMMISSION AGENDA  Action Item No. 8d                                  Page 2 of 2 
Meeting Date: April 24, 2018 
ATTACHMENTS TO THIS REQUEST 
(1) Draft Resolution No. 3746 
(2) Resolution No. 3725, Construction Labor Policy Redline 
(3) Resolution No. 3736, Priority Hire Policy Directive Redline 
PREVIOUS COMMISSION ACTIONS OR BRIEFINGS 
April 10, 2018  Resolution 3746 was introduced. 
November 28, 2017  Commission authorized Resolution 3736, Priority Hire Policy Directive. 
October 25, 2016  Commission authorized Resolution 3725, Construction Labor Policy. 














Template revised September 22, 2016; format updates October 19, 2016.