COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Port of Seattle
Commission
Port of Seattle 
John Creighton                Commission Chambers
Patricia Davis                 P69, 2711 Alaskan Way
Gael Tarleton                 (PO Box 1209) Seattle, WA 98111
Bill Bryant
Lloyd Hara
SPECIAL MEETING                        REVISED JANUARY 2, 2009 ITEM 12a added
Chief Executive Officer       Date: January 6, 2009
Tay Yoshitani
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Web site:                            3:00 p.m     1.  Call to Order
www.portseattle.org                                    Recess to:
2.  Executive Session*
E-mail:                                4:00 p.m.         Call to Order or reconvene to Open Public Session
Commission-records                           3.  Approval of Minutes
@portseattle.org                                  4.  Special Order of Business
5.  Unanimous Consent Calendar**
Port Commission                                    6.  Policy and Staff Briefing
(206) 728-3034                                     7.  Marine Items
Meeting and Agenda                               8.  Aviation Items
Information                                         9.  Capital Development
(206) 728-3222                                     10. Real Estate
11. General Business
Port of Seattle:                                    12. New Business
Creating Economic                             13. Adjournment
Vitality Here 
1.  CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Business Strategies
for 2003-2007:               2.  EXECUTIVE SESSION - Pursuant to RCW 42.30.110, if necessary.
Ensure Airport and
Seaport Vitality                3.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Develop New Business
and Economic                   Approval of minutes for the Special Work Session of October 21, the Special Meeting of
Opportunities for the              October 27, and the Regular Meeting of October 28, 2008.
Region and the Port           4.  SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
Enhance Public
Understanding and                                 Election of Officers.
Support of the Port's
Role in the Region             5.  UNANIMOUS CONSENT CALENDAR 
Be a Catalyst for
Regional Transportation           None
Solutions
Be a Leader in               6.  POLICY AND STAFF BRIEFING
Transportation Security            a.  Airport response to Snow Emergency. (memo enclosed)
Exhibit Environmental
Stewardship through           * Following an Executive Session which, if necessary, may be held at 3:00 p.m., the Public Session will be reconvened or called to
our Actions                      order (if there is no Executive Session) at 4:00 p.m. and the Port Commission may consider items discussed in the Executive
Be a High Performance         Session. An Executive Session may also be held at any time after 4:00 p.m., if necessary.
** Unless otherwise requested by a Port Commissioner, all items under the Unanimous Consent Calendar will be considered a single
Organization
item.
*** Cellular telephones and pagers should be off or on vibrate mode during the Public Session.

AGENDA - Port Commission Special Meeting, January 6, 2009                                                            Page 2
6.  POLICY AND STAFF BRIEFING Continued
b.    Alaskan Way Viaduct/Seawall Replacement Project: Process Update. (memo enclosed)
c.    Update on Cruise Vessel Biomass Study and Phase 1 Draft Report. (memo enclosed)
d.    Legislative Update. (memo enclosed) 
e.    2008 Audit Committee Accomplishments. (memo enclosed) 
f.    Matson Ship Moorage Update. (memo enclosed) 
g.    Briefing on Declaration of Emergency. (memo enclosed) 
7.  MARINE ITEMS 
a.    Resolution 3210, First Reading. Naming the new cruise terminal facility located on the southern portion of Pier 91 at Terminal 91 the
"Smith Cove Cruise Terminal". (memo enclosed) 
8.  AVIATION ITEMS 
None.
9.  CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT 
None.
10. REAL ESTATE
None.
11. GENERAL BUSINESS
None.
12. NEW BUSINESS
a. Ethics Advisory Committee Discussion and possible motion.
13. ADJOURNMENT

PUBLIC TESTIMONY PROCEDURES
1.    Any person wishing to speak at a Port Commission meeting must register on a sign-up sheet and identify the specific agenda item to which he/she will speak before the
agenda item commences.
2.    The Commission does not generally take public testimony for non-action agenda items such as "Policy and Staff Briefings" or Work Session presentations, but may do so at
the discretion of the Commission Chair.
3.    An individual may testify on an agenda item for up to three minutes. Organization representatives may testify for up to five minutes.
4.    Any person wishing to speak on a topic not appearing on an agenda may sign up to speak under "New Business". All testimony provided under "New Business" is limited to
three minutes.
5.    In the interests of time, the Commission Chair may limit the number of persons speaking on any topic or may limit testimony to those having new information or material to
present.
6.    The Commission Chair may alter the time allotments for testimony to ensure that more speakers have an opportunity to be heard.
7.    The identity of each testifier will be noted in the meeting minutes. An individual or organization representative may have the text of his/her remarks appended to the
Commission minutes by submitting a written text at, or before, the meeting. The appended written text will be preserved permanently.
8.    A digital audio recording of the public testimony is on file in Port offices. Digital audio recordings are retained in Port offices for six years and then transferred to State
Archives. A charge is assessed for duplication or transcription.
9.   The Commission does not engage in discussion or debate with testifiers during commission meetings.  Questions and requests for information or documents may be
addressed to Port staff or to individual Commissioners outside of Commission meetings. (Revised September 14, 2007)