Item No. 6c_Exhibit_A 
Date of Meeting: July 1, 2014 

RESOLUTION NO. 3693 
A RESOLUTION  of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle declaring
surplus and no longer needed for Port District purposes one
parcel of Port-owned real property located in Seattle,
Washington, consisting of approximately 5,743 squarefeet 
of unimproved land that has its western edge submerged in
the Duwamish West Waterway, its northern edge abutting
the Klickitat Avenue SW right-of-way, and its southern
edge abutting the BNSF Railroad right-of-way. 

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 of Seattle was thereupon established as a port district and has since
been and now is a duly authorized and acting port district of the State of Washington and
operator of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport ("Airport"); and 
WHEREAS, the Port owns the real property described on attached Exhibit A (the
"Property" or "Parcel # 7666703100"); and 
WHEREAS, the Property, also referred to as Parcel #7666703100, is a 5,743 squarefoot
triangular-shaped parcel of unimproved land that is approximately seventy  percent
submerged, lies at the boundary between the Lower Duwamish Waterway, the West Waterway
and Harbor Island but is disconnected from access to Terminal 102; and 
WHEREAS, when the Port district established the Lower Duwamish Industrial
Development District, Number Two and acquired Block 409 Tideland, Lots 1 through 15 in
1966, the acquisition included the Property which lies in Lots 1 through 6 of Block 409 Tideland.
Because portions of Lots 4, 5, and 6 were deeded to the Northern Pacific Railway Company for

right-of-way to accommodate a bascule bridge, the Property was severed from access to the rest
of the land that was later developed into Terminal 102 and Terminal 104 and thus was never
developed; and 
WHEREAS, the upland portion of the Property is level and protected by shoreline
armoring and the western edge of the Property is submerged in the West Waterway; and 
WHEREAS, the southern edge of the Property abuts right-of-way owned by Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Railroad (successor to Northern Pacific Railway Company) which connects
Harbor Island to the industrial area businesses along West Marginal Way via the bascule bridge;
and 
WHEREAS, the bascule bridge to the south of the Property restricts opportunity for
moorage due to height limitations and need to protect bridge use; and 
WHEREAS, the Klickitat Avenue SW right-of-way abuts the northern edge of the
Property; and 
WHEREAS, the Property's 1,700 square feet of dry land area is isolated by right-of-way
and the West Waterway; and
WHEREAS, the Property is subject to the terms and conditions of the "Notice of
Consent Decree and Right of Access" recorded August 21, 1996. The Property lies within the
boundary of the Harbor Island Superfund Site, but no cleanup action has been required in the
area of the Property; and 
WHEREAS, according to an appraisal of the Property, the highest and best use would
likely be storage, water access, or fish/wildlife habitat mitigation, all of which would require
combining the Property with adjacent properties to achieve viable scale; and 
WHEREAS, the Property's limited size, limited shoreline access, lack of connection to
Terminal 102 and distance to Terminal 18 makes it less than useful to those terminals; and

WHEREAS, the Property is not included in a comprehensive plan of improvement and
has not been included in Port planning for industrial or maritime uses as an independent site nor
as part of an aggregated site; and 
WHEREAS, the Port's 2009 Lower Duwamish River Habitat Restoration Plan does not
identify this Property for potential as a Port-constructed habitat restoration or enhancement site;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Seattle, as owner of Parcel number 766703000, the parcel to the
north of the Property, has leased that parcel to Bluefield Holdings, Inc. to build a habitat
restoration project on the site and establish "credits" that can be sold to entities that need to
resolve Natural Resource Damage ("NRD") liability related to the Lower Duwamish Superfund
site; and
WHEREAS, Bluefield Holdings, Inc. has expressed interest in acquiring the adjacent
Parcel #7666703100 (the Property) as part of its habitat restoration project because Parcel
#7666703100 would provide an improved configuration for water access; and 
WHEREAS, the Port is interested in negotiating an agreement to sell the Property to
Bluefield Holdings, Inc. so that the Property can become part of Bluefield's habitatrestoration
project and a resolution declaring the Property surplus is a prerequisite to sale of the Property;
and 
WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle Commission has heard from all persons desiring to speak
at said public hearing with regard to the proposed surplusing of the Property; and 
WHEREAS, the members of the Port of Seattle Commission have discussed and
considered the proposed surplusing of the Property in light of all comments by members of the
public at the public hearing; 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle
that: 
Section 1.     The Property, described on Exhibit A attached to this Resolution, is no
longer needed for Port purposes and is declared surplus to Port needs.

ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a duly noticed meeting thereof,
held this ____ day of _______, 2014, and duly authenticated in open session by the signatures of
the Commissioners voting in favor thereof and the seal of the Commission. 


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EXHIBIT A to RESOLUTION NO. 3693 
Legal Description of Property 
King County Tax Parcel #7666703100 
PARCEL I: 
A portion of Lot 4, Block 408, Seattle Title Lands in the Northwest quarter of Section 18,
Township 24 North, Range 4 East of the Willamette Meridian, in King County, Washington
described as follows: 
Beginning at the Northeasterly corner of said Block 409; thence South 4215' East 0296.223
feet, along the Northeasterly line of said Block 409, to the true point of beginning, said point
begin the most Northerly corner of a right of way deeded to the Northern Pacific Railway
Company by Deed recorded January 30, 1929 as Recording No. 2515025; thence along a curve
to the left having a uniform radius of 623.805 feet, along said right of way, the center of which
curve bears South 2330'26" East 623.805 feet from said true point of beginning a distance of
47.811 feet to an intersection with the South line of said Lot 4, from which point of intersection
the center of said curve bears South 2753'55" East 623.805 feet; thence West, along the South
line of said Lot 4, 140.745 feet to the Southwesterly corner of said lot; thence North 4215' West
40.528 feet to the Northwesterly corner of the South half of said Lot 4; thence East 202.643 feet,
along the North boundary line of the South half of said Lot 4, to the Northeasterly line of said
Lot 4; thence South 4215' East 22.523 feet to the true point of beginning. 
EXCEPTING THEREFROM that potion conveyed to the City of Seattle by Special Warranty
Deed recorded December 18, 1980 as Recording No. 8012180731. 
PARCEL II: 
A portion of Lot 5, Block 408, Seattle Title Lands in the Northwest quarter of Section 18,
Township 24 North, Range 4 East of the Willamette Meridian, in King County, Washington,
described as follows: 
Beginning at the Northwesterly corner of said Lot 5; thence East 140.745 feet, along the North
line of said Lot 5, to an intersection with a curve on the Northerly line of a right of way deeded
to the Northern Pacific Railway Company by Deed recorded January 30, 1929 as Recording No.
2515025, from which point of intersection the center of which bears South 2753'55" East
623.805 feet, thence in a Southwesterly direction along said curve to the left, having a uniform
radius of 623.805 feet, a distance of 105.755 feet to an intersection with the Southwesterly
margin of said Lot 5, from which point of intersection the center of said curve bears South
3736'43.5" East 623.804 feet; thence North 4215' West 77.2089 feet, along the Southwesterly
margin of said Lot 5, to the point of beginning.