RESOLUTION NO. 3673 
A RESOLUTION   of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle
amending Resolution No. 3611, as amended
by Resolution No. 3672, the Seattle Port
Commission  Bylaws,   regarding  the
appointment   of   an   interim   Port
Commissioner in the event of a vacancy in
the office of Port Commissioner. 
WHEREAS, the voters of King County authorized and approved the
formation of a Port District co-extensive with King County to be known as the Port
of Seattle in a special election on September 5, 1911; and 
WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle was thereupon established as a Port District
and has been since then and is now a duly authorized and acting Port District of the
State of Washington; and 
WHEREAS, the Seattle Port Commission is the legally constituted governing body
of the Port of Seattle; and 
WHEREAS, the Seattle Port Commission Bylaws adopted on March 24, 2009, in
Resolution No. 3611, and subsequently amended by Resolution No. 3672 on December 4,
2012, constitute the rules governing the organization and transaction of business of the
Commission; and 
WHEREAS, the Commission desires to make certain changes to its Bylaws
regarding organization of the Commission; 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port Commission of the Port of
Seattle that Article III, Section 4, is replaced to read as follows: 
Article III 
4.  In the event of a vacancy in the office of Port Commissioner, such vacancy shall
be filled at the next general election. In the interim, the remaining

Commissioners shall fill the vacancy by appointment (i) no later than 90 days
after the creation of the vacancy or (ii) where the vacancy is caused by
resignation, no later than 90 days after the effective date of the resignation. No
later than 5 working days after the creation of the vacancy or the date on which
notice of resignation is provided, the Commission shall issue a press release and
post on the Port's website a request for applications from citizens in King County
interested in being considered for the appointment. All applications for the
appointment shall be submitted to the Port Commission no later than the
application submission date noted in the Commission's request for applications.
The Commission shall review the applications and shall obtain background
investigations of the applicants. The Commission shall conduct interviews in
public session of no more than six (6) of the most qualified candidates. The
Commission shall select one candidate by majority vote in public session to fill
the vacancy. 

ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a duly noticed public 
meeting thereof, held this _________ day of __________________, 2013, 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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