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 by a majority vote (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 five
(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. within sixty (60) days of the creation of the
vacancy. The Commission shall solicit applications or expressions of interest in
this appointment from the citizens of King County within five (5) working days
from the creation of the vacancy. All applications for the appointment shall be
submitted to the Port Commission no later than the within fifteen (15) working days
of application submission date notice being posted noted in the Commission's
request for applications. The Commission shall review these submissions 
applications and shall have obtain background investigations conducted of the
applicants. The Commission shall conduct interviews in public session of up to
three no more than six (6) of the most qualified candidates. shall be conducted in
open session. The Commission shall select one candidate by majority vote in
public session to fill the vacancy. by majority vote in open session before the end of
the sixty(60) day period. 

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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