Item No:      6g_reso
Meeting Date: April 16, 2019 


1                                                RESOLUTION NO. 3757 
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3              A RESOLUTION of the Port of Seattle Commission amending Unit 20 of the
4                                        Comprehensive Scheme of Harbor Improvements of the
5                                        Port of Seattle (Lower Duwamish Industrial Development
6                                        District) by: (i) declaring certain real property surplus and
7                                        no longer needed for port district purposes; (ii) deleting
8                                        said property from Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme;
9                                        and  (iii)  authorizing  the  Executive  Director  to  take  all
10                                    necessary steps and execute all documents for the sale of
11                                    such real property to West Coast Self-Storage Group, LLC.;
12                                    amending Resolutions No. 17, 2769, and 2805 of the Port 
13                                    of Seattle Commission. 
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15            WHEREAS, the original Comprehensive Scheme of Harbor Improvements of the Port of
16    Seattle was fixed in Resolution No. 17 of the Port Commission and was ratified by the qualified
17    electors of the Port District at a special election held therein on March 5, 1912; and 
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19            WHEREAS, Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme  the Lower Duwamish Industrial
20    Development District  was initially created by Port Commission adoption of Resolution No.
21    2769 on May 27, 1980; and 
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23            WHEREAS, the boundaries of said Unit 20 were subsequently revised and restated by
24    Port Commission adoption of Resolution No. 2805 on February 10, 1981, as subsequently
25    amended; and 
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27            WHEREAS, included within said Unit 20 is the Port-owned property legally described on
28    attached Exhibit A (the "Property"); and 
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30            WHEREAS, the property is located at the extreme northern edge of Unit 20  Lower
31    Duwamish Industrial District  of the Port's Comprehensive Scheme, disconnected from any
32    waterfront  or  associated  industrial  Port  property,  and  surrounded  by  Harbor  Avenue
33    Southwest and privately owned, non-Port property; and 
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35            WHEREAS, the development options do not match the Port of Seattle goals that are
36    found within the Century Agenda and the site has been found to have no value for supporting
37    small business growth or workforce development and it did not provide support to maritime
38    or cargo-related uses; and 
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40            WHEREAS, the Port has negotiated a purchase and sale agreement (the "Purchase and
41    Sale Agreement") with West Coast Self-Storage Group, LLC ("West Coast") to sell the Property
42    to West Coast for its appraised fair market value; and 
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44            WHEREAS, a resolution declaring the Property surplus and deleting the Property from
45    Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme is a prerequisite to sale of the Property; and 
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47            WHEREAS, an official public hearing was held March 26, 2019, after notice of such
48    hearing was duly published as provided by law, to consider whether said Unit 20 of the
49    Comprehensive Scheme should be amended to provide for the Property to be declared surplus
50    to Port of Seattle needs and no longer needed for Port purposes, delete it from Unit 20 of the
51    Comprehensive Scheme, and authorize its sale to West Coast; and 
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53            WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle Commission has heard from all persons desiring to speak
54    at said public hearing regarding the proposed amendment and modification to Unit 20; and 
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56            WHEREAS, the members of the Port of Seattle Commission have discussed and
57    considered the proposed amendment to Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme in light of all
58    comments by members of the public at the public hearing; 
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60            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port of Seattle Commission as follows: 
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62    Section 1.  The Property, which is part of Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme, is hereby
63    declared surplus to Port of Seattle needs and no longer needed for Port purposes and is 
64    deleted from Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme. 
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66    Section 2.  The Executive Director is authorized to take all necessary steps and to execute all
67    documents, including the Purchase and Sale Agreement, necessary to accomplish sale of the Property
68    to West Coast, in accordance with state law. 
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70            ADOPTED by the Port of Seattle Commission at a duly noticed public meeting thereof, 
71    held this ________ day of __________________ , 2019, and duly authenticated in open session
72    by the signatures of the commissioners voting in favor thereof and the seal of the commission. 
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