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Meeting Date:  March 8, 2016 
RESOLUTION NO. 3719 
A RESOLUTION  of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle 
declaring surplus and no longer needed for Port
District purposes a parcel of Port-owned real
property located in Seattle, Washington, consisting
of approximately 5,743 square feet of unimproved
land that has its western edge submerged in the
Duwamish West Waterway, its northern edge
abutting Klickitat Avenue SW right-of-way, and its
southern edge abutting the BNSF Railroad right-ofway
("Parcel No. 7666703100"); amending the
Port's Comprehensive Scheme to delete Parcel No.
7666703100  from  Unit  20  of  the  Port's
Comprehensive Scheme; and authorizing its sale to
Bluefield Holdings Inc. 
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
square-foot 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, Klickitat Avenue SW right-of-way abuts the northern edge of the
Property; and 

WHEREAS, the Property's 1,700 square foot 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 

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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, Terminal 102 lies within Unit 20  Lower Duwamish Industrial
Development District of the Port's Comprehensive Scheme; 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 liability related to the Lower
Duwamish Superfund site; and

WHEREAS, Bluefield Holdings, Inc. is interested in acquiring the adjacent
Parcel #7666703100 ("Property") as part of its habitat restoration project because it 
would provide an improved configuration for water access; and 

WHEREAS, the Port has negotiated an agreement to sell the Property to
Bluefield Holdings, Inc.; and 



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WHEREAS, a resolution declaring the Property surplus and deleting the Property
from Unit 20 of the Port's Comprehensive Scheme 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 surplus of the Property and
deletion from Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme; and 

WHEREAS, the members of the Port of Seattle Commission have discussed and
considered the proposed surplus of the Property in light of all comments by members of
the public at the public hearing; and 
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 and
which is part of Unit 20 of the Port's Comprehensive Scheme is hereby declared surplus
to Port of Seattle needs and no longer needed for Port purposes and deleted from Unit 20
of the Comprehensive Scheme. 

Section 2. Port staff is authorized to take all necessary steps to arrange for the sale
of said Property and to execute all documents necessary to accomplish its sale to
Bluefield Holdings Inc., in accordance with state law. 






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ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a regular meeting
thereof, held this ____day of _______, 2016 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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Port Commissioners 









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EXHIBIT A to Resolution No. 3719 
Legal Description of Property 
King County Tax Parcel # 7666703100 

PARCEL I: 
A portion of Lot 4, Block 409, 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 296.223 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 12.52 feet to the true point of 
beginning. 
EXCEPTING THEREFROM that portion 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 409, 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 curve 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. 



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