RESOLUTION NO. 3673, as amended

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 ofce
of Port Commissioner and revising Article II, Duties
and Responsibilities of the Commission.

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 as follows:

Section 1. Article II, Section 1, paragraph (I) is amended to read as follows:

(1)   Establish Port positions on signicant governmental legislation. The Port shall take
ofcial positions as an organization only regarding signicant legislation with respect to


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which the Commission has discussed in open session and taken a position on by majority
vote.

Section 2. Article II, Section 5, is amended to read as follows:

5.   The President of the Commission shall supervise the Director of Commission
Services, and the Director of Commission Services shall supervise all Commission staff.
The President of the Commission shall reiterate to the Commission staff its lack of
authority over full-time regular employees of the Port in terms of direction and work
obligations. All hiring and ring decisions with respect to Commission Ofce staff shall
be made onl after noti in all Commissioners.

Section 3. Article 111, Section 4, is replaced to read as follows:

4.   In the event of a vacancy in the ofce of Port Commissioner, such vacancy shall be
lled at the next general election. In the interim, the remaining Commissioners shall ll
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 qualied candidates. The Commission shall select one candidate by majority vote
in public session to ll the vacancy.

ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a duly noticed public
meeting thereof, held this  7.2.")   day of ban   v        ,
2013, and duly
authenticated in open session by the signatures of the Comiissioners voting in favor
thereof and the seal of the Commission.

TOM ALBRO
JOHM' CREEGHTON
ROB HOLLAND

BILL BRYANT


Commissioners


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