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City of Seattle
|  h       Edward B. Murray, Mayor

May 8, 2015

The Honorable Stephanie Bowman and Courtney Gregoire
Port of Seattle Co-Presidents
Port of Seattle
PO. Box 1209
Seattle, WA 981 1 1

Dear Co-Presidents Stephanie Bowman and Courtney Gregoire;

As I have indicated to you in the past, 1 stand behind our maritime industry and support continued success for the Port of
Seattle and maritime businesses in our community. The Port and its tenants provide thousands of family-wage jobs,
adding needed diversity to our region's economy.

1 also understand that you have been very concerned about the potential reach of the Department of Planning and
Development's (DPD's) interpretation regarding Terminal 5 and the proposed presence of a drilling rig and related
vessels. In a separate letter, DPD indicated to Port staff that the interpretation is very narrowly focused to the specic site
and specic proposed use. The interpretation would not extend to other Port facilities.

In addition to that declaration, in a meeting with Port staff on May 7, 2015, DPD suggested working with Port staff to
review and update the Shoreline ordinance's denition of "cargo terminal." If there is concern that the denition does not
accurately describe the activities typically taking place at a cargo terminal, we should make a revision. 1 have asked DPD
to conduct this work in the coming months, so that the denition accurately reects the historic, current and future uses at
marine cargo terminals in Seattle.

Thank you very much. 1 look forward to working with you to make sure we address this issue.
Sinzmly,
Mayor Edward B.Mun;

cc:    Commissioner Tom Albro
Commissioner Bill Bryant
Commissioner John Creighton


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