RESOLUTION NO. 3770
A RESOLUTION of the Port of Seattle Commission adopting the charters of the
following standing committees: the Aviation Committee,
Equity and Workforce Development Committee,
Waterfront and Industrial Lands Committee, and Energy
and Sustainability Committee; and amending the charter
of the Audit Committee as adopted in Resolution No.
3613 and subsequently amended on June 28, 2016, and
July 11, 2017.
WHEREAS, all authority of the Port of Seattle is vested with the commission in its actions
as a public body under Title 53 RCW, and the commission vests authority with the Executive
Director and delineates commission and executive director responsibilities through the
Delegation of Responsibility and Authority; and
WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle Commission exercises executive authority to govern the
Port of Seattle and most commission decisions focus on exercising controls on staff operational
activities like contract execution and project implementation; and
WHEREAS, development of policy for commission consideration and final action benefits
from attention by subject matter experts and is required by commission bylaws, and committees
function as policy development bodies or intensive review boards; and
WHEREAS, both special and standing committees have charters, produce records, have
membership determined by the commission president, and can include non-commissioner
members, and committee compliance with Open Public Meetings Act requirements depends on
legal status, charter provisions, and circumstances, and Article V of the commission bylaws guides
the formation and activity of committees; and
WHEREAS, the charter is the foundational statement of the committee’s purpose,
establishing the name and scope of the committee and identifying when the committee’s work
will be considered complete, and special considerations for holding meetings in public,
composition of the committee, and expected outcomes are addressed in the charter, and
commission bylaws describe what information is to be contained in the charter in Article V,
Section 2; and
WHEREAS, the commission exercises control over the work of its committees by
establishing their scope, or purview, in the committee charter and by taking advantage of the
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motion to refer to or discharge from committee any matter under its consideration as described
in commission bylaws Article IV, Section 5(k), enabling standing committees to adopt their own
annual workplans, which represent the concrete implementation of the committee’s chartered
scope in a given year; and
WHEREAS, records produced by committees, whether agendas, minutes, presentations,
or illustrative materials, are all public records of the Port of Seattle under Chapter 42.56 RCW,
and because committee policy work attracts public attention, it is the best practice to publish
these materials online proactively; and
WHEREAS, with this resolution and attached charters the commission will create standing
committees and direct the committees to adopt annual workplans; and
WHEREAS, the Open Public Meetings Act (Chapter 42.30 RCW) and related law and
committee charters make it clear when commission committees are strictly advisory in nature,
and the rules requiring open public meetings are well established in law; and
WHEREAS, public reporting and accessible records elevate the profile of commissioners’
work in committee and make committee contributions more tangible to the public;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port of Seattle Commission as follows:
Section 1. The charters the Aviation Committee, Energy and Sustainability Committee, Equity
and Workforce Development Committee, and Waterfront and Industrial Lands Committee,
attached as Exhibits A, B, C, and D, are hereby adopted.
Section 2. Resolution No. 3613, adopting the previous charter of the Audit Committee, is
hereby amended as shown in attached Exhibit E.
ADOPTED by the Port of Seattle Commission at a duly noticed public meeting
thereof, held this 25% day of February, 2020, and duly authenticated in open session by the
signatures of the commissioners voting in favor thereof and the seal of the commission.
<= sido SAM H. CHO
A
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