Item No.___6a_Attach 1________ 
Date of Meeting: August 7, 2012 

RESOLUTION NO. 3665 

A RESOLUTION of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle
Amending Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme
of Harbor Improvements of the Port of Seattle
(Lower Duwamish Industrial Development District)
by: (i) declaring certain real property surplus and no
longer needed for port district purposes; (ii)
authorizing its transfer to BNSF Railway Company;
(iii) deleting said property from Unit 20 of the
Comprehensive Scheme; and (iv) adding to Unit 20
of the Comprehensive Scheme certain real property
transferred by BNSF to the Port. 
WHEREAS, the original Comprehensive Scheme of Harbor Improvements of the 
Port of Seattle was fixed in Resolution No. 17 of the Port Commission and was ratified by 
the qualified electors of the Port District at a special election held therein on March 5, 1912; 
and 
WHEREAS, Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme  the Lower Duwamish 
Industrial Development District ("LDIDD") was initially created by Port Commission 
adoption of Resolution No. 2769 on May 27, 1980; and 
WHEREAS, the boundaries of said Unit 20 were subsequently revised and restated 
by Port  Commission  adoption  of  Resolution  No.  2805  on  February  10,  1981,  as 
subsequently amended; and 
WHEREAS, in 1994 BNSF and the Port entered into agreements that allowed the
Port's use of a portion of BNSF's Buckley Yard and relocated a portion of BNSF's
operations to Port property, all in order to complete the expansion of Terminal 5; and 
WHEREAS, the 1994 agreements obligated BNSF and the Port to a final exchange
of the affected properties; and 
WHEREAS, an official public hearing was held August 7, 2012, after notice of 
such hearing was duly published as provided by law, the question as to whether said Unit 
20 of the Comprehensive Scheme should be amended to provide for the property legally 
described on attached Exhibit A to be declared surplus to Port of Seattle needs and no
longer  needed  for  Port  purposes, authorize its  transfer  to  BNSF Railway Company
("BNSF"), and delete it from Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme; and 
WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle Commission has heard from all persons desiring to
speak at said public hearing with regard to the proposed amendment and modification to
Unit 20; and 
WHEREAS, the members of the Port of Seattle Commission at said public hearing
viewed maps, plans, and other data regarding the property proposed for sale, which maps,
plans, and other data are on file in the office of the Port of Seattle Commission; and 
WHEREAS, the members of the Port of Seattle Commission have discussed and
considered the proposed amendment to Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme in light of all
comments by members of the public at the public hearing;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port Commission of the Port of 
Seattle as follows: 
Section 1.  The property legally described on attached Exhibit A, ("Property") which 
is part of Unit 20 of the 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. In exchange for BNSF's transfer to the Port of certain real property adjacent
to the Property and legally described and depicted on attached Exhibit B ("Exchange Property"),
the Chief Executive Officer is authorized to take all necessary steps and execute all 
documents, including an Exchange Agreement, necessary to accomplish the exchange of
properties with BNSF Railway Inc., in accordance with state law. The surplus Property has a 
market value of $8,600,000.00. 
Section 3.  Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme of Harbor Development is
amended to include within its boundaries the Exchange Property legally described in
Exhibit B. 
ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a regular meeting
held this      day of       ,  2012,  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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