Item No. 6a 
Attach 1 
Date of Meeting: May 22, 2012 
RESOLUTION NO. 3662 
A RESOLUTION   of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle
declaring certain real property located in King
County (portions of the Woodinville Subdivision)
and any improvements located thereon surplus and
no longer needed for Port purposes, authorizing its
transfer to King County and authorizing the Chief
Executive Officer to execute all documents related to
such transfer; and further authorizing the Chief
Executive Officer to execute a permanent easement
granting King County easement rights over a portion
of the Port's freight section of the Woodinville
Subdivision for future recreational trail uses. 

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 

WHEREAS, the Port owns the real property described on attached Exhibit A (the
"Property") and all improvements thereon, consisting primarily of railroad tracks and ties (the
"Improvements"); and 

WHEREAS, on November 5, 2009, the Port entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding (the "MOU") with King County, Sound Transit, Cascade Water Alliance, Puget
Sound Energy and the City of Redmond setting forth the mutual understanding of the parties for
the completion of future transactions where the Regional Partners would purchase from the Port
interests in the Woodinville Subdivision and thus share in the cost of acquiring it; and 

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WHEREAS, on June 30, 2010, the City of Redmond acquired the portion of the
Woodinville Subdivision located in the City of Redmond; and 
WHEREAS, on December 20, 2010, Puget Sound Energy acquired an easement over
both the freight and railbanked portions of the Woodinville Subdivision; and 

WHEREAS, on April 11, 2012, Sound Transit acquired (i) a portion of the Woodinville
Subdivision located within the City of Bellevue and (ii) a permanent high capacity
transportation easement over the railbanked portion of the Woodinville Subdivision; and 

WHEREAS, on April 13, 2012, the City of Kirkland acquired (i) the portion of the
Woodinville Subdivision located in the City of Kirkland and (ii) a portion of the Woodinville
Subdivision located within the City of Bellevue; and 

WHEREAS, King County wants to acquire the Property and the Improvements for
regional recreational trail and other public uses and transportation uses; and 

WHEREAS, together with the proposed acquisition, King County wants to acquire a
permanent easement over the freight portion of the Woodinville Subdivision for recreational trail 
uses; and 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 39.33 of the Revised Code of Washington
(Intergovernmental Disposition of Property Act) the Port may sell, transfer, exchange, lease or
otherwise dispose of real and personal property to the state, any municipality or any political
subdivision thereof on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the
governing authorities of the participating entities; and 

WHEREAS, the maps and other data regarding the Property proposed for transfer to
King County are on file at the offices of the Port's Real Estate Division; and 

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WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle Commission has heard from all persons desiring to speak
at the public hearing regarding the proposed property transfer; and 

WHEREAS, the members of the Port of Seattle Commission have considered the
proposed property sale and any comments by members of the public attending the public
hearing; 

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
Improvements thereon are no longer needed for Port purposes and are declared surplus to Port
needs. 

Section 2.    The Chief Executive Officer is authorized to take all steps and execute all
documents necessary to sell the Property and Improvements to King County for a purchase price
of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000).

Section 3.    The Chief Executive Officer is further authorized to execute a permanent
easement with King County for future recreational trail uses over a portion of the freight section
of the Woodinville Subdivision. A copy of the permanent easement shall be attached as Exhibit
B to this Resolution, prior to Commission adoption of this Resolution. 





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ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a regular meeting thereof,
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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Port Commissioners 










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