Item No.   6a_Attach_1 
Date of Meeting   April 10, 2012 

RESOLUTION NO. 3661 
A RESOLUTION  of the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle declaring
certain personal property surplus and no longer needed for
Port purposes, authorizing its transfer to the Burke Museum
of Natural History and Culture, and authorizing the Chief
Executive Officer to execute all documents related to such
transfer. 
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 has accumulated various archaeological artifacts and specimens during
decades of improving and maintaining its real properties; and 
WHEREAS, the Port has the responsibility under federal law to preserve for future use these
archaeological artifacts, specimens, and records, listed in Attachment A to Exhibit A and defined
below ("Collection") and has contracted with the Burke Museum since 2004 for curatorial
services for the Collection; and 
WHEREAS, the Port desires to convey title and permanent custody of the Collection to the
Burke Museum; and 
WHEREAS, the Burke Museum desires to obtain title to and permanent custody of the
Collection from the Port; and 
WHEREAS, the Burke Museum meets the standards specified in 36 CFR, Part 79 (Curation of
Federally-Owned and Administered Archaeological Collections); and 
WHEREAS, the Parties recognize the benefits to the public by having title to and permanent
custody of the Collection transferred to the Burke Museum; and 
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 Port of Seattle Commission has considered the proposed property transfer 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 as
follows: 
Section 1. The Collection, described in Attachment A to the Interlocal Agreement that is attached
to this Resolution as Exhibit A, is no longer needed for Port purposes and is declared surplus to
Port needs. 
Section 2. The Chief Executive Officer is authorized to take all steps and execute all documents
necessary to convey title and transfer permanent custody of the Collection to the Burke Museum
of Natural History and Culture for the sum of $117,045, including execution of the Interlocal
Agreement ("Agreement") to Convey Title and Permanent Custody of the Artifacts Between the
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture and the Port of Seattle that is attached to this
Resolution as Exhibit A. 
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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