PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 
COMMISSION AGENDA                  Item No.   6a 
Date of Meeting  November 23, 2009 

DATE:    November 12, 2009 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Dan Thomas, Chief Financial Officer 
Elizabeth Morrison, Senior Manager Corporate Finance 
Michael Tong, Corporate Budget Manager 
SUBJECT:  Resolution No. 3634, adopting the final budget of the Port of Seattle for
the Year 2010 and directing the King County Council as to the specific
sums to be levied on all of the assessed property of the Port of Seattle
District in the Year 2010. Request for the Second Reading and Final
Passage of Resolution No. 3634 

BACKGROUND 
On October 29, 2009, copies of the Port of Seattle Preliminary 2010 Budget were made available
to the Port Commission and general public. Notice of Public Hearing and availability of copies
of the Budget was published in the Daily Journal of Commerce for two consecutive weeks, as
required by statute. The resolution is to include public hearings on the 10th and 23rd of
November, 2009. 
Staff recommends the following final budget process: 
November 23, 2009  Second Reading and Final Passage of Resolution No. 3634. 
December 1, 2010  Submittal of the Final 2010 Budget to the King County Council. 
REQUESTED ACTION 
Resolution No. 3634, adopting the final budget of the Port of Seattle for the Year 2010
and directing the King County Council as to the specific sums to be levied on all of the
assessed property of the Port of Seattle District in the Year 2010. Request for the Second
Reading and Final Passage of Resolution No. 3634.