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Meeting Date: January 23, 2024

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PORT OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION NO. 3817
A RESOLUTION of the Port of Seattle Commission amending Resolution No. 3778
and prior corresponding enacting and amending
resolutions through incorporation, pertaining to the
Commission’s Bylaws and Rules of Procedure.
WHEREAS, the voters of King County authorized and approved the formation of a port
district co-extensive with King County, to be known as the Port of Seattle, in a special election
on September 5, 1911; and
WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle Commission is the legally constituted governing body of
the Port of Seattle; and
WHEREAS, Roberts Rules of Order, Newly Revised, continues to be the adopted
parliamentary authority of the Port of Seattle Commission; and
WHEREAS, bylaws of the commission require a review and recommendation as to any
needed revisions at least once every three years, as provided by Article VII, Amendment of
Bylaws; and
WHEREAS, the bylaws of the commission were last reviewed in full October 2020; and
WHEREAS, the commission has determined it is time to conduct its required three-year
review of its governing document regarding its operating rules and rules of procedure, and
recommends the amendments herein to provide clarity, improve transparency, and better align
its rules of procedure with the goals and priorities of the port commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle as
follows:
SECTION 1. The technical and substantive amendments contained in Exhibit A of this
resolution are hereby adopted, as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2. The commission clerk is hereby authorized to execute scrivener’s error
revisions in finalizing amendments to the Commission Bylaws and Rules of Procedure made
through adoption of this resolution, as needed, to address technical corrections.

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ADOPTED by the Port Commission of the Port of Seattle at a duly noticed public meeting
thereof, held this ___ day of __________, 20__, and duly authenticated in open session by the
signatures of the commissioners voting in favor thereof and the seal of the commission.

Port of Seattle Commission

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Resolution No. 3817, Exhibit A

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Resolution No. 3817 – 2024 Amendment of Commission Bylaws

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