Item No:
8c_reso
Meeting Date: March 26, 2019

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RESOLUTION NO. 3757
A RESOLUTION of the Port of Seattle Commission 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) deleting
said property from Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme;
and (iii) authorizing the Executive Director to take all
necessary steps and execute all documents for the sale of
such real property to West Coast Self-Storage Group, LLC.;
amending Resolutions No. 17, 2769, and 2805 of the Port
of Seattle Commission.
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 - 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, included within said Unit 20 is the Port-owned property legally described on
attached Exhibit A (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, the property is located at the extreme northern edge of Unit 20 - Lower
Duwamish Industrial District - of the Port's Comprehensive Scheme, disconnected from any
waterfront or associated industrial Port property, and surrounded by Harbor Avenue
Southwest and privately owned, non-Port property; and
WHEREAS, the development options do not match the Port of Seattle goals that are
found within the Century Agenda and the site has been found to have no value for supporting
small business growth or workforce development and it did not provide support to maritime
or cargo-related uses; and

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WHEREAS, the Port has negotiated a purchase and sale agreement (the "Purchase and
Sale Agreement") with West Coast Self-Storage Group, LLC ("West Coast") to sell the Property
to West Coast for its appraised fair market value; and
WHEREAS, a resolution declaring the Property surplus and deleting the Property from
Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme is a prerequisite to sale of the Property; and
WHEREAS, an official public hearing was held March 26, 2019, after notice of such
hearing was duly published as provided by law, to consider whether said Unit 20 of the
Comprehensive Scheme should be amended to provide for the Property to be declared surplus
to Port of Seattle needs and no longer needed for Port purposes, delete it from Unit 20 of the
Comprehensive Scheme, and authorize its sale to West Coast; and
WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle Commission has heard from all persons desiring to speak
at said public hearing regarding the proposed amendment and modification to Unit 20; 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 of Seattle Commission as follows:
Section 1. The 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 is
deleted from Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme.
Section 2. The Executive Director is authorized to take all necessary steps and to execute all
documents, including the Purchase and Sale Agreement, necessary to accomplish sale of the Property
to West Coast, in accordance with state law.

ADOPTED by the Port of Seattle Commission at a duly noticed public meeting thereof,
held this ________ day of __________________ , 2019, 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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