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RESOLUTION NO. 3757
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A RESOLUTION of the Port of Seattle Commission amending Unit 20 of the
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Comprehensive Scheme of Harbor Improvements of the
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Port of Seattle (Lower Duwamish Industrial Development
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District) by: (i) declaring certain real property surplus and
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no longer needed for port district purposes; (ii) deleting
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said property from Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme;
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and (iii) authorizing the Executive Director to take all
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necessary steps and execute all documents for the sale of
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such real property to West Coast Self-Storage Group, LLC.;
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amending Resolutions No. 17, 2769, and 2805 of the Port
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of Seattle Commission.
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WHEREAS, the original Comprehensive Scheme of Harbor Improvements of the Port of
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Seattle was fixed in Resolution No. 17 of the Port Commission and was ratified by the qualified
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electors of the Port District at a special election held therein on March 5, 1912; and
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WHEREAS, Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme – the Lower Duwamish Industrial
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Development District – was initially created by Port Commission adoption of Resolution No.
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2769 on May 27, 1980; and
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WHEREAS, the boundaries of said Unit 20 were subsequently revised and restated by
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Port Commission adoption of Resolution No. 2805 on February 10, 1981, as subsequently
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amended; and
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WHEREAS, included within said Unit 20 is the Port-owned property legally described on
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attached Exhibit A (the “Property”); and
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WHEREAS, the property is located at the extreme northern edge of Unit 20 – Lower
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Duwamish Industrial District – of the Port’s Comprehensive Scheme, disconnected from any
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waterfront or associated industrial Port property, and surrounded by Harbor Avenue
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Southwest and privately owned, non-Port property; and
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WHEREAS, the development options do not match the Port of Seattle goals that are
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found within the Century Agenda and the site has been found to have no value for supporting
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small business growth or workforce development and it did not provide support to maritime
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or cargo-related uses; and
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Item No: 6g_reso
Meeting Date: April 16, 2019
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WHEREAS, the Port has negotiated a purchase and sale agreement (the “Purchase and
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Sale Agreement”) with West Coast Self-Storage Group, LLC (“West Coast”) to sell the Property
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to West Coast for its appraised fair market value; and
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WHEREAS, a resolution declaring the Property surplus and deleting the Property from
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Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme is a prerequisite to sale of the Property; and
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WHEREAS, an official public hearing was held March 26, 2019, after notice of such
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hearing was duly published as provided by law, to consider whether said Unit 20 of the
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Comprehensive Scheme should be amended to provide for the Property to be declared surplus
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to Port of Seattle needs and no longer needed for Port purposes, delete it from Unit 20 of the
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Comprehensive Scheme, and authorize its sale to West Coast; and
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WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle Commission has heard from all persons desiring to speak
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at said public hearing regarding the proposed amendment and modification to Unit 20; and
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WHEREAS, the members of the Port of Seattle Commission have discussed and
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considered the proposed amendment to Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme in light of all
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comments by members of the public at the public hearing;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port of Seattle Commission as follows:
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Section 1. The Property, which is part of Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme, is hereby
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declared surplus to Port of Seattle needs and no longer needed for Port purposes and is
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deleted from Unit 20 of the Comprehensive Scheme.
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Section 2. The Executive Director is authorized to take all necessary steps and to execute all
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documents, including the Purchase and Sale Agreement, necessary to accomplish sale of the Property
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to West Coast, in accordance with state law.
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ADOPTED by the Port of Seattle Commission at a duly noticed public meeting thereof,
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held this ________ day of __________________ , 2019, and duly authenticated in open session
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by the signatures of the commissioners voting in favor thereof and the seal of the commission.
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