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Item Number:
Meeting Date:

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January 14, 2025

PORT OF SEATTLE
RESOLUTION NO. 3834
A RESOLUTION of the Port of Seattle Commission amending Resolution
No. 3817(AM) 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 coterminous 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, the Commission Bylaws and Rules of Procedure require a review and
recommendation as to any needed revisions at least once every three years, as provided by policy
directive, Article VII, Amendment of Bylaws; and
WHEREAS, the last substantive review and amendment of the Commission's Bylaws
and Rules of Procedure policy directive occurred in 2020, with an interim review and amendment
occurring in January 2024; and
WHEREAS, amendments made to the Commission Code of Ethics in 2025 require
corresponding amendments to the Commission Bylaws and Rules of Procedure, including to
incorporate the Governance Committee's jurisdiction to review alleged violations of the
Commission's behavioral commitments contained in the Commission Code of Ethics and the Port
of Seattle Statement of Values; to provide clarification and alignment to state statute where
needed, including vacancy in office provisions; and to reflect provisions governing
Commissioners' participation in matters involving non-profit boards on which they also serve;
and
WHEREAS, additional administrative revisions were identified and are included in the
proposed policy directive amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Port of Seattle Commission as
follows:
SECTION 1. Amendment of Policy Directive. The technical and substantive amendments
contained in Exhibit A of this resolution are hereby adopted.
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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SECTION 3. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective upon adoption.
ADOPTED by the Port of Seattle Commission at a duly noticed public meeting thereof,
held this ____ day of January, 2025, 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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EXHIBIT A to Resolution No. 3834

Resolution No. ______, 2025 Amendment to Bylaws and Rules of Procedure

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