CITY OF SEATTLE
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A RESOLUTION granting conceptual approval to construct, maintain, and operate a transformer and retaining wall at 63rd Avenue Southwest, intersecting with Beach Drive Southwest and Southwest Spokane Street, to support the operation of the Alki Wet Weather Treatment Station Facility and 63rd Avenue Pump Station Facility in the West Seattle neighborhood, as proposed by King County.
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WHEREAS, King County applied for permission to construct, maintain, and operate a transformer and retaining wall (“Transformer”) at 63rd Avenue Southwest, intersecting with Beach Drive Southwest and Southwest Spokane Street, as part of the Alki Wet Weather Treatment Station/63rd Avenue Pump Station Standby Power Project (“Project”); and
WHEREAS, the Project involves the construction of a permanent high-capacity generator to ensure consistent power for the Alki Wet Weather Treatment Station Facility and the 63rd Avenue Pump Station Facility pumps in the event of a power outage, preventing a cease in operations resulting in raw wastewater overflow; and
WHEREAS, Seattle City Light required King County to install the transmission lines and duct bank under Beach Drive Southwest; and
WHEREAS, the Transformer steps down the power from the subterranean ducts back to appropriate voltage levels for the operation of the 63rd Avenue Pump Station; and
WHEREAS, in making a recommendation, the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation (“Director”) considered the plans and application materials submitted by King County to construct the Transformer and recommends that conceptual approval be granted; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEATTLE, THE MAYOR CONCURRING, THAT:
Section 1. The City Council finds that the Transformer at 63rd Avenue Southwest, intersecting with Beach Drive Southwest and Southwest Spokane Street, as proposed by King County, is in accordance with and in the public interest.
Section 2. As conditions for obtaining permission to construct the Transformer at 63rd Avenue Southwest, intersecting with Beach Drive Southwest and Southwest Spokane Street, King County shall:
(1) Provide engineering and utility plans for additional review and permitting by the Seattle Department of Transportation (“SDOT”), which the Director will circulate to other City departments and any public and private utilities affected by the installation of the Transformer;
(2) Provide a surety bond, covenant agreement, and public liability insurance naming the City as an additional insured or self-insurance, as approved by the City’s Risk Manager;
(3) Obtain a Revocable Use Permit from Seattle Parks & Recreation for the conduit connecting to the Transformer;
(4) Pay all City permit fees;
(5) Obtain all other necessary permits;
(6) Maintain and inspect the Transformer; and
(7) Remove the Transformer and restore the right-of-way to in as good condition for public use as existed prior to construction of the Transformer and in at least as good condition in all respects as the abutting portions of the public place as required by SDOT right-of-way restoration standards upon expiration of the term permit, or at the direction of the Director or City Council in accordance with the provisions of the term permit ordinance.
Section 3. After this resolution is adopted, SDOT will present to the Council a draft term permit ordinance identifying the conditions under which permission may be granted for the use of the right-of-way for the Transformer. Permission to use the right-of-way is subject to the Council’s decision to approve, deny, or modify the draft term permit ordinance presented by the Director.
Section 4. As recommended by the Director and the Mayor, conceptual approval for construction of the Transformer at 63rd Avenue Southwest, intersecting with Beach Drive Southwest and Southwest Spokane Street, is GRANTED.
Adopted by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2023, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its adoption this ________ day of _________________________, 2023.
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President ____________ of the City Council
The Mayor concurred the ________ day of _________________________, 2023.
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2023.
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Elizabeth M. Adkisson, Interim City Clerk
(Seal)