CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle Public Utilities to enter into agreements with the Port of Seattle and BP West Coast Products LLC for the purposes of satisfying utility-related conditions for the Port's street vacation petition for its Terminal 18 Redevelopment Project on Harbor Island, City of Seattle Clerk File No. 301929; declaring certain easement rights located on Harbor Island as no longer required for municipal utility purposes and surplus to the City's needs; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the Port of Seattle ("Port") petitioned The City of Seattle to vacate various rights-of-way, including portions of 11th Avenue SW, 13th Avenue SW, SW Florida Street, and SW Hanford Street ("Streets") on Harbor Island, as part of its Terminal 18 Redevelopment Project ("Project"), as more particularly described in the vacation petition to The City of Seattle, Clerk File No. 301929 ("Petition"); and
WHEREAS, the vacation of the Streets is conditioned, in part, on resolving utility issues to the satisfaction of the relevant utilities prior to the approval of the final street vacation ordinance; and
WHEREAS, Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) owns and operates various municipal water, sewer, and drainage facilities ("Facilities") on Harbor Island, which are an integral part of SPU's municipal utility systems, portions of which are located within the Streets to be vacated or on property owned by the Port or other parties; and
WHEREAS, SPU and the Port entered into the Terminal 18 Redevelopment Agreement, dated April 1, 1999 ("Redevelopment Agreement"), which described various utility construction, relocation, transfer, and abandonment plans for the Project for Port-owned and SPU-owned municipal water, storm drainage, and sewer facilities and contemplated a final ownership scheme that, to the extent possible, result...
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