SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119609

• Record No: CB 119609
• Version: 2
• Council Bill No: CB 119609
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 9/16/2019
• Ordinance No: Ord 125916
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to certain City-owned properties located in the South Lake Union neighborhood and declaring them as surplus to the City's needs; removing the properties from the limited access highway purposes property designation previously assigned to them; authorizing sale of the properties for an aggregate selling price of $138,500,000, together with additional cash and non-cash consideration, including the purchaser's covenant to develop affordable housing and to negotiate a lease with the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department for a recreational facility to be located upon a portion of one of the properties; authorizing the Mayor or designee to execute a Memorandum of Understanding for the sale of the property consistent with its terms; authorizing the Superintendent of the Parks and Recreation Department or designee to negotiate, execute, and deliver a lease of the recreational facility; authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation or designee to n...
• Sponsors: Mike O'Brien
• Supporting documents: 1. Att 1 – Legal Description of Properties, 2. Summary and Fiscal Note, 3. Summary Ex 1 - Property Location Map, 4. Mayor's Letter, 5. SDOT Presentation (8/16/19), 6. Central Staff Memo (8/16/19), 7. CBO Presentation (9/6/19), 8. Proposed Amendment (added; 9/6/19), 9. Signed Ordinance 125916, 10. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/20/2019	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
9/20/2019	2	Mayor	returned
9/19/2019	2	Mayor	Signed
9/18/2019	2	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
9/16/2019	2	City Council	passed	Pass
9/6/2019	1	Sustainability and Transportation Committee	pass as amended	Pass
8/16/2019	1	Sustainability and Transportation Committee
8/12/2019	1	City Council	referred
8/8/2019	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
8/7/2019	1	City Clerk	sent for review
8/7/2019	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to certain City-owned properties located in the South Lake Union neighborhood and declaring them as surplus to the City's needs; removing the properties from the limited access highway purposes property designation previously assigned to them; authorizing sale of the properties for an aggregate selling price of $138,500,000, together with additional cash and non-cash consideration, including the purchaser's covenant to develop affordable housing and to negotiate a lease with the Seattle Parks and Recreation Department for a recreational facility to be located upon a portion of one of the properties; authorizing the Mayor or designee to execute a Memorandum of Understanding for the sale of the property consistent with its terms; authorizing the Superintendent of the Parks and Recreation Department or designee to negotiate, execute, and deliver a lease of the recreational facility; authorizing the Director of the Seattle Department of Transportation or designee to negotiate, execute, and deliver all other documents necessary or appropriate to effect the foregoing and to carry out the transactions described in this ordinance; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle (City) owns certain real property located at 800 Mercer Street and 620 Aurora Avenue North, commonly known as the Mercer Properties (Properties); and
WHEREAS, a portion of the Properties was purchased with funds from commercial parking tax revenues and gas tax revenues within the Arterial City Street Fund and accepted under Ordinance 100254 for limited access highway purposes in connection with the Bay Freeway Project; and
WHEREAS, in 1972 voters of Seattle abandoned the Bay Freeway Project; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the Properties was acquired by the vacation of portions of Broad Street and 9th Avenue North, pursuant to the authority described in Ordinanc...