SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118321

• Record No: CB 118321
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118321
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 2/9/2015
• Ordinance No: Ord 124712
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing execution of an agreement with Seattle School District providing for the exchange of City-owned property at Garfield Playfield for District-owned property adjacent to the Rainier Beach Community Center; authorizing execution, acceptance and recording of Quitclaim Deeds and easements necessary for the development of the properties; authorizing execution of a lease for the Garfield Teen Life Center within Garfield High School; superseding Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42, for the purposes of this ordinance; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.
• Sponsors: Jean Godden
• Supporting documents: 1. CB 118321: Att 1 Property Exchange Agreement, 2. CB 118321: Fiscal Note, 3. CB 118321: Fiscal Note Att A, 4. CB 118321: Fiscal Note Att B, 5. CB 118321: Fiscal Note Att C, 6. Signed Ord 124712

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/20/2015	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
2/20/2015	1	Mayor	Signed
2/20/2015	1	Mayor	returned
2/11/2015	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
2/9/2015	1	City Council	passed	Pass
2/3/2015	1	Parks, Seattle Center, Libraries, and Gender Pay Equity Committee	pass	Pass
1/26/2015	1	City Council	referred

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Department of Parks and Recreation; authorizing execution of an agreement with Seattle School District providing for the exchange of City-owned property at Garfield Playfield for District-owned property adjacent to the Rainier Beach Community Center; authorizing execution, acceptance and recording of Quitclaim Deeds and easements necessary for the development of the properties; authorizing execution of a lease for the Garfield Teen Life Center within Garfield High School; superseding Ordinance 118477, which adopted Initiative 42, for the purposes of this ordinance; and ratifying and confirming prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the City of Seattle ("City") adopted Resolution Number 28865 in 1994, committing the City's support to Seattle School District's ("District") Building Excellence Capital Improvement Program ("BEX Program"); and

WHEREAS, as part of the BEX Program, the District substantially remodeled Garfield High School, including the Garfield Teen Life Center, which the Department of Parks and Recreation ("DPR") had operated for 7 years; and

WHEREAS, the remodeled Garfield High School includes certain improvements which were constructed on a portion of the City's Garfield Playfield, including a new Garfield Teen Life Center that DPR operates and that is available to students and members of the community; and

WHEREAS, there was no reasonable alternative to locating these improvements on Garfield Playfield property due to the constrained nature of the Garfield High School site and setback requirements applicable to the existing school buildings; and

WHEREAS, the City and the District desire that the portion of the City's Garfield Playfield on which the improvements were constructed be conveyed to the District and that the Garfield Teen Life Center be leased to the City and programmed by DPR under the Joint Use Agreement in effect bet...