SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119227

• Record No: CB 119227
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 119227
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 4/23/2018
• Ordinance No: Ord 125572
• Title: AN ORDINANCE granting Acorn Development LLC permission to construct, maintain, and operate below-grade utility lines for a site-specific heat conveyance system and other related utilities under and across Blanchard Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue, Blanchard Street between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue, and 7th Avenue between Bell Street and Blanchard Street; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
• Sponsors: Mike O'Brien
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Att A –Acorn Development Blanchard Area Map, 3. Summary Att B - Acorn Development Blanchard Fee Assessment, 4. Presentation, 5. Signed Ordinance 125572, 6. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/27/2018	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
4/27/2018	1	Mayor	returned
4/27/2018	1	Mayor	returned unsigned
4/25/2018	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
4/23/2018	1	City Council	passed	Pass
4/17/2018	1	Sustainability and Transportation Committee	pass	Pass
4/2/2018	1	City Council	referred
3/23/2018	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
3/20/2018	1	City Clerk	sent for review
3/19/2018	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE granting Acorn Development LLC permission to construct, maintain, and operate below-grade utility lines for a site-specific heat conveyance system and other related utilities under and across Blanchard Street between 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue, Blanchard Street between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue, and 7th Avenue between Bell Street and Blanchard Street; specifying the conditions under which this permit is granted; and providing for the acceptance of the permit and conditions.
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WHEREAS, Acorn Development LLC ("Acorn") has applied for permission to construct below-grade utilities including utility lines for a site-specific heat conveyance system, including facilities for conveying non-potable water, a site-specific fire protection water conveyance system, and communications for new Acorn buildings; and
WHEREAS, the below-grade utility lines will be used for utilities that include a site-specific heat conveyance system that will capture heat energy from the Westin Building Exchange at 2001 6th Avenue and will transfer that heat energy to the Acorn buildings as a heating and cooling source; and
WHEREAS, the Seattle City Council conceptually approved utility tunnels containing the site-specific below-grade heat conveyance system for the Acorn buildings under Resolution 31545. Although Resolution 31545 refers to utility tunnels, only utility lines will be installed in the right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, this application is for the second phase of the utility lines that contain a site-specific below-grade heat conveyance system in the Denny Triangle neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, Acorn acknowledges that the utility lines and site-specific below-grade heat conveyance system will not be used to provide utility services to third-parties other than the Westin Building Exchange and Eco District LLC under the permissions granted by this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, adopting this ordinance i...