CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the City Light Department; accepting statutory warranty deeds to the Citipoint Church, GKI Properties, LLC, the Martin, Nelson, Taylor, and Voegtlin-Anderson properties in Skagit County, Washington, the Crawley and Wright properties in Snohomish County, Washington, and a treasurer's deed for a Skagit County property in Skagit County, all for salmonid habitat protection purposes; declaring certain real property rights surplus and no longer required for providing public utility service or other municipal purposes; ratifying the grants of Deeds of Right to the State of Washington on the Crawley, GKI Properties, LLC, and Voegtlin-Anderson properties for salmon recovery and conservation purposes; placing said lands under the jurisdiction of the City Light Department; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 121114 authorized the General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Seattle City Light, within and subject to appropriation authority and based on appraised market value, to negotiate for and purchase parcels of land in the Skagit River and the Tolt/Snoqualmie River watersheds in furtherance of The City of Seattle's Early Action Program, which was approved by Resolution 29905; and
WHEREAS, under authority of Ordinance 121114, the City Light Department ("City Light") acquired the Citipoint Church, Crawley, GKI Properties, LLC, Martin, Nelson, Skagit County, Taylor, Wright, and Voegtlin-Anderson properties in the Skagit River watershed; and
WHEREAS, RCW 35.94.040 requires a public hearing before lands and property originally purchased by a city for utility purposes can be conveyed; and
WHEREAS, City Light's purchase of the Voegtlin-Anderson property in the Skagit River watershed was counted as a match towards the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) grants used for purchases under the Early Action Program in 2016; and
WHEREAS, ...
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