Record No: CB 119648    Version: 1 Council Bill No: CB 119648
Type: Ordinance (Ord) Status: Passed
Current Controlling Legislative Body City Clerk
On agenda: 9/23/2019
Ordinance No: Ord 125941
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent to amend the existing ten-year lease with Seattle Children's PlayGarden to add a third additional extended term of five years.
Sponsors: Debora Juarez
Attachments: 1. Att A Ex 1 - Lease Agreement, 2. Att A Ex 2 - Amendment 1 to Lease Agreement
Supporting documents: 1. Att A – Amendment 2 to Lease Agreement, 2. Summary and Fiscal Note, 3. Summary Att A - Site Map and Photo, 4. Summary Att B – Public Benefit and Reporting Requirements, 5. Presentation, 6. Signed Ordinance 125941, 7. Affidavit of Publication
CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Parks and Recreation; authorizing the Superintendent to amend the existing ten-year lease with Seattle Children's PlayGarden to add a third additional extended term of five years.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 122269, passed on October 9, 2006, authorized a ten-year lease with two additional five-year extensions with Seattle Children's PlayGarden (SCPG) for use of a portion of the Colman Playfield, and required SCPG to renovate the shelter house ("Shelter House") and construct a new recreational facility ("Garden House") on site to provide children of all abilities a safe, accessible, and adventurous place to play; and
WHEREAS, SCPG completed the Shelter House and Garden House and is now proposing a project to renovate the playground and has raised the funds needed; and
WHEREAS, SCPG has successfully raised 100 percent of the $420,172 project budget, however $305,550 of that funding is in jeopardy if SCPG is unable to show, via a lease agreement, that the organization has control of the site through 2030; and
WHEREAS, in 2016, after the original term of the lease expired, SCPG exercised its option to implement the first of the two five-year lease extensions; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation desires to amend the existing lease by adding a third additional extended term of five years, thus allowing SCPG to remain eligible for a $305,550 State grant that the organization was awarded; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Superintendent of Parks and Recreation ("Superintendent") is authorized to execute, for and on behalf of The City of Seattle ("City"), an amendment to the ten-year lease with SCPG in substantially the form attached to this ordinance as Attachment A, or with such minor additions, modifications, or deletions as the Mayor or said Superintendent deems to be in the best intere...

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