CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing the General Manager/CEO of Seattle Public Utilities or designee to acquire by negotiation or eminent domain (condemnation) four separate parcels of land and all other necessary property rights owned by JSO Legacy Properties, LLC; John S. Roach as his separate property, and BNSF Railway Company, all located within Blocks 25 and 26 and vacated Court Street of the recorded plat of South Seattle, for water operations general purposes, and to execute, accept, and record deeds and conveyance documents and agreements deemed by the General Manager/CEO to be necessary to this transaction on behalf of the City; placing the conveyed real properties under the jurisdiction of Seattle Public Utilities; authorizing payment of all other costs associated with the acquisition; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, since 2006 Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) has leased property to store excavation material and spoils required for water infrastructure repairs; and
WHEREAS, SPU desires to acquire property to create its own storage and spoils yard to ensure unrestricted material availability, and
WHEREAS, after SPU conducted an extensive search and evaluation of properties, it has found suitable property for its south storage and spoils yard; and
WHEREAS, RCW 8.12.030, 35.67.020, and 35.92.020 authorize The City of Seattle (City) to purchase or condemn property for utility or general municipal purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the property legally described below meets SPU's needs for a site for a south storage and spoils yard; and
WHEREAS, the City approved a project in the Adopted 2015-2020 Capital Improvement Program Budget to address acquisition of a south storage and spoils yard; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
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