SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 119150

• Record No: CB 119150
• Version: 2
• Council Bill No: CB 119150
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 1/22/2018
• Ordinance No: Ord 125517
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Volunteer Park; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to enter into a development agreement and lease with the Seattle Art Museum for the renovation and continued occupancy for recreation purposes of the building that has historically housed the Seattle Asian Art Museum; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
• Sponsors: Debora Juarez
• Supporting documents: 1. Proposed Amendment 1, 2. Summary and Fiscal Note, 3. Summary Att A - Satisfaction of Conditions Letter, 4. Presentation (12/07/2017), 5. Proposed Substitute Att 2 Lease Agreement, 6. Presentation No. 2 (01/17/2018), 7. Signed Ordinance 125517, 8. Affidavit of Publication

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/22/2018	2	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
1/22/2018	1	Mayor	returned
1/22/2018	1	Mayor	returned unsigned
1/22/2018	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
1/22/2018	1	City Council	passed as amended	Pass
1/17/2018	1	Civic Development, Public Assets, and Native Communities Committee	pass as amended	Pass
12/7/2017	1	Parks, Seattle Center, Libraries, and Waterfront Committee	discussed
12/4/2017	1	City Council	referred
11/17/2017	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
11/14/2017	1	City Clerk	sent for review
11/9/2017	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Volunteer Park; authorizing the Superintendent of Parks and Recreation to enter into a development agreement and lease with the Seattle Art Museum for the renovation and continued occupancy for recreation purposes of the building that has historically housed the Seattle Asian Art Museum; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, in 1931, the Art Institute of Seattle, predecessor to the Seattle Art Museum (SAM), constructed the building currently housing the Seattle Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park and upon completion, conveyed the building to The City of Seattle (City); and
WHEREAS, the Volunteer Park museum was SAM's sole location until 1991 when, after moving its principal venue to downtown Seattle, SAM renamed the building SAM's Asian Art Museum Building (SAAM Building) and it became the home for SAM's internationally-recognized Asian art collection; and
WHEREAS, the SAAM Building is an historic landmark that has not been substantially renovated or restored since it was completed in 1933; and
WHEREAS, by 2007, both the City and SAM recognized that the SAAM Building required substantial renovation, including replacement of systems needed to provide modern climate control that properly protects historic artifacts and works of art, along with structural elements such as seismic stabilization, ADA access, and other major improvements to enable SAM to continue operating in the SAAM Building; and
WHEREAS, the City and SAM agreed to share in the cost of the renovation, then estimated to cost approximately $22,000,000; and
WHEREAS, in 2008, Seattle voters approved a renewal of a levy to support the City's parks, which ballot measure included $9,000,000 towards the City's share of the renovation cost; and
WHEREAS, with the onset of the Great Recession in 2009, both general economic conditions and SAM's own challenges following the seizur...