SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL - Record No: CB 118359

• Record No: CB 118359
• Version: 1
• Council Bill No: CB 118359
• Type: Ordinance (Ord)
• Status: Passed
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: City Clerk
• On agenda: 4/13/2015
• Ordinance No: Ord 124754
• Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights as being surplus to the City's municipal utility needs; granting an easement to Burlington Northern Railway Company, for limited purposes, over and across the City's Cedar River Pipeline #4 right of way (a.k.a. Bow Lake Pipeline), King County Assessor Parcel number 0005800017.
• Sponsors: Sally Bagshaw
• Supporting documents: 1. Summary and Fiscal Note, 2. Summary Exh A: Area Location Map, 3. Summary Exh B: BNSF Easement Location, 4. Presentation Granting Easement to BNSF Railway Company, 5. Signed Ord 124754

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/17/2015	1	City Clerk	attested by City Clerk
4/17/2015	1	Mayor	Signed
4/17/2015	1	Mayor	returned
4/14/2015	1	City Clerk	submitted for Mayor's signature
4/13/2015	1	City Council	passed	Pass
4/3/2015	1	Seattle Public Utilities and Neighborhoods Committee	pass	Pass
3/30/2015	1	City Council	referred
3/19/2015	1	Council President's Office	sent for review
3/17/2015	1	City Clerk	sent for review
3/17/2015	1	Mayor	Mayor's leg transmitted to Council

CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights as being surplus to the City's municipal utility needs; granting an easement to Burlington Northern Railway Company, for limited purposes, over and across the City's Cedar River Pipeline #4 right of way (a.k.a. Bow Lake Pipeline), King County Assessor Parcel number 0005800017.
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WHEREAS, The City of Seattle (City) owns and operates a water transmission pipeline which passes through the cities of Renton and Tukwila, Washington in an east-west direction along an alignment approximately with S.W. 23rd St. in Renton, and S. 160th St. in Tukwila; and
WHEREAS, BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) owns and operates a certain right of way that runs north-south along the border between the cities of Renton and Tukwila (the Existing BNSF ROW); and
WHEREAS, by permit agreement with BNSF, the City's water transmission pipeline crosses under the Existing BNSF ROW; and
WHEREAS, BNSF needs to add a new Main Line Track 3 (the New Track) to the Existing BNSF ROW which will require an additional 50 feet of right of way to the east of the Existing BNSF ROW over and across City's Cedar River Pipeline #4 right-of-way (the Easement Area); and
WHEREAS, the New Track is needed because Sound Transit's Commuter Rail Station is located just north of the easement location, and the addition of the New Track will enhance commuter rail services between Seattle and the Tukwila Station; and
WHEREAS, BNSF's construction of the New Track will require additional fill to be placed over the City's water transmission pipeline within the Easement Area, which has the potential to increase the possibility of damage to the water transmission pipeline; and
WHEREAS, in exchange for the City's grant of easement rights in and to the Easement Area and in order to minimize the potential for damage to the water transmission pipeline, B...