CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the Seattle Public Utilities; declaring certain real property rights as being surplus to the City’s municipal utility needs; granting a non-exclusive easement to Puget Sound Energy, for electrical power distribution purposes, a portion of the City’s Tolt Pipeline right of way, located in the South One-half of Section 17 and the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 26 North, Range 6 East, W.M., King County, Washington; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, Puget Sound Energy has requested that the City of Seattle grant to it a ten foot wide easement for electrical power distribution purposes, approximately 4,500 linear feet within the 100 foot wide Tolt pipeline right of way; and
WHEREAS, the easement area requested is surplus to the City’s needs; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Seattle Public Utilities has recommended granting the easement; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of RCW 35.94.040 and after a public hearing, certain easement rights over real property used for subsurface water utility facilities located in King County, Washington, legally described herein, are hereby declared to be no longer required for providing public utility service and to be surplus to the City’s municipal utility needs.
Section 2. Upon receipt of payment in the amount of $248,639, the Director of Seattle Public Utilities or the Director’s designee is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the City of Seattle an easement agreement with Puget Sound Energy, substantially in the form of the Easement Agreement, attached hereto as Attachment 1, granting a non-exclusive easement, generally ten feet in width, for electrical power distribution purposes, under, over and across approximately 4,500 lineal feet of the 100 foot wide Tolt pipeline right of way, legally described in Attachment 1 and according to the terms and conditions therein.
Section 3. Any act taken after passage but prior to the effective date of this ordinance and consistent with its authority is hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ____ day of ________________________, 2015, and
signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this
_____ day of ___________________, 2015.
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President __________of the City Council
Approved by me this ____ day of _____________________, 2015.
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Edward B. Murray, Mayor
Filed by me this ____ day of __________________________, 2015.
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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk
(Seal)
Attachment 1: Easement Agreement