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 non-exclusive easements to The City of Renton for an ingress and egress roadway, including related slope and drainage utility purposes, and a temporary construction easement, upon, under, and across a portion of the City’s Cedar River Pipeline right-of-way, located in the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of Section 21, Township 23 North, Range 5 East, W.M., King County, Washington; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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WHEREAS, the City of Renton has requested that The City of Seattle grant to it a 53-foot wide easement for an ingress and egress roadway and related drainage purposes; and a 105-foot wide easement for roadway related slope, and a 120-foot wide temporary construction easement; all upon, under, and across a portion of the One-hundred (100’) foot wide Cedar River Pipeline right-of-way; and
WHEREAS, the easement areas requested are surplus to The City of Seattle’s needs; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Seattle Public Utilities has recommended granting the easements; 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 $108,093.50, 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 the City of Renton, substantially in the form of the Easement Agreement, attached hereto as Attachment 1, granting a non-exclusive easement, 53-foot wide for road purposes, and a 105-foot wide easement for roadway related slope, and a 120-foot wide temporary construction easement; crossing the 100-foot wide Cedar River 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)
Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Roadway Easement and Agreement